Communities of Computing : Computer Science and Society in the ACM.
Misa, Thomas J.
2016
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Title Communities of Computing : Computer Science and Society in the ACM.
Author Misa, Thomas J.
Edition 1st ed.
ISBN 9781970001853
9781970001846
Published New York : Association for Computing Machinery, 2016.
Copyright ©2017.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (424 pages).
Summary Communities of Computing is the first book-length history of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), founded in 1947 and with a membership today of 100,000 worldwide. It profiles ACM's notable SIGs, active chapters, and individual members, setting ACM's history into a rich social and political context. The book's 12 core chapters are organized into three thematic sections. "Defining the Discipline" examines the 1960s and 1970s when the field of computer science was taking form at the National Science Foundation, Stanford University, and through ACM's notable efforts in education and curriculum standards. "Broadening the Profession" looks outward into the wider society as ACM engaged with social and political issues - and as members struggled with balancing a focus on scientific issues and awareness of the wider world. Chapters examine the social turbulence surrounding the Vietnam War, debates about the women's movement, efforts for computing and community education, and international issues including professionalization and the Cold War. "Expanding Research Frontiers" profiles three areas of research activity where ACM members and ACM itself shaped notable advances in computing, including computer graphics, computer security, and hypertext. Featuring insightful profiles of notable ACM leaders, such as Edmund Berkeley, George Forsythe, Jean Sammet, Peter Denning, and Kelly Gotlieb, and honest assessments of controversial episodes, the volume deals with compelling and complex issues involving ACM and computing. It is not a narrow organizational history of ACM committees and SIGS, although much information about them is given. All chapters are original works of research. Many chapters draw on archival records of ACM's headquarters, ACM SIGs, and ACM leaders. This volume makes a permanent contribution to documenting the history of ACM and
understanding its central role in the history of computing.
Note understanding its central role in the history of computing.
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Contents
Preface
1. ACM and the Computing Revolution
2. From Handmaiden to "Proper Intellectual Discipline": Creating a Scientific Identity forComputer Science in 1960s America
3. George Forsythe and the Creation of Computer Science As We Know It
4. Solving a Career Equation: The First Doctoral Women in Computer Science
6. "Deeply Political and Social Issues": Debates within ACM 1965-1985
7. Organized Advocacy for Professional Women in Computing: Comparing Histories of the AWC and ACM-W
8. The Development of Computer Professionalization in Canada
9. The Anatomy of an Encounter: Transnational Mediation and Discipline Building in Cold War Computer Science
10. Concern for the 'Disadvantaged': ACM's Role in Training and Education for Communities of Color (1958-1975)
11. Other Places of Invention: Computer Graphics at the University of Utah
12. Framing Computer Security and Privacy, 1967-1992
13. Hypertext, Digital Libraries, and Beyond: A History of ACM SIGWEB
References
Index
Contributor Biographies
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