Brad A. Myers

Brad A. Myers is the Charles M. Geschke Director and Professor in the Human-Computer Interaction Institute (HCII) at Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science, with an affiliated faculty appointment in the Software and Societal Systems Department. He leads research focused on making programming more accessible through human-centered methods.

Education:

• PhD in Computer Science, University of Toronto
• MS and BSc degrees, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Research: Myers' work spans user interface software, programming environments, end-user software engineering (EUSE), API usability, and interaction techniques. His Natural Programming Lab develops tools to democratize programming through novel interaction paradigms and AI-assisted development tools, with recent focus on LLM integration and developer experience (DevX) optimization.

Publication Trends: Recent articles demonstrate a strong focus on human-AI collaboration in software development, particularly in API usability, automated testing, documentation systems, and programming assistance tools. His work consistently bridges HCI principles with practical software engineering challenges.

Awards:

• ACM SIGCHI Lifetime Achievement Award in Research (2017)
• Alan J. Perlis Award for Imagination in Computer Science (2022)
• CBI Human-Computer Interaction History Prize (2025)
• IEEE Fellow, ACM Fellow, CHI Academy Member
• 19 Best Paper Awards, 6 Most Influential Paper Awards

Students & Projects: Has advised over 30 PhD/Master's students on projects including Natural Programming, Pebbles (handheld computing), RADAR (adaptive reasoning systems), and ConstraintJS. Current projects explore API usability, conversational agents for programming, and developer sensemaking tools.

Labs & Affiliations: Directs the Natural Programming Lab at HCII. Consults for over 90 companies on UI design/implementation. Teaches courses on interaction techniques and user interface software.