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Biography
Bill Buxton
is a leading interaction designer and
researcher. He is Principal of the Toronto-based
design and consulting firm, Buxton
Design. He has had a long history
with Xerox’s Palo Alto Research
Centre, and the University of Toronto,
where he is still an Associate Professor
in the Department of Computer Science.
From 1994 until December 2002, he was
Chief Scientist at Alias|Wavefront,
and from 1995, at its parent company
SGI Inc. In 2001, the Hollywood Reporter
named him one of the 10 most influential
innovators in Hollywood. In 2002
Time Magazine named him one of the
top 5 designers in Canada.
Education
Bachelor of Music, Queen’s
University, Kingston, Ont.
M.Sc. Computer Science, University of
Toronto
Awards
2002: Named one of the top 5 designers
in Canada by Time Magazine
2002: Named to the CHI Academy by the
Association of Computing Machinery Special
Interest Group in Human-Computer Interaction
(ACM SIGCHI)
2001: Named one of the 10 most influential
innovators in Hollywood by the Hollywood
Reporter
2000: New Media Visionary of the Year
Award at the Canadian New Media Awards.
1995: 3rd Recipient of the Canadian
Human-Computer Communications Society
Award for contributions to research
and design in computer graphics and
human-computer interaction.
Web site: www.billbuxton.com
E-mail: bill@billbuxton.com
Memberships: ACM
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