Ofer Bergman

Ofer Bergman

Ofer Bergman is a senior lecturer at the Department of Information Science, Bar-Ilan University.[1] His research interests include Personal Information Management (PIM), Human-Computer Interaction, and Information Behavior.[2] He had written over 30 scientific publications which had been cited by over 500 papers and his current h-index is 12.[2] He received several grants and awards including the Best JASIST Paper Award,[3] and the Google Faculty Research Award.[4]

His main scientific contributions are the development of the User-subjective approach which is the first design approach developed specifically for PIM systems,[5] the evaluation of the use of search[6] and tagging[7] in personal information management, as well as developing a new research technique called Elicited Personal Information Retrieval (EPIR)[8] which enabled the study topics such as: the effect of folder structure on file navigation,[9] the amount of cognitive attention used in navigation compared to search[10] and sharing files using common repositories compared to sharing files via email.[11]

Bergman is among the first information science researchers to use neuroimaging to study neurological correlations of information behaviors.[12] In a recent study he led with Yael Benn,[13] published in Nature Scientific Reports,[14] they demonstrated the neurological bases for navigation preference over search for personal information retrieval. Their results indicated that during folder navigation, people use the same brain structures that have evolved over millions of years for navigating in the physical world, leaving the language system available for other tasks. In contrast search involved activation of Broka's area which is associated with linguistic processing. This is explained in a short video clip [15] which visualizes brain activation by using 3D modeling animation.

The study resonated in public media including the Daily Mail,[16] and The Wall Street Journal.[17]

In addition he took part in the establishment of the PIM research community by initiating the first researchers meeting in 2004,[18] creating a discussion group for researchers[19] and participating in various workshops[20][21] and panels.[22]

Personal life

He is married to Rutu Modan, an illustrator and comic book artist. They live in Tel Aviv with their children Michal and Hillel.

References

  1. ↑ "Department of Information Science, Bar-Ilan Uni.". Retrieved 12 March 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Citations to articles". Retrieved 12 March 2014.
  3. ↑ "ASIS&T". 2009. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
  4. ↑ "Google Faculty Research Awards" (PDF). 2012. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
  5. ↑ "The User-Subjective Web-Site". Retrieved 12 March 2014.
  6. ↑ "Improved search engines and navigation preference in personal information management". ACM Transactions on Information Systems. 26: 1–24. 2008. doi:10.1145/1402256.1402259. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
  7. ↑ "Folder versus tag preference in personal information management". Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology. 64: 1995–2012. August 2, 2013. doi:10.1002/asi.22906.
  8. ↑ "Shared Files – The Retrieval Perspective" (PDF). Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology. 65: 9. doi:10.1002/asi.23147. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
  9. ↑ "The effect of folder structure on personal file navigation". Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology. 61: 2426–2441. December 2010. doi:10.1002/asi.21415.
  10. ↑ Bergman, Ofer; Komninos, Andreas; Liarokapis, Dimitrios; Clarke, James (August 2012). "You never call: Demoting unused contacts on mobile phones using DMTR". Personal and Ubiquitous Computing. 16 (6): 757–766. doi:10.1007/s00779-011-0411-3.
  11. ↑ "Shared Files – The Retrieval Perspective" (PDF). Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology. 65: 9. doi:10.1002/asi.23147. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
  12. ↑ "Applications of Neuroimaging in Information Science: Challenges and Opportunities" (PDF). ASIST. November 2013. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
  13. ↑ "ResearchGate, Yael Benn The University of Sheffield, Sheffield Cognitive Science, Neuropsychology, Cognitive Psychology BSc Hons Computer Science, PhD Cognitive Neuroscience".
  14. ↑ "Scientific Reports, Navigating through digital folders uses the same brain structures as real world navigation".
  15. ↑ YouTube
  16. ↑ "Mail Online, Most humans use the same part of the brain as a dog looking for a bone when retrieving computer files".
  17. ↑ "The Wall Street Journal, The Magic of Tidying Up—Digitally".
  18. ↑ "Personal information management" (PDF). CHI '04 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing System. ACM Digital Library: 1598–1599. 2004. doi:10.1145/985921.986164. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
  19. ↑ "PIM HCI Discussion". Retrieved 12 March 2014.
  20. ↑ "The PIM Workshop An NSF-Sponsored Invitational Workshop on Personal Information Management". Retrieved 12 March 2014.
  21. ↑ "Personal Information Management: PIM 2008". CHI 2008 Workshop, Florence, Italy. April 5–6, 2008. Archived from the original on January 29, 2009. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
  22. ↑ William Jones & Harry Bruce (October 28 – November 2, 2005). "Personal Information Management in the Present and Future Perfect: Reports from a Special NSF-Sponsored Workshop". Westin Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
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