Scott Hudson (computer scientist)
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Scott E. Hudson is a professor
in the Human-Computer Interaction Institute at Carnegie Mellon University
. He was previously an Associate Professor in the College of Computing at the Georgia Institute of Technology
and prior to that an Assistant Professor of Computer Science
at the University of Arizona
. He earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science at the University of Colorado
in 1986.
Hudson has published over 100 technical papers and is presently the 13th most prolific author in the field. He was elected to the prestigious CHI Academy
in 2006, and regularly serves on the ACM
SIGCHI
and UIST
conference program committees. He is also a founding Associate Editor for ACM Transactions on Computer Human Interaction (TOCHI). Hudson was the first and founding director of the Ph.D. Program in Human-Computer Interaction at Carnegie Mellon University
.
Professor
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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 was previously an Associate Professor in the College of Computing at the Georgia Institute of Technology
Georgia Institute of Technology
The Georgia Institute of Technology is a public research university in Atlanta, Georgia, in the United States...
and prior to that an Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Computer science
Computer science or computing science is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and of practical techniques for their implementation and application in computer systems...
at the University of Arizona
University of Arizona
The University of Arizona is a land-grant and space-grant public institution of higher education and research located in Tucson, Arizona, United States. The University of Arizona was the first university in the state of Arizona, founded in 1885...
. He earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science at the University of Colorado
University of Colorado at Boulder
The University of Colorado Boulder is a public research university located in Boulder, Colorado...
in 1986.
Hudson has published over 100 technical papers and is presently the 13th most prolific author in the field. 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 2006, and regularly serves on the ACM
Association for Computing Machinery
The Association for Computing Machinery is a learned society for computing. It was founded in 1947 as the world's first scientific and educational computing society. Its membership is more than 92,000 as of 2009...
SIGCHI
SIGCHI
SIGCHI is the Special Interest Group on Computer–Human Interaction, one of the Association for Computing Machinery's special interest groups....
and UIST
Uist
Uist or The Uists are the central group of islands in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.North Uist and South Uist are linked by causeways running via Benbecula and Grimsay, and the entire group is sometimes known as the Uists....
conference program committees. He is also a founding Associate Editor for ACM Transactions on Computer Human Interaction (TOCHI). Hudson was the first and founding director of the Ph.D. Program in Human-Computer Interaction at Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon University is a private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States....
.