Jakob Nielsen (usability consultant)
Jakob Nielsen | |
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Nielsen in 2002 | |
| Born | 5 October 1957 Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Alma mater | Technical University of Denmark (PhD) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Usability User experience Human–computer interaction |
| Institutions | IBM Bellcore Sun Microsystems Nielsen Norman Group Thomas J. Watson Research Center |
| Thesis | Software Ergonomi (1988) |
| Website | www |
Jakob Nielsen (born 5 October 1957) is a Danish web usability consultant, human–computer interaction researcher, and co-founder of Nielsen Norman Group. He was named the “guru of Web page usability” in 1998 by The New York Times and the “king of usability” by Internet Magazine.