Revisiting Read Wear: Analysis, Design, and Evaluation of a Footprints Scrollbar (2009)
Cockburn, A., Fitchett, S., Gutwin, C., Greenberg, S., Alexander, J.
In this paper, we show that people frequently return to previously-visited regions within their documents, and that scrollbars can be enhanced to ease this task. We analysed 120 days of activity logs...
From rollout to appropriation BIBLIOGRAPHY (2008)
P. Bramble, A. Cockburn, A. Pols, M. Silverstein, S. Angel, ...
Where papers are only currently available from online sources URLs have been included. All accessed on 30/09/2005. 311 From rollout to appropriation
Optimisation of Metallic FibreNetwork Materials for Compact Heat Exchangers (2008)
Golosnoy, I.O., Cockburn, A., Clyne, T.W.
This paper describes an experimental and analytical study of conductive and convective heat transport in metallic fibre network materials. Thermal profiles were measured while gas flowed through such...
Optimisation of Metallic FibreNetwork Materials for Compact Heat Exchangers (2008)
Golosnoy, I.O., Cockburn, A., Clyne, T.W.
This paper describes an experimental and analytical study of conductive and convective heat transport in metallic fibre network materials. Thermal profiles were measured while gas flowed through such...
AppMonitor: A Tool for Recording User Actions in Unmodified Windows Applications (2008)
Alexander, J., Cockburn, A., Lobb, R.
This paper describes AppMonitor, a Microsoft Windows based client-side logging tool that records user actions in unmodified Windows applications. AppMonitor allows researchers to gain insights into...
Life-history change in disease-ravaged Tasmanian devil populations (2008)
Jones, ME, Cockburn, A, Hamede, RK, Hawkins, CE, Hesterman, H, Lachish, S, ...
Changes in life history are expected when new sources of extrinsic mortality impact on natural populations. We report a new disease, devil facial tumor disease, causing an abrupt transition from...
Life-history change in disease-ravaged Tasmanian devil populations (2008)
Jones, ME, Cockburn, A, Hamede, RK, Hawkins, CE, Hesterman, H, Lachish, S, ...
Changes in life history are expected when new sources of extrinsic mortality impact on natural populations. We report a new disease, devil facial tumor disease, causing an abrupt transition from...
Life-history change in disease-ravaged Tasmanian devil populations (2008)
Jones, Menna, Cockburn, A, Hamede Ross, RK, Hawkins, CE, Hesterman, H, Lachish, S, ...
Life-history change in disease-ravaged Tasmanian devil populations (2008)
Jones, M.E., Cockburn, A., Hamede, R., Hawkins, C., Hesterman, H., Lachish, S., ...
Changes in life history are expected when new sources of extrinsic mortality impact on natural populations. We report a new disease, devil facial tumor disease, causing an abrupt transition from...
An Empirical Characterisation of Electronic Document Navigation (2008)
To establish an empirical foundation for analysis and redesign of document navigation tools, we implemented a system that logs all user actions within Microsoft Word and Adobe Reader. We then...
Life-history change in disease-ravaged Tasmanian devil populations (2008)
Jones, ME, Cockburn, A, Hamede, RK, Hawkins, CE, Hesterman, H, Lachish, S, ...
Changes in life history are expected when new sources of extrinsic mortality impact on natural populations. We report a new disease, devil facial tumor disease, causing an abrupt transition from...
Directional Interfaces for Wearable Augmented Reality (2008)
Buchmann, V., Billinghurst, M., Cockburn, A.
Wearable Augmented Reality can be used to overlay information onto the real world. Directional interfaces in W.A.R. aid users to orient themselves so that previously invusible targets are now inside...
Revisiting Read Wear: Analysis, Design, and Evaluation of a Footprints Scrollbar (2008)
Alexander, J., Cockburn, A., Fitchett, S., Gutwin, C., Greenberg, S.
TR-COSC 02/08
Pointing Lenses: Facilitating Stylus Input through Visual- and Motor-Space Magnification (2007)
Ramos, G., Cockburn, A., Balakrishnan, R., Beaudouin-Lafon, M.
Using a stylus on a tablet computer to acquire small targets can be challenging. In this paper we present pointing lenses – interaction techniques that help users acquire and select targets by...
Bell, T., Cockburn, A., Wingkvist, A., Green, R.
The current generation of undergraduate students are enthusiastic adopters of mobile technologies, and some of these technologies offers significant opportunities for broadening the times, places and...
A Predictive Model of Menu Performance (2007)
Cockburn, A., Gutwin, C., Greenberg, S.
Menus are a primary control in current interfaces, but there has been relatively little theoretical work to model their performance. We propose a model of menu performance that goes beyond previous...
An Evaluation of Virtual Lenses for Object Selection in Augmented Reality (2007)
Looser, L., Billinghurst, M., Grasset, R., Cockburn, A.
This paper reports the results of an experiment to compare three different selection techniques in a tabletop tangible augmented reality interface. Object selection is an important task in all direct...
Reduced egg investment can conceal helper effects in cooperatively breeding birds (2007)
Russell, A. F, Langmore, N. E, Cockburn, A, Astheimer, L. B, Kilner, R. M
Cooperative breeding systems are characterized by nonbreeding helpers that assist breeders in offspring care. However, the benefits to offspring of being fed by parents and helpers in cooperatively...
an experiment with two Computer (2007)
T. Bell, A. Cockburn, A. Wingkvist, R. Green
as a supplement in tertiary education:
Damage reduction and sealing of low-k films by combined He and NH3 plasma treatment (2007)
Baklanov, M. R CORA, Heijlen, J, Travaly, Y, Cockburn, A
Modification of chemical vapor deposition low-k films upon sequential exposure to helium plasma and then ammonia plasma is characterized using various methods. The He plasma emits extreme ultraviolet...
Reduced egg investment can conceal helper effects in cooperatively breeding birds (2007)
Russell, A. F., Langmore, N. E., Cockburn, A., Astheimer, L. B., Kilner, R. M.
Cooperative breeding systems are characterized by nonbreeding helpers that assist breeders in offspring care. However, the benefits to offspring of being fed by parents and helpers in cooperatively...
Human on-line response to visual and motor target expansion (2006)
The components of graphical user interfaces can be made to dynamically expand as the cursor approaches, providing visually appealing effects. Expansion can be implemented in a variety of ways: in...
Faster cascading menu selections with enlarged activation areas (2006)
Cascading menus are used in almost all graphical user interfaces. Most current cascade widgets implement an explicit delay between the cursor entering/leaving a parent cascade menu item and...
Faster document navigation with space filling thumbnails (2006)
Cockburn, A., Gutwin, C., Alexander, J.
Scrolling is the standard way to navigate through many types of digital documents. However, moving more than a few pages can be slow because all scrolling techniques constrain visual search to only a...
Spatiality in videoconferencing: trade-offs between efficiency and social presence (2006)
Hauber, J., Regenbrecht, H., Billinghurst, M., Cockburn, A.
In this paper, we explore ways to combine the video of a remote person with a shared tabletop display to best emulate face-to-face collaboration. Using a simple photo application we compare a variety...
Improving list revisitation with ListMaps (2006)
Selecting items from lists is a common task in many applications. Alphabetically-sorted listboxes are the most common interface widget used to accomplish this selection, but although general they can...
Male-biased dimorphism in body Size is usually attributed to sexual Selection acting oil males, through either male competition female choice. Brown antechinuses (Antechinus stuartii.) are sexually...
Male-biased dimorphism in body Size is usually attributed to sexual Selection acting oil males, through either male competition female choice. Brown antechinuses (Antechinus stuartii.) are sexually...
Fisher, Diana O., Cockburn, A.
Male-biased dimorphism in body size is usually attributed to sexual selection acting on males, through either male competition or female choice. Brown antechinuses (Antechinus stuartii) are sexually...
M. C. Double, R. Peakall, N. R. Beck, A. Cockburn
Dispersal influences evolution, demography, and social characteristics but is generally difficult to study. Here we combine long-term demographic data from an intensively studied population of superb...
The evolution of egg rejection by cuckoo hosts in Australia and Europe (2005)
Langmore, N. E., Kilner, R. M., Butchart, S. H. M., Maurer, G., Davies, N. B., Cockburn, A., ...
Social presence in two- and three-dimensional videoconferencing (2005)
Hauber, J., Regenbrecht, H., Hills, A., Cockburn, A., Billinghurst, M.
New three-dimensional videoconferencing systems are trying to overcome the artificial nature of two-dimensional desktop video conferencing. The phenomenon of Social Presence serves as a measure of...
The evolution of egg rejection by cuckoo hosts in Australia and Europe (2005)
Langmore, N.E., Kilner, R.M., Butchart, S.H.M., Maurer, G., Davies, N.B., Cockburn, A., ...
Exploitation of hosts by brood parasitic cuckoos is expected to stimulate a coevolutionary arms race of adaptations and counteradaptations. However, some hosts have not evolved defenses against...
Assesment of the safety of foods derived from genetically modified (GM) crops (2004)
König, A., Cockburn, A., Crevel, R.W.R., Debruyne, E., Grafstroem, R., Hammerling, U., ...
This paper provides guidance on how to assess the safety of foods derived from genetically modified crops (GM crops); it summarises conclusions and recommendations of Working Group 1 of the...
FingARtips - Gesture Based Direct Manipulation in Augmented Reality (2004)
Buchmann, V., Violich, S., Billinghurst, M., Cockburn, A.
This paper presents a technique for natural, fingertip-based interaction with virtual objects in Augmented Reality (AR) environments. We use image processing software and finger- and hand-based...
Revisiting 2D vs 3D Implications on Spatial Memory (2004)
Prior research has shown that the efficient use of graphical user interfaces strongly depends on human capabilities for spatial cognition. Although it is tempting to believe that moving from two- to...
Through the Looking Glass: The Use of Lenses as an Interface Tool for Augmented Reality (2004)
Looser, J., Billinghurst, M., Cockburn, A.
Stephen N. Spencer The University of Washington Program Chairs Alan Chalmers Hock Soon Seah Publisher ACM Press New York, NY, USA
Evaluating spatial memory in two and three dimensions (2004)
Prior research has shown that the efficient use of graphical user interfaces is strongly dependent on human capabilities for spatial cognition. One facet of spatial cognition is the ability to...
Green, DJ, Krebs, EA, Cockburn, A
In socially monogamous birds, females may express mate preferences when they first select a breeding partner, through divorce and subsequent breeding dispersal to a new partner and through extrapair...
Evaluating spatial memory in two and three dimensions (2004)
A. Cockburn, A. Cockburn, B. Mckenzie, B. Mckenzie
† Author for correspondence. Prior research has shown that the efficient use of graphical user interfaces is strongly dependent on human capabilities for spatial cognition. One facet of spatial...
The safety assessment of novel foods and concepts to determine their safety in use (2003)
Howlett, J., Edwards, D.G., Cockburn, A., Hepburn, P., Kleiner, J., Knorr, D., ...
Evaluating Mobile Text Entry with the Fastap Keypad (2003)
This paper describes the evaluation of a new keyboard interface for mobile devices. The Fastap keypad is designed to allow one character per key-press input on mobile devices without requiring...
Comparing speed-dependent automatic zooming with traditional scroll, pan and zoom methods (2003)
Speed-dependent automatic zooming couples the user’s rate of motion through an information space with the zoom level—the faster the user moves the ‘higher’ they fly above the work surface....
Improving the acquisition of small targets (2003)
This paper describes the design and comparative evaluation of three methods that aid the acquisition of small targets. The first method, called ‘bubble targets’, increases the effective width of...
The design and evaluation of a flick gesture for 'back' and 'forward' in Web browsers (2003)
Web navigation relies heavily on the use of the ‘back’ button to traverse pages. The traditional back button suffers from the distance and targeting issues that govern Fitts’ Law. An...
Improving Web Page Revisitation: Analysis, Design, and Evaluation (2003)
Cockburn, A., Greenberg, S., Jones, S., McKenzie, B., Moyle, M.
In this paper, we distill several years of our research on understanding and improving how people return to their previously visited web pages. Our motivation is that web page revisitation is one of...
Hidden messages: evaluating the effectiveness of code elision in program navigation (2003)
Text elision is a user interface technique that aims to improve the efficiency of navigating through information by allowing regions of text to be ‘folded’ into and out of the display. Several...
Around the world in seconds with speed-dependent automatic zooming (2003)
Cockburn, A., Looser, J., Savage, J.
Speed-dependent automatic zooming (SDAZ) interfaces allow rapid navigation through large visual information spaces by automatically zooming out when the user moves quickly through the dataspace. We...
Cockburn, A, Osmond, HL, Mulder, RA, Green, DJ, Double, MC
1. Between 1988 and 2001, we studied social relationships in the superb fairy-wren Malurus cyaneus (Latham), a cooperative breeder with male helpers in which extra-group fertilizations are more...
Analysing Mouse and Pen Flick Gestures (2002)
Gesture based interfaces promise to increase the efficiency of user input, particularly in mobile computing where standard input devices such as the mouse and keyboard are impractical. This paper...
Evaluating a Temporal Behaviour for Web Browsers' Back and Forward Buttons (2002)
Cockburn, A., McKenzie, B., JasonSmith, M.
This paper describes the evaluation of a ‘temporal’ alternative to the normal ‘stack-based’ behaviour of the Back and Forward buttons on web browsers. The main difference of the temporal...
Pushing Back: Evaluating a New Behaviour for the Back and Forward Buttons in Web Browsers (2002)
Cockburn, A., McKenzie, R., JasonSmith, M.
The Back button on web browsers is one of the world’s most heavily used user interface components, yet its behaviour is commonly misunderstood. This paper describes the evaluation of a...
Extra-pair paternity and mate-guarding behaviour in the brown thornbill (2002)
Green, DJ, Peters, A, Cockburn, A
We used multilocus DNA fingerprinting to assess parentage in the brown thornbill, Acanthiza pusilla, a socially monogamous Australian passerine. Extra-pair paternity was uncommon (6.2% of 178...
Improving Web Page Revisitation: Analysis, Design, and Evaluation (2002)
Cockburn, A., Greenberg, S., Jones, S., McKenzie, B., Moyle, M.
TR-COSC 04/02
Flexible Delivery Damaging to Learning? Lessons From the Canterbury Digital Lectures Project (2001)
Bell, T., Cockburn, A., McKenzie, B., Vargo, J.
Named as one of 7 from the top 25 of the 115 full papers in the conference.
An Empirical Analysis of Web Page Revisitation (2001)
Publisher: IEEE Computer Society Press
What Do Web Users Do? An Empirical Analysis of Web Use (2001)
This paper provides an empirical characterisation of user actions at the web browser. The study is based on an analysis of four months of logged client-side data that describes user actions with...
Semelparity in a large marsupial (2001)
Oakwood, M, Bradley, AJ, Cockburn, A
Complete mortality of males after mating is known in several small dasyurid and didelphid species (up to 300 g) and hits previously been suggested to be a consequence of their small size and their...
Post-fledging care, philopatry and recruitment in brown thornbills (2001)
1. We describe patterns of post-fledging care, dispersal and recruitment in four cohorts of brown thornbills Acanthiza pusilla. We examine what factors influence post-fledging survival and determine...
This paper identifes three fundamental learning activities in the development of literary skills - writing, reading, and watching - and describes the potential benefits of supporting these activities...
An Evaluation of Cone Trees (2000)
Cone Trees are an appealing interactive 3D visualization technique for hierarchical data structures. They were originally intended to maximise effective use of available screen space and to better...
Issues of page representation and organisation in Web browser's revisitation tools (2000)
Many commercial and research WWW browsers include a variety of graphical revisitation tools that let users return to previously seen pages. Examples include history lists, bookmarks and site maps. In...
An Immersion Model for Software Engineering Projects (1997)
Software development projects are an essential component of software engineering courses. They provide the opportunity for students to apply theoretical material and to gain valuable experience in an...
Towards Literate Tools for Novice Programmers (1997)
Literate programming is a powerful technique that helps expert programmers integrate code and documentation in a manner that assists human comprehension. To date, tools for literate programming have...
USING DISTORTION-ORIENTED DISPLAYS TO SUPPORT WORKSPACE AWARENESS (1996)
Greenberg, S., Cockburn, A., Gutwin, C.
Desktop conferencing systems are now moving away from strict view-sharing and towards relaxed "what-you-see-is-what-I-see" (relaxed-WYSIWIS) interfaces, where distributed participants in a real time...
USING DISTORTION-ORIENTED DISPLAYS TO SUPPORT WORKSPACE AWARENESS (1996)
Greenberg, S., Cockburn, A., Gutwin, C.
Desktop conferencing systems are now moving away from strict view-sharing and towards relaxed "what-you-see-is-what-I-see" (relaxed-WYSIWIS) interfaces, where distributed participants in a real time...
Greenberg, S., Gutwin, C., Cockburn, A., Roseman, M.
This report contains eight short papers that serve as snapshots of recent work by members and collaborators of the GroupLab team. All papers are concerned with groupware, and all but one of the...
Greenberg, S., Gutwin, C., Cockburn, A., Roseman, M.
This report contains eight short papers that serve as snapshots of recent work by members and collaborators of the GroupLab team. All papers are concerned with groupware, and all but one of the...
This paper describes the evolution and on-going development of TurboTurtle, a dynamic multi-user microworld for the exploration of Newtonian physics. With TurboTurtle, students can alter the...
This paper describes the evolution and on-going development of TurboTurtle, a dynamic multi-user microworld for the exploration of Newtonian physics. With TurboTurtle, students can alter the...
TR-COSC 11/95
Safety of ticarcillin disodium/potassium clavulanate (1986)
Tasker, T. C. G., Cockburn, A., Jackson, D., Mellows, G., White, D.
Clavulanate potentiated ticarcillin contains two components with an established safety record. Ticarcillin used clinically alone and with clavulanate, a component of clavulanate potentiated...
Semelparity in a large marsupial.
Oakwood, M, Bradley, A J, Cockburn, A
Complete mortality of males after mating is known in several small dasyurid and didelphid species (up to 300g) and has previously been suggested to be a consequence of their small size and their...
Pre-dawn infidelity: females control extra-pair mating in superb fairy-wrens.
Despite great interest in the use of extra-pair mating as a tool for examining female choice and intersexual selection, the underlying assumption of female control has proved difficult to verify...
Cryptic gentes revealed in pallid cuckoos Cuculus pallidus using reflectance spectrophotometry
Starling, M, Heinsohn, R, Cockburn, A, Langmore, N.E
Many cuckoo species lay eggs that match those of their hosts, which can significantly reduce rejection of their eggs by the host species. However, egg mimicry is problematic for generalist cuckoos...