Why Your Team Can't Write CHI Papers

About this episode

Professor Jim Wallace discusses effective strategies for writing and getting papers accepted at the CHI conference.

How to Write CHI Papers with Jim Wallace - Episode Shownotes Episode Overview Getting a paper into CHI (the top Human-Computer Interaction conference) is harder than ever. In this episode, Professor Jim Wallace from the University of Waterloo reveals the exact writing process, template, and mindset that gets papers accepted. We discuss the abstract-first method, the three-paragraph expansion technique, and why hard and fast iteration is the only way papers actually get written. Guest Professor Jim Wallace Associate Professor, School of Public Health Sciences, University of Waterloo Former CHI Associate Chair (Games and Play subcommittee) CHI Science Jam organizer Creator of the CHIzen LaTeX template Key Topics Covered What Types of Papers Does CHI Want? Harder to publish : Systems papers, bibliographical work, meta-reviews Growing trend : Reflective and meta papers about HCI research methods Exciting developments : Papers examining research practices, statistical methods, and theoretical foundations The balance between artifact-driven research and methodological reflection The Abstract-First Writing Method Jim's recommended approach for writing CHI papers: Start with the abstract…

People in this episode

Host: Lennart Nacke, PhD

Guest: Jim Wallace

Topics covered

• CHI papers
• writing process
• Human-Computer Interaction
• research methods
• iteration in writing

Keywords

• CHI papers
• writing techniques
• abstract-first method
• iteration
• research practices

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: University of Waterloo, School of Public Health Sciences

Products: CHIzen LaTeX template