Jessica Vitak
@vitak.bsky.social
She/her. Professor at University of Maryland's iSchool. Director of the HCIL. General Chair for CSCW 2025. Research: privacy, surveillance, data ethics. https://jessicavitak.com
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Want to catch up on the latest developments at CSCW? Curious about the budget, rolling deadlines, or volunteering? We've posted a blog with responses to the Q&A at the #cscw2025 town hall session, held during the conference. Read more here: medium.com/@acm-cscw/cs...
CSCW 2025 Town Hall Q&A
During CSCW 2025 in Bergen, we held a town hall session where we heard presentations by new steering committee chair Susan Fussell, as well…
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November 10, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Want to catch up on the latest developments at CSCW? Curious about the budget, rolling deadlines, or volunteering? We've posted a blog with responses to the Q&A at the #cscw2025 town hall session, held during the conference. Read more here: medium.com/@acm-cscw/cs...
About f*ing time.
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November 10, 2025 at 5:26 PM
About f*ing time.
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With the #chi2026 reviews coming out, I am posting my regular reminder to folks who do qualitative research. I have been curating a document with common critiques of qual research and how to respond. Check it out and add your own examples!
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Reviewer Critiques (Qualitative Methods) and How to Respond to Them
Reviewer Critiques (Qualitative Methods) and How to Respond to Them Author: Jessica Vitak (+ anyone who adds to the document) About This Document (and a disclaimer) Reviewing is a highly subjective pr...
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November 6, 2025 at 8:28 PM
With the #chi2026 reviews coming out, I am posting my regular reminder to folks who do qualitative research. I have been curating a document with common critiques of qual research and how to respond. Check it out and add your own examples!
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Wait, do most people have fungi friends? Am I missing out because I *don't* have a fungi friend? Where do I find a fungi friend -- should I just wander through the woods until I see someone?
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Mushrooms Galore: Best Gifts for Your Fungi Friend
For foragers, chefs, and mycologists—these are mushroom gifts every fungi lover will adore.
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November 6, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Wait, do most people have fungi friends? Am I missing out because I *don't* have a fungi friend? Where do I find a fungi friend -- should I just wander through the woods until I see someone?
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Gina Neff @ginasue.bsky.social : What the CSCW community is well positioned to do:
*recognize work of negotiating innovation
*prepare people for increased capacity
*map institutional constraints
*co-create social structures that bring people together
#cscw2025
*recognize work of negotiating innovation
*prepare people for increased capacity
*map institutional constraints
*co-create social structures that bring people together
#cscw2025
October 22, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Gina Neff @ginasue.bsky.social : What the CSCW community is well positioned to do:
*recognize work of negotiating innovation
*prepare people for increased capacity
*map institutional constraints
*co-create social structures that bring people together
#cscw2025
*recognize work of negotiating innovation
*prepare people for increased capacity
*map institutional constraints
*co-create social structures that bring people together
#cscw2025
Gina Neff @ginasue.bsky.social : Innovation isn't disruption, it's negotiation.
How do you make room for negotiating innovation? Reconsider team environment and team structure. Add more time and space to figure out what works--and what doesn't.
#cscw2025
How do you make room for negotiating innovation? Reconsider team environment and team structure. Add more time and space to figure out what works--and what doesn't.
#cscw2025
October 22, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Gina Neff @ginasue.bsky.social : Innovation isn't disruption, it's negotiation.
How do you make room for negotiating innovation? Reconsider team environment and team structure. Add more time and space to figure out what works--and what doesn't.
#cscw2025
How do you make room for negotiating innovation? Reconsider team environment and team structure. Add more time and space to figure out what works--and what doesn't.
#cscw2025
Gina Neff @ginasue.bsky.social shares her research on the evolution of technology and how it is shaping AI and the future of work. #cscw2025
October 22, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Gina Neff @ginasue.bsky.social shares her research on the evolution of technology and how it is shaping AI and the future of work. #cscw2025
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Not only is General Chair @vitak.bsky.social running #CSCW2025 with Fabiano Pinatti, but she also gave a talk on research about helping incidental users navigate privacy risks in smart environments.
October 22, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Not only is General Chair @vitak.bsky.social running #CSCW2025 with Fabiano Pinatti, but she also gave a talk on research about helping incidental users navigate privacy risks in smart environments.
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👋🏽 It's the final day of #CSCW2025! Gina Neff, Professor of Responsible AI at Queen Mary University London will be giving the closing keynote: 🎤 "Negotiating Innovation: What Construction's Digital Transformation Can Teach Us About AI and the Future of Work"
🕠 4:30pm
📍Peer Gynt-salen
🕠 4:30pm
📍Peer Gynt-salen
October 22, 2025 at 11:11 AM
👋🏽 It's the final day of #CSCW2025! Gina Neff, Professor of Responsible AI at Queen Mary University London will be giving the closing keynote: 🎤 "Negotiating Innovation: What Construction's Digital Transformation Can Teach Us About AI and the Future of Work"
🕠 4:30pm
📍Peer Gynt-salen
🕠 4:30pm
📍Peer Gynt-salen
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Our team presented five papers at the CSCW (computer supported cooperative work and social computing) conference this week in Bergen, Norway. (CSCW is an ACM conference and a “home conference” for my team.) I’m going to share a few highlights in a thread here.
October 22, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Our team presented five papers at the CSCW (computer supported cooperative work and social computing) conference this week in Bergen, Norway. (CSCW is an ACM conference and a “home conference” for my team.) I’m going to share a few highlights in a thread here.
Big congrats to Jill Diamond, Michaelanne Thomas, Daphne LaRose, and @asbruckman.bsky.social for winning the Lasting Impact Award for their 2013 paper Hollaback on the power of narrative.
#cscw2025
#cscw2025
October 22, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Big congrats to Jill Diamond, Michaelanne Thomas, Daphne LaRose, and @asbruckman.bsky.social for winning the Lasting Impact Award for their 2013 paper Hollaback on the power of narrative.
#cscw2025
#cscw2025
It's the final day of #cscw2025! I can't believe how quickly the last week has gone by, but I'm feeling very energized by this community, and I'm especially looking forward to Gina Neff (@ginasue.bsky.social) giving the closing keynote this afternoon.
October 22, 2025 at 8:13 AM
It's the final day of #cscw2025! I can't believe how quickly the last week has gone by, but I'm feeling very energized by this community, and I'm especially looking forward to Gina Neff (@ginasue.bsky.social) giving the closing keynote this afternoon.
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Let’s put CSCW on the map 🗺️ if you’re attending #CSCW2025, be sure to connect with someone new and interact with our Community Art Installation, located in the coffee area on the first floor 😊 A great way to meet someone new and find a CSCW connection from across the globe! 🌍 @acm-cscw.bsky.social
October 21, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Let’s put CSCW on the map 🗺️ if you’re attending #CSCW2025, be sure to connect with someone new and interact with our Community Art Installation, located in the coffee area on the first floor 😊 A great way to meet someone new and find a CSCW connection from across the globe! 🌍 @acm-cscw.bsky.social
Tomorrow at #cscw2025, I'll be briefly taking off my General Chair hat to present a paper led by my student Sunyup Park on smart tech/incidental use/privacy. Read more about the paper here (it's open access!): dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
Session: Perspectives on Data Privacy
Wed 14:30, Dovregubben-1
Session: Perspectives on Data Privacy
Wed 14:30, Dovregubben-1
In Search of
Smart devices--including speakers, cameras, TVs, and sensors--are increasingly used to enhance comfort, efficiency, security, and entertainment in and outside the home. These devices collect significant audio, video, and environmental data, and that data ...
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October 21, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Tomorrow at #cscw2025, I'll be briefly taking off my General Chair hat to present a paper led by my student Sunyup Park on smart tech/incidental use/privacy. Read more about the paper here (it's open access!): dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
Session: Perspectives on Data Privacy
Wed 14:30, Dovregubben-1
Session: Perspectives on Data Privacy
Wed 14:30, Dovregubben-1
Amy Bruckman (@asbruckman.bsky.social) is sharing updates on CSCW's shift to rolling deadlines. You can read more about the process and apply to be on the editorial board here: Read more details about rolling and apply to be on the editorial board: medium.com/acm-cscw/csc...
#cscw2025
#cscw2025
CSCW Rolling Submissions
CSCW is experimenting with a new format: rolling submissions. You will be able to submit work to CSCW whenever it is ready (no deadlines)…
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October 21, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Amy Bruckman (@asbruckman.bsky.social) is sharing updates on CSCW's shift to rolling deadlines. You can read more about the process and apply to be on the editorial board here: Read more details about rolling and apply to be on the editorial board: medium.com/acm-cscw/csc...
#cscw2025
#cscw2025
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@cfiesler.bsky.social, @vitak.bsky.social and I have another column in the @acm-sigchi.bsky.social newsletter on behalf of the SIGCHI Research Ethics Committee: "The Ethics of Consent: Reflecting on the Case of r/ChangeMyView"
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Newsletters
ACM SIGCHI is the leading international community of students and professionals interested in research, education, and practical applications of Human Computer Interaction.
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October 21, 2025 at 4:05 AM
@cfiesler.bsky.social, @vitak.bsky.social and I have another column in the @acm-sigchi.bsky.social newsletter on behalf of the SIGCHI Research Ethics Committee: "The Ethics of Consent: Reflecting on the Case of r/ChangeMyView"
sigchi.org/news/newslet...
sigchi.org/news/newslet...
What an amazing group of people I've had the privilege to work with over the last year+! I am so grateful to all the organizing committee, and especially my co-chair Fabiano Pinatti.
#cscw2025
#cscw2025
📸 Honoring the core organizing team behind CSCW 2025 for their exceptional behind-the-scenes work that made the conference possible!
#CSCW2025
#CSCW2025
October 20, 2025 at 9:32 AM
What an amazing group of people I've had the privilege to work with over the last year+! I am so grateful to all the organizing committee, and especially my co-chair Fabiano Pinatti.
#cscw2025
#cscw2025
We’re getting a fun history of the “European” CSCW (not a place but a state of mind) from one of the original CSCW researchers, Dr. Kari Kuutti.
#cscw2025
#cscw2025
October 20, 2025 at 7:43 AM
We’re getting a fun history of the “European” CSCW (not a place but a state of mind) from one of the original CSCW researchers, Dr. Kari Kuutti.
#cscw2025
#cscw2025
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👋🏽 Welcome to day 3 of #CSCW2025 and the first day of the full conference program! To get into the venue, use the door marked on the map below — walk past reception (resepsjon) and around the corner to the Peer Gynt sign / red carpet to pick up your badge. If you're a student, bring your student ID.
October 20, 2025 at 4:56 AM
👋🏽 Welcome to day 3 of #CSCW2025 and the first day of the full conference program! To get into the venue, use the door marked on the map below — walk past reception (resepsjon) and around the corner to the Peer Gynt sign / red carpet to pick up your badge. If you're a student, bring your student ID.
It’s Day 3 of #cscw2025 and things are really heating up. Our opening plenary and keynote is this morning at 9am CET, followed by a full day of paper presentations and our poster/demo reception this evening. Time to get excited!
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October 20, 2025 at 4:49 AM
It’s Day 3 of #cscw2025 and things are really heating up. Our opening plenary and keynote is this morning at 9am CET, followed by a full day of paper presentations and our poster/demo reception this evening. Time to get excited!
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Welcome to Day 2 of #cscw2025! We have six workshops and the doctoral consortium running today. You can also come by to pick up your name badge before the rush tomorrow.
See the full program here: programs.sigchi.org/cscw/2025
See the full program here: programs.sigchi.org/cscw/2025
Conference Programs
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October 19, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Welcome to Day 2 of #cscw2025! We have six workshops and the doctoral consortium running today. You can also come by to pick up your name badge before the rush tomorrow.
See the full program here: programs.sigchi.org/cscw/2025
See the full program here: programs.sigchi.org/cscw/2025
Exciting news! Just in time for the start of #cscw2025, the new issue of PACM HCI is out, featuring 400+ articles accepted at CSCW. All should be free to view now and many are open access. dl.acm.org/toc/pacmhci/...
October 18, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Exciting news! Just in time for the start of #cscw2025, the new issue of PACM HCI is out, featuring 400+ articles accepted at CSCW. All should be free to view now and many are open access. dl.acm.org/toc/pacmhci/...
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CSCW 2025 is underway in Bergen, Norway! 🇳🇴
Grateful to our Organizing Committee: catch them here and say Hi as you meet them: cscw.acm.org/2025/index.p...
Conference info: cscw.acm.org/2025/
Guides + paper highlights: medium.com/acm-cscw
Share your experience with #CSCW2025
Grateful to our Organizing Committee: catch them here and say Hi as you meet them: cscw.acm.org/2025/index.p...
Conference info: cscw.acm.org/2025/
Guides + paper highlights: medium.com/acm-cscw
Share your experience with #CSCW2025
cscw.acm.org
October 17, 2025 at 4:10 PM
CSCW 2025 is underway in Bergen, Norway! 🇳🇴
Grateful to our Organizing Committee: catch them here and say Hi as you meet them: cscw.acm.org/2025/index.p...
Conference info: cscw.acm.org/2025/
Guides + paper highlights: medium.com/acm-cscw
Share your experience with #CSCW2025
Grateful to our Organizing Committee: catch them here and say Hi as you meet them: cscw.acm.org/2025/index.p...
Conference info: cscw.acm.org/2025/
Guides + paper highlights: medium.com/acm-cscw
Share your experience with #CSCW2025