About ACM/SIGCHI

Founded in 1947, the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) is the largest and oldest educational and scientific computer organization in the industry today. ACM's name reflects the concerns of its founders (i.e., machinery), but ACM's vitality stems from its members - their ideas and experience. ACM is a society of individuals, a living vehicle for the continuity of professional standards and traditions. From a dedicated group of 78, ACM is now 85,000 strong, with 33 special interest groups (SIGs), including SIGCHI (Special Interest Group for Computer and Human Interaction), and more than 600 chapters and student chapters.

The scope of SIGCHI consists of the study of the human-computer interaction process and includes research, design, development and evaluation efforts for interactive computing systems. The focus of SIGCHI is on how people communicate and interact with a broadly defined range of computer systems. SIGCHI serves as a forum for the exchange of ideas among computer scientists, human factors scientists, psychologists, social scientists, systems designers and end users. Over 6,200 professionals work together toward common goals and objectives.

Membership applications for ACM/SIGCHI can be obtained by contacting the ACM Headquarters via electronic mail at: ACMHELP@ACM.ORG, or by calling: +1 (212) 626-0500.

Keith Instone // instone@acm.org // 94-12-06