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Re: [SIGCIS-Members] Turing Image
by Bernardo Batiz-Lazo 17 Feb '12

17 Feb '12

Hi Thomas The series has ten stamps of which five are portraits of the distinguished subjects Odette Hallowes (1912-1995), Frederick Delius (1862-1934), Joan Mary Fry (1862-1955), Montague Rhodes James (1862-1936), Kathleen Ferier (1912-1953) and five are depictions of their greatest achievements: Alan Turin (mathemtician and code breaker, 1912-1954), Thomas Newcomen (atmosheric steam engine - 1712), Mary 'May' Morris (1862-1938), Sir Basil Spence (Coventry Cathedral, 1962), Agustus Pugin (Houses of Parliament, 1812-1852) The division seems about even but its not clear why in the depiction of achievements two have specific dates and three their lifespan. You can see all the cards here http://shop.royalmail.com/stamps-issue-by-issue/britons-of-distinction/icat… Hope this helps Bernardo Bangor University (Wales) > > On 15 February 2012 20:02, Drucker, Thomas L. <druckert(a)uww.edu> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> >> The British Postal Service is issuing a stamp in honour of Alan Turing >> next week as part of a series of ‘Britons of Distinction’. As part of the >> publicity for the series, the advertisement runs, ‘Despite their eminence, >> however, some had not left portraits for posterity. So rather than exclude >> anyone for this reason, the imagery on the Special Stamps, most unusually, >> features an equal number of portraits and illustrations.’ The stamp in >> honour of Turing depicts a replica of the Bombe from Bletchley Park rather >> than Turing himself. Is there some reason they would not have been able to >> use one of the well-known images of Turing on a stamp? It’s hard for me to >> believe that any of the individuals included in this series could not have >> been represented by some surviving image, but we know Turing’s appearance, >> in particular. >> >> >> >> >> Thomas Drucker >> >> >> University of Wisconsin--Whitewater >> >> druckert(a)uww.edu >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> This email is relayed from members(a)sigcis.org, the email discussion list of >> SHOT SIGCIS. The list archives are at http://sigcis.org/pipermail/members/ >> and you can change your subscription options at >> http://sigcis.org/mailman/listinfo/members > > > > -- > > > > > ================== Twitter @BatizLazo > > Technological Innovation in Retail Finance: > International Historical Perspectives > > Edited by Bernardo Batiz-Lazo, J. Carles Maixé-Altés, Paul Thomes > > http://www.taylorandfrancis.com/books/details/9780415880671 > > Home page: > http://www.bangor.ac.uk/business/staff/bernardo_batiz-lazo.en.php > > Working papers: > http://ideas.repec.org/e/pba14.html -- ================== Twitter @BatizLazo Technological Innovation in Retail Finance: International Historical Perspectives Edited by Bernardo Batiz-Lazo, J. Carles Maixé-Altés, Paul Thomes http://www.taylorandfrancis.com/books/details/9780415880671 Home page: http://www.bangor.ac.uk/business/staff/bernardo_batiz-lazo.en.php Working papers: http://ideas.repec.org/e/pba14.html

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Re: [SIGCIS-Members] CFP: SHOT 2012 Conference, 4-7 Oct in Copenhagen. Deadline 31 March.
by Evan Koblentz 16 Feb '12

16 Feb '12

> Hi Tom, > > I think you're doing a wonderful job! And I love SIG-CIS as well as SHOT > itself. +1

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CfPs Area of History and Philosophy of Computing
by Liesbeth De Mol 16 Feb '12

16 Feb '12

Dear all, this is a reminder for the forthcoming three deadlines for Call for Papers related to the area of the History and Philosophy of Computing. best wishes, Liesbeth (1) ------------------------------ Symposium on the History and Philosophy of Programming 5-6 July 2012 http://www.computing-conference.ugent.be/hapop12 part of AISB/IACAP World Congress 2012 - Alan Turing 2012 2-6 July 2012 We expect contributions about the following topics and their intersections: 1. The history of computational systems, machines and programs 2. Foundational issues and paradigms of programming (programming logics, semantics and proof-theories for distributed, secure, cloud, functional, object-oriented, etc.) SUBMISSION DETAILS: The programme will consists of 2 Invited Lectures and up to 8 Contributed Papers. It will takes place in the afternoon session of the 5th and the morning session of the 6th of July. We cordially invite researchers working in a field relevant to the main topics of the conference to submit an extended abstract of minimum 2 and maximum 5 pages to computing.conference(a)ugent.be Please mention "ABSTRACT HAPOP" in the subject line. Abstracts must be written in English. Please note that the format of submitted files must be .pdf or .rtf. Only unpublished material will be considered for presentation. IMPORTANT DATES: Submissions Deadline: 2 March 2012 Acceptance/rejection Decisions: 2 April 2012 Final versions of abstracts for inclusion in proceedings: 4 May 2012. Symposium: 5 July (afternoon) and 6 July (morning) (2) --------------------- Special Issue of Journal "History and Philosophy of Logic" TITLE: Logical Issues in the History and Philosophy of Computing GUEST EDITORS: Liesbeth De Mol& Giuseppe Primiero http://www.computing-conference.ugent.be/specialissues We solicit submissions of papers that combine both historical and systematic aspects of the computational sciences, in particular related to the logical and philosophical foundations of: computational systems and machines; models of computability; physical Church-Turing Thesis; semantic theories of programming languages; epistemology of computing. TIMETABLE: April 15, 2012: Deadline paper submission July 15, 2012: Deadline reviews papers October 15, 2012: Deadline revised papers 2013: Publication of the special issue SUBMISSION DETAILS: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/journal.asp?issn=01445340&linktype=44 and mention "Special Issue History and Philosophy of Computing in the subject line of your submission email. (3) ------------------------- Special Issue of Journal "Philosophy& Technology" TITLE: Trends in the History and Philosophy of Computing GUEST EDITORS: Liesbeth de Mol& Giuseppe Primiero http://www.computing-conference.ugent.be/specialissues We solicit submissions of papers that explore the philosophical relevance of issues in the technology and in particular that do so in a historical perspective. Areas of relevance are the birth, evolution and future of machines, algorithms and programs; the foundational and practical issues related to models of computability and programming languages; computer experiments and simulations, computer-aided systems, math- and engineering software, e-learning, scientific databases, computer and the arts. TIMETABLE: April 15, 2012: Deadline paper submission July 15, 2012: Deadline reviews papers September 15, 2012: Deadline revised papers 2013: Publication of the special issue SUBMISSION DETAILS: http://www.editorialmanager.com/phte/ and select "Special Issue History and Philosophy of Computing" from the Type of Submission menu.

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Turing Image
by Drucker, Thomas L. 15 Feb '12

15 Feb '12

The British Postal Service is issuing a stamp in honour of Alan Turing next week as part of a series of 'Britons of Distinction'. As part of the publicity for the series, the advertisement runs, 'Despite their eminence, however, some had not left portraits for posterity. So rather than exclude anyone for this reason, the imagery on the Special Stamps, most unusually, features an equal number of portraits and illustrations.' The stamp in honour of Turing depicts a replica of the Bombe from Bletchley Park rather than Turing himself. Is there some reason they would not have been able to use one of the well-known images of Turing on a stamp? It's hard for me to believe that any of the individuals included in this series could not have been represented by some surviving image, but we know Turing's appearance, in particular. Thomas Drucker University of Wisconsin--Whitewater druckert(a)uww.edu<mailto:druckert@uww.edu>

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Call for Submissions: 2012 Computer History Museum Book Prize
by Marie Hicks 14 Feb '12

14 Feb '12

The Computer History Museum Prize is awarded to the author of an outstanding book in the history of computing broadly conceived, published during the prior three years. The prize of $1,000 is awarded by SIGCIS, the Special Interest Group for Computers, Information and Society. SIGCIS is part of the Society for the History of Technology. In 2012 the prize was endowed in perpetuity through a generous bequest for the estate of Paul Baran, an innovator and entrepreneur best known for his work on packet switching and networks. Baran was a longtime supporter of the history of information technology and the prize celebrates the contributions of the Computer History Museum to that field. 2012 Call for Submissions Books published in 2009-2011 are eligible for the 2012 award. Books in translation are eligible for three years following the date of their publication in English. Publishers, authors, and other interested members of the computer history community are invited to nominate books. Send one copy of the nominated title to each of the committee members listed below. To be considered, book submissions must be postmarked by 15 April 2012. For more information, please contact the prize committee chair, Prof. Jonathan Coopersmith (j-coopersmith(a)neo.tamu.edu) Current information about the prize, including the most recent call and a list of previous winners, can be found at: http://www.sigcis.org/chmprize. 2012 Prize Committee Members Jonathan Coopersmith (Chair): Associate Professor Department of History Texas A&M University College Station, TX 77843-4326 j-coopersmith(a)neo.tamu.edu Pierre Mounier-Kuhn: CNRS & Université Paris-Sorbonne 28 rue Serpente, 75006 Paris, France mounier(a)msh-paris.fr Rebecca Slayton: Visiting Assistant Professor, History of Science and Technology Program, University of Minnesota, 108 Pillsbury Hall, 310 Pillsbury Drive Southeast, Minneapolis, MN 55455 rslayton(a)umn.edu Previous Winners 2009: Christophe Lécuyer, Making Silicon Valley: Innovation and the Growth of High Tech, 1930-1970 (MIT Press, 2006) 2010: Atsushi Akera, Calculating a Natural World: Scientists, Engineers, and Computers During the Rise of U.S. Cold War Research (MIT Press, 2007) 2011: Paul N. Edwards, A Vast Machine: Computer Models, Climate Data, and the Politics of Global Warming (The MIT Press, 2010). _______________ Marie Hicks, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of History of Technology Lewis Department of the Humanities Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago, IL mhicks1(a)iit.edu twitter: @histoftech www.mariehicks.net

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A new computing history book
by dave.walden.family＠gmail.com 08 Feb '12

08 Feb '12

Hello, A book I co-edited, entitled A Culture of Innovation, has been published. See www.walden-family.com/bbn The second paragraph at the above URL explains what the book is and isn't with regard to being a computing history. The provenance section at the end of that web page explains that the book evolved from 12 articles originally published in the IEEE Annals of the History of Computing (and we are grateful to the IEEE Computer Society for permission to reuse that content). Best wishes, Dave

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Rebuilding the codebreaking computer Colossus at Bletchley Park
by Brian Randell 08 Feb '12

08 Feb '12

Hi: A new article has just appeared on the BBS News website on the Colossus rebuild project: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-16946839 Cheers Brian -- School of Computing Science, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, UK EMAIL = Brian.Randell(a)ncl.ac.uk PHONE = +44 191 222 7923 FAX = +44 191 222 8232 URL = http://www.cs.ncl.ac.uk/people/brian.randell

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Possible Publishing Opportunity
by John Impagliazzo 07 Feb '12

07 Feb '12

Dear History Colleagues, I am not sure whether you are aware that Springer produces "Springer Briefs", a special line of short books. Although no royalty is involved, this series could be a way to publish noteworthy historical events in computing that would be accessible to a wide audience. The page count is limited to 125 pages maximum and the copyright for the work remains with the author. Publication is in paper copy and e-copy formats and the work would become part of Springer's publication listing and its digital library. If you have material that qualifies as a significant contribution to the literature, you may wish to consider this possibility. See the attached flyer and proposal form for further information. Best wishes, John P.S.: FYI, Springer/IFIP has recently published "Perspectives on Soviet and Russian Computing", which I helped to produce. For more information, see: http://www.springer.com/computer/general+issues/book/978-3-642-22815-5 John Impagliazzo, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus, Hofstra University IEEE Life Fellow; ACM Distinguished Educator Editor-in-Chief, ACM Inroads

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Fwd: software engineering
by Nathan Ensmenger 06 Feb '12

06 Feb '12

> > On Feb 3, 2012, at 10:12 AM, Brian Randell wrote: > > Prompted by a query from Professor Jochen Ludwig, I am seeking to find early uses of the term "software engineering". [My first attempt at a reply seems to have been rejected. My apologies if this is a repeat] The earliest reference to the term "software engineering" that I have come across was in a September 17, 1961 ad placed in the New York Times by the RCA Data Systems Division that advertises "important engineering positions to be filled in .... advanced software development engineering." It is not clear what RCA meant by "software engineering" in this context, and they seem to apply the title "engineering" to all of their open positions: data systems engineering, information storage and retrieval engineering, data systems planning engineering, and, of course, advanced software development engineering. This does not seem to be a deliberate attempt to shape a new discipline. I have attached a PDF of the original ad. There are other companies, such as GE (and, as Al Kossow notes, Honeywell) who adopted a similar engineering-oriented job taxonomy many years prior to the influential NATA conferences. -Nathan -- Nathan Ensmenger School of Information University of Texas at Austin www.ischool.utexas.edu/~nathan/

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CFP: HISTELCON 2012 in Italy
by Petri Paju 05 Feb '12

05 Feb '12

Dear all, This could be of interest to some list members (in CFP, they emphasize telecommunications but don't exclude other electrical technologies): HISTELCON 2012 The origins of electrotechnologies 5 - 7 September 2012 Pavia, Italy http://www.histelcon2012.org/ Deadline for papers is soon, 12 February. Best, Petri PS. Here are the proceedings of HISTELCON 2010 in Madrid: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/mostRecentIssue.jsp?punumber=5729271

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