Thomas P. Moran
Brief Biography


Education:

B.Architecture, University of Detroit (1965)
Graduate Study, Architecture, Cornell University (1965-67)
Ph.D., Computer Science, Carnegie-Mellon University (1973)

Positions:

Distinguished Engineer, IBM Almaden Research Center (2001)
Principal Scientist, Xerox PARC (2000)
Manager, Collaborative Systems Area, Xerox PARC (1992-99)
Principal Scientist, Xerox PARC (1990-92)
First Director, Rank Xerox EuroPARC, Cambridge, England (1986-90)
Manager, User-System Research Area, Xerox PARC (1984-86)
Principal Scientist, Xerox PARC (1984)
Research Scientist, Xerox PARC (1974-84)

Founder and Editor, Human-Computer Interaction (1982-present)

Research:

Early work on the theoretical foundations of human-computer interaction:
resulting in the seminal book (with Stu Card and Allen Newell),
The Psychology of Human-Computer Interaction (1983).
 
Developed several analysis tools and theoretical frameworks for HCI:
GOMS family of user models (1980)
Command Language Grammar (1981)
external-internal task mapping (1983)
analysis of user mental models (1983)
QOC design rationale representation (1991)
workaday world paradigm for CSCW (1990)
embodied user interfaces (1998)
 
Developed several innovative interactive systems:
NoteCards idea-processing hypertext system (1986)
Instructional Design Environment (1988)
user-tailorable Buttons system (1990)
RAVE media space environment (1992)
Tivoli electronic whiteboard system (1993)
multimedia meeting capture and "salvaging" tools (1996)
whiteboard-embedded meeting tools (1998)
camera-captured walls (1999
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