2024 CBI Human-Computer Interaction History Award Call (for nominations/self-nominations)

The way people and computers work together has been the subject of intense study since the beginnings of the computer age in the early 1950s. A discipline, known as Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), eventually emerged to formalize this research, composed of computer scientists, psychologists, cognitive scientists, artists, and many others. Since these early days of focus on the user experience, Human-Computer Interaction has helped create and shape our ever evolving digital world—from early graphics, networking, and graphical user interfaces to the Web, mobile, the Internet of Things, AI, and the Cloud.

The Annual CBI Ben Shneiderman Award in Human-Computer Interaction History recognizes excellence in advancing the history/social study (focus must be on change over time) of HCI. The award is for a published book, article, documentary, podcast, website, or other media on HCI’s past.

CBI Human-Computer Interaction History Award. Eligibility for the 2024 Award is for work (book, article, documentary, podcast, website, or other media) published in 2021, 2022 or 2023. It includes a $500 Prize.

How to Apply

To apply (self-nominations are welcome!) or nominate the work of a colleague, please submit either a PDF (or video or audio file if a documentary or podcast) of the book, or six physical copies to CBI at cbi@umn.edu (preferred)

Or, if mailing, send to:

CBI Human-Computer Interaction History Award (c/o Jeffrey Yost)
Charles Babbage Institute
University of Minnesota
222 - 21^st Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55455

Committee:

Jeffrey R. Yost (Chair), Charles Babbage Institute Director and Research Prof., University of Minnesota
Gerardo Con Diaz, Assoc. Prof. of STS, University of California, Davis
Teasel Muir-Harmony, Curator of Apollo Spacecraft Collections, National Air and Space, Smithsonian Institution
Fabio Paternò. Research Director of Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR) 
Elizabeth Petrick, Assoc. Prof. of History, Rice University
Dag Spicer, Senior Curator, Computer History Museum

The CBI’s and Committee’s decision about what is eligible and who is to receive the award is final.