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105
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41423
World Ranking
290
National Ranking
158

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2005 - ACM Fellow For contributions to interactive programming environments.

Overview

Brad A. Myers is affiliated with Carnegie Mellon University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Computer Science, with a focus on several subfields including Information Systems, Artificial Intelligence, Human-Computer Interaction, Computer Science Applications, and Software.

The main topics covered in their work include Software Engineering Research, Open Source Software Innovations, Software Engineering Techniques and Practices, Interactive and Immersive Displays, Speech and Dialogue Systems, Green IT and Sustainability, and Topic Modeling.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Brad A. Myers cover various aspects of human-computer interaction and software engineering. Notable works include:

  • "Crystalline: Lowering the Cost for Developers to Collect and Organize Information for Decision Making" (2022), published in the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
  • "Understanding How Programmers Can Use Annotations on Documentation" (2022), published in the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
  • "PLIERS" (2021), published in ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction
  • "Obsidian" (2020), published in ACM Transactions on Programming Languages and Systems
  • "A Pilot Randomized Trial of an Interactive Web-based Tool to Support Surrogate Decision Makers in the Intensive Care Unit" (2020), published in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society

Brad A. Myers frequently collaborates with several coauthors, including Joshua Sunshine, Michael Xieyang Liu, Matthew C. Davis, Aniket Kittur, and Andrew Macvean.

The scientist has published in a range of venues, with multiple publications appearing in arXiv (Cornell University), CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology, Proceedings of the ACM on Software Engineering, and Artifact Digital Object Group.

Among book publications, Brad A. Myers has contributed to a book published by the Association for Computing Machinery titled Pick, Click, Flick!, released in 2024.

In recognition of their work, Brad A. Myers received the ACM Fellow award in 2005 for contributions to interactive programming environments.

Best Publications

  • Watch what I do: programming by demonstration

    Allen Cypher;Daniel C. Halbert;David Kurlander;Henry Lieberman

  • Past, present, and future of user interface software tools

    Brad Myers;Scott E. Hudson;Randy Pausch

  • A brief history of human-computer interaction technology

    Brad A. Myers

  • An Exploratory Study of How Developers Seek, Relate, and Collect Relevant Information during Software Maintenance Tasks

    A.J. Ko;B.A. Myers;M.J. Coblenz;H.H. Aung

  • Taxonomies of visual programming and program visualization

    Brad A. Myers

  • A study in two-handed input

    W. Buxton;B. Myers

  • The state of the art in end-user software engineering

    Amy J. Ko;Robin Abraham;Laura Beckwith;Alan Blackwell

  • Survey on user interface programming

    Brad A. Myers;Mary Beth Rosson

  • Interactive sketching for the early stages of user interface design

    James A. Landay;Brad A. Myers

  • Sketching interfaces: toward more human interface design

    J.A. Landay;B.A. Myers

  • Garnet: comprehensive support for graphical, highly interactive user interfaces

    Brad A. Myers;Dario A. Giuse;Roger B. Dannenberg;Brad Vander Zanden

  • Six Learning Barriers in End-User Programming Systems

    A.J. Ko;B.A. Myers;Htet Htet Aung

  • User interface software tools

    Brad A. Myers

  • Collaboration using multiple PDAs connected to a PC

    Brad A. Myers;Herb Stiel;Robert Gargiulo

  • User-centered design and interactive health technologies for patients.

    Annette De Vito Dabbs;Brad A. Myers;Kenneth R. Mc Curry;Jacqueline Dunbar-Jacob

  • Visual programming, programming by example, and program visualization: a taxonomy

    B. A. Myers

  • Estimating the numbers of end users and end user programmers

    C. Scaffidi;M. Shaw;B. Myers

  • Maximizing the guessability of symbolic input

    Jacob O. Wobbrock;Htet Htet Aung;Brandon Rothrock;Brad A. Myers

  • EdgeWrite: a stylus-based text entry method designed for high accuracy and stability of motion

    Jacob O. Wobbrock;Brad A. Myers;John A. Kembel

  • Designing the whyline: a debugging interface for asking questions about program behavior

    Amy J. Ko;Brad A. Myers

  • Generating remote control interfaces for complex appliances

    Jeffrey Nichols;Brad A. Myers;Michael Higgins;Joseph Hughes

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeffrey Nichols
Jeffrey Nichols Apple (United States)
Jacob O. Wobbrock
Jacob O. Wobbrock University of Washington
Mary Shaw
Mary Shaw Carnegie Mellon University
Margaret Burnett
Margaret Burnett Oregon State University
Jonathan Aldrich
Jonathan Aldrich Carnegie Mellon University
Duen Horng Chau
Duen Horng Chau Georgia Institute of Technology
Mary Beth Rosson
Mary Beth Rosson Pennsylvania State University
Albert T. Corbett
Albert T. Corbett Carnegie Mellon University
Mary Amanda Dew
Mary Amanda Dew University of Pittsburgh

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