User:Brian Fisher

Brian Fisher, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Simon Fraser University School of Interactive Arts and Technology, Associate Director, UBC Media and Graphics Interdisciplinary Centre (MAGIC)

Brian began his academic career studying photography and chemistry at Hiram College, finishing with a degree in Biology investigating the impact of stress on malaria relapse. From there he worked as a computer programmer for Ohio Scientific Instruments, which naturally led to a job in medical biophysics at Case Western Reserve Medical School. He left for a Scientific Programmer position at Varian Instruments, and from there graduate work at the University of California at Santa Cruz in Neuroscience, finishing a doctorate in Psychology and taking up a position in Canada with Zenon Pylyshyn's Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Systems project. From that he moved to Rutgers Centre for Cognitive Science as a Research Professor, made a left and found himself in the department of Kinesiology and the Centre for Systems Science at Simon Fraser University. That led to a position as Associate Director of MAGIC (Media And Graphics Interdisciplinary Centre) at UBC as well as Adjunct Professorships in Commerce and Computer Science. Currently he is Associate Professor in the SFU School of Interactive Arts and Technology as well as Associate Director of MAGIC at UBC. Brian is also a member of the UBC Brain Research Centre and Institute for Computing, Intelligent and Cognitive Systems. In recent years he has taught Postgrad Quantitative Research Methods and Cognition, Learning, and Collaboration as well as undergraduate Cognition in Design Science and Human-Computer Interaction at SFU's School of Interactive Arts and Technologies, and Usability in Engineering Design, e-Business and Entrepreneurship in UBC Computer Science, Engineering, and Commerce. He was a founder of ThroughtShare Communications Inc. (now Qumana) and the New Ventures BC Association, which hosts the largest business plan competition in Canada.

Brian's research focuses on the emerging cognitive science of human interaction with information systems, with the goal of developing new theories and research methodologies that can better inform the development of technology that supports human understanding, decision-making, creativity, and collaboration. His research on cognition and perceptuomotor performance in interactive display environments finds application in visual analytics, immersive (VR) computer aided design environments, media-rich collaboration for doctoral-level telelearning, decision support systems, and automobile driving experience design.

Brian's SFU homepage

Brian's UBC homepage

Brian's CV (PDF)

Interaction Design page

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