Yvonne Rogers

Early life She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology from University of Wales in 1982, Master of Science degree ergonomics from University College London in 1983, and PhD in human-computer interaction from University of Wales in 1988.

Career and research Rogers served as a professor of school of Cognitive and Computing Sciences at Sussex University from 1992 to 2003, Professor in Informatics from 2003 to 2006 at Indiana University, and Professor of HCI at Open University from 2006 to 2011. She is professor and director of The University College London Interaction Centre at University College London. She is known for her work on iconic interface to human-centre AI and a research agenda of user engagement in ubiquitous computing.

Rogers was a principal investigator for the ICRI project in collaboration with Intel. From 2000 to 2007, Rogers contributed to the UK Equator Project as a principal investigator, researching the relationship between physical and digital user experiences. One of the projects was "Ambient Wood", encouraging children to explore biological processes in a forest using wireless probes. Rogers worked on an augmented reality (AR) project to "try on" makeup and see how this AR influences buying decisions.

Awards and honours Fellow of the British Computer Society SIGCHI Lifetime Research Award 2022 Elected into SIGCHI CHI Academy 2012 Milner Award 2022 Fellow of the Royal Society 2022

Books Her publications

Papers Yvonne Rogers, Judi Ellis, Distributed cognition: an alternative framework for analysing and explaining collaborative working, (1994), Journal of Information Technology Michael Scaife, Yvonne Rogers, External cognition: how do graphical representations work?, (1996), International Journal of Human-Computer Studies Yvonne Rogers, Antonio Rizzo, Mike Scaife, Interdisciplinarity: an Emergent or Engineered Process?, (2003), University of Sussex Michael Scaife, Yvonne Rogers, Frances Aldrich, Matt Davies, Designing for or designing with? Informant design for interactive learning environments, (2006), CHI '97 Proceedings of the ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human factors in computing systems Yvonne Rogers, Moving on from Weiser's Vision of Calm Computing: Engaging UbiComp Experiences, (2006), International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing Richard Harper, Tom Rodden, Yvonne Rogers, Abigail Sellen, Human-Computer Interaction in the Year 2020, (2008), Microsoft Research