Jean Clarice Scholtz is an American computer scientist known for her contributions to human–computer interaction, and particularly for developing the "Common Industry Format" (CIF) for

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results while at the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

Education and career

Scholtz has a bachelor's degree from the University of Iowa. She earned a master's degree from the Stevens Institute of Technology, and completed her Ph.D. in 1989 in computer science at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Her dissertation was ''A study of transfer of skill between programming languages'', and was jointly supervised by Susan Wiedenbeck and

David A. Klarner David Anthony Klarner (October 10, 1940March 20, 1999) was an American mathematician, author, and educator. He is known for his work in combinatorial enumeration, polyominoes, and box-packing.Portland State University, and moved from there to Intel and then the National Institute of Standards and Technology. While at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, she also served as a program manager for the

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. Scholtz retired from the National Institute of Standards and Technology in 2006, and became Chief Scientist for Visual Analytics at the

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Recognition

SIGCHI gave Scholtz their Lifetime Service Award in 2015. She was elected to the CHI Academy in 2018.

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