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Thomas Haigh¶

Summary¶

Thomas Haigh is a historian of computing at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, chair of the History department, and co-author of A New History of Modern Computing who specializes in software, data systems, and IT industry history.

Verified Facts¶

  • Professor and Chair of History at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee; affiliated faculty in Computer Science.1
  • PhD in History and Sociology of Science (University of Pennsylvania); MEng and BSc in Computer Science (University of Manchester).1
  • Co-author of A New History of Modern Computing (MIT Press, 2021, with Paul Ceruzzi).1
  • Author of ENIAC in Action: Making and Remaking the Modern Computer (2016, with Mark Priestley and Crispin Rope).1
  • Editor of Histories of Computing (Harvard University Press, 2011, Michael Mahoney essays).1
  • Research areas include history of computing and information technology, business history, history of work, and media history.1
  • Active in the SIGCIS community for historians of computing.1

Expert Testimony and Public Advocacy¶

Haigh combines formal training in computer science with rigorous historical method — unusual among expert witnesses and valuable when litigation turns on software industry practice, data-system design norms, or the professionalization of programming. He can explain what enterprise and academic computing looked like at a specific historical moment without conflating it with present-day assumptions.

Relevance to Lawsuits Involving Software and Internet Infrastructure¶

Haigh is particularly useful when a case involves:

  • "State of the art" in software development or data processing at a given date
  • History of databases, information systems, and enterprise computing
  • Professional norms of the software industry and IT labor
  • Prior art or industry practice in software patent and trade-secret disputes

Relationships¶

Sources¶

  1. SRC-HAIGH-UWM: Thomas Haigh University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee Faculty Profile.

Research Debt¶

  • Add SIGCIS profile or personal site (historyofinformation.com) as secondary source.
  • Document specific expert reports or declarations with primary citations.
  • Link co-authorship relationship to Paul Ceruzzi if a Ceruzzi page is added.

Document metadata¶

  • Last verified: 2026-07-04

  1. SRC-HAIGH-UWM — Thomas Haigh University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee Faculty Profile. Official source; review reliability tier. â†©â†©â†©â†©â†©â†©â†©