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Ronald M. Baecker

Ronald M. Baecker

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Computer Science

D-Index
56
Citations
13674
World Ranking
4044
National Ranking
156

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2011 - ACM Fellow For contributions to human-computer interaction and computer animation.

Overview

Ronald M. Baecker is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada and has contributed to research across multiple fields including Computer Science, Social Sciences, and Psychology. Their work spans several subfields such as Demography, Artificial Intelligence, Human-Computer Interaction, Applied Psychology, and Computer Networks and Communications.

Their research addresses topics including Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection, Innovative Human-Technology Interaction, Digital Mental Health Interventions, IoT and Edge/Fog Computing, Ethics and Social Impacts of AI, Technology Use by Older Adults, and Aging and Gerontology Research.

Recent papers authored by Ronald M. Baecker include:

  • Digital dreams have become nightmares, 2022, published in interactions
  • A call to action, 2022, published in Communications of the ACM

Their frequent co-authors include Jonathan Grudin, with whom they have collaborated on 22 publications.

Ronald M. Baecker has published in venues such as:

  • interactions
  • Communications of the ACM

They have authored books under the Association for Computing Machinery, including "Digital Dreams Have Become Nightmares: What We Must Do" published in 2024.

In recognition of their contributions to human-computer interaction and computer animation, Ronald M. Baecker was awarded the ACM Fellow in 2011.

Best Publications

  • ACM SIGCHI Curricula for Human-Computer Interaction

    Thomas T. Hewett;Ronald Baecker;Stuart Card;Tom Carey

  • Readings in human-computer interaction : toward the year 2000

    Ronald M. Baecker

  • A Principled Taxonomy of Software Visualization

    Blaine A. Price;Ronald M. Baecker;Ian S. Small

  • Readings in Groupware and Computer-Supported Cooperative Work: Assisting Human-Human Collaboration

    Ronald M. Baecker

  • Information archiving with bookmarks: personal Web space construction and organization

    David Abrams;Ron Baecker;Mark Chignell

  • Experiences in the use of a media space

    Marilyn M. Mantei;Ronald M. Baecker;Abigail J. Sellen;William A. S. Buxton

  • Can Digital Technology Enhance Social Connectedness Among Older Adults? A Feasibility Study:

    Barbara Barbosa Neves;Rachel Franz;Rebecca Judges;Christian Beermann

  • The user-centred iterative design of collaborative writing software

    Ronald M. Baecker;Dimitrios Nastos;Ilona R. Posner;Kelly L. Mawby

  • How people write together (groupware)

    I.R. Posner;R.M. Baecker

  • The user-centered iterative design of collaborative writing software

    Ronald M. Baecker;Dimitrios Nastos;Ilona R. Posner;Kelly L. Mawby

  • Getting the right design and the design right

    Maryam Tohidi;William Buxton;Ronald Baecker;Abigail Sellen

  • An evaluation of a multiple interface design solution for bloated software

    Joanna McGrenere;Ronald M. Baecker;Kellogg S. Booth

  • Human Factors and Typography for More Readable Programs

    Ronald M. Baecker;Aaron Marcus

  • How People Write Together

    Ilona R. Posner;Ronald M. Baecker

  • Readings in human-computer interaction : a multidisciplinary approach

    Ronald M. Baecker;William A. S. Buxton

  • Human-computer interaction: toward the year 2000

    Ronald M. Baecker;Jonathan Grudin;William A. S. Buxton;Saul Greenberg

  • Picture-driven animation

    Ronald M. Baecker

  • System and method for publishing, updating, navigating, and searching documents containing digital video data

    Eric Smith;Ronald Baecker

  • Using participatory activities with seniors to critique, build, and evaluate mobile phones

    Michael Massimi;Ronald M. Baecker;Michael Wu

  • Design and evaluation

    Ronald M. Baecker;Jonathan Grudin;William A. S. Buxton;Saul Greenberg

  • Proceedings of the 1992 ACM conference on Computer-supported cooperative work

    Marilyn Mantel;Ron Baecker

Frequent Co-Authors

William Buxton
William Buxton Microsoft (United States)
Saul Greenberg
Saul Greenberg University of Calgary
Jonathan Grudin
Jonathan Grudin University of Washington
Jeremy Birnholtz
Jeremy Birnholtz Northwestern University
Abigail Sellen
Abigail Sellen Microsoft (United States)
Joanna McGrenere
Joanna McGrenere University of British Columbia
Sandra E. Black
Sandra E. Black University of Toronto
Kellogg S. Booth
Kellogg S. Booth University of British Columbia
Aaron Marcus
Aaron Marcus Aaron Marcus and Associates
Beverly L. Harrison
Beverly L. Harrison Microsoft (United States)

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