Bill Buxton | |
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Born | William Arthur Stewart Buxton March 10, 1949 Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
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Awards | SIGCHI Lifetime Achievement Award (Association for Computing Machinery) |
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Fields | Computer science and design |
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Doctoral students | Brad Myers |
William Arthur Stewart Buxton OC (born March 10, 1949) is a Canadian computer scientist and designer. He is regarded as one of the pioneers in the field of human–computer interaction and is currently active in research at the University of Toronto. He is especially known for his curation of his collection documenting the history of interactive devices. He was a partner researcher at Microsoft Research before leaving in December 2022.