Lars Heide

Lars Heide is an editor of the IEEE Annals of the History of Computing and an Associate Professor at Copenhagen Business School, specializing in the history of technology, industrialization, and information systems. His research explores the development of computing within broader economic and organizational transformations, with particular emphasis on European industrial history.

Heide has published extensively on the evolution of mechanized and digital information processing, the history of automation, and the relationship between technology and organizational change. His work provides historical context for the rise of computerized systems across industries and national settings, helping illuminate how computing spread into manufacturing, transportation, and public administration.

As an editor for the IEEE’s flagship historical journal, Heide plays a central role in shaping scholarship on the history of computing, coordinating contributions from researchers around the world and supporting literature that connects technical advances with social and institutional developments.