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| CHI Steering Committee | |
|---|---|
| Name | CHI Steering Committee |
| Abbreviation | CSC |
| Formation | 1990s |
| Type | Advisory committee |
| Region served | International |
| Parent organization | ACM SIGCHI |
CHI Steering Committee
The CHI Steering Committee functions as the advisory and oversight body associated with the ACM Special Interest Group on Computer–Human Interaction and the flagship CHI conference, interacting with institutions such as Association for Computing Machinery, SIGCHI, Stanford University, MIT, Carnegie Mellon University, University of Washington and individuals linked to events like CHI 2020, CHI 2021, CHI 2022 and historical conferences such as CHI 1982. It mediates among stakeholders including conference organizers, program chairs, exhibitors, publishers, sponsors such as ACM Publications, and allied organizations like IEEE Computer Society, Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, Interaction Design Association, and universities involved in human–computer interaction research.
The committee operates at the intersection of professional societies such as Association for Computing Machinery, academic departments like UC Berkeley Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, research labs including PARC (Palo Alto Research Center), and major venues such as Moscone Center, San Jose Convention Center, Hilton San Francisco, and collaborates with publishers like ACM Digital Library and awards committees for honors such as the ACM CHI Lifetime Research Award, ACM Fellowship, SIGCHI Lifetime Service Award. It engages with conference governance frameworks seen in organizations like NeurIPS, ICML, CHI PLAY and with community norms shaped by landmark works presented at venues including CHI 1995, CHI 2000, CHI 2010.
The committee emerged amid institutional developments at Association for Computing Machinery and SIGCHI after early human–computer interaction gatherings such as ACM SIGGRAPH symposia and workshops at Bell Labs, Xerox PARC, and universities like University of Toronto, University of Cambridge, University of York. Formation was influenced by leaders with affiliations to IBM Research, Microsoft Research, Google Research, and prominent researchers who published in outlets like Communications of the ACM and presented at conferences such as CHI 1994 and CHI 1998. Governance precedents drew on committee structures used by ACM SIGGRAPH Steering Committee, IEEE Fellows Committee, and event models from SIGMOD, KDD and CHI Extended Adjunct.
Primary responsibilities include stewarding conference continuity akin to practices at SIGCOMM and SIGMOD, endorsing policies similar to ACM Code of Ethics, advising on site selection like Olympics bidding processes analogues for conference hosting, overseeing financial matters with treasurers drawn from institutions such as Columbia University and Princeton University, and coordinating awards juries comparable to those for the Turing Award and SIGCHI Awards. Governance mechanisms parallel those of ACM Council, SIG Governing Board, and committee charters used by AAAI and IEEE Computer Society.
Membership typically comprises senior figures from academia and industry with connections to Brown University, Harvard University, Yale University, University of Michigan, Georgia Tech, ETH Zurich, TU Delft, University College London, National University of Singapore, and research organizations including Bell Labs, Hewlett-Packard Labs, Adobe Research. Appointments follow nomination and election practices found at ACM Council and SIGCHI elections; selection criteria emphasize prior roles as program chairs, conference organizers, or journal editors from publications like ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction and TOCHI. Terms and succession resemble procedures in Royal Society committees and professional bodies such as National Academy of Engineering.
Meetings occur in-person at conferences such as CHI 2015, CHI 2018 or virtually using platforms comparable to Zoom Video Communications, Webex, Microsoft Teams; minutes and motions follow parliamentary frameworks inspired by Robert's Rules of Order. Decision-making balances stakeholders similar to multi-stakeholder processes at W3C and IETF meetings, addressing issues like program formats influenced by fields represented at MobileHCI, CSCW, UbiComp and publication policies connected to ACM Digital Library indexing and liaison with publishers like Springer and Elsevier.
The committee maintains liaison roles with SIGCHI leadership, program committees, and conference organizers, coordinating site selection with venues formerly used by CHI on the Road and collaborating with program chairs who have also served at ASSETS, DIS, C&C, TEI conferences. It influences conference policies on peer review practices that mirror reforms at NeurIPS and ICLR, and interacts with ACM officers, SIGCHI community volunteers, student volunteers from SIGCHI Student Chapters, and professional services such as ACM Membership administration.
The committee has been subject to scrutiny similar to controversies that affected organizations like ACM over diversity, inclusion, and conflict-of-interest cases seen in other conference steering bodies; critiques reference debates on transparency akin to disputes at NeurIPS and governance critiques at AAAI. Specific criticisms include concerns about site-selection equity analogous to discussions held about Olympics host city selection, representation of regions such as Africa, Latin America, Southeast Asia, and handling of harassment and ethics issues parallel to high-profile cases in tech industry institutions and academic conferences. Ongoing reform discussions echo recommendations from bodies like National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and advocacy groups such as ACM-W and Women in Computer Science.