Steven Feiner

Prof. Steven Feiner, Ph.D is a Professor of Computer Science at Columbia University, where he directs the Computer Graphics and User Interfaces Lab. His research interests include human-computer interaction, augmented reality and virtual environments, 3D user interfaces, knowledge-based design of graphics and multimedia, mobile and wearable computing, computer games, and information visualization. His lab created the first outdoor mobile augmented reality system using a see-through display in 1996, and pioneered experimental applications of augmented reality to fields such as tourism, journalism, maintenance, and construction. Prof. Feiner is an IEEE Fellow, a member of the CHI Academy, and a recipient of the ACM SIGCHI Lifetime Research Award, the IEEE VGTC Virtual Reality Career Award and the IEEE ISMAR Career Impact Award. He and his students have won the ACM UIST Lasting Impact Award and the ISWC Early Innovator Award. He has served as general chair or program chair for over a dozen ACM and IEEE conferences and is coauthor of two editions of Computer Graphics: Principles and Practice.