Founded in the mid-1980s, SIGCIS is the leading international group for historians with an interest in the history of information technology and its applications. Our primary activities include meetings held in connection with our parent society, the Society for the History of Technology; and a range of online resources hosted from this website.
Recent News
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SIGCIS get together at SHOT, Oct 25 2026
We’ll be having a casual get together at the virtual SHOT meeting, on Sunday Oct 25. Boston 9:00-12:00pm · London 12:00-15:00pm · Tokyo 10:00pm-01:00am If you’re attending SHOT, come hang out with us and get to know other SIGCIS members! (Note: we’re unlikely to use all 3 hours, so please join near the start time.)
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2026 Mahoney Prize winner
Verónica Uribe del Águila, “Making Innovation in the Mexican Silicon Valley: The Early Years of El Centro de Tecnología de Semiconductores (1981–2001),” IEEE Annals of the History of Computing 46, no. 2 (April-June 2024): 24-37. Verónica Uribe del Águila’s article “Making Innovation in the Mexican Silicon Valley: The Early Years of El Centro de Tecnología…
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2026 Mahoney Prize nominations open
Nominations are now open for the 2026 Mahoney Prize. Please find all instructions here: https://www.sigcis.org/mahoneyprize
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2026 Computer History Museum Prize nominations open
Nominations are now open for the 2026 Computer History Museum Prize. Please find all instructions here: https://www.sigcis.org/chmprize.
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2025 Mahoney Prize winner
Theodora Dryer, “Settler Computing: Water Algorithms and the Equitable Apportionment Doctrine on the Colorado River, 1950–1990” Osiris 38 (2023): 265-285. Following a careful review of submissions, we are proud to announce the awardingof the 2025 Mahoney prize for outstanding article in the history of computing andinformation technology to Theodora Dryer for Settler Computing: Water Algorithmsand…
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2025 Computer History Museum Prize winner
Avery Dame Griff, The Two Revolutions: A History of the Transgender Internet (NYU Press, 2023) The CHM prize committee awards this year’s prize to Avery Dame-Griff for The Two Revolutions: A History of the Transgender Internet (NYU Press, 2023). The committee lauds Dame-Griff’s fascinating and nuanced study on a topic of critical importance to both…
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Reminder: SIGCIS 2025 CFP
SIGCIS 2025 virtual meeting abstract submission deadline is THIS MON, 7/14 (extended)! This year’s theme is POWER SURGE, featuring keynote speaker Lily Geismer. Panel papers and grad student WIP workshop submission welcome. Details and CFP here: https://meetings.sigcis.org/
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2025 Mahoney Prize nominations
Nominations are now open for the 2025 Mahoney Prize. The deadline is April 15, 2025. See full instructions here: https://www.sigcis.org/mahoneyprize
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2025 Computer History Museum Prize nominations
Nominations are now open for the 2025 Computer History Museum Prize. The deadline is April 30, 2025. See full instructions here: https://www.sigcis.org/chmprize.
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2024 Mahoney Prize Winner
Corinna Schlombs. “Built on the Hands of Women: Data, Automation, and Gender in West Germany’s Financial Industry” Technology and Culture 64, no. 1 (January 2023): 63-89. https://doi.org/10.1353/tech.2023.0002. “Built on the Hands of Women” explores the topic of data entry which has been neglected in the history of computing. Though under-explored, achieving efficient, large scale data…