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George Fitzmaurice, Ph.D. is a Director of Research and runs the User Interface Research Group for Autodesk. He has been with Autodesk (including Alias) for over 15 years conducting research in 2D and 3D UIs including: input devices, large displays, two-handed interaction, multi-touch, pen-based UIs, TrackingMenus, spatially-aware displays, 3D navigation and tangible UIs. In the HCI community he established the field of Graspable UIs which is the pre-cursor to what is known as Tangible UIs. Currently, he is leading research projects on Advanced Learning Technologies for feature-rich software applications.
Working with his colleagues he has helped to author over 60 HCI papers and over 30 patents. Notable product contributions include Maya 1.0 UI, SketchBook Pro UI design, ShowMotion™ for Showcase, the 3D Navigation tools (ViewCube™ and SteeringWheels™) and Chronicle for Autodesk products. Fitzmaurice received a B.Sc. in Mathematics with Computer Science at MIT, an M.Sc. in Computer Science at Brown University and a Ph.D. in Computer Science at the University of Toronto.
Dynamic Opacity Optimization for Scatter Plots (2015)
Supporting Subtlety with Deceptive Devices and Illusory Interactions (2015)
Tactum: A Skin-Centric Approach to Digital Design and Fabrication (2015)
Swipeboard: A Text Entry Technique for Ultra-Small Devices That Supports Novice to Expert Transitions (2014)
Deploying CommunityCommands: A Software Command Recommender System Case Study (2014)
User Interface Research
3D User Interfaces
Draco: Dynamic Drawings
Learning
Novel Input & Output
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