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Businessweek - What is code?
by Dag Spicer 21 Jun '15

21 Jun '15

Great long-form article on software, code, the psychology of software development and management, how it works… highly recommended! http://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2015-paul-ford-what-is-code/ 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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HaPoc 2015 Final Call For Papers --- Deadline Extension and Abstracts of Invited Talks
by Giuseppe Lettieri 18 Jun '15

18 Jun '15

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Final Call For Papers --- Deadline Extension and Abstracts of Invited Talks HaPoC 3: Third International Conference for the History and Philosophy of Computing 8 -- 11 October, 2015, Pisa hapoc2015.di.unipi.it --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The DHST commission for the history and philosophy of computing (www.hapoc.org) is happy to announce the third HAPOC conference. The series aims at creating an interdisciplinary focus on computing, stimulating a dialogue between the historical and philosophical viewpoints. To this end, the conference hopes to bring together researchers interested in the historical developments of computing, as well as those reflecting on the sociological and philosophical issues springing from the rise and ubiquity of computing machines in the contemporary landscape. In the past editions, the conference has successfully presented a variety of voices, contributing to the creation of a fruitful dialogue between researchers with different backgrounds and sensibilities. For HaPoC 2015 we welcome contributions from historians and philosophers of computing as well as from philosophically aware computer scientists and mathematicians. Topics include but are not limited to • History and Philosophy of Computation (interpretation of the Church-Turing thesis; models of computation; logical/mathematical foundations of computer science; information theory...) • History and Philosophy of Programming (classes of programming languages; philosophical status of programming...) • History and Philosophy of the Computer (from calculating machines to the future of the computer; user interfaces; abstract architectures...) • History and Epistemology of the use of Computing in the sciences (simulation vs. modelisation; computer-assisted proofs; linguistics...) • Computing and the Arts: historical and conceptual issues (temporality in digital art; narration in interactive art work...) • Social, ethical and pedagogical aspects of Computing (pedagogy of computer science; algorithms and copyright; internet, culture, society...) Our invited speakers are Nicola Angius (Università di Sassari, IT), Lenore Blum (Carnagie Mellon University, USA), David Allan Grier (IEEE & George Washington University, USA), Furio Honsell (Università di Udine, IT), Pierre Mounier-Kuhn (CNRS & Université Paris-Sorbonne, F), and Franck Varenne (Université de Rouen, F). ***The abstracts of the invited talks are now available at hapoc2015.di.unipi.it/invited*** We cordially invite researchers working in a field relevant to the topics of the conference to submit a short abstract of approximately 200 words and an extended abstract of at most a 1000 words (references included) to www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=hapoc2015 Abstracts must be written in English and anonymised. Please note that the format of uploaded files must be either .pdf or .doc. In order to access the submission page, an EasyChair account will be required. Please notice that what is called “abstract” in the EasyChair “Title, Abstract and Other Information” section corresponds to the short abstract of this call, and what is called “paper” in the EasyChair “Upload Paper” section corresponds to the extended abstract of this call. Please check out the website of HaPoC 2015 for more information on the conference ***Announcements of grants for participation will be made soon on hapoc.org*** A post-proceedings volume is going to appear in the IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology series, published by Springer. IMPORTANT DATES: Submission deadline: June 28, 2015 ***(EXTENDED, FIRM)*** Notification of acceptance: July 19, 2015 The 2015 conference is located in Pisa, the cradle of Italian computer science: here the first Italian computers were designed in the mid-Fifties and the first Master course in informatics was established in 1969. The Museum of Computing Machinery, part of the University of Pisa, shows some artefacts from the early days of Italian CS, as well a selection of personal computing machines. Besides its artistic attractions, among them the world-famous leaning tower, during the days of the conference Pisa will host the Internet Festival, devoted to all the aspects of the net (www.internetfestival.it) -- Dr. Ing. Giuseppe Lettieri Dipartimento di Ingegneria della Informazione Universita' di Pisa Largo Lucio Lazzarino 1, 56122 Pisa - Italy Ph. : (+39) 050-2217.649 (direct) .599 (switch) Fax : (+39) 050-2217.600 e-mail: g.lettieri(a)iet.unipi.it

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inal CfP and deadline extension HaPoC-3, 8-11 October 2015, Pisa
by Liesbeth De Mol 18 Jun '15

18 Jun '15

I am happy to send you the final call for papers for HaPoC-3, 8-11 October 2015, Pisa. Please note that the deadline has been extended to June 28. Also, I am happy to let you know that some modest grants (up to 400 EUR) will be availble. More information can be found on: http://www.hapoc.org/node/124 best wishes, Liesbeth. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- APOLOGIES FOR CROSSPOSTINGS --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Final Call For Papers --- Deadline Extension and Abstracts of Invited Talks HaPoC 3: Third International Conference for the History and Philosophy of Computing 8 -- 11 October, 2015, Pisa hapoc2015.di.unipi.it <http://hapoc2015.di.unipi.it/> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The DHST commission for the history and philosophy of computing (www.hapoc.org <http://www.hapoc.org/>) is happy to announce the third HAPOC conference. The series aims at creating an interdisciplinary focus on computing, stimulating a dialogue between the historical and philosophical viewpoints. To this end, the conference hopes to bring together researchers interested in the historical developments of computing, as well as those reflecting on the sociological and philosophical issues springing from the rise and ubiquity of computing machines in the contemporary landscape. In the past editions, the conference has successfully presented a variety of voices, contributing to the creation of a fruitful dialogue between researchers with different backgrounds and sensibilities. For HaPoC 2015 we welcome contributions from historians and philosophers of computing as well as from philosophically aware computer scientists and mathematicians. Topics include but are not limited to • History and Philosophy of Computation (interpretation of the Church-Turing thesis; models of computation; logical/mathematical foundations of computer science; information theory...) • History and Philosophy of Programming (classes of programming languages; philosophical status of programming...) • History and Philosophy of the Computer (from calculating machines to the future of the computer; user interfaces; abstract architectures...) • History and Epistemology of the use of Computing in the sciences (simulation vs. modelisation; computer-assisted proofs; linguistics...) • Computing and the Arts: historical and conceptual issues (temporality in digital art; narration in interactive art work...) • Social, ethical and pedagogical aspects of Computing (pedagogy of computer science; algorithms and copyright; internet, culture, society...) Our invited speakers are Nicola Angius (Università di Sassari, IT), Lenore Blum (Carnagie Mellon University, USA), David Allan Grier (IEEE & George Washington University, USA), Furio Honsell (Università di Udine, IT), Pierre Mounier-Kuhn (CNRS & Université Paris-Sorbonne, F), and Franck Varenne (Université de Rouen, F). ***The abstracts of the invited talks are now available at hapoc2015.di.unipi.it/invited <http://hapoc2015.di.unipi.it/invited>*** We cordially invite researchers working in a field relevant to the topics of the conference to submit a short abstract of approximately 200 words and an extended abstract of at most a 1000 words (references included) to www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=hapoc2015 <http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=hapoc2015> Abstracts must be written in English and anonymised. Please note that the format of uploaded files must be either .pdf or .doc. In order to access the submission page, an EasyChair account will be required. Please notice that what is called “abstract” in the EasyChair “Title, Abstract and Other Information” section corresponds to the short abstract of this call, and what is called “paper” in the EasyChair “Upload Paper” section corresponds to the extended abstract of this call. Please check out the website of HaPoC 2015 for more information on the conference A post-proceedings volume is going to appear in the IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology series, published by Springer. IMPORTANT DATES: Submission deadline: June 28, 2015 ***(EXTENDED, FIRM)*** Notification of acceptance: July 19, 2015 The 2015 conference is located in Pisa, the cradle of Italian computer science: here the first Italian computers were designed in the mid-Fifties and the first Master course in informatics was established in 1969. The Museum of Computing Machinery, part of the University of Pisa, shows some artefacts from the early days of Italian CS, as well a selection of personal computing machines. Besides its artistic attractions, among them the world-famous leaning tower, during the days of the conference Pisa will host the Internet Festival, devoted to all the aspects of the net (www.internetfestival.it <http://www.internetfestival.it/>).

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History of mobile computing book -- almost done
by Evan Koblentz 11 Jun '15

11 Jun '15

SIGCIS'ers, I am self-publishing my book about the evolution of mobile/portable computers. Too impatient for the traditional route... A digital version (simple PDF) will be available this Friday night. A "real" Kindle version and a print edition, via Amazon print-on-demand, will follow in the next few weeks. It's a short book about a big story. Mobile/portable computing has roots before the common era, in medieval times, during World War II, and all through recent history. I focused on historical stories, many of which weren't previously told, to explain how we got from then to now. It's not a technical book, reference guide, or coffee-table book. The plain PDF edition is just $8. Kindle will cost a little more, and obviously the print edition will cost more still. I made a little web site to go along with it. That's also where people can order the PDF version. It is http://www.abacustosmartphone.com. If you're curious, then please err on the side of checking it out because I need the money. :) Feedback is very welcome. Please keep in mind that I wrote this for general readers, not historians. thank you, - Evan

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Fwd: Call for I-Stories: SIG History and Foundations of Information Science
by Andrew Russell 09 Jun '15

09 Jun '15

Hi again everyone - please see below for another announcement that may be of interest for those of you working in the field of information history. Note the June 15 deadline. Andy Begin forwarded message: From: IBEKWE-SANJUAN Fidelia <fidelia.ibekwe-sanjuan(a)univ-amu.fr<mailto:fidelia.ibekwe-sanjuan@univ-amu.fr>> Subject: [Asis-l] Call for I-Stories: SIG History and Foundations of Information Science Date: June 2, 2015 at 8:55:46 AM EDT To: <eurchap(a)asis.org<mailto:eurchap@asis.org>>, <asis-l(a)asis.org<mailto:asis-l@asis.org>>, <students-l(a)asis.org<mailto:students-l@asis.org>>, <sighfis-l(a)asis.org<mailto:sighfis-l@asis.org>>, Euro Student Chapter <eustuchap-l(a)mail.asis.org<mailto:eustuchap-l@mail.asis.org>> Please note Deadline extension till 15th June Reminder. Please circulate this to your colleagues, students, virtual and physical communities of peers. I'm sure many will have hilarious, funny and witty encounters with information to share. +++++++ Call for I-Stories +++++++ SIG History & Foundations of Information Science http://www.asis.org/SIG/SIGHFIS/ Information and communication phenomena are at the heart of our daily lives. They are how we know things and yet our understanding of these concepts and underlying phenomena are at best slippery. Just when we think we’ve pinned or penned them down nicely with a few well chosen phrases, we discover that those phrases are inadequate, that others disagree with our definitions or that many other conceptions abound. Not to bore you with the many varied conceptions of information, the aim of this call for I-Stories is to bring forth, through everyday experience, the many different things information can mean to different people or to the same person in different circumstances in a lively and entertaining manner. The SIG History & Foundations of Information Science solicits stories on how information and its understanding affect our daily lives, be it in work situations, in our private lives, in our research. The stories of information and around information should showcase how effective or ineffective the concept may be, how it can mean different things to different people, how that may have got you into misunderstandings and how that has got you thinking about information in general. The stories may concern an event, something that happened to you or to someone you know, a talk you heard or involve well known scholars and how they have grappled with this open-ended question. We encourage scholars, practitioners, and especially students to send us a text of at most, 1000 words which can be illustrated with drawings. A jury chosen from SIG HFIS members will choose 5 stories that shed startling, informative and unexpected insights into our understanding of the phenomenon we call information and of the field we call information science/studies. Stories by students will receive particular attention and if selected, their authors will receive a 1 year free membership to ASIST and to HFIS. Membership benefits are varied and can be consulted at http://www.asis.org/. Stories written by practitioners or faculty members if selected will receive a gift card of $30 as well as 1 year free membership to SIG HFIS. Please send your stories to fidelia.ibekwe-sanjuan(a)univ-amu.fr<mailto:fidelia.ibekwe-sanjuan@univ-amu.fr> by 15th june. The jury will render the result of its deliberation by 30th June. Fidelia Ibekwe-SanJuan HFIS chair (2014-2015) -- ----------------------------------------------------- Fidelia Ibekwe-SanJuan (Ph.D.) Full Professor (Professeur des Universités) School of Journalism & Communication (EJCAM) http://ejcam.univ-amu.fr/ Aix-Marseille University - France. Homepage: http://fidelia1.free.fr/ IRSIC research team: http://irsic.univ-amu.fr/ ----------------------------------------------------- ASIS&T 2015 Annual Meeting November 6-10, 2015 St. Louis, Missouri ________________________________________ Asis-l mailing list Asis-l(a)asis.org<mailto:Asis-l@asis.org> http://mail.asis.org/mailman/listinfo/asis-l

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The Internet Age: Founders to the Future, Thu June 11, 2:30-4pm ET
by Andrew Russell 09 Jun '15

09 Jun '15

See below, from Eric Hintz at the Smithsonian. Please help spread the word. ———————— Internet Society and Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History to Co-host Summit Exploring Past, Present and Future of the Internet The Internet Society and the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History have joined forces to co-host a summit entitled The Internet Age: Founders to Future. Prominent contributors to the rich history of the Internet will discuss the diverse elements that have enabled the innovations leading to the Internet Age and provide perspectives on the challenges and opportunities facing the Internet’s future. The event will take place on Thursday June 11, 2015 from 2:30-4:00pm ET in the Museum’s Warner Bros. Theater, and will also be webcast live, http://raiseitup.si.edu/global-summit/. What: The Internet Age: Founders to the Future When: Thursday June 11, 2:30-4:00pm ET Where: Warner Bros. Theater, National Museum of American History, 1400 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, D.C. Directions: http://americanhistory.si.edu/visit/getting-here Free admission and open to the public; first come, first seated in the theater. Webcast: http://raiseitup.si.edu/global-summit/. PANELISTS Mitchell Baker is Executive Chairwoman of the Mozilla Foundation and the leader of the Mozilla Project. She is responsible for organizing and motivating a massive, worldwide, collective of employees and volunteers who are breathing new life into the Internet with the Firefox Web browser and other products. Ms. Baker was inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame in 2012. Vint Cerf, widely known as one of the "Fathers of the Internet," is the co-designer of the TCP/IP protocols and the architecture of the Internet. He has served as vice president and chief Internet evangelist for Google since October 2005. Mr. Cerf was inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame in 2012. David Farber played a key role in many systems that converged into today's Internet. He is an Internet Hall of Fame inductee and the Alfred Fitler Moore Professor Emeritus at the University of Pennsylvania and Adjunct Professor at Carnegie Mellon University. Sebastian Thrun is a scientist, educator, researcher, inventor, and entrepreneur. Today, he is the founder and CEO of Udacity, a company dedicated to democratizing learning for everyone. Udacity has almost 4 million students in over 190 countries. MODERATOR Eric Hintz is a historian with the Smithsonian’s Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation<http://invention.si.edu/> at the National Museum of American History. He serves as a curator for the Places of Invention<http://invention.si.edu/explore/places-invention> exhibition and coordinates the Center’s fellowship program. Eric’s research explores science, technology, and American business history; he specializes in the history of invention and R&D. About the Internet Society The Internet Society is the trusted independent source for Internet information and thought leadership around the world. It is also the organizational home for the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). With its principled vision, substantial technological foundation and its global presence, the Internet Society promotes open dialogue on Internet policy, technology, and future development among users, companies, governments, and other organizations. Working with its members and Chapters around the world, the Internet Society enables the continued evolution and growth of the Internet for everyone. For more information, visit www.internetsociety.org<http://www.internetsociety.org> About the National Museum of American History Through incomparable collections, rigorous research and dynamic public outreach, the National Museum of American History explores the infinite richness and complexity of American history. We help people understand the past in order to make sense of the present and shape a more humane future. For more information, visit http://americanhistory.si.edu. The museum is located at 14th Street and Constitution Avenue N.W., and is open daily from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. (closed Dec. 25). Admission is free. For Smithsonian information, the public may call (202) 633-1000.

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SIGCIS Digital Humanities Roundtable Proposal
by Kimon Keramidas 08 Jun '15

08 Jun '15

Dear all, I’d like to organize a roundtable for the SIGCIS 2015 workshop that addresses how our community can play a larger role in the development of the Digital Humanities, especially as a foundation for greater historical and technical understanding of the computing and information systems that make DH possible(a trait often lacking in many DH projects). If you would like to participate please drop me a line within the next week, so that I can organize a proper submission by the June 30th deadline. Cheers Kimon P.S. My exhibition on personal computer interface experience remains open in New York City until July 19th. Please come and see The Interface Experience if you get a chance: https://www.bgc.bard.edu/gallery/gallery-at-bgc/the-interface-experience.ht… Kimon Keramidas, Ph.D. Clinical Assistant Professor of Digital Humanities John W. Draper Interdisciplinary Master’s Program in Humanities and Social Thought New York University 14 University Place New York, NY 10003 E kimon.keramidas(a)nyu.edu <mailto:kimon.keramidas@nyu.edu> T @kimonizer <http://twitter.com/kimonizer> W http://kimonkeramidas.net <http://kimonkeramidas.net/>

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Session on Peripherals
by Brent Strang 05 Jun '15

05 Jun '15

Dear all, I am organizing a panel for the SIGCIS Workshop on Peripherals and Practices in the Living Room. This panel is looking at peripherals for media centres, computers and/or gaming systems that have appeared (sometimes prematurely) and never took hold. Hence they remained virtual until certain socio-cultural conditions and technological infrastructure could support their reappearance in later forms. If you are interested in learning more about this panel and contributing a paper, please email me at brent.strang(a)stonybrook.edu by June 12. Kind regards, Brent Strang -- Brent Strang Ph.D. candidate, Cultural Studies Stony Brook University, New York www.brentstrang.com

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Session on digital archives in the life sciences for the SIGCIS Workshop 2015
by Giuditta Parolini 04 Jun '15

04 Jun '15

Dear List members, I would like to organise a session on digital archives in the life sciences (broadly construed, from agriculture to biomedicine) for the SIGCIS Workshop 2015. If you are interested in the topic and would like to contribute a paper, please contact me off-list by June 10th ( giudittaparolini(a)gmail.com) Best regards, Giuditta -------------------------------- Giuditta Parolini Postdoctoral fellow Technische Universität Berlin and Berliner Zentrum für Wissensgeschichte https://giudittaparolini.wordpress.com/ Office address: Technische Universität Berlin Institut für Philosophie, Literatur-, Wissenschafts- und Technikgeschichte Sekretariat H23 Straße des 17 Juni, 135 10623 Berlin Germany

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Postdoc at Central European University
by Thomas J. Misa 03 Jun '15

03 Jun '15

Central European University (Budapest) has formed sufficient cross-faculty alliances to venture a modest Science Studies program (though not a degree), and we are now in the fortunate position to advertise a postdoctoral fellowship in technology studies, broadly construed. The announcement may be found here: https://sciencestudies.ceu.edu/technology-studies-postdoc-at-ceu The fellowship begins this September, assuming we can identify a suitable candidate in short order (deadline in July 2015). Cordially, Karl Hall --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Karl Hall Associate Professor of History --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY Nador u. 9 | 1051 Budapest, Hungary OFFICE: + 36.1.327.3000/2256 | MOBILE: +36.20.471.9399 hallk(a)ceu.edu [Please note change!]| www.ceu.hu http://history.ceu.hu/profiles/faculty/karl_hall skype: karl_hall (Hungary)

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