[4eyes] Fwd: Getting Stanford more involved in CHI

Mon Sep 21 19:21:45 PDT 2015

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From: Michael Bernstein <msb at cs.stanford.edu>
Date: Mon, Sep 21, 2015 at 8:34 PM
Subject: Fwd: Getting Stanford more involved in CHI
To: hci-friends at mailman.stanford.edu

Dear Michael —

Could you send this around to the hci-friends and chi-research lists (and
anywhere else appropriate!) please? Thanks!

Jofish

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Dear Stanford friends and colleagues -

We wanted to draw your attention to the Computer-Human Interaction (CHI)
conference which we’re holding in May at the San Jose Conference Center.
CHI is the largest human-computer interaction conference, and if you’re
interested in HCI, UX, human factors, or just people and technology, then
it’s absolutely worth checking out. In many ways, Stanford has been the
epicenter of HCI in Silicon Valley, and we’d really like to see a lot of
Stanford folk at the conference.

We wanted to mention, in particular, two venues which we think might be
worth thinking about, in addition to the usual Papers, Notes and
Late-Breaking Results, and that's Case Studies and Workshops. We have
completely
revamped the Case Study venue this year to make it a better place for
people working in industry to submit their work. If you’ve finished up a really
interesting project as part of an internship and they recognize the value
that comes from people talking about that project in public, or you’ve got
a technique you’ve found works really well, then this is a great place to
present that work.

Workshops are a bit different: they’re really a place to find people
interested in the same thing you are.  If you’re really interested in, say,
digital money, or aging populations and technology, or design thinking for
developing markets, then a workshop is a great way to find other people
interested in the same topic. It’s a great way to meet people and find
collaborators, interns, colleagues, friends, and jobs. Our highly capable
Workshops Chairs — Stanford’s own Sanjay Kairam, Eve Hoggan, Frank Vetere
and Siân Lindley — have really improved and streamlined the Workshops
process this year, and we think it’s going to be a great program.

One of the things that we want to particularly point out is the Student
Volunteer <https://chi2016.acm.org/wp/student-volunteer/> program which
opens September 30th  Student volunteers (SVs) work twenty hours and in
return receive free registration (a $400(+) value). Most student volunteers
serve their time during the conference itself, but for local students
there’s another opportunity. Before the main conference we have a Program
Committee meeting, where around 200 of the field’s leaders get together to
decide which papers are accepted into the conference. It’s particularly
useful if you want to submit papers to CHI or similar conferences, as
understanding how the program committee meeting works can only improve your
chances of getting papers in! We’re having that meeting on Friday, December
11th and Saturday, December 12th, and we’re looking for a dozen-or-so
student volunteers to work over those two days. If you’re interested, check
out the link and register after September 30th.

We’ve got a description of the various venues below, so flip through and
see what strikes you.  We are happy to take any questions you might have
(offline would probably be better, by the way, so we don’t spam the list) —
just email generalchairs at chi2016.acm.org.  And we look forward to seeing
you in San Jose!

Jofish Kaye & Allison Druin, Co-Chairs, CHI 2016

*Get involved in CHI!*

The Computer-Human Interaction (CHI) conference <http://chi2016.acm.org/>
is coming to San Jose, California, USA in May 2016, and if you’re
interested in HCI, UX, new technologies for humans and computers to work
together, or just understanding more about how people and computers interact,
then now is the time to get involved!

The main way to be part of CHI is to submit a write-up of some new work or
research you’ve done. It's then evaluated by a group of experts, and if
accepted you’ll present it at the conference. Depending on the kind of work
you’ve done, there are a bunch of different ways to get involved.

The most rigorous kind of research is called a Paper, or Note
<https://chi2016.acm.org/wp/papers-and-notes/>, depending on the length.
It’s equivalent to a journal publication in other fields, and it’s due
on September
25th. These typically reflect several months or years of hard work, and are
anonymous and thoroughly peer reviewed. But there’s a whole bunch of other
ways to tell people about the work you’ve done! Read on.

If you’ve been working in industry, you may want to think about writing a Case
Study <https://chi2016.acm.org/wp/case-studies/>, due on October 9th. Case
Studies are compelling stories about real-world experiences of applying
HCI, and focus on innovation.  They can illustrate, explore, report,
analyze, summarize, challenge, or simply describe practical HCI work.
They’re 2-10 pages long, and if accepted you’ll be able to present your
Case Study as a talk at the conference.

Workshops <https://chi2016.acm.org/wp/workshops/> are a great way to find
your tribe! Let’s say you’re interested in gesture interaction — or digital
money, or fitness tracking, or any other HCI-related topic — and you want
to meet others with the same interest. Find a few people who work at
another institution or company from you, and submit a workshop
together by October
9th. If you’ve got a startup trying to find your lead users or people
pushing the boundaries of your field, workshops can be a great way to find
those people. Workshops are usually 1 day long and attract about 15-25
people.  They’re collaborative events, about meeting new people and
presenting early work in a field: if you want to teach people how to do
something, then that’s a Course.

Courses <https://chi2016.acm.org/wp/courses/> are “the best university
there isn’t” for HCI! They’re (roughly) 2, 4, or 6 hours long, and can
cover anything related to HCI. Previous courses have covered everything
from sketching, electronics prototyping and computer vision to mobile
interaction, data mining and card sorting. Course Instructors also get free
conference registration! Submit your course proposal by October 9th.

If you want people to use something you’ve built, then you want to submit
to Interactivity <https://chi2016.acm.org/wp/interactivity/>! We’ve had
everything from smart igloos to sound-, smell-, and even golf-based
interfaces. This year, we’ve got two deadlines for Interactivity. If you
want to submit a specialized Installation
<https://chi2016.acm.org/wp/interactivity/> of some kind, like an
interactive wall or augmented full-body digital harp, then get it to
us by October
9th. If you just need a table, a monitor and a powerstrip to show your
Demonstration <https://chi2016.acm.org/wp/interactivity/>, then you can
wait until January 13th. If you’re a hardware startup looking for a place
to show off your kit: this could be a great place for you.

We’ve also got several other venues due on January 13th. Perhaps the most
widely relevant is Late-Breaking Work
<https://chi2016.acm.org/wp/late-breaking-work/>, a chance to write up your
research and present it as a Poster at the conference. This is usually a
smaller contribution than a full Paper or Note or Case Study, and a great
way to break into CHI. January 13th is also the deadline for submitting a
Panel <https://chi2016.acm.org/wp/panels/>: 4-or-so people discussing an
important topic or issue. If you’ve done a great movie about your work,
submit it to our Video Showcase <https://chi2016.acm.org/wp/video-showcase/>
- and get a chance of winning the coveted Golden Mouse Award! If you’d like
to meet with people about a particular topic — like a 2-hour workshop —
submit a SIG. January 13th is also the deadline for our Student Design
<https://chi2016.acm.org/wp/student-design-competition/>, Game
<https://chi2016.acm.org/wp/student-game-competition/> and Research
<https://chi2016.acm.org/wp/student-research-competition/> competitions as
well as one of our most popular venues, alt.chi
<https://chi2016.acm.org/wp/alt-chi/>, an opportunity to submit novel,
wacky, crazy, alternative or bizarre work which doesn’t fit into any other
place.

Finally, CHI is a great place to meet new people, to build your network,
and, importantly, to recruit the top talents in HCI and UX, as well as
Computer Science, Information Science, Human-Centered Computing,
Informatics and more. We’re always looking for companies to get great
visibility and show their support of cutting-edge research by Sponsoring
<https://chi2016.acm.org/wp/sponsors/> the conference, Exhibiting
<https://chi2016.acm.org/wp/exhibitors/> their products in their own booth,
or Recruiting <https://chi2016.acm.org/wp/recruiters/> top level talent.

We look forward to seeing you in San Jose in May 2016!

Jofish Kaye & Allison Druin, Co-Chairs, CHI 2016

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