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Thursday, April 23, 2009
Bentley Ranked 14th Nationally 04/23/09
Check this out: 
Here is something to be very proud of: Bentley University has just been ranked at number 14 by US News and World Report in their Best Business Schools Specialty Rankings: Information Systems.
Three academic departments at Bentley share this space: CIS, IPM, and IDCC (DUC). Take a look at the company we keep (click the graphic to the right to enlarge).
Further, it is interesting to note that behind us in the rankings are Arizona State University, the University of California--Berkeley, University of California--Irvine, Purdue University, University of California--Los Angeles, and the University of Pittsburgh.
If you have questions, just e-mail me at wbuchholz@bentley.edu. Feel free to comment on this announcement, or if you want to e-mail it, click on the little mail icon directly below.
Labels: Bentley University, US News Ranking
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Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Bill Albert, Director, DUC 04/22/09
Check this out: Director of the Design and Usability Center (DUC), Dr. Bill Albert, speaks to the class, Friday, April 24, 2009.Here is a portion of Bill's bio from the DUC site:
"Bill Albert is Director of the Design and Usability Center at Bentley University. Bill brings more than 15 years of experience in human factors, usability, and user research to his role leading the center. Bill has expertise in user interface design, information architecture, qualitative and quantitative research techniques, and user experience strategy. Prior to joining Bentley, Bill was Director of User Experience at Fidelity Investments, Senior User Interface Researcher at Lycos, and Post-Doctoral Research Scientist at Cambridge Basic Research. Bill is also a regular instructor at the International Usability Professional?s Association Annual Conference and at Bentley University.Bill has published and presented his research at more than thirty national and international conferences. He recently co-authored (with Tom Tullis) the first ever book on usability metrics, Measuring the User Experience, published by Elsevier/Morgan Kauffman in March, 2008. He is currently working on his second book (with Tom Tullis and Donna Tedesco), focusing on automated usability testing (to be published by Elsevier/Morgan Kauffman in January 2010). He has been on the International Usability Professional?s Association Annual Conference (UPA) Committee since 2003, and the International Usability Professional?s Association Global Advisory Committee since 2007."
Class will meet in the DUC testing suite after first convening in Smith 210 at 11:20. Feel free to bring a friend or acquaintance who might be interested in learning more about usability and the facilities at Bentley.
If you have questions, just e-mail me at wbuchholz@bentley.edu. Feel free to comment on this announcement, or if you want to e-mail it, click on the little mail icon directly below.
Labels: Bill Albert, Design and Usability Center, DUC, Tom Tullis, usability, usability test, User experience
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