Ben Shneiderman
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Ben Shneiderman is a pioneering computer scientist and human-computer interaction researcher known for foundational work on user interface design and information visualization.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ben Shneiderman canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3414197 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ben Shneiderman Context triple: [SIGCHI Lifetime Achievement Award, notableRecipient, Ben Shneiderman]
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Steven K. Feiner
Steven K. Feiner is a computer scientist known for his pioneering work in computer graphics and augmented reality, including influential textbooks and research on user interfaces and visualization.
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B.
Mitchell Baker
Mitchell Baker is an American business leader and open-source advocate best known as the longtime chair and former CEO of Mozilla, where she has guided the development of the Firefox web browser and the organization’s internet-for-good mission.
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C.
James Rumbaugh
James Rumbaugh is an American computer scientist and software engineer best known as one of the original developers of the Unified Modeling Language (UML) and a pioneer in object-oriented modeling.
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D.
Gordon Bell
Gordon Bell is an American computer engineer and pioneer in computer architecture, best known for his influential work at Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) and contributions to minicomputer and bus design.
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E.
John Seely Brown
John Seely Brown is an American researcher and former chief scientist at Xerox PARC known for his influential work on organizational learning, innovation, and the social dimensions of technology.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ben Shneiderman Target entity description: Ben Shneiderman is a pioneering computer scientist and human-computer interaction researcher known for foundational work on user interface design and information visualization.
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A.
Steven K. Feiner
Steven K. Feiner is a computer scientist known for his pioneering work in computer graphics and augmented reality, including influential textbooks and research on user interfaces and visualization.
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B.
Mitchell Baker
Mitchell Baker is an American business leader and open-source advocate best known as the longtime chair and former CEO of Mozilla, where she has guided the development of the Firefox web browser and the organization’s internet-for-good mission.
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C.
James Rumbaugh
James Rumbaugh is an American computer scientist and software engineer best known as one of the original developers of the Unified Modeling Language (UML) and a pioneer in object-oriented modeling.
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D.
Gordon Bell
Gordon Bell is an American computer engineer and pioneer in computer architecture, best known for his influential work at Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) and contributions to minicomputer and bus design.
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E.
Butler Lampson
Butler Lampson is a pioneering computer scientist best known for his foundational work in computer architecture, operating systems, and distributed computing, particularly during his time at Xerox PARC.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
author
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computer scientist ⓘ human ⓘ human–computer interaction researcher ⓘ professor ⓘ |
| affiliation | University of Maryland Human–Computer Interaction Lab ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
ACM CHI Academy membership
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ACM Fellow ⓘ IEEE Fellow ⓘ |
| citizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfResidence | United States of America ⓘ |
| employer |
University of Maryland, College Park
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linked to:
University of Maryland
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| familyName | Shneiderman ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
computer science
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human–computer interaction ⓘ information visualization ⓘ user interface design ⓘ |
| founded | Human–Computer Interaction Lab at the University of Maryland ⓘ |
| givenName | Ben ⓘ |
| hasConcept |
direct manipulation
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eight golden rules of interface design ⓘ overview first, zoom and filter, then details-on-demand ⓘ task by data type taxonomy ⓘ treemap visualization ⓘ visual information seeking mantra ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Shneiderman’s eight golden rules of interface design
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direct manipulation interface paradigm ⓘ dynamic queries ⓘ human–computer interaction ⓘ information visualization ⓘ task by data type taxonomy for information visualizations ⓘ treemaps ⓘ user interface design principles ⓘ visual information seeking mantra ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | Ben Shneiderman ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Designing the User Interface
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Designing the User Interface: Strategies for Effective Human–Computer Interaction ⓘ Encounters with HCI Pioneers ⓘ Leonardo’s Laptop ⓘ Readings in Information Visualization: Using Vision to Think ⓘ The Craft of Information Visualization ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
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computer scientist ⓘ professor ⓘ researcher ⓘ |
| workInstitution |
University of Maryland, College Park
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linked to:
University of Maryland
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How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Ben Shneiderman Description of subject: Ben Shneiderman is a pioneering computer scientist and human-computer interaction researcher known for foundational work on user interface design and information visualization.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.