The following list compiles people who are well-known in the area of usability,
the Web, and graphic design. We also provide a list of
UI and design pioneers who have already passed away.
This list will be expanded step by step. Suggestions are welcome. Please,
send your suggestions to sapdesignguild@sap.com.
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Benjamin
Bederson
e-mail:
HCIL: www.cs.umd.edu/hcil
Bio: www.cs.umd.edu/~bederson
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Nigel
Bevan
e-mail:
Professional Usability Services: www.nigelbevan.com
Bio: www.nigelbevan.com/about.htm |
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Bill
Buxton
e-mail:
Bio: www.billbuxton.com
(Microsoft Research)
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Stuart
Card
e-mail:
Bio: www2.parc.com/istl/groups/uir/people/stuart/stuart.htm
User Interface Research @ PARC (Area Manager)
Feature on SAP Design Guild
See also page
on Designing Interactions Website |
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John
Carroll
e-mail:
College of Information Sciences and Technology: www.ist.psu.edu
Homepage: jcarroll.ist.psu.edu
Bio: jcarroll.ist.psu.edu/about-2/career
Older versions:
Homepage: cscl.ist.psu.edu/public/users/jcarroll/Self/index.html
Bio: cscl.ist.psu.edu/public/users/jcarroll/Self/BioPhotos
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Gilbert
Cockton
e-mail:
Northumbria University: www.northumbria.ac.uk
Heritage homepage: osiris.sunderland.ac.uk/~cs0gco/old.htm
Bio: www.northumbria.ac.uk/static/5007/despdf/profgilbert.pdf |
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Larry
Constantine
e-mail:
Constantine & Lockwood Ltd: www.foruse.com
Bio: www.foruse.com/about/principals.htm
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Alan
Cooper
e-mail:
Cooper Interaction Design: www.cooper.com
Bio: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Cooper (Wikipedia)
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Gillian
Crampton Smith
e-mail: unknown
Bio: www.iuav.it/Facolta/facolt--di1/English-ve/faculty/teaching-f/GillianCra/index.htm
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on Designing Interactions Website |
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Mary
Czerwinski
e-mail:
Bio (Microsoft Research): research.microsoft.com/en-us/people/marycz
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Susan
Dray
e-mail:
Dray and Associates, Inc.: www.dray.com/
Bio: www.dray.com/aboutus.html |
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Allison
Druin
e-mail:
HCIL: www.cs.umd.edu/hcil
Bio: www.umiacs.umd.edu/~allisond
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Doug
Engelbart
e-mail: unknown
Bio (Wikipedia): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Engelbart
Bio (Scott Griffin): www.ibiblio.org/pioneers/engelbart.html
See also page
on Designing Interactions Website
Doug Engelbart is known for the NLS system and as the inventor of the
mouse |
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Hartmut
Esslinger
e-mail: unknown
Bio (frog design): www.frogdesign.com/about/management-team#hartmut-esslinger
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Jodi
Forlizzi
e-mail:
University: Human-Computer
Interaction Institute - The
School of Design - Carnegie
Mellon University (CMU), Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Homepage: goodgestreet.com
Bio: goodgestreet.com/resu2.html |
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Batya
Friedman
e-mail:
University of Washington - Information School: ischool.uw.edu
The Value Sensitive Design Research Lab: www.vsdesign.org
Bio: ischool.uw.edu/directory/faculty/detail.aspx?id=3135 |
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Jonathan
Grudin
e-mail:
Bio (Microsoft Research): research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/people/jgrudin/
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Jan
Gulliksen
e-mail:
Uppsala University, Department of Information Technology: www.it.uu.se
Bio: www.it.uu.se/katalog/gulan |
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JoAnn
Hackos
e-mail:
Comtech Services Incorporated: www.comtech-serv.com
Bio: www.comtech-serv.com/people.shtml
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Karen
Holtzblatt
e-mail:
InContext Enterprises: incontextdesign.com
Bio: incontextdesign.com/people/karen-holtzblatt
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Kristina
Höök
e-mail:
SICS interaction lab: www.sics.se
Bio: www.sics.se/~kia
C.V.: www.sics.se/~kia/cv.html
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Sarah
Horton
e-mail:
Homepage (Dartmouth College): www.dartmouth.edu/~shorton
Bio:www.digital-web.com/articles/sarah_horton
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William
Horton
e-mail:
William Horton Consulting, Inc.: www.horton.com
Bio: www.horton.com/html/whcbiointro.htm |
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Keith
Instone
e-mail:
Company: user-experience.org
Private homepage: instones.org/ |
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Hiroshi
Ishii
e-mail:
MIT: www.media.mit.edu/~ishii
Bio: web.media.mit.edu/~ishii/bio.html
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on Designing Interactions Website |
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Julie
Jacko
e-mail:
Homepage (University of Minnesoata, School of Public Health): www.sph.umn.edu/facstaff/ourfaculty/faculty/jacko011
Homepage (University of Minnesoata, UP-HI): www.uphi.umn.edu/about/faculty/jacko/
Bio: www.sph.umn.edu/facstaff/ourfaculty/faculty/jacko011 • www.uphi.umn.edu/about/faculty/jacko/
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Bonnie
John
e-mail:
Homepage: www.cs.cmu.edu/~bej/
Bio (Curriculum Vita): www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~bej/BEJvita.pdf
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Jeff
Johnson
e-mail:
UI Wizards Inc.: www.uiwizards.com
Bio: www.uiwizards.com/aboutUs.html
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Clare-Marie
Karat
e-mail: unknown (contact
link)
IBM research: www.research.ibm.com/index.shtml
Bio: domino.research.ibm.com/comm/research_people.nsf/pages/ckarat.index.html |
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John
Karat
e-mail: unknown (contact
link)
IBM research: www.research.ibm.com/index.shtml
Bio: domino.research.ibm.com/comm/research_people.nsf/pages/ckarat.index.html
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Alan
Kay
e-mail: unknown
Bio (Wikipedia): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Kay
Bio (Scott Gash): ei.cs.vt.edu/~history/GASCH.KAY.HTML
Pioneer in object-oriented programming and graphic user interfaces (window
systems)
Alan Kay: The best way to predict the future is to invent it. |
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David
Kelley
e-mail: unknown
IDEO: ww.ideo.com/
Bio: www.stanford.edu/group/WTO/people/board/kelley.shtml
See also page
on Designing Interactions Website |
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Tom
Kelley
e-mail:
IDEO: www.ideo.com/
Bio: www.theartofinnovation.com/about_authors.htm; www.tenfacesofinnovation.com/tomkelley/index.htm |
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Brenda
Laurel
e-mail:
Homepage: www.tauzero.com/Brenda_Laurel/index.html
Bio: www.tauzero.com/Brenda_Laurel/BrendaBio.html
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on Designing Interactions Website |
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Henry
Lieberman
e-mail:
Homepage: web.media.mit.edu/~lieber
Lieberary: web.media.mit.edu/~lieber/Lieberary/Lieberary.html
Bio: web.media.mit.edu/~lieber/Bio.Text • www.media.mit.edu/people/lieber
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John
Maeda
e-mail: unknown
Bio (RISD): www.risd.edu/president/maeda.html
John Maeda's Weblog: weblogs.media.mit.edu/SIMPLICITY (no
longer maintained)
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Aaron
Marcus
e-mail:
Aaron Marcus and Associates: www.amanda.com
Profile: amanda.com/profile
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Rolf
Molich
e-mail:
DialogDesign: www.dialogdesign.dk
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Thomas
P. Moran
e-mail:
Bio (Wikipedia): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_P._Moran
Bio (Shaoke Blog): shaokezhang.blogspot.com/2008/11/thomas-p-moran.html
IBM Almaden Research Center
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Brad
Myers
e-mail:
University: Human-Computer
Interaction Institute - The
School of Computer Science - Carnegie
Mellon University (CMU), Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Homepage: www.cs.cmu.edu/~bam
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Ted
Nelson
e-mail: unknown
Bio (Wikipedia): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Nelson
Bio (Scott Griffin): www.ibiblio.org/pioneers/nelson.html
Ted Nelson is one of the hypertext pioneers (he coined this term). He
biggest project was the Xanadu hypertext system, which has never been
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Jakob
Nielsen
e-mail:
Nielsen Norman Group: www.NNgroup.com (info@nngroup.com
)
Jakob Nielsen's Website: www.useit.com
Bio: www.useit.com/jakob/
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Don
Norman
e-mail:
Nielsen Norman Group: www.NNgroup.com (info@nngroup.com)
Bio: www.jnd.org/NielsenNormanGroup.html
Homepage: www.jnd.org
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Gary
M. Olson
e-mail:
Bio (SI): www.si.umich.edu/people/faculty-detail.htm?sid=77
Bio (CREW): www.crew.umich.edu/people/golson.html
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Judy
Olson
e-mail:
Bio (SI): www.si.umich.edu/people/faculty-detail.htm?sid=78
Bio (CREW): www.crew.umich.edu/people/jolson.html |
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Philippe
Palanque
e-mail:
IRIT, Université Paul Sabatier, Tolouse, France: www.irit.fr
Homepage: ihcs.irit.fr/palanque |
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Eric
Paulos
e-mail: unknown
University: Human-Computer
Interaction Institute - The
School of Computer Science - Carnegie
Mellon University (CMU), Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Homepage: www.paulos.net |
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Steven
Pemberton
e-mail:
INS at CWI, Amsterdam, The Netherlands: www.cwi.nl/en/research-clusters/Information-Systems
Homepage: homepages.cwi.nl/~steven |
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Catherine
Plaisant
e-mail:
HCIL: www.cs.umd.edu/hcil/members/cplaisant/
Resume: www.cs.umd.edu/hcil/members/cplaisant/resume-11-8-2005.pdf
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Jennifer
Preece
e-mail:
College of Information Studies, University of Maryland: ischool.umd.edu
Homepage: ischool.umd.edu/people/preece
Bio: wikimania2006.wikimedia.org/wiki/Presenters/Jenny_Preece • ischool.umd.edu/people/preece/CV2009.pdf
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Whitney
Quesenbery
e-mail:
WQusability: www.wqusability.com
Bio: www.wqusability.com/biography.html |
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Marc
Rettig
e-mail:
Homepage: www.marcrettig.com
Fit Associates: www.fitassociates.com
Bio: www.fitassociates.com/biographies.htm#Marc |
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Janice
Rohn
e-mail:
Experian: www.experian.com
Bio: www.consumerwebwatch.org/dynamic/conferences-trust-janice-rohn-bio.cfm (not
up-to-date)
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Stephanie
Rosenbaum
e-mail:
(Tec-Ed, Inc.)
Tec-Ed, Inc.: www.teced.com
Bio: www.teced.com/slr.html |
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Daniel
Rosenberg
e-mail:
(SAP AG)
SAP AG: www.sap.com
Bio: www.hcii2009.org/keynote.html
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Mary
Beth Rosson
e-mail:
College of Information Sciences and Technology: www.ist.psu.edu
Homepage and Bio: mrosson.ist.psu.edu
Older version:
Homepage: faculty.ist.psu.edu/rosson
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Dan
Saffer
e-mail:
Kicker Studio: www.kickerstudio.com
Homepage (O Danny Boy): www.odannyboy.com
Bio: www.odannyboy.com/about_me.htm |
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Gavriel
Salvendy
e-mail:
Homepage (Purdue University): engineering.purdue.edu/Engr/People/ptProfile?resource_id=9249
Bio: engineering.purdue.edu/~salvendy
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Eric
Schaffer
e-mail: unknown
Human Factors International (HFI): www.humanfactors.com
Bio: www.humanfactors.com/about/eric.asp
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Michael
Schrage
e-mail:
Bio (Homepage, MIT): ebusiness.mit.edu/Schrage/ (last
edited 2005)
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Nathan
Shedroff
e-mail: unknown
Contact form (Rosenfeld media): rosenfeldmedia.com/books/sustainable-design/author/contact/
Nathan Shedroff's World: www.nathan.com
Bio: www.nathan.com/me/index.html
Bio: rosenfeldmedia.com/books/sustainable-design/author/biography/ |
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Ben
Shneiderman
e-mail:
HCIL: www.cs.umd.edu/projects/hcil
Bio: www.cs.umd.edu/~ben
Special
issue of the International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction in
honor of Ben Shneiderman's 60th birthday
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Robert
Spence
e-mail:
Bio (homepage, Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering): www.iis.ee.ic.ac.uk/~r.spence
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Jared
Spool
e-mail:
User Interface Engineering: www.uie.com
Interview: www.webword.com/interviews/spool.html
Interview: www.usabilitynews.com/news/article432.asp
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Constantine
Stephanidis
e-mail:
Homepage (FORTH - ICS): www.ics.forth.gr/hci/index_main.php?l=e&c=523
Bio: www.ics.forth.gr/hci/index_main.php?l=e&c=72 (short) • www.ics.forth.gr/hci/index_main.php?l=e&c=496 (long)
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Bruce "Tog" Tognazzini
e-mail:
Nielsen Norman Group: www.NNgroup.com (info@nngroup.com)
Bio: www.asktog.com/tog.html
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Gregg
Vanderheiden
e-mail:
Trace Center: trace.wisc.edu
Bio: www.engr.wisc.edu/ie/faculty/vanderheiden_gregg.html
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Colin
Ware
e-mail:
Data Visualization Research Lab: ccom.unh.edu/vislab/index.html
Homepage/Bio: ccom.unh.edu/vislab/CWBio.html
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Lynda
Weinman
e-mail: unknown
Company: www.lynda.com
Feature: webreference.com/graphics/greats/lynda
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Terry
Winograd
e-mail:
Homepage: hci.stanford.edu/~winograd
Curriculum vitae: hci.stanford.edu/%7Ewinograd/cv.html
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on Designing Interactions Website |
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Dennis
Wixon
e-mail: unknown
Microsoft Game Studios (MGS), User Research: mgsuserresearch.com
Bio: MGS
User Research - Team Bios (bio no longer on this page) |
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John
Zimmerman
e-mail: unknown
University: Human-Computer
Interaction Institute - The
School of Design - Carnegie
Mellon University (CMU), Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Homepage: www.cs.cmu.edu/~johnz/ |