Ben Shneiderman

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Distinguished University Professor Emeritus

2162 Iribe Center

(301) 405-2080

(301) 405-6707

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Education:

Ph.D., SUNY at Stony Brook (Computer Science)

Special Awards/Honors:

AAAS Fellow, ACM Fellow National Academy of Engineering, National Academy of Engineering Member, CMPS Board of Visitors Distinguished Faculty Award, Miles Conrad Award, 2010 SIGCHI Social Impact Award

Biography:

Ben Shneiderman is a Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of computer science in the University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Studies.

He is a leading figure in human-computer interaction and information visualization. Shneiderman’s pioneering work includes developing direct manipulation interfaces, touchscreen keyboards, and treemaps, which have significantly impacted web design, mobile devices, and data visualization.

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Publications

2002

Shneiderman B. 2002. Creativity support tools: a tutorial overview. Proceedings of the 4th conference on Creativity & cognition. :1-2.

Keogh E, Hochheiser H, Shneiderman B. 2002. An Augmented Visual Query Mechanism for Finding Patterns in Time Series Data. Flexible Query Answering SystemsFlexible Query Answering Systems. 2522:240-250.

Shneiderman B, Card S, Norman DA, Tremaine M, Waldrop MM. 2002. CHI@20: fighting our way from marginality to power. CHI '02 extended abstracts on Human factors in computing systems. :688-691.

Youssef A, Shneiderman B. 2002. Media Conversion from Visual to Audio: Voice Browsers. Technical Reports of the Computer Science Department.

Shneiderman B. 2002. Book Preview-Leonardo's Laptop: Human Needs and the New Computing Technologies. Interactions-New York. 9(4):43-43.

Seo J, Shneiderman B. 2002. Interactively exploring hierarchical clustering results [gene identification]. Computer. 35(7):80-86.

Scholtz J, Johnson J, Shneiderman B, Hope-Tindall P, Gosling M, Phillips J, Wexelblat A. 2002. Interacting with identification technology: can it make us more secure? CHI '02 extended abstracts on Human factors in computing systems. :564-565.

Hochheiser H, Shneiderman B. 2002. Visual queries for finding patterns in time series data. University of Maryland, Computer Science Dept. Tech Report, CS-TR-4365.

Zaphiris P, Shneiderman B, Norman KL. 2002. Expandable indexes vs. sequential menus for searching hierarchies on the World Wide Web. Behaviour & Information Technology. 21(3):201-207.

James F, Lai J, Suhm B, Balentine B, Makhoul J, Nass C, Shneiderman B. 2002. Getting real about speech: overdue or overhyped? CHI '02 extended abstracts on Human factors in computing systems. :708-709.

Shneiderman B. 2002. Meeting human needs with new digital imaging technologies. IEEE Multimedia. 9(4):8-14.

Kang H, Shneiderman B, Wolff GJ. 2002. Dynamic layout management in a multimedia bulletin board. IEEE 2002 Symposia on Human Centric Computing Languages and Environments, 2002. Proceedings. :51-53.

Ceaparu I, Shneiderman B. 2002. Improving Web-based civic information access: a case study of the 50 US states. 2002 International Symposium on Technology and Society, 2002. (ISTAS'02). :275-282.

2001

Marchionini G, Hert C, Shneiderman B, Liddy L. 2001. E-tables: Non-specialist use and understanding of statistical data. SURFACE, the Syracuse University Research Facility And Collaborative Environment. :33-33.

Tanin E, Shneiderman B. 2001. Exploration of Large Online Data Tables Using Generalized Query Previews. University of Maryland Computer Science Technical Report (June 2001).

Dang G, North C, Shneiderman B. 2001. Dynamic queries and brushing on choropleth maps. Fifth International Conference on Information Visualisation, 2001. Proceedings. :757-764.

Shneiderman B. 2001. Inventing Discovery Tools: Combining Information Visualization with Data Mining. Discovery Science. 2226:17-28.

Shneiderman B, Wattenberg M. 2001. Ordered treemap layouts. IEEE Symposium on Information Visualization, 2001. INFOVIS 2001. :73-78.

Duderstadt J, Arms W, Messina P, Ellisman M, Atkins D, Fox E, Shneiderman B, Nissenbaum H, Lederberg J. 2001. Becoming a Scholar in the Digital Age.

Shneiderman B. 2001. Information Visualization: The Path from Innovation to Adoption. Information Visualisation, International Conference on. :0003-0003.

Shneiderman B. 2001. Supporting creativity with advanced information-abundant user interfaces. Human-Centered Computing, Online Communities, and Virtual Environments. :469-480.

Hochheiser H, Shneiderman B. 2001. Interactive Exploration of Time Series Data. Discovery ScienceDiscovery Science. 2226:441-446.

Konishi M, Plaisant C, Shneiderman B. 2001. Enabling Commuters to Find the Best Route: An Interface for Analyzing Driving History Logs. Proceedings of the IFIP Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (Interact2001). :799-800.

Shneiderman B, Hochheiser H. 2001. Universal usability as a stimulus to advanced interface design. Behaviour & Information Technology. 20(5):367-376.

North C, Shneiderman B. 2001. Component-based, user-constructed, multiple-view visualization. CHI '01 extended abstracts on Human factors in computing systems. :201-202.

Shneiderman B. 2001. The Digital University: Building a Learning Community.

Hochheiser H, Shneiderman B. 2001. Universal usability statements: Marking the trail for all users. interactions. 8(2):16-18.

Shneiderman B. 2001. Design: CUU: bridging the digital divide with universal usability. Interactions. 8(2):11-15.

Tang L, Shneiderman B. 2001. Dynamic Aggregation to Support Pattern Discovery: A Case Study with Web Logs. Discovery ScienceDiscovery Science. 2226:464-469.

Shneiderman B. 2001. Universal usability: a research agenda for human—computer interaction to empower every citizen. Frontiers of human-centred computing, online communities and virtual environmentsFrontiers of human-centred computing, online communities and virtual environments. :179-189.

Hochheiser H, Shneiderman B. 2001. Visual specification of queries for finding patterns in time-series data. Proceedings of discovery science. :441-446.

Shneiderman B. 2001. University of Maryland, USA. Fifth International Conference on Information Visualisation: 25-27 July 2001 London, England: Proceedings. :3-3.

Hochheiser H, Shneiderman B. 2001. Using interactive visualizations of WWW log data to characterize access patterns and inform site design. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology. 52(4):331-343.

2000

Shneiderman B, Hewett T. 2000. A Trip Report on Creativity and Cognition 1999: An Insider's Report on a Far Out Conference. SIGCHI BULLETIN. 32(1):43-46.

[Anonymous]. 2000. Research Alerts. Interactions. 7(6):9-17.

North C, Shneiderman B. 2000. Snap-together visualization: Evaluating coordination usage and construction. Int'l Journal of Human-Computer Studies special issue on Empirical Studies of Information Visualization. 53:715-739.

Hochheiser H, Shneiderman B. 2000. Coordinating overviews and detail views of WWW log data. Workshop on New Paradigms in Information Visualization and Manipulation (NPIVM 2000), ACM Press.

Kang H, Shneiderman B. 2000. Visualization methods for personal photo collections: browsing and searching in the PhotoFinder. 2000 IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo, 2000. ICME 2000. 3:1539-1542vol.3-1539-1542vol.3.

Christian K, Kules B, Shneiderman B, Youssef A. 2000. A comparison of voice controlled and mouse controlled web browsing. Proceedings of the fourth international ACM conference on Assistive technologies. :72-79.

Shneiderman B. 2000. The limits of speech recognition. Communications of the ACM. 43(9):63-65.

Shneiderman B. 2000. Creating creativity: user interfaces for supporting innovation. ACM Trans. Comput.-Hum. Interact.. 7(1):114-138.

Shneiderman B. 2000. Supporting creativity with powerful composition tools for artifacts and performances. Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 2000.

Shneiderman B, Feldman D, Rose A, Grau X F. 2000. Visualizing digital library search results with categorical and hierarchical axes. Proceedings of the fifth ACM conference on Digital libraries. :57-66.

Kreitzberg CB, Shneiderman B. 2000. Making Computer and Internet Usability a Priority. Technical Reports from UMIACS.

Hochheiser H, Shneiderman B. 2000. Performance Benefits of Simultaneous Over Sequential Menus as Task Complexity Increases. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction. 12(2):173-192.

Marchionini G, Hert C, Liddy L, Shneiderman B. 2000. Extending understanding of federal statistics in tables. Proceedings of the 2000 annual national conference on Digital government research. :1-7.

Shneiderman B. 2000. Universal usability. Communications of the ACM. 43(5):84-91.

Gandhi R, Kumar G, Bederson BB, Shneiderman B. 2000. Domain name based visualization of Web histories in a zoomable user interface. 11th International Workshop on Database and Expert Systems Applications, 2000. Proceedings. :591-598.

Tanin E, Lotem A, Haddadin I, Shneiderman B, Plaisant C, Slaughter L. 2000. Facilitating data exploration with query previews: A study of user performance and preference. Behaviour & Information Technology. 19(6):393-403.

Rose A, Salter R, Keswani S, Kositsyna N, Plaisant C, Rubloff G, Shneiderman B. 2000. Simulation based learning environments and the use of learning histories. CHI '00 extended abstracts on Human factors in computing systems. :2-3.

Shneiderman B. 2000. Designing trust into online experiences. Communications of the ACM. 43(12):57-59.

Gehl J, Shneiderman B. 2000. Credit for computer crashes? Ubiquity. 1(31):2-9.

North C, Shneiderman B. 2000. Snap-together visualization: a user interface for coordinating visualizations via relational schemata. Proceedings of the working conference on Advanced visual interfaces. :128-135.

Shneiderman B, Kang H. 2000. Direct annotation: a drag-and-drop strategy for labeling photos. IEEE International Conference on Information Visualization, 2000. Proceedings. :88-95.

Greene S, Marchionini G, Plaisant C, Shneiderman B. 2000. Previews and overviews in digital libraries: Designing surrogates to support visual information seeking. Journal of the American Society for Information Science. 51(4):380-393.

Shneiderman B. 2000. Report on closing the digital divide: meeting of the Deparment of Commerce, Washington, DC December 9, 1999. ACM SIGCHI Bulletin. 32(2):43-44.

North C, Shneiderman B. 2000. Snap-together visualization: can users construct and operate coordinated visualizations? International Journal of Human-Computer Studies. 53(5):715-739.

1999

Harris C, Allen RB, Plaisant C, Shneiderman B. 1999. Temporal visualization for legal case histories. PROCEEDINGS OF THE ANNUAL MEETING-AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE. 36:271-279.

Card SK, Mackinlay JD, Shneiderman B. 1999. Interactive analysis. Readings in information visualizationReadings in information visualization. :261-262.

Scholtz J, Shneiderman B. 1999. Introduction to Special Issue on Usability Engineering. Empirical Software Engineering. 4(1):5-10.

North C, Shneiderman B. 1999. Snap-Together Visualization: Coordinating Multiple Views to Explore Information. Technical Reports from UMIACS.

Hochheiser H, Shneiderman B. 1999. Using Interactive Visualizations of WWW Log Data to Characterize Access Patterns and Inform Site Design. Institute for Systems Research Technical Reports.

Greene S, Tanin E, Plaisant C, Shneiderman B, Olsen L, Major G, Johns S. 1999. The end of zero-hit queries: query previews for NASA’s Global Change Master Directory. International Journal on Digital Libraries. 2(2):79-90.

Card SK, Mackinlay JD, Shneiderman B. 1999. 1D, 2D, 3D. Readings in information visualization. :57-61.

Card SK, Mackinlay JD, Shneiderman B. 1999. Dynamic queries. Readings in information visualizationReadings in information visualization. :235-235.

Fredrikson A, North C, Plaisant C, Shneiderman B. 1999. Temporal, geographical and categorical aggregations viewed through coordinated displays: a case study with highway incident data. Proceedings of the 1999 workshop on new paradigms in information visualization and manipulation in conjunction with the eighth ACM internation conference on Information and knowledge management. :26-34.

Johnson B, Shneiderman B, Baker MJ, Eick SG. 1999. TennisViewer: A Browser for Competition Trees. Readings in information visualization: using vision to think. :149-149.

Ghosh P, Shneiderman B. 1999. Zoom-Only Vs Overview-Detail Pair: A Study in Browsing Techniques as Applied to Patient Histories. University of Maryland Technical Report, CS-TR. 4028(99):12-12.

Card SK, Mackinlay JD, Shneiderman B. 1999. Text in 1D. Readings in information visualizationReadings in information visualization. :411-412.

Card SK, Mackinlay JD, Shneiderman B. 1999. Using vision to think. Readings in information visualization: using vision to think. :579-581.