BostonCHI

Official account of BostonCHI, the New England chapter of ACM SIGCHI. Visit our website for monthly events and talks.

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Upcoming #BostonCHI talk

"No AI About Us, Without Us" with Cecily Morrison (@MSFTResearch) on engaging disability communities in shaping AI image generation.

📅 Tue, Apr 28 | 5:30–7:30 PM ET
📍 Microsoft NERD Center, Cambridge
🔗 https://t.co/MSKmaHipHO

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What if tech paid attention to your values instead of hijacking them?

Last week at #BostonCHI, Ziv Epstein from MIT unpacked what it means to reinvent the attention machine - and the room was buzzing.

Thanks Ziv, and thanks to everyone who came out!
#HCI #AttentionEconomy

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🚨 Next #BostonCHI Talk 🚨

"Re-Inventing the Attention Machine" with Ziv Epstein (@MIT) 🧠⚡

📅 April 8 | 6 – 8 PM
📍 West Village H, Northeastern University
🔗 Register: https://t.co/FHWqj2K1IJ

#HCI #AttentionEconomy #ResponsibleAI

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Huge thanks to everyone who came out for #BostonCHI's "Vibing With Your AI" with Smit Desai!

A night full of honest, human-centered conversations about how we relate to AI - and why it matters. Grateful to Smit and our incredible organizing team for making it happen. 👋

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Upcoming #BostonCHI Talk – March 26

Vibing with Your AI with Smit Desai

Exploring how AI is shifting from tools to personality-driven systems and what it means for design, trust, and human-centered AI

Northeastern CAMD, 5:00–6:30 PM

🔗 https://t.co/5ton4Bw4pb

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Sharing from the Digital Civics Initiative (led by Prof. Christopher Le Dantec):

New Civic Terrains Speaker Series
🎤 Dr. Burcu Baykurt
“Smart as a City”
📅 Feb 26 | 🕐 1PM
📍 Center for Design

Register 👇
https://t.co/lHoHnakO29

#BostonCHI #NewCivicTerrains #HCI #SmartCities

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Thank you to everyone who joined the #BostonCHI talk “Bringing Digital Empathy to Conversational AI Agents” with Javier Hernandez (Microsoft Research). Great discussions on empathy, HCI & conversational AI.

Thanks to our organizing team & Center for Design at CAMD for hosting.

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Upcoming #BostonCHI talk (Feb 10): Bringing Digital Empathy to Conversational AI Agents with Javier Hernandez (Microsoft Research).

📍 Northeastern CAMD | 6–8 PM

🔗 https://t.co/CvBvdPeWx4

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Due to unforeseen circumstances, today’s BostonCHI event has been postponed.

We appreciate your patience and look forward to sharing an updated schedule soon.

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Upcoming #BostonCHI Talk – Jan 29, 2026

“They call it HCI for a reason: finding balance between humans and AI in UX”

📍 CfD, Northeastern
⏰ 6–8 PM
👤 With Clare Cady
🔗 https://t.co/P6ZKetgulH

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Thanks to everyone who joined our @BostonCHI talk on LLMs as UXR Participants! 🤖✨

Huge thanks to Aaron Gardony for the insights. 🙌
Shoutout to the team: Kashif, Ankita, Todd, Dakuo & Sundar, and our host @Northeastern @NU_CfD!#UXResearch #AI #HCI #BostonCHI

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Upcoming BostonCHI Talk with Aaron Gardony - Dec 11, 2025

“LLMs as UXR Participants?: A How-To Guide & Comparative Analysis”

📍 CfD, Northeastern
⏰ 6–8 PM
🔗 https://t.co/odaPOgAwBt

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If you’re passionate about UX and design, don’t miss the UX Fair 2025

📍 MassArt, Boston | 🗓️ Nov 14 | ⏰ 4–8 PM

Hosted by Boston UXPA — open to all design enthusiasts!

Register here: https://t.co/xsdgE5M9MX

#BostonCHI #UXFair #UXDesign #BostonUXPA #DesignCommunity

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Great evening at the #BostonCHI November Talk with Katelyn Morrison from the @cmuhcii , exploring Explainable AI in Human AI Interactions.

Huge thanks to @Northeastern’s @NU_CfD for hosting us, and to the organizing team.

#HCI #ExplainableAI #DesignResearch #TechForGood

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Join us Nov 3 for our next BostonCHI talk:
Expanding the Design Space for Explainable AI in Human–AI Interactions with Katelyn Morrison (PhD Candidate, CMU).

6–8 PM | Center for Design, Northeastern University

Register: https://t.co/ERpgcNNJ8O

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Great evening at the BostonCHI October Talk today with Prof. Philipp Wintersberger on AI-Supported Multitasking in Human–Computer Interaction.

Thanks to everyone who joined in person and online, and to @NU_CfD for hosting this engaging session!

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💡 Join us for the next #BostonCHI Talk!
🎙️ AI-Supported Multitasking in Human-Computer Interaction with Prof. Philipp Wintersberger (ITU, Austria)
🗓️ Oct 15, 6–8 PM
📍 Center for Design, Northeastern Univ

🔗 Register: https://t.co/xQtnaNx98E

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The next BostonCHI meeting is a CSCW Paper Swap Workshop on Fri, Oct 11 at 2:30 PM. Learn more and register: https://t.co/2u9z71Lj6g

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Upcoming event! Remote! Code for Boston Civic Hack Night on Aug 15, 2023 07:00PM ET. Learn more & register:https://t.co/zHKFKZdXkg

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Upcoming event! UXPA Boston Meeting: Leveraging a Strategic Research Framework on Aug 12, 2023 09:00AM ET. Learn more & register:https://t.co/TUpIppPrxX