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Fate of BINAC?
by Evan Koblentz 28 May '19

28 May '19

In 1954, the USAF transferred BINAC from Northrup to UCLA. Does anyone know what became of it after its arrival at UCLA? -- Evan Koblentz, executive director Vintage Computer Federation www.vcfed.org evan(a)vcfed.org (646) 546-9999 VCF is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization

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Wired story on Margaret Hamilton and Ellen Gille at MIT
by Joly MacFie 27 May '19

27 May '19

https://www.wired.com/story/these-hidden-women-helped-invent-chaos-theory/ (reprinted from Quanta - extract..) ...chaos went mainstream with the publication of James Gleick’s Chaos: Making a New Sciencein 1987. Before long, Jeff Goldblum, playing the chaos theorist Ian Malcolm, was pausing, stammering and charming his way through lines about the unpredictability of nature in Jurassic Park. All told, it’s a neat narrative. Lorenz, “the father of chaos,” started a scientific revolution on the LGP-30. It is quite literally a textbook case for how the numerical experiments that modern science has come to rely on—in fields ranging from climate science to ecology to astrophysics—can uncover hidden truths about nature. But in fact, Lorenz was not the one running the machine. There’s another story, one that has gone untold for half a century. A year and a half ago, an MIT scientist happened across a name he had never heard before and started to investigate. The trail he ended up following took him into the MIT archives, through the stacks of the Library of Congress, and across three states and five decades to find information about the women who, today, would have been listed as co-authors on that seminal paper. And that material, shared with Quanta, provides a fuller, fairer account of the birth of chaos. -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast -------------------------------------------------------------- -

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new book: Warren Sack, The Software Arts (MIT Press, 2019)
by Warren Sack 27 May '19

27 May '19

Dear Colleagues, I have recently published a new book in the Software Studies Series at MIT Press: Warren Sack, The Software Arts (MIT Press, 2019). The Software Arts is alternative history of software that places the arts at the very center of software's evolution. My book is an invitation to artists and humanists to see how their ideas are at the root of software and an invitation to computer scientists to envision themselves as artists and humanists. https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/software-arts I hope you will have the opportunity to have a look at the book. Best, Warren SACK Chair + Professor, Film + Digital Media, University of California, Santa Cruz Editorial Group Member, *Computational Culture: A Journal of Software Studies* Book: *The Software Arts* (MIT Press, 2019) https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/software-arts

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History of Computing at Newcastle University
by Troy Astarte 21 May '19

21 May '19

Dear all, I am pleased to announce the event Newcastle Computing: Celebrating 50 Years of Campus-wide Computing taking place on the afternoon of Thursday 13th June 2019 in the Urban Sciences Building, Newcastle University. We are unveiling a new exhibition on Newcastle’s acquisition of a System/360-67 machine and the development of the Michigan Terminal System. We will also have a series of talks on the history of computing at Newcastle, especially as it relates to these events. For more information and to book, please visit: http://newcastlecomputing50.ncl.ac.uk . Attendance is free but registration is mandatory as we have space restrictions. Best, Troy Astarte School of Computing Newcastle University

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Exploring the Early Digital
by Ceruzzi, Paul 20 May '19

20 May '19

I am pleased to announce the publication of "Exploring the Early Digital," edited by Tom Haigh. Springer is offering it at a very reasonable price. Have a look at the Forwards and Introduction: http://early.digital/ Best, Paul Ceruzzi

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Interview with Joan Greenbaum
by Rebelsky, Samuel 16 May '19

16 May '19

Found on another mailing list, of possible interest to this list. --- START OF QUOTED MATERIAL --- For those who haven't seen this it's an interview with Joan Greenbaum about early days organizing in tech. https://logicmag.io/06-mainframe-interrupted/ ---- END OF QUOTED MATERIAL ----

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Call for papers: For the future press “★”. Steering Innovation in Communication Infrastructures (1849-2019)
by Enrico Natale 16 May '19

16 May '19

Dear list members, The Swiss Association for History and Computing launches a call for papers for a congress that will take place on 5-6 february 2020 in Bern on the topic: For the future press “★”. Steering Innovation in Communication Infrastructures <https://infoclio.ch/en/cfp-%EF%BB%BFsteering-innovation-communication-infra…> The congress is organized in cooperation with the Museum of Communication and the PTT Archives, as an homage to the 170 years since the founding of the Swiss Post (est. 1849). Deadline for proposals: 30 June 2019. Selected authors will be invited in Bern and their paper published in the swiss Journal for History & Computing. Download the call full for paper as PDF <https://www.infoclio.ch/sites/default/files/eventdocs/G%26I%202020%20-%20Ca…> Best regards, Enrico Natale infoclio.ch <http://infoclio.ch/> Hirschengraben 11 Postfach 3001 Bern Tel: +41 31 311 75 72 Follow infoclio.ch <http://infoclio.ch/> on Twitter <https://twitter.com/infoclio> / Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/infoclio.ch>.

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DEADLINE EXTENSION-Dibner Award for Excellence in Museum Exhibits
by Benjamin Gross 15 May '19

15 May '19

Dear colleagues, I am writing to announce that the nomination deadline for the Society for the History of Technology's Dibner Award has been extended until June 1, 2019. As a reminder, the Dibner Award for Excellence in Museum Exhibits was established in 1985, through the generosity of Bern Dibner, to recognize excellence in museums and museum exhibits that interpret the history of technology, industry, and engineering to the general public. Winning exhibits, in addition to being well designed and produced, should raise pertinent historical issues. Artifacts and images should be used in a manner that interests, teaches, and stimulates both the general public and historians. The award consists of a plaque and up to $1,000 to cover expenses for a member of the design team to accept the award at the SHOT awards banquet. Exhibits are eligible for this award if they have been open to the public for no more than 24 months before the deadline for nominations on June 1, 2019. The Society especially encourages nominations from local and regional historical societies. Virtual exhibits are not eligible for the award. Further information about the prize, including nomination forms, a list of past recipients, and the members of the Dibner Award Committee can be found on the SHOT website<https://www.historyoftechnology.org/about-us/awards-prizes-and-grants/the-d…>. Please note that if you are nominating your own exhibition, you should only fill in the first two sections of the nomination form. If you are nominating an exhibition from another organization with which you have no conflicts of interest, then please complete all three parts. Should any questions arise while completing the nomination form, please feel free to contact me or any other member of the Dibner Committee. Sincerely, -Ben Gross Benjamin Gross, PhD Vice President for Research and Scholarship Linda Hall Library of Science, Engineering and Technology 5109 Cherry Street Kansas City, Missouri 64110 816.926.8718 grossb(a)lindahall.org<mailto:grossb@lindahall.org> www.lindahall.org<http://www.lindahall.org/>

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The Untold History of AI
by allisonmarsh＠yahoo.com 08 May '19

08 May '19

Hello SIGCIS: I thought you might be interested in IEEE Spectrum's 6-part series on the untold history of AI: https://spectrum.ieee.org/tag/AI+history. -Allison

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New history of voluntary standard setting, including coverage of internet and web standard setting in IETF and W3C
by JoAnne Yates 08 May '19

08 May '19

Hi, SIGCIS members- I'm happy to announce that my new book, Engineering Rules: Global Standard Setting Since 1880 (co-authored with my husband, Craig N. Murphy), is now available through Johns Hopkins University Press. This book focuses on the engineers and organizations who create the voluntary standards we depend on to make our world work, starting in the late 19th century and coming up to the present. Two chapters of it are devoted to internet and web standardizing in IETF and W3C, including a detailed case history of one W3C Working Group. In writing about IETF I draw extensively on the work of two members of this community, Janet Abbate and Andrew Russell. Thanks to both of you for your excellent work in this area. The book is available from JHUP at a 20% discount if you go to https://jhupbooks.press.jhu.edu/title/engineering-rules and enter the promotional code HTWN at checkout. Best, JoAnne Yates Sloan Distinguished Professor of Management MIT Sloan School of Management

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