Image: Dr. Ari Schlesinger (UGA School of Computing) recently co-organized an event to create a Southeastern SIGCHI chapter. Hosted at Google Atlanta, this Chapter-in-the-Works social was co-organized with Dr. Ding Wang (Google), Dr. Neha Kumar (GT, Interactive Computing; SIGCHI President), Dr. Naveena Karusala (GT, Interactive Computing; SIGCHI VP Communications), Dr. Scott Appling (GT, GTRI), and Dr. Kristin Williams (Emory). With more than 60 attendees from Emory, Georgia Tech, Google, and the University of Georgia, attendees identified goals for this chapter-in-progress like hosting local Human-Computing Interaction (HCI) workshops, building mentorship networks, and establishing regular meet-ups for HCI researchers and practitioners across the Southeast. SIGCHI is a special interest group of the ACM that sponsors a family of 26 HCI conferences, CHI being the flagship. There are currently around 70 SIGCHI chapters worldwide. If you're interested in getting involved, please contact Dr. Ari Schlesinger. Read More: Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction
