Dear all, It brings me pleasure and sadness to report the availability to read online of the latest issue of IEEE Annals of the History of Computing. Sadness: this is the last issue on which Burt Grad worked, right up until his death. It is dedicated to his memory. While his coeditor David Kasik did a wonderful job seeing it through, delays were unfortunately introduced to the publication procedure. Pleasure: this is a bumper issue packed full of a variety of perspectives on the history of the computer design software industry. There are a few extra department contributions and the announcement of the 2024 Best Paper awards as well. [11203797.jpg] Find it on the Computer Society Digital Library<https://www.computer.org/csdl/magazine/an/2025/03> or IEEE Xplore Library<https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/tocresult.jsp?isnumber=11202856&punumber=85> according to your preference or institutional subscription. ToC below from CSDL (it copies easier). In Memoriam Burton Grad (1928–2025)<https://www.computer.org/csdl/magazine/an/2025/03/11202859/2aOjzb3MzN6> by Troy Astarte<https://www.computer.org/csdl/search/default?type=author&givenName=Troy&surname=Astarte> Guest Editors’ Introduction Computer-Aided Design: Growing the Industry<https://www.computer.org/csdl/magazine/an/2025/03/11203802/2aOjzI1wsjC> by Burton Grad<https://www.computer.org/csdl/search/default?type=author&givenName=Burton&surname=Grad>, David Kasik<https://www.computer.org/csdl/search/default?type=author&givenName=David&surname=Kasik> Theme Article How CAD Became Universal<https://www.computer.org/csdl/magazine/an/2025/03/11079269/28lCmKb8xX2> by L. Stephen Wolfe<https://www.computer.org/csdl/search/default?type=author&givenName=L.%20Stephen&surname=Wolfe> Theme Article Understanding Market Evolution of CAD Systems, 1970s to 2000s<https://www.computer.org/csdl/magazine/an/2025/03/11044343/27FMmRmjzIA> by W. Bradley Holtz<https://www.computer.org/csdl/search/default?type=author&givenName=W.%20Bradley&surname=Holtz> Anecdote New Product Development Culture and CAD Company Success<https://www.computer.org/csdl/magazine/an/2025/03/11203799/2aOjATg20XC> by Peter A. Marks<https://www.computer.org/csdl/search/default?type=author&givenName=Peter%20A.&surname=Marks> Think Piece What Should Be Studied Next About Applications: Lessons From CAD/CAM<https://www.computer.org/csdl/magazine/an/2025/03/11203792/2aOjAeuTfVe> by James W. Cortada<https://www.computer.org/csdl/search/default?type=author&givenName=James%20W.&surname=Cortada> Theme Article CAD and the Computerization of Architectural Labor<https://www.computer.org/csdl/magazine/an/2025/03/11122019/2965OKKMpZS> by Galo Canizares<https://www.computer.org/csdl/search/default?type=author&givenName=Galo&surname=Canizares> Theme Article Solids, Parameters, and Programs: Computation for Early-Stage Architectural Design<https://www.computer.org/csdl/magazine/an/2025/03/11129238/29jn29VfW0w> by Robert F. Woodbury<https://www.computer.org/csdl/search/default?type=author&givenName=Robert%20F.&surname=Woodbury> Book Reviews The Will to History, or Some Reflections on Theodora Vardouli’s Graph Vision: Digital Architecture’s Skeletons and Daniel Cardoso Llach’s Builders of the Vision: Software and the Imagination of Design<https://www.computer.org/csdl/magazine/an/2025/03/11203821/2aOjC2tmtfa> by Dora Epstein-Jones<https://www.computer.org/csdl/search/default?type=author&givenName=Dora%20Epstein&surname=Jones> <https://www.computer.org/csdl/magazine/an/2025/03/11203791/2aOjzVttWta> Interview A Crash of Rhinos: An Interview With McNeel’s Margaret Becker<https://www.computer.org/csdl/magazine/an/2025/03/11203791/2aOjzVttWta> by Shelby Elizabeth Doyle<https://www.computer.org/csdl/search/default?type=author&givenName=Shelby%20Elizabeth&surname=Doyle> Theme Article PTC: How One Company Changed the CAD Industry<https://www.computer.org/csdl/magazine/an/2025/03/11108255/28UtojIsPKg> by Jennifer Stout<https://www.computer.org/csdl/search/default?type=author&givenName=Jennifer&surname=Stout> Theme Article Founding and Growing Solidworks and Onshape<https://www.computer.org/csdl/magazine/an/2025/03/11134283/29olS3jEDEA> by Jon Hirschtick<https://www.computer.org/csdl/search/default?type=author&givenName=Jon&surname=Hirschtick>, Jessica Twentyman<https://www.computer.org/csdl/search/default?type=author&givenName=Jessica&surname=Twentyman> Theme Article EDS, UGS, and SDRC to Siemens Digital Industry Software, 1991–2010<https://www.computer.org/csdl/magazine/an/2025/03/11132365/29mlnev0q8U> by Raj Khoshoo<https://www.computer.org/csdl/search/default?type=author&givenName=Raj&surname=Khoshoo>, Kevin Eustace<https://www.computer.org/csdl/search/default?type=author&givenName=Kevin&surname=Eustace> Theme Article Autodesk Company History: The Early Years, 1982 to 2000<https://www.computer.org/csdl/magazine/an/2025/03/11134279/29olRRhpcGY> by Terri Lively<https://www.computer.org/csdl/search/default?type=author&givenName=Terri&surname=Lively> Interview Oral History of Carol Bartz<https://www.computer.org/csdl/magazine/an/2025/03/11202858/2aOjAsbTtYc> by Douglas Fairbairn<https://www.computer.org/csdl/search/default?type=author&givenName=Douglas&surname=Fairbairn> ** End of Special Issue ** Events & Sightings The INI’s Workshop on the History of Computer Science and Data<https://www.computer.org/csdl/magazine/an/2025/03/11203800/2aOjA8ghALm> by Steven Abbott-Williams<https://www.computer.org/csdl/search/default?type=author&givenName=Steven&surname=Abbott-Williams>, Eva Kaufholz-Soldat<https://www.computer.org/csdl/search/default?type=author&givenName=Eva&surname=Kaufholz-Soldat> Events & Sightings The Information Processing Society of Japan’s Annual Convention<https://www.computer.org/csdl/magazine/an/2025/03/11203804/2aOjCn8obgk> by Hiroharu Asahi<https://www.computer.org/csdl/search/default?type=author&givenName=Hiroharu&surname=Asahi>, Chigusa Kita<https://www.computer.org/csdl/search/default?type=author&givenName=Chigusa&surname=Kita> Editorial Announcement Best Papers of 2024<https://www.computer.org/csdl/magazine/an/2025/03/11203790/2aOjDminvUc> by Liz Petrick<https://www.computer.org/csdl/search/default?type=author&givenName=Liz&surname=Petrick>, Troy Astarte<https://www.computer.org/csdl/search/default?type=author&givenName=Troy&surname=Astarte> Best, Dr. Troy Kaighin Astarte (they/them / nhw) I often dictate messages due to motor disability; please forgive any oddities resulting. 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