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        Date: 2024-07-19 19:21:23+00:00
        From: Mate Szabo <www.mate@GMAIL.COM>
        Subject: CfP: History and Philosophy of Programming Workshop (HaPoP-6)

Call for contributions

Deadline: 15 August 2024

We are delighted to announce the 6th Workshop on the History and
Philosophy of Programming (HaPoP-6). We invite contributions on the
history and philosophy of programming broadly understood, including
different conceptual and practical aspects of programming, the relation
of programming practices to other social and scientific practices, the
aesthetics of programming, the development of programming languages and
others.

In addition to general aspects of programming, this year’s workshop will
focus on conceptions of ‘fairness’ and ‘bias’ in the history and
philosophy of programming. Practices of coding and the evaluation of
computer programs have changed with the rise of machine learning and
so-called ‘artificial intelligence’ (AI). The increasing automation of
programming has led to questions about programming practices,
transparency, and evaluative standards in programming in general. In
particular, there has been an increasing concern with ‘fairness’ and
‘bias’ within a wide range of programs and applications, affecting
practitioners, decision-makers and users. In parallel, these questions
have (re-)emerged in philosophy, computational linguistics, media
theory, sociology, political theory and related fields.

At the 6th HaPoP workshop, we want to develop a deeper understanding of
strengths and limitations of conceptions of ‘fairness’ and ‘bias,’
within a reflection on programming at large. We hope to develop these
concepts from a historical, philosophical, and technical perspective,
bringing into view the epistemological standpoints and material
histories involved. This call is anchored in the conviction that a new
kind of foundational research is needed to come to terms with the social
implications of and in programming, which cannot be addressed by any
single discipline. We strive for accessible presentations as the
workshop will be open to people from a variety of disciplines and
backgrounds.

We invite abstracts on the history and philosophy of programming,
including, but not restricted to the following topics:

   * Histories and Philosophy of Programming
   * Conceptions of fairness and bias in programming
   * Error, correctness, evaluation, and accountability in programming
     practices
   * Programming at the crossroads of formal, empirical, and social sciences
   * Labour conditions in and around programming
   * Programming and the law
   * Histories of feminist or emancipatory practices of programming
   * Histories of critical code studies
   * Teaching Programming

We particularly invite graduate students and early career researchers
from underrepresented communities and disadvantaged backgrounds. Travel
funding will be available for graduate students and researchers without
permanent employment. Requests for travel funding of up to 250 EUR
should be directed totreasurer@hapoc.org <mailto:treasurer@hapoc.org>.
Final decisions on the allocation of travel funds will be made by
September 25.

Abstracts of a maximum of 500 words (including sources) should be sent
tocambridge-2024@hapoc.org by August 15. Final decisions will be 
announced by September 15.

Download the full call for contributions to HaPoP-6
<https://www.cdh.cam.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/HAPOP-6-CALL-REVISED.docx>


       Organisers

Amira Moeding
<https://www.cdh.cam.ac.uk/about/people/amira-moeding/>(PhD Student in
History, University of Cambridge), Nanna Saeten (PhD Student in POLIS,
University of Cambridge), Dr Richard Staley (History and Philosophy of
Science, University of Cambridge)



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