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VOLUME XXXII.1 January - February 2025

  • WELCOME
    • Human Augmentation: A Paradigm Shift for HCI?

      Elizabeth F. Churchill, Mikael Wiberg

        In 1962, Douglas Engelbart wrote "Augmenting Human Intellect: A Conceptual Framework." Engelbart was ahead of his time, pushing the boundaries of what were then new technological potentials. In the intervening years, his explorations of what such augmentation could look like have become commonplace (e.g., the mouse and video conferencing).…

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  • What are you reading?
    • What Are You Reading?

      Tiffany Knearem

      What Are You Reading?

        As I approach three years since transitioning from academia to industry research, I find myself reflecting on the lifelong curiosity that has led me down this winding yet fulfilling path. My journey began with a fascination for Japanese language and culture, which led me to pursue a dual bachelor's…

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  • Blog@IX
    • Being a First-Year Undergrad in Human-Centered Research

      Lily Anfang, Maya Flynn, Kaitlynn Gray, Ethan Sandoval, Lynn Kirabo

      Being a First-Year Undergrad in Human-Centered Research

        Offering research experience to undergraduates is a well-known path to broadening participation in research fields [1]. We are a team of four undergraduate students, with experience working in areas ranging from environmental policy to tax filing and human-centered design projects. We spent the summer of 2024 working in the…

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  • Columns
    • Sex, Disability, and HCI

      Gopinaath Kannabiran, Anna Brynskov

      Sex, Disability, and HCI

        In this column, I engage in a discussion with Anna Brynskov, a fellow HCI researcher who is working on projects related to sexual well-being. My work explores the intersection of sexuality and ecological issues through an ecofeminist approach, while hers examines the intersection of sexuality and disability through a…

    • Participatory Design in Colonial Contexts

      Daria Loi, Penny Hagen

      Participatory Design in Colonial Contexts

        In my previous column, I discussed key themes related to participatory practice outside of academia, leveraging a book chapter that I recently coauthored with Penny Hagen and Raphael Arar [1]. In this column, I interviewed Penny Hagen, codirector of the Auckland Co-Design Lab, to outline a specific section of…

    • What If We Don’t Accept the Cookies?

      Jie Li

      What If We Don’t Accept the Cookies?

        Every day, we open dozens of websites, each requiring us to navigate different cookie consents before we can proceed to view the content. In Europe, reading through these cookie consents is frustrating, because all we sometimes want is a single Reject All button. Instead, we often encounter websites that…

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  • Forums
    • Physiological Computing for All: Exploring Neural Interface Education

      Chris S. Crawford

      Physiological Computing for All: Exploring Neural Interface Education

        In 2019, Meta purchased CTRL-Labs, a neural interface start-up, for more than $500 million. A recent report by Morgan Stanley analysts valued the total addressable market of brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) at around $400 billion in the U.S. alone. Headlines discussing the exploration of novel neural interface technologies by companies…

    • A Powerful Sisterhood: Black Women Scholars in Feminist HCI

      Shaniah Reece, Covenant Adenuga, Tierra Ablorh, Yolanda A. Rankin

      A Powerful Sisterhood: Black Women Scholars in Feminist HCI

        One of the criticisms of applying intersectionality as a critical framework in human-computer interaction research is related to developing appropriate methods that can be utilized in the design of technology. The solution lies in the diversity of experiences of intersectional populations and standpoint epistemology. Standpoint epistemology values lived experience…

    • Better Health by Design: UX for Health and Wellness

      A. Miller

      Better Health by Design: UX for Health and Wellness

        Understanding and applying a multidimensional wellness approach is vital to human health. This approach considers the whole person and views wellness as a pursuit of continued growth and balance that can help enhance the quality of life. Though there are differences of opinion on the number of wellness dimensions,…

    • Climate for Change: New HCI Research for Climate Action

      Robert Soden, Vishal Sharma, Matthew Louis Mauriello, Nicola J. Bidwell

      Climate for Change: New HCI Research for Climate Action

        This forum showcases emerging approaches, new ideas, and promising pathways that draw attention to the diverse, interdisciplinary, and impactful work of global scholars to advance dialogue in the field on how we can best contribute to climate action.— Robert Soden, Vishal Sharma, Matthew Louis Mauriello, and Nicola J. Bidwell,…

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  • Features
    • Assistive Augmentation: Fundamentally Transforming Human Ability

      Felicia Fang-Yi Tan, Chitralekha Gupta, Dixon Prem Daniel Rajendran, Pattie Maes, Suranga Nanayakkara

      Assistive Augmentation: Fundamentally Transforming Human Ability

        The rapid development of smart devices and emerging AI capabilities holds immense potential to transform not only our daily interactions but also our pursuit of life goals. Existing user interfaces, however, often fall short of realizing this potential. Individuals with disabilities, who rely heavily on assistive technologies for daily…

    • CHI’s Greatest Hits: Analyzing the 100 Most-Cited Papers in 43 Years of Research at ACM CHI

      Annika Kaltenhauser, Gian-Luca Savino, Nick von Felten, Johannes Schöning

      CHI’s Greatest Hits: Analyzing the 100 Most-Cited Papers in 43 Years of Research at ACM CHI

        The CHI conference is the premier venue for publishing research in human-computer interaction. As a result, CHI attracts a diverse and interdisciplinary group of scholars and practitioners, including those from computer science, psychology, design, engineering, and the social sciences. It is ranked as one of the top computer science…

    • Human-Data Interaction: Thinking Beyond Individual Datasets

      Laura Koesten, Jude Yew, Kathleen Gregory

      Human-Data Interaction: Thinking Beyond Individual Datasets

        We live in data-centric times. Many of the world's greatest challenges, from advancing science to improving government services and tackling climate change, require access to large amounts of data. In recent years, avenues that allow individuals to share and use data online have proliferated. Scientists use open platforms, such…

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  • Calendar
    • Calendar

      INTR Staff

      Calendar

        January COMSNETS '25: 17th International Conference on Communications Systems and Networks (Bengaluru, India) January 6–10, 2025 https://www.comsnets.org/ GROUP '25: ACM International Conference on Supporting Group Work (Hilton Head Island, SC, USA) January 12–15, 2025 https://group.acm.org/conferences/group25/ POPL '25: 52nd ACM SIGPLAN Symposium on Principles of Programming Languages (Denver, CO, USA)…

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  • Exit
    • 52 Quintillion Shades of Eno

      Gary Hustwit

      52 Quintillion Shades of Eno

        Contributor: Gary Hustwit Curators: Scott Minneman and Renato Verdugo Unlike the definitive "director's cut," Gary Hustwit's documentary about Brian Eno heads in the other direction, embodying and honoring Eno's role as a generative media pioneer. Every roughly 90-minute screening of Eno is different, drawing on more than 30 hours…

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  • Conversations in Sketch
    • The Memory Game

      Miriam Sturdee

      The Memory Game

        "I'm interested in memory augmentation and manipulation. Who is going to use future memory technologies and what will the impact and downside be?" Text version Eva Wolfangel is a journalist, author, speaker, and moderator who has worked for ZEIT, Deutschlandfunk, and Technology Review, among others. She combines complex topics…

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  • Voices
    • Passant Elagroudy

      Passant Elagroudy

      Passant Elagroudy

        How would you describe your current role at work? I have been an HCI postdoc and a project manager at the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence for the past two years. I create technologies that augment cognitive capabilities. I just finished my role as project manager for HumanE-AI-Net,…

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  • Waves
    • The State of Large Language Models in HCI Research: Workshop Report

      Marianne Aubin Le Quéré, Hope Schroeder, Casey Randazzo, Jie Gao

      The State of Large Language Models in HCI Research: Workshop Report

        In 2023, four Ph.D. students across different institutions were experimenting with using large language models (LLMs) in HCI research. Aubin Le Quéré was labeling thousands of social media posts according to a qualitative codebook; Schroeder was generating news surveys on the fly; Randazzo was playing with generative agents; and…

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