Communities of computing computer science and society in the ACM - Misa, Thomas J. (New York Association for Computing Machinery, 2016)
1. ACM and the computing revolution / Thomas J. Misa -- 1.1 History in computing -- 1.2 History of computing -- 1.3 Chapters of ACM history -- Defining the discipline -- 2. From handmaiden to "proper intellectual discipline": creating a scientific identity for computer science in 1960s America / Janet Abbate -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 The status of computing at NSF in the early 1960s -- 2.3 Organizational boundary-work: getting a seat at the table -- 2.4 Discursive boundary-work: establishing a scientific identity -- 2.5 Success: the creation of NSF's office of computing activities -- 2.6 Conclusion -- 2.7 Acknowledgments -- 3. George Forsythe and the creation of computer science as we know it / Joseph November -- 3.1 The man who would remove the "M" from the ACM -- 3.2 Forsythe before CS: from mathematics to meteorology to computing -- 3.3 Hard lessons on the road to computer science -- 3.4 Building a home for computer science at Stanford -- 3.5 Forsythe and the challenge of defining "computer science" -- 3.6 Conclusion -- 4. Solving a career equation: the first doctoral women in computer science / Irina Mikivincze -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Historical context -- 4.3 Gender and science -- 4.4 Gender and computing: identifying the problems -- 4.5 Data and method -- 4.6 Findings -- 4.7 Conclusion -- 5. The history and purpose of computing curricula (1960s-2000s) / Sebastian Dziallas and Sally Fincher --5.1 Always volunteers: coordinating volunteer efforts -- 5.2 Accreditation: addressing a threat to the reputation of the discipline -- 5.3 Definition of a discipline -- 5.4 Conclusion -- 5.5 Acknowledgments --
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic reproduction.
Keywords: Association for Computing Machinery -- History; Computer science -- History; Electronic books