1997 IEEE Conference on the History of Computing
Hi: Am I right in understanding that this conference did not result in any published formal conference proceedings as such, though the book "From 0 to 1: an authoritative history of modern computing by Akera Atsushi and Frederik Nebeker” resulted from the conference five years later. My records indicate that the paper I gave at the 1997 conference ("The Development of Computers and their History”) was at the request of the editors of "From 0 to 1” replaced by a very different paper “The New Electronic Technology”. (I have a copy of the former paper to hand, but not the latter.) Have the actual papers delivered at the conference ever been published, i.e., were any actual conference proceedings ever issued? Cheers Brian Randell — School of Computing Science, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU EMAIL = Brian.Randell@ncl.ac.uk PHONE = +44 191 208 7923 URL = http://www.ncl.ac.uk/computing/people/profile/brianrandell.html
Brian I don’t believe that there were any formal proceedings - there are certainly none in the IEEE library. I was never solicited for the 0 to 1 book. My paper was published in the Annals. I believe that Luanne Johnson’s paper had the same outcome. David ---------------------------------------- David Alan Grier Associate Professor of International Science and Technology Policy Center for International Science and Technology Policy Elliott School Of International Affairs George Washington University grier@gwu.edu Podcasts: How We Manage Stuff http://HowWeManageStuff.com <http://howwemanagestuff.com/> Errant Hashtag: Errantfeed.djaghe.com <http://errantfeed.djaghe.com/>
On Jan 13, 2017, at 8:22 AM, Brian Randell <brian.randell@newcastle.ac.uk> wrote:
Hi:
Am I right in understanding that this conference did not result in any published formal conference proceedings as such, though the book "From 0 to 1: an authoritative history of modern computing by Akera Atsushi and Frederik Nebeker” resulted from the conference five years later.
My records indicate that the paper I gave at the 1997 conference ("The Development of Computers and their History”) was at the request of the editors of "From 0 to 1” replaced by a very different paper “The New Electronic Technology”. (I have a copy of the former paper to hand, but not the latter.)
Have the actual papers delivered at the conference ever been published, i.e., were any actual conference proceedings ever issued?
Cheers
Brian Randell
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School of Computing Science, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU EMAIL = Brian.Randell@ncl.ac.uk PHONE = +44 191 208 7923 URL = http://www.ncl.ac.uk/computing/people/profile/brianrandell.html
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