David Shneiderman

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gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Person
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:University_of_Maryland
gptkbp:author Designing the User Interface
gptkbp:awards gptkb:IEEE_Computer_Society's_Technical_Achievement_Award
ACMSIGCHI Lifetime Achievement Award
gptkbp:birth_date 1947-01-18
gptkbp:children Two children
gptkbp:collaborated_with gptkb:Catherine_Plaisant
gptkb:Ruth_K._Mc_Gowan
gptkb:Sharon_Oviatt
gptkb:Ben_Shneiderman
gptkb:J._J._Garrett
gptkbp:contribution Advocated for user-centered design principles
Developed the concept of visual information seeking
Promoted the use of interactive systems for data analysis
Contributed to the development of the field of software engineering
Created the treemap visualization technique
Developed educational programs in HCI
Influenced the design of modern user interfaces.
Pioneered the field of information visualization
Promoted the importance of usability testing
Developed the concept of direct manipulation in user interfaces
gptkbp:education M. S. in Computer Science from the University of Maryland
B. S. in Mathematics from the University of Maryland
Ph. D. in Computer Science from the University of Maryland
gptkbp:field Computer science
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label David Shneiderman
gptkbp:influenced Many researchers in HCI and visualization
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Douglas_Engelbart
gptkbp:known_for Human-computer interaction
Information visualization
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:Native_American_tribe
gptkbp:notable_work gptkb:The_Visual_Display_of_Quantitative_Information
The Craft of Information Visualization
The Information Visualization Reference
The Visual Interface to Information
The Visual Language of Information
gptkbp:research_interest Data visualization
User interface design
Human-centered computing
Interactive systems
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Maryland
gptkbp:spouse Barbara Shneiderman
gptkbp:staff gptkb:Ben_Shneiderman
gptkbp:website http://www.cs.umd.edu/~ben/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:M._S._Shneiderman
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