Migration paths of the brazilian HCI community

Abstract

As the IHC conference series matures, the Brazilian HCI research community may benefit from an introspective account of its development. We have analyzed the metadata of all full papers published in IHC, the CV of the most prolific authors (i.e. the 105 authors who had more than one paper at IHC), and elaborated a survey to collect data regarding researchers' migration. In this paper, we analyze how researchers have migrated from their institutions of origin to obtain their advanced degrees elsewhere, and how many have come back and some have moved to yet another institution following work opportunities. This migration has shaped collaboration and fostered emerging HCI research groups in diverse institutions, contributing to the diffusion of HCI research throughout Brazil. This paper provides a big picture of the community and a historic perspective on how we got here.