THE TECHNICALCOMMITTEE FOR HUMAN INTERFACE(SICE-JAPAN)---ANINTRODUCTION MASAAKI KUROSU 1 OVERVIEW In Japan, several of the academic associations are supporting research activity on the human interface from various approaches (e.g., information processing, cognitive science, artificial intelligence, human factors, etc.). Among them, the Technical Committee (TC) for Human Interface of the Society of Instrument and Control Engineers (SICE) is a representative one in the size of its membership and the variety of the activities. Based on technical success of sponsoring a symposium on Man-Machine Interface from 1982 to 1984, SICE decided to establish an independent committee on this subject in 1984. After discussions on the direction of the activity, the Technical Committee reached a decision to name it the Human Interface TC rather than the Man-Machine Interface TC to reflect an interest in a broad range of subjects. In 1986, the committee began to operate as an independent TC within SICE. increased from 244 in 1985 to 429 in 1991 and the size of the proceedings has grown from 474 pages in 1985 to 717 pages in 1991. In 1991, the number of presentations at the paper session was 77 and that at the poster session was 34. Themes presented at
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