Over the past few years the SIGCHI Executive Committee revised and developed a number of new guidelines and dedicated initiatives under its SIGCHI Development Fund program. Today, the SIGCHI Development Fund provides resources for the SIGCHI community to spur communication,…
SIGCHI VP for Membership and Communication
The SIGCHI Executive Committee is searching interested people for the position of the VP of Membership and Communication, starting immediately until July 2020. Main duties are to continue the various activities of the Communication Team, active involvement in all EC…
SIGCHI Representative for the ACM Education Council Open Call
Please note: The call is for the SIGCHI Representative on the ACM Education Council The ACM Education Council is a task-force-based, networking-oriented environment whose aim is to promote ACM’s educational mission to as wide a range of constituencies as possible:…
HCI/CSCW Summer School in Research Methods in Brazil, March 2019
With its mission to develop the field of HCI, the SIGCHI Executive Committee has had a “Development Fund” to provide resources to alleviate some of the constraints that can stifle the exchange of ideas across our diverse community and around…
2018 SIGCHI Inclusion Innovators Open Call
Nominate someone you know or volunteer yourself to be an INCLUSION INNOVATOR. A new committee is being formed to create a more inclusive professional community, that can enable professional growth and opportunities for our diverse membership. Please fill out this…
The Possibilities of Inclusion for SIGCHI
When we are inclusive… We can be heard. We can be respected. We can make change. We can have impact. For over three decades, the SIGCHI community has sought to be inclusive in building new technologies. As we know, a…
New SIGCHI EC VPs and ACs Announced
In July 2018 a new set of elected SIGCHI EC members began their term. As outlined in a prior blog post, a strong value for this EC is to be Open. This refers to both having public processes as well as…
Outcome of the First Call for SIGCHI Grand Challenges
As previously posted here, the new SIGCHI EC wanted to identify the strategic initiatives to be the focus of our work for the next three years. We began this process by distributing a call in early July 2018 to the…
SIGCHI EC Values and Strategic Initiatives
With the start of any new SIGCHI Executive Committee (EC), it is healthy to assess the state of the organization and lay out a plan moving forward for the new term. Thus, at the start of the July 2018 meeting…
SIGCHI launched Early Career Mentorship Fund for Developing Communities
SIGCHI launched Early Career Mentorship Fund for Developing Communities In order to better support emerging HCI communities in the developing world, ACM SIGCHI has established Early Career Mentorship Fund for Developing Communities. This fund is especially to support early-career…