Last Update: December 18, 2007

Azam Khan, part-time M.Sc. student under supervisor Ravin Balakrishnan.

Azam Khan is a Research Scientist at Autodesk working with Gord Kurtenbach, George Fitzmaurice, and Jos Stam. From 1994 to 2003, Bill Buxton was our Chief Scientist at Alias (now Autodesk).

416-874-8231
azam.khan@autodesk.com


Alias Receives Special Academy Award® 2003 A.M.P.A.S.® for Maya 3D Computer Graphics and Animation Software
Alias Research Group (Left to Right): George Fitzmaurice, Azam Khan, Gord Kurtenbach (absent: Jos Stam & Bill Buxton)

Research

Azam Khan is a Human-Computer Interaction Research Scientist at Autodesk. He has several publications at SigCHI, UIST, and I3D focusing on advanced 3D camera navigation interaction techniques for design review and other tasks, such as object inspection. Mr. Khan has also recently taught Compelling User Experience at the Ontario College of Art and Design in Toronto. Other research interests include interactions with large displays, natural language generation, knowledge representation, e-learning, and biomedical communications.

Publications

Refereed Papers (Journals & Conferences)

16.

George Fitzmaurice, Justin Matejka, Azam Khan, Mike Glueck, Gordon Kurtenbach. (2008).
 PieCursor: Merging Pointing and Command Selection for Rapid In-place Tool Switching.
CHI 2008 Conference Proceedings
ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
(In Press).
15.

Azam Khan, Igor Mordatch, George Fitzmaurice, Justin Matejka, Gordon Kurtenbach. (2008).
 ViewCube: A 3D Orientation Indicator and Controller.
I3D 2008 Proceedings
ACM Symposium on Interactive 3D Graphics and Games
(In Press).
14.

George Fitzmaurice, Justin Matejka, Igor Mordatch, Azam Khan, Gordon Kurtenbach. (2008).
 Safe 3D Navigation.
I3D 2008 Proceedings
ACM Symposium on Interactive 3D Graphics and Games
(In Press).
13.

Nicolas Burtnyk, Azam Khan, George Fitzmaurice, Gordon Kurtenbach. (2006).
ShowMotion: Camera Motion based 3D Design Review. (video)
I3D 2006 Proceedings
ACM Symposium on Interactive 3D Graphics and Games
pp. 167-174.
12.

George Fitzmaurice, Azam Khan, Gordon Kurtenbach, Graham Binks. (2005).
Cinematic Meeting Facilities Using Large Displays.
IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, 25(4)
Special Issue: Applications of Large Displays
pp. 17-21.
11.

Azam Khan, Ben Komalo, Jos Stam, George Fitzmaurice, Gordon Kurtenbach. (2005).
HoverCam: Interactive 3D Navigation for Proximal Object Inspection. (video)
I3D 2005 Proceedings
ACM Symposium on Interactive 3D Graphics
pp. 73-80.
10.

Azam Khan, Justin Matejka, George Fitzmaurice, Gordon Kurtenbach. (2005).
Spotlight: Directing Users' Visual Attention on Large Displays. (video)
CHI 2005 Conference Proceedings
ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems.
pp. 791-798.
9.

Azam Khan, George Fitzmaurice, Don Almeida, Nicolas Burtnyk, Gordon Kurtenbach. (2004).
A Remote Control Interface for Large Displays. (video)
UIST 2004 Proceedings
ACM Symposium on User Interface Software & Technology.
pp. 127-136.
8.

George Fitzmaurice, Azam Khan, Robert Pieké, Bill Buxton, Gordon Kurtenbach. (2003).
Tracking Menus. (video)
UIST 2003 Proceedings
ACM Symposium on User Interface Software & Technology.
pp. 71-79.
7. Michael Tsang, George W. Fitzmaurice, Gordon Kurtenbach, Azam Khan, Bill Buxton. (2003)
Boom Chameleon.
SIGGRAPH 2003 Conference Proceedings, Annual Conferences Series,
ACM Transactions on Graphics 22(3). (Invited Short Paper)
pp. 698.
6. Michael Tsang, George W. Fitzmaurice, Gordon Kurtenbach, Azam Khan. (2003)
Game-like Navigation and Responsiveness in Non-game Applications.
Communications of the ACM
Special issue on Gaming Technology, July 2003.
pp. 56-61.
5. George W. Fitzmaurice, Azam Khan, William Buxton, Gordon Kurtenbach, Ravin Balakrishnan. (2003).
Sentient Data Access via a Diverse Society of Devices.
ACM Queue, November 2003.
pp. 53-62.
4. Nicholas Burtnyk, Azam Khan, George Fitzmaurice, Ravin Balakrishnan, Gordon Kurtenbach. (2002).
StyleCam: Interactive Stylized 3D Navigation using Integrated Spatial & Temporal Controls.
UIST 2002 Proceedings
ACM Symposium on User Interface Software & Technology.
pp. 101-110.
3.

Tovi Grossman, Ravin Balakrishnan, Gordon Kurtenbach, George Fitzmaurice, Azam Khan, Bill Buxton. (2002).
Creating principal 3D curves with digital tape drawing.
CHI 2002 Conference Proceedings
ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems.
pp. 121-128.
2. Michael Tsang, George W. Fitzmaurice, Gordon Kurtenbach, Azam Khan, Bill Buxton. (2002).
Boom Chameleon: Simultaneous capture of 3D viewpoint, voice and gesture annotations on a spatially-aware display.
UIST 2002 Proceedings
ACM Symposium on User Interface Software & Technology.
pp. 111-120.
1. Tovi Grossman, Ravin Balakrishnan, Gordon Kurtenbach, George W. Fitzmaurice, Azam Khan, William Buxton. (2001).
Interaction techniques for 3D modeling on large displays.
I3D 2001 Proceedings
ACM Symposium on Interactive 3D Graphics
pp. 17-23.

Patents

  1. Jerome Maillot, Azam Khan, Ania Lipka. A Dynamically Adjusted Brush For Direct Paint Systems On Parameterized Multi-Dimensional Surfaces. Patent Filed 2001 — Granted
  2. Jerome Maillot, Azam Khan, Ania Lipka. A Dynamically Adjusted Brush For Direct Paint Systems On Parameterized Multi-Dimensional Surfaces. Patent Filed 2001 (Divisional)
  3. Azam Khan. A Push-tumble Three Dimensional Navigation System. Patent Filed 2002 — Granted
  4. Nicholas Burtnyk, Azam Khan, George Fitzmaurice, Ravin Balakrishnan, Gordon Kurtenbach. A System And Method Of Integrated Spatial And Temporal Navigation. Patent Filed 2002.
  5. Azam Khan, Ben Komalo. A System For Interactive 3D Navigation For Proximal Object Inspection Cross-Reference To Related Applications. Patent Filed 2006.
  6. Azam Khan, Nicholas Burtnyk, George Fitzmaurice, Gordon Kurtenbach. 3D Model Presentation System with Motion and Transitions at each Camera View Point Of Interest (POI) with Imageless Jumps To Each POI. Patent Filed 2006.
  7. Azam Khan, Justin Matejka, George Fitzmaurice, Gordon Kurtenbach. Large Display Attention Focus System. Patent Filed 2006.
  8. Azam Khan, Benyamin Komalo. A System For Interactive 3D Navigation For Proximal Object Inspection Cross-Reference To Related Applications(s). Patent Filed 2006.
  9. Anirban Ghosh, Igor Mordatch, Azam Khan, George Fitzmaurice, Justin Matejka, Ryan Schmidt, Gord Kurtenbach. Three-Dimensional Orientation Indicator and Controller. Patent Filed 2007.

Service

Technical Paper Reviewer

ACM Siggraph (2002)
ACM SigCHI (2004,2005,2006,2008)
ACM User Interface and Software Technologies (2004,2006,2007)
ACM Symposium on Interactive 3D Graphics and Games (2005)
Computer Supported Collaborative Learning (2007)
IEEE Computer Graphics & Applications (2005)
Graphics Interface (2006)

Education

B.Sc. Computer Science, University of Toronto, Canada. (1990)

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