Blogs
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Rethinking the SIGCHI conference landscape: Why some must evolve or perish
Johannes Schöning Posted: Mon, May 08, 2023 - 10:04:00
It has been nearly four years since I last attended an in-person conference, and I must admit that I was excited about attending the recent ACM CHI conference in Hamburg.…
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The future of hybrid work is blended and interpersonal
Himanshu Verma, Marios Constantinides, Sailin Zhong, Abdallah El Ali Posted: Tue, April 18, 2023 - 2:45:00
The way we work has profoundly changed. The well-known eight-hour workday within the confines of the office, and the salient boundaries between work and personal life, are now an outdated…
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OpenSpeaks Before AI: Frameworks for creating the AI/ML building blocks for low-resource languages
Subhashish Panigrahi Posted: Wed, April 05, 2023 - 9:23:00
There has been a tremendous push on many levels to make artificial intelligence– and machine learning–based applications ubiquitous. Soon, the life decisions of almost every digital technology user will be…
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Remembering with my chatbot
Marita Skjuve, Lucas Bietti Posted: Tue, February 28, 2023 - 10:46:00
Did you know that humans can develop friendly or even romantic feelings toward social chatbots that can turn into close human-chatbot relationships? The phenomenon of human-chatbot relationships is starting to…
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What is a paper? The future of research output
Miriam Sturdee Posted: Thu, February 23, 2023 - 11:01:00
Exploring the relationship between comics and alt-text with the creation of "alt-narrative" [3]. When is a paper not a paper? When it is a comic [1]? When it is an…
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Codesign and the art of creating a global research-practice network built for impact
Gillian R. Hayes, Candice Odgers, Julie Kientz, Jason Yip, Kiley Sobel, Morgan Ames, Anamara Ritt-Olson Posted: Thu, February 16, 2023 - 3:46:00
Launching a global network to enhance impact and collaboration among researchers, innovative companies, venture capitalists, and foundations is a daunting task. We sought to do just that in the area…
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How to use social media (properly) for business
Rae Yule Kim Posted: Tue, February 07, 2023 - 11:03:00
Social media has been a game-changer for marketing. One successful hashtag challenge can generate millions of user-generated content (UGC) and billions of views. Here are four ways to trigger user-generated…
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Joyful sustainability: Now is the time
Ben Shneiderman, Catherine Plaisant, Jonathan Lazar, Niklas Elmqvist, Jessica Vitak Posted: Wed, February 01, 2023 - 10:23:00
SinceSIGCHI and the University of Maryland’s Human-Computer Interaction Lab (HCIL) were founded at nearly the same time, we—a selection of HCIL faculty spanning the past four decades—have a special bond…
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Emerging telepresence technologies in hybrid learning environments
Houda Elmimouni, Pablo Pérez, Andriana Boudouraki, Fatma Guneri, Verónica Ahumada-Newhart Posted: Wed, January 25, 2023 - 3:49:00
During the pandemic, when some learners are expected to be remote, conventional videoconferencing tools like Zoom or Microsoft Teams are used by necessity, but they are not without their limitations…
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So, how can we measure UX?
Maximilian Speicher Posted: Tue, November 15, 2022 - 2:44:00
The precise, quantitative measurement of user experience (UX) based on one or more metrics is invaluable for design, research, and product teams in assessing the impact of UX designs and…
