Brad Myers
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Brad Allan Myers is a professor
in the Human-Computer Interaction Institute at Carnegie Mellon University
. He earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science at the University of Toronto
in 1987, under Bill Buxton
.
Myers is currently the fourth most published author in the field of Human-Computer Interaction. He was elected to the prestigious CHI Academy
in 2004 as one of the "principal leaders of the field" of HCI and is an ACM Fellow. Myers is a leading researcher in the field of programming by demonstration
and created the Garnet and Amulet toolkits.
Professor
A professor is a scholarly teacher; the precise meaning of the term varies by country. Literally, professor derives from Latin as a "person who professes" being usually an expert in arts or sciences; a teacher of high rank...
in the Human-Computer Interaction Institute at Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon University is a private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States....
. He earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science at the University of Toronto
University of Toronto
The University of Toronto is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution of higher learning in Upper Canada...
in 1987, under Bill Buxton
Bill Buxton
William Arthur Stewart "Bill" Buxton is a Canadian computer scientist and designer. He is currently a Principal researcher at Microsoft Research...
.
Myers is currently the fourth most published author in the field of Human-Computer Interaction. He was elected to the prestigious CHI Academy
CHI Academy
The CHI Academy is a group of researchers honored by SIGCHI, the Special Interest Group in Computer–Human Interaction of the Association for Computing Machinery. Each year, 5–7 new members are elected for having made a significant, cumulative contributions to the development of thefield of...
in 2004 as one of the "principal leaders of the field" of HCI and is an ACM Fellow. Myers is a leading researcher in the field of programming by demonstration
Programming by demonstration
In computer science, programming by demonstration is an End-user development technique for teaching a computer or a robot new behaviors by demonstrating the task totransfer directly instead of programming it through machine commands....
and created the Garnet and Amulet toolkits.