ABOUT ME

I am an Associate Professor of Computer Science at Simon Fraser University and I direct the XDiscovery Lab. I also hold an adjunct appointment as Assistant Professor at Dartmouth College.

My research in human-computer interaction (HCI) investigates future interactive systems and brings interactivity to everyday objects. In particular, my work focuses on the design, development, and evaluation of novel interactive systems for smart everyday “things”, ranging from watches to garments, accessories, appliances, and furniture. Aside from contributing new systems and knowledge to the field, I use the experiences from my own research to inform the investigation of prototyping tools to enable broader participation of research activities in my field for people without a strong background in electronics, sensors, or actuators. Besides my current research program, I am developing a new research agenda to investigate assistive systems to facilitate information tasks and STEAM education for people with visual impairments.

At SFU, I am currently building a new lab and I am seeking well-motivated and hard-working Ph.D. students, M.Sc. students, and undergrad interns to work with me on exciting HCI research projects. If you are interested, please email me a recent copy of your CV and transcript.

I welcome students with hardware background to apply!

Ph.D. applicants are highly encouraged to participate in an internship with me before applying for our Ph.D. program.

PUBLICATIONS

     

Yuning Su, Yuhua Jin, Zhengqing Wang, Yonghao Shi, Da-Yuan Huang, Teng Han & Xing-Dong Yang (2023).
Laser-Powered Vibrotactile Rendering.
Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies(IMWUT'23) (in press).
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Josh Urban Davis, Hongwei Wang, Parmit Chilana & Xing-Dong Yang (2023).
"It's Not an Issue of Malice, but of Ignorance": Towards Inclusive Video Conferencing for Presenters Who are d/Deaf or Hard of Hearing.
Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies(IMWUT'23), 7(3): 141:1-141:23.
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Josh Urban Davis, Paul Asente & Xing-Dong Yang (2023).
Multimodal Direct Manipulation in Video Conferencing: Challenges and Opportunities.
Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Designing Interactive Systems (DIS'23). 1174-1193.
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Minjing Yu, Li Wang, Mingxu Cai, Mengrui Zhang, Chun Yu, Xing-Dong Yang & Jiawan Zhang (2023).
MakeBronze: An interactive system to promote Chinese bronze culture in children through hands-on experience with lost-wax casting.
International Journal of Human-Computer Studies. Volume 183.
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Marium-E. Jannat, Xing-Dong Yang & Khalad Hasan (2023).
Around-device finger input on commodity smartwatches with learning guidance through discoverability.
International Journal of Human-Computer Studies. Volume 179.
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Te-Yen Wu and Xing-Dong Yang (2022).
iWood: Makeable Vibration Sensor for Interactive Plywood.
Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on User Interface Software &Technology (UIST'22), Article No.: 11.
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Zheer Xu, Yankang Meng, Xiaojun Bi & Xing-Dong Yang (2022).
Phrase-Gesture Typing on Smartphones.
Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on User Interface Software &Technology (UIST'22), Article No.: 55.
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Wei Sun, Yuwen Chen, Yanjun Chen, Xiaopeng Zhang, Simon Zhan, Yixin Li, Jiecheng Wu, Teng Han, Haipeng Mi, Jingxian Wang, Feng Tian & Xing-Dong Yang (2022).
MicroFluID: A Multi-Chip RFID Tag for Interaction Sensing Based on Microfluidic Switches.
Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies(IMWUT'22), 6(3), Article No.: 141.
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Huizhong Ye, Chi-Jung Lee, Te-Yen Wu, Xing-Dong Yang, Bing-Yu Chen & Rong-Hao Liang (2022).
Body-Centric NFC: Body-Centric Interaction with NFC Devices Through Near-Field Enabled Clothing.
Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Designing Interactive Systems (DIS'22). 1626-1639.
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Wei Sun, Yanjun Chen, Simon Zhan, Teng Han, Feng Tian, Hongan Wang & Xing-Dong Yang (2021).
RElectrode: A Reconfigurable Electrode For Multi-Purpose Sensing Based on Microfluidics.
Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI'21).
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Ruei-Che Chang, Wen-Ping Wang, Chi-Huan Chiang, Te-Yen Wu, Zheer Xu, Justin Luo, Bing-Yu Chen & Xing-Dong Yang (2021).
AccessibleCircuits: Adaptive Add-On Circuit Components for People with Blindness or Low Vision.
Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI'21).
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Te-Yen Wu, Zheer Xu, Xing-Dong Yang, Steve Hodges & Teddy Seyed (2021).
Project Tasca: Enabling Touch and Contextual Interactions with a Pocket-based Textile Sensor.
Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI'21).
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Wenzhe Cui, Suwen Zhu, Zhi Li, Zheer Xu, Xing-Dong Yang, I. V. Ramakrishnan & Xiaojun Bi (2021).
BackSwipe: Back-of-device Word-Gesture Interaction on Smartphones.
Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI'21).
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Minjing Yu, Meng Zhang, Chun Yu, Xiaoguang Ma, Xing-Dong Yang & Jiawan Zhang (2021).
We Can Do More to Save Guqin: Design and Evaluate Interactive Systems to Make Guqin More Accessible to the General Public.
Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI'21).
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Huawei Tu, Weiyang Huan, Xing-Dong Yang, Xiangshi Ren & Feng Tian (2021).
ArmMenu: command input on distant displays with proprioception based lateral arm movements.
Behav. Inf. Technol. 40(13): 1428-1447..
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Te-Yen Wu, Lu Tan, Yuji Zhang, Teddy Seyed & Xing-Dong Yang. (2020).
Capacitivo: Contact-Based Object Recognition on Interactive Fabrics using Capacitive Sensing.
Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on User Interface Software &Technology (UIST'20). 649 - 661.
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Nianlong Li, Han-Jong Kim, LuYao Shen, Feng Tian, Teng Han, Xing-Dong Yang & Tek-Jin Nam. (2020).
HapLinkage: Prototyping Haptic Proxies for Virtual Hand Tools Using Linkage Mechanism.
Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on User Interface Software &Technology (UIST'20). 1261 - 1274.
Paper      Video
HONORABLE MENTION AWARD  




Athina Panotopoulou, Xiaoting Zhang, Tammy Qiu, Xing-Dong Yang & Emily Whiting. (2020).
Tactile Line Drawings for Improved Shape Understanding in Blind and Visually Impaired Users.
ACM Transactions on Graphics (SIGGRAPH’20).
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Josh Urban Davis, Te-Yen Wu, Bo Shi, Hanyi Lu, Athina Panotopoulou, Emily Whiting & Xing-Dong Yang. (2020).
TangibleCircuits: An Interactive 3D Printed Circuit Education Tool for People with Visual Impairments.
Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI'20).
Paper     Video
 HONORABLE MENTION AWARD  




Zheer Xu, Weihao Chen, Dongyang Zhao, Jiehui Luo, Te-Yen Wu, Jun Gong, Sicheng Yin, Jialun Zhai & Xing-Dong Yang. (2020).
BiTipText: Bimanual Eyes-Free Text Entry on a Fingertip Keyboard.
Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI'20).
Paper    Video




Te-Yen Wu, Shutong Qi, Junchi Chen, MuJie Shang, Jun Gong, Teddy Seyed & Xing-Dong Yang. (2020).
Fabriccio: Mid-Air Gestural Input on Interactive Fabrics.
Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI'20).
Paper    Video
     

Pin Sung Ku, Jun Gong, Te-Yen Wu, Yixin Wei, Yiwen Tang, Barrett Ens & Xing-Dong Yang. (2020).
Zippro: The Design and Implementation of An Interactive Zipper.
Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI'20).
Paper    Video
     

Pin Sung Ku, Qijia Shao, Te-Yen Wu, Jun Gong, Ziyan Zhu, Xia Zhou & Xing-Dong Yang. (2020).
ThreadSense: Locating Touch on an Extremely Thin Interactive Thread.
Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI'20).
Paper    Video
     

Pui Chung Wong, Kening Zhu, Xing-Dong Yang & Hongbo Fu. (2020).
Exploring Eyes-free Bezel-initiated Gestures on Round Smartwatches.
Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI'20).
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Te-Yen Wu, Jun Gong, Teddy Seyed & Xing-Dong Yang. (2019).
Proxino: Enabling Prototyping of Virtual Circuits With Physical Proxies.
Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on User Interface Software &Technology (UIST'19). 121 -132.
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Jun Gong, Yu Wu, Lei Yan, Teddy Seyed & Xing-Dong Yang. (2019).
Tessutivo: Contextual Interactions on Interactive Fabrics with Inductive Sensing.
Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on User Interface Software &Technology (UIST'19). 29 - 41
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Zheer Xu*, Pui Chung Wong*, Jun Gong, Te-Yen Wu, Aditya Shekhar Nittala, Xiaojun Bi, Jürgen Steimle, Hongbo Fu, Kening Zhu & Xing-Dong Yang (*co-primary). (2019).
TipText: Eyes-Free Text Entry on a Fingertip Keyboard.
Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on User Interface Software &Technology (UIST'19). 883 - 899.
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BEST PAPER AWARD   




Josh Urban Davis*, Jun Gong*, Yunxin Sun, Parmit Chilana & Xing-Dong Yang (*co-primary). (2019).
CircuitStyle: A System for Peripherally Reinforcing Best Practices in Hardware Computing.
Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on User Interface Software &Technology (UIST'19). 109 - 120.
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Seungwoo Je, Myung Jin Kim, Woojin Lee, Byungjoo Lee, Xing-Dong Yang, Pedro Lopes & Andrea Bianchi. (2019).
Aero-plane: a Handheld Force-Feedback Device that Renders Weight Motion Illusion on a Virtual 2D Plane.
Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on User Interface Software &Technology (UIST'19). 763 - 775.
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Shan-Yuan Teng, Da-Yuan Huang, Chi Wang, Jun Gong, Teddy Seyed, Xing-Dong Yang & Bing-Yu Chen. (2019).
Aarnio: Passive Kinesthetic Force Output for Foreground Interactions on an Interactive Chair.
Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI'19). Paper No. 672.
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Jo-Yu Lo, Da-Yuan Huang, Tzu-Sheng Kuo, Chen-Kuo Sun, Jun Gong, Teddy Seyed, Xing-Dong Yang & Bing-Yu Chen. (2019).
AutoFritz: Autocomplete for Prototyping Virtual Breadboard Circuits.
Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI'19). Paper No. 403.
 Paper      Video     CHI'19 Talk
HONORABLE MENTION AWARD 
     

Ruolin Wang, Chun Yu, Xing-Dong Yang, Weijie He & Yuanchun Shi. (2019)
EarTouch: Facilitating Smartphone Use for Visually Impaired People in Public and Mobile Scenarios.
Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI'19). Paper No. 24.
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HONORABLE MENTION AWARD 

 

Jonathan Huang, Max Kinateder, Matt J. Dunn, Wojciech Jarosz, Xing-Dong Yang & Emily A. Cooper. (2019).
An Augmented Reality Sign-Reading Assistant for Users with Reduced Vision.
PLOS ONE, 14(1):1–9.
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Jun Gong, Xin Yang, Teddy Seyed, Josh Urban Davis & Xing-Dong Yang. (2018).
Indutivo: Contact-Based, Object-Driven Interactions with Inductive Sensing.
Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on User Interface Software &Technology (UIST'18). 321-333.
 Paper      Video     UIST'18 Talk


 

Da-Yuan Huang, Teddy Seyed, Linjun Li, Jun Gong, Zhihao Yao, Yuchen Jiao, Xiang 'Anthony' Chen & Xing-Dong Yang. (2018).
Orecchio: Extending Body-Language through Actuated Static and Dynamic Auricular Postures.
Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on User Interface Software &Technology (UIST'18). 697-710.
 Paper      Video     UIST'18 Talk


 

Yichen Li, Tianxing Li, Ruchir A. Patel, Xing-Dong Yang & Xia Zhou. (2018).
Self-Powered Gesture Recognition with Ambient Light.
Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on User Interface Software &Technology (UIST'18). 595-608.
 Paper      Video     UIST'18 Talk


 

Max Kinateder, Justin Gualtieri, Matt J. Dunn, Wojciech Jarosz, Xing-Dong Yang & Emily A. Cooper. (2018).
Using an Augmented Reality Device as a Distance-based Vision Aid - Promise and Limitations.
Optometry and Vision Science.
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Gus Xia, Carter Jacobsen, Qianwen Chen, Xingdong Yang & Roger B. Dannenberg. (2018).
ShIFT: A Semi-haptic Interface for Flute Tutoring.
The International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME'18). 162–167.
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Jun Gong, Da-Yuan Huang, Teddy Seyed, Te Lin, Tao Hou, Xin Liu, Molin Yang, Boyu Yang, Yuhan Zhang & Xing-Dong Yang. (2018).
Jetto: Using Lateral Force Feedback for Smartwatch Interactions.
Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI'18). Paper No. 426.
 Paper     Video     CHI'18 Talk


 

Jun Gong, Zheer Xu, Qifan Guo, Teddy Seyed, Xiang ‘Anthony’ Chen, Xiaojun Bi & Xing-Dong Yang. (2018).
WrisText: One-handed Text Entry on Smartwatch using Wrist Gestures.
Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI'18). Paper No. 542.
 Paper      Video     CHI'18 Talk
HONORABLE MENTION AWARD 


 

Seungwoo Je, Minkyeong Lee, Yoonji Kim, Liwei Chan, Xing-Dong Yang & Andrea Bianchi. (2018).
PokeRing: Notifications by Poking Around the Finger.
Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI'18). Paper No. 181.
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Da-Yuan Huang, Ruizhen Guo, Jun Gong, Jingxian Wang, John Graham, De-Nian Yang & Xing-Dong Yang. (2017).
RetroShape: Leveraging Rear-Surface Shape Displays for 2.5D Interaction on Smartwatches.
Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on User Interface Software &Technology (UIST'17). 539 - 551.
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Teng Han, Qian Han, Michelle Annett, Fraser Anderson, Da-Yuan Huang & Xing-Dong Yang. (2017).
Frictio: Passive Kinesthetic Force Feedback for Smart Ring Output.
Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on User Interface Software &Technology (UIST'17). 131-142.
 Paper     Video     UIST'17 Talk


   

Jun Gong, Yang Zhang, Xia Zhou & Xing-Dong Yang. (2017).
Pyro: Thumb-Tip Gesture Recognition Using Pyroelectric Infrared Sensing.
Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on User Interface Software &Technology (UIST'17). 553-563.
 Paper     Video     UIST'17 Talk


   

Teddy Seyed, Xing-Dong Yang & Daniel Vogel. (2017).
A Modular Smartphone for Lending.
Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on User Interface Software &Technology (UIST'17). 205-215.
Paper     Video     UIST'17 Talk  
UIST 2017 BEST TALK AWARD


   

Tianxing Li, Xi Xiong, Yifei Xie, George Hito, Xing-Dong Yang & Xia Zhou. (2017).
Reconstructing Hand Poses Using Visible Light.
Proceedings of the ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing (Ubicomp'17). Volume 1 Issue 3.
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Jun Gong, Lan Li, Daniel Vogel & Xing-Dong Yang. (2017).
Cito: An Actuated Smartwatch for Extended Interactions.
Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI'17). 5331-5345.
 Paper      Video
   
   


Jun Gong, Xing-Dong Yang & Pourang Irani. (2016).
WristWhirl: One-handed Continuous Smartwatch Input using Wrist Gestures.
Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on User Interface Software &Technology (UIST'16), 861 - 872.
 Paper      Video





Teddy Seyed, Xing-Dong Yang & Daniel Vogel (2016).
Doppio: A Reconfigurable Dual-Face Smartwatch for Tangible Interaction.
Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI'16). 4675-4686.
 Paper      Video  CHI'16 Talk





Edwin Chan, Teddy Seyed, Wolfgang Stuerzlinger, Xing-Dong Yang & Frank Maurer. (2016).
User Elicitation on Single-hand Microgestures.
Proceedings of the A CM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI'16). 3403-3414.
 Paper   HONORABLE MENTION AWARD 





Richard Tang, Xing-Dong Yang, Scott Bateman, Joaquim Jorge & Anthony Tang. (2015).
Physio@Home: Exploring visual guidance and feedback techniques for physiotherapy patients at home.
Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI'15). 4123-4132.
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Teddy Seyed, Xing-Dong Yang, Anthony Tang, Saul Greenberg, Jiawei Gu, Bin Zhu & Xiang Cao. (2015).
CipherCard: A Token-based Approach against Camera-based Shoulder Surfing Attacks on Common Touchscreen Devices.
Proceedings of the IFIP conference on Human-Computer interaction (INTERACT'15). 436-454.
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       Marcos Serrano, Barrett Ens, Xing-Dong Yang & Pourang Irani. (2015).
Gluey: Developing a Head-Worn Display Interface to Unify the Interaction Experience in Distributed Display Environments.
Proceedings of the ACM International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services (MobileHCI'15). 161 - 171.
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Aditya Shekhar Nittala, Xing-Dong Yang, Scott Bateman, Ehud Sharlin & Saul Greenberg. (2015).
PhoneEar: Interactions for Mobile Devices that Hear High-Frequency Sound-Encoded.
Proceedings of the ACM SIGCHI Symposium on Engineering Interactive Computing Systems (EICS’15). 174-179.
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Xing-Dong Yang,  Khalad Hasan, Neil Bruce & Pourang Irani. (2013).
Surround-See: Enabling Peripheral Vision on Smartphones during Active Use.
Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on User Interface Software &Technology (UIST'13). 291-300.
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Mathieu Nancel, Olivier Chapuis, Emmanuel Pietriga, Xing-Dong Yang, Pourang Irani, Michel Beaudouin-Lafon. (2013).
High-Precision Pointing on Large Wall Displays using Small Handheld Devices.
Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI'13). 831-840.
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Xing-Dong Yang, Tovi Grossman, Daniel Wigdor & George Fitzmaurice. (2012).
Magic Finger: Always-Available Input through Finger Instrumentation.
Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on User Interface Software & Technology (UIST'12). 147 - 156.
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Hong Zhang, Xing-Dong Yang, Barrett Ens, Hai-Ning Liang, Pierre Boulanger & Pourang Irani. (2012).
See Me, See You: A Lightweight Method for Discriminating User Touches on Tabletop Displays.
Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI'12). 2327 - 2336.
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Khalad Hasan, Xing-Dong Yang, Andrea Bunt & Pourang Irani. (2012).
 A-Coord Input: Coordinating Auxiliary Input Streams for Augmenting Contextual Pen-Based Interactions.
Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI'12). 805 - 814.
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Khalad Hasan, Xing-Dong Yang, Hai-Ning Liang & Pourang Irani. (2012).
How to Position the Cursor? An Exploration of Absolute and Relative CursorPositioning for Back-of-Device Input.
Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction withMobile Devices and Services (MobileHCI 2012). 10 pages.
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Huawei Tu, Xing-Dong Yang, Feng Wang, Feng Tian & Xiangshi Ren. (2012).
Mode Switching Techniques through Pen and Device Profiles. 
Proceedings of the 10th Asia Pacific Conference on Computer Human Interaction (APCHI'12). 169 - 176.
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Xing-Dong Yang,  Tovi Grossman, Irani Pourang & George Fitzmaurice. (2011).
 TouchCuts and TouchZoom: Enhanced Target Selection for Touch Displays using Finger Proximity Sensing.
Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI'11). 2585 - 2594.
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Cary Williams, Xing-Dong Yang, Grant Partridge, Joshua Usiskin-Miller, Arkady Major & Pourang Irani. (2011).
 TZee: Exploiting the Lighting Properties of Multi-touch Tabletops for Tangible 3D Interactions.
Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing  Systems (CHI'11). 1363 - 1372.
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Xing-Dong Yang,  Edward Mak, David C. McCallum, Pourang Irani, Xiang Cao & Shahram Izadi. (2010).
 LensMouse: Augmenting the mouse with an interactive touch display.
Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI'10). 2431-2440.
Paper     Video  HONORABLE MENTION AWARD 





Xing-Dong Yang,  Edward Mak, Pourang Irani & Walter F. Bischof. (2009).
Dual-Surface Input: Augmenting One-Handed Interaction with Coordinated Front and Behind-the-Screen Input.
Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction withMobile Devices and Services (MobileHCI 2009). 10 pages.
Paper  HONORABLE MENTION AWARD   





Xing-Dong Yang, Pourang Irani, Pierre Boulanger & Walter F. Bischof. (2009).
A Model for steering with haptic-force guidance.
Proceedings of the IFIP conference on Human-Computer interaction (INTERACT'09). 465-478.
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Kurosh Zarei-nia, Xing-Dong Yang, Pourang Irani & Nariman Sepehri. (2009).
Evaluating Factors that Influence Path Tracing with Passive Haptic Guidance.
Proceedings of the International Workshop on Haptic and Audio Interaction Design (HAID'09). 21-30.
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Xing Dong Yang, Pourang Irani, Pierre Boulanger & Walter F. Bischof. (2009).
One-handed behind-the-display cursor input on mobile devices.
Proceedings of the ACM Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA '09). 4501-4506.
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Nivedita Kadaba, Xing Dong Yang and Pourang Irani. (2009).
Facilitating Multiple Target Tracking using Semantic Depth of Field (SDOF).
Proceedings of the ACM Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA '09). 4375-4380.
Paper





Xing-Dong Yang,  Walter F. Bischof & Pierre Boulanger. (2008). 
Validating the performance of haptic motor skill training.
Proceedings of Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems (HAPTICS'08). 129-135.
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Xing-Dong Yang,  Walter F. Bischof & Pierre Boulanger. (2008). 
Perception of haptic force magnitude during hand movements.
Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA'08). 129-135.
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Xing-Dong Yang,  Walter F. Bischof & Pierre Boulanger. (2008).
 The effects of hand motion on haptic perception of force direction.
Proceedings of Euro-haptics (EH'08). 355-360.
Paper





Pourang Irani, Carl Gutwin & Xing-Dong Yang. (2006).
Improving selection of off-screen targets with hopping.
Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI'06). 299-308.
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Pierre Boulanger, Guowei Wu, Walter F. Bischof & Xing-Dong Yang. (2006).
Hapto-Audio-Visual Environments for Collaborative Training of Ophthalmic Surgery Over Optical Network.
Proceedings of IEEE International Workshop on Haptic Audio Visual Environments and their Applications (HAVE'06). 21-26.
Paper





Xing-Dong Yang & Irene Cheng (2006).
 3D Skeletonization using an Enhanced Voxel Tree.
Proceedings of SIGGRAPH'06 Research Poster and Abstract.
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Irene Cheng, Rui Shen, Xing-Dong Yang & Pierre Boulanger (2006).
Perceptual Analysis of Level-of-Detail: The JND Approach.
Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Multimedia (ISM'06). 533-540.
Paper

News

    July 1, 2023: Te-Yen Wu will be joining Florida State University this fall as an assistant professor. He will be missed!

    Feb 1, 2022: Ph.D. student Zheer Xu to start a summer internship at Google.

    Feb 1, 2022: Ph.D. student Te-Yen Wu to start a summer internship at Facebook Reality Labs.

    Sep 1, 2021: Ph.D. student Zheer Xu to start a fall internship at Facebook Reality Labs.

    Jun 2, 2021: Ph.D. student Te-Yen Wu to start a summer internship at Microsoft Research.

    Jun 2, 2021: Ph.D. student Josh Davis to start a summer internship at Adobe Research.

    Dec 13, 2020: Five papers conditionally accepted to CHI'21.

    Aug 28, 2020: Our HapLinkage work received an Honorable Mention Award at UIST'20.

    Jun 21, 2020: Two papers accepted to UIST'20 in Minneapolis (conference to be held virtually due to COVID-19 pandemic).

    Jun 18 20, 2020: Ph.D. students Te-Yen Wu, Josh Davis, and Zheer Xu to start a summer internship at Microsoft Research.

    June 12, 2020: Dartmouth Virtual CHI Event kicks off. Watch the video here!

    Mar 20, 2020: Josh and Te-Yen's TangibleCircuits received an Honorable Mention Award at CHI'20.

    Dec 11, 2019: Six papers conditionally accepted to CHI'20 in Honolulu.

    Nov 26, 2019: Jun Gong is heading to Apple for another research internship after successful ones at the Facebook Reality Labs and Autodesk Research.

    Nov 26, 2019: Josh Davis is heading to Autodesk Research for an internship.

    Aug 1, 2019: Zheer's TipText won the Best Paper Award at UIST'19.

    July 18, 2019: Five papers conditionally accepted to UIST'19 in New Orleans.

    July 10, 2019: I will serve as an AC for CHI 2020.

    May 1, 2019: Check out our AutoFritz and EarTouch next week at CHI'19. Both papers have received an Honorable Mention Award.

    Dec 27, 2018: Three papers conditionally accepted for publication at CHI'19 in Glasgow.

    Jun 26, 2018: Three papers conditionally accepted to UIST'18 in Berlin.

    May 1, 2018: I will serve as an AC for CHI 2019.

    Jan 10, 2018: Three papers accepted for publication at CHI'18 in Montreal.

    Aug 8, 2017: Four papers accepted for publication at UIST'17 in Quebec City!

    Aug 6, 2017: Our paper "Aili: Reconstructing Hand Poses Using Visible Light" was accepted to Ubicomp'17 in Maui.

    May 15, 2017: I will serve as an AC for CHI 2018.

    Apr 8, 2017: Received an NSF CRII: CHS grant on Enabling Convenient and Trustworthy Lending of Small Personal Computing Devices via Device Modulation.

    Feb 1, 2017: Jun Gong's first CHI paper "Cito: An Actuated Smartwatch for Extended Interactions" was accepted for publication at CHI'17 in Denver.

    Oct 6, 2016: Jun Gong will present our paper "WristWhirl: One-handed Continuous Smartwatch Input using Wrist Gestures" next week at UIST'16.

    Oct 30, 2016: Received an NSF CSR Large grant on smart earpiece for supporting healthy eating behaviors  with colleagues at Dartmouth and Clemson.

    Feb 12, 2016: Congrats Edwin Chan, whose CHI’16 paper won CHI 2016 Honorable Mention Award!

    Dec 15, 2015: Our papers on dual-face smartwatch and single-hand microgestures are conditionally accepted for publication at CHI'16.        

    Nov 11, 2015: Our propsal (with Wojciech Jarosz and Emily Cooper) won the Microsoft HoloLens Award.

    July 1, 2015: Start my position as Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Dartmouth College.

PRESS COVERAGE

Phys.Org “Energy harvesting and innovative inputs highlight tech show gadgetry” 2018
TechXplore “Researchers bring smartwatch innovations to CHI2018” 2018
Digital Trends “This Absurdly Overengineered Smartwatch Crawls, Tilts, and Slides on Your Wrist” 2017
EurekAlert “Dartmouth-led Team Develops Smartwatch with All The Moves” 2017
Phys.Org “Doppio: Researchers unveil dual screen smartwatch” 2016
Gizmodo “A Multi-Screen Smartwatch Might Actually Be a Brilliant Idea” 2016
Verge “Smartwatch concept puts two screens on your wrist” 2016
New Scientist “A phone, or an all-seeing sentry at your command?” 2013
Discovery News “A Phone That Can See Its Surroundings.” 2013
Mashable “Lens Gives Your Phone Peripheral Vision.” 2013
Discovery News “'Magic Finger' Swipes Smartphone Remotely.” 2012
NBC News “Magic Finger Turns Everything into a Touch Surface.” 2012
Engadget “'Magic Finger' Reads Gestures from any Surface.” 2012
Gizmodo “Magic Thimble Turns the Entire World into a Touch Surface.” 2012
Mashable “Send Texts from Your Pocket with This Handy Ring.” 2012
Slashdot “Magic Finger Turns Any Surface into a Touch Interface.” 2012
Phys.Org “Magic Finger Device Suggests New Day for Calling up Content.” 2012
Hackaday “Magic Finger Input Device is a Camera on Your Finger Tip.” 2012
GizMag “Magic Finger Turns Any Surface into a Touch Interface.” 2012
Ubergizmo “Magic Finger Allows you to Control Computer from nigh any Surface.” 2012
Dvice “Optical Finger Input Lets You Control a PC from Nearly Any Surface.” 2012
Techaunt “Touch Your Phone from Distance – Magic Finger” 2012
Make “Finger-Mounted Device Creates Its Own Touch Interface.” 2012
Winnipeg SUN “Smart Touchscreen Built at U of M.” 2011

     

Contact Me

Address: Room 8017, Technology & Science Complex 1, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada
E-mail: xingdong_yang (at) sfu (dot) ca

STUDENTS

Current Students and Post-Docs
Josh Davis (Dartmouth PhD)

Zheer Xu (DartmouthPhD)

Yuning Su (SFU PhD)

Yonghao Shi (SFU PhD)

Sheng-Yang Chiu (SFU PhD)

PhD & Post-Doc Alumni
Te-Yen Wu (Dartmouth PhD, Now: Assistant Professor at Florida State University)

Jun Gong ( Dartmouth PhD, Now: Senior Research Scientist at Apple)

Da-Yuan Huang   (Dartmouth Post-Doc, PhD from NTU, Now: Research Scientist at SFU, First job: Assistant Professor at NTUST)

Guangyu Xia   (Dartmouth Post-Doc, PhD from CMU, Now: Assistant Professor at MBZUAI, First job: Assistant Professor at NYU Shanghai)

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