Ben Shneiderman

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Distinguished University Professor Emeritus

2162 Iribe Center

(301) 405-2080

(301) 405-6707

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Research Group(s):

HCIL - Human Computer Interaction Laboratory

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 in the Department of Computer Science and founding director (1983 to 2000) of the Human-Computer Interaction Lab, where he remains a member. He also holds affiliate appointments in the Institute for Systems Research and the College of Information Studies (iSchool).

Shneiderman was elected as as an ACM fellow in 1997 and an AAAS fellow in 2001. He received the ACM SIGCHI Lifetime Achievement Award in 2001.

Shneiderman is also a member of the National Academy of Engineering. He pioneered the highlighted textual link in 1983, and it became part of Hyperties, a precursor to the internet. His move into information visualization spawned Spotfire, known for pharmaceutical drug discovery and genomic data analysis.

Shneiderman is a technical advisor for the treemap visualization producer, the Hive Group.

He is the author of "Software Psychology: Human Factors in Computer and Information Systems" (1980) and "Designing the User Interface: Strategies for Effective Human-Computer Interaction" (5th ed., 2010, with Catherine Plaisant). He co-authored Readings in Information Visualization: Using Vision to Think (1999) with S. Card and J. Mackinlay. His book, "Leonardo's Laptop: Human Needs and the New Computing Technologies" (MIT Press), won the IEEE Award for Distinguished Literary Contribution in 2004. His most recent book, "Analyzing Social Media Networks with NodeXL: Insights from a Connected World (2011)," was co-authored with D. Hansen and M.A. Smith.

He received his doctorate in computer science from the State University of New York (SUNY) at Stony Brook in 1973.

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Publications

2005

Shneiderman B, Rao R, Andrews K, Ahlberg C, Brodbeck D, Jewitt T, Mackinlay J. 2005. Turning information visualization innovations into commercial products: lessons to guide the next success. IEEE Symposium on Information Visualization, 2005. INFOVIS 2005. :241-244.

Marchionini G, Haas S, Plaisant C, Shneiderman B, Hert C. 2005. Toward a Statistical Knowledge Network (2004). Institute for Systems Research Technical Reports.

Hochheiser H, Baehrecke EH, Mount SM, Shneiderman B. 2005. Dynamic Querying for Pattern Identification in Microarray and Genomic Data (2003). Institute for Systems Research Technical Reports.

Hochheiser H, Shneiderman B. 2005. Visual Specification of Queries for Finding Patterns in Time-Series Data (2001). Institute for Systems Research Technical Reports.

2004

Ceaparu I, Shneiderman B. 2004. Finding governmental statistical data on the Web: A study of categorically organized links for the FedStats topics page. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology. 55(11):1008-1015.

Kustanowitz J, Shneiderman B. 2004. Motivating annotation for digital photographs: Lowering barriers while raising incentives. HCIL-2004-18.

Baehrecke EH, Dang N, Babaria K, Shneiderman B. 2004. Visualization and analysis of microarray and gene ontology data with treemaps. BMC Bioinformatics. 5(1):84-84.

Shneiderman B. 2004. Designing for fun: how can we design user interfaces to be more fun? Interactions. 11(5):48-50.

Ceaparu I, Shneiderman B. 2004. Finding Governmental Statistical Data on the Web: Three Empirical Studies of the FedStats Topics Page. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology. 55:1008-1015.

Bessiere K, Ceaparu I, Lazar J, Robinson J, Shneiderman B. 2004. Social and psychological influences on computer user frustration. Media access: Social and psychological dimensions of new technology useMedia access: Social and psychological dimensions of new technology use. :91-103.

Kules B, Kang H, Plaisant C, Rose A, Shneiderman B. 2004. Immediate usability: a case study of public access design for a community photo library. Interacting with Computers. 16(6):1171-1193.

Zhao H, Plaisant C, Shneiderman B, Duraiswami R. 2004. Sonification of geo-referenced data for auditory information seeking: Design principle and pilot study. Proceedings of ICAD.

Shneiderman B. 2004. Human needs and mobile technologies: small, fast, and fun. Proceedings of the 2nd international conference on Mobile systems, applications, and services. :1-1.

Marchionini G, Haas S, Shneiderman B, Plaisant C, Hert CA. 2004. Project highlight: toward the statistical knowledge network. Proceedings of the 2004 annual national conference on Digital government research. :125:1–125:2-125:1–125:2.

Chintalapani G, Plaisant C, Shneiderman B. 2004. Extending the utility of treemaps with flexible hierarchy. Eighth International Conference on Information Visualisation, 2004. IV 2004. Proceedings. :335-344.

Shneiderman B. 2004. User interface design with speech technologies : A cognitive limitations review. Sprache und Datenverarbeitung. 28(2):101-109.

Hochheiser H, Shneiderman B. 2004. Dynamic Query Tools for Time Series Data Sets: Timebox Widgets for Interactive Exploration. Information VisualizationInformation Visualization. 3(1):1-18.

Shneiderman B. 2004. Facilitating understanding of information visualizations: emerging principles and examples. Eighth International Conference on Information Visualisation, 2004. IV 2004. Proceedings.

Seo J, Shneiderman B. 2004. A Rank-by-Feature Framework for Unsupervised Multidimensional Data Exploration Using Low Dimensional Projections. IEEE Symposium on Information Visualization, 2004. INFOVIS 2004. :65-72.

Ceaparu I, Lazar J, Bessiere K, Robinson J, Shneiderman B. 2004. Determining Causes and Severity of End-User Frustration. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction. 17(3):333-356.

Seo J, Bakay M, Chen Y-W, Hilmer S, Shneiderman B, Hoffman EP. 2004. Interactively Optimizing Signal-to-Noise Ratios in Expression Profiling: Project-Specific Algorithm Selection and Detection P-Value Weighting in Affymetrix Microarrays. BioinformaticsBioinformatics. 20(16):2534-2544.

Shneiderman B. 2004. Universal Usability: Pushing Human-Computer Interaction Research to Empower Every Citizen. Media access: social and psychological dimensions of new technology use. :255-255.

2003

Marchionini G, Haas S, Plaisant C, Shneiderman B, Hert C. 2003. Toward a statistical knowledge network. Proceedings of the 2003 annual national conference on Digital government research. :1-6.

Kumar H, Plaisant C, Teittinen M, Shneiderman B. 2003. Visual Information Management for Network Configuration. The Craft of Information VisualizationThe Craft of Information Visualization. :239-256.

Zhao P, Seo J, Wang Z, Wang Y, Shneiderman B, Hoffman EP. 2003. In vivo filtering of in vitro expression data reveals MyoD targets. Comptes Rendus Biologies. 326(10–11):1049-1065.

Shneiderman B, Lazar J, IVORY M. 2003. INTRODUCTION TO VOLUME 1, ISSUE 3: WEB NAVIGATION. IT&SOCIETY. 1(3)

Kumar H, Plaisant C, Teittinen M, Shneiderman B. 2003. Visual Information Management for Network Configuration. The Craft of Information VisualizationThe Craft of Information Visualization. :239-256.

Seo J, Bakay M, Zhao P, Chen YW, Clarkson P, Shneiderman B, Hoffman EP. 2003. Interactive color mosaic and dendrogram displays for signal/noise optimization in microarray data analysis. Multimedia and Expo, 2003. ICME'03. Proceedings. 2003 International Conference on. 3:III–461-III–461.

Kules B, Shneiderman B, Plaisant C. 2003. Data exploration with paired hierarchical visualizations: initial designs of PairTrees. Proceedings of the 2003 annual national conference on Digital government research. :1-6.

Bessiere K, Ceaparu I, Lazar J, Robinson J, Shneiderman B. 2003. Understanding Computer User Frustration: Measuring and Modeling the Disruption from Poor Designs. Technical Reports from UMIACS.

Kang H, Plaisant C, Shneiderman B. 2003. New approaches to help users get started with visual interfaces: multi-layered interfaces and integrated initial guidance. Proceedings of the 2003 annual national conference on Digital government research. :1-6.

Seo J, Shneiderman B. 2003. Understanding Hierarchical Clustering Results by Interactive Exploration of Dendrograms: A Case Study with Genomic Microarray Data. Technical Reports from UMIACS.

Kang H, Plaisant C, Shneiderman B. 2003. Helping users get started with visual interfaces: multi-layered interfaces, integrated initial guidance and video demonstrations. Proceedings of the 2003 annual national conference on Digital government research. :1-1.

Ralston A, Shneiderman B. 2003. Errors. Encyclopedia of Computer ScienceEncyclopedia of Computer Science. :677-680.

Ceaparu I, Druin A, Guimbretiere F, Manipulation D, Shneiderman B, Westerlurid B, Keogh E, Hochheiser H, Shrieidemian B, Shneidemiari B et al.. 2003. HCIL Technical Report Listing (1993-2002). The craft of information visualization: readings and reflections. 27(29):393-393.

Shneiderman B. 2003. Visualization Viewpoints. IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications. 23(6):12-15.

Grinstein G, Kobsa A, Plaisant C, Shneiderman B, Stasko JT. 2003. Which comes first, usability or utility? Proceedings of the 14th IEEE Visualization 2003 (VIS'03). :112–-112–.

Fredrikson A, North C, Plaisant C, Shneiderman B, Tanin E, Pkisant C. 2003. Database Discovery with Dynamic Queries. The craft of information visualization: readings and reflectionsThe craft of information visualization: readings and reflections. :1-1.

Hert CA, Liddy ED, Shneiderman B, Marchionini G. 2003. Supporting statistical electronic table usage by citizens. Commun. ACM. 46(1):52-54.

Zhao H, Plaisant C, Shneiderman B. 2003. Improving Accessibility and Usability of Geo-referenced Statistical Data. Technical Reports from UMIACS.

Lazar J, Bessiere K, Ceaparu I, Robinson J, Shneiderman B. 2003. Help! I’m lost: User frustration in web navigation. IT & Society. 1(3):18-26.

Zhao H, Shneiderman B. 2003. Image-based highly interactive Web mapping for geo-referenced data publishing. Technical Reports from UMIACS.

Bederson BB, Plaisant C, Mushlin R, Snyder A, Li J, Heller D, Shneiderman B, Hochheiser H, Fekete JD, Czenvinski M. 2003. Innovating the Interaction. The craft of information visualization: readings and reflectionsThe craft of information visualization: readings and reflections. :295-295.

Kules B, Kang H, Plaisant C, Rose A, Shneiderman B. 2003. Immediate Usability: Kiosk design principles from the CHI 2001 Photo Library. Technical Reports from UMIACS.

Norman K, Zhao H, Shneiderman B, Golub E. 2003. Dynamic query choropleth maps for information seeking and decision making. Proc. Human-Computer Interaction International.

Tanin E, Plaisant C, Shneiderman B. 2003. Broadening Access to Large Online Databases by Generalizing Query Previews. The Craft of Information VisualizationThe Craft of Information Visualization. :31-37.

Bederson BB, Shneiderman B. 2003. The craft of information visualization: readings and reflections.

Plaisant C, Mushlin R, Snyder A, Li J, Heller D, Shneiderman B. 2003. LifeLines: Using Visualization to Enhance Navigation and Analysis of Patient Records. The Craft of Information VisualizationThe Craft of Information Visualization. :308-312.

Golub E, Shneiderman B. 2003. Dynamic query visualisations on world wide web clients: A DHTML solution for maps and scattergrams. International journal of Web engineering and technology. 1(1):63-78.

Kang H, Shneiderman B. 2003. MediaFinder: an interface for dynamic personal media management with semantic regions. CHI '03 extended abstracts on Human factors in computing systems. :764-765.

Shneiderman B. 2003. Why not make interfaces better than 3D reality? IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications. 23(6):12-15.

Kules B, Shneiderman B. 2003. Designing a metadata-driven visual information browser for federal statistics. Proceedings of the 2003 annual national conference on Digital government research. :1-6.

Shneiderman B. 2003. Theories for Understanding Information Visualization. The craft of information visualization: readings and reflections. :349-349.

Plaisant C, Marchimini G, Bruns T, Komlodi A, Campbell L, Rose A, Ding GM, Beale Jr J, Nolet V, Shneiderman B et al.. 2003. The World's Information in Digital Libraries. The craft of information visualization: readings and reflectionsThe craft of information visualization: readings and reflections. :149-149.

Marchionini AS, Nation D, Karasik S, Cronnell T, Shneiderman B, Spotfire VDMU, Bederson BB, Data TS, Hochheiser H, Shneiderman B et al.. 2003. Bringing Treasures to the Surface: Previews and Overviews in a Prototype for the Library of Congress National Digital Library. The craft of information visualization: readings and reflections. :388-388.

Hochheiser H, Baehrecke EH, Mount SM, Shneiderman B. 2003. Dynamic querying for pattern identification in microarray and genomic data. 2003 International Conference on Multimedia and Expo, 2003. ICME '03. Proceedings. 3:III-453-6vol.3-III-453-6vol.3.

Shneiderman B. 2003. Leonardo's Laptop: Human Needs and the New Computing Technologies.

North C, Shneiderman B, Plaisant C, Kang H, Bederson BB. 2003. Seeing the World Through Image Libraries. The craft of information visualization: readings and reflectionsThe craft of information visualization: readings and reflections. :47-47.

2002

Bederson BB, Shneiderman B, Wattenberg M. 2002. Ordered and quantum treemaps: Making effective use of 2D space to display hierarchies. ACM Transactions on Graphics (TOG). 21(4):833-854.

Ceaparu I, Demner D, Hung E, Zhao H, Shneiderman B. 2002. In Web we trust: establishing strategic trust among online customers. E-Service: new directions in theory and practice. :90-107.

Shneiderman B. 2002. Promoting universal usability with multi-layer interface design. ACM SIGCAPH Computers and the Physically Handicapped. (73-74):1-8.

Shneiderman B. 2002. ACM's computing professionals face new challenges. Communications of the ACM. 45(2):31-34.

Shneiderman B. 2002. Understanding human reactivites and relationships: an excerpt from Leonardo's laptop. interactions. 9(5):40-53.

Hochheiser H, Shneiderman B. 2002. A dynamic query interface for finding patterns in time series data. CHI '02 extended abstracts on Human factors in computing systems. :522-523.

Shneiderman B. 2002. IEEE Multimedia: Visions and views: Meeting human needs with new digital imaging technologies. IEEE Distributed Systems Online. 3(11)

Shneiderman B, Kang H, Kules B, Plaisant C, Rose A, Rucheir R. 2002. A photo history of SIGCHI: evolution of design from personal to public. interactions. 9(3):17-23.

Shneiderman B. 2002. Creativity support tools. Commun. ACM. 45(10):116-120.