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SIGCHI Across Borders: Bringing Together the Local and Global

Companion Publication of the 2021 Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing, 2021

This panel aims to invite perspectives from "global" and "local" actors within the Computer-Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) community towards fostering a greater understanding of the support that SIGCHI infrastructures can provide for strengthening ties across various borders. Members of the SIGCHI Executive Committee will host a panel to identify challenges and opportunities in this regard, and invite all attendees of CSCW 2021 to participate, providing inputs and feedback.

Institutionalizing HCI in Asia

Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 2007

In this paper we investigate the problems and potential solutions to the effective establishment of HCI and usability in India and China. Our discussion is motivated by five years of collaboration with relevant bodies in both countries through EU-funded projects encouraging the development of a usability culture in academic and industrial sectors. In order to contribute to socially-responsible interaction in these countries the 'institutionalization' of HCI is necessary. For us, this involves three elements: firstly an appropriation of HCI concepts and methods to suit the local country / culture, secondly the forming of a national organization around the reshaped discipline that can actively promote HCI in industry and academia and establish links with local national organizations, and thirdly the roll-out of effective usability practice in industry. Some efforts made in this regard are briefly outlined.

IAVCEI: from small beginnings to a vibrant international association

History of Geo- and Space Sciences

of the importance of geochemistry and geochronology in understanding volcanic processes. Bulletin volcanologique was renamed the Bulletin of Volcanology in 1986, at the time that its editorial board was restructured to be more representative of the international community. IAVCEI became a fully democratic association in 1995 with the introduction of individual membership, which entitled members to nominate, be nominated and vote in the election of the IAVCEI Executive Committee. Although the IUGG By-Laws allowed scientists only from the union's member countries to hold various positions within IUGG, in 2015, the IUGG Council removed this restriction, and now a scientist who is a member of IAVCEI from any country can hold any position in IAVCEI, except the position of the president.

Proceedings of HCI 2010 - Index

The current state of HCI is an amazing topology of interlinked topics and techniques, with ideas bouncing between and across other domains. What was once the struggle to identify and encourage the adoption of good practice, has grown into a massive multiplayer game, a global endeavour that makes vast forests of business and commerce possible and viable, and that potentially empowers and sustainably enables the disadvantaged in every society. The game has indeed become a serious business.