Shneiderman Named Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors

Ben Shneiderman, a Distinguished University Professor of computer science with an appointment in UMIACS, was recently named a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI).

This honor is awarded to academic inventors who have demonstrated a prolific spirit of innovation in creating or facilitating outstanding inventions that have made a tangible impact on quality of life, economic development and the welfare of society.

Shneiderman has submitted over 25 disclosures to UMD's Office of Technology Commercialization in the fields of human-computer interaction and information visualization. Predominantly through copyright licensing, the university has licensed over 20 of his disclosures, generating almost $600,000.

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