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Kellogg S. Booth
Professor, Department of Computer Science BS (mathematics), Caltech (1968) MA (computer science), UC Berkeley (1970) DMph (metaphysics), Universal Life Church (add to your shopping cart) (1974) PhD (computer science), UC Berkeley (1975) MAILING ADDRESS Department of Computer Science 201-2366 Main Mall The University of British Columbia Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4 CANADA OFFICE Room X861, ICICS Building (former CICSR/CS Building) 2366 Main Mall (map) 604-822-8193 (voice) 604-822-5485 (fax) HOME 1145 McLean Drive Vancouver, BC V5L 3N5 CANADA 604-872-3577 (voice) ELECTRONIC e-mail: ksbooth@cs.ubc.ca Web: http://www.cs.ubc.ca/~ksbooth Web: http://www.cs.ubc.ca/people/profile.jsp?id=ksbooth ERDOS NUMBER 2 RESUME Current UBC CV in PDF format Current UBC publication record in PDF format CONTENTS Biographical Information Teaching Activities Research Activities Weekly Schedule (office hours) Pick Hits |
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Over 60 years hitting the spot! Summer of '48. Laguna Beach, CA. |
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Graphics, Animation and New Media Canada
Graphisme, Animation et Nouveaux Medias Canada (GRAND NCE) proposal |
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Kellogg S. Booth is a Professor of Computer Science and the former Director of the Media and Graphics Interdisciplinary Centre at the University of British Columbia. He has worked in the fields of computer graphics and human-computer interaction since 1968. Prior to UBC, he was a faculty member in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Waterloo (1977-1990), and before that a staff member at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (1968-1976). Research interests include human-computer interaction, visualization, computer graphics, user interface design, and analysis of algorithms. He is involved in a number of interdisciplinary research projects at UBC and elsewhere. (alternate biography)
(Alternate biographical information is available
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This year I am teaching the following course(s).
I teach these other courses from time to time.
Undergraduate and graduate thesis supervision is by arrangement. You can see a list of the students and abstracts of previous bachelor's, master's and doctoral students theses.
UBC students interested in computer graphics, visualization, or human-computer interaction may wish to consider one or more of the following courses that are offered various terms. Contact individual instructors for additional information concerning the courses, including course syllabi, days and times, and course prerequistes.
A masters-level
specialization in HCI
is now available as part of a master's degree in one of the
participating academic units.
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Currently this is not available on-line.
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David Wheeler, according to Roger Needham, according to
Butler
Lampson et al.
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