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Here is a list of my publications, updated to April 2003. Downloadable PDF versions of most papers are included (follow the link at the end of each citation).

 

 Refereed Journal Publication

E. Sharlin, B. A. Watson, Y. Kitamura, F. Kishino, and Y. Itoh, "On Tangible User Interfaces, Humans and Spatiality," Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, special issue on "Tangible Interfaces in Perspective", September 2004, to appear <PDF>.

E. Sharlin, B. A. Watson, S. Sutphen, R. Lederer, P. Figueroa, and J. Frazer, "3D Computer Interaction using Physical Objects: exploration of tangible user interfaces", Leonardo Electronic Almanac, vol. 9, no. 7, August, 2001. http://mitpress2.mit.edu/e-journals/LEA <PDF>.

 

Refereed Conference Publications (full archival papers)

E. Sharlin, Y. Itoh, B. A. Watson, Y. Kitamura, S. Sutphen, L. Liu, and F. Kishino, "Spatial Tangible User Interfaces for Cognitive Assessment and Training", in Bio-ADIT 2004, The First International Workshop on Biologically Inspired Approaches to Advanced Information Technology. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne, Switzerland: Springer, January 2004, pp. 410-425. <PDF>.

 

E. Sharlin, Y. Itoh, B. A. Watson, Y. Kitamura, S. Sutphen, and L. Liu, "Cognitive Cubes: a Tangible User Interface for Cognitive Assessment", in Human Factors in Computing Systems CHI 2002. Minneapolis, US: ACM, April, 2002, pp. 347-354. Paper <PDF>, talk <PDF>.

 

E. Sharlin, M. Green, B. A. Watson, and P. Figueroa, "A Wireless, Inexpensive Optical Tracker for the CAVE", in Proceedings of the IEEE Virtual Reality 2000. New Brunswick, New Jersey, March, 2000, pp. 271-278. <PDF>.

 

Refereed Conference Publication (short archival paper)

E. Sharlin, B. A. Watson, L. Liu, S. Sutphen, R. Lederer, P. Figueroa, and J. Frazer, "Printing Virtual Reality Interfaces: the Cognitive Map Probe", in The Future of VR and AR Interfaces: multi-modal, humanoid, adaptive and  intelligent.  Proc. Workshop IEEE Virtual Reality 01.' GMD Report 138, W. Broll and L. Schafer, Eds. GMD - German National Research Center for Information Technology., July, 2001, pp. 40-42. <PDF>.

 

Refereed Conference Presentations/Demonstrations

E. Sharlin, B. A. Watson, Y. Kitamura, D. Rorabeck, R. Lederer, S. Sutphen, M. Takimoto and F. Kishino, “The Tangible Pathfinder—Design of a Wayfinding Trainer for the Visually Impaired”, poster <poster PDF> and abstract <abstract PDF> at Graphics Interface 2004. London, Canada, May, 2004.

L. Liu, E. Sharlin, B. A. Watson, and S. Sutphen, "Assessing Wayfinding Ability using Virtual Reality", Abstract and presentation at the Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists National Conference. Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, May, 2003.

E. Sharlin, B. A. Watson, L. Liu, S. Sutphen, R. Lederer, P. Figueroa, and J.Frazer, "Assessmentville - a Preview", poster <poster PDF> and abstract <abstract PDF> at Graphics Interface 2001. Ottawa, Canada, June, 2001.

 

Theses and Non-refereed Publications

E. Sharlin, “Blurring the Boundaries - Spatial Tangible User Interfaces for Cognitive Assessment”, Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Computing Science, University of Alberta, Canada, 2003. (online soon).

Y. Itoh, E. Sharlin, Y. Kitamura, F. Kishino, B.A. Watson, S. Sutphen, L. Liu, “A User Interface for Cognitive Assessment with ActiveCube”. IPSJ SIGNotes Human Interface Abstract No.098 – 009. Information Processing Society of Japan, 2002, pp. 55-64. <PDF>

A. Cho, R. Lederer, E. Sharlin, B. A. Watson, L. Liu, and S. Sutphen, "Designing Virtual Worlds - the Cognitive Map Probe", in Proc. 13th Western Canadian Computer Graphics Symposium. Silver Star, BC, Canada, March, 2002. <PDF>

S. Sutphen, E. Sharlin, B. A. Watson, and J. Frazer, "Reviving a Tangible Interface Affording 3D Spatial Interaction", in Proc. 11th Western Canadian Computer Graphics Symposium. Panorama, BC, Canada, March, 2000, pp. 155-166. <PDF>

E. Sharlin, “Optical Estimation of Burn Wound Depth”, M.Sc. Thesis, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel, 1997.

 

Technical Reports

E. Sharlin, B. A. Watson, L. Liu, S. Sutphen, J. Frazer, and R. Lederer, "A Tangible User Interface for Assessing Cognitive Mapping Ability", Technical report NWU-CS-02-14, 2003. <PDF>

 

Invited lectures

“Cognitive TUIs—Concealed Automation for Cognitive Assessment and Rehabilitation”. Invited talk (through videoconferencing) at the second symposium on “Virtual Reality & Rehabilitation: Algorithms, Avatars & Applications”, The Caesarea Edmond Benjamin de Rothschild Foundation Institute for Interdisciplinary Applications, Israel, March 17th, 2004, (online soon). Also presented at the Department of Occupational Therapy, University of Haifa, Israel, January 15th, 2004.

“On the Thin Line between Modern Tangible User Interfaces and Prehistoric Tools”. Talk at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Center for Product Development, ETH Zentrum, Zurich, Switzerland. January 27th, 2004. Also presented at the Computer Science Seminars, School of Computer Science, The Interdisciplinary Center (IDC), Herzliya, Israel. January 21st, 2004.

Assessment Using Tangible User Interfaces—Cognitive Cubes and the Cognitive Map Probe. Talk at Seminars in Rehabilitation Science. Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Alberta. December 2002.

On terminators, Waldos, Tolman's Rats, Half-Life and ActiveCube—Cognitive Assessment using Tangible User Interfaces. Talk at the Visual Computing Seminar. Computing Science Department, University of Alberta. April 2001.

Tangible User Interfaces—Old Ideas and New Applications. Talk at the School of Design, The Hong-Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China. March 2001.

In the Beginning There was the Building Block—New Ways to Design Virtual Spaces. Talk at Living Architectures Summit: - Designing for Immersion and Interaction. Banff New Media Institute, Banff Center, September 2000.

From Physical to Virtual and Back again—New Paradigms in Tangible Interfaces. Talk at Computing Science Days 1999, Annual Graduate Student Lecture, University of Alberta, November 1999.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ehud Sharlin, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Human Interface Engineering Laboratory, Osaka University

Address: 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan

Phone: +81-6-6879-7739

Fax: +81-6-6879-7743

Mobile: +81-90-6675-4718

E-mail: ehud@ist.osaka-u.ac.jp

 

 

Taiyo no to

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