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12. Amiga hires Dr. Jim Miller as Director of User Experience R&D
· · Dr. Jim Miller
Director of User Experience R&D
Dr. Jim Miller, Director of User Experience R&D, has worked in the
field of human-computer interaction for over 17 years. He has
specialized in the development of interactive systems that provide
exceptional creative power to their users, while maintaining
exceptional ease of use. Prior to joining Amiga, Jim was doing
consulting on the design and evaluation of the user interface
components of desktop software and Internet products, and was
involved in startup activities in the area of consumer Internet technology.
Previously, Jim was the program manager for Intelligent Systems at
Apple's Advanced Technology Group, where he led a number of research
projects on human-computer interaction and intelligent interfaces,
especially those involving agents and assistants, speech, and natural
language processing. Here, as elsewhere, much of his work was focused
in supporting technology transfer between research and product
development teams. The result of one such collaboration, Apple Data
Detectors, is available at http://www.apple.com/applescript/data_detectors.
Some of his other interests include the ongoing convergence of computation
and consumer technologies, the creation of distributed networked communities,
and the evaluation methods for interactive systems.
Prior to joining Apple, Dr. Miller was the manager of the Human-Computer
Interaction Department in Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, and a project
leader in human-computer interaction at MCC (Microelectronics and
Computer Technology Corporation). Jim has a Ph.D. and an M.S. in
Psychology from the University of California, Los Angeles, and a B.S.
in Social Science-Computer Science from Michigan State University.
Jim is also active in SIGCHI, the ACM's special interest group for
human-computer interaction. He was co-chair of the 1992 CHI
conference, and was elected chair of SIGCHI in 1993. Currently, he
sits on the SIGCHI Executive Committee as Past Chair, and is also a
member of the organization's Conference Management Committee.
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