Dear colleagues,

I am pleased to announce that the latest issue of IEEE Annals of the History of Computing is available to read online. It is a standard issue, with our usual mix of research articles and department contributions.

Find it on IEEE Xplore or CSDL as you prefer.

Table of Contents:

Features

Meet Some Girls: Encoding Heteronormativity Into the History of Computing

by Sheila C. Murphy

Discriminating Data: How LGBTQ+ Computer Scientists, Engineers, and High-Tech Professionals Used Data Collection and Computational Analysis to Advocate for Queer Labor Rights

by Alex D. Ketchum

Precision Matters: AI and the Triumph of Strategic Ambiguity

by Alison Langmead, Christopher J. Phillips

Databasing the Face: The Rise of Data-Centrism in Computerized Facial Expression Recognition

by Heewon Kim

Department: anecdotes

Assembling and Training the Perceptron: A Personal Account

by George Osborn Jensen, David E. Dunning

Department: think pieces

Is It Too Early to Talk “Quantum Software”?

by Hassan Soubra

Department: people of computing

Jean-Raymond Abrial: A Scientific Biography of a Formal Methods Pioneer

by Jonathan P. Bowen, Henri Habrias

Department: events and sightings

Notes From the HaPoC 8 Conference

by Gregor Zurowski, Henri Stéphanou, Alexander Gschwendtner

Best,

Dr. Troy Kaighin Astarte (they/them / nhw)

I often dictate messages due to motor disability; please forgive any oddities resulting.

Editor-in-Chief / Prif Olygydd, IEEE Annals of the History of Computing

Senior Lecturer, Computer Science and Head of Year 3 / Uwch Darlithydd, Cyfrifiadureg a Phennaeth Blwyddyn 3
Swansea University / Prifysgol Abertawe