Michael I. Mills, Ph.D.

Associate Director, Design

Academic Background

McGill University, Ph.D,Communication with specialization in cognitive science, 1979 University of Pennsylvania, Annenberg School of Communicatioins MA, Communications, 1970 University of Hawaii, BA, Journalism, 1968

Experience

2001 - present Stanford University. Associate Director, Design, Stanford Center for Innovations in Learning
2000 - 2001 AlterEgo Networks. Chief Interface Technologist.
1999 - 2000 more.com. Director of User Experience
1997 - 1999 IDEO Product Development, Senior Interaction Designer
1996 -1997 Magnifi, Inc, Director of User Interface
1994 - 1996 MusicNet, Director of Human Interface
1989-1994 Apple Computer, Principal Scientist
1984-1989 New York University, Associate Professor of Telecommunications (Tenured)
1974-1984 Université de Montréal, Assistant Professor, Departement de communication
1970-1973 Bell-Northern Research, Member of Scientific Staff

Professional Interests

Trained in cognitive science with 17 years experience in interface, product design and user studies. Key accomplishments include Quicktime, the Audrey, MusicNet, more.com , the Active Eye and MicroDesign. Holder of several interface design patents; author of many articles on interface design. Research interests include development of new media tools for video analysis of learning and teaching and the role of visualization in learning.

Key Publications

Mills. M. and Schiff, W. (1989). The Active Eye Guidebook and Software. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Hillsdale, NJ.

Mills, M.I. (2001), Micro-design: challenge or opportunity?, Proceedings of Wireless Agenda 2001. Austin Texas.

Teodosio L, and Mills, M.I. (1993). Panoramic overviews for navigating real-World Scenes. ACM Multimedia. 359-364.

Mills, M. I, Cohen, J. and Wong Y. (1992). A Magnifier tool for Video Data. Proceedings of CHI '92. pp. 93-98.

Mills, M.I. (1989). The role of dynamics at the interface. Asimolar Conference on Conference on Human Interface. Sponsored by Apple Computer.

Mills, M. I., & Pea, R. D. (1989). Mind and media in dialog: Issues in multimedia composition. In K. Hooper & S. Ambron (Eds.), Full-Spectrum
Learning. Cupertino, CA: Apple Computer, Inc.

Mills, M.I. (1982). Cognitive schemata and the design of graphics displays. Proceedings of Graphic Interface '82. National Computer Graphics Association of Canada. 3-12.

Patents

Sequential information controller
US Patent 5,202,961 Mills , et al. April 13, 1993

Apparatus and method for editing a video recording by selecting and displaying video clips
US Patent 5,237,648 Mills , et al. August 17, 1993

Temporal event viewing and editing system
US Patent 5,513,306 Mills , et al. April 30, 1996

Method apparatus for transitioning between sequences of images
US Patent 5,353,391 Cohen, et al. October 4, 1994 (Mills as co-inventor)

Navigable viewing system
US Patent 6,121,966
Teodosio , et al. September 19, 2000 (Mills as co-inventor)

Interactive music generation system making use of global feature control by non-musicians
US Patent 5,952,599 Dolby , et al. (Mills as co-inventor)

Display of Media Previews
US Patent 6,370,543 just issued on 4/09/02, Hoffert, et al (Mills as co-inventor)

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