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Overview

Michael B. Twidale is affiliated with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the United States. Their research contributions span primarily within the field of Computer Science, with a focus on several subfields including Information Systems, Human-Computer Interaction, Artificial Intelligence, Sociology and Political Science, and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition.

The key topics addressed in their work include:

  • Innovative Human-Technology Interaction
  • Usability and User Interface Design
  • Technology Adoption and User Behaviour
  • Language, Metaphor, and Cognition
  • AI in Service Interactions
  • Social Robot Interaction and Human-Robot Interaction (HRI)
  • Gaze Tracking and Assistive Technology

Some notable recent publications by Michael B. Twidale are:

  • "Metaphors in Voice User Interfaces: A Slippery Fish" (2023) published in ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction
  • "A state of the art and scoping review of embodied information behavior in shared, co-present extended reality experiences" (2022) published in Electronic Imaging
  • "A Scoping Review of Mental Model Research in HCI from 2010 to 2021" (2023) published in Lecture Notes in Computer Science
  • "Everyone everywhere: A distributed and embedded paradigm for usability" (2021) published in Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology
  • "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me: A Model of Online Browsing Behaviour" (2022) published in Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology

The scientist frequently publishes in venues such as the Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology, SSRN Electronic Journal, ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction, Electronic Imaging, and Lecture Notes in Computer Science.

Frequent collaborators of Michael B. Twidale include:

  • Christopher Lueg
  • Smit Desai
  • David M. Nichols
  • Dana McKay
  • George Buchanan

Best Publications

  • A framework for information quality assessment

    Besiki Stvilia;Les Gasser;Michael B. Twidale;Linda C. Smith

  • Information quality work organization in wikipedia

    Besiki Stvilia;Michael B. Twidale;Linda C. Smith;Les Gasser

  • Browsing is a collaborative process

    Michael B. Twidale;David M. Nichols;Chris D. Paice

  • INFORMATION QUALITY IN A COMMUNITY-BASED ENCYCLOPEDIA

    Besiki Stvilia;Michael B. Twidale;Les Gasser;Linda C. Smith

  • Assessing information quality of a community-based encyclopedia

    Besiki Stvilia;Michael Bernard Twidale;Linda C Smith;Les Gasser;Les Gasser

  • The usability of open source software

    David M. Nichols;Michael Bernard Twidale

  • Usability and open source software.

    David M. Nichols;Michael B. Twidale

  • Ethnomethodologically Informed Ethnography and Information System Design.

    Andy Crabtree;David M. Nichols;Jon O'Brien;Mark Rouncefield

  • Integrating ethnography into the requirements engineering process

    I. Sommerville;T. Rodden;P. Sawyer;R. Bentley

  • Situated evaluation for cooperative systems

    Michael Twidale;David Randall;Richard Bentley

  • Over the Shoulder Learning: Supporting Brief Informal Learning

    Michael B. Twidale

  • Resolving Incommensurable Debates: A Preliminary Identification of Persona Kinds, Attributes, and Characteristics

    Ingbert R. Floyd;M. Cameron Jones;Michael B. Twidale

  • Usability processes in open source projects

    David M. Nichols;Michael B. Twidale

  • Collaborative browsing and visualization of the search process

    Michael Bernard Twidale;David M. Nichols

  • Web Mash-ups and Patchwork Prototyping: User-driven technological innovation with Web 2.0 and Open Source Software

    I.R. Floyd;M.C. Jones;D. Rathi;M.B. Twidale

  • Talking in the library: implications for the design of digital libraries

    Andy Crabtree;Michael B. Twidale;Jon O'Brien;David M. Nichols

  • Designing interfaces to support collaboration in information retrieval

    Michael Bernard Twidale;David Nichols

  • Exploring Usability Discussions in Open Source Development

    M.B. Twidale;D.M. Nichols

  • Is 'Quality' Metadata 'Shareable' Metadata? The Implications of Local Metadata Practice on Federated Collections

    Sarah L. Shreeves;Ellen M. Knutson;Besiki Stvilia;Carole L. Palmer

  • Metadata Quality for Federated Collections

    Besiki Stvilia;Les Gasser;Michael B. Twidale;Sarah L. Shreeves

Frequent Co-Authors

Tom Rodden
Tom Rodden University of Nottingham
Les Gasser
Les Gasser University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Ian Sommerville
Ian Sommerville University of St Andrews
Andy Crabtree
Andy Crabtree University of Nottingham
Mark Rouncefield
Mark Rouncefield Lancaster University
Jeff Huang
Jeff Huang Brown University
Steve Benford
Steve Benford University of Nottingham
Brian P. Bailey
Brian P. Bailey University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Ann Blandford
Ann Blandford University College London
Kevin Hamilton
Kevin Hamilton University of Hawaii at Manoa

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