For the IEEE Computer Society

Involvement with and writing and editing for the IEEE and IEEE Computer Society

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Positions

Life member of the IEEE and member of the IEEE Computer Society.
Founding chair of the IEEE Internet Award committee (involved through the first several of its award cycles).
Member of the editorial board of the IEEE Annals of the History of Computing since 2006, Anecdotes editor 2008-2012, and Interviews editor starting 2011.
2011-2012 Chair of the IEEE Computer Society History Committee, during which time I acted as publisher for the committee's website, and particularly for the history of computing in India by V.Rajaraman and the update of the Society's computing history timeline.
Doing computing history for the Computer Society.
Documents
Terminal Access to the ARPA Network—Experience and Improvements (with N.W. Mimno, B.P. Cosell, S.C. Butterfield and J.B. Levin), Proceedings of the Seventh Annual IEEE Computer Society International Conference, San Francisco, California, February 1973, pp. 39-43; reprinted in Computer Networking, R.P. Blanc and I.W. Cotton (eds.), IEEE Press, 1976, pp. 287-291.
Reliability Issues in the ARPA Network (with W.R. Crowther and J.M. McQuillan), Proceedings of the ACM/IEEE Third Data Communications Symposium, November 1973, pp. 159-160; also in Computer Networking, R.P. Blanc and I.W. Cotton (eds.), IEEE Press, 1976, pp. 142-143.
Computing Networks from Minis through Maxis: Are They for Real? (with N.W. Mimno, B.P.Cosell, S.C. Butterfield, J.B. Levin, H.S. McDonald, P.M. Carp, T.N. Pike, Jr., F.F. Kuo, N. Abramson, J.G. Fletcher, A.M. Pfaff, D.P. Jasper, J.R. Pickens, J.L. Owens), Proceedings of the Seventh Annual IEEE Computer Society International Conference, San Francisco, California, February 1973, pp. 248.
The ARPANET TELNET Protocol: Its Purpose, Principles, Implementation, and Impact on Host Operating System Design (with J. Davidson, W. Hathaway, N. Mimno, J. Postel, and R. Thomas), Proceedings of the ACM/IEEE Fifth Data Communications Symposium, September 1977, pp. 4-10 to 4-18; reprinted in A Practical View of Computer Communication Protocols, John M. McQuillan and Vinton G. Cerf, IEEE, 1978, pp. 244-253; also reprinted in Innovations in Internetworking, Craig Partridge (ed.), Artech House Inc., 1988, pp. 322-330.
The Evolution of Host-to-Host Protocol Technology by Alex McKenize and me, Computer, vol. 12, no. 9, September 1979, pp. 29-38.
Remembering the LFK Network by Nils Liaaen and me in the Anecdotes section (pages 79-81) of the July-September 2002 issue (Vol. 24 No. 3) of the IEEE Annals of the History of Computing. After three years at BBN, I spent a year in Norway developing the network described in this paper. A preprint with information cut out of the publisher version is available.
Bernie Cosell and I wrote an anecdote about the Development of TELNET's Negotiated Options, IEEE Annals of the History of Computing, Volume 25, Number 2, April-June 2003, pp. 80-82.
Ray Nickerson and I were the special issue editors of two special issues (April-June 2005 and January-March 2006) of the IEEE Annals of the History of Computing on computer history at BBN
The TeX Users Group holds its 30th annual conference, IEEE Annals of the History of Computing, Events and Sightings column, vol. 32, no. 1, January 2010 pp. 80-81.
WiWiW Project Internet Pioneers Meeting (April 19, 2010), IEEE Annals of the History of Computing, Events and Sightings column, vol. 32, no. 4, 2010, pp. 90-91.
Users Group Celebrates Major Anniversary of TeX (June 28-30, 2010), IEEE Annals of the History of Computing, Events and Sightings column,, vol. 33, no. 1, January-March 2011, pp. 78-79.
Five perspectives on interviewing: a roundtable discussion, Members of the History Committee (Matthias Bärwolf, Andrew Russell, Andreu Veá, David Walden, and Jeffrey Yost), February-April 2011.
The Compatible Time-Sharing System (1961–1973) Fiftieth Anniversary Commemorative Overview, David Walden and Tom Van Vleck editors, an IEEE History Committee History Committee publication, June 2011.
Book review of Bright Boys, IEEE Annals of the History of Computing, July-September 2011, pp. 80-81.
The Compatible Time Sharing System (1961–1973): Fiftieth Anniversary Commemorative Overview, compiled and edited by Tom Van Vleck and me, a print-and-web publication of the IEEE Computer Society History Committee, first printing June 2011.
50th Anniversary of MIT's Compatible Time-Sharing System, IEEE Annals of the History of Computing, October-December 2011, pp.~84-85; also cited in December 2011, with a link to the Annals piece, on the Computer Society's ``Computing Then'' website.
Fiftieth Anniversary of MIT's Compatible Time-Sharing System, Computer, November 2011, p. 71.
Computer Society History Activities, Computer, November 2011, p. 72 (without author listed).
Computing memoir for the IEEE Global History Network First-Person website, July 2011.
Interview of Willis Ware, IEEE Annals of the History of Computing, July-September 2011, pp. 67-73.
Editor's Note, Anecdotes Department, IEEE Annals of the History of Computing, October-December 2011, pp. 56.
Interview of Ward Cunningham, IEEE Annals of the History of Computing, October-December 2011, pp. 62-67.
Interview of Fernando Corbató, IEEE Annals of the History of Computing, January-March 2012, pp. 83-87.
IEEE Packet Speech Milestone Celebrated at MIT Lincoln Laboratory, IEEE History Center Newsletter, issue 88, March 2012, page 7.
Brief Donald Knuth biography and short annotated bibliography, ACM Turing Award winners website, 2012 [while this was for the ACM, the opportunity came to me through my IEEE Computer Society work].
150th Anniversary and MIT Museum's Presentation on Project Whirlwind, IEEE Annals of the History of Computing, April-June 2012, Events & Sightings column, pp. 60-63.
IEEE Packet-Speech Milestone Celebrated at MIT Lincoln Laboratory, IEEE Annals of the History of Computing, April-June 2012, Events & Sightings column, pp. 67-69.
Interview of Albert Vezza, IEEE Annals of the History of Computing April-June 2012, pp. 80-84.
IEEE Computer Society History Activitie, IEEE Life Members Newsletter, June 2012, bottom of p. 5 to top of p. 6.
Dedication of three new IEEE Milestones: LORAN, Whirlwind, and SAGE, IEEE History Center Newsletter, issue 90, November 2012, p. 7.
Interview of Peter Denning, IEEE Annals of the History of Computing October-December 2012, pp. 72-77.
The full interview of which Denning's Annals interview is a shortened version.
Interview of Rolf Skår, IEEE Annals of the History of Computing January-March 2013, pp. 72-77.
Book review of History Hunting: A Guide for Fellow Adventurers by James W. Cortada, IEEE Annals of the History of Computing January-March 3012, pp. 9-11 (review starts at the bottom right of the first page of the PDF).

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