Professional Associations

The following is a list of academic and professional associations (and a few conferences run by some of these associations) that faculty and students in the Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering (HCDE) often find relevant to their work:

• Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
  • ACM SIGCHI (or just "CHI")
    Many professionals belong to the Association for Computing Machinery's special interest group for those interested in the computer-human interface.
  • ACM SIGDOC
    Professionals working on the design of communication can benefit from this special interest group of the Association for Computing Machinery.
• American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
• American Education Research Association
• American Society for Engineering Education
• AMIA—Informatics Professionals. Leading the Way.
• Association of Teachers of Technical Writing 2011 (ATTW)
• Cognitive Science Society
• Computing Research Association (CRA)
• CRA's Committee on the Status of Women in Computing Research
• Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication
• The Design Society
• European Society for Engineering Education (SEFI)
• HCI International
• IEEE Computer Society
• IEEE Professional Communication Society (PCS)
• Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management (ISCRAM)
• International Association for Development of the Information Society
  
• International Communication Association (ICA)
• International Network of Engineering Studies (INES)
• International Society of the Learning Sciences
  
• Latinas in Computing
• Pervasive Computing and Communications
• Society for Technical Communication (STC)
  If you live in the Seattle area, check the web page for the STC's Puget Sound Chapter.
• Usability Professionals Association.
  
• User Modeling, Adaptation, and Personalization.
• Writers UA.
  

You can view an up to date list of conferences and meetings about HCI topics at http://www.conference-service.com/conferences/human-computer-interaction.html.