Ravin Balakrishnan
Associate Professor & Canada Research Chair
Department of Computer Science
University of Toronto
Publications
Refereed Journal & (full-length) Conference Papers
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Archana Prasad, Indrani Medhi,
Kentaro Toyama, Ravin
Balakrishnan. (2008). Exploring the
feasibility of video mail for illiterate users. Proceedings of AVI 2008 - the Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces.
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Ryan Schmidt, Karan Singh, Ravin
Balakrishnan. (2008).
Sketching and composing widgets for 3D manipulation. Proceedings of Eurographics 2008.
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Scott Saponas, Desney Tan, Dan
Morris, Ravin Balakrishnan. (2008). Demonstrating the feasibility of using
forearm electromyography for muscle-computer interfaces.
Proceedings of CHI 2008 the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing
Systems. p. 515-524. |
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Xiang Cao, Jacky Jie Li, Ravin
Balakrishnan. (2008). Peephole pointing: Modeling acquisition of dynamically
revealed targets.
Proceedings of CHI 2008 the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing
Systems. p. 1699-1708.
CHI 2008 Best Paper Honorable Mention Award
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Tovi Grossman, Ravin Balakrishnan.
(2008). Collaborative interaction with volumetric displays.
Proceedings of CHI 2008 the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing
Systems. p. 383-392.
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Clifton Forlines, Ravin Balakrishnan.
(2008). Evaluating tactile feedback and direct vs. indirect stylus input in
pointing and crossing selection tasks.
Proceedings of CHI 2008 the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing
Systems. p. 1563-1572. |
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Ahbishek Ranjan, Jeremy Birnholtz,
Ravin Balakrishnan. (2008). Improving meeting capture by applying television
production principles with audio and motion detection.
Proceedings of CHI 2008 the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing
Systems. p. 227-238.
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Pierre Dragicevic, Gonzalo Ramos,
Jacobo Bibliowicz, Derek Nowrouzezahrai, Ravin Balakrishnan, Karan Singh. (2008).
Video browsing by direct manipulation.
Proceedings of CHI 2008 the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing
Systems. p. 237-246.
short "teaser" video
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Gιry Casiez, Daniel Vogel, Ravin Balakrishnan, Andy
Cockburn. (in press). The impact of control-display gain on user performance in
pointing tasks. To appear in Human Computer Interaction. |
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Xiang Cao, Clifton Forlines, Ravin Balakrishnan. (2007).
Multi-user interaction
using handheld projectors. Proceedings of UIST 2007 the ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology.
p. 43-52.
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Shengdong Zhao, Pierre Dragicevic, Mark Chignell, Ravin Balakrishnan, Patrick
Baudisch. (2007). earPod: Eyes-free menu selection using touch input
and reactive audio feedback.
Proceedings of CHI 2007 the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing
Systems. p. 1395-1404.
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Selected press coverage (local cache):
MIT Technology Review, May 2007. |
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Clifton Forlines, Chia Shen, Daniel Wigdor, Ravin Balakrishnan. (2007).
Direct-touch vs. mouse input for
tabletop displays.
Proceedings of CHI 2007 the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing
Systems. p. 647-656. |
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Gonzalo Ramos, Ravin Balakrishnan. (2007).
Pressure marks.
Proceedings of CHI 2007 the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing
Systems. p. 1375-1384.
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Gonzalo Ramos, Andy Cockburn, Ravin Balakrishnan, Michel Beaudoiun-Lafon.
(2007). Pointing lenses:
facilitating stylus input through visual-and motor-space magnification.
Proceedings of CHI 2007 the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing
Systems. p. 757-766.
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Abhishek Ranjan, Jeremy Birnholtz, Ravin Balakrishnan. (2007).
Dynamic shared visual spaces:
Experimenting with automatic camera control in a remote repair task.
Proceedings of CHI 2007 the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing
Systems. p. 1177-1186. |
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Daniel Wigdor, Chia Shen, Clifton Forlines, Ravin Balakrishnan. (2007).
Perception of elementary
graphical elements in tabletop and multi-surface environments.
Proceedings of CHI 2007 the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing
Systems. p. 473-482. |
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Jeremy Birnholtz, Tovi Grossman, Clarissa Mak, Ravin Balakrishnan. (2007).
An exploratory study of input
configuration and group process in a negotiation task using a large display.
Proceedings of CHI 2007 the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing
Systems. p. 91-100 |
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Tovi Grossman, Nicholas Kong, Ravin Balakrishnan. (2007).
Modeling
pointing at targets of arbitrary shapes.
Proceedings of CHI 2007 the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing
Systems. p. 463-472. |
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Tovi Grossman, Daniel Wigdor, Ravin Balakrishnan. (2007).
Exploring and reducing
the effects of orientation on text readability in volumetric displays.
Proceedings of CHI 2007 the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing
Systems. p. 483-492. |
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Tovi Grossman, Pierre Dragicevic, Ravin Balakrishnan. (2007).
Strategies for accelerating on-line learning of hotkeys.
Proceedings of CHI 2007 the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing
Systems. p. 1591-1600. |
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Jia Sheng, Ravin Balakrishnan, Karan Singh. (2006).
An interface for 3D sculpting
via physical proxy. Proceedings of GRAPHITE 2006 International
Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques in Australasia and
Southeast Asia. p. 213-220.
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Abhishek Ranjan, Jeremy Birnholtz, Ravin Balakrishnan. (2006).
An exploratory analysis of partner
action and camera control in a video-mediated collaborative task. Proceedings of CSCW 2006 the ACM
Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work. p. 403-412.
CSCW 2006 Best Paper Honorable Mention Award
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Clifton Forlines, Chia Shen, Daniel Wigdor, Ravin Balakrishnan. (2006).
Exploring the effects of group size
and display configuration on visual search. Proceedings of CSCW 2006 the ACM Conference on
Computer Supported Cooperative Work. p. 11-20. |
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Xiang Cao, Ravin Balakrishnan. (2006).
Interacting with dynamically
defined information spaces using a handheld projector and a pen. Proceedings of UIST 2006 the ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology.
p. 225-234.
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presentation at UIST 2006 |
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Daniel Wigdor, Darren Leigh, Clifton Forlines, Samuel Shipman, John Barnwell, Ravin Balakrishnan, Chia Shen. (2006).
Under the table interaction. Proceedings of UIST 2006 the ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology.
p. 259-268
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presentation at UIST 2006 |
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Anastasia Bezerianos, Pierre Dragicevic, Ravin Balakrishnan. (2006).
Mnemonic rendering: An image-based approach for exposing hidden changes in dynamic displays. Proceedings of UIST 2006 the ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology.
p. 159-168.
UIST 2006 Best Student Paper Award
One of 3 papers invited to a UIST reprise
session at ACM SIGGRAPH 2007
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presentation at UIST 2006 |
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Tovi Grossman, Ravin Balakrishnan. (2006).
The design and evaluation of selection techniques for 3d volumetric displays. Proceedings of UIST 2006 the ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology.
p. 3-12.
video
presentation at UIST
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Clifton Forlines, Daniel Vogel, Ravin Balakrishnan. (2006).
HybridPointing: Fluid switching between absolute and relative pointing with a direct input device. Proceedings of UIST 2006 the ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology.
p. 211-220.
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presentation at UIST 2006 |
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Tovi Grossman, Ravin Balakrishnan. (2006).
An evaluation of depth
perception on volumetric displays. Proceedings of AVI 2006 - the Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces. p. 193-200. |
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Anand Agarawala, Ravin Balakrishnan. (2006).
Keepin' it real: Pushing the desktop
metaphor with physics, piles and the pen.
Proceedings of CHI 2006 - the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing
Systems. p. 1283-1292.
video
20 second "CHI Madness" hip-hop summary
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Selected press coverage (local cache):
CBC, June 2006, Digital
Image Fest, June 2006 (video) |
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Daniel Wigdor, Chia Shen, Clifton Forlines, Ravin Balakrishnan. (2006).
Effects of display position
and control space orientation on user preference and performance. Proceedings of CHI 2006 - the ACM
Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. p. 309-318. |
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Tovi Grossman, Ken Hinckley, Patrick Baudisch, Maneesh Agrawala, Ravin
Balakrishnan. (2006). Hover widgets: Using the tracking state to
extend the capabilities of pen-operated devices. Proceedings
of CHI 2006 - the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. p.
861-870.
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Abhishek Ranjan, Ravin Balakrishnan, Mark Chignell. (2006).
Searching in audio: The utility of transcripts, dichotic presentation, and
time-compression. Proceedings of CHI 2006 - the ACM Conference
on Human Factors in Computing Systems. p. 721-730. |
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Michael Wu, Chia Shen, Kathy Ryall, Clifton Forlines, Ravin Balakrishnan. (2006).
Gesture registration, relaxation, and reuse for multi-point
direct-touch surfaces. Proceedings of TableTop 2006 - the IEEE
International Workshop on Horizontal Interactive Human Computer Systems.
p. 183.190.
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Daniel Vogel, Ravin Balakrishnan. (2005).
Distant freehand pointing
and clicking on very large high resolution displays. Proceedings
of UIST 2005 - the ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology.
p. 33-42.
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Shahzad Malik, Abhishek Ranjan, Ravin Balakrishnan. (2005).
Interacting with large displays from a distance with vision-tracked
multi-finger gestural input. Proceedings of UIST 2005 - the ACM
Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology. p. 43-52.
One of 3 papers invited to a UIST reprise
session at ACM SIGGRAPH 2006
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Gonzalo Ramos, Ravin Balakrishnan. (2005).
Zliding: Fluid zooming
and sliding for high precision parameter manipulation.
Proceedings of UIST 2005 - the ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and
Technology. p. 143-152.
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Clifton Forlines, Ravin Balakrishnan, Paul Beardsley, Jeroen van Baar, Ramesh
Raskar. (2005). Zoom-and-Pick:
Facilitating visual zooming and precision pointing with interactive handheld
projectors.
Proceedings of UIST 2005 - the ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and
Technology. p. 73-82.
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Michael McGuffin, Ravin Balakrishnan. (2005).
Interactive visualization of
genealogical graphs. Proceedings of InfoVis
2005 the IEEE Symposium on Information Visualization. p. 17-24.
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Theophanis Tsandilas, Ravin Balakrishnan. (2005).
An evaluation of
techniques for reducing spatial interference in single display groupware. Proceedings of ECSCW 2005 - the European Conference on Computer
Supported Cooperative Work. p. 221-240. |
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Daniel Wigdor, Ravin Balakrishnan. (2005).
Empirical investigation
into the effect of orientation on text readability in tabletop displays. Proceedings of ECSCW 2005 - the European Conference on Computer
Supported Cooperative Work. p. 205-224. |
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Anastasia Bezerianos, Ravin Balakrishan. (2005).
Canvas Portals: View and space
management on large displays. IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications,
25(4). p. 34-43 |
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Michael McGuffin, Ravin Balakrishnan. (2005).
Fitts' law and expanding
targets: Experimental studies and designs for user interfaces. ACM
Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction, 12(4). p. 388-422. |
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Xiang Cao, Ravin Balakrishnan.
(2005). Evaluation of an online
adaptive gesture interface with command prediction. Proceedings of GI
2005
the Graphics Interface Conference.
p. 187-194.
GI 2005 Best Student Paper Award
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Tovi Grossman, Ravin Balakrishnan.
(2005). The Bubble Cursor: Enhancing target acquisition by dynamic
resizing of the cursors activation area. Proceedings of CHI
2005
the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems.
p. 281-290.
CHI 2005 Best Paper Award
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Anastasia Bezerianos, Ravin
Balakrishnan. (2005). The Vacuum: Facilitating the manipulation of
distant objects. Proceedings of CHI 2005
the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems.
p. 361-370.
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Tovi Grossman, Ravin Balakrishnan. (2005).
A probabilistic approach to
modeling two-dimensional pointing. ACM Transactions on Computer-Human
Interaction,12(3). p. 435-459.
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Ravin Balakrishnan. (2004). "Beating" Fitts' law: Virtual enhancements for
pointing facilitation. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies,
61(6). p. 857-874. |
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Tovi Grossman, Daniel Wigdor,
Ravin Balakrishnan. (2004). Multi-finger gestural interaction with
3-D volumetric displays. Proceedings of UIST 2004
the ACM Symposium
on User Interface Software and Technology. p. 61-70.
UIST 2004 Best Paper Award
One of 3 papers invited to a UIST reprise
session at ACM SIGGRAPH 2005
video
Selected press coverage (local cache):
MIT Tech Review, Feb 2005,
Toronto Star, 20 Jan 2003
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Daniel Vogel, Ravin
Balakrishnan. (2004). Interactive public
ambient displays: transitioning from implicit to explicit, public to personal,
interaction with multiple users. Proceedings of UIST 2004
the ACM Symposium
on User Interface Software and Technology. p. 137-146.
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Shengdong Zhao, Ravin
Balakrishnan. (2004). Simple vs.
compound mark hierarchical marking menus. Proceedings of UIST 2004 the ACM Symposium
on User Interface Software and Technology. p. 33-42.
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Karan Singh, Ravin Balakrishnan.
(2004). Visualizing 3D
scenes using non-linear projections and data mining of previous camera
movements. Proceedings of Afrigraph
2004 the ACM
African Graphics Conference. p. 41-48.
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Michael McGuffin, Gord
Davison, Ravin Balakrishnan. (2004).
Expand-ahead: A space-filling
strategy for browsing trees. Proceedings of InfoVis 2004
the IEEE Symposium
on Information Visualization. p. 119-126.
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Wael Aboelsaadat, Ravin
Balakrishnan. (2004). An empirical
comparison of transparency on one and two layer displays. Proceedings of HCI 2004
the British HCI Conference.
p. 53-67.
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Steven Tsang, Ravin
Balakrishnan, Karan Singh, Abhishek Ranjan. (2004).
A suggestive interface
for image guided 3D sketching. Proceedings of CHI 2004
the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems.
p. 591-598.
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Gonzalo Ramos, Matthew Boulos, Ravin Balakrishnan.
(2004). Pressure widgets. Proceedings of CHI 2004
the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. p. 487-494.
Selected press coverage (local
cache):
MIT Tech Review,
June 2004
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Tovi Grossman, Ravin Balakrishnan.
(2004). Pointing at trivariate targets in 3D environments. Proceedings of
CHI 2004 the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. p. 447-454.
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Daniel Wigdor, Ravin Balakrishnan.
(2004). A comparison of consecutive and concurrent input text entry
techniques for mobile phones. Proceedings of CHI 2004
the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. p. 81-88.
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Michael Wu, Ravin Balakrishnan. (2003).
Multi-finger and whole hand gestural interaction techniques for
multi-user tabletop displays. Proceedings of UIST 2003
the ACM Symposium on
User Interface Software and Technology. p. 193-202.
video
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Daniel Wigdor, Ravin Balakrishnan. (2003).
TiltText: Using tilt for text input to mobile phones.
Proceedings of UIST 2003 ACM Symposium on User Interface Software
and
Technology. p. 81-90.
Selected press coverage (local
cache):
MIT Tech Review, Nov
2003
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Gonzalo Ramos, Ravin Balakrishnan. (2003).
Fluid interaction techniques for the control and annotation of digital
video. Proceedings of UIST 2003 the ACM Symposium on User Interface Software
and Technology. p. 105-114.
video
Selected press coverage (local cache):
Varsity, 4 Nov 2002
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Xiang Cao, Ravin Balakrishnan. (2003).
VisionWand: Interaction techniques for large displays using a passive
wand tracked in 3D. Proceedings of UIST 2003
the ACM Symposium on User
Interface Software and Technology. p. 173-182.
One of 3 papers invited to a "Best of UIST" reprise
session at ACM SIGGRAPH 2004
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Michael McGuffin, Liviu Tancau,
Ravin Balakrishnan. (2003).
Using deformations for
browsing volumetric data. Proceedings of Vis 2003
the IEEE Visualization
Conference. p.
401-408.
4min video
demonstrating key aspects of the research
complete 8min
video demonstrating all the techniques developed in the research
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George W. Fitzmaurice, Azam
Khan, William Buxton, Gordon Kurtenbach, Ravin Balakrishnan. (2003).
Sentient data access via a diverse society
of devices. ACM Queue, November 2003. p. 53-62. |
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Tovi Grossman, Ravin
Balakrishnan, Karan Singh. (2003).
An interface for creating and
manipulating curves using a high degree-of-freedom input device.
Proceedings of CHI 2003 the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing
Systems. p. 185-192.
3min video demonstrating basic
aspects of the research system
complete 15min video
demonstrating the entire research system
Selected press coverage (local cache): UofT News 14
Apr 2003, NewsFactor 21 Apr 2003,
Varsity, 24 Sep 2002
interview/demo on Discovery
Channel's Daily Planet
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Nicholas Burtnyk, Azam Khan,
George W. Fitzmaurice, Ravin Balakrishnan, Gordon Kurtenbach. (2002).
StyleCam: Interactive stylized 3D
navigation using integrated spatial and temporal controls.
Proceedings of UIST 2002
the ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology. p. 101-110.
video
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Michael McGuffin, Ravin
Balakrishnan. (2002). Acquisition
of expanding targets. Proceedings of CHI 2002
the ACM Conference on Human Factors in
Computing Systems. p. 57-64.
demo of prototypes (java applets)
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Tovi Grossman, Ravin
Balakrishnan, Gordon Kurtenbach, George W. Fitzmaurice, Azam Khan, William Buxton.
(2002). Creating principal 3D
curves with digital tape drawing. Proceedings of CHI 2002
the ACM Conference on Human Factors in
Computing Systems. p. 121-128.
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Tovi Grossman, Ravin Balakrishnan, Gordon Kurtenbach, George W. Fitzmaurice,
Azam Khan, William Buxton. (2001).
Interaction techniques for 3D modeling on large displays.
Proceedings of I3D 2001
the ACM Symposium on Interactive 3D Graphics. p.
17-23.
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additional video
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Ravin Balakrishnan, George W. Fitzmaurice, Gordon Kurtenbach. (2001).
User interfaces for volumetric displays.
IEEE Computer, March 2001.
p. 37-45.
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William Buxton, George W. Fitzmaurice, Ravin Balakrishnan, Gordon Kurtenbach.
(2000). Large displays in automotive design.
IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, 2(4). p. 68-75.
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Ravin Balakrishnan, Ken Hinckley. (2000).
Symmetric bimanual interaction.
Proceedings of CHI 2000
the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems.
p. 33-40.
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George W. Fitzmaurice, Ravin Balakrishnan, Gordon Kurtenbach. (1999).
Sampling, synthesis, and input devices.
Communications of the ACM, August 1999, 42(8). p. 54-63.
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Ravin Balakrishnan, Ken Hinckley. (1999).
The role of kinesthetic reference frames in two-handed input performance.
Proceedings of UIST 1999
the ACM Symposium on User
Interface Software and Technology. p. 171-178.
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Ravin Balakrishnan, George W. Fitzmaurice, Gordon Kurtenbach, William Buxton.
(1999).
Digital tape drawing. Proceedings of UIST 1999
the ACM Symposium on User
Interface Software and Technology.
p. 161-169.
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additional video
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Ravin Balakrishnan, Gordon Kurtenbach. (1999).
Exploring bimanual camera control and object manipulation in 3D graphics
interfaces. Proceedings of CHI 1999
the ACM Conference on Human Factors in
Computing Systems.
p. 53-63.
video demonstrating an example bimanual
camera control and painting/sculpting interface (Azam Khan,
Gordon Kurtenbach, Ravin Balakrishnan, Bill Buxton)
additional video
(Azam Khan, Gordon Kurtenbach, Ravin Balakrishnan, Bill Buxton)
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George W. Fitzmaurice, Ravin Balakrishnan, Gordon Kurtenbach, William Buxton.
(1999). An
exploration into supporting artwork orientation in the user interface.
Proceedings of CHI 1999
the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems.
p. 167-174.
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Ravin Balakrishnan, George W. Fitzmaurice, Gordon Kurtenbach, Karan Singh.
(1999).
Exploring interactive curve and surface manipulation using a bend and twist
sensitive input strip.
Proceedings of I3D 1999
the ACM Symposium on Interactive 3D Graphics. p.
111-118.
color plate images
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additional video
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Ravin Balakrishnan, Pranay Patel. (1998).
The PadMouse: Facilitating selection and spatial positioning for the
non-dominant hand.
Proceedings of CHI 1998
the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems.
p. 9-16.
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Ravin Balakrishnan, Thomas Baudel, Gordon Kurtenbach, George W. Fitzmaurice.
(1997).
The Rockin'Mouse: Integral 3D manipulation on a plane.
Proceedings of CHI 1997
the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing
Systems.
p. 311-318.
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Ravin Balakrishnan, I. Scott MacKenzie. (1997).
Performance differences in the fingers, wrist, and forearm in computer input
control.
Proceedings of CHI 1997
the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems.
p. 303-310.
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Colin Ware, Ravin Balakrishnan.
(1994). Target acquisition in fishtank VR: The effects of lag and frame rate.
Proceedings of GI 1994
the Graphics Interface Conference. p. 1-7.
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Colin Ware, Ravin Balakrishnan. (1994).
Reaching for objects in VR displays: Lag and frame rate. ACM
Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction, 1(4). p. 331-356.
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Short papers, technical reports, posters, theses and other tree wasters.
Jeremy Birnholtz, Abhishek Ranjan,
Ravin Balakrishnan. (2008). Error and
coupling: Extending common ground to improve the provision of visual information
for collaborative tasks. Conference of the International
Communication Association, Montreal, Canada, May 22-26, 2008.
Jeremy Birnholtz, Abhishek Ranjan,
Ravin Balakrishnan. (2007).
Using motion tracking data to
augment video recordings in experimental social science research.
Proceedings of the Third International Conference on e-Social Science.
Igor Mordatch, Patrick
Coleman, Karan Singh, Ravin Balakrishnan. (2007).
Interface techinques for 3D
control of spatial keyframing. Poster in ACM SIGGRAPH Conference.
Daniel Wigdor, Chia Shen, Clifton
Forlines, Ravin Balakrishnan. (2006).
Table-centric interactive spaces for
real-time collaboration: a video demonstration. Video Proceedings of CSCW 2006 the ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work.
Daniel Wigdor, Chia Shen, Clifton
Forlines, Ravin Balakrishnan. (2006).
Table-centric interactive
spaces for real-time collaboration: Solutions, evaluation, and application
scenarios. Proceedings of CollabTech 2006.
Daniel Wigdor, Chia Shen, Clifton Forlines, Ravin
Balakrishnan. (2006).
Table-centric interactive spaces for real-time collaboration. Proceedings of
AVI 2006 the Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces. p. 103-107.
poster
video
Gonzalo Ramos, Ravin Balakrishnan. (2004).
Visual features and interference in
pressure widgets. Technical Report, DGP Lab, University of Toronto,
DGP-TR-2004-003.
Anastasia Bezerianos, Ravin Balakrishnan. (2004).
Interaction and visualization techniques
for very large scale high resolution displays. Technical Report, DGP Lab,
University of Toronto, DGP-TR-2004-002.
video
Michael Tsang, Nigel Morris,
Ravin Balakrishnan. (2004). Temporal
thumbnails: rapid visualization of time-based viewing data. Proceedings
of AVI 2004 the Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces. p. 175-178.
longer (8 pages)
unpublished version of the paper
Ravin
Balakrishnan. (2001). Issues in bimanual interaction for computer graphics.
Ph.D. Thesis. Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto.
Ravin
Balakrishnan. (1997). The evolution and evaluation of a 3D input device. M.Sc.
Thesis. Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto.
Ravin Balakrishnan, Colin Ware,
Tim Smith. (1994). Virtual handtool with
force-feedback. Extended Abstracts of CHI 1994 the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. p. 83-84.
Ravin
Balakrishnan, Przemyslaw Pochec. (1992). A testbed for surface orientation
detection algorithms. APICS Computer Science Conference. Halifax, N.S.
Courses
Courses I've taught in the past:
CSC490 "Capstone Design Course", Fall 2006
(Undergrad)
CSC2524, "Topics in Interactive
Computing", Fall 2006 (Grad)
CSC490 "Capstone Design Course", Sep 2005 - Apr 2006
(Undergrad)
CSC2524, "Topics in Interactive
Computing", Spring 2006 (Grad)
CSC490 "Capstone Design Course", Sep 2004 - Apr 2005
(Undergrad)
CSC428/CSC2514, "Human Computer
Interaction", Fall 2004 (Crosslisted Grad/Undergrad)
CSC2524, "Topics in Interactive
Computing", Fall 2004 (Grad)
"Capstone Design Course", Sep 2003
- Apr 2004 (Undergrad)
CSC428/CSC2514, "Human Computer Interaction", Fall 2003
(Crosslisted Grad/Undergrad)
CSC2524,
"Topics in Interactive Computing", Fall 2003 (Grad)
CSC428/CSC2514, "Human Computer
Interaction", Fall 2002 (Crosslisted Grad/Undergrad)
CSC2524, "Topics in Interactive Computing", Fall 2002
(Grad)
CSC318,
"The Design of Interactive Computational Media", Spring 2002
(Undergrad)
CSC428/CSC2514, "Human Computer Interaction", Fall 2001
(Crosslisted Grad/Undergrad)
CSC258, "Computer Organization", Summer 2000
(Undergrad)
CSC258, "Computer Organization", Spring 2000
(Undergrad)
CSC258, "Computer Organization", Fall 1999
(Undergrad)
CSC108, "Introduction to Computer Programming", Summer 1999
(Undergrad)
CSC258, "Computer Organization", Spring 1999
(Undergrad)
CSC340, "Information Systems Analysis and Design", Fall 1998
(Undergrad)
CSC258, "Computer Organization", Summer 1998
(Undergrad)
CSC340, "Information Systems Analysis and Design", Fall 1997
(Undergrad)
CSC104, "The How and Why of Computing", Spring 1997
(Undergrad)
CSC258, "Computer Organization", Summer 1995
(Undergrad)
Students & Postdoctoral Fellows
Current postdoctoral fellows:
Seok-Hyung Bae
Current graduate students:
Xiaojun Bi Ph.D.
Xiang Cao Ph.D.
Clifton Forlines Ph.D.
Abhishek Ranjan Ph.D.
Daniel Vogel Ph.D.
Patrick Dubroy M.Sc.
Azam Khan M.Sc.(parttime).
Alumni
Tomer Moscovich Postdoctoral
fellow, Feb 2007-June 2008
Jeremy Birnholtz Postdoctoral
fellow, Aug 2005-July 2007.
Pierre Dragicevic
Postdoctoral fellow, Feb 2006-Apr 2007.
Gιry Casiez Postdoctoral fellow,
Feb-Aug 2005.
Tovi Grossman Ph.D. Apr 2008.
Daniel Wigdor Ph.D. Apr
2008.
Gonzalo Ramos Ph.D. Jan
2008.
Anastasia Bezerianos Ph.D.
Sep 2007.
Michael McGuffin
Ph.D. May 2007.
Michael Jurka M.Sc. Jan 2008.
Gerry Chu M.Sc. Dec 2007.
Tristan Campbell M.Sc. Oct 2006.
Steven Tsang M.Sc. Aug 2006. co-advised with Karan Singh
Anand Agarawala M.Sc. Jan
2006.
Abhishek Ranjan M.Sc. Jan
2005.
Jia Sheng M.Sc. Jan 2005. co-advised
with Karan Singh
Daniel Vogel M.Sc. Jan 2005
Wael Aboelsaadat M.Sc.
Jan 2004.
Xiang Cao M.Sc. Jan 2004. co-advised with
Allan Jepson
Tovi Grossman M.Sc. Jan
2004.
Daniel Wigdor M.Sc. Jan
2004.
Yan (Grace) Wang M.Sc.
Dec 2003.
Michael McGuffin M.Sc.
Aug 2002. co-advised with Gordon Kurtenbach
Sameer Vohra. Undergraduate research assistant, summer 2007 (NSERC USRA). co-advised with
Tomer Moscovich
Curren Pangler. Undergraduate research assistant, summer 2007 (NSERC
USRA). co-advised with Tomer Moscovich
Nicholas Kong. Undergraduate research assistant, summer 2005, summer 2006 (NSERC
USRA), summer 2007 (NSERC USRA). co-advised with Tovi Grossman
Matthew Boulos. Undergraduate research assistant, summer 2003 (NSERC USRA), summer 2004
(NSERC USRA).
co-advised with Gonzalo Ramos
Vikas Jain. Undergraduate research assistant, summer 2003. co-advised with Tovi Grossman
Jeffrey Magder. Undergraduate
research assistant, summer 2002 (NSERC USRA)
Abhishek Ranjan.
Undergraduate research assistant, summer 2002
Tovi Grossman. Undergraduate
research assistant, summer 2000, summer 2001, summer 2002 (NSERC USRA)
Brief Biography
Ravin Balakrishnan is an Associate Professor of Computer Science and Canada Research Chair in Human-Centred Interfaces at the
Department of Computer Science,
University of Toronto, where he
co-directs the Dynamic
Graphics Project (DGP) laboratory. He is also a member of the
Knowledge Media Design Institute (KMDI). His research
interests are in Human
Computer Interaction (HCI), Information and Communications Technology for
Development, and Interactive Computer Graphics. He earned his
Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Toronto in 2001, working with Bill Buxton. While
doing his Ph.D., from 1997-2001 he was concurrently a part-time researcher at Alias|wavefront
(now part of Autodesk). He is the
recipient of an
Alfred P. Sloan
Research
Fellowship (2007), a Premier's Research Excellence Award from the government of Ontario
(2003), the Bell University Laboratories Associate Chair in HCI at the
University of Toronto (2002-2006), and best paper awards
and honourable mentions at the
CHI 2008,
CSCW 2006,
UIST 2006,
CHI 2005,
Graphics Interface 2005 and
UIST 2004
conferences. He
regularly serves on the program committees for various conferences, including
CHI and UIST, and was the program chair for
UIST 2007. In addition to
working with students and colleagues at Toronto, he collaborates with
researchers at leading industrial
laboratories and universities worldwide, including stints as
a visiting researcher at Mitsubishi Electric
Research Laboratories (MERL) (2005-2007), a visiting professor
at the University of Paris &
INRIA (2006), and most recently a
visiting researcher at Microsoft
Research's
Redmond,
Beijing,
Bangalore and
Cambridge labs while on sabbatical from the University of Toronto
during the 2007-2008 academic year. Further information, including publications and videos demonstrating some of his research, can be obtained from www.dgp.toronto.edu/~ravin
Professional Activities
Journal, conference and workshop organization
IEEE 3D User Interfaces 2009.
Conference Co-Chair
ACM UIST 2008 Symposium on User
Interface Software and Technology. Sponsorship Co-Chair
Human-Computer Interaction. Co-editor of Special Issue on Ubiquitous Multi
Display Environments.
ACM UIST 2007 Symposium on User
Interface Software and Technology. Program Chair & Sponsorship Co-Chair
Ubicomp 2005
Workshop on "The Spaces in-between: Seamful vs. Seamless Interactions".
Co-organizer.
Graphics Interface 2004 Conference.
Conference and Program Co-Chair
Graphics Interface 2002 Conference.
Posters and Demonstrations Chair
International Input Research
Workshop, 2000, Ribeaucourt, France. Organizing Committee.
Conference and workshop program committees
ACM CHI Conference
on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Associate Chair for Papers (2002,
2003, 2004, 2005, 2006)
ACM CHI Conference
on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Short Papers Program Committee (2001)
ACM UIST Symposium
on User Interface Software and Technology, Papers Program Committee (2003, 2004,
2005, 2006)
International
Projector-Camera Systems Workshop (PROCAMS), Program Committee (2008).
International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI), Workshop on
Intelligent User Interfaces for Developing Regions, Program Committee (2008).
Graphics Interface
Conference, Papers Program Committee (2002)
ACM VRST Symposium
on Virtual Reality Software and Technology, Papers Program Committee (2003)
IEEE InfoVis
Symposium on Information Visualization, Papers Program Committee (2006)
ACM I3D Symposium
on Interactive 3D Graphics and Games, Papers Program Committee (2006)
NordiCHI
Conference, Papers Program Committee (2004)
8th Eurographics
Workshop on Virtual Environments, Barcelona, Spain, Papers Program Committee
(2002)
Meetings, seminars, etc.
Interaction Research
Group meetings, University of Toronto
Seminars on research and related skills for
grad students (Jan-Apr 2007), University of Toronto.
Directions to my office
My office is in room BA5270 on the 5th floor of the Bahen Centre for
Information Technology (BCIT), 40 St. George Street, on the downtown St. George Campus of the
University of Toronto.
If you are taking the subway:
Get off at Queens Park station, and walk west along
College Street till you reach St. George Street. Turn right onto St. George
Street. BCIT is the second (newer) building on your left (see map below).
If you are driving:
From College
Street, turn onto Huron Street heading north, then take the first right into the entrance to the underground parking lot for BCIT.
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