First Call For Participation HaPoC 2015: 3rd International CONFERENCE on the HISTORY and PHILOSOPHY of COMPUTING October 8-11, 2015, Pisa, Italy http://hapoc2015.di.unipi.it <http://hapoc2015.di.unipi.it/> *** Early Registration until September 6, 2015 ! *** This is an invitation to attend the 3rd International Conference on the History and Philosophy of Computing (HaPoC 2015). The conference brings together researchers interested in the historical developments of computers and their sciences, as well as those reflecting on the sociological and philosophical issues springing from the rise and ubiquity of computing machines in the contemporary landscape. The conference is composed of 30 research presentations, with no parallels sessions, and 6 invited talks from renowned experts in the relevant fields. The conference will take place in Pisa, the cradle of Italian computer science: here the first Italian computers were designed in the mid-Fifties and the first Master course in informatics was established in 1969. The Museum of Computing Machinery (Museo degli Strumenti per il Calcolo), part of the University of Pisa, shows some artefacts from the early days of Italian CS, as well a selection of personal computing machines. Besides its artistic attractions, among them the world-famous leaning tower, during the days of the conference Pisa will host the Internet Festival, devoted to all the aspects of the net (http://www.internetfestival.it) Invited speakers ------------------- Nicola Angius, Universita' di Sassari Lenore Blum, Carnegie Mellon University David Alan Grier, IEEE & George Washington University Furio Honsell, Universita' di Udine Pierre Mounier-Kuhn, CNRS & Universite' Paris-Sorbonne Franck Varenne, Universite' de Rouen Visit http://goo.gl/ubgl2E <http://hapoc2015.sciencesconf.org/resource/page/id/5> for a list of the abstracts. Accepted Talks --------------- The list of accepted abstracts can be found at _http://goo.gl/BTJsTC_ Venue ------ The conference will take place in Pisa, at the Museum of Computing Machinery. Additional information can be found at http://goo.gl/APJPff <http://hapoc2015.sciencesconf.org/resource/page/id/3> Registration information -------------------------- Registration is required to attend. You may find all the information concerning the registration fee at http://goo.gl/j0mZMV Grant Application ------------------- By registering for membership to the HaPoC commission you can apply for a grant of up to 400 EUR which can be used to partially fund your participation to HaPoC 2015. Applications should be sent before August 15. All information available at: http://www.hapoc.org/node/124