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Neha Kumar

@nehakumar

associate prof @GeorgiaTech • @sigchi president • human-centered computing & global development (hci4d) researcher • https://xitter.twitterapi.xyz/t.co/QPuA8GvgU5

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What @plopesresearch said. Regardless of who you voted for, we're here to serve, and we want this to be a better #SIGCHI4all. The survey will take you a minute. Thanks for your time! 🙏
Pedro Lopes (@plopesresearch) profile picturePedro Lopes@plopesresearch2 Jul 2024
Congrats to the new team leading @sigchi into bright futures, spearheaded by @nehakumar ! Even more important than who you voted on is that they are already at work and soliciting feedback from us, I've filled out the survey (takes 1 min): what changes do you want to see in #HCI?
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This is an invaluable set of reminders! Thank you @NivArora for putting together this list. 🙏🏾
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Thank you @sigchi! I'm overjoyed that all members of our current team on the slate of candidates were elected. This team accomplishment speaks to the vision and impact we've been striving towards. No greater reminder that team work truly does make the dream work! ✨ [1/3]
Neha Kumar (@nehakumar) profile pictureNeha Kumar@nehakumar6 Jun 2024
It has been a tremendous honor and a privilege to serve as @sigchi President over the last three years. It took time, energy, commitment, a whole lot of love (and undoubtedly some tears), to pull us out of the pandemic to the point that we are at today. [1/6]
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Kudos to everyone who had the courage and commitment to run! To those who voted us in, we count on your continued support in coming years. To others in SIGCHI, I hope we can draw on shared goals and commitments to drive the SIG's success. [2/3]
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If you are a @sigchi member, and would like to know where the SIG spends and why, do read this post, long as it admittedly is. And tell us what more you'd like to know! 🙏 medium.com/sigchi/on-sigchi-…
On SIGCHI Finances

On SIGCHI Finances

At the SIGCHI Town Hall during CHI 2024, the Executive Committee (EC) was asked for some clarifications regarding the SIG’s finances. We…

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So priceless to have been a part of @SachinPendse's PhD journey so full of insightful learning, inspirational commitment, and memorable conversations. You will be missed, Sachin! 🥳
Photos from Sachin's PhD years

ALT Photos from Sachin's PhD years

Sachin Pendse (@SachinPendse) profile pictureSachin Pendse@SachinPendse8 Jun 2024
Last week, I had the honor of sharing 5 years of collected research during my (successful!) PhD defense. Next, I'll spend one year as a @cbitshealth postdoc, then begin as an assistant professor at @UCSF_DOCIT in Sept 2025. I am so thankful and excited for what the future holds!
A picture of me with my advisors and committee members. After I was told that my defense had been successful, the question arose of how we could quickly take a formal (non-selfie) picture of my committee and me. I quickly walked to the hallway to see if there was anyone around who could take the picture, and stumbled upon a guy walking back from his lunch break, lunchbox in hand. Me (still in shock): "Hey, uh, I just successfully, uh, defended my dissertation...can you take a picture of me with my committee?" Him (with furrowed brow): "Hmm...yes, yes I do think I can." And then after a pause, with him deep in thought, he sprinted off into the distance. Me: "Wait, where are you going?! Could you take the picture?" Him: "Don't worry! This is my job! I'm getting my professional camera!" Thank you to JP Popham, a professional photographer for GT's College of Computing, who I happened to bump into. You certainly had more energy (and a better quality camera) than I did in that moment.

ALT A picture of me with my advisors and committee members. After I was told that my defense had been successful, the question arose of how we could quickly take a formal (non-selfie) picture of my committee and me. I quickly walked to the hallway to see if there was anyone around who could take the picture, and stumbled upon a guy walking back from his lunch break, lunchbox in hand. Me (still in shock): "Hey, uh, I just successfully, uh, defended my dissertation...can you take a picture of me with my committee?" Him (with furrowed brow): "Hmm...yes, yes I do think I can." And then after a pause, with him deep in thought, he sprinted off into the distance. Me: "Wait, where are you going?! Could you take the picture?" Him: "Don't worry! This is my job! I'm getting my professional camera!" Thank you to JP Popham, a professional photographer for GT's College of Computing, who I happened to bump into. You certainly had more energy (and a better quality camera) than I did in that moment.

My dissertation is entitled The Algorithm Keeps The Score: Identity, Marginalization, and Power in the Technology-Mediated Search for Care.

ALT My dissertation is entitled The Algorithm Keeps The Score: Identity, Marginalization, and Power in the Technology-Mediated Search for Care.

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It has been a tremendous honor and a privilege to serve as @sigchi President over the last three years. It took time, energy, commitment, a whole lot of love (and undoubtedly some tears), to pull us out of the pandemic to the point that we are at today. [1/6]
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And I’m endlessly grateful for all the support the SIGCHI Executive Committee received from so many of you across the world, in instituting the structural changes we sought to achieve towards ensuring inclusive infrastructures, a strong global SIGCHI presence, [2/6]
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The @acm_chi conference went by so fast, I'm glad my social media feed pulled this up for me today so I could relive this great effort from our student volunteers! youtube.com/watch?v=nvWRn77D… Thank you, Sangwook Lee, Songyun Tao, Hiroki Kaimoto, Lu Wang, and Konstantin Aal!
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Join us if post-growth interests you. All views welcome.
Vishāl Sharma (@iamviiish) profile pictureVishāl Sharma@iamviiish18 Dec 2023
inviting you to our one-day online-first hybrid workshop, Post-growth HCI: Co-envisioning HCI Beyond Economic Growth at #CHI2024 🐌 submission deadline: Feb 27 check our website for details: sites.google.com/view/post-g… p.s. our organizing committee is 🔥 join us 💜🥂 #degrowth
Details of the workshop organizers: Vishal Sharma, Georgia Institute of Technology USA and Anupriya Tuli IIIT-Delhi India, Asra Sakeen Wani, IIIT-Delhi India and Anjali Karol Mohan, Integrated Design Bangalore India and Bonnie Nardi, University of California Irvine USA and Marc Hassenzahl University of Siegen Germany, Morgan Vigil-Hayes, Northern Arizona University USA and Rilke Hagensby Jensen, Aarhus University Denmark and Shaowen Bardzell Georgia Institute of Technology and Neha Kumar Georgia Institute of Technology

ALT Details of the workshop organizers: Vishal Sharma, Georgia Institute of Technology USA and Anupriya Tuli IIIT-Delhi India, Asra Sakeen Wani, IIIT-Delhi India and Anjali Karol Mohan, Integrated Design Bangalore India and Bonnie Nardi, University of California Irvine USA and Marc Hassenzahl University of Siegen Germany, Morgan Vigil-Hayes, Northern Arizona University USA and Rilke Hagensby Jensen, Aarhus University Denmark and Shaowen Bardzell Georgia Institute of Technology and Neha Kumar Georgia Institute of Technology

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The deadline for #SIGCHI awards is now extended to *December 19*! *Note the change that ACM just approved* PhD advisors can nominate recent grads without having to undergo a selection process at their institution first. We hope this will encourage more nominations!
ACM SIGCHI (@sigchi) profile pictureACM SIGCHI@sigchi13 Dec 2023
📢AWARDS: The ACM has just approved removing the limit of only 1 nomination for the SIGCHI Outstanding Dissertation Award per department. This means that Ph.D. advisors can now nominate their recent graduates without coordinating with their institution. 1/3
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Please consider nominating your friends, colleagues, students for this year's #SIGCHI awards, and give the awards committee a wide variety of nominations to choose from.
ACM SIGCHI (@sigchi) profile pictureACM SIGCHI@sigchi11 Dec 2023
📢 Reminder: The deadline for submitting nominations for the #SIGCHIAwards is December 14, 2023. Nominate here: sigchi.submittable.com/submi…
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Read about ACM's upcoming transition to 100% Open Access, and how it might impact you as reader, (co-)author, institutional representative, organizer/editor, and @sigchi member. 👇🏾
ACM SIGCHI (@sigchi) profile pictureACM SIGCHI@sigchi30 Nov 2023
🎉 @TheOfficialACM is transitioning to 100% Open Access soon! Learn how this will impact our SIG now and in the long-term via our new blog post. medium.com/sigchi/about-acm-…
About ACM OPEN

About ACM OPEN

TL;DR: ACM’s transition to open access has implications for SIGCHI — its conferences and communities — now and potentially through the…

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These posts do a really nice job of laying out, comprehensively and transparently, the costs and challenges around #CHI as we know it. Many thanks to the CHI Steering Committee. Hopeful that the @sigchi community will actively participate in these upcoming conversations!
Dr. Regan Mandryk 🦋 @reganmandryk (@reganmandryk) profile pictureDr. Regan Mandryk 🦋 @reganmandryk@reganmandryk22 Nov 2023
The CHI Steering Committee wants your input on the future format and finances of CHI. Read our post (chi.acm.org/finances-and-for…), consider our proposals (chi.acm.org/finances-and-for…), provide feedback (surveymonkey.com/r/5XDGSCN), and join us for two online sessions. @acm_chi @sigchi 1/6
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More info about the #SIGCHI open sessions on Tuesday Sept. 5 is here: sigchi.org/events/list/ @sigchi @acm_chi #whychi
ACM SIGCHI (@sigchi) profile pictureACM SIGCHI@sigchi2 Sep 2023
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We will host open sessions on Tue Sept. 5 at 1PM UTC & 11PM UTC along with the CHI Steering Committee, for questions, concerns, and discussion regarding the location of CHI24 in Hawai’i. We will also discuss site selection considerations and processes across all SIGCHI conf. 2/3
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It’s been a journey. I’m so proud of the perseverance and, indeed, growth @iamviiish has demonstrated through the years shaping the work! Multiple rejections, learnings, revisions later, this is a paper I’m thrilled to have co-advised with the incredible @bonnienardi.
Vishāl Sharma (@iamviiish) profile pictureVishāl Sharma@iamviiish28 Jul 2023
our work on orienting HCI to after/beyond-economic growth politics will be in @acmtochi. we discuss liberating HCI from the capitalist paradigm causing issues of sustainability and development. 4y+ of work impossible without @nehakumar & @bonnienardi 💜 more soon! #Degrowth
Image from Vishāl Sharma (@iamviiish)
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Thank you @reganmandryk! This post is hopefully relevant for every @sigchi author, but also, don't miss the alt-text! 😂
ACM SIGCHI (@sigchi) profile pictureACM SIGCHI@sigchi7 Jul 2023
📣@reganmandryk, representing the #SIGCHI Publications Committee, has written a blog post to help SIGCHI members navigate ACM's recently updated Publication Policy and draws attention to the implications of using generative AI, more: medium.com/sigchi/acm-public…
ACM Publications Policy: Guidance for SIGCHI Venues

ACM Publications Policy: Guidance for SIGCHI Venues

UPDATE JUNE 2026: The ACM has a new policy on authorship that negates some of the content in this post, which was based on the 2023 update…

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The months before CHI are the busiest on the @sigchi EC, in our effort to 'reCHInnect' and make the most of precious in-person time. This post visibilizes some of that work. So grateful for this crew! @andrewkun @luigidr @avivacqua @nomadnico @SusanneCJBoll @DelightfulApps [1/2]
ACM SIGCHI (@sigchi) profile pictureACM SIGCHI@sigchi4 Jul 2023
Replying to @sigchi @nehakumar @andrewkun
📰 You can also read this article on our Medium publication here: medium.com/sigchi/rechinnect…
ReCHInnected!

ReCHInnected!

This post was published in the July-August 2023 issue of the Interactions magazine.

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@haochuan @katta_spiel @avakaya_annam @Pejman_MB @kashtodi @SKriglstein @dj_hci @helena_mentis @susandra @CalePassmore @CatiaPrandi @keithinstone Naomi Yamashita and Abhinav Thukral #CHI2023 [2/2]
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All the very best to you @iogburu!!
Ihudiya Finda Williams, Ph.D. (@iogburu) profile pictureIhudiya Finda Williams, Ph.D.@iogburu2 Jul 2023
📣📣📣Special Announcement! 📣📣📣 I am happy to announce my new academic home. youtu.be/6AkwcZEUWlw
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For the new fiscal year starting July 1, this is what our spending (and income) is likely to look like @sigchi. Read @luigidr's post and tell us if you think we should be doing this differently. And if you agree, that too would be great to know! 🙏🏾🫶🏾
ACM SIGCHI (@sigchi) profile pictureACM SIGCHI@sigchi3 Jul 2023
👀💰Read VP Finance @luigidr blog post on the #SIGCHI budget for fiscal year '23-'24. medium.com/sigchi/the-fy24-s… SIGCHI’s finances are in good shape. Our budget gives ample room to continue current offerings while also starting initiatives that will potentially benefit [1/2]
The FY24 SIGCHI Budget

The FY24 SIGCHI Budget

TL;DR: This blog post details the financial commitments of SIGCHI for the fiscal year that just started (July 1, 2023 — June 30, 2024).

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Nice workshop keynote on hybrid by @avivacqua at #chiwork2023 -- on why we should do hybrid and how we can do it better!
A zoom presentation window -- on the left a slide that says "Hybrid? No thanks!" and on the right, Adriana's talking face.

ALT A zoom presentation window -- on the left a slide that says "Hybrid? No thanks!" and on the right, Adriana's talking face.

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For your reading pleasure: medium.com/sigchi blog updates from Naomi Yamashita and me on (1) membership—how it has changed in the last two years, (2) analysis of our recent membership survey, and (3) the plenary panel at #CHI2023 on sustainability and @sigchi.
ACM SIGCHI

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For/By the SIGCHI Community

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ACM SIGCHI (@sigchi) profile pictureACM SIGCHI@sigchi6 Jun 2023
Check out our 3 new #SIGCHI blog posts on medium.com/sigchi: #1 from @nehakumar—an analysis on SIGCHI membership changes over the last 2 years: medium.com/sigchi/membership… [1/3]
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