CHI Academy

The CHI Academy is an honorary group of individuals who have made extensive contributions to the study of HCI and who have led the shaping of the field.

This year we have elected seven new Academy members. In alphabetical order, they are:

Stuart K. Card

James D. Foley

Morten Kyng

Thomas P. Moran

Donald A. Norman

Judith S. Olson

Ben Shneiderman

Congratulations to this year's Academy.

Lifetime Achievement Award

The CHI Lifetime Achievement Award is the most prestigious award SIGCHI gives. The criteria for achievement are the same as for the CHI Academy, only more so.

This year we present the CHI Lifetime Achievement Award to Ben Shneiderman.

Ben Shneiderman

For over 25 years Ben Shneiderman has promoted human-computer interaction by writing, lecturing and researching about HCI. His landmark book, Software Psychology, made the world aware of the human aspects of computing while his internationally-acclaimed book, Designing the User Interface: Strategies for Effective Human-Computer Interaction, significantly shaped the HCI field for graduates, researchers, and practitioners all over the world. His widely-cited 1983 paper described the nuances of direct manipulation. He soon applied these concepts to mouseable text links, called embedded menus, which are now commonly known as hot links on the World Wide Web.