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| ACM CHI Conference | |
|---|---|
| Name | ACM CHI Conference |
| Status | Active |
| Genre | Academic conference |
| Frequency | Annual |
| Venue | Varies |
| Location | International |
| Years active | 1982–present |
| Organizer | Association for Computing Machinery |
ACM CHI Conference The ACM CHI Conference is the premier annual gathering for researchers and practitioners in human-computer interaction, convening an international community around interactive systems, user experience, and design. Established in the early 1980s, the meeting brings together authors, reviewers, sponsors, and exhibitors from universities, corporations, and research labs across North America, Europe, Asia, and Oceania. Participants include representatives from leading institutions such as Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University, Carnegie Mellon University, University of Cambridge and organizations like the Association for Computing Machinery, Microsoft Research, Google Research, IBM Research.
The conference originated during a period of rapid growth in computing and user interface research, influenced by pioneers affiliated with Xerox PARC, Bell Labs, PARC's Alan Kay, Doug Engelbart's oN-Line System, and early work at Apple Computer and Hewlett-Packard. Early editions featured contributions from researchers linked to University of California, Berkeley, Cornell University, University of Toronto, Tokyo Institute of Technology, University of Washington, and Georgia Institute of Technology. Over decades the event evolved alongside milestones such as the development of the World Wide Web, the rise of Windows 95, the launch of the iPhone, and the growth of platforms from Facebook and Twitter to contemporary services from Amazon and Alibaba Group. Institutional partners and sponsors have included National Science Foundation, European Research Council, Sony Corporation, Intel Corporation, Samsung Electronics, and Adobe Systems.
CHI covers an interdisciplinary spectrum connecting work from laboratories and companies like Microsoft Research Redmond, Google Brain, Facebook AI Research, IBM Watson Research Center, and academic groups at University of Oxford, University of Michigan, Peking University, Tsinghua University, and ETH Zurich. Technical themes include interaction techniques influenced by research from MIT Media Lab, sensor systems related to SRI International projects, accessibility work tied to W3C, privacy studies alongside Electronic Frontier Foundation, and design methods informed by practitioners from IDEO and Frog Design. Other topics cross-link to areas represented in venues such as CHI PLAY, UIST, CSCW, MobileHCI, and ICMI.
The Conference is organized under the auspices of the Association for Computing Machinery and its SIGCHI, with program committees drawn from faculty at Princeton University, Yale University, University of California, San Diego, University College London, University of Melbourne and industry labs at Apple Inc., Nokia, Huawei, Qualcomm. Steering committees and elected officers have included members associated with SIGGRAPH, IEEE, ACM SIGGRAPH, and funding agencies like National Institutes of Health for health-related tracks. Local arrangements are typically coordinated with host institutions such as University of Toronto, University of Glasgow, University of California, Irvine, or municipal partners from cities like San Francisco, Seattle, Boston, London, Berlin, Tokyo, and Sydney.
Notable editions have featured keynote speakers and panels with affiliations to Stanford University, MIT, Harvard University, Princeton University, Columbia University, Yale University, University of Pennsylvania, University of Edinburgh, University of Chicago, and corporate leaders from Microsoft, Google, Apple, Amazon, Facebook, and Samsung. Historic moments include sessions tying to advances from Xerox PARC and demonstrations similar to Doug Engelbart-era augmentations, showcases of formative projects from MIT Media Lab, and thematic symposia aligned with initiatives such as Pervasive Computing, UbiComp, Internet of Things, and Mobile Computing. Regional and special-interest CHI events have overlapped with conferences like CHI Latin America, CHI IR, and workshops affiliated with SIGCHI working groups.
Submissions follow an annual call for papers with categories and formats comparable to those used by SIGCHI, ACM Digital Library standards, and other prestigious venues such as NeurIPS, ICML, CVPR, AAAI for computational work. Program committees composed of associate chairs and reviewers from institutions including Brown University, Duke University, University of Texas at Austin, University of Southern California, and industry labs enforce double-blind peer review practices echoing procedures used at CHI PLAY and UIST. Artifact evaluations, replication studies, ethics statements, and reproducibility checks draw on guidance from ACM Code of Ethics, editorial practices of Communications of the ACM, and reproducibility initiatives affiliated with Stanford Center for Reproducible Research.
CHI confers awards analogous to honors from ACM SIGCHI, ACM Fellows, and recognitions comparable to Turing Award-level profiles for lifetime achievement within HCI, including the CHI Lifetime Achievement Award, Best Paper Awards, and honorable mentions. Recipients often have affiliations with MIT, Stanford University, Carnegie Mellon University, University of Toronto, University of Washington, and are sometimes acknowledged by bodies like IEEE and national academies such as the National Academy of Engineering and Royal Society. Corporate and student paper awards have historically involved sponsors like Intel, Microsoft Research, Google Research, and Adobe.
The conference has shaped research agendas across institutions including Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Carnegie Mellon University, Stanford University, University of Cambridge, ETH Zurich, and industry labs at IBM Research, Microsoft Research, Google Research, and Apple Inc.. CHI proceedings have influenced curricula at universities such as University of California, Berkeley, University of Michigan, Cornell Tech, and policy and standards discussion at W3C, ISO, ITU, and funding priorities at National Science Foundation and European Research Council. The event continues to be a nexus where topics intersect with initiatives at United Nations agencies, non-profit organizations like Electronic Frontier Foundation, and technology firms steering consumer products from Samsung Electronics to Amazon.