Max Wilson (Papers Co-Chair 2023 and 2024) In this blog post, I look at data from the CHI2023 reviewing process, particularly in phase 1 (the first reviews that every paper gets). I analyse the difference between reviews that get marked as ‘high quality’ and those that do not. I examine length in relation to recommendation, … Continue reading →
Hello everyone, It’s t-shirt design time! Every year we call on students to design the wonderful t-shirt that our SVs wear! If your design is selected, you get a free SV spot! That means you move off the waitlist, or if you’re already accepted, you can give the spot to a friend (as long as … Continue reading →
Julie R. Williamson (Papers Co-Chair 2022 and 2023) The first round of the review process is complete, and authors will now know if they have been invited to revise and resubmit (at least one reviewer recommends Revise and Resubmit or Better). This short post will help you understand how to interpret your reviews and decide … Continue reading →
Julie R. Williamson (Papers Co-Chair 2022 and 2023) Tldr; Categorical recommendations are a better representation of reviewers’ views and a better indicator of paper outcomes. Ordinal recommendations are a poor indicator of paper outcomes, and lean towards a negative view of papers even when reviewers recommend acceptance. Rigour is the most important criteria in paper … Continue reading →
In a few weeks, the CHI’23 paper chairs and SCs will start recruiting ACs for CHI’23. If you like to be considered, please go to https://new.precisionconference.com/ and on the submissions page select ‘SIGCHI’ -> ‘CHI 2023’ -> ‘CHI 2023 AC Volunteering’ from the dropdown menu, then fill out the volunteer form. The form has been streamlined this year to make volunteering easier, the simplified form should only take a few minutes to fill out. The volunteer form will close April 25 end of day anywhere on earth. Continue reading →
For CHI'23 we made significant improvements to the revise and resubmit (R&R) process based on the feedback we received from CHI’22. Our main goals were to allow more authors to go through R&R to improve their papers and respond to the reviews, to reduce the volunteer workload, and to remove holiday working, whilst keeping the benefits of the revise and resubmit process. This post outlines how the new revise and resubmit process looks and how we’ve addressed our goals for this process. Continue reading →
