From: fullerr@cgsvax.claremont.edu Subject: ON THE NET: Students.chi Date: Sun, 20 Jun 1993 01:25:55 GMT Organization: The Claremont Graduate School CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: STUDENTS.CHI@XEROX.COM ------------------------------------------------- Computer-Human Interface Students: You are invited to participate in STUDENTS.CHI. The SIGCHI Extended Executive Committee (EEC) and Xerox (the corporate sponsor of the CHI email distribution lists) have approved the creation of STUDENTS.CHI as a new distribution channel within the HCI community: Any comments sent to "STUDENTS.CHI@XEROX.COM" will be distributed free of charge to all of the other participants. The objective of STUDENTS.CHI is to distribute information and share perspectives of particular concern to students involved in any aspect of the human factors and computing field. The Human-Computer Interaction field (HCI) focuses on the research, design, development and evaluation of human-computer communication and interaction. The students involved in human factors and computing represent a unique multidisciplinary and multicultural group. Some of the disciplines included are Anthropology, Architecture, Art, Computer Science, Cognitive Science, Design, Economics, Education, Engineering, Human Factors, Information Sciences, Mathematics, Media Studies, Physics, and Psychology. Participants come from all continents, except Antarctica. Traditionally, conferences have provided the only opportunity for "HCI" students to share information with other students. Although there are now a number of these in North America and in Europe (CHI, Interact, UIST, CSCW, ECSCW, IWIUI, HCI international, BCS HCI and OZCHI) the cost of attending is prohibitive, and only a small percentage of students can afford to go to these conferences. The STUDENTS.CHI list will be an alternative means of sharing information and perspectives. Some of the specific goals of STUDENTS.CHI for the next year will be: 1. To distribute information of particular concern to students and the human factors and computing field. This information will include: * Calls for student volunteers * Information on available funding and scholarships * Information regarding university HCI programs * Lists of thesis and dissertations in progress 2. To serve as a forum for students to share ideas about methods and practices within HCI. Graduate students are often working toward the completion of a project or a thesis. Waiting until the next HCI conference to talk to other students who may be working on the same ideas is often not convenient or possible. STUDENTS.CHI could also serve as a intermediate posting for experimental results, as well as a means of distributing abstracts from recently finished dissertations. Students can also use the list to locate other students working on particular topics and to find out about available resources within the HCI community. 3. To foster a greater understanding of the complexity of human computer interaction through increased communication. No one discipline or culture holds the "key" to HCI, and an understanding of the interrelationships and incompatibilities of the many disciplines and cultures involved in CHI should result in better research and products. Students are also reminded of the other distribution lists that ACM SIGCHI and Xerox maintain. Lists offering information and announcements relevant to CHI as well as discussion on a wide variety of topics are open to all students. Of particular interest to you might be: announcements.chi Broadcasts messages of general interest educators.chi Discussion of education in HCI issues ii.chi Messages related to intelligent interfaces intercultural.chi Cross-cultural issues and SIGCHI socialaction.chi Discussion of CHI-related Social Issues techprogram.chi Long range planning of CHI conf. program vision.chi Discussions related to the future of SIGCHI As a final note: Please try and enroll into STUDENTS.CHI (and all of the other CHI lists maintained at Xerox.com) with a permanent email address. If a large percentage of students enroll with addresses that change every semester then it will overwhelm the list manager at Xerox. Many schools give students computer (and email) access only when enrolled in a computer/information science course. Some system administrators will allow students that can demonstrate need to have more permanent computer accounts. You may want to ask a faculty member for guidance. How to enroll: ------------- Send a list of the CHI lists that you want to receive to Nick Briggs at "Registrar.chi@xerox.com". If you have any questions regarding this call for participation and the information contained within please contact me: Rodney Fuller Department of Psychology Claremont Graduate School Claremont, CA 91711 USA fullerr@cgsvax.claremont.edu -or- fullerr@clargrad.bitnet