Shumin Zhai, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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human-computer interaction research scientist
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Place of Birth: Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
About Shumin Zhai
- Shumin Zhai (Chinese simplified: ???) (born 1961) is an American-Canadian-Chinese human-computer interaction (HCI) research scientist and inventor.
- He is known for his research specifically on input devices and interaction methods, swipe-gesture-based touchscreen keyboards, eye-tracking interfaces, and models of human performance in human-computer interaction.
- His studies have contributed to both foundational models and understandings of HCI and practical user interface designs and flagship products.
- He previously worked at IBM where he invented the ShapeWriter text entry method for smartphones, which is a predecessor to the modern Swype keyboard.
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- Zhai's publications have won the ACM UIST Lasting Impact Award and the IEEE Computer Society Best Paper Award, among others, and he is most known for his research specifically on input devices and interaction methods, swipe-gesture-based touchscreen keyboards, eye-tracking interfaces, and models of human performance in human-computer interaction.
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- Zhai is currently a Principal Scientist at Google where he leads and directs research, design, and development of human-device input methods and haptics systems.
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