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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 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). 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). Overview

DIS - Not only an insult in the 90s. Designing Interactive Systems. Operated by ACM CHI. 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 - The International Conference on Computational Social Science

jitsi - (pronounced 'JIT-see'). An online meetings platform similar to Google Hangout. 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[edit]

Hyak - (pronounced 'Hi-yak'). Supercomputer at UW. See hyak.

Nada - Another computer at UW mainly for interacting with the Internet.

Asha - Another computer at UW mainly for working with Scratch data.

Things that used to be on the above list but are not so important[edit]

guix - (pronounced 'geeks'). GNU Package Manager, for team use on hyak.

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 ''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]
-'''guix''' - (pronounced 'geeks'). [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Guix GNU Package Manager], for team use on hyak.
+'''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]
+'''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]
+'''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 ===
+'''Hyak'''  - (pronounced 'Hi-yak'). Supercomputer at UW. See [[hyak]].
+'''Nada''' - Another computer at UW mainly for interacting with the Internet.
+'''Asha''' - Another computer at UW mainly for working with Scratch data.
+== Things that used to be on the above list but are not so important ==
+'''guix''' - (pronounced 'geeks'). [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Guix GNU Package Manager], for team use on hyak.