ACM Interactions

Authors:
Gerrit van der Veer

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CHI 2012 in Austin, Texas (May 5–10), marks the 30th anniversary of our society. The first conference, on Human Factors in Computer Systems, took place in Gaithersburg, Maryland, on March 15–17, 1982. The second and third conferences were a year and a half apart, and from then on CHI, as the conference has been called since 1983, has been an annual event. In the official name, "computer systems" was replaced by "computing systems," indicating a shift in focus from hardware toward the total system. The same shift is visible on the covers of the proceedings: Whereas the first cover…

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