The ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI) series of academic conferences is generally considered the most prestigious in the field of human–computer interaction. It is hosted by ACM SIGCHI, the Special Interest Group on computer–human interaction. CHI has been held annually since 1982 and attracts thousands of international attendees.

History The CHI conference series started with the Human Factors in Computer Systems conference in Gaithersburg, Maryland, US in 1982, organized by Bill Curtis and Ben Shneiderman. During this meeting the formation of the ACM Special Interest Group on Computer–Human Interaction (SIGCHI) was first publicly announced. ACM SIGCHI became the sponsor of the Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. The first CHI conference was held in Boston, Massachusetts, US, in 1983. The second conference took place in San Francisco, in 1985. Since then, CHI conferences have been held annually in spring each year. Until 1992 the conference was held in Canada or the US. In 1993 CHI moved to Europe for the first time and was held in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Over the years, CHI has grown in popularity. The 1982 meeting drew 907 attendees. CHI 90 attracted 2,314. Attendance has been fairly stable since then. After the early years CHI became highly selective. Since 1993 the acceptance rate for full papers was consistently below 30 percent. After 1992 the average acceptance rate was around 20 percent. The number of accepted full papers is slowly increasing and reached 157 accepted papers with an acceptance rate of 22 percent in 2008. CHI reached over 3,300 attendees in 2013 and 3,855 in 2019.

CHI 2020, which was originally planned to take place on April, was cancelled due to COVID-19, and CHI 2021 was held online as a virtual conference chaired by Yoshifumi Kitamura and Aaron Quigley. CHI 2021 “making waves, combining strengths” was originally scheduled to take place in Yokohama.

Tracks The CHI conference consists of multiple tracks, including:

Academic papers and notes (short papers) on a variety of topics, such as (ubiquitous computing, visualization, usability and user experience design) Posters and demonstrations Workshops and courses hosted by domain experts Invited panels on relevant topics Case studies from industry practitioners

Past and upcoming CHI conferences

Past and future CHI conferences include:

Year City Country Link Total attendance Completed Paper Submissions 1982 Gaithersburg USA 906 1983 Boston USA 1,000 1985 San Francisco USA 1,250 1986 Boston USA 1,275 1987 Toronto Canada 1,300 1988 Washington D.C. USA 1,450 1989 Austin US 1,611 1990 Seattle USA 2,263 1991 New Orleans USA 1,762 1992 Monterey USA 2,350 1993 Amsterdam Netherlands 1,608 1994 Boston USA 2,618 1995 Denver US https://chi1995.acm.org/ 2,254 1996 Vancouver Canada https://chi1996.acm.org/ 2,344 1997 Atlanta USA https://chi1997.acm.org/ 2,081 1998 Los Angeles USA https://chi1998.acm.org/ 2,310 1999 Pittsburgh USA https://chi1999.acm.org/ 2,264 2000 The Hague Netherlands https://chi2000.acm.org/ 2,628 2001 Seattle USA https://chi2001.acm.org/ 2,832 2002 Minneapolis USA https://chi2002.acm.org/ 1,726 2003 Fort Lauderdale USA https://chi2003.acm.org/ 1,435 2004 Vienna Austria https://chi2004.acm.org/ 1,815 2005 Portland USA https://chi2005.acm.org/ 1,947 2006 Montreal Canada https://chi2006.acm.org/ 2,250 2007 San Jose USA https://chi2007.acm.org/ 2,620 2008 Florence Italy https://chi2008.acm.org/ 2,361 2009 Boston USA https://chi2009.acm.org/ 2,358 2010 Atlanta USA http://chi2010.acm.org/ 2,384 2011 Vancouver Canada http://chi2011.acm.org/ 2,822 2012 Austin, Texas USA http://chi2012.acm.org 2,616 2013 Paris France http://chi2013.acm.org 3,443 2014 Toronto Canada http://chi2014.acm.org 3,001 2015 Seoul South Korea http://chi2015.acm.org 2,896 2016 San Jose USA http://chi2016.acm.org/ 3,624 2017 Denver USA https://chi2017.acm.org 2,939 2018 Montreal Canada https://chi2018.acm.org/ 3,372 2019 Glasgow UK https://chi2019.acm.org/ 3,855 2020 Cancelled https://chi2020.acm.org/ Canceled due to Covid-19 2021 Virtual https://chi2021.acm.org/ 5,145 2022 New Orleans, LA USA https://chi2022.acm.org/ 3,806 2023 Hamburg Germany https://chi2023.acm.org/ 4,721 2024 Honolulu USA https://chi2024.acm.org/ 4,120 2025 Yokohama Japan https://chi2025.acm.org/ 5,675 2026 Barcelona Spain https://chi2026.acm.org/ 6,731 2027 Pittsburgh USA https://chi2027.acm.org/

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External links

ACM SIGCHI website