[Asis-l] Usability expert joins UT School of Information

[Mary Lynn Rice-Lively]

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Randolph Bias, a leading expert on usability evaluation methods, has joined
the University of Texas at Austin¹s School of Information as Associate
Professor. 

An expert in human cognition, Dr. Bias obtained his PhD in experimental
psychology from The University of Texas and is a Certified Human Factors
Professional. He has over 20 years experience as a researcher, manager and
consultant at AT&T Bell Labs, IBM and BMC Software Inc. Most recently he was
Chief Usability Officer for Austin Usability.

He served for many years on the program committee for ACM SIGCHI and the
Human Factors Society conferences, and published over 50 papers and reports
on usability, most notably his 1994 work (with Deborah Mayhew)
³Cost-Justifying Usability², frequently characterized as a classic in the
field. Dr. Bias will teach introductory and advanced courses in user
behavior, usability evaluation and human-computer interaction.
 
³Randolph is an excellent hire for us,² said School Dean Andrew Dillon. ³He
brings unique experience of industry to the School, offers tremendous links
for our students to the world of practice, and adds significantly to our
ability to offer a top-class education in user studies, HCI and information
architecture².

Further information about the School of Information can be found at:
http://www.ischool.utexas.edu

Mary Lynn Rice-Lively
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Associate Dean
School of Information
UT at Austin 
Sanchez Building 564   1 University Station  D7000
Austin TX  78712-0390
512-471-2371 wk 512-471-3971 fax
marylynn at ischool.utexas.edu   http://www.ischool.utexas.edu/~marylynn/