CfP: 5th International Conference on the History and Philosophy of Computing


For HaPoC 2019, we welcome contributions from scholars who intend to participate in the debate on the impact of computers on culture, science, and society from the perspective of their area of expertise, and who are open to engage in interdisciplinary discussions across multiple fields. Topics include but are not limited to:
  • History of computation, computers, algorithms, programs, paradigms, software and hardware companies and communities, …
  • Philosophy of computation, philosophy of the mind in relation with computer science, ethics of computer science, epistemology of computer science,
  • Foundational issues of computation, limits of computability, the Church-Turing thesis, formal systems, 
    semantic of programs, …

  • Computation in the Sciences, experiments and simulations with computers, big data analytics, epistemological issues, …
  • Computation in Society, social networks, news and content distribution, automation, digital divide, privacy and security, …
  • Computation in the Arts, digital art, interactivity, computer games, affective computing, human-computer interaction, …
We cordially invite researchers working in a field relevant to the main topics of the conference to submit a short abstract of 180-200 words and an extended abstract of at most 1000 words (references included) through EasyChair at

Accepted papers will be presented in 30 minute slots including discussion. Abstracts must be written in English. Please note that the uploaded files must be in PDF format. Submissions without extended abstract will not be considered.