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HaPoC 2021: Call for Abstracts
6th International Conference on the History and Philosophy of Computing
27-29 October 2021
ETH Turing Centre, Zurich, Switzerland
Website: https://hapoc2021.sciencesconf.org<https://hapoc2021.sciencesconf.org/>
Email: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
While computing appears as a technological and scientific field in constant
progression, our conception and knowledge of computers are also subject to
change over time. In particular, digital machines of the 20th century were
inspired by the biological individual, replacing with a solipsistic mental view
the cultural and social aspects attached to the image of machines in the 19th
century. However, the growing cultural import of computing practices has become
ever more pressing in our days in all dimensions of social life. Not only have
cultural phenomena increasingly become the object of computational analysis,
but computational practices have also proved inseparable from the cultural
environment in which they evolve.
Therefore, it is urgent to critically address the entanglement of computing
practices with the main cultural challenges our epoch is facing. The global and
collective nature of such problems (e.g. climate change, global pandemics,
systemic inequalities, resurgence of totalitarianism, to name a few) requires a
comprehensive perspective on computing, where social and cultural aspects
occupy a central position. For these reasons, thinking about machines asks
today for an interdisciplinary approach, where art is as necessary as
engineering, anthropological insights as important as psychological models, and
the critical perspectives of history and philosophy as decisive as the axioms
and theorems of theoretical computer science.
For more than a decade, the “History and Philosophy of Computing” Conference
(HaPoC, www.hapoc.org<http://www.hapoc.org/>) has contributed to building such
an interdisciplinary community and environment. We aim to bring together
historians, philosophers, computer scientists, social scientists, designers,
manufacturers, practitioners, artists, logicians, mathematicians, each with
their own experience and expertise, to take part in the collective construction
of a comprehensive image of computing.
Main Topics
For HaPoC 2021, we welcome contributions from researchers from different
disciplinary horizons who intend to participate in the debate on the impact of
computers on culture, science, and society from the perspective of their area
of expertise, and who are open to engage in interdisciplinary discussions
across multiple fields. Topics include but are not limited to:
- Historical and philosophical perspectives on computing knowledge, objects and
practices
- Social, cultural and pedagogical aspects of computing
- Computing and the human sciences
- Epistemological dimensions of computing
- Impact of computing technologies
- Computing and the arts
The Program Committee is available at the conference website
https://hapoc2021.sciencesconf.org/resource/page/id/4
How to submit
We cordially invite researchers working in a field relevant to the main topics
of the Conference to submit a short abstract of 180-200 words and an extended
abstract of at most 1000 words (references included) through EasyChair at:
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=hapoc2021
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 an extended abstract will not be
considered.
Important Dates
Submission deadline: April 15, 2021
Notification of acceptance/rejection: June 15, 2021
Conference dates: October 27-29, 2021
Confirmed keynote speakers:
Barbara Liskov (MIT Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence Lab)
Juliette Kennedy (University of Helsinki)
Thomas Haigh (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)
Publication
A selection of revised contributions to the Conference will be published in a
Special Issue of Minds and Machines (Springer), under the title “Computing
Cultures”. The call is already available at:
https://www.springer.com/journal/11023/updates/18800754
Format and Fee
Due to the current pandemic situation, HaPoC-6 will take place in a hybrid
format, with attendance and contributions both on-site and online.
The registration fee for contributors (both online and on-site) will be
announced soon. Following previous HaPoC editions, a usual low fee is expected.
Online contributions are expected to be in real time, although pre-recorded
talks will be accepted on request.
Attendance (both online and on-site) will be free of charge.
Travel Grants
The Turing Centre Zurich and the HaPoC Council will propose a limited amount of
travel grants to participants with accepted papers who are not beneficiaries of
institutional support. More information will be soon made available on the
conference webpage and through the HaPoC website
(www.hapoc.org<http://www.hapoc.org/>).
Organizers
Chairs:
Juan Luis Gastaldi (ETH Zurich, Turing Centre Zurich)
Luc Pellissier (Université de Paris-Est Créteil)
Organized by:
Turing Centre Zurich (ETH)
www.turing.ethz.ch<http://www.turing.ethz.ch/>
In collaboration with:
Collegium Helveticum (ETH-UZH-ZHdK)
www.collegium.ethz.ch<http://www.collegium.ethz.ch/>
Chair of History and Philosophy of Mathematical Sciences (ETH Zurich, D-GESS)
https://hpm.ethz.ch<https://hpm.ethz.ch/>
Under the auspices of
DHST/DLMPST Commission for the History and Philosophy of Computing (HaPoC)
www.hapoc.org<http://www.hapoc.org/>
