Duncan Brumby is the incoming Chair of the SIGCHI Education committee — an ad hoc committee that seeks to provide guidance on and advance HCI Education within SIGCHI. He brings to this role his experience as Professor of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) at University College London (UCL), where he has been…

This post was published in the July-August 2023 issue of the Interactions magazine. Neha Kumar (President, SIGCHI) Andrew Kun (Executive Vice-President, SIGCHI) The #reCHInnecting was real. CHI this year saw 3,888 attendees on-site in Hamburg, Germany, with another 782 online, representing 79 countries in total, according to numbers shared by…

TL;DR: Read below for a summary of responses from a survey of sustainability and HCI, in connection with the SIGCHI plenary panel at CHI23. See the list of initiatives that SIGCHI volunteers are working towards. Also note the invitation to join us in further, deeper conversations at this intersection. At…

This is Part I of a two-part blog series on SIGCHI membership. Read Part II for the analysis of results from our recent Membership Survey by VP Membership Naomi Yamashita. We are delighted to provide you with an update on the composition of the SIGCHI community — what the membership…

Please join us in welcoming these seven new members below to the SIGCHI Executive Committee, recruited in response to the open calls we conducted early in 2023. Some background first. Two new VP roles were created as a result of our recent amendments to the SIGCHI bylaws, and we recruited…

The SIGCHI Executive Committee wishes you a wonderful and invigorating 2023! This post showcases the numerous efforts of our volunteers towards co-creating and co-nurturing positive change within SIGCHI in 2022, hinting also at what’s in the works for 2023. TL;DR: We spent 2022 appreciating our volunteers, engaging our community, sharing…

Anupriya Tuli & Akhil Mathur (General Chairs) Anirudha Joshi (Local Arrangements Chair) Pushpendra Singh & Neha Kumar (SIGCHI Representatives) The SIGCHI-sponsored HCI & Friends Symposium that took place December 9–11 at the IIT Bombay campus in Mumbai, India, was the outcome of a few different plans that had been in…

We are now half-way through this Executive Committee’s term, and looking to fill the following Adjunct Chair (AC) roles for the next 18 months: Equity Co-Chair, Partnerships Co-Chair, Community Support Chair, Volunteer Support Chair, Education Chair, and Web Chair. We also solicit suggestions from our community for additional potential roles…

The year is fast coming to a close, and with that our modest celebrations for SIGCHI’s 40th also. Susan Dray (SIGCHI Partnerships Chair) and I are excited to share with you the compilation of memories and aspirations that was the special issue of Interactions for November of 2022, courtesy the…