At the human-computer interface

Professor Ben Shneiderman pioneered user interface design, and now he’s focusing on making university research as useful as possible

Steve Grimwade

Published 28 February 2018

Episode 24

In 1980, Ben Shneiderman published one of the first texts in the field that would come to be known as human-computer interaction, and has since pioneered innovations we take for granted today, like touchscreens and hyperlinks.

He has now turned his attention to maximising the real world impact of university research, by combining applied and basic research; a topic he explores in his new book The New ABCs of Research.

Episode recorded: December 14 2017

Producers: Dr Andi Horvath, Chris Hatzis and Silvi Vann-Wall Audio engineer: Gavin Nebauer Editor: Chris Hatzis

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