D A N I E L W I G D O R , P H D
`Associate Professor of Computer Science, Sloan Research Fellow – Curriculum Vitae
`Courier Address:
`Department of Computer Science
`tel:
`+1.416.978.7777
`40 St. George St. STE BA4283
`e-mail: daniel@dgp.toronto.edu
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`Toronto, ON, M5S 2E4, Canada
`www: http://www.dgp.toronto.edu/~dwigdor
`+1.416.978.6025 (for couriers)
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`I am a citizen of Canada and Ireland, and am eligible to work without a visa the US and EU.
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`R E S E A R C H I N T E R E S T S
`My research lies in the area of Computer Science and Human Computer Interaction. I specialize in the design
`and engineering of user interface technologies, including software & UI, input and processing architectures,
`system design, sensing technologies, and input devices, typically for enablement of post-WIMP HCI. These
`projects are enabled through the study of psychophysics, ethnography, and psychology via empirical methods.
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`P R O F E S S I O N A L E X P E R I E N C E
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`Cornell Tech: Visiting Associate Professor
`From July 2017 to June 2018 I will be visiting Cornell Tech in New York City while on sabbatical from
`the University of Toronto. I will be teaching classes in human computer interaction, and conducting
`research in collaboration with my hosts and students.
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`University of Toronto
`Assistant Professor: January 2011 – June 2016. Associate Professor: July 2016 – Present.
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`Department of Mathematical and Computational Sciences;
`Graduate Department of Computer Science;
`Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering (status only); and
`Co-Director, Dynamic Graphics Project
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` I
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` am an associate professor of computer science at the University of Toronto. I hold appointments
`in three departments of the university, where I conduct research, supervise graduate students &
`postdoctoral fellows, and teach graduate and undergraduate classes. I am also co-director of the
`Dynamic Graphics Project, a group of 8 faculty and dozens of post docs and graduate students
`conducting research in the areas of computer graphics, human computer interaction, and
`computer vision.
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`Tactual Labs: Science Advisor
`I was a cofounder of Tactual Labs, a startup out of my lab at the University of Toronto, which seeks
`to enable high-performance user input to interactive computers. Tactual has secured over $10M in
`funding, and has offices in Virginia, Texas, New York, Maine, and Toronto. I served as one of several
`science advisors to the company.
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`Harvard University: Associate of the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences,
`As a member of the SDR Lab of SEAS at Harvard University, I participated in and provide supervision
`of research projects carried-out by post-doctoral fellows and interns.
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`University of Washington: Affiliate Assistant Professor
`I served as an affiliate assistant professor in both the Department of Computer Science &
`Engineering and the Information School at the University of Washington.
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`Microsoft Research: Researcher
`As a researcher at MSR, my mandate was to carry-on an active research agenda (including
`publication and patents), participate in service to the community, supervise graduate student
`interns, and drive innovation at Microsoft.
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`Microsoft: User Experience Architect, Entertainment & Devices Division
`As a product team member, I held more than a half a dozen titles and roles. My ultimate position
`before moving to Microsoft Research was as the architect of user experiences of Natural User
`Interfaces at Microsoft’s Entertainment & Devices division. I was responsible for ensuring a high-
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`2018
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`2011-
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`2012-
`2016
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`2011-
`2012
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`2010-
`2012
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`2010
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`2008-
`2010
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`2008
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`2005-
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`2003-
`2010
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`2001-
`2006
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`2004
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`1999-
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`1999-
`2001
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`quality, exciting user experience in platform and partner applications, coordinating across product
`groups, and driving industry standards for interaction. Throughout my tenure, I had a dual focus on
`product architecture and research.
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`Harvard University: Fellow, Initiative in Innovative Computing (IIC)
`I was a fellow in the Scientists’ Discovery Room project at Harvard University. I conducted
`ethnographic studies of astrophysicists at the Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, and
`helped lead the design and implementation of the WeSpace (described in several publications
`listed below).
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`Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories (MERL): Research Intern
`I was an intern at MERL over four multi-term appointments, working as part of the Diamond Space
`project under the supervision of Dr. Chia Shen. I conducted the majority of my PhD at MERL.
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`Iota Wireless: Cofounder
`Cofounded Iota Wireless, a startup dedicated to text-entry techniques for mobile phones. Secured
`multiple rounds of financing, US & international patents, and general intellectual property issues,
`as well as a great deal of experience working at executive level of the wireless phone industry.
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`University of Toronto: Sessional Instructor in the Department of Computer Science
`Served as instructor responsible for undergraduate classes in computer science. Class sizes varied
`from 25 to over 200 students. Supervised teams of TA’s, developed course materials, delivered
`lectures, set tests and exams. Courses in topics in computer science, including algorithms, data
`structures, formal analysis, human computer interaction. Taught development for computers and
`mobile phones in Java, C, and C++.
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`Bruce Mau Design: Consulting Designer
`Collaborated with Bruce Mau Design and the Institute Without Boundaries in concept and
`implementation of Markets Gallery of the Massive Change project:
`http://www.massivechange.com.
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`University of Toronto: Teaching Assistant in the Department of Computer Science
`Served as a teaching assistant in undergraduate classes at the University of Toronto. Led tutorials,
`consulted with professors on curriculum topics. Topics included computer programming,
`cryptography, algorithm design, formal analysis, software engineering, and human-computer
`interaction.
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`University Health Network: Software Developer and Devices Specialist
`Developed an automated inventory application for the University Health Network's Desktop
`Rollout Project (Y2K replacement of > 4000 personal desktops). Worked as a Devices Specialist,
`investigating and evaluating the suitability of novel devices for their inclusion in the hospitals.
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`E D U C A T I O N
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`2008
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`2004
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`2002
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`Ph.D. Computer Science, University of Toronto
`Supervised by Prof. Ravin Balakrishnan at University of Toronto, though the majority of work
`conducted at Mitsubishi Electric Research Labs under the supervision of Dr. Chia Shen. Study of the
`use of multi-touch tabletops and large-scale, multi-surface, real-time collaborative environments.
`Thesis [N.4] below.
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`M.Sc. Computer Science, University of Toronto
`Supervised by Prof. Ravin Balakrishnan. Thesis [N.2] and papers [C.2, C.3] below.
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`Hon. B.Sc., University of Toronto
`Specialization in Human Computer Interaction, including major-equivalent in computer science,
`minor-equivalent in psychology and sociology. Paper [C.1] below.
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`A W A R D S , F E L L O W S H I P S , A N D H O N O U R S 1
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`2016
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`ACM CHI 2016: Best Paper
`[C.52] below was named a Best Paper at ACM CHI 2016, which is awarded to the top 1% of
`submissions.
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`2015
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`Invention of the Year, University of Toronto
`Instant Printed Circuit Boards with Standard Office Printers and Inks.
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`Dean’s Excellence Award, University of Toronto
`Awarded to 5% of faculty in division for achievement in each of research, teaching, and service.
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`Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship in Computer Science ($60,000)
`The Sloan Research Fellowships “seek to stimulate fundamental research by early-career scientists
`and scholars of outstanding promise. These two-year fellowships are awarded yearly to 126
`researchers in recognition of distinguished performance and a unique potential to make substantial
`contributions to their field.”
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`ACM CHI 2015: Best Paper: Honorable Mention x 2
`Both of [C.46] and [C.47] below were both called out for Honorable Mention, which is awarded to
`the top 5% of submissions, at ACM CHI 2015.
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`ACM CHI 2015: People’s Choice Best Talk Award: Honorable Mention
`Awarded to top 8 talks among more than 300 presented at ACM CHI. Talk was for [C.45] below.
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`Dean’s Excellence Award, University of Toronto
`Awarded to 5% of faculty in division for achievement in each of research, teaching, and service.
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`2014
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`Early Researcher Award (ERA Round 9), Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation ($150,000)
`Awarded to “best and brightest innovators and researchers” among full-time faculty in Ontario
`who are fewer than 10 years from receiving their PhD.
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`ACM CHI 2014: Best Paper
`[C.41] below was named Best Paper, which is awarded to the top 1% of submission to ACM CHI
`2014.
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`ACM CHI 2014: People’s Choice Best Talk Award x 2
`Awarded to top 8 talks among 300 presented at ACM CHI. Two of the 8 were awarded to my
`students: for talk delivered by MSc student, Jishuo Yang, for [C. 40] (below), and for talk delivered
`by intern advisee, Anthony Chen, for [C.41].
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`Dean’s Excellence Award, University of Toronto
`Awarded to 5% of faculty in division for achievement in each of research, teaching, and service.
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`2013
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`Best Student Paper, GI 2013
`PhD student Michael Glueck received the Michael AJ Sweeney Award for best student paper for our
`paper, [C.36], below.
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`Invention of the Year, University of Toronto
`Hybrid Systems and Methods for Low-Latency User Input Processing and Feedback.
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`Dean’s Excellence Award, University of Toronto
`Awarded to 5% of faculty in division for achievement in each of research, teaching, and service.
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`Dean’s Excellence Award, University of Toronto
`Awarded to 5% of faculty in division for achievement in each of research, teaching, and service.
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`Association for Computing Machinery: ACM CHI Best Paper Honorable Mention
`At ACM CHI 2011 for [C.24] below.
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`Harvard University: Initiative in Innovative Computing Fellowship ($15,600)
`Research in the design multi-surface, multi-user, multi-touch room for astrophysicists.
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`2012
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`2011
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`2007
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`1 All figures CAD; where award was in another currency, converted at then-current exchange rate.
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`2004
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`Association for Computing Machinery
`ACM UIST Best Paper Award
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`Wolfond Fellowship ($10,000)
`Partial funding for Ph.D.
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`University of Toronto Fellowship ($75,000)
`Funding for Ph.D.
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`2002
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`University of Toronto Fellowship ($26,000)
`Funding for M.Sc.
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`Innis College Graduating Student Recognition Award
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`2001
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`Hudson’s Bay Company Award in Computer Science
`Awarded to the student who has demonstrated outstanding academic achievement at the end of
`third year.
`A C A D E M I C F U N D I N G 2
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`2016
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`National Science and Engineering Research Council: Discovery Grant: $215,000
`Enabling a Symphony of Devices.
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`Autodesk Research: $15,000
`Unrestricted gift in support of the Sanders Series lectures, part of the Toronto User Experience (Tux)
`organization of HCI researchers.
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`2015
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`OS Enhancement for Zero-Latency UI Response: $1,024,995.22
`NSERC-Collaborative Research & Development: $265,207.10
`Ontario Centres of Excellence: Voucher for Innovation and Productivity: $150,000
`Ontario Centres of Excellence: Talent Edge Fellowships: $60,000
`Tactual Labs: $549,788.12
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`Real Virtuality: Making the Virtual, Physical: $420,000
`NSERC-Collaborative Research & Development: $180,000
`Ontario Centres of Excellence: Voucher for Innovation and Productivity: $150,000
`Autodesk Research: $90,000
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`Autodesk Research: $36,000
`Unrestricted gift in support of my research.
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`National Science and Engineering Research Council: Discovery Grant Supplement: $5,000
`User interface feedforward and feedback supporting and enabling body tracking technologies.
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`Steven Sanders: Personal Gift: $43,431
`Unrestricted gift in support of the Sanders Series lectures, part of the Toronto User Experience
`(Tux) organization of HCI researchers.
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`Autodesk Research: $15,000
`Unrestricted gift in support of the Sanders Series lectures, part of the Toronto User Experience (Tux)
`organization of HCI researchers.
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`National Science and Engineering Research Council: Discovery Grant Supplement: $5,000
`User interface feedforward and feedback supporting and enabling body tracking technologies.
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`Connaught New Researcher Award: $50,000
`Awarded to support select new faculty at the University of Toronto.
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`Tactual Labs: $50,000
`Project funding for collaborative research activities.
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`2014
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`2013
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`2012
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`Microsoft Research ($40,000)
`Unrestricted gift in support of my research.
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`2All figures CAD; where award was in another currency, converted at then-current exchange rate.
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` Autodesk Research ($7,000)
`Unrestricted gift in support of my research.
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`UI Feedforward and Feedback Supporting and Enabling Ubiquitous Computing: $396,000
`Canadian Foundation for Innovation: $198,000
`Ministry of Economic Development and Innovation, Ontario Research Fund: $198,000
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`National Science and Engineering Research Council: Discovery Grant Supplement: $5,000
`User interface feedforward and feedback supporting and enabling body tracking technologies.
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`Mitacs Accelerate: $30,000
`A Data-Driven Approach to Formulating Best Practices for Mobile Games. Project funding for
`Rebecca Dreezer, M.Sc. in Applied Computing, Uken Games.
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`Steven Sanders: Personal Gift: $90,000
`Unrestricted gift in support of my research.
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`2011
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`UI Feedforward and Feedback Supporting and Enabling Body Tracking Technologies: $265,000
`NSERC-Discovery Grant ($145,000)
`NSERC-Discovery Accelerator Supplement (DAS) ($120,000)
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`The DAS Program provides substantial and timely resources to a small group of researchers whose
`research proposals suggest and explore high-risk, novel or potentially transformative concepts and
`lines of inquiry, and are likely to have impact by contributing to groundbreaking advances in the
`area.
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`Mitacs Accelerate: $30,000
`Novel 3-D User Interfaces for improved situation awareness and mobile robot control. Project
`funding for Ben Chan, M.Sc. in Applied Computing, MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates.
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`University of Toronto: Startup Funding: $527,000
`Startup funding for my position at U of T.
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`2007
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`National Science Foundation ($8,000) (authored)
`Tabletop 2007 Student Volunteer Program
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`National Science Foundation ($20,000) (authored)
`ISWC 2007
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`2002
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`Microsoft Research ($33,000)
`Project funding.
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`C U R R E N T S T U D E N T S & P O S T D O C S
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`Michelle Annett, PDF
`Since January, 2015.
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`Bruno de Araujo, PDF
`Since January, 2015.
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`Michael Glueck, Ph.D.
`Since January, 2013.
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`Seyong Ha, Ph.D.
`Since September, 2015.
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`Peter Hamilton, Ph.D.
`Since January, 2014.
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`Varun Perumal, Ph.D.
`Since January, 2016.
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`Nicole Sultanum, Ph.D. (with Prof. Michael Brudno)
`Since September, 2015.
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`Haijun Xia, Ph.D.
`Since May, 2015.
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`Zhen Li, M.Sc.
`Since September, 2015.
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`Zhicong Lu, M.Sc.
`Since September, 2015.
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`Lin Han (U.G.) (with Nicole Sultanum)
`Since September, 2016
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`A L U M N I
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`2016
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`Yupeng Zhang, M.Sc. (with Prof. Karan Singh)
`Research MSc student. September 2014 – January 2016. Ad Hoc Mimicry Enabled Online Character
`Control. Proceeded to form startup company in China.
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`Anuruddha Hettiarachchi, M.Sc.
`Research MSc student. September 2014 – January 2016. Annexing Reality: Enabling Opportunistic
`Use of Everyday Objects as Tangible Proxies in Augmented Reality. Published at peer-reviewed
`conference, see [C.54] below. Proceeded to work at Index Exchange (www.indexexchange.com).
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`Varun Perumal, M.Sc.
`Research MSc student. January 2014 – January 2016. Printem: Instant Printed Circuit Boards with
`Standard Office Printers & Inks. Published at peer-reviewed conference, see [C.49] below. Also
`published [C.51] and [C.53] while an MSc student.
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`Alaa Abdulaal, M.Sc.A.C. (with Prof. Eyal de Lara)
`Professional MSc graduate student, May 2015 – January 2016. Persona-tailored User Experience for
`Enterprise Software. Placement with Riva Modeling Systems Inc.
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`Jacqueline Bermudez, M.Sc.A.C.
`Professional MSc graduate student, May 2015 – January 2016. Moderated e-Forum. Placement
`with Cardia eHealth & Behavioural Cardiology Research Unit (BRCU), Peter Munk Cardiac Centre,
`University Health Network.
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`Parastoo Abtahi, UG
`Undergraduate thesis student. September, 2015 – April 2016. A Tool for Visualization and
`Navigation Through a Network of Academic Papers.
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`Victoria Bilbily, UG (with Nicole Sultanum)
`Undergraduate summer research associate, from McMaster University. April 2016 – August 2016.
`Sketching Stories with Game Physics.
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`Alina Gvozdik, UG (with Michael Glueck)
`Undergraduate research student. September, 2015 – August 2016. Online Tutorials for
`PhenoBlocks: Phenotype Comparison Visualizations.
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`Sang-Ah Han (UG) (with Michael Glueck)
`Undergraduate research assistant. April 2016 – August 2016.
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`Mathew Lakier (UG) (with Dr. Michelle Annett)
`Undergraduate summer research associate. April 2016 – August 2016. From Manuals to
`Automatics.
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`Steven Lee (UG) (with Dr. Bruno De Araujo and Dr. Ricardo Jota)
`Undergraduate research associate, from University of Waterloo. April 2016 – August 2016.
`Automated Latency Testing from Pen-Based Mobile Devices.
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`Dhairya Patel, UG (with Dr. Ricardo Jota)
`Undergraduate research student. January, 2016 – April 2016. Reducing Latency for High Sample Rate
`Stylus Input Devices.
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`2015
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`Pok Man "Brian" To, UG
`Undergraduate thesis student. September, 2015 – April 2016. Understanding, Redesigning, and
`Integrating the Model and View Change Stacks in Interactive Computing. Proceeded to work at
`Microsoft Inc.
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`Michael Wang (UG)
`Undergraduate research associate. April 2016 – August 2016. User-Defined Gestures Considered
`Harmful: Evaluating the Quality of UDG Gesture Sets.
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`Ricardo Jota Costa, PDF
`Postdoctoral fellow. March 2012 – October 2015. Collaboration focused on passive haptics and
`low-latency user interfaces. Co-founded Tactual Labs, a spin-off from our group, and left to become
`a research scientist there. See [C.33, C.43, C.44, C.46, C.47, C.51, C.55] below. Proceeded to found
`a startup, Tactual Labs Inc., for which I served as science advisor (see above).
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`Haijun Xia, M.Sc.
`Research MSc graduate. September 2013 – May 2015. Zero-Latency Tapping: Using Hover
`Information to Predict Touch Locations and Eliminate Touchdown Latency. Published at peer-
`reviewed conference, see [C.43] below. Proceeded to PhD program.
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`Rabia Aslam, M.Sc.
`Research MSc graduate. September 2013 – December 2014. The Force: Telekinetic & Teletactic
`Interaction with Distant Objects. Proceeded to work at Sphero, Inc.
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`Adam Heuniken, UG
`Undergraduate thesis student. Sept. 2014 – April 2015. Exploring the Social Impact of Sharing
`Digital Actions in Public Spaces. Proceeded to “Next 36” entrepreneurship program.
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`Rahil Hirani, UG (with Dr. Ricardo Jota)
`Undergraduate research student from the University of Waterloo under the UTRECS program.
`January 2015 – August 2015. OS Enhancement for Zero-Latency UI Response.
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`Odhita Kamayana, UG (with Dr. Ricardo Jota)
`Undergraduate research student. September 2015 – December 2015. OS Enhancement for Zero-
`Latency UI Response.
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`Matthew Lakier, UG (with Dr. Michelle Annett)
`Undergraduate research student under the UTRECS program. April 2015 – August 2015. Leveraging
`Haunted and Paranormal Experiences for Interaction and Display.
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`Mingzhe Li, UG (with Dr. Michelle Annett)
`Undergraduate research student under the UTRECS program. April 2015 – August 2015. Leveraging
`Haunted and Paranormal Experiences for Interaction and Display.
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`Evan Rocha, UG (with Dr. Ricardo Jota)
`Undergraduate research student from the University of Waterloo under the UTRECS program. April
`2015 – August 2015. OS Enhancement for Zero-Latency UI Response.
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`2014
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`Jishuo Yang, M.Sc.
`Research MSc graduate. September 2013 – December 2014. Panelrama: Enabling Easy
`Specification of Cross-Device Web Applications. Published in peer-reviewed conference, see [C.40]
`below. Proceeded to work at IBM.
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`Peter Hamilton, M.Sc.
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`Research MSc graduate. September 2013 – December 2014. Conductor: Enabling and
`Understanding Cross-Device Interaction. Published at peer-reviewed conference, see [C.39] below.
`Proceeded to PhD program.
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`Andrew Pelegris, UG (with Michael Glueck)
`Undergraduate research student under NSERC USRA program. April 2014 – August 2014. Towards
`Visual Search Target Classification using Task-Evoked Pupillary Responses for Interactive Systems.
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`Eleni Triantafillou, UG (with Jishuo Yang)
`Undergraduate research student. Proceeded to PhD program. April 2014 – August 2014.
`Information Retrieval in a Symphony of Devices.
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`Benjamin McCanny, UG
`Undergraduate research assistant. See [C.43] below. Proceeded to work at Google Inc.
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`2013
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`Rebecca Dreezer, M.Sc.A.C.
`Professional MSc graduate student. Placement at Uken Games. April 2013 – December 2013.
`Applying user research techniques to improve uptake in pay-to-play games. Proceeded to work at
`Uken Games.
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`David Hoon, M.Sc.A.C.
`Professional MSc graduate student. April 2013 – December 2013. Placement at Research in
`Motion. Touch Interface for Small-Screen Web Experiences.
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`Jay (Zhe) Yu, UG (with Dr. Ricardo Jota)
`Undergraduate research intern. April 2013 – August 2013. Zero-Latency Tapping: Using Hover
`Information to Predict Touch Locations and Eliminate Touchdown Latency. Published at peer-
`reviewed conference, see [C.43] below. Proceeded to graduate studies at Carnegie Melon
`University.
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`Eric J.X. Yao, UG (With Dr. Ricardo Jota)
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`Undergraduate research intern under NSERC USRA program (2 terms). January 2013 – August 2013.
`Snake Charmer: physically enabling virtual objects. Published at peer-reviewed conference, see [51]
`below. Proceeded to graduate studies at the University of California, Berkeley.
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`Yan Sun, UG (with Michael Glueck)
`Undergraduate research intern under NSERC USRA program. April 2013 – August 2013. A Model of
`Navigation for Very Large Data Views.
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`Benjamin McCanny, UG
`Undergraduate thesis student. September 2012 – April 2013. Designing Pen Interfaces that Adapt
`to Device Capabilities. Proceeded to work at Google Inc.
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`Thariq Shihipar, UG
`Undergraduate thesis student. September 2012 – April 2013. Slide to X: Unlocking the Potential of
`Smartphone Unlocking. Published at peer-reviewed conference, see [C.38] below. Proceeded to
`graduate studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
`
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`Ankith Giliyar Shanthiraj, UG
`Visiting undergraduate research intern from India’s National Institute of Technology under the
`MITACS GlobalLinks program. April 2013 – September 2013. Zero-Latency Touch Visualization &
`Feedback. Proceeded to graduate studies at the University of Texas, Austin. Summer 2013.
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`2012
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`Michael Glueck, M.Sc.
`M.Sc. graduate. Thesis title: A Model of Navigation for Very Large Data Views. Published at peer-
`reviewed conference, see [C.36] below. Proceeded to PhD program. September 2011-December
`2012.
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`Rajavi Shah, UG
`Undergraduate research intern (2 terms). January 2012 – August 2012. Morse Code as a text entry
`method.
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`Stephanie Knapp, UG
`Undergraduate research intern (2 terms). January 2012 – August 2012. Learning can be fun: using
`games to teach user input skills.
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`Faizan Haque, UG
`Undergraduate research intern from the University of Waterloo. April 2012 – August 2012.
`Enabling a Symphony of Devices.
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`Osman Haque, UG (with Dr. Ricardo Jota)
`Undergraduate research intern. April 2012 – September 2012. Stackables: detecting stacking of
`projective-capacitive touch devices.
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`Michael Andreae, UG
`Undergraduate research intern. April 2012 – September 2012. A Bicycle for the 21st Century.
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`2011
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`Brian Chan, M.Sc.A.C. (with Dr. Piotr Jasiobedzki @ MDA).
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`Professional MSc graduate student. Placement at MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd (MDA).
`April 2011 – December 2011. Utilizing Mixed-Reality to Improve Autonomous Robot Control
`Interfaces. Proceeded to become a researcher at MDA.
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`2010
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`Tao Ni, Research Intern (Virginia Tech) @ Microsoft Research
`Co-advised intern at Microsoft Research with Amy Karlson. Project published at peer-reviewed
`conference, see [C.25] below. Summer 2010.
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`Shaun Kane, Research Intern (University of Washington) @ Microsoft Research
`Co-advised intern at Microsoft Research with Meredith Ringel Morris and Annuska Perkins. Project
`published at peer-reviewed conference, see [C.27] below. Proceeded to become an Assistant
`Professor at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Summer 2010.
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`Roland Aigner, Research Intern (Upper Austria University of Applied Science) @ Microsoft
`Research
`Co-advised intern at Microsoft Research with Hrvoje Benko. Fall 2010. Understanding Mid-Air Hand
`Gestures: A Study of Human Preferences in Usage of Gesture Types.
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`Dustin Freeman, Research Intern (University of Toronto) @ Microsoft Research
`Co-advised intern at Microsoft Research Hrvoje Benko. Project published at peer-reviewed
`conference and patented, see [C.21, P.10, P.16] below. Summer 2010.
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`Peter Brandl, Research Intern (Upper Austria University of Applied Science) @ Mitsubishi Electric
`Research Labs
`Co-advised intern at Mitsubishi Electric Research Labs with Chia Shen and Clifton Forlines. Summer
`2007. Project published at peer-reviewed conference, see [C.16] below.
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`Hao Jiang, Research Intern (Tsinghua University) @ Mitsubishi Electric Research Labs
`Co-advised intern at Mitsubishi Electric Research Labs with Chia Shen and Clifton Forlines. Summer
`2007. Project published as two papers at peer-reviewed conferences, see [S.5, C.17] below.
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`CHI 2006 Student Design Competition
`An undergraduate student group from my fall 2005 offering of CSC318 at the University of Toronto
`was selected as one of twelve semi-finalists to attend the CHI 2006 student design competition.
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`Clarence Chan, UG
`Supervised undergraduate research project with Prof. Ravin Balakrishnan.
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`2009
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`2007
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`2006
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`2003
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`S U P E R V I S O R Y & E X A M I N A T I O N C O M M I T T E E M E M B E R S H I P
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`Current Supervisory Committee Membership (Others’ Students)
`Pif Edwards (PhD supervisory committee, University of Toronto)
`Mingming Fan (PhD supervisory committee, University of Toronto)
`Aakar Gupta (PhD supervisory committee, University of Toronto)
`Rorik Henrikson (PhD supervisory committee, University of Toronto)
`Jonathan Lung (PhD supervisory committee, University of Toronto)
`Velian Pendev (PhD supervisory committee, University of Toronto)
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`Previous Supervisory & Examination Roles (Others’ Students)
`Noah Lockwood (PhD examination committee, University of Toronto, 2016)
`Dustin Freeman (PhD supervisory committee, University of Toronto, 2015)
`Sean Hayes (PhD supervisory committee, Vanderbilt University, 2015)
`Andreas Hollatz (MSc examination committee: external examiner, Queen’s University, 2015)
`David Holman (PhD examination committee: external examiner, Queen’s University, 2014)
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`Immersion Ex 2002-9
`Apple v Immersion
`IPR2016-01777
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`Ahmed Arif (PhD examination committee: external examiner, York University, 2013)
`Koji Yatani (PhD examination committee, University of Toronto, 2011)
`David Dearman (PhD examination committee, University of Toronto, 2011)
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`R E F E R E E D C O N F E R E N C E F U L L P A P E R S
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`[C.56]
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`[C.55]
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`[C.54]
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`[C.53]
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`[C.52]
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`[C.51]
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`[C.50]
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`[C.49]
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`[C.48]
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`[C.47]
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`[C.46]
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`[C.45]
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`Glueck, M., Chevalier, F., Brudon, M., Khan, A., Wigdor, D. (2016 – to appear). PhenoStacks: Cross-
`Sectional Cohort Phenotype Comparison Visualizations. To appear in Visualizations. IEEE
`Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics.
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`Annett, M., Lakier, M., Li, M., Wigdor, D., Grossman, T., Fitzmaurice, G. (2016). Michelle Annett,
`Matthew Lakier, Franklin Li, Daniel Wigdor, Tovi Grossman, and George Fitzmaurice. 2016. The
`Living Room: Exploring the Haunted and Paranormal to Transform Design and Interaction. In
`Proceedings of the 2016 ACM Conference on Designing Interactive Systems (DIS '16). ACM, New
`York, NY, USA, 1328-1340.
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`Deber, J., Araujo, B., Jota, R., Forlines, C., Leigh, D., Sanders, S., Wigdor, D. (2016). Hammer Time! A
`Low-Cost, High Precision, High Accuracy Tool to Measure the Latency of Touchscreen Devices. In
`Proceedings of the 2016 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '16).
`ACM, New York, NY, USA, 2857-2868.
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`Hettiarachchi, A., Wigdor, D. (2016). Annexing Reality: Enabling Opportunistic Use of Everyday
`Objects as Tangible Proxies in Augmented Reality. In Proceedings of the 2016 CHI Conference on
`Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '16). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 1957-1967.
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`Chadalavada, V., Wigdor, D. (2016). Varun Perumal C and Daniel Wigdor. 2016. Foldem:
`Heterogeneous Object Fabrication via Selective Ablation of Multi-Material Sheets. In
`Proceedings of the 2016 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '16).
`ACM, New York, NY, USA, 5765-5775.
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`Xia, H., Araujo, B., Grossman, T., Wigdor, D. (2016). Object-Oriented Drawing. In Proceedings of the
`2016 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '16). ACM, New York, NY,
`USA, 4610-4621. Best Paper
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`Araujo, B., Jota, R., Chadalavada, V., Yao, J., Singh, K., Wigdor, D. (2016). Snake Charmer: physically
`enabling virtual objects. Proceedings of the TEI ’16: Tenth International Conference on Tangible,
`Embedded, and Embodied Interaction (TEI ’16). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 218-226.
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`Annett, M., Grossman, T., Wigdor, D., Fitzmaurice, G. (2015). MoveableMaker: Facilitating the
`Design, Generation, and Assembly of Moveable Papercraft. Proceedings of the 28th Annual ACM
`Symposium on User Interface Software & Technology (UIST ’15). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 565-
`574.
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`Chadalavada, V., Wigdor, D. (2015). Printem: Instant Printed Circuit Boards with Standard Office
`Printers & Inks. Proceedings of the 28th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software &
`Technology (UIST ’15). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 243-251.
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`Glueck, M., Hamilton, P., Chevalier, F., Breslav, S., Khan, A., Wigdor, D., Brudno, M. (2015)
`PhenoBlocks: Phenotype Comparison Visualizations. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and
`Computer Graphics, vol. 22, no. 1, pp. 101-110, Jan. 31 2016.
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`Jota, R. & Wigdor, D. (2015). Palpebrae Superioris: Exploring the design space of eyelid gestures.
`Proceedings of the 41st Graphics Interface Conference (GI '15). Canadian Information Processing
`Society, Toronto, Ont., Canada, Canada, 273-280.
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`Deber, J., Jota, R., Forlines, C., Wigdor, D. (2015). How much Faster is Fast Enough? User Perception
`of Latency & Latency Improvements in Direct and Indirect Touch. Proceedings of the 2015
`SIGCHI conference on human factors in computing systems (ACM CHI), 1827-1836. Best Paper:
`Honorable Mention
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`Anderson, F., Grossman, T., Wigdor, D., Fitzmaurice, G. (2015). Supporting Subtlety with Deceptive
`Devices and Illusory Interactions. Proceedings of the 2015 SIGCHI conference on human factors
`in computing systems (ACM CHI), 1489-1498. Best Paper: Honorable Mention
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`Immersion Ex 2002-10
`Apple v Immersion
`IPR2016-01777
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`[C.29]
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`Leigh, D., Forlines, C., Jota, R., Sanders, S., Wigdor, D. (2014). High-Rate, Low-Latency Multi-Touch
`sensing with Simultaneous Orthogonal Multiplexing. Proceedings of the 2014 symposium on
`User Interface Software and Technology (ACM UIST), 355-364.
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`Xia, H., Jota, R., McCanny, B., Yu, Z., Forlines, C., Singh, K., Wigdor, D. (2014). Zero-Latency Tapping:
`Using Hover Information to Predict Touch Locations and Eliminate Touchdown Latency.
`Proceedings of the 2014 symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (ACM UIST),
`205-214.
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`Glueck, M., Khan, A., Wigdor, D. (2014). Dive In! Enabling Progressive Loading for Real-Time
`Navigation of Data Visualizations. Proceedings of the 2014 SIGCHI conference on huma