Steven Pemberton is a senior researcher at CWI, the Dutch national research institute for mathematics and computer science in Amsterdam. His research focuses on the changes that need to be made to system architecture to make the resulting system more human-oriented.
In the late 80's he built a system with his group, Views, that would now be called a browser. It had extensible markup, stylesheets, vector graphics, client-side scripting, everything you would recognise as the web now (though it didn't run over TCP/IP).
In 1993 he wrote a white paper with Jakob Nielsen, and Scooter Morris for ACM/SIGCHI on visions for electronic publishing, where they recommended using the web.
In 1994 he organised two workshops at the first web conference at CERN (one on electronic publishing, one on client-side computation).
In 1995 he designed and built an early online journal, the SIGCHI Bulletin. He chaired the European World Wide Web Working Group W4G, and then got involved with the fledgling World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).
As a consequence he became involved with CSS and HTML, and now chairs the HTML and Forms working groups. He is co-author of many W3C recommendations, including HTML4, CSS, XHTML, XForms, and XML Events.
He has also been involved with HCI as the chair of CHI '97, a past editor of the SIGCHI Bulletin, and for ten years a member of the executive committee of SIGCHI. He was until recently editor-in-chief of ACM/interactions.
Pemberton, Steven (2005): The Future of Web Interfaces. In: Proceedings of IFIP INTERACT05: Human-Computer Interaction 2005. pp. 4-5.
Pemberton, Steven (2004): Scents and sensibility. In Interactions, 11 (1) p. 4.
Pemberton, Steven (2004): Scratching someone else's itch: (why open source can't do usability). In Interactions, 11 (1) p. 72.
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Pemberton, Steven (2004): The development consortium. In Interactions, 11 (2) p. 4.
Pemberton, Steven (2004): A little personalization goes a long way. In Interactions, 11 (3) p. 4.
Pemberton, Steven (2004): Banking. In Interactions, 11 (4) p. 4.
Pemberton, Steven (2004): The power of two. In Interactions, 11 (4) p. 64.
Pemberton, Steven (2004): Emotion. In Interactions, 11 (5) p. 4.
Pemberton, Steven (2004): Goodbye!. In Interactions, 11 (6) p. 4.
Pemberton, Steven (2004): Things that stay us from the swift completion of our appointed tasks (revisited). In Interactions, 11 (6) p. 64.
Pemberton, Steven (2003): That old Janx Spirit. In Interactions, 10 (1) p. 4.
Pemberton, Steven (2003): The kiss of the spiderbot. In Interactions, 10 (1) p. 44.
Pemberton, Steven (2003): Spanning the globe. In Interactions, 10 (2) p. 4.
Pemberton, Steven (2003): Not so much losing a publication as gaining a Web site. In Interactions, 10 (3) p. 4.
Pemberton, Steven (2003): Letter writing, telephones, and television. In Interactions, 10 (3) pp. 64-ff.
Pemberton, Steven (2003): Common interests. In Interactions, 10 (4) p. 4.
Pemberton, Steven (2003): Restrictive practices. In Interactions, 10 (4) p. 64.
Pemberton, Steven (2003): The timeless way. In Interactions, 10 (5) p. 4.
Pemberton, Steven (2003): Hotel heartbreak. In Interactions, 10 (5) p. 64.
Pemberton, Steven (2003): Accessibilty is for everyone. In Interactions, 10 (6) pp. 4-5.
Pemberton, Steven (2003): So big, so bad, so often. In Interactions, 10 (6) pp. 64-ff.
Pemberton, Steven (2002): Editorial. In Interactions, 9 (1) p. 4.
Pemberton, Steven (2002): Electric IP. In Interactions, 9 (1) p. 56.
Pemberton, Steven (2002): Editorial. In Interactions, 9 (2) p. 4.
Pemberton, Steven (2002): Choose one: fast, correct, or pleasurable. In Interactions, 9 (2) pp. 128-127.
Pemberton, Steven (2002): Editorial. In Interactions, 9 (3) p. 4.
Pemberton, Steven (2002): Use is beauty, beauty use. In Interactions, 9 (4) p. 4.
Pemberton, Steven (2002): Go away!. In Interactions, 9 (4) pp. 52-51.
Pemberton, Steven (2002): Pemberton's laptop. In Interactions, 9 (5) p. 4.
Pemberton, Steven (2002): A pixel is not a point. In Interactions, 9 (5) p. 64.
Pemberton, Steven (2002): Pemberton's PDA. In Interactions, 9 (6) p. 4.
Pemberton, Steven (2001): Editorial: International Browser Day. In Interactions, 8 (1) p. 4.
Pemberton, Steven (2001): Reflections: Photocopy this article!. In Interactions, 8 (1) p. 64.
Pemberton, Steven (2001): Editorial. In Interactions, 8 (2) p. 4.
Pemberton, Steven (2001): Reflections: The design of notations. In Interactions, 8 (2) pp. 128-126.
Pemberton, Steven (2001): Editorial. In Interactions, 8 (3) p. 4.
Pemberton, Steven (2001): What's happening. In Interactions, 8 (3) pp. 7-9.
Pemberton, Steven (2001): Book preview. In Interactions, 8 (3) pp. 53-56.
Pemberton, Steven (2001): Editorial. In Interactions, 8 (4) p. 4.
Pemberton, Steven (2001): Conference preview: HCI international 2001. In Interactions, 8 (4) pp. 59-61.
Pemberton, Steven (2001): Reflections: In search of the killer app. In Interactions, 8 (4) p. 64.
Pemberton, Steven (2001): Editorial. In Interactions, 8 (5) p. 4.
Pemberton, Steven (2001): Reflections: the culture of uncertainty. In Interactions, 8 (5) pp. 51-52.
Pemberton, Steven (2001): Editorial. In Interactions, 8 (6) p. 4.
Pemberton, Steven (2001): Reflections: did convergence kill the clock?. In Interactions, 8 (6) p. 52.
Neerincx, Mark A., Lindenberg, Jasper and Pemberton, Steven (2001): Support concepts for Web navigation: a cognitive engineering approach. In: Proceedings of the 2001 International Conference on the World Wide Web 2001. pp. 119-128.
Turner, Thea, Szwillus, Gerd, Czerwinski, Mary, Peterno, Fabio and Pemberton, Steven (eds.) Proceedings of the ACM CHI 2000 Human Factors in Computing Systems Conference April 1-6, 2000, The Hague, The Netherlands.
Pemberton, Steven (2000): Editorial. In Interactions, 7 (1) p. 4.
Pemberton, Steven (2000): Reflections: the demise of the book. In Interactions, 7 (1) p. 92.
Pemberton, Steven (2000): Editorial. In Interactions, 7 (2) p. 4.
Pemberton, Steven (2000): Reflections: it rings for thee. In Interactions, 7 (3) p. 72.
Pemberton, Steven (2000): Editorial. In Interactions, 7 (4) p. 4.
Pemberton, Steven (2000): Reflections: the accidental death of reviewing. In Interactions, 7 (4) p. 56.
Pemberton, Steven (2000): Editorial. In Interactions, 7 (5) p. 4.
Pemberton, Steven (2000): Reflections: so much for WYSIWYG. In Interactions, 7 (5) p. 60.
Pemberton, Steven (2000): The digital library. In Interactions, 7 (6) p. 4.
Pemberton, Steven (2000): Reflections: abusus non tollit usum. In Interactions, 7 (6) p. 56.
Pemberton, Steven and Blickstein, Jay (1999): Editorial. In Interactions, 6 (1) p. 4.
Pemberton, Steven (1999): Editorial. In Interactions, 6 (3) p. 4.
Pemberton, Steven and Blickstein, Jay (1999): Editorial. In Interactions, 6 (5) p. 4.
Pemberton, Steven (1999): Editorial. In Interactions, 6 (6) p. 2.
Pemberton, Steven (1999): Starting a SIGCHI Local Group in the Netherlands. In ACM SIGCHI Bulletin, 31 (1) pp. 17-21.
Pemberton, Steven (1998): Editorial. In Interactions, 5 (2) p. 4.
Pemberton, Steven (1998): Editorial. In Interactions, 5 (4) p. 4.
Pemberton, Steven (1998): Reflections: Our Subliminal Art. In Interactions, 5 (5) p. 48.
Pemberton, Steven (1998): A Curtain Falls. In ACM SIGCHI Bulletin, 30 (1) p. 1.
Pemberton, Steven (1998): Flags are Not Languages. In ACM SIGCHI Bulletin, 30 (1) p. 96.
Pemberton, Steven (1998): Not With a Whimper. In ACM SIGCHI Bulletin, 30 (2) p. 1.
Pemberton, Steven (1998): Teenagers, Sex Education and Microsoft. In ACM SIGCHI Bulletin, 30 (2) p. 160.
Pemberton, Steven (1998): New Developments. In ACM SIGCHI Bulletin, 30 (3) p. 1.
Pemberton, Steven (1998): Mysteries Worth Pondering. In ACM SIGCHI Bulletin, 30 (3) p. 72.
Pemberton, Steven (1998): CHI 98. In ACM SIGCHI Bulletin, 30 (4) p. 1.
Pemberton, Steven (1998): CHI 98: An Interview with the Conference Chairs. In ACM SIGCHI Bulletin, 30 (4) pp. 27-29.
Pemberton, Steven (1998): The Screen is Not Paper. In ACM SIGCHI Bulletin, 30 (4) p. 112.
Pemberton, Steven (ed.) Proceedings of the ACM CHI 97 Human Factors in Computing Systems Conference March 22-27, 1997, Atlanta, Georgia.
Pemberton, Steven (1997): Achieving the Future. In ACM SIGCHI Bulletin, 29 (1) p. 1.
Pemberton, Steven (1997): Quick! The Future is Coming!. In ACM SIGCHI Bulletin, 29 (1) p. 96.
Pemberton, Steven (1997): New SIGCHI Email Addresses. In ACM SIGCHI Bulletin, 29 (2) p. 1.
Pemberton, Steven (1997): If Six Were Nine. In ACM SIGCHI Bulletin, 29 (2) p. 68.
Pemberton, Steven (1997): Goodbye Diane Darrow. In ACM SIGCHI Bulletin, 29 (3) p. 1.
Pemberton, Steven (1997): Programmers are Humans Too, 2. In ACM SIGCHI Bulletin, 29 (3) p. 64.
Pemberton, Steven (1997): CHI 97. In ACM SIGCHI Bulletin, 29 (4) p. 1.
Pemberton, Steven (1997): CHI 97: Interviews with the Conference Co-Chairs. In ACM SIGCHI Bulletin, 29 (4) pp. 22-23.
Pemberton, Steven (1997): Hell and Documentation. In ACM SIGCHI Bulletin, 29 (4) p. 112.
Pemberton, Steven (1996): CHI as in arCHIve. In ACM SIGCHI Bulletin, 28 (1) p. 1.
Pemberton, Steven (1996): SIGCHI: The Later Years: Interviews with Past Chairs. In ACM SIGCHI Bulletin, 28 (1) pp. 7-9.
Pemberton, Steven (1996): The SIGCHI Bulletin: Interviews with the Editors. In ACM SIGCHI Bulletin, 28 (1) pp. 10-13.
Pemberton, Steven (1996): The CHI Conference: Interviews with Conference Chairs. In ACM SIGCHI Bulletin, 28 (1) pp. 14-24.
Pemberton, Steven (1996): Programmers Are Humans Too. In ACM SIGCHI Bulletin, 28 (1) p. 97.
Pemberton, Steven (1996): WWW. In ACM SIGCHI Bulletin, 28 (2) p. 1.
Pemberton, Steven (1996): Italy. In ACM SIGCHI Bulletin, 28 (3) p. 1.
Pemberton, Steven (1996): Beep Beep!. In ACM SIGCHI Bulletin, 28 (3) p. 128.
Pemberton, Steven (1996): CHI 96. In ACM SIGCHI Bulletin, 28 (4) p. 1.
Pemberton, Steven (1996): CHI 96: Interviews with the Conference Co-Chairs. In ACM SIGCHI Bulletin, 28 (4) pp. 20-22.
Pemberton, Steven (1996): Never is a Long Time. In ACM SIGCHI Bulletin, 28 (4) p. 96.
Pemberton, Steven (1995): From the Editor. In ACM SIGCHI Bulletin, 27 (1) p. 1.
Pemberton, Steven (1995): Views and Feelings: No Such Number, No Such Zone. In ACM SIGCHI Bulletin, 27 (1) p. 96.
Pemberton, Steven (1995): From the Editor. In ACM SIGCHI Bulletin, 27 (2) p. 1.
Fuller, Rodney and Pemberton, Steven (1995): Students: Deconstructing Tog: An Electronic Interview with Bruce Tognazzini. In ACM SIGCHI Bulletin, 27 (2) pp. 24-27.
Pemberton, Steven (1995): Views and Feelings: Gbldgk. In ACM SIGCHI Bulletin, 27 (2) p. 112.
Pemberton, Steven (1995): From the Editor. In ACM SIGCHI Bulletin, 27 (3) p. 1.
Pemberton, Steven (1995): Views and Feelings: Things that Stay Us from the Swift Completion of Our Appointed Tasks. In ACM SIGCHI Bulletin, 27 (3) p. 112.
Pemberton, Steven (1995): From the Editor. In ACM SIGCHI Bulletin, 27 (4) p. 1.
Pemberton, Steven (1995): Views and Feelings: Metaphorically Speaking. In ACM SIGCHI Bulletin, 27 (4) p. 96.
Pemberton, Steven (1994): From the Editor. In ACM SIGCHI Bulletin, 26 (1) p. 1.
Pemberton, Steven (1994): From the Editor. In ACM SIGCHI Bulletin, 26 (2) p. 1.
Pemberton, Steven (1994): Views and Feelings. In ACM SIGCHI Bulletin, 26 (2) p. 96.
Pemberton, Steven (1994): From the Editor: Social Interaction: its Rewards and Retributions. In ACM SIGCHI Bulletin, 26 (3) p. 1.
Pemberton, Steven (1994): Views and Feelings: A Word of Encouragement. In ACM SIGCHI Bulletin, 26 (3) p. 96.
Pemberton, Steven (1994): From the Editor: New No More. In ACM SIGCHI Bulletin, 26 (4) p. 1.
Pemberton, Steven (1994): Views and Feelings: Let Vs Coniectvre VVhat the VVorld VVovld Be Liqe Had the Roman Empire Not Fallen. In ACM SIGCHI Bulletin, 26 (4) p. 96.
Barfield, Lon, Boeve, Eddy and Pemberton, Steven (1993): Objects, Invariants and Treacle: Animation in the Views System. In: Alty, James L., Diaper, Dan and Guest, D. (eds.) Proceedings of the Eighth Conference of the British Computer Society Human Computer Interaction Specialist Group - People and Computers VIII August 7-10, 1993, Loughborough University, UK. pp. 157-171.
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Boeve, Eddy, Barfield, Lon and Pemberton, Steven (1993): WYSIWYG Editors: And What Now?. In: East-West International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction: Proceedings of the EWHCI93 1993. pp. 98-115.
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Pemberton, Steven (1992): Programming Aspects of Views, an Open-Architecture Application Environment. In: Advanced Visual Interfaces 1992 1992. pp. 223-239.
Barfield, Lon, Boeve, Eddy and Pemberton, Steven (1991): The Views User-Interface System. In: Robertson, Scott P., Olson, Gary M. and Olson, Judith S. (eds.) Proceedings of the ACM CHI 91 Human Factors in Computing Systems Conference April 28 - June 5, 1991, New Orleans, Louisiana. pp. 415-416.
Pemberton, Steven (1991): Open User-Interfaces, Open Applications: The Views System. In: First Moscow International HCI91 Workshop Proceedings 1991. pp. 2-12.
Pub. period:1991-2005
Pub. count:116
Number of co-authors:10
Number of publications with 3 favourite co-authors:
Eddy Boeve:3Steven Pemberton's 3 most productive colleagues in number of publications:
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