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The Computer History Museum presents "Apple @50" = Tomorrow Night
by Dag Spicer 10 Mar '26

10 Mar '26

Hello SIGCIS Friends! Just a heads up: Tomorrow night — March 11 — the Computer History Museum is presenting a very special evening with some of Apple’s most significant and influential historical figures. The fun starts at 7:00 p.m. Pacific time / 4:00 p.m. Eastern / 12:00 a.m. GMT. The Event is SOLD OUT but you can sign up to watch the livestream here: <https://computerhistory.org/events/apple-at-50/> [chm_apple_chm_website_924x551.jpg] Apple at 50<https://computerhistory.org/events/apple-at-50/> computerhistory.org<https://computerhistory.org/events/apple-at-50/> Our host is the wonderful DAVID POGUE, multi-decade Apple reporter and tech columnist for CBS Sunday Morning. We’re also delighted to celebrate David's new 600 page magnum opus, “Apple: The First 50 Years,” now available from Simon and Shuster. Hope to see you all there: this will be one for the ages! Dag ----- Dag Spicer Senior Curator Computer History Museum Editorial Board, IEEE Annals of the History of Computing ACM History Committee 1401 N. Shoreline Blvd. Mountain View CA 94043 “History is a vast early warning system.” — Norman Cousins, American journalist (1915-1990). Join our Mailing List here: https://info.computerhistory.org/subscribe

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2026 Computer History Museum Prize nominations due April 30
by Elizabeth Petrick 10 Mar '26

10 Mar '26

Dear SIGCIS, I'm happy to announce that nominations are now open for the 2026 Computer History Museum Prize. We're following the same procedure as last year, collecting nominations on a Google form, which will then provide nominators with the mailing addresses for the committee. 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 from the estate of Paul Baran, a legendary computer innovator and entrepreneur best known for his work to develop and promote the packet switching approach on which modern networks are built. Baran was a longtime supporter of work on the history of information technology and named the prize to celebrate the contributions of the Computer History Museum to that field. *2026 Nomination instructions* Books published in 2023, 2024, and 2025 are eligible for the 2026 prize. 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. Please note that books nominated in previous years may be nominated again, provided they have been published in the timeframes specified above. Please fill out the Google Form and then send both digital and physical copies of the nominated title to each of the committee members, with a postmark no later than *April 30, 2026*. After you complete the Google Form, you will be shown a confirmation page with the committee members' addresses. Please remember to copy down the addresses! If you run into technical problems, please contact me. Please direct any other questions to the 2026 committee chair, Mar Hicks, mhicks(a)virginia.edu. *Google Form* https://forms.gle/Yde1aafWsgvgXhjp7 *2026 CHM Prize Committee Members* Mar Hicks (Chair) Iván Chaar López Cassius Adair All the best, Liz Petrick SIGCIS Co-Chair _________________ Elizabeth Petrick Associate Professor Director of Graduate Studies Department of History Rice University

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Critical Computing Online Gathering | CFP for Threaded Submissions | due Mar 31, Gathering Jun 24
by Daniela Rosner 09 Mar '26

09 Mar '26

Dear colleagues, We invite short submissions to an Online Critical Computing Gathering, to be held on June 24, 2026. You can read the full CFP here <https://criticalcomputing.cc/cfp_online>. This fourth installment of the Critical Computing gathering <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://criticalcomputing.cc/__;!!LIr3w8kk_Xxm!…> (after events that were part of Aarhus, 4S, and IFDIK in 2025) will continue to experiment with a threaded format: participants will share short, in-progress works that respond to one another before, during, and after the workshop, leading to co-authored or multi-voiced works. Participants prepare a short, exploratory contribution (800–1,200 words, or equivalent media) focused on a term, concept, or problem central to their work in critical computing. These are not expected to be complete papers or fully worked-out arguments. Rather, they are starting threads. We seek provocations, fragments, or in-progress reflections that can be taken up and woven together with others. We welcome contributions from scholars, practitioners, artists, designers, technologists, and activists who engage critically with computation in their work. There will be two sessions of the online gathering to accommodate time zones. Submissions are due March 31 2026 via this form <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeZVnZVYvcNgnVwTNSvsNaqkCotLtHfW4D…> . Please share this call widely with your networks and communities. Kind regards, Alex, Bono, Daniela, Lucy, Luis, and Nassim a -- -!-…..-!-..…-!-…..-!-…..-!-…..-!-…..-!-…..-!-…..-!-…..-!- Daniela K. Rosner, Professor Co-Director, HCDE MS Program Sieg Hall, room 409 Dept. of Human Centered Design & Engineering University of Washington

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Invitation to Contribute: AI in Language Education Personalized Learning for ESL/EFL
by pilic＠u-aizu.ac.jp 05 Mar '26

05 Mar '26

Dear SIGCIS Members, On behalf of my co-editor, Kazunori Nozawa, and myself, I am pleased to share this call for chapter contributions to our upcoming edited volume: AI in Language Education: Personalized Learning for ESL/EFL, to be published by CRC Press (Taylor & Francis Group). This book will be published by CRC Press (Taylor & Francis Group), a venue recognized for its commitment to technical and scientific excellence. We particularly welcome contributions from a technical history perspective on AI applications in language education. This might include the historical development and evolution of relevant NLP techniques, machine learning models, speech synthesis systems, or other AI components used for personalized learning; trajectories of key tools and algorithms in educational contexts; or the socio-technical history of deploying custom AI solutions for language learners. Project Overview While much of the current literature focuses on generic AI tools, this volume emphasizes the design and implementation of AI solutions tailored to the specific needs of language learners. We are seeking contributions that move beyond general theory to provide researchers and practitioners with technical depth and actionable insights. Key themes include: • Technical Implementation: Insights into the architecture of custom AI tools, such as NLP, machine learning, and speech synthesis, or related. • Actionable Strategies: Data-driven methodologies for designing and deploying personalized learning paths, or related. • Comprehensive Language Skills: Deep dives into AI-powered solutions for both productive skills (speaking and writing) and receptive skills (listening and reading), or related. • Human-Centric Perspectives: Exploring the social, ethical, and pedagogical dimensions of AI, including human-AI collaboration, learner agency, and the evolving role of the educator, or related. Submission Details As this is a CRC Press volume, we encourage the inclusion of technical artifacts—such as diagrams, frameworks, or algorithmic workflows—to support your findings. • Length: 3,000 to 5,000 words (including notes and references). • Timeline: The final manuscript is due approximately 2026/12/01. Expression of Interest If you are interested in contributing, please reply with the following: 1. A tentative chapter title (this can be changed later). 2. Brief Abstract (150 words or more) 3. Identify one of the four key themes above that best represents your chapter focus. 4. Your current professional position. 5. Full name and preferred contact email. Please feel free to forward this invitation to any qualified researchers in your network who may be interested in participating. We are eager to include a diverse range of perspectives. I look forward to the possibility of collaborating with you. Warm regards, Peter Ilic ( pilic(a)u-aizu.ac.jp ) Senior Associate Professor, University of Aizu Kazunori Nozawa (nozawa(a)is.ritsumei.ac.jp) Professor Emeritus, Ritsumeikan University -- Peter Ilic (Ph.D.) | Senior Associate Professor University of Aizu | Center for Language Research School of Comp. Sc & Engineering Tsuruga, Ikki-machi, Aizu-Wakamatsu, Fukushima 965-8580, Japan Tel: +81 (0)242-37-2592 | pilic(a)u-aizu.ac.jp https://www.peterilic.com | https://twitter.com/peterilic ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1125-3156 New Pub: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-71232-6

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Application deadline extended: Computer Class at the University of Toronto
by Scott Richmond 04 Mar '26

04 Mar '26

Friends, colleagues, and fellow travellers: apologies for the mass email. Please circulate this widely in your networks! *CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: "Computer Class" * Summer Institute at the Centre for Culture and Technology: *JUNE 1–5, 2026* Application Deadline: extended to *MARCH 15* Computer Class is a one-week seminar-style institute for graduate students and practitioners in artistic, humanistic, and social-scientific fields who are interested in coding, computer history, and critical use of technology. Computer Class brings us back to primary school. We play, dream, doodle, futz, make, break, and debug computer programs. We draw pictures with code. We make our own chatbots. We read theory and philosophy and psychoanalysis. We work with primary documents from the history of computing. We learn new ways of getting on with these strange machines we call computers. We also decide how we spend our time together: Computer Class is participant-driven, dedicated to the question of what we actually want to do with our computers—and how to expand our desire for, with, and around computers. All are welcome to apply, but priority will be given to humanities and fine arts graduate students. Computer Class is targeted towards students in terminal degree programs, such as MFA or PhD programs. Participants should have substantial interest in digital media culture or aesthetics, the history of computing, creative, or expressive coding, media theory, critical code studies, or other relevant artistic or humanistic research practice. Learn more at computerclass.ca.

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Call for Abstracts for AISB 2026 Symposium: Hype, Promise, and Speculation: AI Bubbles and the Replication Crisis in Computer Science
by Susannah Glickman 04 Mar '26

04 Mar '26

Dear all, Hope you are enjoying the very beginnings of spring! I am on the program committee for this exciting upcoming symposium and wanted to pass along the details below. All the best, Susannah Call for Abstracts: AISB 2026 Symposium: Hype, Promise, and Speculation: AI Bubbles and the Replication Crisis in Computer Science 1-2 July 2026 AISB 2026, University of Sussex, UK, https://aisb.org.uk/ Keynote Speaker: Anil Seth, Prof of Cognitive & Computational Neuroscience Symposium: https://aisb.org.uk/aisb-2026-symposium-hype-promise-and-speculation <https://aisb.org.uk/aisb-2026-symposium-hype-promise-and-speculation/#Sympo…> Submission: Abstracts of 500 words Deadline: 23 March 2026 Please send any questions to Y. J. Erden (University of Twente): y.j.erden(a)utwente.nl <mailto:y.j.erden@utwente.nl> The replication crisis The replication crisis has crossed multiple fields in science asking if results presented in published papers can be reproduced, repeated, and/or replicated. In their efforts to verify results various disciplines, including computer science, have already found that the answer for too many papers is “no”. In this symposium we look at the replication crisis as it pertains especially to computer science, whether within the discipline, or as applied to, or utilised in, other disciplines, such as computational modelling for neuroscience. AI bubbles It’s clear that AI development is expanding substantially, but the extent to which this growth is sustainable is unclear. Meanwhile, the possibility of this becoming another bubble, like those from the dot com boom and real estate, is clear. A bubble is a vague concept that captures where a process or commodity is valued or hyped beyond its intrinsic worth, typically in unsustainable ways. If contemporary expectations currently dominating the AI field do turn out to be a bubble we can expect further expansion, and then collapse, typically causing damage in the process. We invite papers from a wide range of disciplines, including: computer science, AI, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, Explainable AI, philosophy, behavioural sciences, social sciences, and those working with computational models, e.g. in finance. Example research questions: What kinds of impacts are computational methods having on science, e.g. machine learning methods, statistical analysis? How do computer science methods harm or help the replicability of research? Is research in computer science replicable? Does the name ‘Artificial Intelligence’ have an effect on what is expected of AI? Are current valuations (financial, social etc) of AI realistic? Is there an AI bubble in science? Related bubbles that might be relevant to these topics, e.g. is big data also a bubble? Organising Committee Y. J. Erden (University of Twente) y.j.erden(a)utwente.nl <mailto:y.j.erden@utwente.nl> Kiona Bijker (University of Twente) k.bijker(a)student.utwente.nl <mailto:k.bijker@student.utwente.nl> Katleen Gabriels (Maastricht University) k.gabriels(a)maastrichtuniversity.nl <mailto:k.gabriels@maastrichtuniversity.nl> Martin Lentschat (Université Toulouse) martin.lentschat(a)univ-tlse2.fr <mailto:martin.lentschat@univ-tlse2.fr> Doina Bucur (University of Twente) d.bucur(a)utwente.nl <mailto:d.bucur@utwente.nl>

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Call for Papers: Delete – Strategies of Negation in the Age of Data Suffocation (Queen Mary, September 2026)
by Jiri Anger 04 Mar '26

04 Mar '26

Dear colleagues, We invite you to submit proposals for the conference: Delete: Strategies of Negation in the Age of Data Suffocation Read the full CfP and apply by 31 March: https://www.qmul.ac.uk/arts/research/research-events/items/delete-strategie… Where: BLOC Cinema, Queen Mary University of London When: 17–18 September 2026 Keynote speakers: Neta Alexander (Yale University), Thomas Dekeyser (University of Southampton) Seventeen years ago, Viktor Mayer-Schönberger made an argument about deleting as indissolubly linked to our capacity to survive and move forward (Schönberger 2009). At the time, this claim pointed to a paradox: while digital technologies offered unprecedented possibilities for erasure, the critical and sometimes subversive function of deletion as a form of negation was already beginning to erode. With the rapid expansion of storage capacities and tracking mechanisms, deletion has since become increasingly reduced, contested, or even impossible. How has the status of deleting changed from then to the present, when the daily rise of AI slop and the turbulence of world politics render this gesture seemingly futile? Back in the late 2000s, we could argue that deleting still carried some weight. We regularly got rid of films, songs, games, or apps to free up space on hard drives. We erased blog posts or discussion forum conversations to avoid future embarrassment. At the same time, glitchy or pixelated images and sounds were still considered worth preserving and sharing. Fast forward to 2026, and we hardly even care enough to delete something. We can access all the entertainment we “need” through subscription platforms like Netflix, Spotify, or Steam, and the files we keep are often dispersed across multiple drives and clouds. Our social media interactions and exchanges with AI models like ChatGPT are effectively permanent, marked in digital ink and accessible for extraction by others. We are surrounded by lossless, high-resolution images and sounds, and even systemic failures have turned into mere pauses between updates (Alexander and Appadurai 2019). At the same time, many claim that the very logic of disruption has become fully co-opted by Big Tech, and therefore has little value for cultural production and its persistence (Owens 2024). With all these problems in mind, our conference proposes to revisit current strategies of deletion both in the service of power (however we may define it) and for the purpose of resistance, refusal, or, more radically, as forms of negation of existing power structures. There are efforts across disciplines to showcase both how the current online regime deletes certain memories, histories, subjectivities, and forms of labour (Lingel 2021, Thylstrup 2025) and how creative strategies may rupture or perforate the relentless deluge of images, sounds, and texts (Dekeyser and Culp 2023, Klik 2026). The conference aims to bring together media scholars, artists, archivists, and activists to examine how these opposing dynamics might be understood and mobilised. Instead of treating deletion as a lost or purely technical operation, we ask how it might regain critical relevance. Our aim is to collectively reflect on, and experiment with, infrastructures, methodologies, and epistemologies in which deleting can once again operate as a meaningful cultural and political act. Best wishes, Jiří Anger Jiří Anger British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow (2024-2026) School of the Arts Queen Mary University of London https://qmul.academia.edu/JiriAnger Towards a Film Theory from Below: Archival Film and the Aesthetics of the Crack-Up<https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/towards-a-film-theory-from-below-979876510726…> Bloomsbury Academic, 2024 BAFTSS Awards 2025: Runner-Up, Best Monograph Cycles of Labour: In the Metaverse, We Will Be Housewives<https://necsus-ejms.org/cycles-of-labour-in-the-metaverse-we-will-be-housew…> Co-authored with Veronika Hanáková and Martin Tremčinský NECSUS, 2023 BAFTSS Awards 2025: Winner, Best Videographic Criticism

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RESEARCH GROUP - HOW IS AI CHANGING SCIENCE? (HIACS) - FINAL CONFERENCE - PREDICTIVE PRACTICES/AI IN RESEARCH - March 25-27, UNIVERSITY OF BONN, GERMANY
by Andreas Sudmann 02 Mar '26

02 Mar '26

Dear colleagues and friends, From March 25 to 27, 2026, the University of Bonn will host the final conference of the research group “How Is AI Changing Science? Research in the Era of Learning Algorithms (HiAICS)”. The conference is titled: Predictive Practices/ AI in Research The event examines how AI-based methods are reshaping contemporary research practices—particularly with regard to infrastructures, data regimes, and forms of predictive work. Over the past years, the transdisciplinary HiAICS group has investigated how learning algorithms transform epistemic procedures, evidentiary standards, and institutional structures across disciplines. The final conference aims to open this discussion to a broader academic audience and to foster exchange across fields. The programme brings together 25 speakers from climatology, sociology, media studies, history of science, computer science, law, anthropology, mathematics, philosophy, and related disciplines. Keynote speakers are Gabriele Gramelsberger (RWTH Aachen University), Alexander Waibel (KIT/Carnegie Mellon University), and Markus Gabriel (University of Bonn). A panel discussion on the second day will feature Alexander Winkler, Christian Djefall, Gabriele Schabacher, Orit Halpern, Anne Dippel, and Christian Bauckhage. Further information and the full programme are available here: https://lnkd.in/dVTeFeg3 Please note that capacity is limited. Participants who are not registered speakers are required to register by March 17, 2026: https://lnkd.in/d_NiFnAw We would be grateful if you could share this announcement within your institute and among potentially interested colleagues. For further inquiries, please contact: contact.howisaichangingscience(a)gmail.com <mailto:contact.howisaichangingscience@gmail.com> Kind regards, Andreas Sudmann Research Group https://howisaichangingscience.eu/ PD Dr. Andreas Sudmann Scientific Coordinator & Principal Investigator Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn Institut für Sprach-, Medien- und Musikwissenschaft Abteilung Medienwissenschaft Lennéstraße 1 53113 Bonn @asudmann@uni-bonn.de https://www.linkedin.com/in/asudmann/

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ACM History Committee ACM History and Archiving Fellowships applications due in 2 days!!
by Jeffrey Yost 26 Feb '26

26 Feb '26

*2 Days Left! * *Call for Applications: ACM History and Archiving Fellowship program, due F. 28th '26 The ACM History Committee plans to support up to five research projects with awards of up to $4,000 each. Successful candidates may be of any rank, from graduate students through senior researchers. * *One page flyer with more info. and how to apply:* *https://history.acm.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/ACM-HC-fellowship-CFP-2026-final.pdf <https://history.acm.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/ACM-HC-fellowship-CFP-20…>* ** * * * * ** *Jeffrey Yost, Ph.D. * *Director, Charles Babbage Institute for Computing, Information & Culture* *Research Professor, History of Sci., Tech., Med., University of Minnesota* *Just Code: Power, Inequality and the Political Economy of IT (Johns Hopkins U. Press, co-edited w/ Gerardo Con Diaz) <https://press.jhu.edu/books/title/12804/just-code> * *Making IT Work: A History of the Computer Services Industry (MIT Press) <https://amzn.to/3gqe4R6>* *Studies in Computing and Culture book series, Johns Hopkins U. Press <https://www.press.jhu.edu/books/series/studies-computing-and-culture> *Co-Editor (w/ Con Diaz) *PI, NSF-funded CBI project "Mining a Useable Past: Perspectives, Paradoxes, and Possibilities with Security and Privacy."* *Blockchain & Society* <https://www.blockchainandsociety.com>* (crit. inq. essays & resources)* (Founder/Leader) *Interfaces: Essays and Reviews in Computing and Culture <https://cse.umn.edu/cbi/interfaces> *Co-Editor-in-Chief (w/ Amanda Wick)

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Paperback Ed of Cortada, Birth of Modern Facts
by James Cortada 25 Feb '26

25 Feb '26

My book, Birth of Modern Facts, has gone paperback, thanks to so many folks who were willing to acquire its original hardcopy edition. Recall that it is a history of how modern information developed, discipline by discipline over the past two centuries. The publisher is offering the paperback edition at a discount; I include the information you need to take advantage of it. The book is also available through Amazon, B&N, etc. I want to take this opportunity to thank a good sized readership over the past two years. That tells me the book is resonating in universities, government agencies and businesses. …more Activate to view larger image,

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