History Committee

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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

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2025 History Committee

Thomas Haigh University of Wisconsin Milwaukee Members

Bo An, Harvard 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
Josh Greenberg, Sloan Foundation
David Hemmendinger, Union College (retired)
Jean Kumagai, IEEE Spectrum
Alexander B. Magoun, IEEE History Center
Elisabetta Mori, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona
Ksenia Tatarchenko, Singapore Management University

Ex Officio Non-voting Members

Troy Astarte, IEEE Annals EIC
Hironori Washizaki, 2025 IEEE CS President
Melissa Russell, IEEE CS Executive Director*
Anne Marie Kelly*

*Staff Updated January 2025