Jim, I echo your comments 100%. I helped organize HiNC1, HiNC2, and now HiNC3 and I was a co-editor for the 1 and 2 proceedings. The HiNC conferences are great events and they add a different perspective to the usual US/UK view of computing history. I encourage all interested parties to participate. John John Impagliazzo, Ph.D. The ictQATAR Endowed Chair and Professor Computer Science and Engineering Qatar University, 2713 Doha, Qatar Email: John@qu.edu.qa - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Professor Emeritus of Computer Science Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York 11549 USA Email: John.Impagliazzo@Hofstra.edu - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - From: members-bounces@sigcis.org [mailto:members-bounces@sigcis.org] On Behalf Of James Cortada Sent: Thursday, 21 January, 2010 16:36 To: Per Lundin Cc: members-bounces@sigcis.org; members@sigcis.org Subject: Re: [SIGCIS-Members] History of Nordic Computing - 2nd Call for Contributions I think Per's call for papers to this conference is something we should take very seriously. I have--and will be at the conference. The reason why this one is so important is that we are now at an inflection point in European history of ICT where the whole subject is taking off with momentum after a long period of slow start, and it is very exciting. It is a special moment in time when the Americans can influence the dialogue and learn what is happening in Europe while the Europeans can get a good sense of the issues we are addressing in our current research. Inflection points in a subject area only come around rarely, and for European ICT historiography this is probably the one that we are going to look back on and say things changed as a result. The themes for this year's conference reflect the maturing nature of European, and indeed global, ICT historiography. I recognize that many of you may be teaching that week and the thought of going to Northern Europe in October might seem daunting--it is not winter yet--but see if you can find a way. There is one other benefit: you are going to be pleasantly surprised to learn what the Swedes as a nation have quietly been doing to preserve and understand their ICT history--with lessons for all of us in various countries, including the US, but also relevant for Eastern Europe, Latin America, and East Asia. Regards, Dr. Jim (James) W. Cortada IBM Institute for Business Value 2917 Irvington Way Madison, WI 53713 USA jwcorta@us.ibm.com 608-270-4462 [cid:image001.gif@01CA9AC3.F6BF1AA0]"Per Lundin" ---01/21/2010 06:17:37 AM---Dear Colleague, Please consider submitting a contribution to HiNC3 - 3rd IFIP WG9.7 Working From: "Per Lundin" <plundin@kth.se> To: <members@sigcis.org> Date: 01/21/10 06:17 AM Subject: [SIGCIS-Members] History of Nordic Computing - 2nd Call for Contributions Sent by: members-bounces@sigcis.org ________________________________ Dear Colleague, Please consider submitting a contribution to HiNC3 - 3rd IFIP WG9.7 Working Conference on History of Nordic Computing. The conference takes place in Stockholm 18 - 20 October 2010. Final submission date is February 28. Accepted papers will be published by Springer. Detailed information about solicited contributions and submission procedure is to be found at http://dsv.su.se/hinc3/. Please further this call to all those you think might be interested. Per Lundin and Benkt Wangler Program co-chairs ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ Per Lundin Div. of History of Science and Technology Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) SE-100 44 Stockholm Sweden Phone: +46 8 790 87 41 Fax: +46 8 24 62 63 http://www.teknikhistoria.se ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ _______________________________________________ This email is relayed from members@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
