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Anyone for dinner at SHOT tomorrow (Saturday)?
by thomas.haigh＠gmail.com 11 Nov '22

11 Nov '22

Hello SIGCIS, For those of you attending the SHOT/SIGCIS events in New Orleans currently, I was wondering if anyone would like to get together for an informal dinner tomorrow (Saturday night). In days of yore when I first took over as SIGCIS chair I would always put out a call for historians of computing who were interested in going out for a dinner on one of the nights. Particularly helpful for first timers, and others who wanted a space to chat outside the formal events. Then once we started up the Sunday workshops that shifted to a dinner after the workshop sessions for those staying overnight. Today there is so much more computing related material at SHOT that somebody looking for people with shared interests is likely to have trouble finding people to talk to via the usual process of mingling. Still, looking at the program I see that there is no official banquet, just an "Awards and fellowships reception" from 5:30 to 6:30 (followed by awards presentations and a speech by Donald MacKenzie until 7:45). So I though to review the custom of an open dinner invitation in an entirely non-official capacity. If you want to join a small group for dinner and maybe a walk around town, just reply to this email by the end of the day and let me know if you'd prefer to meet at 6:30 or at 7:45. Also any specific dietary requirements. If there are more than a couple of people interested I will see about making a reservation tomorrow morning. For those of you not here in person: this is a great conference and it is so good to be back after two years of cancelled SHOT meetings. I hope you can join us another year. Best wishes, Tom

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Tenure track search in history/sociology of computing at Stevens
by Andrew Russell 10 Nov '22

10 Nov '22

[Forwarded at the request of Alex Wellerstein, who is cc’d here. Please send questions to him] Job posting (TT) at Stevens Institute of Technology (NJ) Full job description and application: https://stevens.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/External/job/Hoboken-NJ---Main-Campus… • Full-time, tenure-track, Assistant Professor position in the Program on Science and Technology Studies at the Stevens Institute of Technology. • "The ideal candidate will be a historian or sociologist of technology whose research and teaching centers on topics in the history of computing or information technology." • Candidates must hold a Ph.D. (or be ABD) in a field relevant to Science & Technology Studies including, but not limited to, History of Science and/or Technology; Sociology of Science and/or Technology; and Science, Technology, and Society. • Preferred candidates will have a historical specialization and proven track record of historical research. Qualitative sociologists with historical dimensions to their research are also encouraged to apply. The candidate must be capable of teaching undergraduate survey courses on the History of Science and/or Technology, as well as an undergraduate course on the subject of “Computers and Society.” • Preference will also be given to candidates whose work embraces interdisciplinary themes, digital scholarship, and/or public outreach. • Stevens Institute of Technology is located in Hoboken, NJ, directly across the Hudson River from Manhattan. • Candidates interested in applying should prepare an application that includes a letter of application, current C.V., a brief (2-page max) statement of research plans, a brief (2-page max) statement of teaching philosophy, a diversity statement, and the names and contact information for three referees (letters will only be solicited before campus visits). Please combine all materials into a single PDF document for submission. • Please feel free to contact search chair Alex Wellerstein<mailto:awellers@stevens.edu> with any questions. • Review of applications will begin on 9 Jan. 2023 and continue until the position is filled. -- Alex Wellerstein Associate Professor and Director, Science and Technology Studies program Stevens Institute of Technology 1 Castle Point Terrace College of Arts and Letters Hoboken, NJ 07030-5991 Office tel: 201-216-8534 (x8534) Office: Morton 337 Web: https://alexwellerstein.com<https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Falexwelle…> Blog: http://blog.nuclearsecrecy.com<https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.nucle…> Book: https://book.nuclearsecrecy.com<https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbook.nucl…>

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Labor Tech Research Network's launch at 4S
by Karina Rider 10 Nov '22

10 Nov '22

Join Labor Tech Research Network at our Launch Events in Cholula, Mexico at 4S on Friday, December 9th! We are thrilled to invite you to the launch of Labor Tech Research Network<http://labortechresearchnetwork.org/> at the 2022 Annual Meeting for the Society of Social Studies of Science (4S) Conference in Cholula, Mexico! Labor Tech is an interdisciplinary, transnational group of the thinkers and activists on the intersection of digitization and work, broadly. Labor Tech recently transitioned from a private discussion group to a public-facing nonprofit working on research, education, and advocacy, with many of our members part of the 4S community. With a day of events on Friday December 9th, we will introduce our current activities, members, and mission to the conference and our community. Please join us on Friday, December 9 for three back-to-back events! Session 1: Panel for Labor Tech Research Network Launch Day: Friday, Dec 9 Time: 11:00am-1:00pm Location: Building D: D008 In this first session, we will introduce our initiatives, including our Book Series with MIT Press, and we will announce winners of our inaugural Book Award and Graduate Student Paper Award. This introduction will be followed by a panel discussion on our core themes of labor, technology, feminism, decolonialism, and anti-racism in the context of Latin America led by: * Paola Ricaurte, Department of Media and Digital Culture, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico City * Liliana Gil, Department of Anthropology, The New School for Social Research * Verónica Uribe del Aguila, Communication and Science Studies, University of California, San Diego Want to attend this event virtually? Register in advance as an Attendee<https://www.4sonline.org/meeting/registration/> on the 4S website (fee of $15-20) Session 2: Unconference for Labor Tech Research Network Launch Day: Friday, Dec 9 Time: 2:00-4:00pm Location: Building D: D008 As our second session, we will offer an informal participatory discussion of Labor Tech commitments and keywords, like: Affect, AI, Algorithms, Data-driven, Precarity, Digital Activism, Social justice, Transnational, etc. In this unconference format, several tables will be dedicated to particular themes, with conversation facilitated by Labor Tech members. The goal is to map Labor Tech's future and our community at 4S. Come join us to meet other people interested in labor and technology, and hear about their interests, research, and advocacy. Party 4:00-6:00pm: Join us for Snacks and Socializing! Location to be determined (hopefully at a restaurant near the conference site) Want to help fund these events? Please contribute to our GoFundMe<https://www.gofundme.com/f/labortech-research-network>! -- Karina Rider, PhD Postdoctoral Researcher Social Media Collective, Microsoft Research New England @kaareeenah // karinarider.wordpress.com Donate to the Labor Tech Research Network’s GoFundMe!<https://www.gofundme.com/f/labortech-research-network?utm_campaign=p_cp+sha…>

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Linda Hall Library - Apply Now for 2023-24 Fellowships!
by Benjamin Gross 09 Nov '22

09 Nov '22

Dear SIGCIS Friends, The Linda Hall Library<https://www.lindahall.org/> is now accepting applications for its 2023-24 fellowship program. These fellowships provide graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and independent scholars in the history of science and related humanities fields with financial support to explore the Library’s outstanding science and engineering collections. Fellows also participate in a dynamic intellectual community alongside in-house experts and scholars from other Kansas City cultural and educational institutions. The Linda Hall Library holds nearly half a million monographs and more than 43,000 journal titles documenting the history of science and technology from the 15th century to the present. Its collections are exceptionally strong in the engineering disciplines, chemistry, and physics. In addition, the Library boasts extensive resources related to natural history, astronomy, earth science, environmental studies, aeronautics, life science, infrastructure studies, mathematics, and the history of the book. The Library will once again be offering residential fellowships to support on-site research in Kansas City, as well as virtual fellowships for scholars working remotely using resources from the Library’s digital collections. In either case, applicants may request up to four months of funding at a rate of $3,000 per month for doctoral students and $4,200 per month for postdoctoral researchers. The Library is also offering several fellowships intended for specific groups of researchers, including: * The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Postdoctoral Fellowship, which provides nine months of residential funding ($5,000 per month) to a postdoctoral scholar whose research explores the intersection of science and the humanities * The History of Science and Medicine Fellowship, offered in partnership with the Clendening History of Medicine Library<https://www.kumc.edu/school-of-medicine/academics/departments/history-and-p…> at the University of Kansas Medical Center, which provides one month of residential funding ($3,000 per month) to a doctoral student whose research examines the intersecting histories of science and medicine * The Pearson Fellowship in Aerospace History, which provides up to two months of residential funding ($4,200 per month) to a postdoctoral scholar studying any aspect of aerospace history * The Presidential Fellowship in Bibliography, which provides up to four months of residential funding ($4,200 per month) to a postdoctoral scholar whose research focuses on the study of books and manuscripts as physical artifacts * The Ukraine Fellowship, offered in partnership with the UK-Ukraine Twinning Initiative<https://www.twinningukraine.com/>, which provides up to two months of virtual funding ($5,000 per month) to a Ukrainian doctoral student or postdoctoral scholar whose research would benefit from the Library’s holdings. The Linda Hall Library is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive research environment and encourages members of any groups that have traditionally been underrepresented in academia to apply for fellowship support. Please share this announcement with graduate students, colleagues, or anyone else who might be interested in the Linda Hall Library’s fellowship program. All application materials are due no later than January 20, 2023. For further information, visit the Fellowships<https://www.lindahall.org/research/linda-hall-library-fellowships> page on our website or e-mail fellowships(a)lindahall.org<mailto:fellowships@lindahall.org>. Thank you! -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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Deadline for CBI Tomash Fellowship--January 16, 2023
by Jeffrey Yost 07 Nov '22

07 Nov '22

*CBI Tomash Doctoral Fellowship in the History of Computing/Software* ABD students in History, STS, Sociology, Media Studies, Comm, or any qualitative social science, humanities, arts field doing a dissertation that is principally historical in analysis are eligible to apply. Information on the fellowship is available at the link below. The fellowship carries a $14,000 stipend and there is no residency requirement (we do hope that fellows visit for at least a week and ask that fellow give a virtual lecture based on their research during their term). We have no restrictions on holding other fellowships concurrently. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me. The deadline for the Tomash Fellowship competition for the 2023-2024 Academic Year is January 16, 2023 The Charles Babbage Institute for Computing, Information, and Culture is an interdisciplinary research center and leading archive repository for computing and software study Tomash Fellowship in the History of Information Technology | CHARLES BABBAGE INSTITUTE <https://cse.umn.edu/cbi/adelle-and-erwin-tomash-fellowship-history-informat…> Best, Jeff *Please connect at:* *Mastodon <https://mastodon.social/@JustCodeCulture> Twitter <https://twitter.com/justcodeculture> ** Linkedin <https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffrey-yost-b714566>* *Jeffrey Yost, Ph.D. * Director, Charles Babbage Institute <http://www.cse.umn.edu/cbi>; Research Professor, HSTM 222 21st Avenue South, University of Minnesota; Minneapolis, MN 55455 *Studies in Computing and Culture book series, Johns Hopkins U. Press * Co-Editor *PI, NSF-funded CBI project "Mining a Useable Past: Perspectives, Paradoxes, and Possibilities with Security and Privacy."* *Blockchain & Society Blog and Site* <https://www.blockchainandsociety.com> (Founder/Leader) *Interfaces: Essays and Reviews in Computing and Culture <https://cse.umn.edu/cbi/interfaces> *Co-Editor (w/ Amanda Wick) *Committee Member, National Academy of Engineering Extraordinary Engineering Impacts on Society* *Making IT Work: A History of the Computer Services Industry (MIT Press) <https://amzn.to/3gqe4R6>*

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Ireland’s Forgotten Computer Pioneer
by Brian Randell 03 Nov '22

03 Nov '22

Hi: The Irish Times has just published an article by Karlin Lillington on the recent ceremony in Dublin at which a Historic Blue Plaque honouring Percy Ludgate. The article is online at: https://www.irishtimes.com/technology/2022/11/03/karlin-lillington-irelands… Brian Coghlan's much more detailed account of the event is at: https://www.scss.tcd.ie/SCSSTreasuresCatalog/literature/TCD-SCSS-V.20221015… (Warning - the lengthy videos of the event that are currently available suffer from performance problems, and wind noises affect their soundtracks badly.) Cheers Brian Randell — School of Computing, Newcastle University, 1 Science Square, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE4 5TG EMAIL = Brian.Randell(a)ncl.ac.uk PHONE = +44 191 208 7923 URL = https://www.ncl.ac.uk/computing/staff/profile/brianrandell.html

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Anyone know where to find programs for ACM national meetings?
by Janet Abbate 01 Nov '22

01 Nov '22

This seems like it should be obvious, but I can’t find them. The ACM Digital Library has the individual papers, but not the actual programs. In particular I’m wondering if people gave speeches at these meetings that were not captured in the DL because they are not research papers. (Other than the ACM President’s speech, which gets reprinted in CACM.) I have a reference for such a speech at the 1961 meeting, and I’d like to be able to verify that this speech actually occurred. thanks, Janet Dr. Janet Abbate Professor, Science, Technology and Society Virginia Tech Co-director, VT National Capital Region STS program liberalarts.vt.edu/sts www.facebook.com/VirginiaTechSTS https://sites.google.com/vt.edu/stsconnect/

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SHOT SIGCIS Lunch and SIGCIS Conference Registration Notice
by Laine Nooney 01 Nov '22

01 Nov '22

Dear SIGCERs attending SHOT, This email is just a light check in to see if any among you might have registered for SHOT, but not the SIGCIS Lunch (Friday) or SIGCIS Conference (Sunday), on the assumption that you might do on-site registration. If so, please get in touch with me, as SHOT organizers would greatly benefit from knowing our final catering numbers sooner rather than later (which helps avoid unnecessary charges and fees!). We have a system where we can get you registered for these events even if you'd already registered for SHOT online. Many thanks! Laine Nooney <http://www.lainenooney.com/> Assistant Professor | MCC <http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/mcc/> @ NYU <http://www.nyu.edu/> | they/she -Need to make an appt? Click, don't email: https://bit.ly/2GIHuK0 -Probably typed by voice recognition, so please cherish typos

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Podcast: Ashley Sweetman, “Cyber and the City: Securing London’s Banks in the Computer Age” (Springer, 2022)
by Bernardo Batiz-Lazo 01 Nov '22

01 Nov '22

Colleagues You might be interested in the discussion around Ashley Sweetman´s monograph for New Books Network here: https://overcast.fm/+s3Ev4D7t8 or acquiring the book itself here https://www.amazon.com/Cyber-City-Securing-Computer-Computing/dp/3031079329 If you would like to help and amplify the tweet, please click here https://twitter.com/BatizLazo/status/1587440813851787264 Best wishes Bernardo Anahuac & Northumbria Get BlueMail <https://bluemail.me> for Desktop

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RIP: Kathleen Booth, the inventor of assembly language • The Register
by Brian E Carpenter 30 Oct '22

30 Oct '22

In case people haven't seen this: https://www.theregister.com/2022/10/29/kathleen_booth_obit/ (The claim that she *first* invented assembly language could perhaps be debated.) Regards Brian Carpenter

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