Academic Background: Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics, MIT, 1970; B.S., University of Chicago.
Research Interests: Human-computer interaction, AI, and design thinking; studies conversational agents and usability.
Appointments: Professor Emeritus of Computer Science, Stanford University.
Awards: ACM SIGCHI Lifetime Achievement Award; Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Publications: Author of Understanding Computers and Cognition (Ablex, 1986); articles in Communications of the ACM.
Additional Contributions: Co-founder of Stanford’s d.school; mentor to Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin.