Dear all,

It brings me pleasure to report that the latest issue of IEEE Annals of the History of Computing is now available to read online!

It is a regular issue with research articles and anecdotes. Find it on the Computer Society Digital Library or IEEE Xplore. Table of contents with CSDL links below. I hope you find something to enjoy!

Research article

by Nathan Brewer

Notes From the 2025 ECREA Communication History Workshop: Communication Networks Before and After the Web

by Deborah Barcella, Petra Mazzoni, Martin Fomasi, Gabriele Balbi

Department: Anecdotes

ELIZA Reanimated: Restoring the Mother of All Chatbots to One of the World’s First Time-Sharing Systems

by Rupert Lane, Anthony Hay, Arthur Schwarz, David M. Berry, Jeff Shrager

Best,

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

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

Lecturer, Computer Science / Darlithydd, Cyfrifiadureg
Swansea University / Prifysgol Abertawe

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

For students: my drop in hours are on the Intranet (office CoFo 407)
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