While writing my research statement recently, I realized how much I owe to Rubaiat Habib Hazi for my work over the past decade. He has been a great collaborator and my number one co-author on my Google Scholar profile.
When I expanded from graphics to HCI, thanks to my first official PhD student, Jun Xing, who interned with Rubaiat at Autodesk, Rubaiat provided timely guidance on HCI and content creation throughout our collaborations. When I joined Adobe, I worried that I could no longer work with him, but fortunately, he joined me just a few months later. We continued our collaborations over the years, resulting in 25 publications (including 5 best paper or honorable mention awards) and product features in Fresco Motion and generative motion graphics.
I am grateful for his support and friendship, and feel lucky to still be able to work with him after all these years.