About BostonCHI
What We Do
SIGCHI is a forum for the study of human-computer interaction (HCI) and includes research and development efforts leading to the design and evaluation of user interfaces. The focus of SIGCHI is on how people communicate and interact with computer systems. SIGCHI serves as a forum for the exchange of ideas among computer scientists, human factor scientists, psychologists, social scientists, systems designers and end users. (from ACM SIGCHI)
BostonCHI is the Boston area chapter of ACM's Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction. Our members, from throughout New England, share ideas and experiences on the rapidly growing and changing area of how computers and people interact. Read the chapter Bylaws.
We have monthly gatherings in the metro Boston area, which are open to both members and non-members at no charge. In addition, members receive a monthly e-mail newsletter. If you're not yet a member, we encourage you to become one!
BostonCHI is an organization of professionals from the New England area in the field of Human-Computer Interaction. Our members represent the diverse interests of that field: graphic arts, documentation, usability, psychology, user interface design, human factors, industrial design, ergonomics, computer science, training, education, and many others.
BostonCHI Steering Committee: 2007-2008
| Chair: | Doug Gibson | Chair@BostonCHI.org |
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| Vice Chair: | Bill Barnert | Vice-Chair@BostonCHI.org |
| Treasurer: | Rachel Kern | Treasurer@BostonCHI.org |
| Membership: | Aaron Powers |
Member-Chair@BostonCHI.org |
| Program Committee Coordinator: | Russ Brami | Programs@BostonCHI.org |
| Program Committee: |
(TBD) |
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| Publicity: | Matt Belge | |
| Newsletter Editor: | Sarah Bloomer | Editor@BostonCHI.org |
| Information Director: | Bill Barnert | InfoDir@BostonCHI.org |
| CHI Bits Coordinator: | Carolyn Snyder | |
| Venue Coordinator: | Nicole Yankelovich | |
| HotJobs Coordinator: | Todd Chapin | HotJobs@BostonCHI.org |
| Academic Liaison: | Volunteer needed! | |
| Other Steering Committee Members: | Andy Adler David Adler Hal Miller-Jacobs Lisa Neal Ron Perkins Carol Peterson Aaron Powers Greg Raiz Aaron Seidman Chauncey Wilson |
The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) is an educational and scientific society of the computing community, and is dedicated to the development of information processing as a discipline, and to the responsible use of computers in an increasing diversity of applications. Through its publications, special interest groups, chapters, and committee activities, ACM promotes and provides for the dissemination of technical and non-technical computing information to its members and the public. The address is: ACM, 1515 Broadway, New York, NY 10036.
