William Arthur Stewart BuxtonOC (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.
Buxton received the
SIGCHI Lifetime Achievement Award in 2008 for his many fundamental contributions to the
human–computer interaction field.[4] As of 2010, the Bill Buxton Award is handed out annually for the best doctoral dissertation in the field of HCI, completed at a Canadian university.[5] In 2016, he was recognized for his lifelong work in human computer interaction design and received the Digifest Digital Pioneer Award.[6]
Honours and awards
Recipient of the Canadian Human-Computer Communications Society (1995)[7]
^William., Buxton (2007). Sketching user experiences : getting the design right and the right design. Amsterdam: Elsevier/Morgan Kaufmann.
ISBN9780123740373.
OCLC180932034.