Shneiderman, Ben

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Ben Shneiderman
Ben Shneiderman

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

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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