Bio
Bill Buxton is a Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research. Prior to joining Microsoft he was Principal of the Toronto-based design and consulting firm, Buxton Design. Bill is one of the pioneers in computer music and HCI. He has played an important role in the development of computer-based tools for music, film, industrial design, graphics and animation. As a researcher, he has had a long history with Xerox’ Palo Alto Research Center and the University of Toronto, where he is still an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science. He has also been a lecturer in the Department of Industrial Design at the Ontario College of Art and Design. From 1994 until December 2002, he was Chief Scientist of AliasWavefront (where he shared in an Academy Award for Technical and Scientific Excellence), and from 1995, 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, and he was elected to the ACM’s CHI Academy. More information on Buxton and his work can be found at: http://www.billbuxton.com/
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