Andrews, Keith

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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

  1. 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/

  1. Federation of Styrian Industry award for PhD dissertation, July 1997.
  1. Austrian government scholarship to Graz University of Technology, Oct. 1986 to Jan. 1987.
  1. British Computer Society (BCS) bursary for sandwich year placement to Germany, July 1984.

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