Ben Shneiderman

Ben Shneiderman ( born August 21, 1947 in New York City ) is an American computer scientist who is currently teaching as a professor of computer science at the Human - Computer Interaction Laboratory at the University of Maryland, College Park.

Importance

Ben Shneiderman has made significant fundamental research both in the specification of sequential programs as well as in the field of hypertext and in the design of human - machine communication processes. He coined, among other things, the terms Hotlink and Embedded Menu and was one of the first computer scientists who have recognized the importance of user interfaces. Shneiderman believed by improving the interfaces to increase the effectiveness and popularity of the computer.

Along with Isaac Nassi Nassi- Shneiderman he developed the diagram, a graphical representation of program sequences, which are now the DIN standard DIN 66261 was.

Curriculum vitae

Shneiderman was from 1968 to 1972 worked for the Stony Brook University among others for careers database optimization and structure charts. In 1973 he completed his doctorate. In 1982 he entered the University of Maryland with the development of TIES ( The Interactive Encyclopedia System), which became known as hypertext system Hyperties later. Since 1989 he is a professor of computer science at the University of Maryland, since 1997 a member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM ).

Awards

For his life's work, he was honored in 2001 with the ACM SIGCHI ( Special Interest Group Computer Human Interaction ) Lifetime Achievement Award.

Selected Publications

  • Software Psychology. Human Factors in Computer and Information Systems. Little, Brown and Co. (formerly Winthrop ), 1980, ISBN 0-87626-816-5.
  • Leonardo 's Laptop: Human Needs and the New Computing Technologies. MIT Press, 2002, ISBN 0-262-69299-6 (winner of the 2004 IEEE Award for Distinguished Literary Contribution ).
  • Together with C. Plaisant: Designing the User Interface. Strategies for Effective Human - Computer Interaction. 4th edition. Addison -Wesley, 2004 ( first published 1987), ISBN 0-321-26978-0.
  • Hypertext Hands -On!. Addison -Wesley Publishing Company, 1989, ISBN 0-201-15171-5.
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