CFP: Special Issue of Personal & Ubiquitous Computing on Histories of Ubicomp Editors: Jofish Kaye, Yahoo Labs, and Molly Wright Steenson, University of Wisconsin-Madison

As ubiquitous computing has grown as a field, so too have the narratives around both ubicomp’s origins and how those origins impact its futures. In this special issue of Personal & Ubiquitous Computing, we seek to articulate those multiple voices and histories reflecting these multiple origins, each of which has a story to tell about the history of ubiquitous computing. These histories reside in multiple fields, from computer science and informatics, to history of science and STS, to design and urban planning—to name a few—as well as ubicomp’s new instantiations, such as the Internet of Things (IoT), smart cities, the architecture of the cloud, and mobile computing.

For this special issue, topics include but are not limited to: Histories of ubiquitous computing technologies Studies and histories of corporations, individuals and organizations influential in the growth of ubiquitous computing The influence of ubiquitous computing technologies Studies of networks of ubicomp researchers Comparative, historical studies of ubicomp applications & environments Lesser known players in the field of ubicomp Histories of information environments Ubicomp in architecture and urbanism Ubicomp and user experience Ubicomp and art Ubicomp and critical design Ubicomp and cybernetics Ubicomp, gender and diversity

Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. Submissions should be prepared according to the author instructions available at http://www.springer.com/computer/hci/journal/779 . Abstracts of no longer than 250 words must be submitted in the form of PDF files to the editors at ubihistory@yahoo.com by 1 December 2014. Information about the manuscript (title, full list of authors, corresponding author contact, abstract, and keywords) must be included in the submission email. Questions about appropriateness of topics may be directed to the editors at ubihistory@yahoo.com .

Important dates: Deadline for Abstract: 1 December 2014 Notification of Abstract Acceptance: 22 December 2015 Deadline for Submission: 1 Februrary 2015 Final Manuscript Due: 1 May 2015 Publication Date: To Be Announced