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
🔗 eventbrite.com/e/no-ai-about…
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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: eventbrite.com/e/re-inventin…
#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
🔗 eventbrite.com/e/vibing-with…
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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 👇
eventbrite.com/e/new-civic-t…
#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
🔗 eventbrite.com/e/bringing-di…
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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
🔗 eventbrite.com/e/they-call-i…
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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
🔗 eventbrite.com/e/llms-as-uxr…
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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: event.fourwaves.com/uxfair20…
#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: eventbrite.com/e/expanding-t…
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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: eventbrite.com/e/ai-supporte…
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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: eventbrite.com/e/cscw-paper-…
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Upcoming event! Remote! Code for Boston Civic Hack Night on Aug 15, 2023 07:00PM ET. Learn more & register:google.com/calendar/event?ei…
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Upcoming event! UXPA Boston Meeting: Leveraging a Strategic Research Framework on Aug 12, 2023 09:00AM ET. Learn more & register:google.com/calendar/event?ei…
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