improving international communication and cooperation in sigchi
SIGCHI, as the world's leading association for computer-human interaction, aspires to being a world-wide venue for our community. Of SIGCHI's local chapters, nine are located in Canada, France, Italy, Mexico, the Netherlands, Russia and Switzerland, and fourteen are in the USA. This demonstrates the success of SIGCHI's work to become more relevant internationally but, as indicated in the latest "From the Chairs" column in the SIGCHI Bulletin, there is still much to be done. Some issues include: Differences in intellectual and research traditions Practices and perceptions of SIGCHI within national communities Language barriers and problems in sharing HCI research and publications Differences in cultural traditions Differences in social and business interaction stylesThrough identifying and addressing these sorts of issues. SIGCHI can leverage its past and current work on internationalization.
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