Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

The ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI) series of academic conferences is generally considered the most prestigious in the field of human–computer interaction and is one of the top-ranked conferences in computer science.[1] It is hosted by ACM SIGCHI, the Special Interest Group on computer–human interaction. CHI has been held annually since 1982 and attracts thousands of international attendees.

Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
AbbreviationCHI
DisciplineHuman–computer interaction
Publication details
PublisherACM SIGCHI
History1982–present
Frequencyannual

History

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The CHI conference series started with the Human Factors in Computer Systems conference in Gaithersburg, Maryland, US in 1982, organized by Bill Curtis and Ben Shneiderman.[2] During this meeting the formation of the ACM Special Interest Group on Computer–Human Interaction (SIGCHI) was first publicly announced. ACM SIGCHI became the sponsor of the Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. The first CHI conference was held in Boston, Massachusetts, US, in 1983. The second conference took place in San Francisco, in 1985.[3] Since then, CHI conferences have been held annually in spring each year. Until 1992 the conference was held in Canada or the US. In 1993 CHI moved to Europe for the first time and was held in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.[4]

Over the years, CHI has grown in popularity. The 1982 meeting drew 907 attendees. CHI 90 attracted 2,314. Attendance has been fairly stable since then.[5] After the early years CHI became highly selective. Since 1993 the acceptance rate for full papers was consistently below 30 percent. After 1992 the average acceptance rate was around 20 percent. The number of accepted full papers is slowly increasing and reached 157 accepted papers with an acceptance rate of 22 percent in 2008.[6] CHI reached over 3,300 attendees in 2013[7] and 3,855 in 2019.[8]

CHI 2020, which was originally planned to take place on April, was cancelled due to COVID-19, and CHI 2021[9] was held online as a virtual conference chaired by Yoshifumi Kitamura and Aaron Quigley. CHI 2021 “making waves, combining strengths” was originally scheduled to take place in Yokohama.

Tracks

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The CHI conference consists of multiple tracks, including:

Past and upcoming CHI conferences

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Past[10] and future[11] CHI conferences include:

Year City Country Link Total attendance[12]
2024 Honolulu   US https://chi2024.acm.org/
2023 Hamburg   Germany https://chi2023.acm.org/ 3,888 (on site) / 819 (virtual) [13]
2022 New Orleans, LA   US https://chi2022.acm.org/
2021 Virtual[a] https://chi2021.acm.org/ 4,500[14]
2020 Cancelled[b] https://chi2020.acm.org/ Canceled due to Covid-19[15]
2019 Glasgow   UK https://chi2019.acm.org/ 3,855
2018 Montreal   Canada https://chi2018.acm.org/ 3,372
2017 Denver   US https://chi2017.acm.org 2,939
2016 San Jose   US http://chi2016.acm.org/ 3,624
2015 Seoul   South Korea http://chi2015.acm.org 2,896
2014 Toronto   Canada http://chi2014.acm.org 3,001
2013 Paris   France http://chi2013.acm.org 3,443
2012 Austin, Texas   US http://chi2012.acm.org 2,616
2011 Vancouver   Canada http://www.chi2011.org 2,822
2010 Atlanta   US http://www.chi2010.org 2,384
2009 Boston   US https://web.archive.org/web/20090401064142/http://www.chi2009.org/ 2,358
2008 Florence   Italy http://www.chi2008.org 2,361
2007 San Jose   US http://www.chi2007.org 2,620
2006 Montreal   Canada http://www.chi2006.org 2,250
2005 Portland   US http://www.chi2005.org 1,947
2004 Vienna   Austria http://www.chi2004.org 1,815
2003 Fort Lauderdale   US http://www.chi2003.org 1,435
2002 Minneapolis   US https://web.archive.org/web/20120503101627/http://old.sigchi.org/chi2002/ 1,726
2001 Seattle   US https://web.archive.org/web/20061205031817/http://acm.org/sigchi/chi2001/ 2,832
2000 The Hague   Netherlands https://web.archive.org/web/20061205032517/http://acm.org/sigchi/chi2000/ 2,628
1999 Pittsburgh   US https://web.archive.org/web/20120415172922/http://old.sigchi.org/chi99/ 2,264
1998 Los Angeles   US https://web.archive.org/web/20120503104258/http://old.sigchi.org/chi98/ 2,310
1997 Atlanta   US https://web.archive.org/web/20120509210544/http://old.sigchi.org/chi97/ 2,081
1996 Vancouver   Canada https://web.archive.org/web/20120415173511/http://old.sigchi.org/chi96/ 2,344
1995 Denver   US https://web.archive.org/web/20120509211217/http://old.sigchi.org/chi95/ 2,254
1994 Boston   US 2,618
1993 Amsterdam   Netherlands 1,608
1992 Monterey   US 2,350
1991 New Orleans   US 1,762
1990 Seattle   US 2,263
1989 Austin   US 1,611
1988 Washington   US 1,450
1987 Toronto   Canada 1,300
1986 Boston   US 1,275
1985 San Francisco   US 1,250
1983 Boston   US 1,000
1982 Gaithersburg   US 906

Notes

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  1. ^ Originally scheduled to take place in Yokohama, Japan.
  2. ^ Originally scheduled to take place in Honolulu, Hawaii.

References

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  1. ^ Boris Schauerte. "Conference Ranks". conferenceranks.com.
  2. ^ Shneiderman, Ben (October 1986). "No Members, No Officers, No Dues". ACM SIGCHI Bulletin. 18 (2). ACM: 14–16. doi:10.1145/15683.15685. S2CID 43909898.
  3. ^ Pemberton, Steven (1996). "The CHI Conference: Interviews with Conference Chairs". SIGCHI. Archived from the original on 23 May 2010. Retrieved 29 September 2008.
  4. ^ "Past CHI Conferences". CHI 2007 website. SIGCHI. 2006. Retrieved 29 September 2008.
  5. ^ Wixon, Dennis (2006). "CHI 2006 Registration Statistics". CHI 2007 website. SIGCHI. Retrieved 29 September 2008.
  6. ^ "CHI: Papers Acceptance Statistics". ACM Digital Library. ACM. Retrieved 2 April 2010.
  7. ^ "ACM CHI Conference". Twitter.
  8. ^ "ACM CHI Conference". Twitter.
  9. ^ http://chi2021.ACM.org
  10. ^ "Past CHI Conferences". SIGCHI. 2009. Archived from the original on 1 October 2011. Retrieved 6 January 2011.
  11. ^ "Conferences".
  12. ^ "CHI Conference History". Archived from the original on 25 December 2019. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
  13. ^ "CHI 2023 - April 23-28, 2023 in Hamburg, Germany". Retrieved 28 May 2024.
  14. ^ "Premier human-computer interaction conference returns in virtual format". 19 June 2021.
  15. ^ "CHI 2020 and COVID-19 (Coronavirus)". 13 March 2020.
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