Ben Shneiderman
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| Born | August 21, 1947 New York, NY |
| Residence | Bethesda, MD |
| Citizenship | USA |
| Nationality | USA |
| Fields | Computer Science, Human-Computer Interaction, Information Visualization Social Media |
| 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, Harry Hochheiser, Haixia Zhao, David Wang |
| Known for | Nassi–Shneiderman diagram, treemap, Information Visualization |
| Notable awards | ACM Fellow, AAAS Fellow, SIGCHI LifeTime Achievement, Miles Conrad Award |
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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[edit] 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.
He was inducted as a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery in 1997, a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2001, a Member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2010, and an IEEE Fellow in 2012.[2]
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.
He also received Honorary Doctorates by the University of Guelph (Canada) and by the University of Castile-La Mancha (Spain).
[edit] 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 [3] plus NodeXL. Current work deals with visualization of temporal event sequences, such as found in Electronic Health Records, in systems such as LifeLines2 [4].
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.
[edit] 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.
- 2010. Designing the User Interface: Strategies for Effective Human-Computer Interaction, 5th edition. With C. Plaisant. Addison-Wesley. ISBN 0-321-26978-0.'
- 2011. Analyzing Social Media Networks with NodeXL: Insights from a Connected World. With D. Hansen and M. Smith. Morgan Kaufmann. ISBN 978-0-12-382229-1.
[edit] References
- ^ "Shneiderman's Eight Golden Rules of Interface Design". Faculty.washington.edu. http://faculty.washington.edu/jtenenbg/courses/360/f04/sessions/schneidermanGoldenRules.html. Retrieved 2011-09-20.
- ^ 2012 Newly Elevated Fellows, IEEE, accessed 2011-12-10.
- ^ "SocialAction". University of Maryland. 2007-12-30. http://www.cs.umd.edu/hcil/socialaction/. Retrieved 2007-12-30.
- ^ "Lifelines2". umd.edu. http://www.cs.umd.edu/hcil/lifelines2. Retrieved 2011-09-23.
[edit] External links
- Ben Shneiderman's home page
- Ben Shneiderman's Collection of Historical Videos on YouTube
- A short history of structured flowcharts (Nassi–Shneiderman diagram)
- NodeXL free download, for social media network analysis and visualization
- 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.
- 1947 births
- American computer scientists
- The Bronx High School of Science alumni
- City University of New York alumni
- Fellows of the Association for Computing Machinery
- Fellow Members of the IEEE
- Human–computer interaction
- Human-computer interaction researchers
- Living people
- Visualization experts
- University of Maryland, College Park faculty
