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Arthur (Ted) Kirkpatrick, Associate Professor of Computing ScienceArea: Haptic interfaces, direct manipulation, human-computer interaction
Office: TASC 8015 |
Biography
Education
B.Sc. Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pennsylvania, 1977M.Sc. Maharishi International University, Fairfield, Iowa, 1985
Ph.D. University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, 2000
Work History
Professor in the School of Computing Science at Simon Fraser UniversityResearch Interests
- Arthur Kirkpatrick's research focuses on making computer systems easier to use. His particular focus is on interaction techniques, the detailed operations that users perform to control a system. He is developing interfaces incorporating richer and more expressive styles of movement than possible with the mouse and keyboard. In particular, he is investigating haptic interfaces, interfaces that incorporate the human sense of touch. He is also interested in theories describing the progress from novice to skilled use of such enriched interaction techniques.