Randolph Bias
Professor
rbias@ischool.utexas.edu
(512) 471-7046
UTA 5.424
http://www.ischool.utexas.edu/~rbias/site/
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Biography
Randolph has worked in industry for over 20 years as a usability engineer, helping software developers make human-computer interfaces, including Web sites, user friendly. After stints with Bell Labs, IBM, and BMC Software (where he created and managed the Usability Department), Randolph co-founded an independent usability lab and consultancy. He came to the School of Information to research human information processing and human-computer interaction. Randolph has written over 50 technical articles in the area of human information processing, and co-edited Cost-Justifying Usability (R. G. Bias and D. J. Mayhew, Eds., 1994, Cambridge: Academic Press). He is a Certified Human Factors Practitioner, and is active in professional societies such as the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society and the Usability Professionals Association. Randolph has taught undergraduate and graduate courses in psychology and statistics at The University of Texas at Austin, Rutgers University, Huston-Tillotson College, and Texas State University, plus has taught many short courses for industry. He is a vigorous advocate for designing technology to fit the user.Degrees
B.S. (with honors) in psychology, 1973, Florida State University; Ph.D. in human experimental psychology, 1978, The University of Texas at Austin.Areas Of Specialization
Usability
Human-Information Processing
Human-Computer Interaction
Cognitive Science
Recent Publications
Bias, R. G., Gillan, D. J., & Lewis, C. (In press.) The tortoise and the (soft)ware: Moores Law, Amdahls Law, and performance trends for human-machine systems. To appear in the Journal of Usability Studies.
Bias, R. G., Nixon, M., He, D., & Kim, H. (In press.) Employing a user-centered design approach to improve operator interfaces. To appear in the IIE Transactions on Occupational Ergonomics and Human Factors, Special Issue on Special Issue on Human Factors in Advanced Applications for Process Control.
Huang, S.-C., Bias, R. G., & Schnyer, D. (In press.) How are icons processed by the brain? Neuroimaging measures of four types of visual stimuli used in information systems. Journal of the Association of Information Science and Technology. Article first published online: 15 May 2014. DOI: 10.1002/asi.23210.
Bias, R. G. (2013). (Almost) A lifetime at the research/practice nexus: Human information processing and UI design. Presentation made to the Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition, Pensacola, FL, June.
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- John Wiley Best Paper Award , Journal of the Association of Information Science and Technology (JASIST) with Huang, S. C. & Schnyer, D.