Bill Verplank

William "Bill" Lawrence Verplank is a designer and researcher who focuses on interactions between humans and computers.

Bill Verplank received a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Stanford University in 1965.

[4] Verplank then moved the same year to Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to complete a PhD by 1977 in man-machine systems and studied with Thomas B.

He went on to work with Bill Moggridge, first at IDtwo and then at IDEO (1986–1992), bringing graphical user interfaces to the world of product design.

[6] When Interval Research closed in 2000, Verplank joined Stanford's University's CCRMA part-time with Max Mathews and developed a course on HCI for computer music and a conference (spun off from CHI) called NIME (New Interfaces for Musical Expression).