Raluca Budiu is Senior Director of Data Strategy at Nielsen Norman Group. In this capacity, she uses her data-analysis expertise to drive strategic business decisions. Raluca also serves as editor for articles published on NNgroup.com. Raluca consults for clients from a variety of industries and presents tutorials on mobile usability, quantitative usability methods, the design of desktop applications, cognitive psychology for designers, and principles of human-computer interaction. Raluca coauthored the NN/g reports on tablet usability, mobile usability, iPad usability, and the usability of children's websites, as well as the book Mobile Usability. She served as a judge for GSMA Global Mobile Awards 2012-2018 and Tabby Awards 2013.
Raluca previously worked at Xerox PARC, doing research in human-computer interaction. At PARC, she built computational models of how people search for information in visualizations of large data structures. She also explored new ways of measuring information scent and conducted research on interfaces for social bookmarking systems and on the cognitive benefits of tagging.
Raluca was also a user researcher at Microsoft Corporation, where she explored future directions and made strategic recommendations for incorporating user-generated content and social web features into MSN.
Raluca has authored many articles in academic journals and conferences on human-computer interaction, psychology, and cognitive science. She holds a Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon University.
GUI screen components, workflows, user types, design patterns, and ways of interacting with complex data
When research data should be trusted; what statistics to use when
Essential UX design principles for small-screen websites and apps
Use psychology to predict and explain how your customers think and act
Pick the best UX research method for each stage in the design process
