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. CHI 2020, which was originally planned to take place on April, was cancelled due to COVID-19, and CHI 2021 will be held in Yokohama.

Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems


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AbbreviationCHI
DisciplineHuman–computer interaction
Publication details
PublisherACM SIGCHI
History1982–present
Frequencyannual

History

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 continues to grow, reaching over 3,300 attendees in 2013[7] and 3,855 in 2019.[8]

Tracks

The CHI conference consists of multiple tracks, including:

Past and upcoming CHI conferences

Past[9] and future[10] CHI conferences include:

Year City Country Link Total attendance[11]
2021 Yokohama, Japan Japan https://chi2021.acm.org/ TBD
2020 Honolulu, Hawaii US https://chi2020.acm.org/ Canceled due to Covid-19[12]
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 http://old.sigchi.org/chi2002 1,726
2001 Seattle US http://acm.org/sigchi/chi2001 2,832
2000 The Hague Netherlands http://acm.org/sigchi/chi2000 2,628
1999 Pittsburgh US http://old.sigchi.org/chi99 2,264
1998 Los Angeles US http://old.sigchi.org/chi98 2,310
1997 Atlanta US http://old.sigchi.org/chi97 2,081
1996 Vancouver Canada http://old.sigchi.org/chi96 2,344
1995 Denver US 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

References
  1. Boris Schauerte. "Conference Ranks". conferenceranks.com.
  2. "No Members, No Officers, No Dues". ACM Sigchi Bulletin. ACM. October 1986.
  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. "Past CHI Conferences". SIGCHI. 2009. Archived from the original on 1 October 2011. Retrieved 6 January 2011.
  10. "Conferences".
  11. "CHI Conference History". Retrieved 1 December 2017.
  12. "CHI 2020 and COVID-19 (Coronavirus)". 13 March 2020.


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