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# Ben Shneiderman

## Professor Emeritus

## Distinguished University Professor

Email: bencs[.dot.]umd[.dot.]edu
Phone:
(301) 405-2680
Location:
IRB 2162
Website:
http://www.cs.umd.edu/~ben/
Google Scholar:
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Twitter:
@benbendc
Wikipedia Bio:
en.wikipedia.org
Education:

- Ph.D., SUNY at Stony Brook, 1973

Appointments:
CS, UMIACS
Research Areas:
Human Computer Interaction, Machine Learning and Data Science
Interest Areas:
Human Computer interaction, user interface design, information visualization

## Honors and Awards

Year | Type | Org. | Name
--- | --- | --- | ---
2021 | Award | IEEE | VIS Test of Time Award
2018 | Degree |  | Honorary Degree Swansea University, Wales, UK
2018 | Degree |  | Honorary Degree University of Pretoria, South Africa
2017 | Degree |  | Honorary Degree University of Melbourne, Australia
2015 | Degree |  | Honorary Degree State University of New York at Stony Brook
2013 | UMD | UMD | Univ Maryland Distinguished University Professor
2013 | UMD | UMD | Graduate Faculty Mentor of the Year
2012 | Fellow | IEEE | IEEE Fellow For contributions to human-computer interaction and information visualization.
2012 | Award | IEEE | IEEE Career Visualization Award
2010 | Degree |  | Honorary Degree University of Castilla-LaMancha, 2010
2010 | Member |  | National Academy of Engineering Inducted for research, software development and scholarly texts concerning human-computer interaction and information visualization
2008 | UMD | UMD | CMPS Board of Visitors Distinguished Faculty Award
2003 | Award | IEEE | IEEE Distinguished Literary Contribution For Leonardo's Laptop: Human Needs and the New Computing Technologies"."
2001 | Award | ACM | ACM SIGCAS Making a Difference Award Winner
1997 | Fellow | ACM | ACM Fellow Ben Shneiderman has been a leader in the field of computer-human interaction, seeking to extend benefits of computing technology to a broad constituency.
1995 | Degree |  | Honorary Degree University of Guelph, Canada