SoRuCom 2011 – Call for Papers

Dear Colleagues! 

Welcome to SoRuCom 2011, the Second International Conference on the History of Computers and Informatics in the Soviet Union and Russian Federation.

Agenda

The first SoRuCom Conference took place in 2006 in Petrozavodsk, Russia. Researchers presented their talks and papers on the history of computer hardware and software in the USSR, Russia, and European Countries.

SoRuCom 2006 proved to be an event of high international interest. The importance and relevance of its subjects as well as the fact that many crucial milestones of the development of computers and computer science were not covered led us to the conclusion that a sequel history-oriented conference is necessary. 

All the more important is that 2011 is a year with several notable dates: 100th anniversary of the corresponding member of RAS A. A. Lyapunov and 80th anniversary of the late academician A.P. Ershov, the masterminds of the national computer science. 2011 is also the 60th  anniversary of the first Soviet computer, the M-1, and 50th anniversary of the Institute of Cybernetics in Kiev and the ALFA programming language; it is  the 40th year since the creation of the operating system DISPAC for the BESM-6 computer. It  is virtually impossible to list all interesting and important dates pertaining to the conference subject.

The Second International Conference SoRuCom 2011 will be held in Veliky Novgorod at the Yaroslav the Wise Novgorod State University. We anticipate talks and reports on the most interesting projects related to the  computer hardware and software design and development, with the focus on the history of microelectronics and programming. We expect to hear invited talks of the veterans whose ingenuity and talent made possible the creation of the first national computers and operating systems, and talks of their contemporary successors engaged in the development and construction of cutting edge computers and programming systems.

The conference location, the city of Veliky Novgorod (Novgorod the Great), is the history-drenched ancient capital of the state of Kievan Rus. It is situated in the north-west of Russia where the river Volkhov falls into the lake Il’men and  halfway from Moscow to St. Petersburg. It is a true gem of Russian architectural heritage, an important modern center of enlightenment and art, and a site of spiritual importance of the Russian Orthodox Church. We hope that the place will saturate and enrich the conference ambiance both scientifically and culturally.

Organizers

• Yaroslav the Wise Novgorod State University
• A. P. Ershov Institute of Informatics Systems, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
• Computer History Museum, CA, USA
• Scientific Council of the Russian Virtual Computer Museum
• Polytechnic Museum, Moscow

Conference Topics

• history of computers;
• history of creation of programming languages and systems;
• development of microelectronics;
• computers and education;
• computers and society;
• programming teams and organizations;
• notable events in the history of computer science and technology;
• the faces of programming;
• perspectives of computers and computer science;
• international sci-tech cooperation;
• other topics relevant to the conference scope.

The working languages are English and Russian (with simultaneous translation into English); all papers (20-25 min) and reports (10-15 min.) will be published in the Conference Proceedings. 

Submissions

Abstracts of papers should not exceed 2000 - 3000 characters in MS Word or compatible format (.doc, .rtf). 

Please send your abstracts  by email to Irina Kraineva, the conference secretary (cora@iis.nsk.su), and Eduard Proydakov, editorial director of IT-group issues (e-projdakov@yandex.ru) till March, 1, 2011. Full papers (10 000 – 15 000 characters) should be submitted till May, 1, 2011.

Conference Chair

• V. R. Weber, member of Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Yaroslav the Wise Novgorod State University, Novgorod Veliky

Program Committee Co-Chairs

• Prof. A. N. Tomilin, Institute of System Programming RAS, Moscow, Russia
• Prof. V. N. Kasyanov, A. P. Ershov Institute of Informatics Systems, SB RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia

Program Committee Members

• Prof. T. M. Alexandridi, Automated Control Systems Department, Moscow Automobile & Roads Institute, Moscow, Russia
• A. Bochannek, Computer History Museum, CA, USA
• V. A. Gerovich, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technologies, USA
• V. P. Ivannikov, full member of Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of System Programming RAS, Moscow, Russia
• Y.V. Karpilovich, JSC MPOVT, Minsk, Belorussia
• V. E. Kotov, corresponding member of RAS, Mountain View, California, USA
• I.I. Ladygin, PhD, Moscow Power Engineering Institute, Russia
• B. M. Malashevich Angstrem Limited Liability Company
• B. N. Malinovsky, corresponding member of National Academy of Sciences, Kiev, Ukraine
• Prof. A. G. Marchuk, A. P. Ershov Institute of Informatics Systems SB RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia 
• Prof. R. I. Podlovchenko, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
• Prof. N. L. Prokhorov, INEUM, Moscow, Russia
• S. P. Prokhorov, PhD, Mediterranean Institute of Applied Sciences, , Moscow, Russia.
• Prof. V.V. Przhiyalkovsky, Argon scientific research institute, Moscow, Russia
• Prof. Y. V. Rogachev, M.A. Kartsev Scientific Research Institute of Computer Complexes, Moscow, Russia
• N.S. Ruzanova, PhD, Petrozavodsk State University, Petrozavodsk, Russia
• Prof. A. N. Tikhonov, Informika State Scientific Research institute, Moscow, Russia
• Prof. Ya.I. Fet, Institute of Computational Mathematics and Mathematical Geophysics SB RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia
• Prof.  Ya. A. Khetagurov, Moscow Engineering Physics Institute (State University), Moscow, Russia
• N. A. Cheremnykh, A. P. Ershov Institute of Informatics Systems SB RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia;
• V. I. Shteinberg, PhD, Argon scientific research institute, Moscow, Russia.

Program Committee Secretary

• I. A. Kraineva (cora@iis.nsk.su), PhD, A. P. Ershov Institute of Informatics Systems, SB RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia

Organizing Committee

• Prof. A. L. Gavrikov, Yaroslav the Wise Novgorod State University, Novgorod Veliky, Russia
• N. V. Kurmyshev, PhD, Yaroslav the Wise Novgorod State University, Novgorod Veliky, Russia
• J. Hollar, President & Chief Executive Officer, Computer History Museum, CA, USA
• J. Impagliazzo, Ph.D, Hofstra University, NY, USA
• E. M. Projdakov, Virtual Computer Museum, Moscow, Russia
• V. G. Kazakov, PhD, Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, Russia
• V. A. Kitov, PhD, Innovey, Moscow, Russia
• A.Yu. Nitusov, Virtual Computer Museum, Moscow, Russia
• Yu. E. Polyak, PhD, Central Economics and Mathematics Institute RAS, Moscow, Russia
• M.E. Smolevitskaya, Polytechnic Museum, Moscow, Russia
• V. V. Shilov, PhD, Moscow Institute of Aircraft Technologies, Moscow, Russia

Invited speakers

• Guri Marchuk, RAS
• Boris Malinovsky, National Academy of Sciences, Ukraine
• Tamara Alexandridi Moscow Automobile & Roads Institute
• Andrei Baers A. P. Ershov Institute of Informatics Systems, SB RAS 
• Rimma Podlovchenko Moscow State University
• Viktor Przhiyalkovsky, Argon scientific research institute
• Yakov Fet, Institute of Computational Mathematics and Mathematical Geophysics SB RAS

Important dates: 

• May, 31, 2011: abstract submissions deadline
• June, 15, 2011: notification on acceptance
• June, 30, 2011: full texts of submissions due
• September 12-16, 2011: conference dates