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by Joly MacFie 07 Dec '15

07 Dec '15

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Singapore Call for Papers -- Panel on Computation and Psychology
by Luke Stark 04 Dec '15

04 Dec '15

Dear SIGCIS members, Following Andrew's exhortation, I wonder if there are any folks here who would be interested in putting together a panel on the relationships broadly defined between the history of computational technologies and those of the psychological and behavioral sciences. I've included a preliminary précis below: there are a wide range of topics that overlap both fields (the development of ELIZA and the Turing test more broadly; developments in human factors and HCI in the 1980s and 1990s; contemporary histories of psychological modeling and its incorporation into digital systems, etc). A wide range of work on different time frames and geographic locales would be very welcome. If you have questions or would like to be involved, please don't hesitate to email me at luke.stark(a)nyu.edu. Best, Luke Luke Stark Ph.D. Candidate Department of Media, Culture, and Communication The Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development New York University 239 Greene Street, 8th Floor New York, NY 10003 tel: (1) 646.530.0400 fax: (1) 212.995.4046 email: luke.stark(a)nyu.edu *** Computation and the Behavioral/Psychological Sciences: Intersecting Histories, Materialities, and Discourses Society for the History of Technology (SHOT) Annual Meeting – Singapore, 22-26 June 2016 The panel highlight the shared history and present of computational and behavioral science/psychological technologies, discourses, techniques, or materials. It is not a secret that computation’s early development took place in an interdisciplinary milieu that included psychologists, psychiatrists, and other behavioural scientists. Elizabeth Wilson (2010) has observed that the early pioneers of computing, such as Alan Turing and Warren McCollough, were engaged with the parallels between electronic brains and human minds. Lydia Liu (2010) has examined the history of digital writing through the lens of psychoanalysis, and numerous scholars have observed that the Marcy Conferences on cybernetics of the 1950s were explicitly a venue where computer scientists could learn from other disciplines about the fundamentals of human cognition, feeling, and motivation; cyberneticists such as Norbert Weiner. More recently, the introduction of cognitive psychology to human factors engineering in computer technology by Stuart Card and others in the 1980s founded the field of human-computer interaction, a discipline that continues to draw heavily on social and applied psychological research. The panel seeks to build on and expand from this set of important but sometimes disconnected dialogues in the history of technology to set a new agenda for historical research around computation and psychology, psychiatry, and other behavioural sciences. Papers dealing with any historical epoch that connect the history of computational technologies with those of the psy sciences are welcome, and work that highlights the contributions of figures "from below" to these these histories (including patients and/or end-users) are encouraged. On Thu, Dec 3, 2015 at 12:26 PM, Andrew Russell <arussell(a)stevens.edu> wrote: > Friends - > > Please take note of the extension of the CFP deadline for the SHOT meeting > in Singapore in June 2016. > > Please also note that the program committee has a strong preference for > panel proposals (as opposed to individual paper proposals) - they even have > gone to the step of underlining that text on the website. > > As you probably know, this list can be a very effective vehicle for > finding other scholars to form a panel. And, as always, I am happy to help > however I can (in my capacity of SIGCIS Chair). > > All the best, > > Andy > > > > Begin forwarded message: > > *From: *Society for the History of Technology <shotsec(a)auburn.edu> > *Date: *December 2, 2015 at 10:52:07 AM EST > *To: *andrew.russell(a)stevens.edu > *Subject: **Singapore Call for Papers -- Deadline Extended* > > Society for the History of Technology > *2 December 2015* > Please note that the Call for Papers deadline for the SHOT conference in > Singapore has been extended, to *31 December 2015*. > > For more information, or to submit a proposal, please visit the 2016 Call > for Papers site at > http://www.historyoftechnology.org/call_for_papers/index.html > <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001XTQZDLyD6BTONvDRklOnmGQTfZNxyD87Uq1RE3q2Ot66…> > . > > The Singapore conference will be held 22-26 June 2016. > > Formed in 1958, SHOT is an interdisciplinary and international > organization concerned not only with the history of technological devices > and processes but also with technology in history, the development of > technology, and its relations with society and culture --that is, the > relationship of technology to politics, economics, science, the arts, and > the organization of production, and with the role it plays in the > differentiation of individuals in society. > > Accordingly, the Program Committee invites paper and session proposals on > any topic in a broadly defined history of technology, including topics that > push the boundaries of the discipline. The Committee welcomes proposals for > complete sessions (preferred) or individual papers from researchers at all > levels. We also welcome proposals from all researchers, whether veterans or > newcomers to SHOT's meetings, and regardless of primary discipline. > Submitters are encouraged to propose sessions that include a diverse mix of > participants: multinational origins, gender, graduate students and junior > scholars with senior scholars, significantly diverse institutional > affiliations, etc. > -David Lucsko, Secretary > Society for the History of Technology > Forward this email > <http://ui.constantcontact.com/sa/fwtf.jsp?llr=ieifeldab&m=1103106318472&ea=…> > > <http://visitor.constantcontact.com/do?p=un&m=001Xz26gWD0CDOi01mES8w44A%3D%3…> > > This email was sent to andrew.russell(a)stevens.edu by shotsec(a)auburn.edu | > > Rapid removal with SafeUnsubscribe > <http://visitor.constantcontact.com/do?p=un&m=001Xz26gWD0CDOi01mES8w44A%3D%3…>™ > | About our service provider > <http://ui.constantcontact.com/roving/CCPrivacyPolicy.jsp>. > <http://www.constantcontact.com/index.jsp?cc=TEM_BusLet_003> > > Society for the History of Technology | David Lucsko | Department of > History | 310 Thach Hall | Auburn University | AL | 36849-5207 > > > > _______________________________________________ > This email is relayed from members at sigcis.org, the email discussion > list of SHOT SIGCIS. 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Fwd: Singapore Call for Papers -- Deadline Extended
by Andrew Russell 03 Dec '15

03 Dec '15

Friends - Please take note of the extension of the CFP deadline for the SHOT meeting in Singapore in June 2016. Please also note that the program committee has a strong preference for panel proposals (as opposed to individual paper proposals) - they even have gone to the step of underlining that text on the website. As you probably know, this list can be a very effective vehicle for finding other scholars to form a panel. And, as always, I am happy to help however I can (in my capacity of SIGCIS Chair). All the best, Andy Begin forwarded message: From: Society for the History of Technology <shotsec(a)auburn.edu<mailto:shotsec@auburn.edu>> Date: December 2, 2015 at 10:52:07 AM EST To: andrew.russell(a)stevens.edu<mailto:andrew.russell@stevens.edu> Subject: Singapore Call for Papers -- Deadline Extended Society for the History of Technology 2 December 2015 Please note that the Call for Papers deadline for the SHOT conference in Singapore has been extended, to 31 December 2015. For more information, or to submit a proposal, please visit the 2016 Call for Papers site at http://www.historyoftechnology.org/call_for_papers/index.html<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001XTQZDLyD6BTONvDRklOnmGQTfZNxyD87Uq1RE3q2Ot66…>. The Singapore conference will be held 22-26 June 2016. Formed in 1958, SHOT is an interdisciplinary and international organization concerned not only with the history of technological devices and processes but also with technology in history, the development of technology, and its relations with society and culture --that is, the relationship of technology to politics, economics, science, the arts, and the organization of production, and with the role it plays in the differentiation of individuals in society. Accordingly, the Program Committee invites paper and session proposals on any topic in a broadly defined history of technology, including topics that push the boundaries of the discipline. The Committee welcomes proposals for complete sessions (preferred) or individual papers from researchers at all levels. We also welcome proposals from all researchers, whether veterans or newcomers to SHOT's meetings, and regardless of primary discipline. Submitters are encouraged to propose sessions that include a diverse mix of participants: multinational origins, gender, graduate students and junior scholars with senior scholars, significantly diverse institutional affiliations, etc. -David Lucsko, Secretary Society for the History of Technology Forward this email<http://ui.constantcontact.com/sa/fwtf.jsp?llr=ieifeldab&m=1103106318472&ea=…> [http://img.constantcontact.com/letters/images/SafeUnsubscribe_Footer_Logo_N…]<http://visitor.constantcontact.com/do?p=un&m=001Xz26gWD0CDOi01mES8w44A%3D%3…> This email was sent to andrew.russell(a)stevens.edu<mailto:andrew.russell@stevens.edu> by shotsec(a)auburn.edu<mailto:shotsec@auburn.edu> | Rapid removal with SafeUnsubscribe<http://visitor.constantcontact.com/do?p=un&m=001Xz26gWD0CDOi01mES8w44A%3D%3…>™ | About our service provider<http://ui.constantcontact.com/roving/CCPrivacyPolicy.jsp>. [http://img.constantcontact.com/letters/images/CC_Footer_Logo_New.png]<http://www.constantcontact.com/index.jsp?cc=TEM_BusLet_003> Society for the History of Technology | David Lucsko | Department of History | 310 Thach Hall | Auburn University | AL | 36849-5207

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Open session call for Singapore: Technology in foreign relations
by Corinna Schlombs 03 Dec '15

03 Dec '15

Dear SIGCIS members, Together with Will Chou from OSU, I am also working on an open session on technology in foreign relations. The panel examines how mass production technologies interacted with other contemporary phenomena - the Cold War, consumerism, decolonization, international development - to create multiple avenues of US global power and influence in the decades before and after World War II. Projects that examine both before and after World War II are welcome, as are all geographic regions-Will will present on Japan, I on Germany. Of course, we would welcome papers dealing with information technology in international relations. For more information, please see the open session call below. Best, Corinna. Corinna Schlombs Assistant Professor of History Rochester Institute of Technology Open Session Proposal SHOT 2016 in Singapore Technology and Capitalism as U.S. Foreign Relations Organizers: Corinna Schlombs, Rochester Institute of Technology (cxsgla(a)rit.edu) and William Chou, Ohio State University (chou.153(a)osu.edu) When Henry Luce, the editor of Life magazine, in 1941 declared the 20th century the American Century, he argued that American music and films as well as machines and patented products had already established US cultural, technological, and economic - if not political - leadership. This session explores the role of mass production technologies - from manufacturing methods such as machine tools and rationalization techniques to consumer products such as cars, computers, consumer electronics and others - in manifesting the United States' global power in the decades surrounding Luce's statement. Before World War II, the United States was the center of mass production and consumption, attracting foreigners to Detroit and other cities to study American productivity and emerging consumer society. The manufacture, distribution and use of mass production technologies shaped labor relations, gender roles, class dynamics, the roles of consumer-citizens, and interactions between the public and private sector; mass production technologies were central to the US capitalist economy. After WWII, US diplomats, executives and engineers sought to bring their production and consumption regimes to places around the globe. This session examines how mass production technologies interacted with other contemporary phenomena - the Cold War, consumerism, decolonization, international development - to create multiple avenues of US power and influence that frequently intersected and built on each other in new international contexts. Historians of science, technology and business have explored the modes of global technology transfers. John Krige's American Hegemony as well as Jonathan Zeitlin and Gary Herrigel's Americanization and its Limits emphasized the need for, in Krige's words, "consensual co-construction" in the often creative adaptations of the American model. More recently, Gabrielle Hecht and collaborators showed in Entangled Geographies that technological artifacts, systems and practices embed hybrid forms of power. Building on this literature, papers in this session will assess technologies and power in the global dissemination, resistance, and evolution of the US capitalist model. Our own papers explore productivity technologies in US foreign relations. Chou's paper examines how grassroots transpacific business links shaped Japanese economic development and productivity in the 1950s. Schlombs's paper analyzes the Marshall Plan Productivity Program and West German labor debates for a critical interrogation of the notion of the capitalist "West." We welcome papers focusing on a range of technologies and global regions during the two or three decades before and after WWII. Papers should explore issues surrounding mass production technology in US foreign relations, including: - To what extent were mass production technologies imbued with economic, social, cultural, political or other values? How malleable were such values? - What role did technologies play in US foreign relations? In how far did they serve to create spaces of international intercourse and negotiation? - How did peoples around the globe respond to US mass production technologies? What do technologies reveal about American relations with peoples abroad? - In how far did WWII present a rupture or continuity in the role of technology in US foreign relations? - What do mass production technologies reveal about the variety of capitalist economies around the globe?

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New timeline on the History of Computer Storage
by Dag Spicer 30 Nov '15

30 Nov '15

Hello Friends, I am delighted to announce that CHM is launching today its new online exhibit on the history of computer storage, “THe Storage Engine.” http://www.computerhistory.org/storageengine/ The exibit was created by CHM curator David Laws and a panel of historians and storage industry experts and offers rich, detailed descriptions of storage technologies ranging from Tally Stocks (as noted by Pliny the Elder!) to the present day. We hope you will find The Storage Engine useful for both research and teaching and welcome your comments! Best wishes and Happy Thanskgiving! Dag -- Dag Spicer Senior Curator Computer History Museum Editorial Board, IEEE Annals of the History of Computing 1401 North Shoreline Boulevard Mountain View, CA 94043-1311 Tel: +1 650 810 1035 Fax: +1 650 810 1055

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Tally sticks!
by Dag Spicer 25 Nov '15

25 Nov '15

Sorry, my email should have said “Tally sticks” not “Tally stocks.” Best, Dag -- Dag Spicer Senior Curator Computer History Museum Editorial Board, IEEE Annals of the History of Computing 1401 North Shoreline Boulevard Mountain View, CA 94043-1311 Tel: +1 650 810 1035 Fax: +1 650 810 1055

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possible home for papers?
by christina dunbar-hester 20 Nov '15

20 Nov '15

Hi list, I'm wondering if anyone has suggestions about a possible (history of computing?) archival home for the papers of Estil Hoversten, who contributed to satellite communications and Internet protocol research (PhD in EE from Iowa State, then faculty at MIT and later in industry at Hughes). Please email me if you have any thoughts or leads. Thank you! -christina ** Christina Dunbar-Hester Author of *Low Power to the People* <http://mitpress.mit.edu/books/low-power-people>, MIT Press

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New CBI Newsletter (Fall 2015, Vol. 37:2)
by Charles Babbage Institute 20 Nov '15

20 Nov '15

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The Bernard S. Finn IEEE History Prize (formerly the IEEE Life Members' Prize in Electrical History)
by HOCHHEISER, SHELDON H 18 Nov '15

18 Nov '15

The Bernard S. Finn IEEE History Prize The Bernard S. Finn IEEE History Prize is supported by the IEEE Life Members' Fund and administered by the Society for the History of Technology. The prize is awarded annually to the best paper in the history of electrotechnology-power, electronics, telecommunications, and computer science-published during the preceding year (pictured is 2011 winner Jon R. Lindsay, at right, with then-SHOT president Ron Kline at left). Any article published in a learned periodical is eligible if it treats the art or engineering aspects of electrotechnology and its practitioners. The article must be written in English, although the journal or periodical in which it appears may be a foreign language publication. The prize consists of a cash award of $1,000 and a certificate. In addition, IEEE will provide a travel subsidy ($750 domestic, $1,000 international) to allow the winner to attend SHOT's annual meeting, and SHOT will waive the basic registration and awards-banquet fees for the winner. To nominate an article, please send a copy of the paper to each member of the prize committee. The deadline for 2016 nominations is December 15, 2015. For more information, please contact the committee chair or David Lucsko, SHOT Secretary, shotsec(a)auburn.edu<mailto:shotsec@auburn.edu>. 2016 Bernard S. Finn IEEE History Prize Committee Hyungsub Choi (2014-2016) Department of Materials Science and Engineering Seoul National University 1 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu Seoul 151-744 Korea hchoi1(a)snu.ac.kr<mailto:hchoi1@snu.ac.kr> Sheldon Hochheiser, Chair (2015-2017) AT&T Archives and History Center 5 Reinman Road Warren, New Jersey 07059 sheldon.hochheiser(a)att.com<mailto:sheldon.hochheiser@att.com> Matthew Eisler (2016-2018) Department of Integrated Science and Technology James Madison University Harrisonburg, VA 22807 eislermn(a)jmu.edu<mailto:eislermn@jmu.edu> Sheldon Hochheiser, Ph.D. Corporate Historian, AT&T AT&T Archives and History Center 5 Reinman Road Warren NJ 07059 P: 908-546-5247 sheldon.hochheiser(a)att.com<mailto:sheldon.hochheiser@att.com>

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Fwd: Request for J. C. R. Licklider bio for the American National Biography
by Janet Abbate 16 Nov '15

16 Nov '15

Colleagues, I am forwarding this for an editor of the ACLS American National Biography. This might be a good opportunity for a grad student (they are open to this). There is a token honorarium, but it makes most sense for someone who already has enough knowledge about Licklider to write this without a lot of additional research. I suspect that applies to a number of people on this listserv. I have no personal stake in this other than wanting to see good-quality history in reference works. Please respond directly to Rob Heinrich at the email address below. Janet Begin forwarded message: > From: Rob Heinrich <rheinrich(a)ACLS.org> > Date: October 30, 2015 10:19:45 AM EDT > To: "abbate(a)vt.edu" <abbate(a)vt.edu> > Subject: J. C. R. Licklider and the American National Biography > > Dear Professor Abbate, > > I am writing to you in my capacity as the assistant editor of the American National Biography, where I work with general editor Susan Ware. We’re looking to include significant scientists who were missed in previous editions and updates. To this end, we would like to commission an essay on J. C. R. Licklider, and I’m writing to see if I can tempt you to do it. I’d love to tap your expertise on the history of the internet for the ANB. > > Here are a few details to consider. The entry would run about 1,000 words, for which we can pay you an honorarium of $150. There is some flexibility on deadlines. Ideally we would like to have the essay in hand six months from now (April 2016), but if having more time made a difference to your taking it on, we can certainly work out an alternative deadline. My main priority is getting Licklider well-placed, which in your hands he certainly would be. > > You will probably know right away whether this offer is attractive and/or feasible (often two different things, I realize). I hope the answer is positive. But if you don't feel that you can take this on, I would very much appreciate any suggestions or leads of other scholars or advanced graduate students who might be interested in the assignment. And of course I would be happy to answer any questions you might have. I look forward to hearing back from you. > > Many thanks, > Rob > > Rob Heinrich, PhD > Assistant Editor, American National Biography > American Council of Learned Societies/Oxford University Press > anb.org Dr. Janet Abbate Associate Professor, Science & Technology in Society Co-director, National Capital Region STS program Virginia Tech www.sts.vt.edu/ncr www.linkedin.com/groups/STS-Virginia-Tech-4565055 www.facebook.com/VirginiaTechSTS

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