Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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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 and is one of the top-ranked conferences in computer science.^[1] 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.

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.^[2] 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.^[3] 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.^[4]

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.^[5] 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.^[6] CHI reached over 3,300 attendees in 2013^[7] and 3,855 in 2019.^[8]

CHI 2020, which was originally planned to take place on April, was cancelled due to COVID-19, and CHI 2021^[9] 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.

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^[10] and future^[11] CHI conferences include:

Year	City	Country	Link	Total attendance[12]
2024	Honolulu	US	https://chi2024.acm.org/
2023	Hamburg	Germany	https://chi2023.acm.org/	3,888 (on site) / 819 (virtual) [13]
2022	New Orleans, LA	US	https://chi2022.acm.org/
2021	Virtual[a]		https://chi2021.acm.org/	4,500[14]
2020	Cancelled[b]		https://chi2020.acm.org/	Canceled due to Covid-19[15]
2019	Glasgow	UK	https://chi2019.acm.org/	3,855
2018	Montreal	Canada	https://chi2018.acm.org/	3,372
2017	Denver	US	https://chi2017.acm.org	2,939
2016	San Jose	US	http://chi2016.acm.org/	3,624
2015	Seoul	South Korea	http://chi2015.acm.org	2,896
2014	Toronto	Canada	http://chi2014.acm.org	3,001
2013	Paris	France	http://chi2013.acm.org	3,443
2012	Austin, Texas	US	http://chi2012.acm.org	2,616
2011	Vancouver	Canada	http://www.chi2011.org	2,822
2010	Atlanta	US	http://www.chi2010.org	2,384
2009	Boston	US	https://web.archive.org/web/20090401064142/http://www.chi2009.org/	2,358
2008	Florence	Italy	http://www.chi2008.org	2,361
2007	San Jose	US	http://www.chi2007.org	2,620
2006	Montreal	Canada	http://www.chi2006.org	2,250
2005	Portland	US	http://www.chi2005.org	1,947
2004	Vienna	Austria	http://www.chi2004.org	1,815
2003	Fort Lauderdale	US	http://www.chi2003.org	1,435
2002	Minneapolis	US	https://web.archive.org/web/20120503101627/http://old.sigchi.org/chi2002/	1,726
2001	Seattle	US	https://web.archive.org/web/20061205031817/http://acm.org/sigchi/chi2001/	2,832
2000	The Hague	Netherlands	https://web.archive.org/web/20061205032517/http://acm.org/sigchi/chi2000/	2,628
1999	Pittsburgh	US	https://web.archive.org/web/20120415172922/http://old.sigchi.org/chi99/	2,264
1998	Los Angeles	US	https://web.archive.org/web/20120503104258/http://old.sigchi.org/chi98/	2,310
1997	Atlanta	US	https://web.archive.org/web/20120509210544/http://old.sigchi.org/chi97/	2,081
1996	Vancouver	Canada	https://web.archive.org/web/20120415173511/http://old.sigchi.org/chi96/	2,344
1995	Denver	US	https://web.archive.org/web/20120509211217/http://old.sigchi.org/chi95/	2,254
1994	Boston	US		2,618
1993	Amsterdam	Netherlands		1,608
1992	Monterey	US		2,350
1991	New Orleans	US		1,762
1990	Seattle	US		2,263
1989	Austin	US		1,611
1988	Washington	US		1,450
1987	Toronto	Canada		1,300
1986	Boston	US		1,275
1985	San Francisco	US		1,250
1983	Boston	US		1,000
1982	Gaithersburg	US		906

• ACM SIGCHI website