David Novick

David Novick, J.D., Ph.D. provides professional consulting services for organizations that seek to improve the usefulness and usability of their Web sites, user interfaces, and documentation.

Dr. Novick's contributions to understanding of usefulness and usability of computer applications, interfaces and documentation include:

• Understanding the causes and solutions of usability problems (http://www.cs.utep.edu/novick/papers/usability.sigdoc05.pdf)
• Understanding users' roles and tasks (http://www.cs.utep.edu/novick/papers/handsfree.sigdoc03.pdf)
• Developing and validating usability assessment methods (http://www.cs.utep.edu/novick/papers/cw-op.interactions.html, http://www.cs.utep.edu/novick/papers/lowtech.sigdoc00.pdf)

Dr. Novick has been one of the nation's leaders in setting the research agenda for the field of human-computer interaction (http://www.cs.utep.edu/novick/papers/chi.bulletin.pdf; http://www.cs.utep.edu/novick/papers/chi.interactions.pdf).