Ph.D. Computer Science, University of Maryland at College Park, 2006

M.S. Computer Science, University of Maryland at College Park, 2002

B.A. Mathematics (Computer Science Concentration) & Physics, Colby College, 1986

555 Information Systems in Libraries and Information Centers

877 Special Topics: User Interface Design and Evaluation

Human-Computer Interaction

Information System Design and Evaluation

Exploratory Search Systems

"Categorizing web search results into meaningful and stable categories using Fast- Feature techniques", Kules, B., Kustanowitz, J. and Shneiderman, B. (June 2006). Proceedings of the 6th ACM/IEEE-CS joint conference on Digital libraries, Chapel Hill, NC, 210-219.

"Creativity support tools: Report from a U.S. National Science Foundation sponsored workshop", Shneiderman, B., Fischer, G., Czerwinski, M., Resnick, M., Myers, B., Candy, L., Edmonds, E., Eisenberg, M., Giaccardi, E., Hewett, T., Jennings, P., Kules, B., Nakakoji, K., Nunamaker, J., Pausch, R., Selker, T. and Sylvan, E. (2005). International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, 20 (2), 61-77.

"Categorized graphical overviews for Web search results: An exploratory study using U.S. government agencies as a meaningful and stable structure.", Kules, B. and Shneiderman, B. (2005). Proceedings of the Third Annual Workshop on HCI Research in MIS, December 2004, Washington, DC.

"Immediate Usability: A case study of public access design for a community photo library.", Kules, B., Kang, H., Plaisant, C., Rose, A. and Shneiderman, B. (2004). Interacting with Computers, 16 (3), 1171-1193.

"Designing a metadata-driven visual information browser for federal statistics", Kules, B., Shneiderman, B. (2003). Proceedings of the Digital Government Research Conference, 117-122.

"A photo history of SIGCHI: Evolution of design from personal to public", Shneiderman, B., Kang, H., Kules, B., Plaisant, C., Rose, A., and Rucheir, R. (2002). ? ACM Interactions, 9, 3. 17-23.

"A comparison of voice controlled and mouse controlled Web browsing", Christian, K., Kules, B., Shneiderman, B., and Youssef, A. (2000). Proc. ACM ASSETS 2000 Conference, ACM Press, New York.

American Society for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T)

Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)

Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction of the ACM (SIGCHI)

Washington, DC Area Association for Computing Machinery Special Interest Group for Computer Human Interaction (DC-CHI)

International Association of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)