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/Second Call for Papers/
4th International Conference on History and Philosophy of Computing
https://hapoc2017.sciencesconf.org/
Masaryk University Brno
4-7 October 2017
held under the auspices of the DHST/DLMPS Commission for the History and
Philosophy of Computing (HaPoC) www.hapoc.org<http://www.hapoc.org/>
In their societal impact, computers have grown way beyond their roots in
mathematics and logic. Their ubiquity since the late 20th century has increased
the number and impact of several of the original questions raised by early
computer scientists and practitioners: questions about their expected and
intended behaviour, as Alan Turing did when asking whether machines can think;
questions about their ontology, as John von Neumann did when asking what the
computer and the human brain have in common; questions about their role in
performing human tasks, as Norbert Wiener did when asking whether automatic
translation is possible. With new technologies, the need for rethinking formal
and technological issues is crucial.
HaPoC conferences aim to bring together researchers exploring the various
aspects of the computer from historical or philosophical standpoint. The series
aims at an interdisciplinary focus on computing, rooted in historical and
philosophical viewpoints. The conference brings together researchers interested
in the historical developments of computing, as well as those reflecting on the
sociological and philosophical issues springing from the rise and ubiquity of
computing machines in the contemporary landscape.
For HaPoC 2017 we welcome contributions from logicians, philosophers and
historians of computing as well as from philosophically aware computer
scientists and mathematicians. We also invite contributions on the use of
computers in art. As HaPoC conferences aim to provide a platform for
interdisciplinary discussions among researchers, contributions stimulating such
discussions are preferable. Topics include but are not limited to:
- History of computation (computational systems, machines, mechanized
reasoning, algorithms and programs, communities of computing and their
paradigms,...)
- Foundational issues in computer science and computability (models of
computability, Church-Turing thesis, formal systems for distributed, cloud and
secure computing, semantic theories of programming languages, ...)
- Philosophy of computing (computer as brain / mind, epistemological issues,
...), Computation in the sciences (computer experiments and simulations,
computer-aided systems for teaching and research, ...)
- Computer and the arts (temporality in digital art; narration in interactive
art work, speculative software, programming as a deferred action, computing and
affect, performativity of code, eristic of HCI, ...)
We cordially invite researchers working in a field relevant to the main topics
of the conference to submit a short abstract of approximately 200 words and an
extended abstract of at most a 1000 words (references included)
Submit through EasyChair at
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=hapoc2017
Deadline for abstracts and extended abstracts: 15 May 2017
Notifications of acceptance: July 2016
Accepted papers will be presented in 30 minute slots including discussion.
Abstracts must be written in English. Please note that the format of uploaded
files must be in .pdf. Submissions without extended abstract will not be
considered.
The HaPoC commission will also provide some travel grants of up to 400 EUR.
Preference will be given to young researchers. The deadline for application is
*August 15, 2017*. For more details,
see:https://hapoc2017.sciencesconf.org/resource/page/id/12
Conference fee: EUR 150, including welcome reception and conference dinner.
The conference will be preceded by a special workshop on the reception of
Hilbert's axiomatic method in Eastern Europe on 3 October 2017, organized by
Mate Szabó (see the link in the left column for more details). Accompanying
cultural programme will include: the remake of the 1968 Brno exhibition
Computer Graphic (featuring Frieder Nake and others), the first computer art
exhibition in Eastern Europe, preceding Cybernetic Serendipity by several
months, Live coding performance (inspired by the Exhibition Computer Graphic),
the concert Exposition of New Music (contemporary music), and field recordings
of Brno (student project).
