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''This page contains jargon and common shorthand used within the team and perhaps more broadly.''
''This page contains jargon and common shorthand used within the team and perhaps more broadly.''
'''APSA''' - '''American Political Science Association'''
'''ASA''' - '''American Sociological Association''' or, more typically, its [http://www.asanet.org/annual-meeting-2018 annual meeting] held each year; less commonly, the '''American Statistical Association'''


'''CHI''' - (pronounced 'kai' not 'chee'). The Conference on Human Computer Interaction (CHI stands for Computer-Human Interaction). A division of the ACM (Association of Computing Machinery). [https://chi2017.acm.org/ 2017 Conference]  
'''CHI''' - (pronounced 'kai' not 'chee'). The Conference on Human Computer Interaction (CHI stands for Computer-Human Interaction). A division of the ACM (Association of Computing Machinery). [https://chi2017.acm.org/ 2017 Conference]  


'''CSCW''' - (pronounced as quickly as possible). The Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing. A division of the ACM (Association of Computing Machinery). [https://cscw.acm.org Overview]
'''CSCW''' - (pronounced as quickly as possible). The Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing. A division of the ACM (Association of Computing Machinery). [https://cscw.acm.org]
 
'''DIS''' - Not only an insult in the 90s. Designing Interactive Systems. Operated by ACM CHI. [http://dis2018.org/ 2018 Conference]
 
'''foo''' (alternately, '''bar''') -- an oldskool computer nerd way of talking about 'whatever you named the thing'
 
'''global meeting''' -- all CDSC members meeting
 
'''local meeting''' -- campus-specific meetings
 
'''IC2S2''' - [https://ic2s2.org/ The International Conference on Computational Social Science]


'''jitsi''' - (pronounced 'JIT-see'). An online meetings platform similar to Google Hangout. [https://jitsi.org/ Jitsi Project Site]
'''jitsi''' - (pronounced 'JIT-see'). An online meetings platform similar to Google Hangout. [https://jitsi.org/ Jitsi Project Site]
'''1AC''' - First Associate Chair. Boss of the review of an article. (Used in CHI, CSCW)
'''2AC''' - Second Associate Chair. Backup to the boss of the review of an article. (Used in CHI, CSCW, elsewhere)


=== Computers ===
=== Computers ===
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