Nicolai Marquardt

Nicolai Marquardt (also using Nic Marquardt) is a Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research in the Extended Perception, Interaction & Cognition (EPIC) and Future Experiences/Human-Computer & Artificial Intelligence Experiences groups. He was previously Professor of Interaction Design and Innovation at the UCL Interaction Centre and continues as an Honorary Professor in UCL’s Department of Computer Science. Microsoft Research Personal homepage

His research examines generative AI and human-computer interaction, collaborative technology, multi-device computing, sensor-driven interaction tuned to spatial and social context, and hardware and prototyping platforms for everyday environments. Continuing research areas include ubiquitous computing, physical user interfaces, proxemic interactions, and interactive surfaces. UCL Research Microsoft Research

Marquardt co-authored Sketching User Experiences: The Workbook with Saul Greenberg, Sheelagh Carpendale, and Bill Buxton (Morgan Kaufmann, 2011), and co-authored Proxemic Interactions (Morgan & Claypool, 2015). His personal homepage lists ACM best-paper and honourable-mention awards, as well as ACM ISS 10-year Impact Awards for Proxemic Interactions (2019) and Spatially-Aware Displays for Collaboration (2023). Personal homepage Microsoft Research publications

• Current | Microsoft Research | Principal Researcher; EPIC and Future Experiences/HCAIX groups
• Previous; honorary appointment continues | University College London (UCL) Interaction Centre / Department of Computer Science | Professor of Interaction Design and Innovation; now Honorary Professor

• Year not verified on the current public pages reviewed | University of Calgary | PhD in Computer Science, advised by Saul Greenberg
• Year not verified on the current public pages reviewed | Bauhaus-University Weimar | MSc/Diplom in Media Systems

• Texterial: A Text-as-Material Interaction Paradigm for LLM-Mediated Writing (CHI 2026, Honourable Mention)
• AI-Instruments: Embodying Prompts as Instruments to Abstract & Reflect Graphical Interface Commands as General-Purpose Tools (CHI 2025, Honourable Mention)
• ImaginationVellum: Generative-AI Ideation Canvas with Spatial Prompts, Generative Strokes, and Ideation History (UIST 2025, Honourable Mention)
• Intent Tagging: Exploring Micro-Prompting Interactions for Supporting Granular Human-GenAI Co-Creation Workflows (CHI 2025)

These projects and recognitions can be checked against the Microsoft Research publications page and the publication list on his personal homepage.

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