History Committee

The History Committee assists IEEE Computer Society, IEEE, national and international organizations to preserve and document the history of computing, with particular attention to the history of the IEEE Computer Society.

The committee collects and maintains basic quantitative data on the IEEE Computer Society’s efforts; publishes and encourages articles dealing with the historical aspects of the IEEE Computer Society, and manages the IEEE Computer Society archives. The committee maintains liaisons with national and international organizations including the IEEE History Committee, the IEEE History Center, and the IEEE Computer Society Awards Committee.

The History Committee chair is appointed by the president. The chair appoints committee members to provide liaison with IEEE Computer Society, IEEE, national, and international history of computing organizations. The Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Annals of the History of Computing is an ex officio member of the History Committee.

• View History Committee Publications
• Learn more about the Computer Society History
• Read the IEEE Annals of the History of Computing
• Access the Engineering and Technology History Wiki
  • Oral-History: World of Computing

Questions?  Contact the History Committee

2024 History Committee

Thomas Haigh
University of Wisconsin Milwaukee

Members

• Bo An, Harvard University
• Troy Astarte, Swansea University
• Brian A. Berg, Berg Software Design
• Lisebeth De Mol, French National Research Foundation (CNRS)
• David E. Dunning, University of Pennsylvania
• Salem Elzway, University of Southern California
• Jean Kumagai, IEEE Spectrum
• Alexander B. Magoun, IEEE History Center
• Elisabetta Mori, Archives of IT
• Ksenia Tatarchenko, Singapore Management University
  

Ex Officio Non-voting Members

• David Hemmendinger, IEEE Annals
• Jyotika Athavale, 2024 IEEE CS President
• Melissa Russell, IEEE CS Executive Director*
• Anne Marie Kelly*

*Staff

Updated 4/5/24