1. A meeting or conference for discussion
of a topic, especially one in which
the participants
form an audience and make presentations.
2. A collection of writings on a
particular topic, as in a magazine.
3. A convivial meeting for drinking,
music, and intellectual discussion
among the ancient Greeks.
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IEEE Conference on the History of
Electric Power, 3-5 August 2007,
NJIT, Newark, NJ, USA
Especially with the latest
news on the current state of the power
grid within the United States, this is a
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2004
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IEEE Conference on the
History of Electronics, 28-30 June
2004, Bletchley Park, UK.
The profound role
electronics have had in shaping the
modern world, from the
invention of the Fleming diode to the
present, makes this an
important topic of historical study.
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2001
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IEEE Conference on the
History of Telecommunications,
25-27 July 2001 in St. John's
Newfoundland, Canada.
The extreme role
telecommunications has had in shaping
the modern world made this an
important topic of historical study.
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2000
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Singapore 2000: Promoting
the History of EE
The meeting brought in
engineers from numerous countries to
discuss archives, oral
histories, Milestones, museums and other
historical activities.
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1997
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IEEE
Conference on the History of
Computing, June 1997, Williamsburg, VA, USA.
A book resulted from the
conference, From 0 to 1: An
Authoritative History of Modern
Computing, Oxford
University Press, 2002. It provides a
masterful and up-to-date
introduction to the history and
development of modern computing. The
book is available from Amazon.com.
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