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Communities of Computing, 2016
- Thomas J. Misa:
Communities of Computing: Computer Science and Society in the ACM. ACM Books 13, ACM / Morgan & Claypool 2016, ISBN 978-1-970001-87-7 - Preface.
- Thomas J. Misa:
ACM and the Computing Revolution. 1-24
Defining The Discipline
- Janet Abbate:
From Handmaiden to "Proper Intellectual Discipline": Creating a Scientific Identity for Computer Science in 1960s America. 25-46 - Joseph A. November:
George Forsythe and the Creation of Computer Science As We Know It. 47-70 - Irina Nikivincze:
Solving a Career Equation: The First Doctoral Women in Computer Science. 71-90 - Sebastian Dziallas, Sally Fincher:
The History and Purpose of Computing Curricula (1960s-2000s). 91-110
Broadening the Profession
- Janet Toland:
"Deeply Political and Social Issues": Debates within ACM 1965-1985. 111-142 - Amy Sue Bix:
Organized Advocacy for Professional Women in Computing: Comparing Histories of the AWC and ACM-W. 143-172 - Scott Campbell:
The Development of Computer Professionalization in Canada. 173-198 - Ksenia Tatarchenko:
The Anatomy of an Encounter: Transnational Mediation and Discipline Building in Cold War Computer Science. 199-227 - R. Arvid Nelsen:
Concern for the 'Disadvantaged': ACM's Role in Training and Education for Communities of Color (1958-1975). 229-258
Expanding Research Frontiers
- Jacob Gaboury:
Other Places of Invention: Computer Graphics at the University of Utah. 259-286 - Rebecca Slayton:
Framing Computer Security and Privacy, 1967-1992. 287-330 - Inna Kouper:
Hypertext, Digital Libraries, and Beyond: A History of ACM SIGWEB. 331-354 - References.
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