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Conference "Computer in Deutschland", November 7th-8th, Paderborn (Germany)
by Martin Schmitt 16 Feb '26

16 Feb '26

Dear SIGCIS, I hope everyone of you returned home safely from Luxembourg last week. It was awesome to see so many of you there at SHOT. So many good panels on the history of computing! Who still hasn’t enough (and is able to understand German), I just wanted to invite you to a conference on „Computer in Germany. New perspectives in History of Computing and Computer Archeology“. ("Computer in Deutschland“) The conference takes place on the of the 100th anniversary of Heinz Nixdorf in Paderborn, Germany, on November 7th-8th. I’m co-organizing the conference with my colleague Stefan Höltgen with the support of the Historical Institute Paderborn, the German Society for Computer Science (GI) and the Heinz Nixdorf MuseumsForum, on of the largest computer museums in the world. Conference language is German, the conference is free. Please find attached the program and the poster. Best Martin Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter | digital enthusiast UNIVERSITÄT PADERBORN Historisches Institut Zeitgeschichte, Neuere & Neuste Geschichte, Digital History https://www.uni-paderborn.de/person/100968 Tel.: +49 5251 60-2428 Zuletzt erschienen: Schmitt, Martin: „Socialist AI? Societal Use, Economic Implementation, and the Tensions of Applied Computer Science in Late Socialist GDR“, in: IEEE Annals Hist. Comput. (2023), S. 66-79.

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[CfP] INDL-North America Symposium on Labor and AI @ Yale
by Posada, Julian 15 Jan '26

15 Jan '26

Dear colleagues, I am pleased to announce the call for papers for the INDL-North America Symposium on Labor and Artificial Intelligence. Event Details: * Date: April 29, 2026 * Location: Yale University, New Haven, CT (In-person) Theme: "Workers Building, Using, and Resisting AI" This inaugural symposium highlights the essential role of labor not only in creating AI models but also in shaping how those technologies transform work, maintaining AI infrastructure, and developing strategies to navigate or resist AI-driven change. We invite contributions from established and early-career academic researchers (including graduate students), labor organizers and practitioners, and professionals engaged with the theme. Funding: We are pleased to offer a limited number of scholarships for graduate students, non-academics, and independent scholars, funded by Yale’s MacMillan Center. Important Dates: * Abstract Deadline (<500 words): January 18, 2026 (AoE) * Notification of Acceptance: February 28, 2026 For the full call for papers and submission instructions, please visit the symposium website: https://indl-na.sciencesconf.org/ *Apologies for cross-posting. Please share widely.* —————————— Julián Posada, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of American Studies Yale University https://posada.website/

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[RESET Journal] Call for Papers – “Towards New Social and Historical Studies of Artificial Intelligence” (January 16, 2026)
by FICHEN Mathilde 15 Jan '26

15 Jan '26

Hello everyone, The journal RESET is issuing a call for contributions on the following theme: “Towards New Social and Historical Studies of Artificial Intelligence”. Details of the call are available in French<https://journals.openedition.org/reset/6249> and English<https://journals.openedition.org/reset/6250> on the journal’s website. This special issue, coordinated by Mathilde Fichen (HT2s, Cnam), Alexander Campolo (Durham University), and Valentin Goujon (médialab, Sciences Po), aims to bring together empirically grounded contributions that fall within one or more of the following areas: * “Winters” and “springs,” symbolic and connectionist: testing the robustness of major historiographical narratives about artificial intelligence * Spaces, objects, intersectionality: renewed perspectives on the history of artificial intelligence * Contemporary socio-histories of artificial intelligence, between commercial breakthroughs and scientific renewals Article abstracts (around 4,000 characters, excluding bibliography) are expected by January 16, 2026 at the following three email addresses: * mathilde.fichen(a)lecnam.net * alexander.campolo(a)durham.ac.uk * valentin.goujon(a)sciencespo.fr The proposal, written in French or English, should indicate the research question, the methodology used, the theoretical framework applied, and the expected results. It should emphasize the scientific relevance of the proposed article in relation to the existing literature and the call for papers, and should be accompanied by a short bibliography. Authors will receive a response in mid-February 2026. For accepted proposals, full articles must be submitted no later than June 2026. The journal RESET is also open, in its Varia<https://journals.openedition.org/reset/3228> section, to all work in the humanities and social sciences that deals with the digital world as an object or method of research. Please feel free to share this call with anyone who may be interested. We remain available at the email addresses above for any questions. We look forward to reading your submissions, Mathilde Fichen, Alexander Campolo, and Valentin Goujon. Mathilde Fichen Ph.D Candidate CNAM - HT2S<https://technique-societe.cnam.fr/histoire-des-technosciences-en-societe-ht…> Personal page: mathfichen.github.io<https://mathfichen.github.io/>

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Special Issue: Technologies of War
by Tahir, Madiha 01 Jan '26

01 Jan '26

Dear colleagues - I wanted to share a special issue Technologies of War<https://read.dukeupress.edu/cssaame/issue/45/3>, for CSSAME (Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa, and the Middle East) that may be of interest to you. The issue, co-edited by Adrien Zakar and me, examines the longer genealogies of digital war. Here is the full ToC for Technologies of War | Vol 45 Issue 3: Introduction: Technology and Critique: Genealogies of Digital War<https://read.dukeupress.edu/cssaame/article/45/3/411/402223/Technology-and-…> Madiha Tahir & Adrien Zakar (Counter)-Mapping US Empire in Africa: Scattered Hegemonies, Feminist Methodologies, and Situated Knowledge <https://read.dukeupress.edu/cssaame/article/45/3/421/402206/Counter-Mapping…> Samar Al-Bulushi Gimmicks of War<https://read.dukeupress.edu/cssaame/article/45/3/429/402209/Gimmicks-of-War> Adrien Zakar Drone Empires: Ethnic Conflict, Techno-Spectacle, and Imperial Machinations Across Eurasia and Africa<https://read.dukeupress.edu/cssaame/article/45/3/441/402219/Drone-EmpiresEt…> Matthew Ghazarian Distributed Empire: A Technics of Drone War <https://read.dukeupress.edu/cssaame/article/45/3/449/402207/Distributed-Emp…> Madiha Tahir iPhones as Compromised Talisman: Data Control and the “Imperial In-Between” in Northwest China<https://read.dukeupress.edu/cssaame/article/45/3/459/402204/iPhones-as-Comp…> Darren Byler Big Data Before the Age of Big Data: The 1917 Anglo-Egyptian “Dress Rehearsal” of the Nazi Census<https://read.dukeupress.edu/cssaame/article/45/3/465/402222/Big-Data-Before…> Karim Malak Pivots<https://read.dukeupress.edu/cssaame/article/45/3/475/402214/Pivots> Sareeta Amrute Warmly Madiha ___ M. Tahir, Ph.D. Assistant Professor | American Studies Faculty Affiliate: Ethnicity, Race & Migration Yale University

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Re: [SIGCIS-Members] Our "Automation by Design..." Special Issue of IEEE Annals is out!
by Troy Astarte 31 Dec '25

31 Dec '25

Dear all, Jeff, many thanks for announcing this for me! Its publication while I was at a conference/on leave delayed my own announcement. I’ll forgo an additional email, but will give the full ToC here. You can find the issue on the Computer Society Digital Library<https://www.computer.org/csdl/magazine/an/2025/04> or IEEE Xplore<https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/mostRecentIssue.jsp?punumber=85> according to your preference/subscription. Here is the table of contents: Guest Editors’ Introduction Introduction to Automation by Design<https://www.computer.org/csdl/magazine/an/2025/04/11304148/2cygClfVW8w> by Colette Perold<https://www.computer.org/csdl/search/default?type=author&givenName=Colette&…>, Jeffrey R. Yost<https://www.computer.org/csdl/search/default?type=author&givenName=Jeffrey%…> Theme Articles: Automation by Design Digital Construction Comes to the Pacific Northwest: Timber and the Landscapes of Automation<https://www.computer.org/csdl/magazine/an/2025/04/11031182/27sQG5Y18u4> by Megan Wiessner<https://www.computer.org/csdl/search/default?type=author&givenName=Megan&su…> Machinery of Ethnic Cleansing: Punched Card Machines and the 1920 Greek Population Census<https://www.computer.org/csdl/magazine/an/2025/04/11208589/2aYh0oUQOZi> by Christos Karampatsos<https://www.computer.org/csdl/search/default?type=author&givenName=Christos…>, Polyxeni Malisova<https://www.computer.org/csdl/search/default?type=author&givenName=Polyxeni…> Autocoding at Work: COBOL and the Specification of the American Office<https://www.computer.org/csdl/magazine/an/2025/04/10938681/25n2yWIBtYI> by David E. Dunning<https://www.computer.org/csdl/search/default?type=author&givenName=David%20…> Governing Collaboration: Data and Work Relationships in U.K. Software for Building Design, 1970–1980<https://www.computer.org/csdl/magazine/an/2025/04/11029403/27qQcf3RL6E> by Eliza Pertigkiozoglou<https://www.computer.org/csdl/search/default?type=author&givenName=Eliza&su…> The Legality of Logistics: On Techno-Orientalism and Geopolitics in Semiconductor Production<https://www.computer.org/csdl/magazine/an/2025/04/10964384/25UAaLnTI88> by Ranjodh Singh Dhaliwal<https://www.computer.org/csdl/search/default?type=author&givenName=Ranjodh%…> Theme Think Piece Computing Racial Order<https://www.computer.org/csdl/magazine/an/2025/04/11304157/2cygCLOhoyI> by Jason Ludwig<https://www.computer.org/csdl/search/default?type=author&givenName=Jason&su…> Department: Anecdotes Konrad Zuse and Operation Paperclip<https://www.computer.org/csdl/magazine/an/2025/04/11304160/2cygBlQCgta> by Raúl Rojas<https://www.computer.org/csdl/search/default?type=author&givenName=Ra%FAl&s…> A Simulated Differential Analyzer<https://www.computer.org/csdl/magazine/an/2025/04/11304149/2cygBMGhfPi> by Richard Pawson<https://www.computer.org/csdl/search/default?type=author&givenName=Richard&…> Department: Events and Sightings “The Computer in Motion”: Symposium Report From the 27th International Congress of History of Science and Technology (ICHST)<https://www.computer.org/csdl/magazine/an/2025/04/11304150/2cygBSWAvLy> by Ksenia Tatarchenko<https://www.computer.org/csdl/search/default?type=author&givenName=Ksenia&s…>, Barbara Hof<https://www.computer.org/csdl/search/default?type=author&givenName=Barbara&…>, Arianna Borrelli<https://www.computer.org/csdl/search/default?type=author&givenName=Arianna&…> Best, Dr. Troy Kaighin Astarte (they/them / nhw) I often dictate messages due to motor disability; please forgive any oddities resulting. Senior Lecturer, Computer Science / Uwch Darlithydd, Cyfrifiadureg Swansea University / Prifysgol Abertawe Editor-in-Chief / Prif Olygydd, IEEE Annals of the History of Computing troyastarte.com<https://troyastarte.com> 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. On 19 Dec 2025, at 18:26, Jeffrey Yost via Members <members(a)lists.sigcis.org> 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. Many thanks to David Hemmendinger for a correction. Given there is only 2008 to 2022 content on MUSE for IEEE Annals now, there seems to be a few years delay, but it is available now at IEEE Xplore. David also pointed out that it is available on the IEEE Annals main page too as of today. (it was on Xplore a day earlier, yesterday). That CSDL IEEE Annals' URL is: computer.org/annals<http://computer.org/annals> Best, Jeff Jeffrey Yost, Ph.D. Director, Charles Babbage Institute for Computing, Information & Culture Research Professor, History of Sci., Tech., Med., University of Minnesota Just Code: Power, Inequality and the Political Economy of IT (Johns Hopkins U. Press out in Nov. 2025 co-edited w/ Gerardo Con Diaz)<https://press.jhu.edu/books/title/12804/just-code> Making IT Work: A History of the Computer Services Industry (MIT Press)<https://amzn.to/3gqe4R6> Studies in Computing and Culture book series, Johns Hopkins U. Press<https://www.press.jhu.edu/books/series/studies-computing-and-culture> Co-Editor (w/ Con Diaz) 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-in-Chief (w/ Amanda Wick) On Fri, Dec 19, 2025 at 10:45 AM Jeffrey Yost <yostx003(a)umn.edu<mailto:yostx003@umn.edu>> wrote: Dear Colleagues, Wanted to share the news that our special issue of IEEE Annals of the History of Computing entitled "Automation by Design: Politics, Culture, and Landscape in an Age of Machines That Learn" came out yesterday! It is now available on IEEE Xplore and soon will be on MUSE too. Colette Perold and my historiographically-contextualizing article "Introduction to Automation by Design" is open access as are a few of the articles (IEEE Digital Library, link below as a UMN z link, and many libraries subscribe to IEEE library & or MUSE where there is complete access). Special thanks to Honghong Tinn, who joined Colette, me, and Con on our 2023 CBI Symposium of the same name. It was an interdisciplinary event (History, STS, Sociology, Media Studies...) and this issue represents select historical-oriented articles. Articles and authors are listed below. It was so wonderful to partner with tremendously gifted colleagues/friends Colette and Con on this issue and an honor for us to work with such an incredibly talented group of article authors writing cutting edge scholarship on the history of automation/"artificial intelligence"!! Many thanks to IEEE Annals EiC Troy Astarte for helpful guidance throughout! Happy holidays to everyone! https://z.umn.edu/AutomationbyDesign Best, Jeff Articles Introduction to Automation by Design Colette Perold and Jeffrey R. Yost 6-10 Digital Construction Comes to the Pacific Northwest: Timber and the Landscapes of Automation Megan Wiessner 11 - 23 Machinery of Ethnic Cleansing: Punched Card Machines and the 1920 Greek Population Census Christos Karampatsos; Polyxeni Malisova 24 - 37 Autocoding at Work: COBOL and the Specification of the American Office David E. Dunning 38 - 49 Governing Collaboration: Data and Work Relationships in U.K. Software for Building Design, 1970–1980 Eliza Pertigkiozoglou 50 - 62 The Legality of Logistics: On Techno-Orientalism and Geopolitics in Semiconductor Production Ranjodh Singh Dhaliwal 63 - 77 Computing Racial Order Jason Ludwig 79-83 * * * * * * Jeffrey Yost, Ph.D. Director, Charles Babbage Institute for Computing, Information & Culture Research Professor, History of Sci., Tech., Med., University of Minnesota Just Code: Power, Inequality and the Political Economy of IT (Johns Hopkins U. Press out in Nov. 2025 co-edited w/ Gerardo Con Diaz)<https://press.jhu.edu/books/title/12804/just-code> Making IT Work: A History of the Computer Services Industry (MIT Press)<https://amzn.to/3gqe4R6> Studies in Computing and Culture book series, Johns Hopkins U. Press<https://www.press.jhu.edu/books/series/studies-computing-and-culture> Co-Editor (w/ Con Diaz) 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-in-Chief (w/ Amanda Wick) _______________________________________________ This email is relayed from members at sigcis.org, the email discussion list of SHOT SIGCIS. Opinions expressed here are those of the member posting and are not reviewed, edited, or endorsed by SIGCIS. The list archives are at http://lists.sigcis.org/pipermail/members-sigcis.org/ and you can change your subscription options at http://lists.sigcis.org/listinfo.cgi/members-sigcis.org

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Simon Lavington
by James Sumner 29 Dec '25

29 Dec '25

Dear SIGCIS The death was announced last week <https://www.facebook.com/TNMOC/videos/it-is-with-great-sadness-that-the-nat…> of Professor Simon Lavington, one of the earliest and most prolific of British computer historians. Originally trained as an electrical engineer, Simon Lavington was a graduate student in the University of Manchester's emerging Department of Computer Science under Tom Kilburn in the 1960s. His historical research, mostly in the internal machine-history tradition, developed alongside an academic career in computer science and systems design at Manchester and the University of Essex, and expanded after his official retirement in 2002. His first book, the short illustrated study /A History of Manchester Computers/ (1975; 2nd ed., 1998), was followed by /Early British Computers /(1980), a technical survey of the hardware industry's development; /The Pegasus Story/ (2000), a machine history; and two detailed studies of British manufacturers, /Moving Targets: Elliott-Automation and the Dawn of the Computer Age /(2011) and /Early Computing in Britain: Ferranti Ltd and Government Funding/ (2019). He also edited the multi-authored work /Alan Turing and his Contemporaries/ (2012, with Chris Burton, Martin Campbell-Kelly and Roger Johnson). His published articles include a description of the high-speed text analysis machine Oedipus, developed secretly for the intelligence service GCHQ in the 1950s and loosely descended from the Bletchley Park Colossus project (/Annals/, 2006: doi.org/10.1109/MAHC.2006.34 <https://doi.org/10.1109/MAHC.2006.34>) and a short biography of Dina Vaughan/St Johnston, whose company Vaughan Programming Services was a defining influence on the concept of the independent software house (/Computer Journal/, 2009: doi.org/10.1093/comjnl/bxn019 <https://doi.org/10.1093/comjnl/bxn019>). He was also the digital archivist for the Computer Conservation Society, where he co-ordinated the Our Computer Heritage <https://www.ourcomputerheritage.org/> project. In 2024 he was awarded an honorary fellowship of the National Museum of Computing, and he remained active in research and commemorative activities to the end of his life. His papers <https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/search/archives/fcb6b66a-adc2-38f1-a409-0bc6…> are held at the University of Manchester Library. Best wishes James

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Our "Automation by Design..." Special Issue of IEEE Annals is out!
by Jeffrey Yost 19 Dec '25

19 Dec '25

Dear Colleagues, Wanted to share the news that our special issue of *IEEE Annals of the History of Computing* entitled "Automation by Design: Politics, Culture, and Landscape in an Age of Machines That Learn" came out yesterday! It is now available on IEEE Xplore and soon will be on MUSE too. Colette Perold and my historiographically-contextualizing article "Introduction to Automation by Design" is open access as are a few of the articles (IEEE Digital Library, link below as a UMN z link, and many libraries subscribe to IEEE library & or MUSE where there is complete access). Special thanks to Honghong Tinn, who joined Colette, me, and Con on our 2023 CBI Symposium of the same name. It was an interdisciplinary event (History, STS, Sociology, Media Studies...) and this issue represents select historical-oriented articles. Articles and authors are listed below. It was so wonderful to partner with tremendously gifted colleagues/friends Colette and Con on this issue and an honor for us to work with such an incredibly talented group of article authors writing cutting edge scholarship on the history of automation/"artificial intelligence"!! Many thanks to *IEEE Annals* EiC Troy Astarte for helpful guidance throughout! Happy holidays to everyone! https://z.umn.edu/AutomationbyDesign Best, Jeff Articles Introduction to Automation by Design Colette Perold and Jeffrey R. Yost 6-10 Digital Construction Comes to the Pacific Northwest: Timber and the Landscapes of Automation Megan Wiessner 11 - 23 Machinery of Ethnic Cleansing: Punched Card Machines and the 1920 Greek Population Census Christos Karampatsos; Polyxeni Malisova 24 - 37 Autocoding at Work: COBOL and the Specification of the American Office David E. Dunning 38 - 49 Governing Collaboration: Data and Work Relationships in U.K. Software for Building Design, 1970–1980 Eliza Pertigkiozoglou 50 - 62 The Legality of Logistics: On Techno-Orientalism and Geopolitics in Semiconductor Production Ranjodh Singh Dhaliwal 63 - 77 Computing Racial Order Jason Ludwig 79-83 ** * * * * ** *Jeffrey Yost, Ph.D. * *Director, Charles Babbage Institute for Computing, Information & Culture* *Research Professor, History of Sci., Tech., Med., University of Minnesota* *Just Code: Power, Inequality and the Political Economy of IT (Johns Hopkins U. Press out in Nov. 2025 co-edited w/ Gerardo Con Diaz) <https://press.jhu.edu/books/title/12804/just-code> * *Making IT Work: A History of the Computer Services Industry (MIT Press) <https://amzn.to/3gqe4R6>* *Studies in Computing and Culture book series, Johns Hopkins U. Press <https://www.press.jhu.edu/books/series/studies-computing-and-culture> *Co-Editor (w/ Con Diaz) *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-in-Chief (w/ Amanda Wick)

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[CfP] INDL-North America Symposium on Labor and AI @ Yale
by Yoehan Oh 12 Dec '25

12 Dec '25

Dear colleagues, I am pleased to announce the call for papers for the *INDL-North America Symposium on Labor and Artificial Intelligence*. *Event Details:* - *Date:* April 29, 2026 - *Location:* Yale University, New Haven, CT (In-person) *Theme:* "Workers Building, Using, and Resisting AI" This inaugural symposium highlights the essential role of labor not only in creating AI models but also in shaping how those technologies transform work, maintaining AI infrastructure, and developing strategies to navigate or resist AI-driven change. We invite contributions from established and early-career academic researchers (including graduate students), labor organizers and practitioners, and professionals engaged with the theme. *Funding:* We are pleased to offer a limited number of scholarships for graduate students, non-academics, and independent scholars, funded by Yale’s MacMillan Center. *Important Dates:* - *Abstract Deadline (<500 words):* January 18, 2026 (AoE) - *Notification of Acceptance:* February 28, 2026 For the full call for papers and submission instructions, please visit the symposium website: *https://indl-na.sciencesconf.org/ <https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Findl-na.s…>* **Apologies for cross-posting. Please share widely.** On behalf of: —————————— *Julián Posada*, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of American Studies *Yale University* https://posada.website/ <https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fposada.we…> -- Yoehan Oh (he/him), Ph.D. Postdoctoral Associate and Lecturer, Department of Computer Science, Yale University Teaching course cross-listed to the Council on East Asian Studies & the Department of History e-mail: yoehan.oh(a)gmail.com; yoehan.oh(a)yale.edu

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Fwd: [sts-g] Postdoc: Robophilosophy!
by Jonathan Coopersmith 10 Dec '25

10 Dec '25

of possible interest: ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Wisnioski, Matthew <mwisnios(a)vt.edu> Date: Tue, Dec 9, 2025 at 3:05 PM Subject: [sts-g] Postdoc: Robophilosophy! To: List sts Discussion <sts-g(a)vt.edu> The Research Unit for Robophilosophy and Integrative Social Robotics (RISR), School of Culture and Society, Faculty of Arts, Aarhus University invites applications for an 18-month postdoctoral position in social/assistive robotics. The appointment ZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerStart This Message Is From an External Sender This message came from outside your organization. ZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerEnd The Research Unit for Robophilosophy and Integrative Social Robotics (RISR), School of Culture and Society, Faculty of Arts, Aarhus University invites applications for an 18-month postdoctoral position in social/assistive robotics. The appointment begins on February 1, 2026, or as soon as possible thereafter. Place of work will be Aarhus University, Jens Chr. Skous Vej 7, 8000 Aarhus C. The university sets great store by its staff to reflect the diversity of society and thus welcomes applications from all qualified applicants regardless of their personal background. Research context Johanna Seibt Professor filseibt(a)cas.au.dk +4587162245 The position is offered in the context of the research project *“Enabling Social Interiors: Innovating Design in Assistive Robotics (DARE)” <https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.roboph…>*. DARE is an interdisciplinary project in social (assistive) robotics where Humanities research is fully included: the project combines philosophical expertise (social ontology, social phenomenology, axiology, ethics), anthropological field research, and constructive design research. With focus on assistive robotics for independent living of older adults, the DARE project will investigate the complex interplay between the dynamics of value hierarchies (e.g., autonomy vs. dignity), self-conceptions in aging, and robot appearance. Drawing on these insights and recent design studies of shape-changing objects, we introduce a new design category, “enabling social interiors”, and investigate how it can support positive conceptions of aging. The project is relevant for the physical and kinematic design of social robots in general, since it investigates the contextual relationship between value experience, social cues in robotic movements, and acceptance of robots. The relationship between ‘design spaces’ and user values currently constitutes an important research gap in assistive robotics. The DARE project will address this relationship by way of design-centered approach that draws on the unique conceptual and methodological resources of *ISR* (Integrative Social Robotics), a R&D paradigm for culturally sustainable social robotics as developed at the research unit RISR. (Background information on ISR is provided at the project’s webpage). DARE will also benefit from close collaborations with the ACUTE project (link) which explores the new design category of artifact inspired robots experimentally. The position We are looking for an innovative young researcher with a disciplinary specialization in (social/assistive) robotics and, ideally, some experience with collaborations with interaction designers using design methods. The successful applicant will have strong research skills in social robotics: synthetic research, including the building of prototypes, and empirical research (quantitative and qualitative methods). The applicant is expected to work productively in an interdisciplinary team. Other researchers of the DARE team will determine interactional profiles for value experience and sociality experiences. The postdoctoral researcher is expected to collaborate with a researcher in interaction design, who will use explore user expectations and contextual values by means of a constructive design approach using design probes and interviews. The successful applicant shall investigate, supported by the interaction design researcher, which physical and kinematic designs of robotic items can support these interactional profiles, testing them with mockups or partial prototypes. The successful applicant will work closely with the three lead researchers of the project, Professor Johanna Seibt (*RISR <https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.roboph…>*, philosophy), Associate Professor Majken Kierkegaard Rasmussen (Digital Design, *Interaction Design research program <https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcc.au.dk%…>* ), and Docent Christina Vestergaard (VIA Research Center for Health and Society, *RISR <https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.roboph…>*, anthropology). The place of work will be the interdisciplinary research unit RISR, but the postdoctoral researcher will also have access to staff and facilities of the Department of Digital Design and Information Studies (DDINF), such as local prototyping facilities. Teaching, supervision, knowledge exchange The position is primarily research-based, but it will also involve a small degree of teaching and supervision. To that end, the successful applicant will be expected to take part in the teaching activities of the research unit RISR, especially the supplementary subject *Humanistic Technology Development <https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbachelor.…>*. The successful applicant will be expected to teach in English or Danish. The successful applicant will be expected to exchange knowledge with various sectors of society and to contribute actively to public debate in areas related to the position. Qualifications Applicants for this position must hold a PhD degree (or equivalent) in interaction design. Applicants should upload a full CV as well as a statement of motivation (1 page). Applicants must document: - an international research profile showing high academic productivity - high proficiency in design (including prototyping) of robotic objects - research background in HRI (social or assistive robotics) - fluency in written and spoken English - optional: experience with collaborative research in interdisciplinary research groups The research activities will be evaluated in relation to the actual research time. We therefore encourage applicants to specify any periods of leave they may have had without research activities (e.g. maternity/paternity leave), so we can subtract these periods from the span of their academic career when evaluating their productivity. Please upload a maximum of two publications alongside your application. Only submitted publications will be assessed; a list of publications is not sufficient. As a result, applications without submitted publications will not be assessed. Shortlists may be prepared with the candidates that have been selected for a detailed academic assessment. A committee set up by the head of school is responsible for selecting the most qualified candidates. See this link for further information about shortlisting at the Faculty of Arts: shortlisting Professional references or recommendations should not be included. Applicants who are selected for an interview may be asked to provide professional references. The application must be submitted in English For further information about the position, please contact filseibt(a)cas.au.dk For further information about the application procedure, please contact HR supporter Gerd Bech Thomsen (*gebeth(a)au.dk <gebeth(a)au.dk>*) International applicants International applicants are encouraged to check *Family and work-life balance <https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Finternati…>* and *Attractive working conditions <https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Finternati…>* for further information about the benefits of working at Aarhus University and in Denmark, including healthcare, paid holidays and, if relevant, maternity/paternity leave, childcare and schooling. Aarhus University offers a broad variety of services for international researchers and accompanying families, including a *relocation service <https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Finternati…>* and career counselling for expat partners. For information about taxation, see *Taxation aspects of international researchers’ employment by AU <https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnetworks.…>. <https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedarbejd…>* The work environment Read more about the international, interdisciplinary *Research Unit for Robophilosophy and Integrative Social Robotics. <https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.roboph…>* For further information about the school, please see *School of Culture and Society - Aarhus University (au.dk) <https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcas.au.dk…>* . Qualification requirements Applicants should hold a PhD or equivalent academic qualifications. Formalities The Faculty of Arts refers to the Ministerial Order on the Appointment of Academic Staff at Danish Universities* (the Appointment Order) <https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fufm.dk%2F…>* . - Appointments shall be in accordance with the collective labour agreement between the Danish Ministry of Finance and the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations. - Further information on qualification requirements and job content may be found in the* Memorandum on Job Structure for Academic Staff at Danish Universities <https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedarbejd…>* . - Further information on the application and supplementary materials may be found in *Application Guidelines <https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Farts.au.dk…>* . - The application must outline the applicant's motivation for applying for the position, attaching a curriculum vitae, a teaching portfolio, a complete list of published works, copies of degree certificates and examples of academic production (mandatory, but no more than two examples). Please upload this material electronically along with your application. Aarhus University also offers a junior researcher development programme targeted at career development for postdocs at AU. You can read more about it here: *https://talent.au.dk/junior-researcher-development-programme/ <https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftalent.au…>* If nothing else is noted, applications must be submitted in English. The application deadline is at 11.59 pm Danish time (same as Central European Time) on the deadline day. Aarhus University’s ambition is to be an attractive and inspiring workplace for all and to foster a culture in which each individual has opportunities to thrive, achieve and develop. We view equality and diversity as assets, and we welcome all applicants. Shortlists may be prepared with the candidates that have been selected for a detailed academic assessment. 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Visit to System Source Computer Museum
by Ceruzzi, Paul 09 Dec '25

09 Dec '25

I visited this museum last week, where they demonstrated a Bendix G-15 restored to operating condition! The G-15 may have been the only American computer to incorporate the design philosophy of Alan Turing—correct me if I am wrong on that. A very impressive museum. https://museum.syssrc.com/

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