Many Italians researchers have gathered around the SIGCHI-Italy banner during CHI 2018 in Montreal, Canada. Here they are!
We are proud to announce that Prof. Maria Francesca Costabile, received the SIGCHI Lifetime Service Award, a prestigious conferment granted to “individuals who have contributed to the growth and success of SIGCHI”.
Maria Francesca is one of the founding members of the Italian Chapter of ACM SIGCHI, and served as the first Chair from 1996 to 2000.
The whole group congratulates Francesca for such a remarkable achievement.
Read more on the University of Bari website.
We are happy to announce our first keynote speaker: Marianna Obrist! She will give a talk entitled “Mastering the Senses in HCI: Towards Multisensory Interfaces”
Please find more information at the following URL:
The 12-th edition of CHItaly, the biannual conference of the SIGCHI Italian chapter will be held in Cagliari. The conference will be organized by Davide Spano (University of Cagliari) and Fabio Paternò (ISTI-CNR), the program co-chairs will be Carmen Santoro (ISTI-CNR) and Carmelo Ardito (University of Bari). The conference will be held in mid-September 2017.
The association website has a new URL: http://sigchitaly.eu. Please update your bookmarks and links on your websites.
On this basis, an initial working group was set up with Cristina Gena SIG CHI Italy, Daniela Fogli SIG CHI Italy/SIE, Rossana Actis-Grosso SIG CHI Italy/SIE, Silvia Gilotta SIE.