UC Research Profile - University of Canterbury

Professor Andy Cockburn

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Department: Computer Science and Software Engineering

Email: andrew.cockburn@canterbury.ac.nz

Direct Dial: +64 3 3692119

Office: Jack Erskine 313

Language: English

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Fields of Research

Human-computer interaction

Researcher Summary

My research interests cover a range of topics within empirical Human-Computer Interaction (HCI).

For further information, please see http://www.cosc.canterbury.ac.nz/research/RG/HCI/HCIlab/Publications/

Subject Area: Disciplines

Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Sciences: Human-Computer Interaction and Multimedia

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Research/Scholarly/Creative Works

Journal Articles

Claypool M., Cockburn A. and Gutwin C. (2020) The Impact of Motion and Delay on Selecting Game Targets with a Mouse. ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing Communications and Applications.

Cockburn A., Dragicevic P., Besançon L. and Gutwin C. (2020) Threats of a Replication Crisis in Empirical Computer Science. Communications of the ACM 63(8).

Quinn P. and Cockburn A. (2020) Loss Aversion and Preferences in Interaction. Human-Computer Interaction 35(2): 143-190. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07370024.2018.1433040.

Cockburn A., Masson D., Gutwin C., Palanque P., Goguey A., Yung M., Gris C. and Trask C. (2019) Design and evaluation of braced touch for touchscreen input stabilisation. International Journal of Human Computer Studies 122: 21-37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhcs.2018.08.005.

Martinie C., Pa Lanque P., Bouzekri E., Cockburn A., Canny A. and Barboni E. (2019) Analysing and demonstrating tool-supported customizable task notations. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction 3(EICS) http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3331154.

Aceituno J., Malacria S., Quinn P., Roussel N., Cockburn A. and Casiez G. (2017) The design, use, and performance of edge-scrolling techniques. International Journal of Human Computer Studies 97: 58-76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhcs.2016.08.001.

Cockburn AJ., Quinn P. and Gutwin CA. (2017) The Effects of Interaction Sequencing on User Experience and Preference. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies 108: 89-104. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhcs.2017.07.005.

Lafreniere B., Gutwin C. and Cockburn A. (2017) Investigating the post-training persistence of expert interaction techniques. ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction 24(4) 29: 46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3119928.

Fitchett S. and Cockburn A. (2015) An Empirical Characterisation of File Retrieval. International Journal of Human Computer Studies 74: 1-13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhcs.2014.10.002.

Scarr J., Gutwin C., Cockburn A. and Bunt A. (2015) StencilMaps and EphemeralMaps: spatially stable interfaces that highlight command subsets. Behaviour and Information Technology 34(11): 1092-1106. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0144929X.2015.1046927.

Cockburn A., Gutwin C., Scarr J. and Malacria S. (2014) Supporting Novice to Expert Transitions in User Interfaces. ACM Computing Surveys 47(2) 31: 36.

Quinn P., Cockburn A. and Delemarche J. (2013) Examining the costs of multiple trajectory pointing techniques. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies 71(4): 492-509. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhcs.2012.12.001.

Scarr J., Cockburn A. and Gutwin C. (2013) Supporting and Exploiting Spatial Memory in User Interfaces. Foundations and Trends in Human-Computer Interaction 6(1): 1-84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1561/1100000046.

Tak S. and Cockburn A. (2013) Enhanced Spatial Stability with Hilbert and Moore Treemaps. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics 19(1): 141-148.

Cockburn A., Ahlstroem D. and Gutwin C. (2012) Understanding Performance in Touch Selections: Tap, Drag and Radial Pointing Drag with Finger, Stylus and Mouse. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies 70(3): 218-233. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhcs.2011.11.002.

Hauber J., Regenbrecht H., Cockburn A. and Billinghurst M. (2012) The Impact of Collaborative Style on the Perception of 2D and 3D Videoconferencing Interfaces. The Open Software Engineering Journal 6(1): 1-20. http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1874107X01206010001.

Cockburn A., Quinn P., Gutwin C., Ramos G. and Looser J. (2011) Air pointing: Design and evaluation of spatial target acquisition with and without visual feedback. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies 69(6): 401-414. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhcs.2011.02.005.

Tanvir E., Bunt A., Cockburn A. and Irani P. (2011) Improving cascading menu selections with adaptive activation areas. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies 69(11): 769-785. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhcs.2011.06.005.

Cockburn A. and Gutwin C. (2010) A Model of Novice and Expert Navigation Performance in Constrained Input Interfaces. ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction 17(3): 13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1806923.1806927.

Cockburn A. and Gutwin C. (2009) A Predictive Model of Human Performance with Scrolling and Hierarchical Lists. Human-Computer Interaction 24(3): 273-314. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07370020902990402.

Alexander J., Cockburn A. and Lobb R. (2008) AppMonitor: A Tool for Recording User Actions in Unmodified Windows Applications. Behavior Research Methods 40(2): 413-421. http://dx.doi.org/10.3758/BRM.40.2.413.

Casiez G., Vogel D., Balakrishnan R. and Cockburn A. (2008) The Impact of Control-Display Gain on User Performance in Pointing Tasks. Human-Computer Interaction 23(3): 215-250. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07370020802278163.

Cockburn A., Karlson A. and Bederson B. (2008) A Review of Overview+Detail, Zooming, and Focus+Context Interfaces. ACM Computing Surveys 41(1) Article 2: 1-31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1456650.1456652.

Cockburn A. and Brewster S. (2005) Multimodal Feedback for the Acquisition of Small Targets. Ergonomics 48(9): 1129-1150.

Jones S., Jones M., Marsden G., Patel D. and Cockburn A. (2005) An Evaluation Of Integrated Zooming and Scrolling On Small Screens. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies 63(3): 271-303.

Moyle M. and Cockburn A. (2005) A Flick in the Right Direction: A Case Study of Gestural Input. Behaviour and Information Technology 24(4): 275-288.

Cockburn A. and McKenzie B. (2004) Evaluating spatial memory in two and three dimensions. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies 61(3): 359-373.

Cockburn A. and Smith M. (2003) Hidden Messages: Evaluating the Effectiveness of Code Elision in Program Navigation. Interacting with Computers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Human-Computer Interaction 15(3): 387-407.

Cockburn A., Greenberg S., Jones S., McKenzie B. and Moyle M. (2003) Improving Web Page Revisitation: Analysis, Design, and Evaluation. Information Technology and Society: Special Issue on Web Navigation 1(3): 159-183.

Cockburn A., McKenzie R. and JasonSmith M. (2002) Pushing Back: Evaluating a New Behaviour for the Back and Forward Buttons in Web Browsers. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies 57(5): 397-411.

Bell T., Cockburn A., McKenzie B. and Vargo J. (2001) Digital lectures: If you make them, will students use them? Constraints on effective delivery of flexible learning systems. Interactive Multimedia Journal of Computer-Enhanced Learning 3(2).

Cockburn A. (2001) Supporting Tailorable Program Visualisation Through Literate Programming and Fisheye Views. Information and Software Technology. Elsevier Science 43(13): 745-758.

Cockburn A. and McKenzie B. (2001) What Do Web Users Do? An Empirical Analysis of Web Use. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies 54(6): 903-922.

Cockburn A., Bell T. and McKenzie B. (2001) Death to the office of the nineties: An HCI perspective on some problems in modern office information systems. Journal of Research and Practice in Information Technology 33(1): 68-82.

Cockburn A., Bell T. and McKenzie B. (2001) Death to the office of the nineties: An HCI perspective on some problems in modern office information systems. Journal of Research and Practice in Information Technology 33(1): 68-82.

Cockburn A. and Greenberg S. (2000) Issues of Page Representation and Organisation in Web Browser's Revisitation Tools. Australian Journal of Information Systems 7(2): 120-127.

Cockburn A. and Weir P. (1999) An investigation of groupware support for collaborative awareness through distortion-oriented views. International Journal of Human Computer Interaction 11(3): 231-255.

Cockburn A. and Greenberg S. (1998) The Design and Evolution of TurboTurtle, a Collaborative Microworld for Exploring Newtonian Physics. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, Academic Press 48(6): 777-801.

Cockburn A. and Bryant A. (1997) Leogo: An equal opportunity user interface for programming. Journal of Visual Languages and Computing 8(5--6): 601-619.

Cockburn A. and Bryant A. (1997) Leogo: An equal opportunity user interface for programming. Journal of Visual Languages and Computing 8(5-6): 601-619. http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/jvlc.1997.0152.

Cockburn A. and Jones S. (1996) Which way now? analysing and easing inadequacies in WWW navigation. International Journal of Human Computer Studies 45(1): 105-129. http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/ijhc.1996.0044.

Cockburn A. and Jones S. (1995) Four principles of groupware design. Interacting with Computers 7(2): 195-210. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0953-5438(95)93509-4.

Conference Contributions - Other

Buchmann V., Billinghurst M. and Cockburn A. (2008) Directional Interfaces for Wearable Augmented Reality. Wellington, New Zealand: 9th Annual ACM SIGCHI-NZ Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (CHINZ 2008), 2-2 Jul 2008.

Buchmann V., Violich S., Billinghurst M. and Cockburn A. (2004) FingARtips - Gesture Based Direct Manipulation in Augmented Reality. Singapore: Proceedings of Graphite '04: International Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques, 1 Jun 2004.

Looser J., Billinghurst M. and Cockburn A. (2004) Through the Looking Glass: The Use of Lenses as an Interface Tool for Augmented Reality. Nanyang Technological University, Singapore: Graphite 2004, 15 Jun 2004.

JasonSmith M. and Cockburn A. (2003) Get a Way Back: An Evaluation of Temporal Lists. Adelaide, Australia: Proceedings of the Fourth Australasian User Interface Conference (AUIC2003), 1 Feb 2003.

Wright T. and Cockburn A. (2003) A Framework for Evaluating Multiple Language Programming Environments. Dunedin, New Zealand: Proceedings of CHINZ'03, Annual Conference of the New Zealand Chapter of the ACM Special Interest Group on Human-Computer Interaction, 1 Jul 2003.

Wright T. and Cockburn A. (2003) An Evaluation of the Effects of Different Forms of Computer Supported Collaboration on Problem Solving Strategies. Dunedin, New Zealand: Proceedings of CHINZ'03; Annual Conference of the New Zealand Chapter of the ACM Special Interest Group on Human-Computer Interaction, 1 Jul 2003.

Cockburn A., McKenzie B. and JasonSmith M. (2002) Evaluating a Temporal Behaviour for Web Browsers' Back and Forward Buttons. Honolulu, HI, USA: Proceedings of the 11th International WWW Conference, 7 May 2002.

Wright T. and Cockburn A. (2002) Together, Apart: Evaluating Modes of CSCL for Learning a Problem Solving Task. Proceedings of ACM Computer Supported Collaborative Learning, 24 Jun 2002.

Cockburn A. and Greenberg S. (1999) Issues of Page Representation and Organisation in Web Browser's Revisitation Tools. Wagga Wagga, Australia: OzCHI'99: Australian Conference on Computer-Human Interaction, 28 Nov 1999.

Cockburn A. and Greenberg S. (1999) Issues of Page Representation and Organisation in Web Browser's Revisitation Tools. Wagga Wagga, Australia: Proceedings of the 1999 Computer Human Interaction Specialist Interest Group of the Ergonomics Society of Australia, 1 Nov 1999.

Cockburn A., Greenberg S., McKenzie B., JasonSmith M. and Kaasten S. (1999) WebView: A Graphical Aid for Revisiting Web Pages. Wagga Wagga, Australia: Australian Conference on Computer-Human Interaction (OzCHI'99), 28 Nov 1999.

Cockburn A., Greenberg S., McKenzie B., Jasonsmith M. and Kaasten S. (1999) WebView: A graphical aid for revisiting web pages. Wagga Wagga, Australia: Proceedings of the 1999 Computer Human Interaction Specialist Interest Group of the Ergonomics Society of Australia (OzCHI'99), 1 Nov 1999.

Greenberg S. and Cockburn A. (1999) Getting back to back: Alternate behaviors for a web browser's back button. Gaithersburg, Maryland: 5th Conference on Human Factors and the Web, 1 Jan 1999.

Churcher N., Cockburn A., McMaster B. and Horlor J. (1998) Cute--the design and evolution of a first year programming environment. Dunedin, New Zealand: Software Engineering: Education and Practice, 1 Jan 1998.

Cockburn A. and Bryant A. (1998) Cleogo: Collaborative and Multi-Paradigm Programming for Kids. Japan: Asia Pacific Conference Human Computer Interaction, 15 Jul 1998.

Weir P. and Cockburn A. (1998) Distortion-Oriented Workspace Awareness in DOME. Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, England: British Computer Society Conference on Human-Computer Interaction., 1 Sep 1998.

Cockburn A. and Dale A. (1997) CEVA: a tool for collaborative video analysis. Arizona, USA: In ACM Group '97. International Conference on Supporting Group Work., 1 Jan 1997.

Cockburn A. and Jones S. (1997) Design issues for World Wide Web navigation visualisation tools. McGill University, Montreal: Proceedings of the 5th Conference on Computer-Assisted Research of Information., 1 Jun 1997.

Chapters

Thimbleby H., Marsh S., Jones S. and Cockburn A. (2018) Trust in CSCW. Computer-Supported Cooperative Work: 253-271. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780429462276-16.

Cockburn A. (2004) Web Browsers. In Bainbridge WS (Ed.), Berkshire Encyclopedia of Human-Computer Interaction: 80-83. Great Barrington: Berkshire Publishing.

Edited Volumes

Billinghurst M. and Cockburn A. (2005) User Interfaces 2005: Sixth Australasian User Interface Conference (AUIC2005), Newcastle, NSW, Australia. Sydney: Australian Computer Society. 148pp.

Cockburn A. (2004) Proceedings of the Fifth Australasian User Interface Conference (AUIC2004). Sydney: Australian Computer Society.

Additional Publications

Bandeira Romão Tomé N., Klarkowski M., Gutwin C., Phillips C., Mandryk RL. and Cockburn A.. (2020) Risking Treasure: Testing Loss Aversion in an Adventure Game. In CHI PLAY 2020 - Proceedings of the Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play: 306-320. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3410404.3414250.

Cockburn A., Lewis B., Quinn P. and Gutwin C.. (2020) Framing Effects Influence Interface Feature Decisions. In Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3313831.3376496.

Gutwin C., van der Kamp M., Storring J., Cockburn A. and Phillips C.. (2020) Testing the Limits of the Spatial Approach: Comparing Retrieval and Revisitation Performance of Spatial and Paged Data Organizations for Large Item Sets. In.

Lewis B., D'Eon G., Cockburn A. and Vogel D.. (2020) KeyMap: Improving Keyboard Shortcut Vocabulary Using Norman's Mapping. In Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3313831.3376483.

Mairena A., Dechant M., Gutwin C. and Cockburn A.. (2020) A Baseline Study of Emphasis Effects in Information Visualization. In.

McGrenere J., Cockburn A., Avellino I. and Goguey A.. (2020) Technical Program Chairs' Welcome. In Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings.

Palanque P., Cockburn A. and Gutwin C.. (2020) A Classification of Faults Covering the Human-Computer Interaction Loop. In ACM.

Schmid P., Malacria S., Cockburn A. and Nancel M.. (2020) Interaction interferences: Implications of last-instant system state changes. In UIST 2020 - Proceedings of the 33rd Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology: 516-528. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3379337.3415883.

Claypool M., Cockburn A. and Gutwin C.. (2019) Game input with delay: Moving target selection parameters. In Proceedings of the 10th ACM Multimedia Systems Conference, MMSys 2019: 25-35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3304109.3306232.

Cockburn A. and Gutwin C.. (2019) Anchoring effects and troublesome asymmetric transfer in subjective ratings. In Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3290605.3300592.

Cockburn A.. (2019) Commentary. In Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3290607.3310432.

Goguey A., Malacria S., Cockburn A. and Gutwin C.. (2019) Reducing error aversion to support novice-to-expert transitions with Fasttap. In IHM 2019 - Actes de la 31e Conference Francophone sur l'Interaction Homme-Machine http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3366550.3372247.

Mairena A., Gutwin C. and Cockburn A.. (2019) Peripheral notifications in large displays: Effects of feature combination and task interference. In Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3290605.3300870.

Martinie C., Palanque P., Bouzekri E., Cockburn A., Canny A. and Barboni E.. (2019) Analysing and Demonstrating Tool-Supported Customizable Task Notations. In Volume 3(No: EICS.)ACM. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3331154.

Palanque P., Cockburn A., Désert-Legendre L., Gutwin C. and Deleris Y.. (2019) Brace touch: A dependable, turbulence-tolerant, multi-touch interaction technique for interactive cockpits. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) 11698 LNCS: 53-68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-26601-1_4.

Roy Q., Zakaria C., Perrault S., Nancel M., Kim W., Misra A. and Cockburn A.. (2019) A Comparative Study of Pointing Techniques for Eyewear Using a Simulated Pedestrian Environment. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) 11748 LNCS: 625-646. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-29387-1_36.

Cockburn A., Woolley D., Thai KTP., Clucas D., Hoermann S. and Gutwin C.. (2018) Reducing the attentional demands of in-vehicle touchscreens with stencil overlays. In Proceedings AutomotiveUI '18: 33-42. ACM Digital Library. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3239060.3239061.

Cockburn AJ., Gutwin C. and Dix A.. (2018) HARK No More: On the Preregistration of CHI Experiments. In Proceedings - CHI '18ACM. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3173574.3173715.

Goguey A., Casiez G., Cockburn A. and Gutwin C.. (2018) Storyboard-Based Empirical Modeling of Touch Interface Performance. In Proceedings - CHI '18ACM. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3173574.3174019.

Goguey A., Cockburn A., Casiez G. and Gutwin C.. (2018) Storyboard-based empirical modeling of touch interface performance. In Proceedings - Extended Abstracts CHI'18 2018-April http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3170427.3186479.

Cockburn A., Gutwin C., Palanque P., Deleris Y., Trask C., Coveney A., Yung M. and MacLean K.. (2017) Turbulent Touch: Touchscreen Input for Cockpit Flight Displays. In : 12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3025453.3025584.

Gutwin C., Cockburn A. and Coveney A.. (2017) Peripheral Popout: The Influence of Visual Angle on Popout Effects. In : 12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3025453.3025984.

Gutwin C., Cockburn A. and Gough N.. (2017) A Field Experiment of Spatially-Stable Overviews for Document Navigation. In : 12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3025453.3025905.

Uddin S., Gutwin C. and Cockburn A.. (2017) The Effects of Artificial Landmarks on Learning and Performance in Spatial-Memory Interfaces. In : 13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3025453.3025497.

Gutwin C., Rooke C., Cockburn A., Mandryk R. and Lafreniere B.. (2016) Peak-End Effects on Player Experience in Casual Games. In : 12pp.

Gutwin C., Rooke C., Cockburn A., Mandryk RL. and Lafreniere B.. (2016) Peak-end effects on player experience in casual games. In Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings: 5608-5619. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2858036.2858419.

Lafreniere B., Gutwin C., Cockburn A. and Grossman T.. (2016) Faster Command Selection on Touchscreen Watches. In : 12pp.

Lafreniere B., Gutwin C., Cockburn A. and Grossman T.. (2016) Faster command selection on touchscreen watches. In Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings: 4663-4674. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2858036.2858166.

Quinn P. and Cockburn A.. (2016) When bad feels good: Assistance failures and interface preferences. In Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings: 4005-4010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2858036.2858074.

Quinn P. and Cockburn A.. (2016) When Bad Feels Good: Failed Assistance and Interface Preferences. In : 6pp.

Schramm K., Gutwin C. and Cockburn A.. (2016) Supporting Transitions to Expertise in Hidden Toolbars. In : 12pp.

Schramm K., Gutwin C. and Cockburn A.. (2016) Supporting transitions to expertise in hidden toolbars. In Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings: 4687-4698. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2858036.2858412.

Cockburn A. and McGrenere J.. (2015) CHI 2015 papers and notes chairs' welcome. In Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings 2015-April: vii.

Cockburn A., Quinn P. and Gutwin C.. (2015) Examining the Peak-End Effects of Subjective Experience. In CHI '15: 357-366. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2702123.2702139.

Gutwin C., Cockburn A. and Lafreniere B.. (2015) Testing the Rehearsal Hypothesis with Two FastTap Interfaces. In GI 2015 Proceedings: 223-231.

Malacria S., Acetuno J., Quinn P., Casiez G., Cockburn A. and Roussel N.. (2015) Push-Edge and Slide-Edge: Scrolling by Pushing Against the Viewport Edge. In CHI '15: 2773-2776. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2702123.2702132.

Fitchett S., Cockburn A. and Gutwin C.. (2014) Finder Highlights: Field Evaluation and Design of an Augmented File Browser. In Proceedings: 3685-3694. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2556288.2557014.

Gutwin C., Cockburn A., Scarr J. and Malacria S.. (2014) Faster Command Selection on Tablets with FastTap. In : 10pp. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2556288.2557136.

Nancel M. and Cockburn A.. (2014) Causality: A Conceptual Model of Interaction History. In Proceedings: 10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2556288.2556990.

Scarr J., Cockburn A., Gutwin C., Bunt A. and Cechanowicz J.. (2014) The Usability of CommandMaps in Realistic Tasks. In : 10pp. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2556288.2556976.

Seah SA., Plasencia DM., Bennet P., Karnik A., Ortocol V., Knibbe J., Cockburn A. and Subramanian S.. (2014) SensaBubble: A Chrono-Sensory Mid-Air Display of Sight and Smell. In Proceedings: 2863-2872. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2556288.2557087.

Emerson J., Churcher N. and Cockburn A.. (2013) Tag Clouds for Software and Information Visualisation. In.

Fitchett S., Cockburn A. and Gutwin C.. (2013) Improving Navigation-Based File Retrieval. In CHI '13 Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems: 2329-2338. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2470654.2481323.

Jain M., Cockburn A. and Madhvanath S.. (2013) Comparison of Phone-Based Distal Pointing Techniques for Point-Select Tasks. In In Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) - INTERACT 2013 8118: 714-721. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-40480-1_49.

Malacria S., Bailly G., Harrison J., Cockburn A. and Gutwin C.. (2013) Promoting Hotkey Use through Rehearsal with ExposeHK. In Proceedings: 573-582. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2470654.2470735.

Malacria S., Scarr J., Cockburn A., Gutwin C. and Grossman T.. (2013) Skillometers: Reflective Widgets that Motivate and Help Users to Improve Performance. In Proceedings: 321-330. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2501988.2501996.

Piumsomboon T., Clark A., Billinghurst M. and Cockburn A.. (2013) User-defined gestures for augmented reality. In CHI '13 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems: 955-960. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2468356.2468527.

Piumsomboon T., Clark A., Billinghurst M. and Cockburn A.. (2013) User-defined gestures for Augmented Reality. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) - INTERACT 2013 8118: 282-299. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-40480-1_18.

Quinn P., Malacria S. and Cockburn A.. (2013) Touch Scrolling Transfer Functions. In : 10pp.

Quinn P., Malacria S. and Cockburn A.. (2013) Touch scrolling transfer functions. In UIST 2013 - Proceedings of the 26th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology: 61-70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2501988.2501995.

Scarr J., Cockburn A., Gutwin C. and Malacria S.. (2013) Testing the Robustness and Performance of Spatially Consistent Interfaces. In Proceedings: 3139-3148. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2470654.2466430.

Cockburn A., Quinn P., Fitchett S. and Gutwin C.. (2012) Improving Scrolling Devices with Document-Length-Dependent Gain. In Proceedings: 267-276.

Fitchett S. and Cockburn A.. (2012) AccessRank: Predicting what users will do next. In Proceedings.

Quinn P., Cockburn A., Casiez G., Roussell N. and Gutwin C.. (2012) Exposing and understanding scrolling transfer functions. In UIST'12:: 341-350. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2380116.2380161.

Scarr J., Cockburn A., Gutwin C. and Bunt A.. (2012) Improving Command Selection with CommandMaps. In Proceedings: 257-266.

Bateman S., Doucette A., Xiao R., Gutwin C., Mandryk RL. and Cockburn A.. (2011) Effects of view, input device, and track width on video game driving. In GI'11: 207-214.

Ens B., Ahlstrom D., Cockburn A. and Irani P.. (2011) Characterizing user performance with assisted direct off-screen pointing. In ACM Digitial Library: 485-494. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2037373.2037445.

Lévesque V., Marchuk ND., Oram L., Johnson D., MacLean K., Edward Colgate J., Cockburn A. and Peshkin MA.. (2011) Frictional widgets: Enhancing touch interfaces with programmable friction. In Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings: 1153-1158. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1979742.1979713.

Levesque V., Oram L., MacLean KE., Cockburn A., Marchuk ND., Johnson D., Colgate JE. and Peshkin MA.. (2011) Enhancing Physicality in Touch Interaction with Programmable Friction. In Proceedings of ACM CHI'2011: 2481-2490. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1978942.1979306.

Quinn P., Cockburn A., Räihä KJ. and Delamarche J.. (2011) On the Costs of Multiple Trajectory Pointing Methods. In Proceedings of ACM CHI'2011: 859-862. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1978942.1979067.

Scarr J., Cockburn A., Gutwin C. and Quinn P.. (2011) Dips and Ceilings: Understanding and Supporting Transitions to Expertise in User Interfaces. In Proceedings of ACM CHI'2011: 2741-2750. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1978942.1979348.

Tak S., Scarr J., Gutwin C. and Cockburn A.. (2011) Supporting Window Switching with Spatially Consistent Thumbnail Zones: Design and Evaluation. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS): Human-Computer Interaction - Interact 2011 6946: 331-347. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-23774-4_27.

Xiao R., Nacenta MA., Mandryk RL., Cockburn A. and Gutwin C.. (2011) Ubiquitous cursor: a comparison of direct and indirect pointing feedback in multi-display environments. In GI'11: 135-142.

Ahlstroem D., Cockburn A., Gutwin C. and Irani P.. (2010) Why it's Quick to be Square: Modelling New and Existing Hierarchical Menu Designs. In CHI 2010 Proceedings: 1371-1380.

Fitchett S. and Cockburn A.. (2010) Multiscroll: Using multitouch input to disambiguate relative and absolute mobile scroll modes. In Proceedings of the 2010 British Computer Society Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, BCS-HCI 2010 http://dx.doi.org/10.14236/ewic/hci2010.46.

Fitchett S. and Cockburn A.. (2010) Multiscroll: Using multitouch input to disambiguate relative and absolute mobile scroll modes. In Proceedings of the 2010 British Computer Society Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, BCS-HCI 2010.

Fitchett S. and Cockburn A.. (2010) Multiscroll: Using multitouch input to disambiguate relative and absolute mobile scroll modes. In Proceedings of the 2010 British Computer Society Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, BCS-HCI 2010.

Fitchett S. and Cockburn A.. (2010) Multiscroll: Using multitouch input to disambiguate relative and absolute mobile scroll modes. In Proceedings of the 2010 British Computer Society Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, BCS-HCI 2010.

Fitchett S. and Cockburn A.. (2010) MultiScroll: Using Multitouch Input to Support Hybrid Relative and Absolute Mobile Scrolling. In.

Oosterman J. and Cockburn A.. (2010) An Empirical Comparison of Tag Clouds and Tables. In Proceedings of OzCHI 2010: 288-295.

Tak S. and Cockburn A.. (2010) Improved window switching interfaces. In Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Extended Abstracts: 2915-2918. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1753846.1753884.

Alexander J., Cockburn A., Fitchett S., Gutwin C. and Greenberg S.. (2009) Revisiting Read Wear: Analysis, Design, and Evaluation of a Footprints Scrollbar. In Proceedings: 1665-1674.

Fitchett S. and Cockburn A.. (2009) Evaluating Reading and Analysis Tasks on Mobile Devices: A Case Study of Tilt and Flick Scrolling. In : 235-242.

Fitchett S. and Cockburn A.. (2009) Evaluating reading and analysis tasks on mobile devices: A case study of tilt and flick scrolling. In Proceedings of the 21st Annual Conference of the Australian Computer-Human Interaction Special Interest Group - Design: Open 24/7, OZCHI '09 411: 225-232. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1738826.1738863.

Quinn P. and Cockburn A.. (2009) Zoofing! Faster List Selections with Pressure-Zoom-Flick-Scrolling. In OZCHI'09: 185-192. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1738826.1738856.

Tak S. and Cockburn A.. (2009) Window Watcher: A Visualisation Tool for Understanding Windowing Activities. In OZCHI'09: 241-248. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1738826.1738865.

Tak S., Cockburn A., Humm K., Ahlstroem D., Gutwin C. and Scarr J.. (2009) Improving Window Switching Interfaces. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LCNS) 5727/2009(Human-Computer Interaction - INTERACT 2009): 187-200. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-03658-3_25.

Zucco JE., Thomas BH., Grimmer-Sommers K. and Cockburn A.. (2009) A Comparison of Menu Configurations and Pointing Devices for use with Wearable Computers while Mobile and Stationary. In ISWC '09: 63-70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ISWC.2009.15.

Alexander J. and Cockburn A.. (2008) An Empirical Characterisation of Electronic Document Navigation. In Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2008: 123-130.

Alexander J. and Cockburn A.. (2008) Characterising electronic document use, reuse, coverage and multi-document interaction. In New Zealand Computer Science Research Student Conference, NZCSRSC 2008 - Proceedings: 1-8.

Alexander J., Cockburn A., Fitchett S., Gutwin C. and Greenberg S. (2008) Revisiting Read Wear: Analysis, Design, and Evaluation of a Footprints Scrollbar.Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering.

Quinn P. and Cockburn A.. (2008) The Effects of Menu Parallelism on Visual Search and Selection. In Proceedings of the Ninth Australasian User Interface Conference (AUIC 2008) CRPIT(76): 79-84.

Quinn P., Cockburn A. and Indratmo CG.. (2008) An Empirical Investigation of Dynamic Landmarking Functions. In Proceedings of Advanced Visual Interfaces (AVI'08): 322-325.

Quinn P., Cockburn A., Indratmo. and Gutwin C.. (2008) An investigation of dynamic landmarking functions. In Proceedings of the Workshop on Advanced Visual Interfaces AVI: 322-325. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1385569.1385623.

Tanvir E., Cullen J., Irani P. and Cockburn A.. (2008) AAMU: Adaptive Activation Area Menus for Improving Selection in Cascading Pull-Down Menus. In Proceedings of the CHI'2008 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems: 1381-1384.

Amer T., Cockburn A., Green R. and Odgers G.. (2007) Evaluating Swiftpoint as a Mobile Device for Direct Manipulation Input. In Conferences in Research and Practice in Information Technology (CPRIT) 64(User Interfaces 2007): 63-70.

Cockburn A., Gutwin C. and Greenberg S.. (2007) A Predictive Model of Menu Performance. In Proceedings of the Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 1: 627-636. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1240624.1240723.

Cockburn A., Kristennson PO., Alexander J. and Zhai S.. (2007) Hard Lessons: Effort-Inducing Interfaces Benefit Spatial Learning. In Proceedings of the Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2: 1571-1580.

Hancock M., Carpendale S. and Cockburn A.. (2007) Shallow-Depth 3D Interaction: Design and Evaluation of One-, Two-, and Three-Touch Techniques. In Proceedings of the Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2: 1147-1156.

Looser L., Billinghurst M., Grasset R. and Cockburn A.. (2007) An Evaluation of Virtual Lenses for Object Selection in Augmented Reality. In Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques in Australia and Southeast Asia: 203-210.

Ramos G., Cockburn A., Balakrishnan R. and Beaudouin-Lafon M.. (2007) Pointing Lenses: Facilitating Stylus Input through Visual- and Motor-Space Magnification. In Proceedings of the Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 1: 757-767.

Cockburn A. and Brock P.. (2006) Human On-Line Response to Visual and Motor Target Expansion. In Proceedings of the 2006 Conference on Graphics Interface: 81-87.

Cockburn A. and Gin A.. (2006) Faster Cascading Menu Selections with Enlarged Activation Areas. In Proceedings of the 2006 Conference on Graphics Interface: 65-71.

Cockburn A., Gutwin C. and Alexander J.. (2006) Faster Document Navigation with Space Filling Thumbnails. In Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems: 10pp.

Cockburn A., Gutwin C. and Alexander J.. (2006) Faster document navigation with space-filling thumbnails. In Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings 1: 1-10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1124772.1124774.

Gutwin C. and Cockburn A.. (2006) Improving List Revisitation with ListMaps. In Proceedings of the Working Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces (AVI'06): 396-403.

Hauber J., Regenbrecht H., Billinghurst M. and Cockburn A.. (2006) Spatiality in Videoconferencing: Trade-offs Between Efficiency and Social Presence. In Proceedings of the 2006 20th Anniversary Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work: 413-422.

Jurgens V., Cockburn A. and Billinghurst M.. (2006) Depth Cues for Augmented Reality Stakeout. In Proceedings of the 7th International Conference NZ Chapter of the ACM's Special Interest Group on Human-Computer Interaction (SIGCHI-NZ): 117-124.

Blinmann S. and Cockburn A.. (2005) Program Comprehension: Investigating the Effects of Naming Style and Documentation. In User Interfaces 2005 Volume 40: 73-78.

Cockburn A., Savage J. and Wallace A.(2005) Tuning and Testing Scrolling Interfaces that Automatically Zoom. [CD Published video-proceedings].

Cockburn A., Savage J. and Wallace A.. (2005) Tuning and Testing Scrolling Interfaces that Automatically Zoom. In Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems: 71-80.

Hauber J., Regenbrecht H., Hills A., Cockburn A. and Billinghurst M.. (2005) Social Presence in Two- and Three-Dimensional Videoconferencing. In : 189-198.

Looser J., Cockburn A. and Savage J.. (2005) On the Validity of Using First-Person Shooters for Fitts' Law Studies. In : 33-36.

Rennie L. and Cockburn A.. (2005) Aiding Text Entry of Foreign Alphabets with Visual Keyboard Plus. In : 119-125.

Savage J. and Cockburn A.. (2005) Comparing Automatic and Manual Zooming Methods for Acquiring Off-Screen Targets. In : 439-454.

Wright T. and Cockburn A.. (2005) Evaluation of Two Textual Programming Notations for Children. In User Interfaces 2005 Volume 40: 55-62.

Cockburn A.. (2004) Revisiting 2D vs 3D Implications on Spatial Memory. In : 25-32.

Wallace A., Savage J. and Cockburn A.. (2004) Rapid Visual Flow: How Fast is Too Fast? In : 117-122.

Cockburn A. and Firth A.. (2003) Improving the Acquisition of Small Targets. In : 181-196.

Cockburn A. and Savage J.. (2003) Comparing Speed-Dependent Automatic Zooming with Traditional Scroll, Pan and Zoom Methods. In : 87-102.

Cockburn A. and Siresena A.. (2003) Evaluating Mobile Text Entry with the Fastap Keypad. In : 77-80.

Cockburn A., Looser J. and Savage J.. (2003) Around the World in Seconds with Speed-Dependent Automatic Zooming. In : 35-36.

Moyle M. and Cockburn A.. (2003) The Design and Evaluation of a Flick Gesture for 'Back' and 'Forward' in Web Browsers. In : 39-46.

Wright T. and Cockburn A.. (2003) A Language and Task-based Taxonomy of Programming Environments. In : 192-194.

Wright T. and Cockburn A.. (2003) Mulspren: A multiple language programming environment for children. In Proceedings of CHINZ 2003: The 4th Annual Conference of the ACM Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction New Zealand Chapter: 21-26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2331829.2331834.

Butts L. and Cockburn A.. (2002) An Evaluation of Mobile Phone Text Input Methods. In : 55-59.

Cockburn A. and McKenzie B.. (2002) Evaluating the Effectiveness of Spatial Memory in 2D and 3D Physical and Virtual Environments. In : 203-210.

Cockburn A., Greenberg S., Jones S., McKenzie B. and Moyle M. (2002) Improving Web Page Revisitation: Analysis, Design, and Evaluation.Department of Computer Science & Software Engineering, University of Canterbury.

Moyle M. and Cockburn A.. (2002) Analysing Mouse and Pen Flick Gestures. In : 19-24.

Moyle M. and Cockburn A.. (2002) Gesture Navigation: An Alternative 'Back' for the Future. In : 822-823.

Wright T. and Cockburn A.. (2002) Evaluating Computer - Supported Collaboration for Learning a Problem Solving Task. In : 266-267.

Wright T. and Cockburn A.. (2002) Mulspren: A Multiple Language Simulation Programming Environment. In : 101-103.

Bell T., Cockburn A., McKenzie B. and Vargo J.. (2001) Flexible Delivery Damaging to Learning? Lessons From the Canterbury Digital Lectures Project. In Proceedings of EdMedia 2001: 117-122.

McKenzie B. and Cockburn A.. (2001) 3D or Not 3D? Evaluating the Effect of the Third Dimension in a Document Management System. In : 434-441.

McKenzie B. and Cockburn A.. (2001) An Empirical Analysis of Web Page Revisitation. In.

Cockburn A. and McKenzie B.. (2000) An Evaluation of Cone Trees. In : 425-436.

Wright T. and Cockburn A.. (2000) Writing, Reading, Watching: A Task-Based Analysis and Review of Learners' Programming Environments. In : 167-170.

Cockburn A. and Bell T.. (1998) Extending HCI in the computer science curriculum. In : 113-120.

Cockburn A. and Bryant A.. (1998) Cleogo: Collaborative and multi-metaphor programming for kids. In Proceedings - 3rd Asia Pacific Computer Human Interaction, APCHI 1998: 189-194. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/APCHI.1998.704194.

Ng E., Bell T. and Cockburn A.. (1998) Improvements to a Pen-Based Musical Input System. In : 239-252.

Ng E., Bell T. and Cockburn A.. (1998) Improvements to a pen-based musical input system. In Proceedings - 1998 Australasian Computer Human Interaction Conference, OzCHI 1998 1998-November: 178-185. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/OZCHI.1998.732212.

Churcher N. and Cockburn A.. (1997) An Immersion Model for Software Engineering Projects. In Proceedings of Australasian Computer Science Education Conference: 163-169.

Churcher N. and Cockburn A.. (1997) Towards Literate Tools for Novice Programmers. In Proceedings of the ACM Australasian Computer Science Education Conference: 107-116.

Anstice J., Bell T., Cockburn A. and Setchell M.. (1996) The Design of a Pen-Based Musical Input System. In : 260-267.

Cockburn A. and Bryant A.. (1996) Do it this way: Equal opportunity programming for kids. In Proceedings - 6th Australian Conference on Computer-Human Interaction, OzCHI 1996: 246-251. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/OZCHI.1996.560017.

Cockburn A. and Greenberg S.. (1996) Children's collaboration styles in a Newtonian microworld. In Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings: 181-182. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/257089.257247.

Greenberg S., Gutwin C. and Cockburn A.. (1996) Awareness through fisheye views in relaxed-WYSIWIS groupware. In Proceedings - Graphics Interface: 28-38.

Jones S. and Cockburn A.. (1996) Study of navigational support provided by two World Wide Web browsing applications. In Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Hypertext: 161-169.

Tay A. and Cockburn A.. (1996) User interfaces for workflow systems: Designing for end-user tailorability. In Proceedings - 6th Australian Conference on Computer-Human Interaction, OzCHI 1996: 302-303. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/OZCHI.1996.560025.

Cockburn A. and Greenberg S. (1995) The Design and Evolution of TurboTurtle, a Collaborative Microworld for Exploring Newtonian Physics.Department of Computer Science, University of Canterbury. 18pp.

Cockburn A. and Greenberg S.. (1993) Making contact: getting the group communicating with groupware. In Proceedings of the Conference on Organizational Computing Systems: 31-41.

Cockburn A. and Thimbleby H.. (1993) Reducing user effort in collaboration support. In International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces, Proceedings IUI Part F127502: 215-218. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/169891.169989.

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ACM Transactions on Human-Computer Interaction Associate Editor ( 2012 - 2021)
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Human-Computer Interaction Editorial Board Member ( 2015 - 2021)

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Formal experimental design
Predictive performance models
Software development
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