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Scott E. Hudson


Scott Hudson is an Associate Professor in the College of Computing at Georgia Tech and a member of the Graphics, Visualization, and Usability Center where he recently served as Associate Director for Research Computing. He was previously an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at the University of Arizona. He earned his Ph.D. in computer science at the University of Colorado in 1986. He has regularly served on program committees for the SIGCHI and UIST conferences, and served as Program Chair for UIST '90 and Symposium Chair for UIST '93. He currently serves as an Associate Editor for ACM Transactions on Computer Human Interaction.

Research Interests

Scott's research interests cover a broad range of topics in user interface software, including: interaction techniques, user interface toolkits, high-level specification techniques for user interfaces, constraint systems in user interfaces, tools to support user interface evaluation, multimedia, collaborative work, new input modalities, interfaces to digital libraries and other large information spaces, visualization techniques, and end-user programming systems. His recent research funding has been from the National Science Foundation, ARPA, and from Intel.

For a list of selected publications, click here.

Teaching and Students

The recipient of a Faculty of Science Distinguished Teaching Award at the University of Arizona in 1991, Scott has taught a wide range of computer science courses including: user interface design and human factors, user interface software, beginning and advanced computer graphics, beginning and advanced compiler construction, principles of programming languages, operating systems, and system software.

In addition to many graduate and undergraduate students, Scott's former Ph.D. students include: Tyson Henry a Visiting Assistant Professor of Computer Science at the University of New Mexico, Shamim Mohamed a Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics at Idaho State University, Gary Newell an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Simpson College in Iowa, and Bruce Schatz an Associate Professor of Library and Information Science and Computer Science at the University of Illinois, and Research Scientist at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications.

Scott's current Ph.D. students include: Chen-Ning Hsi, Andrey Yeatts, and Bob Simms, who are all expected to graduate from the University of Arizona in 1994, as well as Ian Smith , Krishna Bharat, and Veerasamy Aravindan at Georgia Tech.

Other Interests

On the rare occasions when he is not working, Scott can usually be found hanging out with his wife and best friend Mary Seeley, and/or taking his dog Sammie for a walk. Both Scott and Mary are occasional scuba divers and enjoy other water sports such as laying on the beach in the sun.

Contact information:

Scott E. Hudson
Graphics, Visualization & Usability Center
College of Computing
801 Atlantic Drive
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA, 30332-0280
E-mail :
hudson@cc.gatech.edu