HaPoC Events

The programme for HaPoP4 Fourth Symposium on the History and Philosophy of Computing is now online at

https://www.shift-society.org/hapop4/

The symposium is on Friday March 23, and is co-located with the meeting "History of Computing beyond the Computer" on Wednesday afternoon and Thursday, (March 21-22), organised by the British Society for the History of Mathematics, which hosts a full day of invited talks closely related to HaPoP, see

The program and schedule for the 4th International Conference on History and Philosophy of Computing, to be held at the Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University in Brno is now available at

https://hapoc2017.sciencesconf.org/resource/page/id/14

Symposium 002. The Ubiquity of Computing: historical and philosophical issues  

Monday, 24 July,

9:00-10:30 a.m- Session Chair: Alberto de Lima
9:00 - 9:30 Henrique Cukierman A racing car without tires
9:30 - 10:00 Lucas Pereira Between taxes and innovations: The Role of Federal Data Processing Service (SERPRO) in the growth of Brazilian computer Market (1964-1970)
10:00 - 10:30 Alberto de Lima Control, freedom, informatics and society: a review of informatics histories in Brazil

The current council of the HaPoC commission will end its term at our fourth HaPoC conference and we invite all members of the commission to nominate any other member of the commission which they believe has the right vision, energy and passion to help shape the next four years of HaPoC.