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Computer Science
New Zealand
2026

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Computer Science

D-Index
58
Citations
11858
World Ranking
3668
National Ranking
8

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Computer Science in New Zealand Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Computer Science in New Zealand Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Computer Science in New Zealand Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Computer Science in New Zealand Leader Award

Overview

Andy Cockburn is affiliated with the University of Canterbury in New Zealand and has a research focus primarily in the field of Computer Science. Their work spans several subfields, including Human-Computer Interaction, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Artificial Intelligence, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, and Cognitive Neuroscience.

Their research covers a range of topics related to interaction and technology, particularly in areas such as Data Visualization and Analytics, Data Management and Algorithms, Multisensory perception and integration, Human-Automation Interaction and Safety, Interactive and Immersive Displays, Usability and User Interface Design, and Innovative Human-Technology Interaction.

Recent notable publications by Andy Cockburn include:

  • Threats of a replication crisis in empirical computer science, 2020, Communications of the ACM
  • Probability Weighting in Interactive Decisions, 2022, CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Frequent coauthors working with Andy Cockburn are:

  • Carl Gutwin
  • Stewart Dowding
  • Pang Suwanaposee
  • Aristides Mairena
  • Joshua Leung

The scientist regularly publishes in venues such as:

  • International Journal of Human-Computer Studies
  • CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
  • Canada Human-Computer Communications Society
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Communications of the ACM

Best Publications

  • A review of overview+detail, zooming, and focus+context interfaces

    Andy Cockburn;Amy Karlson;Benjamin B. Bederson

  • User-Defined Gestures for Augmented Reality

    Thammathip Piumsomboon;Adrian J. Clark;Mark Billinghurst;Andy Cockburn

  • What do web users do? An empirical analysis of web use

    Andy Cockburn;Bruce Mckenzie

  • FingARtips: gesture based direct manipulation in Augmented Reality

    Volkert Buchmann;Stephen Violich;Mark Billinghurst;Andy Cockburn

  • Evaluating the effectiveness of spatial memory in 2D and 3D physical and virtual environments

    Andy Cockburn;Bruce McKenzie

  • The Impact of Control-Display Gain on User Performance in Pointing Tasks

    Géry Casiez;Daniel Vogel;Ravin Balakrishnan;Andy Cockburn

  • A predictive model of menu performance

    Andy Cockburn;Carl Gutwin;Saul Greenberg

  • Which way now? Analysing and easing inadequacies in WWW navigation

    Andy Cockburn;Steve Jones

  • Shallow-depth 3d interaction: design and evaluation of one-, two- and three-touch techniques

    Mark Hancock;Sheelagh Carpendale;Andy Cockburn

  • 3D or not 3D?: evaluating the effect of the third dimension in a document management system

    Andy Cockburn;Bruce McKenzie

  • Supporting Novice to Expert Transitions in User Interfaces

    Andy Cockburn;Carl Gutwin;Joey Scarr;Sylvain Malacria

  • Through the looking glass: the use of lenses as an interface tool for Augmented Reality interfaces

    Julian Looser;Mark Billinghurst;Andy Cockburn

  • Enhancing physicality in touch interaction with programmable friction

    Vincent Levesque;Louise Oram;Karon MacLean;Andy Cockburn

  • Understanding performance in touch selections: Tap, drag and radial pointing drag with finger, stylus and mouse

    A. Cockburn;D. Ahlström;C. Gutwin

  • Awareness through fisheye views in relaxed-WYSIWIS groupware

    Saul Greenberg;Carl Gutwin;Andy Cockburn

  • Multimodal feedback for the acquisition of small targets

    Andy Cockburn;Stephen Brewster

  • Improving command selection with CommandMaps

    Joey Scarr;Andy Cockburn;Carl Gutwin;Andrea Bunt

  • Improving the Acquisition of Small Targets

    Andy Cockburn;Andrew Firth

  • Threats of a replication crisis in empirical computer science

    Andy Cockburn;Pierre Dragicevic;Lonni Besançon;Carl Gutwin

  • Revisiting 2D vs 3D implications on spatial memory

    Andy Cockburn

  • Using Disortion-Oriented Displays to Support Workspace Awareness

    Saul Greenberg;Carl Gutwin;Andy Cockburn

  • A Predictive Model of Human Performance With Scrolling and Hierarchical Lists

    Andy Cockburn;Carl Gutwin

Frequent Co-Authors

Carl Gutwin
Carl Gutwin University of Saskatchewan
Saul Greenberg
Saul Greenberg University of Calgary
Mark Billinghurst
Mark Billinghurst University of South Australia
Tim Bell
Tim Bell University of Canterbury
Jason Alexander
Jason Alexander University of Bath
Philippe Palanque
Philippe Palanque Paul Sabatier University
Regan L. Mandryk
Regan L. Mandryk University of Victoria
Harold Thimbleby
Harold Thimbleby Swansea University
Pourang Irani
Pourang Irani University of Manitoba
Karon E. MacLean
Karon E. MacLean University of British Columbia

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