Thanks for the boost, Jonathan! Although the project will start at UVA, and be only for UVA students for at least the first year, the hope is to expand it to other universities in the future--so folks who are interested in that should feel free to reach out. Best, Mar ________________________ Mar Hicks Associate Professor School of Data Science University of Virginia marhicks@virginia.edu marhicks.com<https://marhicks.com/> Research Affiliate, Centre for Democracy and Technology<https://www.mctd.ac.uk/>, University of Cambridge Member, Scholars' Council, Center for Critical Internet Inquiry<https://www.c2i2.ucla.edu/>, UCLA Associate Editor, IEEE Annals of the History of Computing<https://www.computer.org/csdl/magazine/an> (feel free to ask me about submitting an article if you work on a topic related to computing history) Books: Programmed Inequality<https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/programmed-inequality>: How Britain Discarded Women Technologists and Lost Its Edge in Computing (MIT Press, 2017) Your Computer Is On Fire<https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/your-computer-fire> (MIT Press, 2021) ________________________________ From: Members <members-bounces@lists.sigcis.org> on behalf of Jonathan Coopersmith via Members <members@lists.sigcis.org> Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2024 10:58:45 PM To: SIGCIS <members@sigcis.org> Subject: [SIGCIS-Members] UVa Human Computer Project https://news.virginia.edu/content/news-brief-looking-more-hidden-figures Looks exciting. Stay sane, Jonathan Jonathan Coopersmith Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science Professor Emeritus Department of History Texas A&M University College Station, TX 77843-4236 979.739.4708 (cell) John Mather "Instrument Maker to the Stars,"<https://aerospaceamerica.aiaa.org/departments/instrument-maker-to-the-stars/> Aerospace America November 2023 "Technological obsolescence,<https://www.nationalacademies.org/news/2023/05/technological-obsolescence>" National Academy of Engineering Perspectives May 23, 2023 Preserving space archives: https://www.toboldlypreserve.space/