Andy Cockburn B.Sc. (Hons), Ph.D.
Professor
- Office: 313
- Phone: +64 (03) 364 2987 ext7768
- Internal:7768
- Fax: +64 (03) 364 2569
- Email: andy@cosc.canterbury.ac.nz
- Postal address:
Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering,
University of Canterbury,
Private Bag 4800,
Christchurch,
New Zealand
My research interests are in human-computer interaction (HCI). I currently head the HCI and Multi-Media research group.
Current projects and publications
- Document navigation: speed-dependent automatic zooming and distortion-oriented methods. Watch the videos: demoing sdaz (UIST2003) (15MB), tuning & testing automatic zooming (CHI2005) (22MB)
- Improving target acquisition.
- 2D versus 3D GUIs for document and file management.
- Problems and prospects of web navigation. Try gesture navigation!
- Publications.
Visitors
Christchurch is the hub for exploring the stunningly beautiful South Island of New Zealand. We love hosting visitors. Recent visitors include Gonzalo Ramos, Carl Gutwin, Ben Bederson, Stephen Brewster, Gerhard Fischer, Saul Greenberg, Jenny Preece, Ben Shneiderman, Bob Spence, and Harold Thimbleby. If you are an HCI researcher and you're interested in visiting, please let me know... we'll be delighted to see you.
Courses
Outside work I'm strongly compelled to oppose gravity.
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