Tovi Grossman
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Ph.D.
Candidate
Department of Computer
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University of Toronto |
Microsoft
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Microsoft Research |
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I am currently seeking research opportunities in an academic or industrial setting, to begin in the summer or fall of 2008.
Relevant application material can be found here.
I am a Ph.D. Candidate in the Dynamic Graphics Project (DGP) laboratory of the Department of Computer Science at the University of Toronto, working with Prof. Ravin Balakrishnan. My research lies in the general area of Human-Computer Interaction, focused on understanding the human factors associated with both existing and emerging technologies, and based on this understanding, designing, implementing, and evaluating new interactive systems. In 2004 I finished my Master's thesis (Alternate User Interfaces for the Manipulation of Curves in 3D Environments). I expect to complete my Ph.D. Thesis (Interaction with Volumetric Displays) in April of 2008. In my dissertation research I have investigated human factors associated with 3D Volumetric Displays and implemented and evaluated new techniques for interacting with such displays. I am the recipient of an NSERC Canadian Graduate Scholarship (2005), a Microsoft Research Fellowship (2007), and best paper awards at the UIST 2004 and CHI 2005 conferences.
Outside of my research I play baseball. I am a member of the University of Toronto Varsity Blues Baseball Team (2001 and 2003 OUA Champions), and the East York Bulldogs Senior Baseball Team (Baseball Canada 2006 Senior National Championship Bronze Medalists).
Refereed Full Papers (journals & conferences)
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Tovi Grossman, Ravin Balakrishnan. (2008). Collaborative interaction with volumetric displays. CHI 2008 Conference Proceedings: ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems p. 383-392. |
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Tovi Grossman, Daniel Wigdor. (2007). Going deeper: a taxonomy of 3D on the tabletop. TableTop 2007 Conference Proceedings: IEEE International Workshop on Horizontal Interactive Human-Computer Systems p. 137-144.
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Tovi Grossman, Pierre Dragicevic, Ravin Balakrishnan. (2007). Strategies for accelerating on-line learning of hotkeys. CHI 2007 Conference Proceedings: ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems p. 1591-1600. |
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Tovi Grossman, Daniel Wigdor, Ravin Balakrishnan. (2007). Exploring and reducing the effects of orientation on text readability in volumetric displays. CHI 2007 Conference Proceedings: ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems p. 483-492. |
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Tovi Grossman, Nicholas Kong, Ravin Balakrishnan. (2007). Modeling pointing at targets of arbitrary shapes. CHI 2007 Conference Proceedings: ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems p. 463-472. |
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Jeremy Birnholtz, Tovi Grossman, Clarissa Mak, Ravin Balakrishnan. (2007). CHI 2007 Conference Proceedings: ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems p. 91-100. |
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Raghavendra Kattinakere, Tovi Grossman, Sriram Subramanian. (2007). Modeling steering within above-the-surface interaction layers. CHI 2007 Conference Proceedings: ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems p. 317-326. |
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Lode Vanacken, Tovi Grossman, Karin Coninx. (2007). 3DUI 2007 Conference Proceedings: IEEE Symposium on 3D User Interfaces p. 117-124. |
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Tovi Grossman, Ravin Balakrishnan. (2006). The design and evaluation of selection techniques for 3D volumetric displays. UIST 2006 Proceedings: ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology p. 3-12. |
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Tovi Grossman, Ravin Balakrishnan. (2006). An evaluation of depth perception on volumetric displays. AVI 2006 Conference Proceedings: The Working Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces p. 193-200. |
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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. CHI 2006 Conference Proceedings: ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems p. 861-870. |
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Tovi Grossman, Ravin Balakrishnan. (2005). A probabilistic approach to modeling two-dimensional pointing. TOCHI Volume 12, Isuue 3 (September 2005): ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction p. 435-459. |
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Tovi Grossman, Ravin Balakrishnan. (2005). The Bubble Cursor: Enhancing target acquisition by dynamic resizing of the cursor’s activation area. CHI 2005 Conference Proceedings: ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems p. 281-290. CHI 2005 Best Paper Award |
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Tovi Grossman, Daniel Wigdor, Ravin Balakrishnan. (2004). Multi-finger gestural interaction with 3D volumetric displays. UIST 2004 Proceedings: ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology p. 61-70. UIST 2004 Best Paper Award |
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Tovi Grossman, Ravin Balakrishnan. (2004). Pointing at trivariate targets in 3D environments. CHI 2004 Conference Proceedings: ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems p.
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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. CHI 2003 Conference Proceedings: ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems p. 185-192. published 3min video demonstrating basic aspects of the work |
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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. CHI 2002 Conference Proceedings: 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. I3D 2001 Proceedings: ACM Symposium on Interactive 3D Graphics p. 17-23. |
Theses
| 1. | Tovi Grossman (2004). Alternate User Interfaces for the Manipulation of Curves in 3D Environments. M.Sc. Thesis. Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. |
HoverWidgets:
Improving the Functionality of Pen-based interfaces. Mobile Enterprise, June
2006.
Once
More, With Volume. MIT Tech Review, Feb 2005
Interviewed by David Onley on CityPulse24, where I demonstrated our software for curve editing with ShapeTape. 21 May 2003.
Interviewed by Natasha Stillwell on Daily Planet, where I demonstrated our software for curve editing with ShapeTape. 4 September 2003.
The changing shape of software. University of Toronto Magazine, Summer 2003, Vol 30, No 4, pg. 11.
Team designs twist on software. UofT News, 15 Apr 2003; Innovations Report, 16 Apr 2003; Science Daily, 16 Apr 2003; NewsFactor, 21 Apr 2003; golem.de, 16 Apr 2003
Gazing into the crystal ball. Toronto Star, 20 Jan 2003.
Shaping the future of 3-D. Varsity, 24 Sep 2002
Courses that I've taught as a lecturer:
CSC428/CSC2514, "Human Computer Interaction", Fall 2007 (cross-listed grad/undergrad)
CSC428/CSC2514, "Human Computer Interaction", Fall 2006 (cross-listed grad/undergrad)
CSC428/CSC2514, "Human Computer Interaction", Fall 2005 (cross-listed grad/undergrad)
Courses that I've been a teaching assistant for:
CSC236, "Introduction to the Theory of Computation", Fall 2004 (undergrad)
CSC236, "Introduction to the Theory of Computation", Summer 2004 (undergrad)
CSC236, "Introduction to the Theory of Computation", Fall 2003 (undergrad)
CSC238, "Discrete Mathematics for Computer Science", Summer 2003 (undergrad)
Students who have conducted projects under my guidance/supervision:
Lode Vanacken. Project collaboration, summer-fall 2006 (co-advised with Karin Coninx)
Raghavendra Kattinakere. Project collaboration, summer 2006 (co-advised with Sriram Subramanian)
Nicholas Kong. Undergraduate research assistant, summer 2005, 2006, 2007
Vikas Jain. Undergraduate research assistant, summer 2003
Mailing
Address
Tovi Grossman
Department of
Computer Science
University of Toronto
10 King's College Road, Room
3302
Toronto, Ontario
Canada M5S 3G4
Phone (for courier): (416)
978-6025
Office
Bahen Centre for Information Technology
Room 5177
40 St. George Street
Toronto, ON
Phone: (416) 946-8493
Email: tovi@dgp.toronto.edu
Last modified May 7, 2008