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  •  NEWS    International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services (MobileHCI) 2010: publication by Bret A. Harsham and others
    Date: September 7, 2010
    Where: International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services (MobileHCI)
    Research Area: Speech & Audio
    Brief
    • The paper "Contextual Push-to-talk: Shortening Voice Dialogs to Improve Driving Performance" by Weinberg, G., Harsham, B., Forlines, C. and Medenica, Z. was presented at the International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services (MobileHCI).
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  •  NEWS    AVI 2010: 2 publications by Kent B. Wittenburg
    Date: May 25, 2010
    Where: International Working Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces (AVI)
    Brief
    • The papers "Setting the Bar for Set-Valued Attributes" by Wittenburg, K.B. and "Wakame: Sense Making of Multi-Dimensional Spatial-Temporal Data" by Forlines, C. and Wittenburg, K.B. were presented at the International Working Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces (AVI).
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  •  NEWS    CHI 2009: 2 publications by Clifton Forlines and others
    Date: April 9, 2009
    Where: ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI)
    Brief
    • The papers "WeSpace: The Design Development and Deployment of a Walk-up and Share Multi-surface Visual Collaboration System" by Wigdor, D., Jian, H., Forlines, C., Borkin, M. and Shen, C. and "Improving Visual Search with Image Segmentation" by Forlines, C. and Balakrishnan, R. were presented at the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI).
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  •  NEWS    IEEE International Workshop on Horizontal Interactive Human-Computer Systems (TableTop) 2008: 2 publications by Clifton Forlines and others
    Date: October 1, 2008
    Where: IEEE International Workshop on Horizontal Interactive Human-Computer Systems (TableTop)
    Brief
    • The papers "System Design for the WeSpace: Linking Personal Devices to a Table-Centered Multi-User, Multi-Surface Environment" by Jiang, H., Wigdor, D., Forlines, C. and Shen, C. and "Pokey: Interaction through Covert Structured Light" by Wren, C.R., Ivanov, Y., Beardsley, P., Kaneva, B. and Tanaka, S. were presented at the IEEE International Workshop on Horizontal Interactive Human-Computer Systems (TableTop).
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  •  NEWS    AVI 2008: 5 publications by Kent Wittenburg, Clifton Forlines and others
    Date: May 28, 2008
    Where: International Working Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces (AVI)
    Brief
    • The papers "Multiview User Interfaces with an Automultiscopic Display" by Matusik, W., Forlines, C. and Pfister, H., "Adapting a Single-user, Single-display Molecular Visualization Application for Use in a Multi-user, Multi-Display Environment" by Forlines, C. and Lilien, R., "Content Aware Video Presentation on High-Resolution Displays" by Forlines, C., "Visualizing Antenna Design Spaces" by Wittenburg, K., Lanning, T., Leigh, D. and Ryall, K. and "Combining and Measuring the Benefits of Bimanual Pen and Direct-Touch Interaction of Interfaces" by Brandl, P., Forlines, C., Wigdor, D., Haller, M. and Shen, C. were presented at the International Working Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces (AVI).
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  •  NEWS    CHI 2008: 2 publications by Clifton Forlines and others
    Date: April 5, 2008
    Where: ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI)
    Brief
    • The papers "LivOlay: Interactive Ad-hoc Registration and Overlapping of Applications for Collaborative Visual Exploration" by Jiang, H., Wigdor, D., Forlines, C., Borkin, M., Kauffmann, J. and Shen, C. and "Evaluating Tactile Feedback and Direct vs. Indirect Stylus Input in Pointing and Crossing Selection Tasks" by Forlines, C. and Balakrishnan, R. were presented at the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI).
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  •  NEWS    Handbook of Research on User Interface Design and Evaluation for Mobile Technology: publication by Bret A. Harsham and others
    Date: February 15, 2008
    Where: Handbook of Research on User Interface Design and Evaluation for Mobile Technology
    Research Area: Speech & Audio
    Brief
    • The article "Speech-Based UI Design for the Automobile" by Schmidt-Nielsen, B., Harsham, B., Raj, B. and Forlines, C. was published in the book Handbook of Research on User Interface Design and Evaluation for Mobile Technology.
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  •  NEWS    ACSSC 2007: publication by Anthony Vetro, Sehoon Yea, Clifton Forlines and others
    Date: November 4, 2007
    Where: Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers (ACSSC)
    MERL Contact: Anthony Vetro
    Research Area: Digital Video
    Brief
    • The paper "Multi-view Video Compression for 3D Displays" by Zwicker, M., Yea, S., Vetro, A., Forlines, C., Matusik, W. and Pfister, H. was presented at the Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers (ACSSC).
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  •  NEWS    UIST 2007: 3 publications by John Barnwell, Clifton Forlines and others
    Date: October 7, 2007
    Where: ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST)
    Brief
    • The papers "Hybrid Infrared and Visible Light Projection for Location Tracking" by Lee, J., Hudson, S. and Dietz, P., "Multi-user Interaction Using Handheld Projectors" by Cao, X., Forlines, C. and Balakrishnan, R. and "Lucid Touch: A See-through Mobile Device" by Wigdor, D., Forlines, C., Baudisch, P., Barnwell, J. and Shen, C. were presented at the ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST).
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  •  NEWS    International Conference on Multimedia (ACM Multimedia) 2007: publication by Anthony Vetro, Sehoon Yea, Clifton Forlines and others
    Date: September 24, 2007
    Where: International Conference on Multimedia (ACM Multimedia)
    MERL Contact: Anthony Vetro
    Research Area: Digital Video
    Brief
    • The paper "Display Pre-filtering for Multi-view Video Compression" by Zwicker, M., Yea, S., Vetro, A., Forlines, C., Matusik, W. and Pfister, H. was presented at the International Conference on Multimedia (ACM Multimedia).
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  •  NEWS    CHI 2007: publication by Clifton Forlines and others
    Date: April 28, 2007
    Where: ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI)
    Research Area: Data Analytics
    Brief
    • The paper "Direct-touch vs. Mouse Input for Tabletop Displays" by Forlines, C., Wigdor, D., Shen, C. and Balakrishnan, R. was presented at the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI).
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  •  NEWS    SIGCHI 2007: 2 publications by Chia Shen and others
    Date: April 28, 2007
    Where: Conference on Human Factors In Computing Systems (SIGCHI)
    Brief
    • The papers "Perception of Elementary Graphical Elements in Tabletop and Multi-Surface Environments" by Wigdor, D., Shen, C., Forlines, C. and Balakrishnan, R. and "How Pairs Interact Over a Multimodal Digital Table" by Tse, E., Shen, C., Greenberg, S. and Forlines, C. were presented at the Conference on Human Factors In Computing Systems (SIGCHI).
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  •  NEWS    CSCW 2006: publication by Chia Shen, Clifton Forlines and others
    Date: November 4, 2006
    Where: ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW)
    Research Area: Data Analytics
    Brief
    • The paper "Exploring the Effects of Group Size and Display Configuration on Visual Search" by Forlines, C., Shen, C., Wigdor, D. and Balakrishnan, R. was presented at the ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW).
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  •  NEWS    UIST 2006: 4 publications by John Barnwell, Darren Leigh, Samuel Shipman, Alan Esenther, Chia Shen, Clifton Forlines and others
    Date: October 15, 2006
    Where: ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST)
    Brief
    • The papers "Under the Table Interaction" by Wigdor, D., Leigh, D., Forlines, C., Shipman, S., Barnwell, J., Balakrishnan, R. and Shen, C., "Multi-User, Multi-Display Interaction with a Single-User, Single-Display Geospatial Application" by Forlines, C., Esenther, A., Shen, C., Wigdor, D. and Ryall, K., "Two New Techniques for Natural Spoken User Interfaces" by Weinberg, G., Raj, B. and Kalgaonkar, K. and "HybridPointing: Fluid Switching between Absolute and Relative Pointing with a Direct Input Device" by Forlines, C., Vogel, D. and Balakrishnan, R. were presented at the ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST).
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  •  NEWS    IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications: 2 publications by Alan W. Esenther, Alan Esenther and others
    Date: September 1, 2006
    Where: IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications
    Research Area: Data Analytics
    Brief
    • The articles "Identity-Differentiating Widgets for Multiuser Interactive Surfaces" by Ryall, K., Esenther, A., Forlines, C., Shen, C., Shipman, S., Morris, M.R., Everitt, K. and Vernier, F.D. and "Informing the Design of Direct-Touch Tabletops" by Shen, C., Ryall, K., Forlines, C., Esenther, A., Vernier, F.D., Everitt, K., Wu, M., Wigdor, D., Morris, M.R., Hancock, M. and Tse, E. were published in IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications.
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  •  NEWS    ACM SIGGRAPH 2006: 7 publications by Paul Beardsley, Ron Perry, Darren Leigh, Ramesh Raskar and Jeroen van Baar
    Date: July 30, 2006
    Where: ACM SIGGRAPH
    Brief
    • The papers "Cartoon Dioramas in Motion" by Raskar, R., Ziegler, R. and Willwacher, T., "Non-photorealistic Camera: Depth Edge Detection and Stylized Rendering Using Multi-flash Imaging" by Raskar, R., Feris, R., Yu, J. and Turk, M., "RFIG Lamps: Interacting with a Self-Describing World via Photosensing Wireless Tags and Projectors" by Raskar, R., Beardsley, P., van Baar, J., Wang, Y., Dietz, P., Lee, J., Leigh, D. and Willwacher, T., "Designing with Distance Fields" by Frisken, S.F. and Perry, R.N., "An Improved Representation for Stroke-based Fonts" by Jakubiak, E.J., Perry, R.N. and Frisken, S.F., "iLamps: Geometrically Aware and Self-configuring Projectors" by Raskar, R., van Baar, J., Beardsley, P., Willwacher, T., Rao, S. and Forlines, C. and "Natural Video Matting using Camera Arrays" by Joshi, N., Matusik, W. and Avidan, S. were presented at ACM SIGGRAPH.
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  •  NEWS    AVI 2006: 4 publications by Derek Schwenke, Kent Wittenburg, Anthony Vetro, Kathy Ryall and Alan Esenther
    Date: May 23, 2006
    Where: International Working Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces (AVI)
    MERL Contact: Anthony Vetro
    Brief
    • The papers "Enabling Interaction with Single User Applications through Speech and Gestures on a Multi-User Tabletop" by Tse, E., Shen, C., Greenberg, S. and Forlines, C., "Table-Centric Interactive Spaces for Real-Time Collaboration" by Wigdor, D., Shen, C., Forlines, C. and Balakrishnan, R., "The Prospects for Unrestricted Speech Input for TV Content Search" by Wittenburg, K., Lanning, T., Schwenke, D., Shubin, H. and Vetro, A. and "Fluid DTMouse: Better Mouse Support for Touch-Based Interactions" by Esenther, A. and Ryall, K. were presented at the International Working Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces (AVI).
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  •  NEWS    International Workshop on Pervasive Gaming Applications (PerGames) 2006: publication by Chia Shen and others
    Date: May 7, 2006
    Where: International Workshop on Pervasive Gaming Applications (PerGames)
    Brief
    • The paper "Multimodal Multiplayer Tabletop Gaming" by Tse, E., Greenberg, S., Shen, C. and Forlines, C. was presented at the International Workshop on Pervasive Gaming Applications (PerGames).
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  •  NEWS    CHI 2006: 2 publications by Clifton Forlines, Chia Shen, Alan Esenther and others
    Date: April 22, 2006
    Where: ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI)
    Research Area: Data Analytics
    Brief
    • The papers "Effects of Display Position and Control Space Orientation on User Preference and Performance" by Wigdor, D., Shen, C., Forlines, C. and Balakrishnan, R. and "Three Modes of Multi-Surface Interaction and Visualization" by Shen, C., Esenther, A., Forlines, C. and Ryall, K. were presented at the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI).
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  •  NEWS    HRI 2006: publication by Clifton Forlines and others
    Date: March 2, 2006
    Where: ACM SIGCHI/SIGART Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI)
    Brief
    • The paper "The Effect of Head-Nod Recognition in Human-Robot Conversation" by Sidner, C.L., Lee, C., Morency, L.-P. and Forlines, C. was presented at the ACM SIGCHI/SIGART Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI).
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  •  NEWS    SPIE Conference on Multimedia Content Analysis, Management and Retrieval 2006: 3 publications by Ajay Divakaran, Clifton Forlines and others
    Date: January 17, 2006
    Where: SPIE Conference on Multimedia Content Analysis, Management and Retrieval
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    • The papers "Blind Summarization: Content-Adaptive Video Summarization Using Time-Series Analysis" by Divakaran, A., Radhakrishnan, R. and Peker, K.A., "Subjective Assessment of Consumer Video Summarization" by Forlines, C., Peker, K.A. and Divakaran, A. and "Subjective Evaluation Criterion for Selecting Affective Features and Modeling Highlights" by Xing, L., Yu, H., Huang, Q., Ye, Q. and Divakaran, A. were presented at the SPIE Conference on Multimedia Content Analysis, Management and Retrieval.
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  •  NEWS    IEEE International Workshop on Horizontal Interactive Human-Computer Systems (TableTop) 2006: 5 publications by Chia Shen, Kathy Ryall and Clifton Forlines
    Date: January 5, 2006
    Where: IEEE International Workshop on Horizontal Interactive Human-Computer Systems (TableTop)
    Brief
    • The papers "Multi-User Interface and Interactions on Direct-Touch Horizontal Surfaces: Collaborative Tabletop Research at MERL" by Shen, C., "Rotation and Translation Mechanisms for Tabletop Interaction" by Hancock, M.S., Vernier, F.D., Wigdor, D., Carpendale, S. and Shen, C., "Experiences With and Observations of Direct-Touch Tables" by Ryall, K., Ringel Morris, M., Everitt, K., Forlines, C. and Shen, C., "Gesture Registration, Relaxation, and Reuse for Multi-Point Direct-Touch Surfaces" by Wu, M., Shen, C., Ryall, K., Forlines, C. and Balakrishnan, R. and "MultiSpace: Enabling Electronic Document Micro-mobility in Table-Centric, Multi-Device Environments" by Everitt, K., Shen, C., Ryall, K. and Forlines, C. were presented at the IEEE International Workshop on Horizontal Interactive Human-Computer Systems (TableTop).
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  •  AWARD    PerGames 2006 Best Paper Award
    Date: January 1, 2006
    Awarded to: Edward Tse, Saul Greenberg, Chia Shen and Clifton Forlines
    Awarded for: "Multimodal Multiplayer Tabletop Gaming"
    Awarded by: International Workshop on Pervasive Gaming Applications (PerGames)
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  •  NEWS    UIST 2005: 3 publications by William S. Yerazunis, Bret A. Harsham, Jeroen van Baar and Clifton Forlines
    Date: October 23, 2005
    Where: ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST)
    MERL Contact: William S. Yerazunis
    Brief
    • The papers "DTLens: Multi-user Tabletop Spatial Data Exploration" by Forlines, C. and Shen, C., "Zoom-and-Pick: Facilitating Visual Zooming and Precision Pointing with Interactive Handheld Projectors" by Forlines, C., Balakrishnan, R., Beardsley, P., van Baar, J. and Raskar, R. and "DT Controls: Adding Identity to Physical Interfaces" by Dietz, P.H., Harsham, B., Forlines, C., Leigh, D., Yerazunis, W., Shipman, S., Schmidt-Nielsen, B. and Ryall, K. were presented at the ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST).
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  •  NEWS    INTERACT 2005: 5 publications by Kent B. Wittenburg, Kathy Ryall, Samuel Shipman, Alan Esenther, Chia Shen and Clifton Forlines
    Date: September 12, 2005
    Where: IFIP TC13 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (INTERACT)
    Research Area: Data Analytics
    Brief
    • The papers "DocuBits and Containers: Providing e-Document Micro-Mobility in a Walk-up Interactive Tabletop Environment" by Everitt, K., Shen, C., Ryall, K. and Forlines, C., "iDwidgets: Parameterizing Widgets by User Identity" by Ryall, K., Esenther, A., Everitt, K., Forlines, C., Ringel Morris, M., Shen, C., Shipman, S. and Vernier, F., "Temporal Magic Lens: Combined Spatial and Temporal Query and Presentation" by Ryall, K., Li, Q. and Esenther, A., "A Comparison between Spoken Queries and Menu-based Interfaces for In-Car Digital Music Selection" by Forlines, C., Schmidt-Nielsen, B., Raj, B., Wittenburg, K. and Wolf, P. and "Under My Finger: Human Factors in Pushing and Rotating Documents Across the Table" by Forlines, C., Shen, C. and Vernier, F. were presented at the IFIP TC13 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (INTERACT).
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