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| SIGCHI Steering Committee | |
|---|---|
| Name | SIGCHI Steering Committee |
| Formation | 1982 |
| Type | Committee |
| Purpose | Oversight of ACM Special Interest Group on Computer–Human Interaction |
| Headquarters | United States |
| Region served | International |
| Parent organization | Association for Computing Machinery |
SIGCHI Steering Committee The SIGCHI Steering Committee is the governing body that provides oversight and strategic direction for the ACM Special Interest Group on Computer–Human Interaction. It operates within the frameworks set by the Association for Computing Machinery, interacts with major conferences such as CHI, and liaises with regional organizations including ACM Special Interest Group entities and university research groups.
The origins trace to the early consolidation of human–computer interaction activities around the founding of the Association for Computing Machinery's HCI community and the establishment of the ACM SIGCHI conference series in the early 1980s. Early milestones involved coordination with academic centers like the MIT Media Lab, corporate research organizations such as Bell Labs and Xerox PARC, and influential events like the CHI proceedings that expanded outreach to communities at Stanford University, Carnegie Mellon University, and University of California, Berkeley. Over time, the committee's evolution paralleled developments in related fields represented by landmark publications and conferences from IEEE Computer Society, ACM SIGGRAPH, and ACM SIGSOFT.
The committee's primary responsibilities include stewardship of the SIGCHI mission, oversight of flagship conferences such as CHI and sponsored symposia including INTERACT (conference), setting policy on awards like the SIGCHI Lifetime Research Award and coordinating publication venues like the ACM Digital Library. It advises on budgets coordinated with the Association for Computing Machinery finance structures, oversees ethical guidelines aligned with standards from institutions such as National Science Foundation and European Research Council, and mediates disputes involving organizing entities from University of Washington, University of Toronto, and industry partners including Google, Microsoft Research, and IBM Research.
Membership typically comprises elected officers, appointed members, and ex officio representatives drawn from academia, industry, and non-profit institutions. Roles mirror structures found in other ACM entities such as ACM Council, including a chair, vice-chair, treasurer, and secretary, with liaisons to editorial boards of venues like the ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction and committees from organizations including IEEE and the International Federation for Information Processing. Members often have affiliations with major laboratories and departments at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Cambridge, University of Oxford, ETH Zurich, National University of Singapore, and corporate research groups at Apple Inc., Facebook, and Amazon.
Elections are administered under ACM electoral procedures similar to those used by other Special Interest Groups such as SIGGRAPH and SIGPLAN, with nominations solicited from SIGCHI membership and vetted by nominating committees. Appointment processes include vetting comparable to academic committee appointments at institutions like Harvard University and Princeton University, conflict-of-interest reviews modeled on policies from National Institutes of Health and governance practices aligned with Association for Computing Machinery bylaws. Terms, eligibility, and succession plans are specified in documents comparable to governance charters used by ACM Special Interest Group bodies and publicized through channels like the ACM TechNews distribution.
The Steering Committee delegates to standing and ad hoc committees responsible for finance, conferences, ethics, diversity and inclusion, and awards, operating in coordination with program committees of conferences such as CHI and regional events like CHI PLAY. Subcommittees mirror structures used by organizations like IEEE Computer Society and ACM Europe Council, and collaborate with editorial and program boards of journals such as ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction and conference series managed by entities like ACM SIGCHI Local Chapters.
Key activities include sanctioning conferences, awarding prizes including notable recognitions aligned with lists akin to ACM Fellows and coordinating outreach initiatives such as mentorship programs with universities like University of California, Irvine and industry internship partnerships with Intel Research, Samsung Research, and Nokia Bell Labs. The committee also sponsors workshops and educational initiatives tied to professional development resources like ACM Learning Center and advocacy programs similar to those run by Computing Research Association, and supports open science and reproducibility efforts promoted by organizations like Open Science Framework.
The committee maintains formal reporting relationships with the Association for Computing Machinery governance, collaborates with national and regional SIGCHI chapters and professional groups including local chapters at institutions such as University of Melbourne, Tsinghua University, Universidade de São Paulo, and coordinates policy with ACM Councils and boards. It mediates chapter activities, endorses chapter-level conferences and workshops similar to arrangements between ACM SIGGRAPH and its chapters, and aligns chapter governance with ACM's global initiatives and compliance requirements.