Research Trials Office presents next medical informatics lecture Sept. 27

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The Research Trials Office's Clinical Informatics Shared Resource will sponsor a presentation on current challenges in medical informatics interface design and novel strategies in information visualization, Thursday, Sept. 27, 8-9 a.m. in Pelton Auditorium. The speaker, Dr. Ben Shneiderman, is professor in the Department of Computer Science and founding director of the Human-Computer Interaction Lab at the University of Maryland.

Information visualization allows users to explore and analyze patient history data in systematic yet flexible ways, while recording their interaction history and collaborating with relevant colleagues.

Shneiderman provided fundamental research in the field of human — computer interaction, defined the research area of universal usability and pioneered the highlighted textual link, which became part of Hyperties, a precursor to the Web. His publications include: "Software Psychology: Human Factors in Computer and Information Systems," "Leonardo's Laptop: Human Needs and the New Computing Technologies," and "Readings in Information Visualization: Using Vision to Think."

For more information on Shneiderman, visit www.cs.umd.edu/~ben.

This presentation is part of the Research Trials Office's medical informatics lecture series. To learn more about the series, contact Carmen Visan at cvisan@fhcrc.org or (206) 667-6247.

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