Shneiderman, Ben
Biography
Ben Shneiderman is a professor in the department of computer science, founding director of the human–computer–interaction laboratory, and member of the institute for advanced computer studies and the institute for systems research, all at the university of Maryland at College Park. He has taught previously at the State University of New York and at Indiana University.
He got a B.S. in Mathematics/Physics from the City College of New York in 1968, and then went on to study at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, where he received an M.S. in Computer Science in 1972 and graduated with a Ph.D. in 1973. In addition to his influential work in user interface design, he is known for the co-invention (together with Isaac Nassi) of the Nassi-Shneiderman diagrams, a graphical representation of the design of structured software.
Affiliations
current:
- Professor, Computer Science (1989- )
- Member, Institute for Systems Research (1991- ).
- Member, Institute for Advanced Computer Studies (1987-1991, 1997- )
- Fellow of the ACM since 1997
- Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science since 2001
previous:
- Institute for Advanced Computer Studies (1996-2000)
- Center for Automation Research (1983-1996)
- Founding Director (1983-2000) of the Human-Computer Interaction Laboratory
- Computer Science Advisor (1999-2002) to Smartmoney
Main Interests
- user interface design
- human-computer interaction
- human factors of designing user interfaces
- information visualization
- interactive information systems
Prominent Ideas
- [Lifelines-Technique]
- Hyperties (Hypertext-System)
Bibliography
- Designing for Fun: How Can We Design User Interfaces to Be More Fun? (2004)
- Strategies for Effective Human-Computer Interaction (2004)
- Foreword: Information Visualization: Beyond the Horizon (Chen, 2004)
- Promoting Universal Usability with Multi-Layer Interface Design (2003)
- Why Not Make Interfaces Better than 3D Reality? (2003)
- A Photo History of SIGCHI: Evolution of Design from Personal to Public (2003)
- Direct Annotation: A Drag-and-Drop Strategy for Labeling Photos (2000)
- The Limits of Speech Recognition (2000)
- Universal Usability: Pushing Human-Computer Interaction Research to Empower Every Citizen (2000)
- ACM's Computing Professionals Face New Challenges (A response to Sept 11) (2002)
- Readings in Information Visualization - Using Vision to Think, 1999
- Designing Information-Abundant Websites (1997)
- Relate-Create-Donate: A teaching/learning philosophy for the cyber-generation (1997)
- Information Visualization: White Paper (1997)
- Software Psychology: Human Factors in Computer and Information Systems, 1980.]
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Contact Informations
Email: ben(at)cs.umd.edu
A. V. Williams Building, Department of Computer Science
University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742
Phone: (301) 405-2680 Fax: (301) 405-6707