Susan Dumais

Susan T. Dumais
Susan Dumais in 2009 in her office at Microsoft Research
Born
Maine, US
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.

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