%SECTION            Academic Unit
%Country            USA-MD, College Park
%Shortname          Univ. of Maryland, Computer Science
%Institution        University of Maryland
%Unit               Department of Computer Science
%Address            University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742 USA
%Phone              301-454-4255
%Fax                301-405-6707
%Email              
%Contact            
%Updated            1993-04-01
%Degrees            
%HCI_MS_Theses      
%HCI_PhD_Theses     
%HCI_MS_Current     
%HCI_PhD_Current    
%Description 
%Facilities The University of Maryland facilities include the
Human Computer Interaction Laboratory (HCIL), which is part of
the Center for Automation Research.  The HCIL has IBM, SUNM and
MAC-based workstations. The lab has access to several
VAX-equivalent machines that are linked together and connected to
national and international networks.  The AT&T teaching theater
with 20 networked workstations are also available for research
projects and testing.

%SECTION            HCI Program
%Contact            Ben Shneiderman
%Title              Head, HCIL Laboratory, Professor, Computer Science
%Address            Department of Computer Science
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742 USA
%Phone              301-405-2680
%FAX                
%Email              ben@cs.umd.edu
%Program The HCIL lab supports basic, controlled experimental
research in the area of human computer interaction.  Recent
projects include VIZER (Visual Information Explorer), Dynamic
Queries, Treemaps, User Interface for Telemedicine Imaging, and
QUIS - Questionnaire on User Interface Satisfaction.
%Other_Contacts +
 * Richard Chimera
 * Kent Norman, Psychology (kn8@umail.umd.edu)
 * Nancy Anderson
 * Christos Faloutsos
 * Charles MacArthur
 * Maryam Alavi
 * James Hendler
 * William Pugh
 * Nicholas Roussopoulos
 * Gary Marchionini, Library & IS (march@umdd.umd.edu)
 * Delia Newman
 * Dagobert Soergel

%SECTION            HCI Faculty
%Name               Ben Shneiderman
%Title              Professor
%Degree             
%Phone              301-405-2680
%Email              ben@cs.umd.edu
%Interests +
%Publications +

%SECTION            HCI Courses
%Title              Human Factors in Computer and Information Systems
%Number             CMSC 434/828
%Instructor         Ben Shneiderman
%Frequency          
%Times_Taught       
%Enrollment         
%Format             Lecture, discussion, project presentations
%Tools              
%Text +
 * Shneiderman, B. Designing the User Interface
 * Runyon & Haber (rec'd) Fundamentals of Behavioral Statistics
%Description The course focuses on the following topics: human
performance in the use of computers, science base, UI software
tools and design guidelines.  Issues include: programming and
command language, menus, forms, direct manipulation, graphical
user interface, computer supported cooperative work, information
exploration, and virtual reality.