SIGCHI is turning 40 this year! This milestone gives us an opportunity to not only celebrate and reflect on how far HCI has come as a field, but also imagine its future trajectories. In this open session, we will take…
Imagining SIGCHI Futures
SIGCHI is turning 40 this year! This milestone gives us an opportunity to not only celebrate and reflect on how far HCI has come as a field, but also imagine its future trajectories. In this open session, we will take…
SIGCHI EC May/June Meeting
Welcome and Overview (0-2 mins) Andrew Kun (VP Finance) will moderate this meeting, and go over the agenda and code of conduct. Pandemic Preparedness at SIGCHI Events (2-10 mins) Stacy Branham (AC Accessibility) will moderate a discussion around COVID-safety/pandemic preparedness…
SIGCHI EC April Meeting
Our SIGCHI Executive Committee Meeting will take place on April 20, at 12pm UTC (Zoom link). This will be a short EC meeting where we will go over the following items: Andrew Kun (VP Finance) will update us on the…
The 2020 SIGCHI Chapter Website Competition: Best Three Announced
The 2020 SIGCHI Chapter Website Competition is the first website competition for ACM SIGCHI local chapters, both professionals and students. This competition was held to serve as a recognition for SIGCHI chapters who are nurturing their website to curate their…
SIGCHI Conferences and the Coronavirus
The coronavirus and the related COVID-19 disease are unmistakably affecting the world right now, and SIGCHI is no exception. In the past weeks we have seen IUI, HRI, and most recently CHI have to cancel their annual meetings. These were…
ACM, SIGCHI, and the Economics of Open Access Publishing
tldr; Publishing has material costs, and understanding the economics of non-profit publishing is important for meaningful discussions about open access Scholarly societies are non-profit organisations that sustain important community activities by reinvesting revenue from various sources, including publishing If we…