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Call for Papers: DRS Track 'Design, Technology and Society' (Deadline: Nov. 6, 2017)
by Theodora Vardouli, Prof. 20 Sep '17

20 Sep '17

Announcing a call for papers for the DRS (Design Research Society) Limerick, Ireland, 25th-28th June 2018 Deadline: November 6, 2017 On the theme: Design, Technology and Society The Design, Technology and Society track at DRS 2018 focuses on critical perspectives and creative insights into the roles of technological systems and discourses in the design and production of our built environment. As computation, software, simulations, digital fabrication, robotics, ‘big data,’ artificial intelligence, and machine learning configure new imaginaries of designing and making across fields, we seek to approach these subjects critically from enriched socio-material, technical, and historical perspectives —exploring how conceptions of creativity, materiality, and labor have shifted and continue to shift in conjunction with technological change. We seek contributions that reflect on themes including but not exclusive to: * Historical papers examining the roles of university laboratories, government sponsored research, public policies, or technology companies in shaping ideas, systems and practices of design; * Studies of specific computational artifacts, formal languages, algorithms, or software systems which examine their material and cultural histories, and their role in enabling new design practices and discourses; * Ethnographic studies unveiling cultures where technological ideas or methods have shaped conceptual or practical aspects of design; * Research projects addressing design critically from an enriched socio-material perspective accounting for the agencies —both human and non-human— involved in the design, operation of and interaction with computational systems; * Studies reporting on speculative or critical technologies addressing questions about the design process, envisioning alternative modes of design participation or engagement with traditions, materials, and the body, or probing innovative theories and practices of design. <http://www.drs2018limerick.org/track/design-technology-and-society> Track Subchairs Daniel Cardoso Llach, Carnegie Mellon University, USA (dcardoso(a)cmu.edu<mailto:dcardoso@cmu.edu>); Terry Knight, MIT, USA (tknight(a)mit.edu<mailto:tknight@mit.edu>); Co-conveners Ignacio Farías, Technische Universität München, Germany; Lilly Irani, UC San Diego, USA; Theodora Vardouli, McGill University, Canada. Track Website http://www.drs2018limerick.org/track/design-technology-and-society Submission Deadline: 6th November 2017 Submission details: See conference website<http://drs2018limerick.org/participation/call-papers>. -- Theodora Vardouli Assistant Professor | School of Architecture | McGill University 815 Sherbrooke Street West, Montréal Québec, Canada H3A 0C2 | 514.398.6709 theodora.vardouli(a)mcgill.ca<mailto:theodora.vardouli@mcgill.ca> | openarchitectures.com<https://openarchitectures.com/>

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resources about online harassment
by Irish, Sharon Lee 19 Sep '17

19 Sep '17

Dear colleagues, My campus is hosting Wendy Hui Kyong Chun this week and I am finally reading her 2016 book, Updating to Remain the Same: Habitual New Media. In chapter 4 (p. 158) she asks, “how might we occupy networks differently? How can we understand publicity not in terms of a need for safety and protection, which is neither safe nor protecting, but rather the fight for a space in which one can be vulnerable and not attacked?” These challenging questions prompted me to share the following resources, which may contribute to shaping networks “that develop new habits of connecting” (Chun, p. 160). Perhaps some of you know about past practices that would be useful to revive. Even if you think what you do is not especially “risky,” it is a good idea to prepare yourself so that you are not so susceptible to e-attacks. Last year, Alice Marwick, Lindsay Blackwell and Katherine Lo published “Best Practices for Conducting Risky Research and Protecting Yourself from Online Harassment,” for Data & Society. Their report can be downloaded here: https://datasociety.net/output/best-practices-for-conducting-risky-research… There’s also a 2-page pdf linked there that can be shared with administrators. I’d also like to call attention to the excellent resources of the Center for Solutions to Online Violence<http://femtechnet.org/csov/>, which offers guidance for educators, as well as survivors and journalists, and ways to lock down your own digital identity. As one of the moderators of the SIGCIS listserv, I have been fortunate to have e-conversations with the other moderators over the last few months. Barbara Walker alerted me to this recent and really <https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-017-0213-3https://www.nature.com/art…> useful <https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-017-0213-3> article<https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-017-0213-3> “Moral outrage in the digtial age," by MJ Crockett, in nature.com. Sharon Sharon Irish Center for Digital Inclusion School of Information Sciences; University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 501 East Daniel Street, MC-493 Champaign, Illinois 61820 USA slirish(a)illinois.edu<mailto:slirish@illinois.edu> sharonirish.org femtechnet.org cdi.ischool.illinois.edu

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ACM History Committee research awards -- deadline 1 March 2018
by Thomas Misa 19 Sep '17

19 Sep '17

The Association for Computing Machinery's History Committee invites proposals for research projects related to ACM’s professional and educational activities and/or to ACM’s rich institutional history including its organization, publications, SIG activities, and conferences. We will support up to four projects with awards of up to $4,000 each. Successful candidates may be of any rank, from graduate students through senior researchers. To Apply: Applicants should send a 2-page CV as well as a 500-word project description that [a] describes the proposed research; [b] identifies specific ACM historical research materials, whether traditional archival collections or online historical materials (oral histories, digitized conference papers, ACM organizational records, et al.); [c] discusses project outcomes (e.g. journal article, book or dissertation chapter, teaching resource, museum exhibit, website); [d] outlines a timeline for completing the project; [e] agrees to write a one-page blog entry during the project and, on completion, to promptly report the project’s results. In preparing a proposal, applicants should examine the document “ACM Research Materials” posted at <history.acm.org/content.php?do=links <http://history.acm.org/content.php?do=links>> as well as “Sources for ACM History,” CACM 50 #5 (May 2007): 36-41 <doi.acm.org/10.1145/1230819.1230836 <http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1230819.1230836>>. Other research materials relating to ACM history may also be used. Applicants should include a short letter of endorsement from their institution or an external scholarly reference. Proposals are due by 1 March 2018. Proposals should be submitted as a single pdf-format document to <history-webmaster(a)acm.org <mailto:history-webmaster@acm.org>>. Notification of awards will be made in 6-8 weeks. Previous Results: Since 2009 ACM HC has supported 25 research projects. Results include the recent edited volume Communities of Computing: Computer Science and Society in the ACM (ACM Books 2016; DOI 10.1145/2973856). ACM HC also sponsors workshops in oral history methods and archiving practices. =======================================

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Email "inventor" claimant to run for U.S. Senate -- alternative facts about technology and democracy collide
by Andrew Meade McGee 18 Sep '17

18 Sep '17

Continuing with the ongoing saga of V. A. Shiva and his claims regarding the invention of e-mail, that gentleman has just announced his candidacy for the United States Senate. https://twitter.com/va_shiva/status/835420061993218048 As several SIGCIS contributors noted earlier this month, this nicely parallels the upcoming SHOT themes of technology and democracy. "Alternate facts" about the history of technology will play a major public element of this campaign next year. --Andrew

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computer industry candidates for federal office
by Burt Grad 18 Sep '17

18 Sep '17

Frank Lautenberg was the senator from New Jersey for many years. He had been the president or CEO of ADP and a very active member of ADAPSO, the computer software and services trade association. Burt Grad

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Call for papers for the Internet histories journal : Arpanet (1969-2019)
by Camille Paloque-Berges 18 Sep '17

18 Sep '17

Dear all, As a reminder, the call for papers regarding the history of the Arpanet for the *Internet histories *journal is still running until October 15th. We encourage you to submit for this special issue that will mark the 50th anniversary of the pionneer and legendary digital network. Best regards, Valérie Schafer and Camille Paloque-Berges > -- *Call For Papers: ARPANET (1969-2019)* *Camille Paloque-Berges & Valérie Schafer (ed.) * *Special issue of Internet Histories. Digital Technology, Culture and Society.* This call for papers aims at revisiting the history of ARPANET, its genesis, development, heritage, memories and the writing of its history 50 years after the first four nodes came into service. ARPANET’s story is today part of the Internet’s official heritage, as a first crucial step in its development. Seminal research, such as Janet Abbate’s *Inventing the Internet* (1999) or Alexandre Serres’ *Aux sources d’Internet: l’émergence d’ARPANET* (2000) has extensively covered its history. However, the 50th anniversary of ARPANET provides an occasion to reflect on existing histories, to open the debate to new perspectives and approaches. What have these pioneering researchers provided and what lessons have they taught us in terms of studying the history of computer networks? When considering ARPANET as a first step towards the Internet: how did this determine – and is still determining – our current understanding of the Internet and of the ARPANET? What other chronologies and territories involving the ARPANET can be advanced? What is left to explore and discover in the ARPANET’s history? If the ARPANET is dead today, are its heritage and spirit still alive and if so, how? Suggested topics: - The ARPANET’s inspirations: previous concepts, models, theories, technologies - Development of computer networks from the mid-1960s to the mid-1980s: society, culture, politics and economics in the ARPANET’s times (from a local, national and international perspective) - The place of ARPANET in the history of ARPA/DARPA or funding agencies more generally - The place of ARPANET within the history of military networks - Trajectories of ARPANET’s developments: from experiments to achievements, through mistakes and failures - ARPANET’s communities: from developers to users - ARPANET’s hardware and software within the history of computers and computing - Famous and less-known protagonists or witnesses of ARPANET - Spaces, places, maps, territories, geographies, and geopolitics of ARPANET - Communicating with, through, and about ARPANET - ARPANET as a model: reception and influence on other networks and/or in other countries - ARPANET’s governance and architecture - ARPANET and infrastructures for digital information - ARPANET’s cultures: perimeters, specificities, limits … - The history of networks shaping collaborative work - Writing ARPANET’s history: critical historiography, methodology, epistemological issues - New discoveries in the history of ARPANET - ARPANET’s heritage in the present Internet and digital cultures Of course, we encourage and welcome other topics and perspectives on ARPANET’s history too. * Submissions* The proposals are to be submitted to camillepaloqueberges(a)gmail.com valerieschafer(a)wanadoo.fr explicitly mentioning *CFP ARPANET*. They need to fit in one page, detail an explicit angle of analysis and outline, and integrate a short bibliography. Successful authors will be invited to submit then a full paper through the editorial system, which will undergo full peer review and will determine acceptance of papers for publication. *Calendar* Deadline for the submission of proposals: October 15th 2017 Notification of proposal acceptance: November 15th 2017 Submissions of the full paper (6000-8000 words): April 15th 2018 Feedback based on reviews: June 30th 2018 Deadline for Revisions: October 15th 2018 *Internet Histories: Digital Technology, Culture and Society* is an international, inter-disciplinary peer-reviewed journal concerned with research on the cultural, social, political and technological histories of the internet and associated digital cultures. More information on the journal can be found at http://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?show=ai msScope&journalCode=rint20 Instructions for Authors are available at http://www.tandfonline.com/action/authorSubmission?show=inst ructions&journalCode=rint20#Word_limits Should you have any questions regarding this CfP, please feel free to contact us: camillepaloqueberges(a)gmail.com valerieschafer(a)wanadoo.fr <valerie.schafer(a)cnrs.fr> -- Institutional email address : camille.paloque_berges(a)cnam.fr *Laboratory for the History of Techno-Sciences (HT2S), Conservatoire national des arts et métiers, 2 rue Conté, 75003 Paris, France *Associate researcher at the Digital Paths cluster of CNRS' Institute for Communication Sciences (ISCC) -- Institutional email address : camille.paloque_berges(a)cnam.fr *Laboratory for the History of Techno-Sciences (HT2S), Conservatoire national des arts et métiers, 2 rue Conté, 75003 Paris, France *Associate researcher at the Digital Paths cluster of CNRS' Institute for Communication Sciences (ISCC) -- Institutional email address : camille.paloque_berges(a)cnam.fr *Laboratory for the History of Techno-Sciences (HT2S), Conservatoire national des arts et métiers, 2 rue Conté, 75003 Paris, France *Associate researcher at the Digital Paths cluster of CNRS' Institute for Communication Sciences (ISCC)

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Call for Abstracts - Lives of Data v2.0: Computing, Money, Media Workshop, 05-06 Jan 2018 | Deadline: 15 Oct 2017
by Sandeep Mertia 17 Sep '17

17 Sep '17

We are excited to announce the *‘Lives of Data v2.0: Computing, Money, Media’ Workshop, on 05-06 January 2018*. *Call for Abstracts* The first ‘Lives of Data’ Workshop <http://sarai.net/lives-of-data-workshop-january-5-7-2017/>, in January 2017, initiated engaging, cross-disciplinary conversations <http://sarai.net/lives-of-data-workshop-report-recordings/> on the historical, cultural, political, and technological conditions of data-driven knowledge production and circulation in India and South Asia. The workshop brought together a diverse group of interdisciplinary researchers and practitioners with backgrounds in history of science, anthropology, media and technology studies, software engineering, data science, economics, and policy-making. The first workshop addressed a region and polity emboldened by a futuristic nostalgia for sovereignty via digitality and biometrics, and everyday ‘ends of history’ through technological disruptions. The Lives of Data v2.0 workshop aims to further examine the implications of the data revolution, and the historical and emergent computational cultures in India and South Asia. The workshop will build upon a mix of academic and practice-based research on history of statistics, media and computational cultures, politics and practices of data-driven governance, and big data infrastructures and imaginaries. In addition to the themes of the first workshop <http://sarai.net/call-for-abstracts-lives-of-data-workshop/>, this iteration will also focus on questions concerning digital money and machine intelligence. The Sarai Programme, CSDS invites submission of abstracts for the ‘Lives of Data v2.0: Computing, Money, Media’ Workshop. Besides academic researchers, we strongly encourage media, design, and software practitioners to apply for the workshop. Abstracts should *not exceed 300 words*, and should be sent to dak(a)sarai.net *by 15 October, 2017*, with the subject heading ‘Proposal for the Lives of Data Workshop.’ Authors of the selected abstracts will be notified by 30 October, 2017. The workshop will be held on *05-06 January, 2018 *at Sarai-CSDS, 29 Rajpur Road, Delhi. The Sarai Programme will cover three days of accommodation for outstation participants. In addition, participants from India will be eligible for travel support. For details, please check this link: http://sarai.net/call-for-abst racts-lives-of-data-v2-0-computing-money-media-worksh <http://sarai.net/call-for-abstracts-lives-of-data-v2-0-computing-money-medi…> op/ <http://sarai.net/call-for-abstracts-lives-of-data-v2-0-computing-money-medi…> Please share this widely. Thanks. Regards, Sandeep Mertia Coordinator, Lives of Data, Sarai-CSDS PhD Student, Dept. of Media, Culture, and Communication, NYU

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SHOT roommate for Sat. night
by Evan Koblentz 15 Sep '17

15 Sep '17

Is there anyone who'd like to share a room in the Sheraton for Saturday night, Oct. 28? If so, then please email me privately. ________________________________ Evan Koblentz, director Vintage Computer Federation a 501(c)(3) educational non-profit evan(a)vcfed.org (646) 546-9999 www.vcfed.org facebook.com/vcfederation twitter.com/vcfederation instagram.com/vcfederation

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Call for papers-- HOPL-IV
by Dave Walden 12 Sep '17

12 Sep '17

[a member of the program committee asked me to forward the following to this list] Call for Papers HOPL-IV: The Fourth ACM SIGPLAN History of Programming Languages Conference June 2020 (to be collocated with PLDI 2020) The goal of the History of Programming Languages conference series is to produce an accurate historical record of programming language design, development, and philosophy. In 1978, at the first History of Programming Language Conference (HOPL), papers were presented that discussed the development and evolution of thirteen computer programming languages, the people who participated in that work, and the context in which it was undertaken. In 1993, HOPL-II contained fourteen papers on the genesis and evolution of programming languages and programming concepts. In 2007, HOPL-III had twelve papers describing thirteen more languages and their origins, as well as the retrospective multimedia keynote presentation "50 in 50". It is now time for HOPL-IV, to be collocated with PLDI 2020. Whereas papers at previous HOPL conferences focused on single programming languages or a small set of related languages, for HOPL-IV the committee also encourages submissions that discuss and analyze the historical development of language features, design themes, or other strong influences on the direction of programming language design, implementation, and usage. A HOPL-IV paper that is about a single specific language should detail the early history or evolution of that language and the motivation for creating a new language; ideas about the language should have been documented by 2009 and the language should have been widely used by 2011. A HOPL-IV paper that addresses a language or language family already described in a previous HOPL conference should provide substantial new detail about language evolution, development and standardization activities, new dialects and implementations, significant publications, applications, user groups, and other technical and social consequences. A HOPL-IV paper about a more general historical theme or trend should cover a span of at least twenty years. The Program Committee will work closely with prospective authors to help ensure that both the content and the presentation of all the papers are of high quality. As is customary for HOPL, there will be two rounds of careful reviewing. The first round will select the papers for the conference (conditional acceptance); the second round will polish the papers and ensure that they meet the requirements for technical accuracy, historical completeness, and clarity. For each selected paper, a member of the Program Committee will be assigned as a ``shepherd'' to ensure that intermediate drafts are carefully reviewed and that the recommendations of reviewers are addressed. A detailed set of Author Guidelines and Instructions will be posted at the HOPL-IV website:http://hopl4.sigplan.org. Because of the complex nature of the history of programming languages, there will be no a priori upper bound on the length of submitted papers---authors should strive for completeness. We strongly recommend that prospective authors take a look at papers presented at previous HOPL conferences to get an idea of appropriate length, content, and organization. The website http://research.ihost.com/hopl/HOPL.html has information about past HOPL conferences and links to their proceedings. As usual for SIGPLAN-sponsored conferences, papers awaiting acceptance to any other conference or journal are not eligible for submission to HOPL-IV. If a closely related paper has been submitted elsewhere, the HOPL-IV chairs must be notified. Authors of accepted papers are expected to make presentations (to be recorded in video form) at the conference. Final papers and video recordings of the presentations will be placed in the ACM Digital Library. PC committee member policy: There will be no restriction on submissions from PC members. The program chairs/general chairs may not submit papers. SIGPLAN requires that PC papers be held to a higher standard than other papers. For HOPL the criterion for acceptability of a PC paper is a clear accept. Key Dates: July 31, 2018: one-page abstracts due from authors August 31, 2018: complete first drafts due from authors February 15, 2019: notification and in-depth reviews to authors August 30, 2019: second-round drafts due from authors January 10, 2020: notification and in-depth reviews to authors March 13, 2020: final copy due from authors June 2020: HOPL-IV conference @PLDI 2020 Authors of accepted papers will be required to sign ACM copyright release forms. Inquiries may be sent tohopl4(a)sigplan.org (preferred)â€”or, if that does not work for some reason, toguy.steele(a)oracle.com andrpg(a)dreamsongs.com. Conference and Program co-Chairs: Guy L. Steele Jr. Oracle Labs guy.steele(a)oracle.com Richard P. Gabriel Dream Songs, Inc. & HPI rpg(a)dreamsongs.com Consulting Historian: Mark Priestley Program Committee: Andrew Black, Portland State University Steve Blackburn, Australian National University Kim Bruce, Pomona College Matthias Felleisen, Northeastern University Brent Hailpern, IBM Research Ralph Johnson, Metafficient Crista Lopes, University of California, Irvine Mira Mezini, TU Darmstadt Ana Milanova, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Jens Palsberg, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Tomas Petricek, Alan Turing Institute Keshav Pingali, University of Texas at Austin John Reppy, University of Chicago Barbara Ryder, Virginia Tech Sukyoung Ryu, KAIST Yannis Smaragdakis, University of Athens Jean-Baptiste Tristan, Oracle Labs Philip Wadler, University of Edinburgh Stephanie Weirich, University of Pennsylvania Allen Wirfs-Brock, Wirfs-Brock Associates

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SIGCIS listserv re-opens
by Irish, Sharon Lee 07 Sep '17

07 Sep '17

Dear listserv members, We are now re-opening the SIGCIS mailing list. The SIGCIS officers put in considerable time and substantial thought over the last few months to plan for the future of our community. We would like to acknowledge this care and labor—thank you! As Andy Russell, SIGCIS chair, noted on 25 August 2017, the officers wrote a Statement of Community Values http://www.sigcis.org/node/404 which is on the About page of the sigcis.org site. The officers updated the Acceptable Use Policy (AUP), which is also on the sigcis.org site http://www.sigcis.org/node/14 We, the volunteer moderators, will use this AUP as our guide to manage the listserv; any response to messages will be post-facto. If you, dear members, want to call our attention to a post, you may do so by emailing us at members-owner(a)lists.sigcis.org<mailto:members-owner@lists.sigcis.org>. On a semi-regular basis we will send the AUP to the list membership as a reminder of policies; we will also revisit these policies, as needed. A description of the Moderator Responsibilities and Guidelines, as well as contact information for each of us, is posted at http://www.sigcis.org/node/19 We would welcome more moderators, and invite you to send a note of interest or questions to any of us. We sincerely hope that this mailing list can function well again, for all of us. Sharon Irish Bill McMillan Janet Toland Barbara Walker The current moderators

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