The following blog post was first published in March of 2017. In June SIGCHI was advised of the new ACM Policy Against Discrimination and Harassment for Members and Event Attendees. This blog post remains online as a record from March…
SIGCHI Awards for 2017
SIGCHI is pleased to announce the recipients of its awards for 2017. See the list of SIGCHI Awards for 2017: 2017 SIGCHI Awards
SIGCHI Supports Freedom of Movement
The ACM SIGCHI (Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction) is an international society composed of scholars, professionals, and students from around the world. We value and require freedom of expression and freedom of movement to pursue our work, advance interaction…
Update to SIGCHI Student Travel Grant (SSTG) program
The goal of the SSTG is to pre-approve students for grants before a conference’s earliest submission deadline, so that if a student gets a submission accepted, they can count on having a grant awarded for travel to the conference. Jan…
Updates to ACM SIGCHI Conferences Archive
SIGCHI now sponsors or co-sponsors 24 different conferences. In 2016 it provided in-cooperation support to a further 39 conferences. Work is ongoing by the archive team to publish historical data about SIGCHI conferences including acceptance rates, locations, organizing committees, as well…
ACM SIGCHI Communication Ambassadors
Being a SIGCHI Communication Ambassador is an exclusive opportunity for students, researcher and professionals active in the field of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) around the world to spread the word about SIGCHI’s mission and members’ activities across the globe. In order…
SIGCHI HCI Winter/Summer schools
From 2019, there is no longer a dedicated call for HCI Winter/Summer Schools. However, if you are interested in applying for support in organising such an event, then you should should make an application to the “SIGCHI Development Fund“. This…
ACM SIGCHI Gary Marsden Student Development Fund is now open to ALL conferences relevant to HCI
In order to better support students from and currently based in developing countries pursuing HCI/UX, ACM SIGCHI has recently revised the guideline for Gary Marsden Student Development Fund to cover all HCI relevant conferences. In recognition of Gary Marsden’s contributions…