Rubaiat Habib from Bangladesh is one of the members of the Character Animator team that won the Emmy award in the technology and engineering category. They got the good news in 2019 when the team’s name appeared on the Emmy winners’ list, and the grand event was all set for 2020. But that didn’t happen because of coronavirus, and so the event was held online.
Rubaiat Habib is a Sr. Research Scientist at Adobe Research. He designs and develops computing tools that facilitate powerful ways of thinking, design, and communication with sketching and gestures. His research in animation and dynamic drawings is turned into new products that reach a global audience. Among them, Apple recognized SketchBook Motion as the best iPad app of the year 2016. Prior to Adobe, he worked at Autodesk Research, Microsoft Research, and Japan Science and Technology Agency.
He finished his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the National University of Singapore (NUS) in 2014 and his B.Sc. in Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) in 2007.
Posted on: [2021-08-03]
