도널드 노먼

소개

도널드 노먼(Donald A. Norman, 1935년 12월 25일 ~ )은 캘리포니아 대학교 샌디에이고 인지과학과의 명예교수이자 노스웨스턴 대학교의 교수이다. 최근 그의 활동은 인지과학(Cognitive Science)에서 사용성 공학(Usability Engineering)에 초점을 맞추고 있다. 그는 또한 스탠퍼드 대학교에서 강의를 하고 있으며 브리태니커 백과사전의 편집진의 일원이다.

Donald Arthur Norman is an American researcher, professor, and author. Norman is the founding director of The Design Lab at University of California, San Diego. He is best known for his books on design, especially The Design of Everyday Things. He is widely regarded for his expertise in the fields of design, usability engineering, and cognitive science, and has shaped the development of the field of cognitive systems engineering. He is a co-founder of the Nielsen Norman Group, along with Jakob Nielsen. He is also an IDEO fellow and a member of the Board of Trustees of IIT Institute of Design in Chicago. He also holds the title of Professor Emeritus of Cognitive Science at the University of California, San Diego. Norman is an active Distinguished Visiting Professor at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), where he spends two months a year teaching.