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CHI

The ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (or CHI as it’s typically called) is the premier international conference for the field of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI). This flagship conference is generally considered the most prestigious in the field of HCI and attracts thousands of international attendees annually. CHI has been sponsored by the ACM Special Interest Group on Computer–Human Interaction (SIGCHI) since 1983. However, CHI was born in 1982 as the “Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems” and following the 1983 CHI conference, it’s been held annually since 1985.

This conference series page has details of all past CHI conferences and the current CHI steering committee. The following table of past CHI conferences includes details of the location, paper acceptance rates, attendance figures and links to the proceedings and recorded talks (where available). The year archive page (e.g. CHI ’17) includes details of organisers involved in that year. While details of the upcoming CHI conferences can be found here.

Since April 2019 the CHI steering committee have been building a new website https://chi.acm.org

Past CHI Conferences

Archive
Location
Acceptance Rate
(Accepted/Submitted)
Attendance (Registrations)
Publications
Hamburg, Germany

879/3180 = 27.6%

4721
(In-person + Online)
New Orleans, USA

637/2579 = 24.7%

4001
 Online

747/2845 = 26.3%

5145
Honolulu, Hawaii (moved to fully virtual)
760/3126 = 24.3%
3209
plus online audience
Glasgow, UK
703/2958 = 23.8%
3759
Montreal, QC, CA
666/2592 = 25.7%
3182
Denver, CO, US
600/2400 = 25%
2939
San Jose, CA, US
565/2435 = 23%
3624
Seoul, KR
379/1520 = 25%
2896
Toronto, ON, CA
465/2043 = 23%
3001
Paris, FR
392/1963 = 20%
3443
Austin, TX, US
370/1577 = 23%
2616
Vancouver, BC, CA
410/1532 = 27%
2861
Atlanta, GA, US
302/1346 = 22%
2384
Boston, MA, US
277/1130 = 25%
2358
Florence, IT
157/714 = 22%
2361
San Jose, CA, US
182/840 = 22%
2620
Montreal, QC, CA
151/626 = 24%
2250
Portland, OR, US
93/372 = 25%
1947
Vienna, AT
93/578 = 16%
1815
Fort Lauderdale, FL, US
75/468 = 16%
1435
Minneapolis, MN, US
61/414 = 15%
1726
Seattle, WA, USA
69/352 = 20%
2832
The Hague, NL
72/336 = 21%
2628
Pittsburgh, PA, US
78/312 = 25%
2264
Los Angeles, CA, US
81/351 = 23%
2310
Atlanta, GA, US
55/234 = 24%
2081
Vancouver, BC, CA
55/256 = 21%
2344
Denver, CO, US
66/228 = 29%
2254
CHI ’94
Boston, MA, US
70/263 = 27%
2618
CHI ’93
Amsterdam, NL
62/330 = 19%
1608
CHI ’92
Monterey, CA, US
67/216 = 31%
2350
CHI ’91
New Orleans, LA, US
56/240 = 23%
1762
CHI ’90
Seattle, WA, US
47/260 = 18%
2263
CHI ’89
Austin, TX, US
54/199 = 27%
1611
CHI ’88
Washington, DC, US
39/187 = 21%
1450
CHI ’87
Toronto, ON, CA
46/166 = 28%
1300
CHI ’86
Boston, MA, US
47/122 = 39%
1275
CHI ’85
San Francisco, CA, US
35/170 = 21%
1250
CHI ’83
Boston, MA, US
59/176 = 34%
1000
CHI ’82
Gaithersburg, MD, US
75/165 = 45%
906
Overall
1982 to 2019
7181/30671 = 23.4%
 
 

*These links provide open access for 12 months after becoming active in the ACM DL.

CHI Attendance


CHI Income


CHI Expenses

CHI Steering Committee

The CHI Steering Committee oversees the activities of all conference committee chairs from CHI 2018 onwards. It ensures that the objectives of the conference as established by the Steering Committee and Executive Committee of SIGCHI are met. The CHI Steering Committee was created by SIGCHI Executive Committee in 2016. Its first meeting was organized in Denver (USA), December 10th-11th 2016. From CHI 2018 onwards, this committee serves as a focal point for communications between the conference committee, CHI attendees, CHI committees, CHI vendors, CHI liaison, SIGCHI and the SIGCHI Services Staff. With respect to CHI conference series and individual CHI conferences, the responsibilities of this CHI steering committee and the SIGCHI executive committee are outlined on the responsibilities page.

Members (updated January 31st, 2019)

  • Regina Bernhaupt (CHI 2020 General co-chair)
  • Steve Brewster (CHI 2019 General co-chair, CHI 2013 and 2014 Papers & Notes Co-Chair)
  • Andy Cockburn (CHI 2020 TPC co-chair, CHI 2014 and 2015 Papers & Notes Co-Chair)
  • Anna Cox (CHI 2018 and CHI 2019 TPC co-chair)
  • Ashley Cozzi (for the setup phase only) – ACM liaison and CHI conference historical perspective
  • Tovi Grossman (CHI 2014 TPC co-chair)
  • Carl Gutwin (CHI 2011 Papers & Notes co-chair)
  • Takeo Igarashi (CHI 2021 TPC co-chair)
  • Kori Inkpen (CHI 2015 and 2016 TPC co-chair)
  • Katherine Isbister (CHI 2021 TPC co-chair)
  • Matt Jones (CHI 2014 General co-chair)
  • Jinwoo Kim (CHI 2015 General co-chair)
  • Yoshifumi Kitamura (CHI 2021 General co-chair)
  • Joe Konstan (CHI 2012 chair)
  • Regan Mandryk (chair elect) (CHI 2018 General co-chair)
  • Jennifer Mankoff (Accessibility at CHI conferences)
  • Joanna McGrenere (CHI 2020 TPC co-chair)
  • Floyd Mueller (CHI 2020 General co-chair)
  • Philippe Palanque (chair) (CHI 2014 General co-chair) – contact Phil here () – CHI 2019 and CHI 2020 liaison
  • Aaron Quigley (CHI 2021 General co-chair)

Past members

  • Scooter Morris (CHI General co-chair 1992, past SIGCHI VP for conferences and past CMC chair)
  • Cliff Lampe (CHI 2016 and CHI 2017 TPC co-chair)
  • Allison Druin (CHI 2016 General co-chair)
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