Exactly – that's what I did for France, mapping the emergence of computer science measured in terms of equipment, labs, chairs, diplomas, doctorates, etc. The social/institutional construction of a "normal science".
According to a Californian library site, there is even a Graduate Assistantship Directory in the Computer Sciences, dated 1900…
More seriously, the Directory was published from 1968 tà 1995:
Attached, a page sample.
Regards,
Pierre
De: "Nabeel Siddiqui" <nabsiddiqui2@gmail.com>
À: "Pierre Mounier-Kuhn" <mounier@msh-paris.fr>
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Objet: Re: [SIGCIS-Members] Directory in the Computer Sciences, 1971-1972
À: "Pierre Mounier-Kuhn" <mounier@msh-paris.fr>
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Envoyé: Lundi 17 Février 2025 21:01:48
Objet: Re: [SIGCIS-Members] Directory in the Computer Sciences, 1971-1972
Does anyone know if there are directories for other years? I think it may be interesting to map to see the growth of the discipline over time.
On Monday, February 17, 2025, Pierre Mounier-Kuhn via Members <members@lists.sigcis.org> wrote:
On Monday, February 17, 2025, Pierre Mounier-Kuhn via Members <members@lists.sigcis.org> wrote:
Dear SIGCIS,A little gem found among my archives:Graduate Assistantship Directory in the Computer Sciences, 1971-1972, published by the ACM.It lists 102 universities (95 US, 5 in Canada, 1 in England and 1 in Holland), with their computing equipment, their teaching & research programs, name of contact (typically the head of the computer department), tuitions, etc.Unsurprisingly, the details of computing equipments reveal a wealth of large mainframes and sometimes of supercomputers, well above those possessed then by European universities.45 of these universities had teaching or research programs on AI and Pattern Recognition.Best,Pierre Mounier-Kuhn