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Re: [SIGCIS-Members] A paper on Konrad Zuse and Percy Ludgate
by Brian Randell 17 Apr '24

17 Apr '24

Hi Evan: Many thanks to you and the others who have sent us encouraging comments about our paper, either via SIGCIS or by direct email. I strongly agree with your suggestion that “There could be a paper on the topic of failed patent defences in computer history”. However, this would need expertise in patent law and literature, so is not something I or my colleagues would attempt. We did search for relevant online material about computer patents, but just about everything we found was either about software patenting, or just the ENIAC patent dispute – we failed to find anything useful about the overall roles that patents played during the development of the early computers and the beginnings of the computer industry, in any country. Cheers Brian — School of Computing, Newcastle University, 1 Science Square, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE4 5TG EMAIL = Brian.Randell(a)ncl.ac.uk PHONE = +44 191 208 7923 URL = https://www.ncl.ac.uk/computing/staff/profile/brianrandell.html On 28/03/2024, 13:28, "Evan Koblentz" <evank(a)njit.edu> wrote: Hello Brian, Excellent reading! There could be a paper on the topic of failed patent defenses in computer history. Comparing Triumph vs. Zuse and Honeywell vs. Rand might be especially interesting. -- Evan Koblentz New Jersey Institute of Technology - Senior Writer, Office of Communications and Marketing - Adjunct Instructor, Ying Wu College of Computing - Faculty/Staff Advisor, NJIT Lego Club evank(a)njit.edu<mailto:evank@njit.edu> <mailto:evank@njit.edu<mailto:evank@njit.edu>> (973) 596-3065 https://web.njit.edu/~evank <https://web.njit.edu/~evank/><https://web.njit.edu/~evank/%3e> On 3/28/24 6:19 AM, Brian Randell via Members wrote: Dear SIGCIS: I trust I might be permitted to publicise here the fact that the paper: "How Percy Ludgate’s 1909 paper (and IBM) helped thwart Konrad Zuse’s Computer Patent in 1960" by Brian Coghlan, Ralf Buelow and myself has been Dear SIGCIS: I trust I might be permitted to publicise here the fact that the paper: "How Percy Ludgate’s 1909 paper (and IBM) helped thwart Konrad Zuse’s Computer Patent in 1960" by Brian Coghlan, Ralf Buelow and myself has been accepted for publication in the IEEE Annals of the History of Computing. It is due to appear in Volume 46, Issue 3, July-September 2024. Paper Abstract: "This investigation outlines how Percy Ludgate’s 1909 paper describing his design for a mechanical computer, his “Analytical Machine”, was used in 1960 by a German patent attorney to thwart Konrad Zuse’s computer patent, just in time, as the patent (first applied for on 16th June 1941), was about to be granted. This narrative is then followed by analyses of, and discovery of proof of, the role of IBM in preventing Zuse from getting what would have been the premier patent on the concept of a programmable computer, and then by an exploration of how information about Ludgate’s 1909 paper was found by (or for) the opposing German patent attorney." The accepted paper is available online at: https://www.scss.tcd.ie/SCSSTreasuresCatalog/ludgate/lnk131.html <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.scss.tcd.ie/SCSSTreasuresCatalog/lu…<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.scss.tcd.ie/SCSSTreasuresCatalog/lud…>> In addition, English translations of all the relevant Zuse patent litigation documents are provided onlne (side-by-side with transcriptions of the German originals from the ZIB.de <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://ZIB.de__;!!DLa72PTfQgg!Jhyad10DYlVOoIhqV…<https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/ZIB.de__;!!DLa72PTfQgg!Jhyad10DYlVOoIhqVZ…>> Zuse Archive file as interleaved PDF documents), together with a large number of other supporting documents, at: https://www.scss.tcd.ie/SCSSTreasuresCatalog/ludgate/lnk610.html <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.scss.tcd.ie/SCSSTreasuresCatalog/lu…<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.scss.tcd.ie/SCSSTreasuresCatalog/lud…>> Quoting from our paper's Concluding Remarks: "The very fact that Ludgate’s 1909 paper on his Analytical Machine was employed to thwart Zuse’s attempt to patent the computer refutes the prevalent assumption that Ludgate had no influence on modern computing, and that his work is just of historical interest. Whatever the scale of their influence, patents can impact the commercial activities in the sector they apply to. Hence Ludgate’s paper clearly did have a potential influence on the commercial future of computers, even if his work was unknown to the developers of the early electronic computers. However, we have deliberately avoided speculating on the types or the extent of the possible commercial consequences, either to Zuse’s company, or to the rest of the computer industry, of the thwarting of Zuse’s attempts to obtain what would have been the first patent on a programmable computer." We would however be interested to receive informed comments on this issue, and also suggestions as to any further avenues we might pursue in attempting to identify exactly how information on Ludgate's work reached the opposing patent attorney. Cheers Brian Randell — School of Computing, Newcastle University, 1 Science Square, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE4 5TG EMAIL = Brian.Randell(a)ncl.ac.uk<mailto:Brian.Randell@ncl.ac.uk> <mailto:Brian.Randell@ncl.ac.uk<mailto:Brian.Randell@ncl.ac.uk>> PHONE = +44 191 208 7923 URL = https://www.ncl.ac.uk/computing/staff/profile/brianrandell.html <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.ncl.ac.uk/computing/staff/profile/b…<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.ncl.ac.uk/computing/staff/profile/br…>> _______________________________________________ This email is relayed from members at https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://sigcis.org__;!!DLa72PTfQgg!Jhyad10DYlVOo…<https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/sigcis.org__;!!DLa72PTfQgg!Jhyad10DYlVOoI…> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://sigcis.org__;!!DLa72PTfQgg!Jhyad10DYlVOo…<https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/sigcis.org__;!!DLa72PTfQgg!Jhyad10DYlVOoI…>> , the email discussion list of SHOT SIGCIS. 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Re: [SIGCIS-Members] possible SIGCIS glitch
by Troy Astarte 17 Apr '24

17 Apr '24

Hi David Are you using the MacOS mail app? I get a similarly weird thing when I try to write things to the list but it switches up which alias is used with me. It definitely has been Coopersmith, but at the moment, it’s showing me Hsu! I don’t think I’ve seen it in messages from the list. My working theory was that it’s to do with how the Mac app handles addressing but maybe I should try to investigate further... [Screenshot 2024-04-16 at 16.25.08.png] Best, Dr. Troy Kaighin Astarte (they/them / nhw) Lecturer, Computer Science / Darlithydd, Cyfrifiadureg Swansea University / Prifysgol Abertawe For students: my drop in hours are on the Intranet<https://fse-intranet.swan.ac.uk/intranet/staff_officehours?selected_staff_i…> (office CoFo 407) I fyfyrwyr: mae fy oriau swyddfa ar y fewnrwyd. Meeting booking: via Office Booking<https://outlook.office.com/bookwithme/user/8e101a47e22e4af793d033901758d0e4…>. Zoom office: https://swanseauniversity.zoom.us/my/t.k.astarte Every email has a cost to the climate. Please think before sending short emails. Mae gan bob e-bost gost i’r hinsawdd. Meddyliwch cyn i chi anfon e-byst byr. Due to RSI sometimes I’ll need to dictate messages and they might come out a bit weird. Thanks for your patience. On 28 Mar 2024, at 13:28, David Dunning <dunningd(a)sas.upenn.edu> wrote: CAUTION: This email originated from outside of Swansea University. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and know the content is safe. RHYBUDD: Daeth yr e-bost hwn o'r tu allan i Brifysgol Abertawe. Peidiwch â chlicio ar atodiadau neu agor atodiadau oni bai eich bod chi'n adnabod yr anfonwr a'ch bod yn gwybod bod y cynnwys yn ddiogel. Hi Troy, Are you still the SIGCIS list manager? If so I thought I’d mention a weird glitch in case you hear from others that it’s happening on the SIGCIS end: for the past week or two, every message on the list has come through with sender “Jonathan Coopersmith via Members.” (It took me a couple posts to realize Jonathan hadn’t simply become an exceptionally active list member!) I suspect it’s an issue with my mail app, but figured I’d share the info just in case it comes up with anyone else! Cheers, David -- David E. Dunning (he/him) Lecturer Integrated Studies Program History and Sociology of Science University of Pennsylvania dunningd(a)sas.upenn.edu<mailto:dunningd@sas.upenn.edu> davidedunning.com<https://www.davidedunning.com/>

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Conference CFP: Rethinking the Inevitability of AI
by Hicks, Mar (avg5bd) 15 Apr '24

15 Apr '24

Call for papers: Rethinking the Inevitability of AI: The Environmental and Social Impacts of Computing in Historical Context April 22, 2024: 300-500 word paper proposals due July 18, 2024: Date of online conference Full details: https://uva.theopenscholar.com/rethinking-the-inevitability-of-ai/ ________________________ Mar Hicks Associate Professor School of Data Science University of Virginia marhicks(a)virginia.edu marhicks.com<https://marhicks.com/> Research Affiliate, Centre for Democracy and Technology<https://www.mctd.ac.uk/>, University of Cambridge Member, Scholars' Council, Center for Critical Internet Inquiry<https://www.c2i2.ucla.edu/>, UCLA Associate Editor, IEEE Annals of the History of Computing<https://www.computer.org/csdl/magazine/an> (feel free to ask me about submitting an article if you work on a topic related to computing history) Books: Programmed Inequality<https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/programmed-inequality>: How Britain Discarded Women Technologists and Lost Its Edge in Computing (MIT Press, 2017) Your Computer Is On Fire<https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/your-computer-fire> (MIT Press, 2021)

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THIS FRIDAY Apr 12: Whit Pow on People Orientations // 2PM EST on Twitch
by Laine Nooney 10 Apr '24

10 Apr '24

Join us Friday, April 12, as *ROMchip: A Journal of Game Histories *hosts scholar Whit Pow for their talk "People Orientations: Toward a Transgender Video Game and Software History." The event will be at 2PM EST on the *ROMchip *Twitch channel, https://www.twitch.tv/romchipjournal. Sign up for our newsletter <https://romchip.us13.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=27c1594af9abf2dc80455091b&…> to never miss an update. REGISTER HERE <https://www.tickettailor.com/events/romchipajournalofgamehistories/1175812> *About the Talk* Pow's talk traces historically trans critiques, subversions, and re-imaginings of the sovereignty of the computer through the work of three trans programmers and game designers, Danielle (Dani) Bunten Berry, Jamie Faye Fenton, and Cathryn Mataga. Between 1978 and 1998, they programmed and designed experimental video glitch art, artificial intelligences, and networked online media that imagined unprecedented uses for video games and computer software—new methods that questioned the binary of computer code and challenged the sovereignty of the computer systems on which their games and programs were designed to be played. In their work, Berry, Fenton and Mataga positioned the home computer and video game console not as the site of unlimited futures and possibilities, but as objects that were inherently limited, that oversimplified, and that could never really hold or simulate the complexity of human life and choice during a period of great change with regard to the shifting visibility, diagnosis, and control of trans people in medical history. *About the Author*Whit Pow (they/them) is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Media, Culture, and Communication at New York University. Their book project, *People Orientations: Toward a Transgender Video Game and Software History*, looks at the intersection of trans medical history, surveillance, and policy with computer and video game history. Their work has been published in and is forthcoming from *Camera Obscura*, *Feminist Media Histories*, *ROMchip: A Journal of Game Histories*, the art magazine *Outland*, and on the Social Science Research Council’s *Just Tech* platform, among others. Pow is a recipient of the NYU Center for the Humanities Faculty Fellowship. *About ROMchip**ROMchip: A Journal of Game Histories <https://www.romchip.org/>* is a free, online scholarly journal for game history. *ROMchip *develops, edits, and publishes ad-free, open access game history research for a range of audiences. It supports any discipline of work enlivening the history of games in local and global contexts, and embraces diversity in how game history is studied, documented, collected, preserved, and practiced. Learn more about our Spring Fundraiser <https://donate.romchip.org/>!* ROM* *c**hip* is a donation-based organization fiscally sponsored by The Hack Foundation <https://hackclub.com/fiscal-sponsorship/> (d.b.a. Hack Club), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit (EIN: 81-2908499).

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Workshop "Writing the history of computer visualizations", May 2nd-3rd
by Alexandre Hocquet 09 Apr '24

09 Apr '24

Dear SIGCISers, On behalf of the organizers, I am forwarding the announcement (and a program with abstracts, attached as a pdf file) of a workshop entitled "Writing the History of Computer Visualizations in the Sciences: Production, Uses, Circulation (1940-1990)" that will be held in Paris (and online) next May. _______________ /*apologies for cross-posting*/ Dear colleagues, We're very excited to announce an upcoming two-day event, "Writing the History of Computer Visualizations in the Sciences: Production, Uses, Circulation (1940-1990)", taking place *on May 2nd and 3rd 2024 at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris *(54 boulevard Raspail, 75006 PARIS). The event aims to bring together historians of science in order to explore the extent to which the use of computer display technologies for producing, reading, interacting and sharing visualizations has affected the production of scientific knowledge. A keynote presentation by Janina Wellmann (MPIWG) will be held on Thursday, May 2. This event is organized by the team of the ANR project DESIGNSHS (Design Graphique, Recherche et Patrimoine des Sciences Sociales. Le laboratoire de Graphique de Jacques Bertin - ANR-20-CE27-0023), supervised by Charlotte Bigg (CNRS, EHESS, Centre Alexandre Koyré). *We invite you to join us either in person or online*. *For the latter option, please send an email to edgarlejeune(a)hotmail.fr and to edgar.lejeune(a)ehess.fr* Below you can find the schedule for the event. Please feel free to ask for the complete program! Best regards, Edgar Lejeune (on behalf of the organizing committee) *_Thursday, 2 May_* 9h15-9h30: /Morning Coffee/ 9h30-10h00: Welcome by organizers (Edgar Lejeune) 10h00-10h45: *Nina Samuel (HU Berlin)* “Pixels and Pencils: On the Relationship between Abstract Reasoning and Visual Imagination in Complex Dynamics and Fractal Geometry (1960–1980)” 10h45-11h30: *A**lexandre Hocquet, Frédéric Wieber (Archives Poincaré, Université de Lorraine), Phillip H. Roth, Alin Olteanu (KHK Aachen)* “Juggling Molecules” 11h30-11h45: /Coffee Break/ 11h45-12h30: *Clément Bonvoisin (SPHERE, Université Paris-Cité)* “Computer visualizations for the U.S. Air Forces: Arnold Mengel and the uses of an analogue computer at RAND Corporation (1946–1954)” 12h30-14h30: /Lunch Break / 14h30-15h15: *Arianna Borrelli (TU Berlin & Bielefeld University)* “Image, not logic: computer-aided data visualization in microphysics and the transformation of the notion of particle” 15h15-16h00: *Grayson Bailey, Nathalie Bredella (Leibniz University & TU Munich) *“Computational mapping techniques und knowledge cultures within Landscape, Design and Planning” 16h00-16h45: *Michael Friedman (Cohn Institute & KHK Aachen)* “Computer Visualizations of Mathematical Objects during the 20^th Century” 16h45-17h00: /Coffee Break / 17h00-18h00: *Key Note Presentation - Janina Wellmann (MPIWG, Berlin) * “Visualization, Computation and Mathematics. Images in the Age of Computer” *_Friday, 3 May_* 9h00-9h30: / Morning Coffee/ 9h30-10h15: *Youssef Abdel Aziz (American University of Cairo & SPHERE, Université Paris-Cité)* “The Monte Carlo method and the development of computer graphics” 10h15-11h00: *Emma Larcelet (EPFL)* “The continuity of architectural drawing within early computer-aided experiments: from research to academic experimentation (1960—1990)” Coffee Break 11h00-11h15: / Coffee Break/ 11h15-12h00: *Mario Schulze, Sarine Waltenspül (University of Lucerne)* “Quantifying flow? About the history of Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) and how to turn a flow film into a data film” 12h-12h30: /Conclusion/

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Labor Tech Research Network Call for Award Submissions
by Karina Rider 08 Apr '24

08 Apr '24

Call for Submissions: Labor Tech Research Network Book, Graduate Student Paper, and Social Justice Awards Labor Tech Research Network<http://labortechresearchnetwork.org> (LaborTech) invites submissions for our third annual Book, Graduate Student Paper, and Social Justice Award. Deadline: June 1, 2024 *About Us* LaborTech is an interdisciplinary and transnational group of over 570 experts concerned with the intersection of technology and labor. We aim to reframe conversations about technology and labor towards issues of power, inequality, and social justice, and incorporate themes of feminism, anti-racism, and transnationalism. We also seek to foster an interdisciplinary, cross-regional, and community-oriented space for discussion, collaboration, and empowerment. For a deeper discussion of our mission, please see the 'About Us'<http://labortechresearchnetwork.org/index.php/about-us/> page on our website as well as examples of topics in our decade-long Speaker Series<http://labortechresearchnetwork.org/index.php/speaker-series/>. *Call for Nominations* As part of our mission to promote scholarship and activism towards more equitable forms of labor and technology, LaborTech is announcing a call for three awards -- Book, Graduate Student Paper, and Social Justice. These will honor projects which: * have distinctive intellectual merit or activist impact; * advance the knowledge about labor and technology in the global society; and * address our core focus on labor and technology and which may simultaneously address feminism, anti-racism, and/or transnationalism. *Eligibility* Works from all disciplines and methodologies are eligible for nomination. Nominations are open to members and non-members of LaborTech. We welcome self-nominations especially, but also nominations from publishers, colleagues, and others familiar with the projects. We encourage submissions from women, people of color, queer communities, and those from the global south. LaborTech executive board members and committee chairs, as well as books published in our Labor and Technology series with MIT Press, are ineligible for these awards. *Prizes* Winners receive a small cash award and a certificate (which we hope to expand further in years ahead, as we are still a growing nonprofit organization :). In addition, we offer our infrastructural supports at LaborTech to promote visibility of your projects: by connecting with our 570+ expert members; by making a video of winners and distributing it both in and outside of our network to enhance public attention and exposure; and by creating a space and opportunity for sharing your work at out end of year virtual celebration. Winners will be announced in December. *Deadline and Contact* The deadline for submissions is June 1, 2024. Send questions to labortechresearchnetwork(a)gmail.com<mailto:labortechresearchnetwork@gmail.com>. See below for separate criteria and instructions for the various awards. *Criteria and Submission Details* *Book Award* Criteria: * Monographs only (no edited volumes or anthologies) * Multiple authors accepted * Published in the last three years (2022-24). * If your book is not out by the deadline for this award, please send proofs from the manuscript and a letter from the press editor confirmation publication before the end of 2024. Submission details: Please submit the following items in English to labortechresearchnetwork(a)gmail.com<mailto:labortechresearchnetwork@gmail.com>: 1. An electronic version in PDF format (contact us if only print form is available for books) 2. The author's contact email address 3. A one-page nomination letter stating the significance and contribution of the work *Graduate Student Paper Award* Criteria: * Written by students currently enrolled in a graduate program or who have graduated in 2023 * Single-authored pieces are preferred, but co-authored pieces will be accepted with the above conditions in Submission Details * Papers may be published within the last three years (2022-24) or unpublished * Page length: 25-40 pages, double-spaced Submission details: Please submit the following items in English to labortechresearchnetwork(a)gmail.com<mailto:labortechresearchnetwork@gmail.com>: 1. Electronic version in PDF format 2. The author's email address 3. A one-page nomination letter stating: * the significance and contribution of the work * when the PhD was started and, if applicable, granted- if the paper was published, then state when and in what journal * if co-authored with faculty/advisors/other PhDs, please include a paragraph attesting to the student's dominant role in generating the paper (such as working on its theoretical components, doing the research, and writing it up). In addition, we ask that the cover letter is signed (digitally, or otherwise) by all co-authors, so that they are aware of this submission. *Social Justice Award* Criteria: * Those who are interfacing with technology in the course of their organizing, or who are organizing against inequitable technologies, in the context of labor, feminism, anti-racism, transnationalism struggles. This may include: · tech workers · labor organizers, whether in unions or other workers' associations · feminist, immigrant, community, and ethnic rights activists · scholar-activists. For this, we are not looking for purely academic work (i.e., scholars who are studying activism), but rather those who are participating in activism themselves, or who are promoting collaborations between activists and scholars. · people creating design alternatives for social justice, like engineers and designers · Open to individuals, small groups, and if appropriate, organizations · Focus will be on a particular campaign or project that is done with the aim of social justice regarding labor and/or technology. These projects may be broad (such as educating the public on a social justice issue) or specific (such as organizing a protest for higher wages). They may use a variety of strategies (e.g., art, design, social media, marches and strikes, policy interventions, etc.). We'd like to honor activists who, through these projects, have developed novel approaches or who are pioneers in the fight for more equitable relations of technology and/or labor. Submission details: * Fill out this Google Form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfRQ7kk9IEEtYqNinwKfLTgMF6CiIJudZc…. It has a few short questions regarding the significance and contribution of your social justice activities * Answers to this form should be a minimum 200 words each, in order to give us enough understanding of the nominee's accomplishments. No single sentence answers please! * Please submit all items in English. However, if you have a submission in another language, contact us and we'll attempt to find a translator in our group.

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A new(ish) book of potential interest from a software engineer on the original Google Android OS development team reflecting on the project.
by Jeffrey Yost 05 Apr '24

05 Apr '24

Dear Colleagues, A Professor of Computer Science Emeritus at UMN Gary Meyer reached out to me about a former student of his while he was at U of Oregon. Gary brought to my attention a relatively recent book by this former student Chet Hasse. After his CS degrees, Hasse went on to work as a member of the team that developed the Android operating system, and had a long career at Google. Chet did many research interviews with colleagues and collected documents and wrote the book *Androids: The Team that Built the Android Operating System* ( https://www.amazon.com/Androids-Built-Android-Operating-System/dp/1718502680) It is an interesting examination of a development project from a participating engineer, which makes it somewhat unusual, and Chet has published several other books too--including humor. Thought it might be of interest to some of you and also I promised Gary I would share it with colleagues in the history and social study of computing. Chet wrote too and he let me know that he is donating all royalties evenly split between two nonprofit organizations advancing diversity in programming, Girls Who Code and Black Girls Code. Best, Jeff ** * * * * ** *Please connect on: **Bluesky* <https://bsky.app/profile/justcodeculture.bsky.social> *Mastodon <https://mastodon.social/@justcodeculture>* *Linkedin <https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffrey-yost-b714566>* *Threads* <https://www.threads.net/> *Jeffrey Yost, Ph.D. * Director, Charles Babbage Institute <http://www.cse.umn.edu/cbi>; Research Professor, History Sci/Tech/Med 222 21st Avenue South, University of Minnesota; Minneapolis, MN 55455 *Studies in Computing and Culture book series, Johns Hopkins U. Press * Co-Editor *PI, NSF-funded CBI project "Mining a Useable Past: Perspectives, Paradoxes, and Possibilities with Security and Privacy."* *Blockchain & Society* <https://www.blockchainandsociety.com>* (crit. inq. essays & resources)* (Founder/Leader) *Interfaces: Essays and Reviews in Computing and Culture <https://cse.umn.edu/cbi/interfaces> *Co-Editor (w/ Amanda Wick) *Committee Member, National Academy of Engineering Extraordinary Engineering Impacts on Society* *Making IT Work: A History of the Computer Services Industry (MIT Press) <https://amzn.to/3gqe4R6>*

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Reminder 2024 Mahoney Prize nominations due by 15th April
by Janet Toland 04 Apr '24

04 Apr '24

Dear SIGCIS, A reminder that nominations for the 2024 Mahoney Prize are due by April 15th. The Mahoney Prize recognizes an outstanding article in the history of computing and information technology, broadly conceived. The Mahoney Prize commemorates the late Princeton scholar Michael S. Mahoney, whose profound contributions to the history of computing came from his many articles and book chapters. The prize consists of a $500 award and a certificate. For the 2024 prize, articles published in the preceding three years (2021, 2022 and 2023) are eligible for nomination. The Mahoney Prize is awarded by the Special Interest Group in Computers, Information, and Society (SIGCIS). We plan to present the prize at the SIG's annual meeting in July. Please email copies of articles being nominated to the 2024 Prize Committee by April 15, 2024. Self-nominations are welcome, as are nominations from the SIG's membership. Information on previous winning essays may be found on the website: https://www.sigcis.org/mahoneyprize Committee members' emails are below. Janet Toland (Chair) Adjunct Professor School of Information Management Victoria University of Wellington janet.toland(a)vuw.ac.nz<mailto:janet.toland@vuw.ac.nz> Kevin Driscoll Associate Professor, Department of Media Studies University of Virginia ked5d(a)virginia.edu<mailto:ked5d@virginia.edu> David Murphy Senior Lecturer, Digital, Tech, Innovation & Business Staffordshire University david.murphy(a)staffs.ac.uk<mailto:david.murphy@staffs.ac.uk>

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Seeking Game History Interviews for Publication in ROMchip
by Laine Nooney 02 Apr '24

02 Apr '24

Hello! I'm writing in my capacity as the Managing Editor of *ROMchip: A Journal of Game Histories <https://romchip.org/index.php/romchip-journal>*, to solicit interviews or oral histories anyone might have which could be suitable for publication in the journal. "Interviews" is one of our standard editorial sections, and we are open to transcripts with folks across the development sector; on the business end; in journalism, doing modding, repair, emulation and maintenance; historically-minded interviews with games scholars or theorists; etc. If you think you have something that might fit, please drop me an email! We're looking for work to feature in both our July 2024 and our Dec 2024 issues. And for those interested in other *ROMchip *events and goings-on*: * - as a fully independent publication, we're currently in our fundraising season, which will culminate on May 11 with a fundraising charity stream on Twitch. To become an early donor, check out our fundraising website <https://donate.romchip.org/>. - we'll be hosting a talk with Whit Pow on queer and trans software history Friday, April 12; tix here <https://app.tickettailor.com/event/ev_3668259>. Game on, Laine Nooney <http://www.lainenooney.com/> Assistant Professor | MCC <http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/mcc/> @ NYU <http://www.nyu.edu/> | they/them -Need to make an appt? Click, don't email: https://bit.ly/2GIHuK0 -Probably typed by voice recognition, so please cherish typos

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Annals Jan-March table of contents
by hemmendd＠union.edu 01 Apr '24

01 Apr '24

SIGCIS members, Here is what's in the first 2024 Annals issue, now on line. Enjoy! David Hemmendinge, Editor Lady Lovelace's Objection: The Turing-Hartree Disputes over the Meaning of Digital Computers, 1946-1951 Bernardo Goncalves Text Standards for the 'Rest of World': The Making of the Unicode Standard and OpenType Format Anushah Hossain Telenet, the 1983 Hacking Incidents, and the Construction of Network Security in the United States Brian Vagts A Hidden IT "Best Seller": IBM Customer Engineering Maintenance Manuals, 1930s-1980s James W. Cortada Anecdotes: Easy Reciprocals, Stanley Mazor Was There a French Engine Before Babbage's Difference Engine? Marc LaViolette Interviews: Interview of Morris Chang, Alan Patterson Events and Sightings: Niklaus Wirth Obituary, Dag Spicer The Computer History Museum's 2023 in Review, Dag Spicer

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