Special Int. Group for History of Computing
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Please join me in welcoming 3 new members to the SIGCIS Conference Organizing Committee! Katya Babintseva (Dr. Ekaterina (Katya) Babintseva), Gili Vidan, and Colette Perold (@coletteperold). Thank you for helping keep SIGCIS going strong!
Happy Pride everyone from the Computer History Museum! Today we celebrate 2012 CHM Fellow Sophie Wilson, co-inventor of the BBC Micro and the ARM microprocessor architecture. @Computerhistory The Society for the History of Technology (SHOT) IEEE Spectrum Special Int. Group for History of Computing Human Rights Campaign Arm
A reminder that proposals for #sigcis2023 , Online Edition 2.0, are due June 1st. The virtual conference will be held September 21-23, 2023.
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A new essay/review published in Interfaces, 'From a Teapot to Toy Story...' on symposia in Utah in March '23. Special Int. Group for History of Computing The Society for the History of Technology (SHOT) The Society for Social Studies of Science ACM SIGGRAPH ACM SIGCHI #graphics #vr #ai #pixar #atari #softwarehistory
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PONG is 50! From its origins in a smoke-filled Silicon Valley bar to neurons in a Petri dish, PONG is here to stay. Read my blog: computerhistory.org/blog/50-years-… Computer History Museum Special Int. Group for History of Computing Vintage Computer Federation
Legendary computer architect Fred Brooks passed away today. Brooks led the team creating the timeless IBM System/360 mainframe architecture as well as development of OS/360. Hear Brooks Computer History Museum computerhistory.org/revolution/mai… Special Int. Group for History of Computing IEEE Spectrum Association for Computing Machinery @ibm @unc
I hope everyone had a good #sigcis2022 ! We'll see you next year, at The Society for the History of Technology (SHOT) or at our virtual #sigcis2023 .
The final sessions today will be on: 'Exploring Data: Meaning, Ethics, Law, and Computation' and 'Constructing Global Systems.' #sigcis2022
Afternoon sessions beginning on: 'Infrastructure, Internets, Switches, and Standards,' 'Embodiment, Education, Expression,' and 'Computing Beyond Carbon.' #sigcis2022
Next up will be sessions on: 'Legal and Political Constructions of Computing,' 'Minds and Machines,' and 'Out of Sight / Out of Mind: The Limits of Historical Representation.' #sigcis2022