BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250309T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:PST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250402T233605Z UID:3D7B3ED1-ECF4-441F-A7F9-65BCCF8B0D8F DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250311T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250311T210000 DESCRIPTION:This is a hybrid in-person and online event. Pre-registration i s required for either.\n\nThis talk is co-hosted by the [IEEE Silicon Vall ey Tech History Committee (SVTHC)](https://siliconvalleyhistory.com/)\n\nI n this talk\, which draws on her new book [Analog Superpowers: How Twentie th-Century Technology Theft Built the National Security State](https://pre ss.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/A/bo222008444.html)\, Katherine C. Epstein will explore a little-known but important chapter in the history o f analog computing\, and its surprising connections with today’s world o f digital devices and great-power competition.\n\nIn the decade before Wor ld War I\, two British civilians named Arthur Pollen and Harold Isherwood invented an artificially intelligent analog computer for aiming the big gu ns of battleships. Rather than pay for their invention\, however\, first t he British navy and then the US navy pirated it. When the inventors sued f or patent infringement\, both governments invoked legal privileges to with hold evidence on the grounds of national-security secrecy. The US lawsuits became entangled with high-level Anglo-American diplomacy during World Wa r II and with the Manhattan Project. The talk will thus speak to several m ajor—and timely—issues: the intersection of computer technology and ge opolitical rivalry\, the impact of patent laws on defense innovation\, and the scope of government secrecy.\n\nCo-sponsored by: IEEE Silicon Valley Tech History Committee (SVTHC)\n\nSpeaker(s): Katherine Epstein\, \n\n673 South Milpitas Blvd.\, Milpitas\, California\, United States\, 95035\, Vir tual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/461664 LOCATION:673 South Milpitas Blvd.\, Milpitas\, California\, United States\, 95035\, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/461664 ORGANIZER:dmsnyder@ieee.org SEQUENCE:12 SUMMARY:Analog Superpowers: How 20th Century Technology Theft Built the Nat ional Security State URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/461664 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p><strong>This is a hybrid in-person and onl ine event. Pre-registration is required for either.</strong></p>\n<p><stro ng>This talk is co-hosted by the <a href="https://siliconvalleyhistory.com /" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">IEEE Silicon Valley Tech Histor y Committee (SVTHC)</a></strong></p>\n<p>In this talk\, which draws on her new book <a href="https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/A/bo2 22008444.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow"><em>Analog Superpow ers: How Twentieth-Century Technology Theft Built the National Security St ate</em></a>\, Katherine C. Epstein will explore a little-known but import ant chapter in the history of analog computing\, and its surprising connec tions with today&rsquo\;s world of digital devices and great-power competi tion.</p>\n<p>In the decade before World War I\, two British civilians nam ed Arthur Pollen and Harold Isherwood invented an artificially intelligent analog computer for aiming the big guns of battleships. Rather than pay f or their invention\, however\, first the British navy and then the US navy pirated it.&nbsp\;When the inventors sued for patent infringement\, both governments invoked legal privileges to withhold evidence on the grounds o f national-security secrecy.&nbsp\;The US lawsuits became entangled with h igh-level Anglo-American diplomacy during World War II and with the Manhat tan Project.&nbsp\;The talk will thus speak to several major&mdash\;and ti mely&mdash\;issues: the intersection of computer technology and geopolitic al rivalry\, the impact of patent laws on defense innovation\, and the sco pe of government secrecy.</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR