In 2010 the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) celebrates its 50th anniversary. The WCC-2010 History of Computing conference is sponsored by IFIP Working Group WG9.7 – History of Computing. At previous WCC events WG9.7 has run conferences on the History of Computing in Education, but at WCC-2010 this has been broadened to History of Computing.
The conference scope has deliberately been kept quite broad to include all aspects of the history of computing, such as computing hardware, software and computer applications (including education). In particular however, contributions are welcomed on the social aspects of computing – topics that deal with the people involved in the history of computing and the influence computers have had on society.
To celebrate IFIP’s 50th anniversary WCC-2010 will also feature a series of history events called ‘The Pioneer Experience’ in addition to normal paper presentations. Although it is completely separate, our conference will co-operate with The Pioneer Experience and participants will also be able to attend some of these events.
