SIGCHI Bulletin 2006

2006

 

Vol.38 No.4, October 2006

 

HCC Education Digital Library

A new role model in online resources: Human-Centered-Computing Education Digital Library offers HCC/HCI web content for faculty and students

SIGCHI Chapters and World Usability Day

Make a difference. Get involved in the upcoming World Usability Day, which is November 14, 2006.

Call for Participation: The International Symposium on Environmental Software Systems

ISESS is encouraging submissions from the human factors research community for the upcoming conference in Prague.

Summary of SIGCHI CMC/EC Joint Meeting – August 16, 2006

Summary of the minutes from the joint SIGCHI/CMC meeting held in Atlanta on August 16-17

EC Minutes from September 2006 Conference Call

Summary of the minutes from the EC Minutes from the September 2006 Conference Call

Vol.38 No.3, July 2006

 

A Trip Report from AVI 2006

A trip report from The Advanced Visual Interfaces (AVI) Conference

Trip Report from CHI 2006

Holly Witteman, a first timer at CHI, offers her perspectives on CHI 2006

Executive Committee Minutes from June 2006

Summary of the Executive Committee Minutes minutes from June 2006

Executive Committee Minutes from May 2006

This was one of the final meetings of the current Executive Committee, and the emphasis was on outlining past accomplishments and future wishes.

An Interview with Luca Chittaro, chair of SIGCHI Italy

Luca Chittaro, Chair of SIGCHI Italy, answers questions about the state of HCI in Italy

Reflections on ACM SIGCHI

As the new Executive Committee takes over, the outgoing President offers some thoughtful reflections on the SIGCHI organization

Vol.38 No.2, April 2006

 

An Explanation of the Fees for the CHI conference

In this article, Dennis Wixon, SIGCHI's VP of Conferences, explains the recent increase in the CHI conference fees.

Minutes from the April EC Conference Call

Attendees: Joe, William, Marilyn, Dennis, Apala, Rob, Mary

Minutes from the March EC Conference Call

Attendees: Joe Konstan, William Newman, Marilyn Salzman, Rob Jacob, Brian Bailey, Erica Johnson, Mary Czerwinski

Vol.38 No.1, February 2006

 

An Update from the SIGCHI President

Joseph Konstan, President of ACM SIGCHI, reviews some of the highlights of the past few months.

Call for Nominations for Advanced Member Grades In the ACM

ACM is adding new categories of recognition. The SIGCHI community should be nominating its qualified members.

Looking Forward to CHI 2006

We are all very excited about the great program planned for CHI 2006. In this article, Gary Olson, Chair of SIGCHI 2006, shares some of the highlights.

Robert Jacob, VP of Finance, summarizes SIGCHI's financial status

This is the time of year when the officers of SIGCHI have to prepare the budget for the next fiscal year, which begins on July 1, 2006. This year, the current officers' terms will expire just before that budget begins, so we are preparing a budget for our successors.

An Interview with Chris Jensen, Secretary of the Orange County Chapter of ACM

Apala has been hard at work again, bringing you another informative interview with a local chapter. This time it is the Orange County Chapter in California.