Welcome to CHI 2010!
CHI is where the latest advances in human-computer interaction can
be found. CHI is a shared experience where people learn, discuss, share
and interact with each other. CHI is a inclusive community, welcoming
many different disciplines and a wide range of interests from research
to performance to practice. CHI provides a full program of many different
venues and activities rich with opportunities to discover, learn, and
interact.
CHI 2010 continues its four-day format and once again we have record
numbers of submissions in all categories. Hundreds of people have devoted
thousands of hours in reviewing and selecting those pieces of work that
will be presented here. We have assembled a jam-packed program including
refereed research publications, compelling new media performances, stimulating
panel discussions, edgy explorations of the boundaries of HCI, design
and research competitions for our students, invited speakers to inspire
and inform our future activities, and many forums that enable our community
to connect, discover, and learn from each other.
CHI 2010 looks outward to the human experience of computing in the
world. This year’s theme “We are HCI” challenges our
community to embrace the diversity of human-computer interaction across
the world and to exclaim our commitment as a profession to empower people
from all walks of life. The contributions of our community are evident
in the diversity of human experience. While we can rejoice in the growing
relevance that human-computer interaction is experiencing in this millennium,
we must also accept growing responsibility for our creations. The CHI
2010 Technical Program—starting with our invited plenary speakers
and ending with interactive art exhibitions — extols us to understand
our work in the context of the lived experience of human life and endeavor.
This year we've combined many of the experiential aspects of the CHI
conference (such as interactive demos, videos, and design vignettes)
into a cohesive Media Showcase. CHI 2010 attendees will have the opportunity
to see, touch, squeeze, hear and even smell contrasting forms of HCI.
The Media Showcase opens with our conference reception Monday evening
and the Exhibition Hall will be alive with performances, interactive
demonstrations and exhibits. Additionally, the video screening on Tuesday
evening provides an opportunity for many different kinds of design,
innovation, opinion and futurism to be presented to the community. We
encourage you to come to our theater, grab some popcorn and enjoy the
show.
Atlanta is a great site for CHI 2010. “The capital of the New
South” has a vibrant and proud heritage in the civil rights movement
as “the city too busy to hate.” It is the home to many influential
institutions such as The Carter Center, Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC), CARE, and a wide range of business giants including
Coca-Cola and Turner Broadcasting. Atlanta is the home to many researchers,
designers, teachers, artists and practitioners who share a commitment
to the human experience of computing: Georgia Tech and its GVU Center,
SCAD Atlanta, Emory, Spelman College, Turner Broadcasting and CNN, The
Carter Center, CARE, CDC, IBM, Philips, Moxie Interactive, Roundarch,
Matter, Big Bang to name a few. We hope you are able to also explore
this great city during your time with us, and hope you enjoy CHI 2010!
Elizabeth Mynatt, Georgia Tech
CHI 2010 Conference Chair
Keith Edwards, Georgia Tech
Tom Rodden, University of Nottingham
CHI 2010 Technical Program Chairs
