Andrews, Keith
Keith Andrews is an associate professor at the Institute for Information Processing and Computer Supported New Media (IICM)at Graz University of Technology, in Austria.
His interests include hypermedia, human-computer interaction, computer graphics, and the web. He has a B.Sc.(Hons) in Mathematics and Computer Science from the University of York, England, and an M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Technical Mathematics/Computer Science from Graz University of Technology.
Having lead the Harmony (Unix/X11 browser for Hyperwave) and VRwave (VRML browser) projects for several years, he is currently pursuing research in the emerging field of information visualisation. He was co-chair of the IEEE Symposium on Information Visualization (InfoVis) in 2001 and 2002.
Keith teaches an introductory course on Internet and New Media, an undergraduate course on Human-Computer Interaction, graduate and intensive courses on Web Usability and User Interface Design, and a tutorial on Information Visualisation.
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Prizes, Scholarships, and Awards
- Heinz Zemanek Prize 1998 for PhD dissertation. Biennial award of the Austrian Computer Society for oustanding scientific contributions to the field of computer science.
http://www.ocg.or.at/activities/preise/zemanekpreis/
- Federation of Styrian Industry award for PhD dissertation, July 1997.
- Austrian government scholarship to Graz University of Technology, Oct. 1986 to Jan. 1987.
- British Computer Society (BCS) bursary for sandwich year placement to Germany, July 1984.