Susan Dumais

Susan T. Dumais
Susan Dumais in 2009 in her office at Microsoft Research
Born
NationalityAmerican
Alma materIndiana University
Bates College
Known forHuman Computer Interaction
Information Retrieval
AwardsACM-W Athena Lecturer Award (2014)

SIGCHI Lifetime Achievement Award (2020)

SIGIR Academy (2021)
Scientific career
FieldsComputer Science
InstitutionsMicrosoft Research
Doctoral advisorRichard M. Shriffin
Doctoral studentsJeff Huang
Websiteresearch.microsoft.com/~sdumais/

Susan Dumais (born August 11, 1953) is an American computer scientist who is a leader in the field of information retrieval, and has been a significant contributor to Microsoft's search technologies. According to Mary Jane Irwin, who heads the Athena Lecture awards committee, “Her sustained contributions have shaped the thinking and direction of human-computer interaction and information retrieval." In 2025, she was elected to the American Philosophical Society.