It is our pleasure to introduce the Proceedings of the 1st Colombo SIGCHI Research Showcase 2021 organized by the Colombo ACM SIGCHI chapter. Due to the current pandemic situation, the event held online via the ZOOM platform on 26th, June 2021. Nearly 80+ audience was enlightened by the invited speech…

Colombo SIGCHI Research Showcase is a premier virtual event for local researchers enthusiastic in Human-Computer Interaction and related…

A new chapter of the Colombo ACM SIGCHI Chapter dawned with the session conducted on the 19th of March 2021 on Connecting HCI Projects Across the Country. This session primarily aimed to connect experienced researchers in the country along with young undergraduates — to collaborate on numerous HCI projects. This…

Name: Dilrukshi Gamage Affiliation: University of Moratuwa Tell us a bit of your background, how did you know about HCI and where did you start? I have done my bachelor's in Information Technology in 2001 and did not know much about HCI or if there is such a field. However, I had a strong interest in designing technologies for humans. Soon after my degree, I lived…

Name: Indika Karunaratne Affiliation: University of Moratuwa Tell us a bit of your background, how did you know about HCI and where did you start? I first learnt HCI as a subject during my postgraduate studies at UCSC and was inspired by the three contexts of use: useful, usable, and used. This motivated me to explore further, and there I learned the diversity and the potential loomed behind…

Name: Primal Wijesekera Affiliation: University of California, Berkeley & ICSI (a UC Berkeley affiliated independent research institute) Tell us a bit of your background, how did you know about HCI and where did you start? I graduated from the University of Colombo School of Computing in 2008 with a keen interest in Systems research. I completed an MSc from the University of British Columbia, Canada, on…