Ben Shneiderman is one of the most well known and highly respected researchers in HCI. His contributions to the field over the years are many and foundational. Now he has taken on the responsibility to collect and display what he calls the "HCI Pioneers". This is an excellent project and highly valuable since we, as a discipline, have to know and understand our background and history. Reading about these individuals will help all of us, and in particular I can see this site as a wonderful asset to new PhD students in the field. Ben explains in an email the purpose and work behind this project like this: " After 40 years of photography and two intense months of work, the website with 45 personal profiles & photos of leading human-computer interaction researchers and innovators is ready for public showing: “Encounters with HCI Pioneers: A Personal Photo Journal” http://hcipioneers. wordpre...
Interaction Design, HCI, Philosophy of Design, Technology and Society