International Conference on the History of Computing and Networks
18, 19 and 20 November 2002
Grenoble, FRANCE
Call for Papers
ACONIT (Association for a CONservatory of Information Technology ),
AHTTI (Association of History of Telecommunications and
Information Technology) and CHARME (Committee for the History of
ARMEments), in collaboration with IMAG ( Institute of Applied
Mathematics in Grenoble), are organising an international conference on
the History of Computing and Networks for autumn 2002.
This conference provides an opportunity for meetings and discussions
between historians who are studying, and the scientists and
engineers who participated in the development of computing and networks.
The following subject themes are given as examples of
what might be discussed:
Preservation and Exhibition of Computing and Telecommunication
heritage
Developments of the concepts of teaching and researching in
computing.
The role of the military in the development of computing
Automation and robotics
Computing in medicine
The impact of computer networks on software systems
The evolution of standards
The convergence of computing and telecommunications
This conference is the latest the series of Computer History Conferences
held in France in 1988 in Grenoble, 1990 in Paris, 1993
in Sophia-Antipolis, 1995 in Rennes and 1998 in Toulouse. An exhibition
tracing the history of computing and networks will
complement the conference.
Papers should present information of historical interest and proposals
of up to two pages will be accepted until 15 January 2002.
Proposals can be emailed in electronic form in either ASCII text or RTF
format to [log in to unmask] or mailed in paper
form to :
ACONIT /Colloque 2002
10 bis rue Ampere
BP 267
38016 Grenoble Cedex
France
Submissions will be examined by the program committee.
Requests for support of the conference are being made from public and
private organisations and companies and from the
European Union.
Full details can be found on the conference web site at
www.aconit.org/colloque2002
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