Steve Whittaker is Distinguished Professor of Human Computer Interaction at University of California at Santa Cruz. Probably best known for his work on computer mediated communication, he uses social science approaches to design novel interactive systems to support memory, collaboration and personal information management. He received a Lifetime Research Achievement Award from SIGCHI (Special Interest Group on Computer Human Interaction), is a Member of the SIGCHI Academy and a Fellow of the Association for Computational Machinery (ACM). He has also received a Lasting Impact Award from ACM Computer Supported Co-operative Work (CSCW), and been nominated for, or awarded 10 Best Paper awards at ACM CHI, CSCW and IUI conferences. He is Editor of the journal Human Computer Interaction. His current interests are designing human-understandable AI and computational well-being. His most recent book with Ofer Bergman is The Science of Managing Our Digital Stuff, from MIT Press.Â