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'''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] | '''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/] | '''DIS''' - Not only an insult in the 90s. Designing Interactive Systems. Operated by ACM CHI. [http://dis2018.org/ 2018 Conference] | ||
'''IC2S2''' - [https://ic2s2.org/ The International Conference on Computational Social Science] | '''IC2S2''' - [https://ic2s2.org/ The International Conference on Computational Social Science] | ||
Revision as of 19:23, 23 February 2018
This page contains jargon and common shorthand used within the team and perhaps more broadly.
ASA - American Sociological Association or, more typically, it's 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
IC2S2 - The International Conference on Computational Social Science
jitsi - (pronounced 'JIT-see'). An online meetings platform similar to Google Hangout. Jitsi Project Site
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'). GNU Package Manager, for team use on hyak.
