Bill Buxton

Bill Buxton

Infobox_Scientist
name = William Arthur Stewart Buxton


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birth_date = Birth date|1949|03|10
birth_place = Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
death_date =
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residence = Canada
citizenship = Canada
nationality = Canadian
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field = Computer Science and Design
work_institutions = Utrecht University
University of Toronto
Alias Wavefront
Xerox PARC
Microsoft Research
alma_mater = St. Lawrence College
Queen's University
Utrecht University
University of Toronto
doctoral_advisor =
doctoral_students = Brad Myers
I. Scott MacKenzie
Gordon Kurtenbach
Shumin Zhai
Beverly Harrison
George W. Fitzmaurice
Ravin Balakrishnan
known_for = User interface pioneer
Marking menu
Sketching in design
prizes = SIGCHI Lifetime Achievement Award (Association for Computing Machinery)
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William Arthur Stewart "Bill" Buxton is a Canadian computer scientist and designer. He is currently a Principal researcher at Microsoft Research. He is known for being one of the pioneers in the human–computer interaction field.

Background and Contributions

Bill Buxton received his bachelor's degree in Music from Queen's University in 1973 and his master's degree in Computer Science from University of Toronto in 1978. [ [http://www.billbuxton.com/cv.html Bill Buxton's vita] ]

Bill Buxton's scientific contributions include applying Fitts' law to human-computer interaction and the invention and analysis of the marking menu (together with Gordon Kurtenbach). He pioneered multi-touch interfaces and music composition tools in the late 70s, while working in the Dynamics Graphics Project Group at University of Toronto. Recently, he is also known for his book "Sketching User Experiences: Getting the Design Right and the Right Design" (Morgan Kaufmann, 2007).

Bill Buxton is a regular columnist at BusinessWeek. Before joining Microsoft Research he was Chief Scientist at Alias Wavefront and SGI, and a Professor at University of Toronto. [ [http://www.businessweek.com/bios/Bill_Buxton.htm Official Bio at BusinessWeek] ]

He received the SIGCHI Lifetime Achievement Award in 2008 for his many fundamental contributions to the human–computer interaction field. [ [http://www.sigchi.org/documents/awards/awards-2008.html SIGCHI Lifetime Achievement Award Bio] ]

Notable Honors and Awards

* Elected to the CHI Academy (2002)
* SIGCHI Lasting Impact Award (2004)
* SIGCHI Lifetime Achievement Award (2008)
* Doctor of Design Honoris Causa from Ontario College of Art and Design (2008)

See also

* Marking menu
* Multi-touch
* Human–computer interaction

References

External links

* [http://www.billbuxton.com Bill Buxton's personal web page]
* [http://uk.intruders.tv/ReMix08-Fireside-chat-with-Bill-Buxton-principal-researcher-at-Microsoft_a456.html Fireside chat with Bill Buxton] Video


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