• DocumentCode
    1463632
  • Title

    Events and Sightings

  • Author

    Kita, Chigusa

  • Author_Institution
    Kansai University
  • Volume
    33
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    2011
  • Firstpage
    78
  • Lastpage
    82
  • Abstract
    This Events & Sightings installment covers a range of recent events focusing on the history of computing. Dave Walden recaps the 32nd anniversary of TeX celebrated at the TeX Users Group annual conference on 28–30 June 2010. Jorge Vidart discusses the First Symposium of the History of Computer Science in Latin America and the Caribbean. Thomas Haigh describes the Society for the History of Technology 2010 Meeting, and Jeffrey Tang recaps the presentation of the Computer History Museum prize to Atsushi Akera for his book Calculating a Natural World.
  • Keywords
    Atsushi Akera; CLEI; Calculating a Natural World; Computer History Museum Prize; Donald Knuth; Metafont; SHIALC 2010; Society for the History of Technology; TUG; TeX; history of computing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1058-6180
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MAHC.2011.5
  • Filename
    5723078
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1463632