Christopher Collins
Research Science Manager at Meta
Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolChristopher Collins is a research science manager and academic with 15+ years bridging human–computer interaction, information visualization, and applied sensing for wearable devices. At Meta he leads a cross-disciplinary team of scientists, prototypers, and engineers to invent and validate interaction models that blend prototyping, experimental methods, and algorithmic inference. Concurrently a professor and Canada Research Chair, he runs a lab that spans HCI and linguistic information visualization—developing novel interaction techniques, visual explanations of ML outcomes, and methods to surface uncertainty in language data. His work uniquely combines device-level prototyping (eye-tracking, pen+touch, VR/AR) with computational linguistics to resolve underspecified user intent via implicit signals. Known for fostering diverse, collaborative research teams, he mentors students through undergraduate to postdoc levels while maintaining strong industry-academic partnerships.
15 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc) Computer Science and Chemistry, Bachelor of Science (BSc) Computer Science and Chemistry at Memorial University, Newfoundland and LabradorPhD Computer Science, PhD Computer Science at University of TorontoThe University of Calgary
Spanish
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (13)
java4
vscode4
chrome4
google-chrome3
javascript3
computer-science3
multi-touch3
anonymous2
editor2
charts1
ocr1
open-access1
visualization1
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
ChristopherMCollins/ieeevis.org
Jul 2017 - Jun 2023
Website for ieeevis.org
Contributions:18 pushes in 5 years 11 months
ChristopherMCollins/test
May 2017 - May 2017
Contributions:2 PRs, 7 pushes, 4 branches in 1 day
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