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| Born | August 21, 1947 New York, NY |
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| Residence | Washington, DC |
| Citizenship | USA |
| Nationality | USA |
| Fields | Computer Science, Human-Computer Interaction, Information Visualization |
| Institutions | University of Maryland, College Park |
| Alma mater | State University of New York at Stony Brook |
| Doctoral advisor | Jack Heller |
| Doctoral students | Chris North, Andrew Sears, Eser Kandogan, Adam Perer |
| Known for | Nassi-Shneiderman diagram, treemap |
| Notable awards | ACM Fellow, AAAS Fellow, SIGCHI LifeTime Achievement |
Ben Shneiderman (born August 21, 1947) is an American computer scientist, and professor for Computer Science at the Human-Computer Interaction Laboratory at the University of Maryland, College Park. He conducted fundamental research in the field of human–computer interaction, developing new ideas, methods, and tools such as the direct manipulation interface, and his eight rules of design.[1]
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Biography
He is a graduate of the Bronx High School of Science, and received a B.S. in Mathematics and 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 1997 he was inducted as a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery.
In 2002 his book Leonardo's Laptop: Human Needs and the New Computing Technologies was Winner of a IEEE-USA Award for Distinguished Contributions Furthering Public Understanding of the Profession.
Work
In his earlier work on studying programmers, he conducted experiments which suggested that flowcharts were not helpful for writing, understanding, or modifying computer programs.
His major work in recent years has been on information visualization, originating the treemap concept for hierarchical data. He also developed dynamic queries sliders with multiple coordinated displays that are a key component of Spotfire, which was acquired by TIBCO in 2007. His work continued on visual analysis tools for time series data, TimeSearcher, high dimensional data, Hierarchical Clustering Explorer, and social network data, SocialAction [2].
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.
He also defined the research area of universal usability to encourage greater attention to diverse users, languages, cultures, screen sizes, network speeds, and technology platforms.
Publications
A selection:
- 1980. Software Psychology: Human Factors in Computer and Information Systems; Little, Brown and Co. ISBN 0-87626-816-5
- 1987. Designing the User Interface: Strategies for Effective Human-Computer Interaction, 1st edition. Addison-Wesley. ISBN 0-321-26978-0.'
- 1999. Readings in Information Visualization: Using Vision to Think. With Stuart K. Card and Jock D. Mackinlay. Morgan Kaufmann. ISBN 1-55860-533-9.
- 2002. Leonardo's Laptop: Human Needs and the New Computing Technologies; MIT Press. ISBN 0-262-69299-6.
- 2009. Designing the User Interface: Strategies for Effective Human-Computer Interaction, 5th edition. With C. Plaisant. Addison-Wesley. ISBN 0-321-26978-0.'
References
- ^ http://faculty.washington.edu/jtenenbg/courses/360/f04/sessions/schneidermanGoldenRules.html
- ^ "SocialAction". University of Maryland. 2007-12-30. http://www.cs.umd.edu/hcil/socialaction/. Retrieved on 2007-12-30.
External links
- Ben Shneiderman's home page
- Ben Shneiderman's Collection of Historical Videos on YouTube
- A short history of structured flowcharts (Nassi-Shneiderman Diagrams)
- Ben Shneiderman's CV, with an extensive list of publications.
- Experimental investigations of the utility of detailed flowcharts in programming, B. Shneiderman, R. Mayer, D. McKay, and P. Heller, Communications of the ACM, Vol. 20, Iss. 6, Jun 1977.
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