CURRICULUM VITAE

http://www.billbuxton.com
(Last updated: September 6, 2022)

PERSONAL INFORMATION
EDUCATIO & DEGREES
ADVISORY BOARDS/COMMITTESS
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND ASSOCIATIONS
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
SELECTED CONSULTING EXPERIENCE
MISC. HONOURS & DISTINCTIONS
SELECTED INVITED LECTURES, EXHIBITIONS, etc
PATENTS, DISCLOSURES, ETC.
PUBLICATIONS AND MONOGRAPHS
THESES SUPERVISED
- Ph.D.
- M.Sc.

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Name: William Arthur Stewart Buxton
Birth: March 10, 1949
Place: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Citizenship: Canadian
Languages: Native: English; Working: French, Basic: German, Dutch
Marital Status: Married, 3 Children
Address: Available on request.

Recent Employment History:

Partner Researcher, Microsoft Research (Dec. 2005 - present)
Principal, Buxton Design (Dec. 2002 - Dec. 2005)
Lecturer, Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto.(Sept. - Dec. 2004)
Chief Scientist - Silicon Graphics Inc., Mountain View, CA. (Nov. 1996 - Dec. 2002)
Chief Scientist, Alias | Wavefront Inc., Toronto, Ontario.(June 1994 - Dec. 2002)
Adjunct Professor, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Toronto.(1994-present)
Senior Research Consultant, Xerox Palo Alto Research Center, Palo Alto, CA. (June 1989 - June 1994)
Research Scientist, Rank Xerox EuroPARC, Cambridge England. (June 1987 - 1989)
Associate Professor, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Toronto.(1987-1994)
Lecturer, Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto. (September 1980 - 1987)

EDUCATION & DEGREES

Four doctoral degrees granted Honoris Causa. For details, see Misc. Honours & Distinctions below.
M. Sc., Computer Science. University of Toronto, Toronto,Ontario, 1978: Thesis: Design Issues in the Foundation of a Computer-Based Tool for Music Composition. [videos]
Institute of Sonology, Utrecht State University, The Netherlands: Course in Sonology (1973-75). Classes in studio technique, compositional theory/computer composition, linguistics, electro-acoustics,and psycho-acoustics.
Bachelor of Music. Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, June 1973. Major in composition and analysis. Instrument: tenor saxophone.
St. Lawrence College, Kingston, Ontario, Canada: (1971-73): courses in basic electronics, technical math, and advanced photography.

ADVISORY BOARDS/COMMITTESS

National Council of the Canadian Canoe Museum, 2018 to present.
President's Advisory Board, Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto, Ontario
http://www.ocad.ca
Advisory Board, Faculty of Industrial Design, Technical University Eindhoven, The Netherlands
http://w3.id.tue.nl/en/department/organization/advisory_board/
Member, Expert Panel on the Socio-Economic Impacts of Innovation Investments, Council of Canadian Academies, 2011-2012.
Member, International Advisory Board, Center for Advanced Studies and Research in Information and Communication Technologies & Society (ICT&S) at the University of Salzburg, 2004 - 2008.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND ASSOCIATIONS

Columnist on design and innovation for BusinessWeek.com, since January 2008 - 2010.
Member, Research Review Committee, Faculty of Design Engineering, Technical University of Delft, The Netherlands, Nov. 2007.
Visiting Professor, Knowledge Media Design Institute (KMDI), University of Toronto(Sept. 2004-2005)
Jury, Banff Mountain Book Festival, Nov. 2-4, 2005, Banff Alberta Appointed to the board of the Canadian Film Centre, 1988-2004.
Member, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). Member of ACM SIGGRAPH and ACM SIGCHI. Program committee member CHI'89;
Member SIGCHI Advisory Board 1986-1988; Conference co-chair, CHI +GI'87; Conference and program committee member, CHI'86; Organizer of two panels, CHI'86: The Computer as Musical Accompanist and Human Interface Design and the Handicapped User; Program committee member CHI'85.
Member advisory board: New Media Program of the Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona.
Member advisory board: School of Image Arts at Ryerson Polytechnical University, Toronto.
Visiting Professor at National Centre for Computer Animation in theSchool of Media Arts & Communication,Bournemouth University, 2000-2005.
Special advisor on innovation to the Premier of Ontario, 1998-99.
Consulting Research Scientist, Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) (1/2 time Sept. 1989 - June 1994).
Visiting Scientist, Rank Xerox EuroPARC, Cambridge, UK (June 1987- July 1989).
Editorial Board, Book Series in Human-Computer Interaction, Cambridge University Press .
Editorial Board, ACM Interactions,1994 - 2000.
Editorial board, Human-Computer Interaction, 1985-1989.
Chairman of the Editorial Board, the Computer Music Journal (MIT Press), 1982-1989.
Prix Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria: Music Jury, 1988, 1989; Interactive Art Jury, 1990, 1991; Animation and Visual Effects Jury, 2002.
Co-organizer of British Computer Society Workshop on Visual Programming, Rank Xerox EuroPARC, Cambridge, UK, March 15, 1988.
Canadian Man-Computer Communications Society. Conference co-chair, CHI +GI'87; Panels Chairman for 1GI'84; Co-program Chair, GI'82.
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Research Grants Adjudication Committee for applications in the fine arts (1986).
President, Board of Directors, The International Computer Music Association, 1982-1987.
Board of Governors, Frontier College, Toronto (1983-1987).

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

University of Toronto (September 1979 - June 1987): Lecturer, Department of Computer Science; Undergraduate courses: Introduction to Programming, Programming Applications, Introduction to Computer Graphics, Computer Organization. Graduate Level: Advanced topics in Interactive Computing, Interactive Computer Graphics.
Institute of Sonology, Utrecht State University (1974/75): Lecturer in computer music techniques.
Tutorial on User Interface Design: Graphics Interface '82, Toronto, 1982; ACM/SIGCHI Conference, CHI '83, Boston, 1983; Graphics Interface '84, Ottawa, 1984.
Tutorial on Manual Input Techniques: NORSIG Annual Meeting, Oslo, Norway, Nov. 1984; ACM/SIGCHI Conference, CHI '85, San Francisco, 1985; IEEE Compint Conference, Montreal, 1985; Human Factors Society Annual Meeting, Baltimore, 1985; Society for Information Display, Anaheim, 1988; British Computer Society HCI Conference, 1988; CHI'89, Austin Texas; CHI'90, Seattle, WA.; GI'92, Vancouver.
Tutorial on Selected Topics In Human-Computer Interaction: CHI'86, Boston, Graphics Interface '86, Vancouver; SIGGRAPH '86, Dallas; SIGGRAPH '87, Anaheim; CHI '88, Washington D.C.;
Tutorial on Integrating Music and Graphics: SIGGRAPH '86, Dallas; SIGGRAPH '87, Anaheim.
Tutorial on the Use of Nonspeech Audio at the Interface (with Gaver & Bly) at CHI'89, Austin Texas; CHI'90, Seattle, WA. ; CHI '91, New Orleans; IPO, Eindhoven, Netherlands (Oct. 1991).

SELECTED CONSULTING EXPERIENCE

Microsoft Research, Cambridge, UK
Long Island, NY
XEROX Palo Alto Research Center, Palo Alto, CA.
Digital Media Networks, Toronto.
Commodore Business Machines, West Chester, PA.
Philips Electronics, Eindhoven, Holland
Apple Computer Corp., Cupertino, CA.
Anderson Consulting, Chicago and New York
Mattel Electronics, Games Division, Hawthorne CA.
Federal Dept. of Communications, Ottawa.
I.B.M. Research, Yorktown Heights, USA
Pacific Bell, San Ramon, CA
Tektronix Corp, Portland OR
Wang Computer, Lowell, MA

MISC. HONOURS & DISTINCTIONS

June, 2013: Awarded the degree, Doctor of Science, honoris causa, by the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario.
May 13th, 2011: First recipient of the annual Grand Canadian Digital Media Pioneer Award.
October, 2010: Named Distinguished Professor in the Faculty of Industrial Design, the Technical University, Eindhoven, the Netherlands
April 22nd, 2010: Awarded the degree, Doctor Honoris Causa, by the Technical University, Eindhoven, the Netherlands.
Feb. 1st, 2010: Named among the 27 World's Most Influential Designers by BusinessWeek.
June 9, 2009: Awarded the degree, Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, by Queen's University, Kingston Ontario
February 6-20, 2009. Regent's Lecturer, University of California, Berkeley.
January, 2009. Elected Fellow of the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM), for contributions to the field of human-computer interaction.
September 2008, Award for International Excellence from the British Computer Society HCI2008 Conference, for our paper: Hodges, Steve, Izadi, Shahram, Butler, Alex, Rrustemi, Alban & Buxton, Bill (2007). ThinSight: Versatile Multi-touch Sensing for Thin Form-factor Displays.
March, 2008. Paper Honourable Mention Award, ACM SIGCHI '08, Greenberg, S. & Buxton, W. (2008). Usability Testing Considered Harmful (Sometimes).
January 2008, 10th recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from ACM SIGCHI, "for fundamental contributions to the field of Computer Human Interaction."
October, 2007: Best Paper Award, UIST 2007: Hodges, Steve, Izadi, Shahram, Butler, Alex, Rrustemi, Alban & Buxton, Bill (2007). ThinSight: Versatile Multi-touch Sensing for Thin Form-factor Displays. Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST'07), 259 - 268
June 2007: Doctor of Design, Honoris Causa, Ontario College of Art and Design.
October, 2005: "Lasting Impact Award", ACM UIST 2005, awarded jointly with Gord Kurtenbach for our 1991 paper, Issues in Combining Marking and Direct Manipulation Techniques
March 2003. Co-recipient of Academy Award for Scientific and Technical Achievement, awarded to Alias|Wavefront for Maya Software.
April, 2002: Elected to CHI Academy, by the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) Special Interest Group on Human-Computer Interaction (SIGCHI).
May, 2000: "New Media Visionary of the Year Award" Canadian New Media Awards.
May, 1995: Canadian Human-Computer Communications Society Award for contributions to research in Computer Graphics and Human-Computer Interaction.

SELECTED INVITED LECTURES, EXHIBITIONS, etc.

May 2nd, 2019: Invited Speaker, Futures Forum: The Future of Tech with a Concience, University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Oshawa, Ontario.
April 13, 2019: Invited talk, National Geographic Science Festival, Rome Italy.
April 5, 2019: Artificial Social Intelligence, Mobility & Ubiety. Keynote, Interaction 19 // redux: San Francisco
Feb. 6, 2019: Wild Design for Living in the Wild. Keynote, Interaction 19, Seattle, WA.
November 9, 2017, 09:00-10:00: World Usability Day, Puget Sound, Keynote: Everything's Getting Easier to Use Yet Life is More Complicated Than Ever. Amazon, Seattle, WA 9812
November 21, 2017, 13:00-14:00: Sanders Invited Lecture: Ubiety: On Design, Place and the importance of Manners. MaRS Innovation, Toronto.
Nov. 13-16, 2013: Keynote, Interaction South America 13, Recife, Brazil.
Oct. 8-11, 2013: Keynote, SBSC and IHC 2013, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil.
Aug. 24, 2013: Invited Speaker, IDSA International Conference, Chicago, IL
July 7-11, 2013: Judge/Presenter, Imagine Cup Worldwide Finals, St. Petersburg, Russia.
June 26-28, 2013: Speaker, //build Conference, San Francisco.
June 16-22: Cannes Lions, Cannes, France.
June 18, 2013: Speaker, WPP Stream@Cannes, Cannes, France.
May 21, 2013. Keynote, Display Week, Society of Information Display (SID), Vancouver, BC.
March 28, 2013. GVU Distinguished Brown Bag seminar. Georgia Tech, Atlanta GA.
Jan. 30, 2013. A Tribute to Bill Moggridge, 1943-2012. [video] Peter Norton Symphony Space, 2537 Broadway, New York, NY.
Nov. 7 2012: Keynote, Channel 4 Fuel - UX for TVs. Bristol, England.
Oct. 29, 2012: IxD Fall Summit, with Bill Verpalnk & John Zimmerman, UMEA, Sweden
Oct. 24, 2012: Invited Lecture, Dept. of Computer Science, Brown University, Providence, R.I.
Oct. 24, 2012: Keynote, User Experience Day. Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, Boston, MA.
Oct. 23, 2012: Speaker, GroupM Next What's Next Conference, NYC.
Oct. 22nd, 2012: Keynote, Digital Day Conference, Canadian Marketing Association, Toronto, Canada.
Oct. 19-20, 2012: Keynote, ReMix South, Atlanta, GA
Oct. 18, 2012: Sketching the User Experience, Invited Talk, CHI Atlanta, Atlanta, GA
Sept. 26, 2012: Keynote, Designing Beautiful Apps, Dublin, Ireland.
Sept. 25, 2012: Speaker, IxDA Dublin's, "An Evening with Bill Buxton", Dublin, Ireland.
May 29, 2012: Keynote, Ad Club Internet Day, Toronto, Canada.
May 18, 2012: Keynote Speaker, UXLX, Lisbon, Portugal.
May 17, 2012: Speaker, with Arnie Lund, UX MS, Lisbon, Portugal.
May 17, 2012: Speaker, Faculty of Science, New Lisbon University, Lisbon, Portugal
May 16, 2012: Speaker, Future of the Web Conference, London.
April 24, 2012: Panel discussion following screening of film "Connecting". Seattle, WA.
April 23, 2012: Keynote, Imagine Cup US Finals Awards, Redmond, WA.
April 18, 2012: Keynote Speaker, UX London, UK
April 18, 2012: UX Bookclub, London
Feb. 18th, 2012: Speaker, Chasing Roots - Northern Sask by Birch Bark Canoe, Wilderness Canoe Symposium. Toronto, Canada.
February 8, 2012: Speaker, transmission: Global Sumit 2012, Victoria, B.C.
Jan. 26th, 2012: Speaker, Flying Cars, Robot Maids, and Revolutions Panel, Sundance Film Festival, Park City, Utah.
Dec. 12-15, 2011: Keynote Speaker, SIGGRAPH Asia, Hong Kong.
Oct. 28th, 2011: Whereable Media: An Ecological Perspective, Keynote, TIFF Nexus Locative Media Innovation Day @ Digifest 2011, Toronto.
Oct. 25th, Speaker, Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
Oct. 4th, 2011: Keynote Speaker. Advertising Week, NYC.
May 22nd, 2011. Autodesk IDEAS Innovation + Design Series, San Francisco.
May 19th, 2011. Keynote Speaker, OCE Discovery 11 Conference, Toronto, Canada.
May 13th, 2011. Invited Speaker, NCE Grand 2011, Vancouver B.C.
May 7 - 13, 2011. Exhibition of my Collection of Interactive Devices, ACM SIGCHI Conference, Vancouver, B.C
April 19th, 2011. Speaker, Design Matters, Design Exchange, Toronto, Canada.
April 11th, 2011. Closing keynote, USA Imagine Cup Finals, Seattle WA.
March 24th, 2011. Voyageur Highway in a Birch-Bark Canoe, with James Raffan, Seeley's Bay Story Fest, Seeley's Bay, Ontario.
Dec. 2nd, 2010. Keynote, RSNA (Radiological Society of North America) Annual Meeting, Chicago.
Nov. 18-20, 2010, Keynote, USID2010 Conference, Hyderabad, India.
Nov. 12-14, 2010, Keynote, User Friendly 2010, Nanjing China.
Nov. 8, 2010. Keynote, UX EYE 2010, Seoul, Korea.
Nov. 2nd, 2010. Talk: NUI: What�s in a Name? Perspectives from the Past and Future. Puget Sound SIGCHI Chapter, Seattle, WA.
Oct. 13th. How Design Triggers Transformation. Speaker,with Tjeerd Hoek &Marcel Kampman, Design Mind Salon, Amsterdam.
Oct. 13th, 2010. Speaker, Design by Fire, Amsterdam, N.L.
Oct. 9, 2010. Keynote, 404 Fest, Samura, Russia.
Oct. 7-8, 2010. Keynote, User Experience Russia 2010. Moscow.
Oct. 4, 2010. TechTalk: NUI - What's in a Name, Microsoft Development Center Copenhagen, Denmark.
Oct. 4, 2010. Keynote, JAOO, The 14th International Software Development Conference, Aarhus, Denmark.
June 7, 2010. Keynote, Expression Web 4.0 Launch Event, NYC.
May 27th, 2010. Keynote,The Future of Touch & Interactivity Conference, Seattle, WA.
May 26th, 2010. Invited Presentation, Society for Information Display's Display Week 2010, Seattle, WA.
May 20th, 2009, Keynote, The 2010 International Symposium on Collaborative Technologies and Systems (CTS 2010), Chicago, IL.
May 17th, 2010, Keynote Speaker, meshU, Toronto, Canada.
May 10th, 2010. Invited Presentation (via videoconference), This Happened - Utrecht #6, Utrecht, NL
April 30th, 2010, Keynote, 2010 Canadian Undergraduate Technology Conference (CUTC), Toronto.
April 28th, 2010, Plenary Speaker, Stanford Computer Forum Annual Meeting, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA.
April 8th, 2010, Keynote, Canadian Media Directors’ Council Conference, Toronto, Canada.
March 25th, 2010, Keynote, 9th Annual Research Money Conference, Ottawa, Ontario.
March 16th, 2010, Closing Keynote, MIX10, Las Vegas.
March 16th, 2010,An Hour with Bill Buxton, MIX10, Las Vegas.
March 5th, 2010, Keynote, Fusion: Waterloo Science and Business Conference, Waterloo, Ontario
Jan. 30th, 2010, Keynote: The Fourth Estate in the Digital Age, News Innovation, Conference of the Canadian Association of Journalists, Toronto.
Dec. 2nd, 2009: Speaker, CIX - Canadian Innovation Exchange Conference, Design Exchange, Toronto.,
Dec. 1st, 2009: Speaker, International Institute of Communications (IIC) TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND MEDIA FORUM, Washington, DC.
Nov. 30th. Panelist: Digital Creativity: A New World Order or a Steady Evolution?, nextMEDIA, Toronto
Nov 23rd-25th, 2009. Keynote, Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces 2009, Banff Alberta, Canada
Nov. 17th, 2009. Speaker, The Future of Web Design, New York, NY.
Nov. 10th, 2009. Keynote, Science & Technology Awareness Network (STAN) Conference, Ottawa, Canada.
Oct. 28th, 2009. Keynote, Imagine 09, London, UK
Oct. 26th, 2009. Keynote, User Experience Russia, Moscow, Russia.
Oct. 22nd, 2009, Speaker design and Business Session, Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
Oct. 7, 2009. Why e-bay is One of the Most Useful Tools for Interaction Design & Why Anyone Who Talks about Touch Interfaces is Unqualified to Speak on the Topic, Dept. of Computer Science, Brown University, Providence RI
Oct. 7-8, 2009, On Design, Values & History, BIF-5 Summit, Business Innovation Factory, Providence RI.
Sept. 28th, 2009, Speaker, Design Matters Series, School of Art & Design, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Sept 1-5, 2009: Keynote, HCI 2009, Cambridge, UK
June 25, 2009: CARS 2009, Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery Congress, Berlin, Germany
June 24, 2009. Keynote, The Future of Advertising. Microsoft Business Forum, Lions Advertising Festival, Cannes, France.
June 17-18, 2009: Rethinking Design and Organizational Transform. With Claudia Kotchka and Roger Martin, DMI Conference, San Francisco.
May 3-5, 2009: Keynote Speaker. Leading Learning Conference, Hockley Valley Resort, Ontario
April 21, 2009: From the Materialistic to the Experiential: A Changing Perspective on Design, Joint PhillyCHI | NJ UPA April Meeting, Princeton University.
April 8th, 2009: Panel Speaker: The Beauty Dilemma. ACM SIGCHI Conference, Boston, MA.
March 18 - 20, 2009. Return on Experience - By Design. Opening Keynote, MIX 09, Las Vegas.
Feb.18th, 2009. Design Futures Talk Series, UC Berkeley.
Feb 10th, 2009: Multi-Touch Interfaces: Their history and their future. Regent's Lecture, University of California Berkeley.
Oct. 30, 2008: Invited speaker, >> 1e ÃƒÂ©dition / 1st edition <<. Elektra Lab, Montreal.
Sept. 22nd, 2008, Designing Experience/The Experience of Design, Microsoft Research New England Opening Symposium, MIT.
Sept. 18-19: Keynote speaker, RE MIX UK08, Brighton, England.
August 7, 2008, T.S. Eliot's "The Rock" and the Uncertain Path from Noise to Wisdom. Opening Keynote, 77th Annual Summer Conference, Lake Couchiching, Ontario, Canada..
June 15-20, Keynote, Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL'08), Pittsburgh, PA.
June 11, 2008, The Design Ecosystem. Invited Lecture, CHIFOO, Computer-Human Interaction Forum of Oregon, Portland, OR.
June 7-8, nextMedia Conference, Banff, Alberta
May 27th. Keynote, Ontario Universities Computing Conference, Toronto.
May 22, 2008, Guest speaker, Design Thinking in the Wild, IIT Institute of Design Strategy Conference, Chicago IL.
May 20, 2008. Does Location Matter? CBC interview with Nora Young on topic, Mesh Conference, MaRS Centre, Toronto
May 15, 2008. Keynote, Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) Toronto's 16th Annual Technical Seminar.
May 6, 2008. Keynote. Form+Function. SEMS Corporate Research, 3M, St. Paul, MN.
April 24th:2008. Talk, KMDI Series, Design Research: Views from Across the Disciplines, University of Toronto.
April 14, 2008. Design Thinking Speaker Series,. Rotman School of Business, University of Toronto.
April 10, 2008, Closing Plenary, ACM SIGCHI Conference, Florence, Italy.
March 25,2008, Lecture, l'École de Design Industriel, l'Université de Montréal.
Feb. 21st. Talk, Author's Lecture Series, Microsoft Research, Redmond WA. (1:30 pm, 99/1919)
Feb. 20, 2008. Webcast Talk. 2008 Microsoft/IDSA Spotlight Speaker Series.
Feb. 10, 2008, Keynote, IxDA Interaction 08, SCAD, Savanna, GA.
Feb. 4, 2008, Plenary, IEEE International Solid State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), San Francisco.
Nov. 15, 2007. Keynote, French HCI Conference,Paris, France.
Nov. 12, 2007. Keynote, Human-Computer Interaction and Audiovisual Production Workshop, IRCAM, Paris.
Oct. 29, 2007. Keynote,Business of Software Conference, San Jose Marriott.
Oct. 26, 2007. Invited Talk, TU Eindhoven Design Forum, Eindhoven, NL.
Oct. 18, 2007. Keynote, Canadian Business Leadership Forum, Toronto, Canada.
Oct. 13, 2007. Design Education Panel, AIGA Conference, Denver, CO.
Oct. 4, 2007. Invited Talk, Expression Around the Clock. Toronto, Ontario.
Sept. 14, 2007: Invited talk, HCI Seminar Series at MIT's Computer Science and AI Lab (CSAIL), Cambridge, MA.
June 18, 2007: TorCHI talk on Sketching Experience. Toronto chapter of ACM SIGCHI
June 13, 2007, Austin TX: Keynote talk, Annual conference of the Usability Professional's Association.
June 7,2007, Department of Computer Science, Linköping University, Sweden.
June 1, 2007, Stanford University: HCI Seminar on People, Computers and Design, Sketching and Experience Design.
May 31, KnowHow Talk, IDEO, Palo Alto CA.
May 11,2007, Banff, Alta: Keynote talk, 2007 WWW Conference.
May 10,2007, Boston MA: Keynote talk, Front End of Innovation Conference, Sponsored by the Product Development and Management Association (PDMA).
ROI-The Innovation Equation workshop, Industrial Designers Association of America (IDSA), Museum of the City of New York, NYC. Dec. 7-8 2006
Workshop on Research in Practice, Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto, Nov. 23^rd 2006.
Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Music, Media and Technology, McGill University, Montreal, Nov. 16^{th 2006}
Boston Chapter of SIGCHI, Nov. 13, 2006
School of the Future World Summit 2006, School of the Future. Nov. 13 2006, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Closing Plenary talk, ACM conference on Computer Supported Collaborative Work (CSCW), Nov. 8: 2006, Banff, Alberta
Massive Change: The Future of Global Design, The exhibit included a room devoted to my collection of interaction technologies. This was in collaboration with Bruce Mau Design. Vancouver Art Gallery, October 2004. Art Gallery of Ontario, June, 2005.
Simplicity Forum,Ars Electronica Festival, Linz, Austria. Sept. 2, 2006
First Annual Ingenuity Lecture, Nov. 22, University of Lethbridge, Nov. 23, University of Calgary, Nov. 25, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta. [ video of lecture]
Sketching and Experience Design, Oct. 31, 2005, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Calgary.
Invited Lectures: Digital Cinema and Sketching and Experience Design, University of California Santa Barbara, October 2005.
Keynote Speaker, Sketching and Interaction Design, INTERACT, Rome, Italy, Sept.. 14, 2005.
Invited Speaker, Information Esthetics Series talk, Chelsea Art Museum, NYC, June 16
Keynote talk, Special Libraries Association, Toronto, June 7.
Keynote talk, New Instruments for Musical Expression (NIME'05) Conference, Vancouver, May 26-28.
Invited co-lecturer (with Sir Harry Kroto) as part of the Massive Thinkers Forum series, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, May 13, 2005.
Keynote Talk, Graphics Interface Conference, Victoria BC, May 9-11, 2005.
Keynote Talk: Less-is-More Symposium, Cambridge, UK, April 27-29, 2005.
Invited Talk: Usability Professionals Association, Cambridge, UK: April 20, 2005.
Keynote Talk: Creativity and Cognition Conference, 12-15 April, 2005, London, UK.
Keynote Talk, ACM SIGGRAPH Symposium on Interactive 3D Graphics, Providence, R.I., April 27-30, 1997
Invited Talk, ACM SIGCHI Conference, Atanta, GA., 25-27/3/97
Keynote Talk, Australia / New Zealand Conference on Human Machine Interaction, OZCHI'96, Hamiton, New Zealand., 26/11/96
Keynote Talk, ACM Multimedia'96 Conference, Boston, MA., 22/11/96
Keynote Talk, German Conference on Computer Supported Collaborative Work, DCSCW, Stuttgart, Germany, 2/10/96
Invited Talk, Annual Meeting of the Telecommunications Research Institute of Ontario (TRIO), Ottawa, Ont., 26/9/96
Invited Talk, Portland Creative Conference, Portland, OR., 21/9/96
Keynote Talk, HCI'96 Conference, Imperial College, London, 23/8/96
Invited Talk, 1996 International Workshop on Dependability in Advanced Computing Paradigms, DACP-96, Hitachi Research Laboratory, Hitachi City, Japan, 20/6/96
Keynote Talk, Canadian Cable Television Association (CCTA) Conference, Edmonton, Alta., 3/6/96
Keynote Talk, ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST'95), Pittsburgh, PA., 17/11/95
Convocation Speaker, Animation Program, Sheridan College Toronto, 9/6/95.
Invited talk, Imagina Festival, Monte Carlo, Monaco., 3/2/95
Keynote Talk, PacRim Comdex, Vancouver, BC., 19/1/95
Plenary Talk, ERGO.IA 94, Biarritz, France, 28/10/94
Plenary Talk, COMDEX/Canada, Toronto, Ontario, 3/7/94.
Keynote Talk, POTS-to-PANS Workshop, Sponsored by British Telecom, Ipswich, UK., 28/3/94
Keynote Talk, British Computer Society Conference on Interacting With Images. London, England, 10/2/93
Keynote Talk, Workshop on the Global Workplace, to celebrate the opening of Eurecom Institute, Sofia Antipolous, France, 2/7/93
Keynote Talk, Vienna Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, Technical University, Vienna, 20/9/93
Keynote Speaker, "Doors of Perception" Conference, Netherlands Design Institute, Amsterdam, 30/10/93.
CHI'92, Opening plenary speaker.
OOPSLA, Dec. 1990, Ottawa: Banquet Speaker.
CRAI International Seminar on Human-Computer Interfaces, Capri, May 1989, Invited Speaker.
French Colloquium on the Engineering of Human-Computer Interfaces, INRIA Sophia Antipolis, May 1989. Invited Speaker.
Dutch Computer Society 1988 HCI Conference, Eindhoven, The Netherlands. Keynote Speaker.
Siggraph 1988 Workshop on User Interface Software, Banff, Alberta, Canada. Keynote Speaker.
First International Symposium on Electronic Art, Utrecht, The Netherlands. Plenary speaker.
British Computer Society Seminar on Graphics Tools for Software Engineering: Visual Programming and Program Visualisation, London, March 16, 1988. Keynote Speaker.
Panel on User Interfaces for Music and Audio Systems, 83rd Technical Meeting of the Audio Engineering Society, October 1987, New York: Chair, participant and Organizer.
Invited speaker, World Computer Conference, IFIP, Dublin, September, 1986.
Panelist, Digital Audio, panel, Banff Television Festival, May, 1986
Panelist, User Interfaces in the Year 2000, panel, CHI'86, Boston.
Panelist, Microcomputer User Interface Toolkits panel, CHI '85 Conference on Human Factors in Computer Systems, San Francisco, April, 1985.
Chair, Communicating with Sound panel, CHI '85 Conference on Human Factors in Computer Systems, San Francisco, April, 1985.
MCC Dialog Management Tools Symposium, Austin Texas, October 1984.
NCGA Panel on User Interface Management Systems, Anaheim, CA, May 1984.
GI '84 Panel on User Interface Management Systems (Chairman), Ottawa, May 1984.
IBM / Arizona State University Workshop on Engineering Support Systems, April, 1984.
Artist in Residence, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, February 1984.
Panelist, session on Human-Computer Interaction, IEEE CompCon, Washington DC, October 1983.
Keynote Speaker, IEEE Symposium on Small Computers in the Arts, Philadelphia, PA, October 1982.
Panelist, session on Social and Intellectual Implications of Communications Technology in the Home, in the Cooperative on Information Technology sponsored workshops, Research Challenges in Information Technology, University of Waterloo, October 4, 1982.
Conference on Making Telidon Work, UBC, Vancouver, August 1982.
Panel Session on Graphical Input and Interaction Techniques, ACM-SIGGRAPH Conference, August 1982, Boston.
Chairman, Videotex Panel, Graphics Interface 82, May 1982, Toronto.
Chairman, Artist in the Lab Panel, Graphics Interface 82, May 1982, Toronto.
Keynote Speaker, Seminar on Telidon and Education, sponsored by the CVCC sub-committee on education, Sidney Nova Scotia, February 1982.
Video Panel Session on Interactive Systems, ACM-SIGGRAPH 1981 Conference, Dallas, Texas, August 1981.
IEEE Circuits and Systems Socety Conference, April 1981, Chicago. Workshop on Digital Generation and Processing of Musical Signals.
Third Workshop on the Physical and Neuropsychological Foundations of Music, Ossiach, Austria (August 1980).
UNESCO Workshop on Computer Music, Institute for Musicology, Arhus, Denmark(Summer 1978).
International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM) special workshop on computer music, Electronic Music Studio, Stockholm, Sweden(Spring, 1978).
Presentations at numerous institutions, including: Univ. of Waterloo, George Washington Univ., Brown Univ., New York Univ., SUNY Buffalo, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Univ. of Windsor, Univ. of Western Ontario, Stanford Univ., Queen's Univ., Mc Master Univ., Dartmouth College, Eastman School of Music, Univ. of Quebec at Montreal, Canadian National Research Council, Xerox Palo Alto Research Centre, University of British Columbia, IBM San Jose Research Centre, MIT, Brooklyn College, York Univ., Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Los Alamos Scientific Labs, National Bureau of Standards, Washington, UCSD, the Wang Institute, Wang Labs, Bell Labs, Murray Hill, N.J., Carnegie Mellon Univ., University of Glasgow, The Open University, Queen Mary College, London, Kingston Polytechnic, London, St. Andrews College of Art, London, University of York, England, University of Oregon, Boeing Research, Seattle, University of Washington, Seattle, DEC Labs, Cambridge MA, MIT Media Lab, Carleton University, Ottawa, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Brown University, R.I.

PATENTS & INVENTION DISCLOSURES

Issued Patents

Agarwal, A., Criminisi, A., Buxton, B.,Blake, A., Fitzgibbon, A., Remote Workspace Sharing, US Patent 8,125,510, February 28, 2012.
Balakrishnan, R., Buxton, W., Fitzmaurice, G. & Kurtenbach, G., Digital tape drawing system US Patent 7,102,642, Sept. 5, 2006.
Balakrishnan, R., Buxton, W., Fitzmaurice, G. & Kurtenbach, G., Digital tape drawing system US Patent 6,642,927, November 4, 2003.
Baudel, T., Buxton, W., Fitzmaurice, G., Harrison, B., Kurtenbach, G. & Owen, R., Clickaround tool-based graphical interface with two cursors. US Patent 5,666,499, Sept. 9, 1997.
Baudel, Thomas, Fitzmaurice, George, Buxton; William, Kurtenbach, Gordon, Tappen, Charles, Liepe, Peter, Drawing system using design guides, US Patent 6,377,240, April 23, 2002.
Bier; Eric A., Buxton; William A. S., User interface having movable sheet with click-through tools, US Patent 5,581,670, Dec. 3, 1996.
Bier, Eric A., Buxton; William A. S. & Stone; Maureen C., User interface having click-through tools that can be composed with other tools. US Patent 5,617,114, April 1, 1997.
Buxton, William A.S. Employing Artifacts for Video Indexing. US Patent 8,879,887, Nov. 4, 2014.
Buxton; William Arthur Stewart Bell; Jeffrey Allen. System for maintaining orientation of a user interface as a display changes orientation, US Patent 6,115,025, Sept. 5, 2000.
Buxton, W. & Bier, Eric A. User interface having simultaneously movable tools and cursor, US Patent 5,798,752, Aug. 25, 1998.
Buxton, W. & Fitzmaurice, G.W., System for editing time-based temporal digital media including a pointing device toggling between temporal and translation-rotation modes, US Patent 5,790,769, Aug. 4, 1998.
Buxton, W. & Fitzmaurice, G.W., User interface system and method for controlling playback time-based temporal digital media. US Patent 6,191,784, Feb. 20, 2001.
Buxton, William A.S, Hughes, Richard L., Hinckley, Kenneth P., Pahud, Michel, Spiridonova, Irina, Disambiguation of Keyboard Input. US Patent 9,940,016 B2, April 10, 2018.
Buxton, W. & Kurtenbach, G. (2000). Graphical keyboard. US Patent 6,094,197, July 25, 2000.
Buxton, William A.S.; Harrison, Beverly L.; Vicente, Kim J.; Graphical user interface with optimal transparency thresholds for maximizing user performance and system efficiency, US Patent 6,118,427, Sept. 12, 2000.
Buxton, William, Pahud, Michel & Hinckley, Ken. Touch Screen Control. US Patent 9,223,471, Dec. 29, 2015
Fitzmaurice, G. & Buxton, W., Temporal data control system. US Patent 5,973,669, Oct. 26, 1999.
Fitzmaurice, G., Kurtenbach, G., Buxton, W. & Pieke, R., Pen Mouse System, US Patent 7,242,387, July 10, 2007 / 8,904,310, Dec. 2, 2014.
Florencio; Dinei A., Acero; Alejandro, Buxton; William, Chou; Phillip A., Cutler; Ross G., Garms; Jason, Huitema; Christian, Quinn; Kori M., Rosenfeld; Daniel Allen, Zhang; Zhengyou, Audio transforms in connection with multiparty communication, Dec. 25, 2012.
Freed, Robert M., Buxton, William A.S., Johnson, Margaret. Electronic Pen. US Patent D565,653, April 1, 2008.
Freed, Robert M., Buxton, William A. S., Johnson, Margaret & Winsor, Margaret. Electronic Tablet. US Patent D578,117, Oct. 7, 2008.
Grossman, T., Baudisch, P., Hinckley, K.P., Buxton, W.A.S., & Sarin, R., Handle Flags. US Patent 8,171,431,B2, May 1, 2012.
Harrison, B., Buxton, W., & Zhai, S., Graphical user interface with anti-interference outlines for enhanced variably-transparent applications, US Patent 6,317,128, November 13, 2001.
Hinckley; Kenneth P., Pahud; Michel, Buxton; William A. S., Multi-Touch-Movement Gestures for Tablet Computing Devices, US Patent 8,902,181, Dec. 2014.
Huitema; Christian, Buxton; William A. S., Paff; John E., Liu; Zicheng, Hegde; Rajesh Kutpadi, Zhang; Zhengyou, Quinn; Kori Marie, Li; Jin, Pahud; Michel. Ambulatory Presence Features, US Patent 8,253,774, August 28, 2012.
Izadi, Shahram, Hall, Malcolm , Hodges, Stephen E., Buxton, William, & Butler, David Alexander. Unique identification of devices using color detection, US Patent 7,884,734, Feb. 8, 2011.
Pahud, Michel, Buxton, William & Cunnington, Sharon, Parametric Font Animation. US Patent 8,542,237, Sept. 24, 2013.
Pahud, Michel, Hinckley, Ken & Buxton, William., Optimized telepresence using mobile device gestures, US Patent 9,294,722, March 22, 2015.
Pahud, Michel, Hinckley, Ken & Buxton, William, Application for Multi-Touch Input Detection, US Patent 10,579,216 B2, March 3, 2020.
Mori; Yasuhiko, Morimitsu; Shinji, Oigo; Kazuhide, Tanaka; Takeshi, Bell; Eric Matthew, Chen; Liang, Dai; Juan, Buxton; William Arthur Steward. User Character Input Interface with Modifier Support. US Patent 9,189.077, Nov. 17, 2015.

Invention Disclosures

Buxton, W. (1994). Combined keyboard / touch tablet input device, Xerox Disclosure Journal, 19(2), 109-111.
Buxton, W. (1994). Two-handed Document Navigation, Xerox Disclosure Journal, 19(2), 103-108.

PUBLICATIONS AND MONOGRAPHS

Refereed Journal Publications

Izadi, Shahram, Hodges, Steve, Butler, Alex, West, Darren, Rrustemi, Alban & Buxton, William (2009). ThinSight: A Thin Form-Factor Interactive Surface Technology. Communications of the ACM, 52(12), 90-98.
Khan, Azam, Matejka, Justin, Fitzmaurice, George, Kurtenbach, Gord, Burtnyk Nicolas & Buxton, Bill (2009) Toward the Digital Design Studio: Large Display Explorations, Human�Computer Interaction, 24(1-2), 9-47.
Buxton, William (2005). Graphically Speaking: Thoughts on the State of 3D CG in Film and Video. IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, 25(3), 80-83.
Kasik, David, Buxton, William & Ferguson, David (2005). Ten CAD Challenges. IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, 25(2), 81-92.
Fitzmaurice, G.W., Khan, A., Buxton, W., Kurtenbach, G. & Balakrishnan, R. (2003). Sentient Data Access via a Diverse Society of Devices. ACM Queue, 1(8), 53-62. [video1][video2][video3]
Buxton, W., Fitzmaurice, G. Balakrishnan, R. & Kurtenbach, G. (2000). Large Displays in Automotive Design. IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, 20(4), 68-75.
Leganchuk, A., Zhai, S.& Buxton, W. (1998). Manual and Cognitive Benefits of Two-Handed Input: An Experimental Study. Transactions on Human-Computer Interaction, 5(4), 326-359.
Cooperstock, J., Fels, S., Buxton, W. & Smith, K.C. (1997).Reactive environments: Throwing away your keyboard and mouse, Communications of the Association of Computing Machinery (CACM), 40(9), 65-73.
Buxton, W. (1996). PC et TV vont dans une inforoute . La Recherce, Spring, March 1996. (In French), 54-57. Also appears (in Spanish) as Buxton, W. (1996). PC y TV van por una Infovia, Mundo Cientifico, 440-443, and in English as Buxton, W. (1996). Absorbing and Squeezing Out: On Sponges and Ubiquitous Computing, Proceedings of the International Broadcasting Symposium, November 13-16, Tokyo, 91-96.
Kasik, David, Buxton, William & Ferguson, David (2005). Ten CAD Challenges. IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, 25(2), 81-92.
Mathias, E., MacKenzie, I.S. & Buxton, W. (1996). One-handed touch typing on a qwerty keyboard. Human Computer Interaction, 11(1), 1-27.
Zhai, S., Buxton, W. & Milgram, P. (1996) The partial-occlusion effect: Utilizing semitransparency in 3D human-computer interaction ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction, 3(3), 254-284.
Buxton, W. (1994). Metaphors that keep us on the periphery. Human Computer Interaction, 9(1), 50-52.
MacKenzie, I.S. & Buxton, W. (1994). Prediction of pointing and dragging times in graphical user interfaces, Interacting With Computers, 6(4), 213-227.
Kurtenbach, G., Moran, T. & Buxton, W. (1994). Contextual animation of gestural commands. Computer Graphics Forum, 13(5), 305-314.
Kurtenbach, G., Sellen, A. & Buxton, W. (1993). An empirical evaluation of some articulatory and cognitive aspects of "marking menus." Human Computer Interaction, 8(1),. 1-23.
Sellen, A., Kurtenbach, G. & Buxton, W. (1992). The prevention of mode errors through sensory feedback. Human Computer Interaction, 7(2), 141-164.
Buxton, W. (1989). Introduction to this special issue on nonspeech audio. Human Computer Interaction, 4(1), 1-9.
Buxton, W. (1988). The Natural Language of Interaction: A Perspective on Non-Verbal Dialogues, INFOR: Canadian Journal of Operations Research and Information Processing, 26(4), 428-438.
Olsen, D. R., Buxton, W., Ehrich, R., Kasik, D., Rhyne, J. & Sibert, J. (1984). A Context for User Interface Management. IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications 4(12), 33-42.
Buxton, W. (1983). Lexical and Pragmatic Considerations of Input Structures. Computer Graphics, 17 (1), 31-37.
Buxton, W. (1983), The Human Computer Interface. In Thomas, J. & Hamlin, G. (Eds.), Graphical Input Interaction Technique (GIIT) Workshop Summary. Computer Graphics 17(1), 5-30.
Buxton, W., Patel, S., Reeves, W. & Baecker, R. (1982). Objed and the Design of Timbral Resources. Computer Music Journal 6(2), 323-44. [video]
Buxton, W., Patel, S., Reeves, W., & Baecker, R. (1981). Scope in Interactive Score Editors. Computer Music Journal 5(3), 50-56. [video]
Buxton, W., Reeves, W., Fedorkow, G., Smith, K. C., & Baecker, R. (1980). A Microcomputer-Based Conducting System. Computer Music Journal 4(1), 8-21. [video]
Buxton, W., Sniderman, R., Reeves, W., Patel, S. & Baecker, R. (1979). The Evolution of the SSSP Score Editing Tools.Computer Music Journal 3(4), 14-25. [PDF] [video]
Buxton, W., Fogels, A., Fedorkow, G., Sasaki, L., & Smith, K. C. (1978). An Introduction to the SSSP Digital Synthesizer. Computer Music Journal (4), 28-38. [videos]
Buxton, W., Reeves, W., Baecker, R., & Mezei, L. (1978). The Use of Hierarchy and Instance in a Data Structure for Computer Music. Computer Music Journal 2(4), 10-20. [videos]
Fedorkow, G., Buxton, W. & Smith, K. C. (1978). A Computer Controlled Sound Distribution System for the Performance of Electroacoustic Music. Computer Music Journal 2(3), 33-42.
Buxton, W. (1977). A Composer's Introduction to Computer Music. Interface, 6, 57-72. French translation: Les ordinateurs et le compositeur: une introductiongenerale. Revue FAIRE 4/5: 15-20. Italian translation in: Polo, N. (Ed.) Musica e Elaboratore,Venice, Laboratorio perminante per l'Informatica Musicale della Biennale di Venezia.

Refereed Conference Papers

Marquardt,N., Riche, N.H., Holz, C., Romat, H., Pahud, M., Brudy, F., Ledo, D., Park, C., Nicholas, MJ., Seyed, T., Ofek, E. Lee, B, Buxton, W. & Hinckley (2021). Air Constellations: In-Air Device Formations for Cross-Device Interaction via Multiple Spatially-Aware Armatures. Proceedings of the 2016 ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST'21), 1252-1268.
Brudy, F., Ledo, D., Pahud, M., Riche, N.H., Holz, C., Waghamare, A., Surale, H.B., Peinado, M., Zhang, X., Joyner, S., Chandramouli, B. Minhas, U.D., Goldstein, J., Buxton, W. & Hinckley, K. (2020). SurfaceFleet: Exploring Distributed Interactions Unbounded from Device, Application, User, and Time. Proceedings of the 2020 ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST'20), 7 - 21.
Zhang, Y., Pahud, M., Holz, C., Xia, H., Laput, G., McGuffin, M., Tu1, X., Mittereder, A., Su1, F., Buxton, W. & Hinckley, K. (2019). Sensing Posture-Aware Pen+Touch Interaction on Tablets. Proceedings of the 2019 ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI'19), 1-14.
Pfeuffer, Ken, Hinckley, Ken, Pahud, Michel & Buxton, Bill (2017). Thumb + Pen Interaction on Tablets. Proceedings of the 2017 ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI'17, 3227-3240. (Video)
Xia, Haijun, Hinckley, Ken, Pahud, Michel, Tu, Xiao & Buxton, Bill (2017). WritLarge: Ink Unleashe by Unified Scope, Action, & Zoom. Proceedings of the 2017 ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI'17, 3254-3266. (Video)
Hinckley, Ken, Heo, Seongkook, Pahud, Michel, Holz, Christian, Benko, Hrvoje, Sellen, Abigail, Banks, Richard, O'Hara, Kenton, Smyth, Gavin & Buxton, Bill (2016). Pre-Touch Sensing for Mobile Interaction. Proceedings of the 2016 ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI'16, 2869-2881. (Video)
Webb, Andrew M., Pahud, Michel, Hinckley, Ken & Buxton, Bill (2016). Wearables as Context for Guiard-abiding Bimanual Touch. Proceedings of the 2016 ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST'16), 287-300. (Video)
Hinckley, Ken, Pahud, Michel, Benko, Hrvoje, Irani, Pourang, Guimbretiere, Francois, Gavriliu, Marcel, Chen, Xiang 'Anthony', Matulic, Fabrice, Buxton, Bill, & Wilson, Andy. (2014). Sensing Techniques for Tablet+Stylus Interaction. Proceedings of the 2014 ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST'14), 605-614. (Video)
Arif, Ahmed Sabbir,Pahud, Michel, Hinckley , Ken & Buxton, Bill. (2013). A Tap and Gesture Hybrid Method for Authenticating Smartphone Users. MobileHCI '13: Proceedings of the 15th international conference on Human-computer interaction with mobile devices and services, 486-491.
Pahud, Michel, Hinckley, Ken, Iqbal, Shamsi, Sellen, Abigail, & Buxton, William. (2013). Toward Compound Navigation Tasks on Mobiles via Spatial Manipulation. Proceedings of Mobile HCI '13, 113-122. (Video)
Hinckley, K., Bi, X., Pahud, M., Buxton, B. (2012). Informal information gathering techniques for active reading. Proceedings of the 2012 ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI'12, 1893 - 1896.
Tang, Tony, Pahud, Michel, Carpendale, Sheelagh & Buxton, Bill (2010). VisTACO: Visualizing Tabletop Collaboration. International Conference on Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces (ITS '10), 29-38.
Buxton, Bill (2010). A Touching Story: A Personal Perspective on the History of Touch Interfaces Past and Future. Society for Information Display (SID) Symposium Digest of Technical Papers, May 2010, Volume 41(1), Session 31, 444-448.
Hinckley, K., Yatani, K., Pahud, M., Coddington, N., Rodenhouse, J., Wilson, A., Benko, H. & Buxton, B. (2010). Pen + Touch = New Tools. Proceedings of the 2010 ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST'10), 27-36.
Hinckley, Ken, Pahud, Michel, & Buxton, Bill (2010). Direct Display Interaction via Simultaneous Pen + Multi-touch Input. Society for Information Display (SID) Symposium Digest of Technical Papers, May 2010, Volume 41(1), Session 38, 537-540.
Hinckley, Ken,Yatani, Koji, Pahud, Michel, Coddington, Nicole, Rodenhouse, Jenny, Wilson, Andy, Benko, Hrvoje & Buxton, Bill (2010). Manual deskterity: an exploration of simultaneous pen + touch direct input. CHI EA '10: Proceedings of the 28th of the international conference extended abstracts on Human factors in computing systems,
Tang, Anthony, Pahud, Michel, Inkpen, Kori, Benko, Hrvoje, Tang, John C. & Buxton, Bill (2010). Three's Company: Understanding Communication Channels in Three-Way Distributed Collaboration. CSCW '10: Proceedings of the 2010 ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, 271-280.
Greenberg, S. & Buxton, B. (2008). Usability Considered Harmful (Some of the Time). Proceedings of the 2008 ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI'08, 111-120.
Hodges, Steve, Izadi, Shahram, Butler, Alex, Rrustemi, Alban & Buxton, Bill (2007). ThinSight: Versatile Multi-touch Sensing for Thin Form-factor Displays. Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST'07), 259 - 268.
Izadi, S., Hodges, S., Butler, A., Rrustemi, A. & Buxton, B. (2007). ThinSight: Integrated Optical Multi-Touch Sensing Through Thin Form-Factor Displays. Proceedings of the 2007 Workshop on Emerging Displays Technologies: Images and Beyond: The Future of Displays and Interaction EDT '07,Paper 6.
Tohidi, M., Buxton, W., Baecker, R. & Sellen, A. (2006). User Sketches: A Quick, Inexpensive, and Effective way to Elicit More reflective User Feedback. Proceedings of NordiCHI 2006, 105-114.
Tohidi, M., Buxton, W., Baecker, R. & Sellen, A. (2006). Getting the Right Design and the Design Right: Testing Many Is Better Than One. Proceedings of the 2006 ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI'06, 1243-1252.
Forlines, C., Shen, C. & Buxton, W. (2005). Glimpse: a Novel Input Model for Multi-Level Devices. Proceedings of the 2005 ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI'05 - Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 1375-1378. (Note, paper at above link has corrections not in the version that appeared in the proceedings.)
Owen, R., Kurtenbach, G., Fitzmaurice, G., Baudel, T. & Buxton, W. (2005). When it Gets More Difficult, Use Both Hhands - Exploring Bimanual Curve Manipulation. Proceedings of Graphics Interface, GI'05, 17-24..
Buxton. W. (2003). Performance by Design: The Role of Design in Software Product Development. Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Usage-Centered Design. Portsmouth, NH, 26-29 October 2003, 1-15.
Fitzmaurice, G., Khan, A., Pieké, R., Buxton, W. & Kurtenbach, G. (2003). Tracking Menus. Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST'03). [video]
Grossman, T., Balakrishnan, R., Kurtenbach, G., Fitzmaurice, G, Khan, A. & Buxton, W. (2002). Creating Principal 3D Curves with Digital Tape Drawing. Proceedings of the 2002 ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI'02, 121-128.
Tsang, M, Fitzmaurice, G., Kurtenbach, G., Khan, A. & Buxton, W. (2002). Boom Chameleon: SImultaneous capture of 3D viewpoint, voice and gesture annotations on a spatially-aware display. Proceedings of the 2002 ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST'02), 111-120. Summary in (2003) ACM Transactions on Graphics (TOG), 22(3), 698. [video]
Grossman, T., Balakrishnan, R., Kurtenbach, G., Fitzmaurice, G, Khan, A. & Buxton, W. (2001). Interaction techniques for 3D modeling on large displays. Proceedings of the 2001ACM Symposium on Interactive 3D Graphics, 17-23. [video]
Fitzmaurice, G., Balakrishnan, R., Kurtenbach, G. & Buxton, W. (1999). An exploration into supporting artwork orientation in the user interface. Proceedings of the 1999 ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI '99, 167-174.
Balakrishnan, R., Fitzmaurice, G., Kurtenbach, G., & Buxton, W. (1999).Digital tape drawing. Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST'99), 161-169. [video]
Narine, T., Leganchuk, A., Mantei, M. & Buxton, W. (1997). Collaboration awareness and its use to consolidate a disperse group. Proccedings of Interact '97, Sydney, Austrailia, Juy, 1997.
Kurtenbach, G., Fitzmaurice, G., Baudel, T. & Buxton, W. (1997). The design and evaluation of a GUI paradigm based on tabets, two-hands, and transparency. Proceedings of the 1997 ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI '97, 35-42. [video]
Fitzmaurice, G. & Buxton, W. (1997). An empirical evaluation of graspable user interfaces: Towards specialized space-multiplexed input. Proceedings of the 1997 ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI '97, 43-50. [video]
Zhai, S., Milgram, P. & Buxton, W. (1996). The influence of muscle groups on performance of multiple degree-of-freedom input. Proceeding of CHI '96, 308-315.
Yamaashi, K., Cooperstock , J., Narine, T. & Buxton, W. (1996).Beating the limitations of camera-monitor mediated telepresence with extra eyes.Proceeding of CHI '96, 50-57. [video]
Buxton, W. (1995). Integrating the Periphery and Context: A New Model of Telematics Proceedings of Graphics Interface '95, 239-246.
Cooperstock, J., Tanikoshi, K., Beirne, G., Narine, T., Buxton, W. (1995).Evolution of a Reactive Environment Proceedings of CHI'95, 170-177.
Fitzmaurice, G.W., Ishii, H. & Buxton, W. (1995). Bricks: Laying the Foundations for Graspable User Interfaces Proceedings of CHI'95, 442-449.
Gujar, A., Daya, S., Cooperstock, J., Tanikoshi, K. & Buxton, W. (1995). Talking your way around a conference: a speech interface for remote equipment control. Proceedings of the 1995 Conference of the Centre for Advanced Studies on Collaborative Research (CASCON'95), Toronto, November 7-9, 1995.
Harrison, B.L. ,Ishii, H.,Vicente, K. & Buxton, W. (1995).Transparent Layered User Interfaces: An Evaluation of a Display Design Space to Enhance Focused and Divided Attention.Proceedings of CHI'95, 317-324.
Kabbash, P. & Buxton, W. (1995). The "Prince" Technique: Fitts' Law and Selection Using Area Cursors. Proceedings of CHI'95, 273-279.
Bier, E., Stone, M., Fishkin, K., Buxton, W. & Baudel, T. (1994). A taxonomy of see-through tools.Proceedings of CHI '94, 358-364.
Kabbash, P., Buxton, W.& Sellen, A. (1994). Two-Handed Input in a Compound Task. Proceedings of CHI '94, 417-423.
Kurtenbach, G. & Buxton, W. (1994). User learning and performance with marking menus. Proceedings of CHI '94, 258-264. [video]
Kurtenbach, G., Moran, T. & Buxton, W. (1994). Contextural animation of gestural commands. Proceedings of Graphics Interface '94, 83-90.
Zhai, S., Buxton, W. & Milgram, P. (1994). The "Silk Cursor": Investigating transparency for 3D target acquisitionProceedings of CHI '94, 459-464.
Matias, E., MacKenzie, I.S. & Buxton, W. (1994). Half-QWERTY: Typing with one hand using your two-handed skills, CHI'94 Conference Companion, 51-52.
Bier, E. A., Stone, M., Pier, K., Buxton, W. & DeRose. T. (1993). Toolglass and magic lenses: the see-through interface Proceedings of SIGGRAPH '93, 73-80.
Hardock, G., Kurtenbach, G., and Buxton, W. (1993). A Marking Based Interface for Collaborative Writing. Proccedings of UIST'93., 259-266. [video]
Kabbash, P., MacKenzie, I.S. & Buxton, W. (1993). Human performance using computer input devices in the preferred and non-preferred hands. Proceedings of InterCHI '93, 474-481.
Kurtenbach, G. & Buxton, W. (1993). The limits of expert performance using hierarchic marking menus. Proceedings of InterCHI '93, 482-487.
Matias, E., MacKenzie, I. S., & Buxton, W. (1993). Half-QWERTY: A one-handed keyboard facilitating skill transfer from QWERTY Proceedings of the INTERCHI'93 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 88-94.
Buxton, W. (1992). Telepresence: Integrating Shared Task and Person Spaces. Proceedings of Graphics Interface '92, 123-129. Earlier version appears in Proceedings of Groupware '91, Amsterdam, Oct. 29, 1991, 27-36.
Gaver, W., Moran, T., MacLean, A., Lovstrand, L., Dourish, P., Carter, K. & Buxton, W. (1992). Realizing a video environment: EuroPARC's RAVE System. Proceedings of CHI '92, 27-35.
MacKenzie, S. & Buxton, W. (1992). Extending Fitts' law to two-dimensional tasks Proceedings of CHI '92, 219-226.
Sellen, A., Buxton, W. & Arnott, J. (1992). Using spatial cues to improve videoconferencing. Proceedings of CHI '92, 651-652. Videotape in CHI '92 Video Proceedings. [video]
Baecker, R., Mantei, M., Buxton, W. & Fiume, E. (1991). The University of Toronto Dynamic Graphics Project. Proceedings of CHI '91, ACM Conference on Human Factors in Software, 467-468.
Gaver, W., Moran, T. , MacLean, A., Lovstrand, L., Dourish, P., Carter, K. & Buxton, W. (1991). Working Together in Media Space: CSCW Research at EuroPARC. Proceedings of the Unicom Seminar on Computer Supported Cooperative Work: The Multimedia and Networking Paradigm. London, England, 16-17 July.
Kurtenbach, G. & Buxton, W. (1991).Issues in combining marking and direct manipulation techniques. Proceedings of the Fourth ACM SIGGRAPH Symposium on User Interface Technology (UIST), 137-144.
MacKenzie, I.S., Sellen, A. & Buxton, W. (1991). A comparison of input devices in elemental pointing and dragging tasks. Proceedings of CHI '91, ACM Conference on Human Factors in Software, 161-166.
Mantei, M., Baecker, R., Sellen, A., Buxton, W., Milligan, T. & Wellman, B. (1991). Experiences in the use of a media space. Proceedings of CHI '91, ACM Conference on Human Factors in Software, 203-208. Reprinted in D. Marca & G. Bock (Eds.)(1992). Groupware: software for computer-supported collaberative work. Los Alamitos, CA.: IEEE Computer Society Press, 372 - 377.
Kurtenbach, G. & Buxton, W. (1991). GEdit: a testbed for editing by contiguous gesture. SIGCHI Bulletin, 23(2), 22 - 26. [video]
Brown, E., Buxton, W. & Murtagh, K. (1990). Windows on tablets as a means of achieving virtual input devices. In D. Diaper et al. (Eds), Human-Computer Interaction - INTERACT '90. Amsterdam: Elsevier Science Publishers B.V. (North-Holland), 675-681. [video]
Buxton, W. (1990). A Three-State Model of Graphical Input. In D. Diaper et al. (Eds), Human-Computer Interaction - INTERACT '90. Amsterdam: Elsevier Science Publishers B.V. (North-Holland), 449-456.
Buxton, W. (1990). Using our ears: an introduction to the use of nonspeech audio cues. In E. Farrell (Ed.). Extracting meaning from complex data: processing, display, interaction. Proceedings of the SPIE, Vol 1259,124-127.
Buxton, W. & Moran, T. (1990). EuroPARC's Integrated Interactive Intermedia Facility (iiif): Early Experience. In S. Gibbs & A.A. Verrijn-Stuart (Eds.). Multi-user interfaces and applications, Proceedings of the IFIP WG 8.4 Conference on Multi-user Interfaces and Applications, Heraklion, Crete. Amsterdam: Elsevier Science Publishers B.V. (North-Holland), 11-34.
Sellen, A., Kurtenbach, G. & Buxton, W. (1990). The role of visual and kinesthetic feedback in the prevention of mode errors. In D. Diaper et al. (Eds), Human-Computer Interaction - INTERACT '90. Amsterdam: Elsevier Science Publishers B.V. (North-Holland), 667-673.
Buxton, W. (1987). The "Natural" language of interaction: a perspective on non-verbal dialogues. Proceedings of CIPS Edmonton '87: Intelligence Integration, Edmonton, Canadian Information Processing Society, 311- 316.
Buxton, W. (1987). Masters and slaves versus democracy: MIDI and local area networks, Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Music and Digital Technology, Audio Engineering Society, Anaheim, CA, May 1-3, 207-219.
Buxton, W. (1986). Chunking and Phrasing and the Design of Human-Computer Dialogues, Proceedings of the IFIP World Computer Congress, Dublin, Ireland, 475-480.
Buxton, W. & Myers, B. (1986). A study in two-handed input. Proceedings of CHI '86, 321-326.[ video]
Buxton, W., Foulds, R., Rosen, M., Scadden, L., & Shein, F. (1986). Human interface design and the handicapped user. Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI�86), 291-297.
Myers, B. & Buxton, W. (1986). Creating Highly-Interactive and Graphical User Interfaces by Demonstration, Computer Graphics 20(3), Proceedings of SIGGRAPH '86, 249-258.
Buxton, W., Hill, R. & Rowley, P. (1985). Issues and techniques in touch-sensitive tablet input,Computer Graphics, 19(3), Proceedings of SIGGRAPH'85, 215-223. [video]
Kitamura, J., Buxton, W., Snelgrove, M. & Smith, K.C. (1985). Music Synthesis by Simulation Using a General-Purpose Signal Processing System, Proceedings of the 1985 International Computer Music Conference, Vancouver, 155-158. [video]
Lee, S., Buxton, W. & Smith, K.C. (1985). A Multi-Touch Three Dimensional Touch-Sensitive Tablet. Proceedings of the 1985 Conference on Human Factors in Computer Systems, CHI '85, San Francisco, April, 1985, 21-26. [video]
Buxton, W., Fiume, E., Hill, R., Lee, A. & Woo, C. (1983). Continuous Hand-Gesture Driven Input. Proceedings of Graphics Interface '83, 9th Conference of the Canadian Man-Computer Communications Society, Edmonton, May 1983, 191-195. [video]
Buxton, W., Lamb, M. R., Sherman, D. & Smith, K. C. (1983). Towards a Comprehensive User Interface Management System. Computer Graphics 17(3). 35-42. [video]
Buxton, W. (1982). An Informal Study of Selection-Positioning Tasks. Proceedings of Graphics Interface '82, 8th Conference of the Canadian Man-Computer Communications Society, Toronto, May, 1982, 323-328. [video]
Sasaki, L., Fedorkow, G., Buxton, W., Retterath, C., & Smith, K.C. (1981). A Touch-Sensitive Input Device. Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Computer Music, North Texas State University, Denton, Texas, 293-297.
Buxton, W., Hull, S., & Fournier, A. (1981). On Contextually Adaptive Timbres. Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Computer Music, North Texas State University, Denton, Texas, November, 1981.
Buxton, W., Patel, S., Reeves, W., & Baecker, R. (1980). On the Specification of Scope in Interactive Score Editors. Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Computer Music, Queen's College New York, November 1980.
Buxton, W., Patel, S., Reeves, W., & Baecker, R. (1980). "Objects" and the Design of Timbral Resources. Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Computer Music, Queen's College New York, November 1980.
Buxton, W. & Sniderman, R. (1980). Iteration in the Design of the Human-Computer Interface. Proceedings of the 13th Annual Meeting, Human Factors Association of Canada, 72-81.
Fedorkow, G., Buxton, W., Patel, S., & Smith, K. C. (1980). A Microprocessor Controlled Clavier. Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Computer Music, Queen's College New York, November 1980.
Baecker, R., Buxton, W., & Reeves, W. (1979). Towards Facilitating Graphical Interaction: Some Examples from Computer-Aided Musical Composition. Proceedings of the 6th Man-Computer Communications Conference. Ottawa, Canada: 197-207.
Buxton, W., Reeves, W., Fedorkow, G., Smith, K. C., & Baecker, R. (1979). A Computer Based System for the Performance of Electroacoustic Music. Audio Engineering Society Preprint 1529 (J-1).
Buxton, W., Fedorkow, G., Baecker, R., Reeves, W., Smith, K.C., Ciamaga, G., & Mezei, L. (1978). An Overview of the Structured Sound Synthesis Project. Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Computer Music. Dept. of Music, Northwestern University, Evanston Illinois. Vol.2: 471-485.
Reeves, W., Buxton, W., Pike, R., & Baecker, R. (1978). Ludwig: an Example of Interactive Computer Graphics in a Score Editor. Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Computer Music. Dept. of Music, Northwestern University, Evanston Illinois. Vol. 2: 349-409.

Edited Publications

Buxton, W. (Ed.)(1998). An Introduction to this Special Issue on "Interaction in 3D Graphics", Computer Graphics: The SIGGRAPH Quarterly, 32(4), 43-44
Buxton,W. (Ed.)(1989). Human Computer Interaction, 4(1). Special Issue on the Use of Non-Speech Audio.
Buxton, W. (Ed.) (1985) Proceedings of the 1984 International Computer Music Conference, Paris, France, November 1984.
Buxton, W., Giloth, C. & Zaritsky, R. ( Eds.) (1984), Siggraph Video Review # 12, Special Issue on Interaction (Vol. 1).
Buxton, W., Giloth, C. & Zaritsky, R. ( Eds.) (1984), Siggraph Video Review # 13, Special Issue on Interaction (Vol. 2).
Buxton, W. & Fournier, A. (Eds) (1982). Proceedings of Graphics Interface '82, 8th Conference of the Canadian Man-Computer Communications Society, Toronto, May, 1982.

Book Chapters

Buxton, B. (2009). Mediaspace - Meaningspace - Meetingspace. In S. Harrison (Ed.) Media Space: 20+ Years of Mediated Life. London: Springer, 217-231.
Buxton, B. (2009). Windows. In S. Harrison (Ed.) Media Space: 20+ Years of Mediated Life. London: Springer, 25-26.
Buxton, B. (2009). Early Video Mail. In S. Harrison (Ed.) Media Space: 20+ Years of Mediated Life. London: Springer, 194-195.
Buxton, W. (2008). My Vision Isn't My Vision: Making a Career Out of Getting Back to Where I Started. In Thomas Erickson & David McDonald (Eds.). HCI Remixed: Reflections on Works That Have Influenced the HCI Community. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 7 - 12.
Buxton, W. (2006). Space-Function Integration and Ubiquitous Media. In M. Shamiyeh (Ed.). Towards and Interactive and Integrative Design Process. Linz, Austria: DOM Publications, 248-271.
Buxton, W. (2001). "Less is More (More or Less), in P. Denning (Ed.), The Invisible Future: The seamless integration of technology in everyday life. New York: McGraw Hill, 145 - 179.
Buxton, W. (1997). Living in Augmented Reality: Ubiquitous Media and Reactive Environments. In K. Finn, A. Sellen & S. Wilber (Eds.). Video Mediated Communication. Hillsdale, N.J.: Erlbaum, 363-384. An earlier version of this chapter also appears in Proceedings of Imagina '95, 215-229. [video]
Buxton, W., Sellen, A. & Sheasby, M. (1997). Interfaces for multiparty videoconferencing. In K. Finn, A. Sellen & S. Wilber (Eds.). Video Mediated Communication. Hillsdale, N.J.: Erlbaum, 385-400.Buxton Sellen Sheasby 1997 Multiparty.pdf
Buxton, W. (1995). Touch, Gesture & Marking. Chapter 7 in R.M. Baecker, J. Grudin, W. Buxton and S. Greenberg, S. (Eds.)(1995).Readings in Human Computer Interaction: Toward the Year 2000 San Francsco: Morgan Kaufmann Publishers.
Buxton, W. (1995). Speech, Language & Audition. Chapter 8 in R.M. Baecker, J. Grudin, W. Buxton and S. Greenberg, S. (Eds.)(1995). Readings in Human Computer Interaction: Toward the Year 2000 San Francsco: Morgan Kaufmann Publishers.
Buxton, W. (1994). Human input/output devices. In M. Katz (ed.), Technology Forecast: 1995, Menlo Park, C.A.: Price Waterhouse World Firm Technology Center, 49-65.
Buxton, W. (1994). Human skills in interface design. In L.W. MacDonald & J. Vince (Eds.). Interacting with virtual environments. New York: Wiley, 1-12.
Buxton, W. (1992). Snow's two cultures revisited. In L. Jacobson (Ed.), Cyberarts: Exploring art & technology, San Francisco: Miller Freeman, 24 - 31.
Buxton, W. (1990). The Natural Language of Interaction: A Perspective on Non-Verbal Dialogues.In Laurel, B. (Ed.). The Art of Human-Computer Interface Design, Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley. 405-416.
Buxton, W., Patel, S., Reeves, W. & Baecker, R. (1989). Objed and the Design of Timbral Resources. In Roads, C. (Ed.). The Music Machine. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 263-276. [video]
Buxton, W., Patel, S., Reeves, W., & Baecker, R. (1989). Scope in Interactive Score Editors. In Roads, C. (Ed.). The Music Machine. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 255-262. [video]
Buxton, W. (1988). The Role of the Artist in the Laboratory (German and English translation). In C. Schopf, (Ed.). Meisterwerke der Computer Kunst. Bremen: TMS Verlag.pp. 29-32.
Buxton, W. (1986). There's More to Interaction than Meets the Eye: Some Issues in Manual Input. In Norman, D. A. and Draper, S. W. (Eds.), (1986), User Centered System Design: New Perspectives on Human-Computer Interaction. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Hillsdale, New Jersey, 319-337.
Tanner, P.P. & Buxton, W. (1985). Some Issues in Future User Interface Management System (UIMS) Development. In Pfaff, G. (Ed.), User Interface Management Systems, Berlin: Springer Verlag, 67- 79.
Buxton, W., Fogels, A., Fedorkow, G., Sasaki, L., & Smith, K. C. (1985). An Introduction to the SSSP Digital Synthesizer. In Roads, C. & Strawn, J. (1985). Foundations of Computer Music. MIT Press, Cambridge MA, 206-224.
Buxton, W., Reeves, W., Baecker, R., & Mezei, L. (1985). The Use of Hierarchy and Instance in a Data Structure for Computer Music. In Roads, C. & Strawn, J. (1985). Foundations of Computer Music. MIT Press, Cambridge MA, 443-466.
Buxton, W., Sniderman, R., Reeves, W., Patel, S. & Baecker, R. (1985). The Evolution of the SSSP Score Editing Tools. In Roads, C. & Strawn, J. (1985). Foundations of Computer Music. MIT Press, Cambridge MA, 376-402. [video]

Books

Buxton, Bill (2007). Sketching User Experiences: Getting the Design Right and the Right Design. San Francisco: Morgan Kaufmann.
Baecker, R.M., Grudin, J., Buxton, W., and Greenberg, S. (Eds.)(1995). Readings in Human Computer Interaction: Toward the Year 2000 Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, 950 pp. Including 190 pp. of original interpretive material.
Baecker, R. & Buxton, W. (Eds.)(1987). Readings in Human Computer Interaction: A Multidisciplinary Approach, San Francisco, CA.: Morgan Kaufmann Inc.
Buxton, W. (Ed.) (1977). Computer Music 1976/77: a Directory to Current Work. Ottawa: The Canadian Commission for Unesco.
Buxton, W. (in progress). Human Input to Computer Systems: Theories, Techniques and Technology. Unfinished book manuscript.
Buxton, W., Gaver, W. & Bly, S. (1994). Auditory interfaces: the Use of non-speech audio at the interface. Unfinished & abandoned.
Greenberg, S., Carpendale, S., Marquardt, N. & Buxton, B. (2011). Sketching User Experiences: The Workbook. Waltham, MA: Morgan Kaufmann.

Non-refereed Articles, Technical Reports & Monographs

Buxton, William A. (2012). Innovative Interaction: From Concept to the Wild. Communications of the ACM 55(9), p. 90
Greenberg, Saul, Carpendale, Sheelagh, Marquardt, Nicolai & Buxton, Bill (2012). The narrative storyboard: telling a story about use and context over time. Interactions. 19(1), 64-69.
Buxton, Bill (2011). Steve Jobs' patents: A vital lesson for CEOs. Fortune.com. Sept. 21st, 2011.
Buxton, Bill (2011). Design History Appreciated. Innovation Quarterly of the Industrial Designers Society of America, Summer 2011 Issue, p.8.
Buxton, Bill (2010). The Problem with Great Ideas. BusinessWeek.com, June 9th, 2010.
Hinckley, K., Yatani, K., Pahud, M., Coddington, N., Rodenhouse, J., Wilson, A., Benko, H. & Buxton, B. (2010). Manual Deskterity: An Exploration of Simultaneous Pen + Touch Direct Input. Proceedings of the 28th of the International Conference Extended Abstracts on Human factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA '10), 2793-2802. [video]
Buxton, Bill (2009). Don't Set the Bar Too Low. BusinessWeek.com, Dec. 14th, 2009.
Buxton, Bill (2009). The Mad Dash Towards Touch Technology. BusinessWeek.com, October 21, 2009.
Buxton, Bill (2009). Innovation Calls for I-Shaped People. BusinessWeek.com, July 13th, 2009.
Buxton, Bill (2009). On Engineering and Design: An Open Letter. BusinessWeek.com, April 29th, 2009.
Buxton, Bill (2009). How to Think Outside the Box. BusinessWeek.com, March 30th, 2009.
Buxton, Bill (2009). How to Keep Innovating. BusinessWeek.com, February 18th, 2009.
Buxton, Bill (2008). The Price of Forgoing Basic Research. BusinessWeek.com, December 17th, 2008.
Buxton, Bill (2008). A New Mantra for Creativity. BusinessWeek.com, May 12th, 2008
Buxton, Bill (2008). Why Risk is Important. BusinessWeek.com, March 12th, 2008.
Buxton, Bill (2008). A Familiar Problem. BusinessWeek.com, February 6th, 2008.
Buxton, B. (2008). Surface and Tangible Computing, and the " Small" Matter of People and Design. IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference Digest of Technical Papers, Vol. 51, 24-29.
Buxton, Bill (2008). The Long Nose of Innovation. BusinessWeek.com, January 2nd.
Buxton, William (2007).Review: Mallory Myths and Mysteries, by Mike Parsons and Mary Rose. Canadian Alpine Journal, 90, 164.
Buxton, William (2006).Broad Peak and the 1957 Austrian Karakoram Expedition, Canadian Alpine Journal, 89, 176-183.
Buxton, William (2006). What if Leopold Didn't Have a Piano? Rotman Magazine, The Alumni Magazine of the Rotman School of Management, Spring/Summer 2006, 78-79.
Buxton, William (2006). Who cares if you are dressed if you are alone? Interfaces, 66, Spring 2006, 5-6.
Buxton, William (2006). Bill Buxton on Computers and their FlawsToronto Star, Sunday February 5.
Taylor, A. S., Izadi, S., Swan, L., Harper, R. and Buxton, B. (2006, Feb 6-7). Building bowls for miscellaneous media. First International Conference on Physicality. Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK.
Buxton, William (2005). Piloting Through the Maze. Interactions Magazine. 12(6), November + December, 10.
Buxton, William (2005). Mailbag: Ethnography and Usability: Where's the Glue. Interactions Magazine. 12(5), September + October, 8 - 9.
Buxton, William (2005). Innovation vs. Invention. Rotman Magazine, The Alumni Magazine of the Rotman School of Management, Fall 2005, 52-53.
Buxton, William (2005). Interaction at Lincoln Laboratory in the 1960's: Looking Forward - Looking Back. Panel Introduction. Proceedings of the 2005 ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI'05, April 3-7, 2005, 1163-1167.
Buxton, W. (2005). Experience Design vs Interface Design. Rotman Magazine, The Alumni Magazine of the Rotman School of Management, Winter 2005, 47-49.
Buxton, W. (2004). Forward into the Past. Time Magazine, October 11, 164(15), 53.
Buxton, William (2004). Music Sharing Over the Internet. Canadian New Media, 7(11), 8,7.
Buxton, William (2004). Review: Where the Mountain Casts its Shadow by Maria Coffey. Canadian Alpine Journal, 87, p. 148.
Buxton, W. (2003). Review: Dougal Haston: The Philosophy of Risk by Jeff Connor. Canadian Alpine Journal, 86, 167-168.
Buxton, William (2002). Innovation as Music: A Non-Materialistic Perspective. Innovations: The quarterly Journal of the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA), 21(1), Spring 2002, 62-63.
Buxton, William (2002). Review: Conquistadors of the Useless by Lionel Terray. Explore, May/June, 2002, p. 69.
Buxton, W. (2001). The Cost of Saving Money: The Folly of Research Funding Policy in Canada. Research Money. Published in 2 installments, March 5th & March 19th, respectively.
Buxton, W. (1999).A Few Thoughts about Common Sense, Computers and Education, To appear in Die Zeit.
Pacheco, P., Fitzmaurice, G., Ameline, I., Buxton, W. (2000). Digital Air Brush � a 10 DOF Bimanual Tool, Unpublished Manuscript.
Buxton, W. (1999). Where IT's at. CGI Magazine, December, 1999, 16-17.
Buxton, W., Purchase, B. & Knox, K. (1998). Creating an Innovation Culture: Key Challenges and Opportunities as Ontario Moves Ahead in the New Millennium. Government of Ontario, Ontario Jobs and Investment Board.
Buxton, W. & Fitzmaurice, G.W.(1998). HMD's, Caves & Chameleon: A Human-Centric Analysis of Interaction in Virtual Space, Computer Graphics: The SIGGRAPH Quarterly, 32(4), 64-68. [video]
Fitzmaurice, G.W. & Buxton, W. (1998). Compatibility and Interaction Style in Computer Graphics, Computer Graphics: The SIGGRAPH Quarterly, 32(4), 69-74.
Buxton, W. (1997). Artists and the Art of the Luthier.Computer Graphics: The SIGGRAPH Quarterly, 31(1), 10-11.
Buxton, W. (1997). A Modest Proposal.The Eventer, Spring Issue.
Matias, E., MacKenzie, I. S., & Buxton, W. (1996). A wearable computer for use in microgravity space and other non-desktop environments. Companion of the CHI '96 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. 69-70.
Gujar, A., Tanikoshi, K., Cooperstock, J., Daya, S. & Buxton, W. (1995). Combining technology through the audio/video server attendant.
Buxton, W. (1995). The psychology of cross country, The Eventer, Summer Issue, 16-18.
Buxton, W. (1995). Is it Windows '95 or '85? Teasing Reality from the Hype, Guest Editorial, Toronto Globe & Mail, August 31, 1995, p. A15.
Buxton, W. (1995). If you have a problem with your computer, is it really your problem? Guest Editorial, Toronto Globe & Mail, June 12, 1995, p. A3.
Buxton, W. (1995). Ubiquitous Media and the Active Office . Published in Japanese (only) as, Buxton, W. (1995). Ubiquitous Video, Nikkei Electronics, 3.27 (no. 632), 187-195.
Card, S. & Buxton, W. (1994). Revolutionary Concepts in Human/Computer Interaction. IEEE Videoconference on Tape. NTSC Product Number VC0149-5. IEEE Educational Activities Department, 445 Hoes Lane, P.O. Box 1331, Piscataway, N.J., 08855-1331, USA. Tel: (908) 562-5493, Fax: (908) 981-1686. ISBN 0-7803-1643-6.
Buxton, W. (1994). Social Planning and Communities Along the "Information Highway" , Interactivity, 1(1), 85-88. Also appears in Japanese in: Buxton, W. (1994). Social planning and communities along the "Information Highway," InterCommunication, 10. Tokyo: NTT, 168-171..
Matias, E., MacKenzie, I. S., & Buxton, W. (1994). Half-QWERTY: Typing with one hand using your two-handed skill Companion Proceedings of the CHI '94 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 51-52.
Wellman, B. & Buxton, W. (1994). Work and community along the information highway, Policy Options, 15(7), 11-16.
Beirne, G., Moore, G., Buxton, W., & Mantei, M. (1994).Issues in deploying the technology for a media space field study. Unpublished Manuscript, University of Toronto, ONtario Telepresence Project.
MacKenzie, I.S. & Buxton, W. (1993). A tool for the rapid evaluation of input devices using Fitts' law models, SIGCHI Bulletin, 25(3), 58-63.
Buxton, W. (1993). HCI and the inadequacies of Direct Manipulation systems. SIGCHI Bulletin, 25(1), 21-22.
DiGiano, C. & Buxton, W. (1993). Using non-speech audio at the interface. Virtual Reality Systems, 1(1), 60-62.
Buxton, W. (1991). The three mirrors of interaction: a holistic approach to user interfaces. Proceedings of Friend21 '91 International Symposum on Next Generation Human Interface, Tokyo, Japan, Nov. 25-27, 1991. Also appears in English and Japanese in: Buxton, W. (1992). The three mirrors of interaction: a holistic approach to user interfaces. Industrial DESIGN 157, Japan Industrial Designer's Association, 6 - 11.
Buxton, W. (1990). Smoke and Mirrors. Byte,15(7), 205-210.
Buxton, W. (1989). On the Road to Brighton. SIGCHI Bulletin 20(4), 16-17.
Buxton, W. (1986). A Directory of Sources for Interactive Technologies, SIGCHI Bulletin, 18(1), 58-63.
Buxton, W. (1986), A (Highly) Selective View of Canadian Electroacoustic Music, MUSICANADA, 57, June, 5-6.
Buxton, W. (1985). Why Not Design Synthesizers that a Pro Can Tour With? Keyboard, July 1985, p. 10.
Buxton, W. (1985). Techture: On Relating Culture and Technology. Digitalk, Spring, 1985, p. 4.
Buxton, W. & Fournier, A. (1984). Categorizing Animation Systems by their Vocabulary of Motion. Unpublished manuscript.
Buxton, W. (1983). Centres of Excellence in an Interactive Research Network. Research Paper, Dept. of Communications, Ottawa.
Buxton, W. (1982). Human Perspectives on Technology and Learning. Keynote address delivered at the Conference on Telidon and Education, Sydney, N.S. Unpublished manuscript.
Buxton, W. (1981). Music Software User's Manual. (Second Edition) Toronto: CSRG. Technical Note 22, University of Toronto.
Buxton, W., Reeves, W., Patel, S., & O'Dell, T. (1979). SSSP Programmer's Manual. Toronto: unpublished manuscript, SSSP/CSRG, University of Toronto.
Buxton, W. (1978). Design Issues in the Foundation of a Computer- Based Tool for Music Composition. Technical Report CSRG-97. Toronto: University of Toronto.
Buxton, W. & Fedorkow, G. (1978). The Structured Sound Synthesis Project (SSSP): an Introduction. Technical Report CSRG-92, Toronto: University of Toronto.
Buxton, W. (1975). Manual for the POD Programs. Utrecht: Institute for Sonology.
Vink, J. & Buxton, W. (1974). Studio Manual. Utrecht: Institute of Sonology.

Selected Conference Panels

Baecker, R., Harrison, S., Buxton, B., Poltrock, S. & Churchill, E. (2008). Media Spaces: Past Visions, Current Realities, Future Promise. Proceedings of the 2008 ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI'08, 2245-2248.
Natural and invisible human interfaces, Panel, Michael Harris , Hiroshi Ishii , Caleb Chung , Clark Dodsworth , Bill Buxton ACM SIGGRAPH 99 Conference abstracts and applications July 1999
The sorcerer's apprentice (panel): ubiquitous computing and graphics W. Bradford Paley , Bill Buxton , Steve Feiner , Hiroshi Ishii , S. Joy Mountford , Steve Shafer , Mark Weiser. ACM SIGGRAPH 98 Conference abstracts and applications July 1998
Interfaces for humans (panel): natural interaction, tangible data, and beyond Michael Harris , Bill Buxton , William T. Freeman , Hiroshi Ishii , Mark Lucente , Michael J. Sinclair ACM SIGGRAPH 98 Conference abstracts and applications July 1998
Criteria for Effective Groupware Panels / Andrew F. Monk / Jean Scholtz / Bill Buxton / Sara Bly / David Frohlich / Steve Whittaker Proceedings of ACM CHI 96 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 1996 v.2 p.157-158
Drama and Personality in User Interface Design Panel / S. Joy Mountford / Bill Buxton / Myron Krueger / Brenda Laurel / Laurie Vertelney Proceedings of ACM CHI'89 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 1989 p.105-108.
The Computer as Musical Accompanist Panel / William Buxton / Roger Dannenberg / Barry Vercoe Proceedings of ACM CHI'86 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 1986 p.41-43
Human Computer Interaction in the Year 2000 Panel / John Thomas / John Seely Brown / William Buxton / Bill Curtis / Thomas Landauer / Thomas Malone / Ben Shneiderman Proceedings of ACM CHI'86 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 1986 p.253-255
Human Interface Design and the Handicapped User Panel / William Buxton / Lawrence Scadden / Richard Foulds / Fraser Shein / Michael J. Rosen / Gregg Vanderheiden Proceedings of ACM CHI'86 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 1986 p.291-297
Communicating with Sound Panel / William Buxton / Sara A. Bly / Steven P. Frysinger / David Lunney / Douglass L. Mansur / Joseph J. Mezrich / Robert C. Morrison. Proceedings of ACM CHI'85 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 1985 p.115-119
Microcomputer User Interface Toolkits: The Commercial State-of-the-Art Panel / Irene Greif / William A. S. Buxton / Scott MacGregor / David R. Reed / Larry Tesler Proceedings of ACM CHI'85 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 1985 p.225
Video Panel Session on Interactive Systems, Ronald Baecker, Proceedings of the 8th annual conference on Computer graphics and interactive techniques August 1981.

THESES SUPERVISED

Ph.D.

Balakrishnan, R. (2001). Issues in Bimanual Interaction for Computer Graphics. Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto.
Cooperstock, J. (1996). Reactive Environments and Augmented Media Spaces, Ph.D. Thesis, Dept. Electrical Engineering, University of Toronto.Co-supervised with Prof. K.C. Smith.
Fitzmaurice, G.W. (1996). Graspable User Interfaces. Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto.
Harrison, B. (1996). The Design and Evaluation of Transparent User Interfaces, Ph.D. Thesis, Dept. Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto. Co-supervised with Prof. K. Vicente.
Tapia, M. (1996). From Shape to Style. Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto.
Zhai, S. (1995). Human Performance in Six Degree of Freedom Input Control. Ph.D. Thesis, Dept. of Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto. Co-supervised with Prof. P. Milgram.
Kurtenbach, G. (1993). The evaluation of an interaction technique based on self-revelation, guidance and rehearsal.Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto.
MacKenzie, I.S. (1991). Fitts' Law as a performance model in human-computer interaction, Ph.D. Thesis, Ontario Institute for Studies in Eduaction, University of Toronto. Co-supervised with Prof. B. McLean.
Hill, R.D. (1987). Supporting Concurrency, Communication and Synchronization in Human-Computer Interaction, Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Computer Science.
Myers, B. (1987). Creating User Interfaces by Demonstration, Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Computer Science.

M.Sc.

Tsang, Michael (2002). Boom Chameleon: Simultaneous Capture of 3D Viewpoint, Voice and Gesture Annotations on a Spatially Aware Display. M.Sc. Thesis, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Toronto. (co-supervised with G.W. Fitzmaurice)
Tohidi, Maryam (2006). Two New Techniques for User-Centered Interaction Design: Multiple Prototyping & User Sketching. M.Sc. Thesis, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Toronto. (co-supervised with Prof. R.M. Baecker)
Rubick, Jade Forrest (2000). The Design and Evaluation of a Two-handed Drawing Program. M.Sc. Thesis, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Toronto.
Balakrishnan, R. (1997). The evolution and evaluation of a 3D input device. M.Sc. Thesis, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Toronto.
Gupta, A. (1996). An Automated Audio/Video Attendant, MSc Thesis, Dept of Computer Science, University of Toronto.
Leganchuk, A. (1996). Manual and Cognitive Benefits of Bimanual Manipulation, MSc Thesis, Dept of Computer Science, University of Toronto.
Sheasby, M. (1995). Brady Bunch and the LiveWire Engine: Peripheral Awareness in Video Teleconferencing. M.Sc. Thesis, Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto.
Hardock, G. (1993). A marking-based text editing system for collaborative writing. M.Sc. Thesis, Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto. [video]
Chen, M. (1988). A System for DIrect Manipulation of 3D Objects Using 2D Input Devices, M.Sc. Thesis, Department of Electrical Engineering.
Kokodyniak, B.M. (1988). Interconnection of MIDI Devices Through a LAN, M.Sc. Thesis, Department of Electrical Engineering.
Kurtenbach, G.P. (1988). Hierarchical Encapsulation and Connection in a Graphical User Interface: a Music Case Study. M.Sc. Thesis, Department of Computer Science.
Brown, E. (1985). A Windowing Mechanism for Structuring Input. M.Sc. Thesis, Department of Computer Science.
Murtagh, K.M. (1985). An Object-Oriented Approach to Three Dimensional Animation. M.Sc. Thesis, Department of Computer Science.
Lee, S.K. (1984). A Fast Multiple-Touch-Sensitive Input Device. M.Sc. Thesis, Department of Electrical Engineering.
Schiferl, D.E. (1984). Pragmatics of Interaction and User Interface Management Systems. M.Sc. Thesis, Department of Computer Science.
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