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D-Index
71
Citations
24224
World Ranking
1756
National Ranking
893

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Computer Science in Canada Leader Award
  • 2008 - ACM Fellow For contributions to the field of human-computer interaction.
  • 1958 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

William Buxton is affiliated with Microsoft in the United States. Their primary area of research lies within computer science, with a significant focus on human-computer interaction. The scholar has contributed to multiple subfields including cognitive neuroscience, social psychology, sociology and political science, and computer vision and pattern recognition.

The research topics William Buxton has engaged with include virtual reality applications and impacts, interactive and immersive displays, tactile and sensory interactions, gaze tracking and assistive technology, innovative human-technology interaction, team dynamics and performance, and conferences and exhibitions management.

Among Buxton's recent publications are two papers in the Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction: "Perspectives: Creating Inclusive and Equitable Hybrid Meeting Experiences" published in 2023, and "Hybridge: Bridging Spatiality for Inclusive and Equitable Hybrid Meetings" published in 2024.

Frequent collaborators in their research efforts include John Tang, Kori Inkpen, Sasa Junuzovic, Andrew D. Wilson, and Sean Rintel. These coauthors have worked alongside Buxton on at least two publications each.

The publication venues most associated with William Buxton are primarily Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, with two papers published there.

William Buxton has been recognized as an ACM Fellow for contributions to human-computer interaction in 2008. In addition, Buxton is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) since 1958.

Best Publications

  • Toolglass and magic lenses: the see-through interface

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

  • Bricks: laying the foundations for graspable user interfaces

    George W. Fitzmaurice;Hiroshi Ishii;William A. S. Buxton

  • A multi-touch three dimensional touch-sensitive tablet

    SK Lee;William Buxton;K. C. Smith

  • Extending Fitts' law to two-dimensional tasks

    I. Scott MacKenzie;William Buxton

  • A study in two-handed input

    W. Buxton;B. Myers

  • Usability evaluation considered harmful (some of the time)

    Saul Greenberg;Bill Buxton

  • A comparison of input devices in element pointing and dragging tasks

    I. Scott MacKenzie;Abigail Sellen;William A. S. Buxton

  • Issues and techniques in touch-sensitive tablet input

    W. Buxton;R. Hill;P. Rowley

  • User learning and performance with marking menus

    Gordon Kurtenbach;William Buxton

  • A taxonomy of See-Through Tools

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

  • Realizing a video environment: EuroPARC's RAVE system

    William Gaver;Thomas Moran;Allan MacLean;Lennart Lövstrand

  • Experiences in the use of a media space

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

  • The limits of expert performance using hierarchic marking menus

    Gordon Kurtenbach;William Buxton

  • User interface having movable sheet with click-through tools

    Eric A. Bier;William A. S. Buxton

  • A three-state model of graphical input

    William Buxton

  • Two-handed input in a compound task

    Paul Kabbash;William Buxton;Abigail Sellen

  • Lexical and pragmatic considerations of input structures

    William Buxton

  • Pen + touch = new tools

    Ken Hinckley;Koji Yatani;Michel Pahud;Nicole Coddington

  • An empirical evaluation of graspable user interfaces: towards specialized, space-multiplexed input

    George W. Fitzmaurice;William Buxton

  • Graspable user interfaces

    William Buxton;George W. Fitzmaurice

Frequent Co-Authors

Ronald M. Baecker
Ronald M. Baecker University of Toronto
Saul Greenberg
Saul Greenberg University of Calgary
Jonathan Grudin
Jonathan Grudin University of Washington
Eric A. Bier
Eric A. Bier Palo Alto Research Center
Gordon Kurtenbach
Gordon Kurtenbach Autodesk (United States)
George Fitzmaurice
George Fitzmaurice Autodesk (United States)
I. Scott MacKenzie
I. Scott MacKenzie York University
Maureen Stone
Maureen Stone Tableau Software (United States)
Abigail Sellen
Abigail Sellen Microsoft (United States)
Shumin Zhai
Shumin Zhai Google (United States)

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