SORUCOM - 2026

Dear colleagues!

We invite you to participate in SORUCOM-2026: 7^th International conference on the history of computing in the Russian Federation, former Soviet Union and Council for Mutual Economic Assistance countries, which will be held on 22–25 September 2026 at P. G. Demidov Yaroslavl State University..

SORUCOM is the largest conference in Russia focused on the history of computing technology and information technologies. It is held once every three years. The first conference took place in 2006 in Petrozavodsk; subsequently they were held in Veliky Novgorod, Kazan, Zelenograd, Moscow and Nizhny Novgorod.

Over the years the conferences have featured veterans of computing, creators of the first computers and programming systems, students and colleagues of outstanding scientists — the founders of the computer industry in our country — which has made it possible to collect and preserve a large body of information covering the history of computing in the Soviet Union and in the CMEA (Council for Mutual Economic Assistance) countries.

The proceedings have been published in Russian and English in the conference publications, in IEEE Proceedings, and on the website of the Virtual Computer Museum.

Working languages: Russian, English (synch translation)

Conference Coordinators

P. G. Demidov Yaroslavl State University (YarSU named after P. G. Demidov);
National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow (HSE);
Virtual Computer Museum (VCM);
Ivannikov Institute for System Programming of the Russian Academy of Sciences (ISP RAS);
A. P. Ershov Institute of Informatics Systems of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IIS SB RAS);
Polytechnic Museum (Moscow)

Conference Topics

History of computing technology — from mechanical devices to supercomputers;
History of the creation of operating systems, programming languages and programming systems;
History of cybernetics and computational mathematics;
History and development of artificial intelligence systems;
History of national microelectronics;
Application of computers in education;
Programmer teams and organizations;
Anniversaries of milestones events in the history of computing and programming;
Scientific biographies;
Social aspects of the history of computing;
History of the Internet;
Archival documents;
International scientific and technical cooperation.

Publication requirements

SORUCOM-2026 welcomes original, previously unpublished and high quality papers addressing the topics mentioned above.

There are two categories of submissions:

Regular papers: 20 000–22 000 characters (.doc, .rtf);
Short papers: up to 10 000 characters (.doc, .rtf).

Format of Submissions

Full name, academic degree, affiliation (organization), country and e-mail or postal address should be added after the title of submission;
Key words (3–5);
Times New Roman, 12 pt, line spacing 1.5, 20 mm margins (left-right, top and bottom).

Electronic Proceedings will be available during the conference. All the papers will also be published on the website of the Virtual Computer Museum http://computer-museum.ru/.