Communities of computing : computer science and society in the ACM / Thomas J. Misa, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Misa, Thomas J., editor.

Series:

ACM books ; #13.

ACM books, 2374-6777 ; #13

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Association for Computing Machinery--History.

Association for Computing Machinery.

Computer science--History.

Computer science.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xiii, 408 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

[New York] : Association for Computing Machinery ; [San Rafael, California] : Morgan & Claypool, [2017]

Contents:

1. ACM and the computing revolution / Thomas J. Misa

1.1 History in computing

1.2 History of computing

1.3 Chapters of ACM history

Defining the discipline

2. From handmaiden to "proper intellectual discipline": creating a scientific identity for computer science in 1960s America / Janet Abbate

2.1 Introduction

2.2 The status of computing at NSF in the early 1960s

2.3 Organizational boundary-work: getting a seat at the table

2.4 Discursive boundary-work: establishing a scientific identity

2.5 Success: the creation of NSF's office of computing activities

2.6 Conclusion

2.7 Acknowledgments

3. George Forsythe and the creation of computer science as we know it / Joseph November

3.1 The man who would remove the "M" from the ACM

3.2 Forsythe before CS: from mathematics to meteorology to computing

3.3 Hard lessons on the road to computer science

3.4 Building a home for computer science at Stanford

3.5 Forsythe and the challenge of defining "computer science"

3.6 Conclusion

4. Solving a career equation: the first doctoral women in computer science / Irina Mikivincze

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Historical context

4.3 Gender and science

4.4 Gender and computing: identifying the problems

4.5 Data and method

4.6 Findings

4.7 Conclusion

5. The history and purpose of computing curricula (1960s-2000s) / Sebastian Dziallas and Sally Fincher

5.1 Always volunteers: coordinating volunteer efforts

5.2 Accreditation: addressing a threat to the reputation of the discipline

5.3 Definition of a discipline

5.4 Conclusion

5.5 Acknowledgments

Broadening the profession

6. Deeply political and social issues: debates within ACM 1965-1985 / Janet Toland

6.1 Introduction

6.2 1969: a question of importance

6.3 1972: the Equal Rights Amendment

6.4 1975: the Turchin issue

6.5 The Committee on Computers and Public Policy

6.6 History of SIGCAS

6.7 Analysis of changing interests within SIGCAS

6.8 Conclusion

Appendix A

7. Organized advocacy for professional women in computing: comparing histories of the AWC and ACM-W / Amy Sue Bix

7.1 Introduction

7.2 Gender, computing, and organized advocacy for women

7.3 Advocacy for women in computing and K-12 outreach

7.4 The shifting nature of advocacy for women in computers

7.5 Conclusion

8. The development of computer professionalization in Canada / Scott Campbell

8.1 Rise of Canadian computing

8.2 ACM's early start in Canada

8.3 Canadian computing and data processing societies

8.4 The DPMA in Canada

8.5 CIPS, DPMA, and the Canadian accreditation battle

8.6 Toward Canadian identity?

9. The anatomy of an encounter: transnational mediation and discipline building in Cold War computer science / Ksenia Tatarchenko

9.1 Novosibirsk- Moscow- New York- San Francisco- Los Angeles

9.2 Person-to-person, institution-to-institution, discipline-to-discipline

9.3 Twisted truths: dealing with hazards of boundary-crossing

9.4 Conclusions: divided worlds, a shared community

10. Concern for the disadvantaged: ACM's role in training and education for communities of color (1958-1975) / R. Arvid Nelsen

10.1 Introduction

10.2 The discussion of social implications and issues within the ACM

10.3 Programs for the "disadvantaged" 1968-1972

10.4 ACM involvement

10.5 ACM establishes a National Committee on Computing and the Disadvantaged

10.6 Conclusion

Expanding research frontiers

11. Other places of invention: computer graphics at the University of Utah / Jacob Gaboury

11.1 Introduction

11.2 Salt Lake City, 1966

11.3 Practical applications

11.4 Problem solving

11.5 Community

11.6 Other places

12. Framing computer security and privacy, 1967-1992 / Rebecca Slayton

12.1 Framing record-keeping security

12.2 Transitions in the 1980s: specialization and the growth of computer networking

12.3 Reframing security amid growing computer networking

12.4 Conclusion

13. Hypertext, digital libraries, and beyond: a history of ACM SIGWEB / Inna Kouper

13.1 Introduction

13.2 The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)

13.3 ACM SIGWEB

13.4 Conclusion: toward a model of epistemic work in professional organizations

Acknowledgments

References

Index

Contributor biographies.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-380) and index.

ISBN:

1970001844

9781970001846

9781970001877

1970001879

OCLC:

965761721

Publisher Number:

99993936109