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Overview

Eric A. Bier is affiliated with the Palo Alto Research Center in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields including Engineering, Computer Science, and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a strong focus on Building and Construction, Human-Computer Interaction, Geology, Environmental Engineering, and Cognitive Neuroscience.

Their recent publications demonstrate interests in areas such as 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage, Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications, Building Energy and Comfort Optimization, Interactive and Immersive Displays, Tactile and Sensory Interactions, Gaze Tracking and Assistive Technology, and Information and Cyber Security.

Notable recent papers include:

  • Sensorium: commissioning abundant sensors with augmented reality and QR codes, 2023, Building Simulation Conference proceedings
  • An attack volume metric, 2023, Security and Privacy
  • A data-driven method to control buildings sub-zones to spatio-temporal profiles, 2023, Building Simulation Conference proceedings
  • Automatic Digitization and Orientation of Scanned Mesh Data for Floor Plan and 3D Model Generation, 2023, arXiv (Cornell University)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Eric A. Bier include:

  • Alejandro E. Brito
  • Mahabir Bhandari
  • Niraj Kunwar
  • Lester Nelson
  • Raman Goyal

Their work commonly appears in conferences and journals such as the Building Simulation Conference proceedings, Security and Privacy, and arXiv (Cornell University).

The research contributions of Eric A. Bier primarily engage with interdisciplinary approaches to building technologies and environmental sensing, highlighting a combination of computational methods and practical applications in engineering and earth sciences. The emphasis on augmented reality, sensor commissioning, and spatial control of building environments reflects a focus on integrating digital technologies into physical infrastructures.

Best Publications

  • Toolglass and magic lenses: the see-through interface

    Eric A. Bier;Maureen C. Stone;Ken Pier;William Buxton

  • A taxonomy of See-Through Tools

    Eric A. Bier;Maureen C. Stone;Ken Fishkin;William A. S. Buxton

  • User-directed method for operating on an object-based model data structure through a second contextual image

    Maureen C. Stone;Eric A. Bier;Anthony DeRose

  • User interface having movable sheet with click-through tools

    Eric A. Bier;William A. S. Buxton

  • The movable filter as a user interface tool

    Maureen C. Stone;Ken Fishkin;Eric A. Bier

  • MMM: a user interface architecture for shared editors on a single screen

    Eric A. Bier;Steven Freeman

  • Snap-dragging

    Eric A. Bier;Maureen C. Stone

  • Snap-dragging in three dimensions.

    Eric A. Bier

  • Display object for a display screen

    Eric A. Bier

  • Two-Part Texture Mappings

    Eric A. Bier;Kenneth R. Sloan

  • Skitters and jacks: interactive 3D positioning tools

    Eric Allan Bier

  • Method and apparatus for operating on the model data structure of an image to produce human perceptible output using a viewing operation region having explicit multiple regions

    Maureen C. Stone;Kenneth P. Fishkin;Eric A. Bier

  • Systems and methods for automatically converting web pages to structured shared web-writable pages

    Eric A. Bier

  • Interactive graphical search and replace utility for computer-resident synthetic graphic image editors

    Eric A. Bier;David J. Kurlander

  • Method and apparatus for interfacing a plurality of users to a plurality of applications on a common display device

    Eric A. Bier

  • The digital library integrated task environment (DLITE)

    Steve B. Cousins;Andreas Paepcke;Terry Winograd;Eric A. Bier

  • Method and apparatus for producing a composite second image in the spatial context of a first image

    Maureen C. Stone;Eric A. Bier;Kenneth P. Fishkin;Anthony Derose

  • Systems and methods for editing a web page

    Eric Allan Bier

  • Graphical search and replace

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  • Method and apparatus for per-user customization of applications shared by a plurality of users on a single display

    Eric A. Bier

  • Toolglass and magic lenses: the see-through interface

    Eric A. Bier;Maureen C. Stone;Ken Pier;Ken Fishkin

Frequent Co-Authors

Maureen Stone
Maureen Stone Tableau Software (United States)
William Buxton
William Buxton Microsoft (United States)
Kenneth P. Fishkin
Kenneth P. Fishkin Google (United States)
Mark J. Stefik
Mark J. Stefik Palo Alto Research Center
Daniel G. Bobrow
Daniel G. Bobrow Palo Alto Research Center
Adam Perer
Adam Perer Carnegie Mellon University
Ed H. Chi
Ed H. Chi Google (United States)
Stuart K. Card
Stuart K. Card Stanford University
William Ribarsky
William Ribarsky University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Tony DeRose
Tony DeRose University of Washington

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