SIGCHI

SIGCHI was formed in 1982 by renaming and refocusing the Special Interest Group on Social and Behavioral Computing (SIGSOC).

[2] The formation of the ACM SIGCHI was first publicly announced in 1982 during the Human Factors in Computer Systems conference in Gaithersburg, Maryland, US, organized by Bill Curtis and Ben Shneiderman.

Each year SIGCHI inducts around 7 or 8 people into the CHI Academy, honouring them for their significant contribution to the field of human–computer interaction.

Apart from CHI, SIGCHI sponsors or co-sponsors over 20 specialized conferences in topics related to HCI.

SIGCHI provides resources for the community to expand, grow and communicate in the form of Grants.