The CHI '95 doctoral consortium

Abstract

For the past 10 years, SIGCHI has sponsored a Doctoral Consortium which is held at the annual CHI conference. Traditionally, the Doctoral Consortium has been a closed event in which an invited group of doctoral candidates present their research-in-progress to each other and to a faculty committee. In addition to the presentations, there are typically group exercises and discussion sessions which are designed to allow the Doctoral Consortium participants to get to know one another better, to think about their research in the larger context of the CHI field, and to become more fully integrated citizens of the CHI community. Participants in the Doctoral Consortium also are encouraged to participate in the CHI conference poster event.The CHI '95 Doctoral Consortium, held May 7-8 in Denver, Colorado, followed the traditional format described above. However, in keeping with the approach of continuous innovation and iterative design which is ingrained in the CHI conference planning process, the students and faculty who participated in this year's event also thought about ways to improve upon that format. The main opportunity we see for the future is to create more of a link between the Doctoral Consortium and the main conference. The sections below will report on both the key events of this year's Doctoral Consortium and on the ideas we have for the future.