Xiang Cao's Research

My current research focuses on Human-Computer Interaction, while my experiences and interests also include computer vision, machine learning and computer graphics.

Publications

Refereed Full Papers

Xiang Cao, Michael Massimi, Ravin Balakrishnan. (2008 - in press). Flashlight Jigsaw: An Exploratory Study of an Ad-Hoc Multi-Player Game on Public Displays. To appear in CSCW 2008, ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work. 10 pages.
Xiang Cao, Andrew D. Wilson, Ravin Balakrishnan, Ken Hinckley, Scott E. Hudson. (2008). ShapeTouch: Leveraging Contact Shape on Interactive Surfaces. Proceedings of TABLETOP 2008, IEEE International Workshop on Horizontal Interactive Human Computer System. p. 139-146. Video
Xiang Cao, Jacky Jie Li, Ravin Balakrishnan. (2008). Peephole pointing: Modeling acquisition of dynamically revealed targets. Proceedings of CHI 2008, ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. p. 1699-1708. CHI 2008 Best Paper Honorable Mention.
Xiang Cao, Clifton Forlines, Ravin Balakrishnan. (2007). Multi-user interaction using handheld projectors. Proceedings of UIST 2007, ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology. p. 43-52. Video
Xiang Cao, Shumin Zhai. (2007). Modeling human performance of pen stroke gestures. Proceedings of CHI 2007, ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. p. 1495-1504. Demo Program
Xiang Cao, Ravin Balakrishnan. (2006). Interacting with dynamically defined information spaces using a handheld projector and a pen. Proceedings of UIST 2006, ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology. p. 225-234. Video
Xiang Cao, Ravin Balakrishnan. (2005). Evaluation of an online adaptive gesture interface with command prediction. Proceedings of GI 2005, Graphics Interface Conference. p. 187-194. GI 2005 Best Student Paper Award.
Xiang Cao, Ravin Balakrishnan. (2003). VisionWand: Interaction techniques for large displays using a passive wand tracked in 3D. Proceedings of UIST 2003, ACM Symposium on User Interface Software & Technology. p. 193-202. One of 3 papers invited to the UIST reprise session at ACM SIGGRAPH 2004. Video
Xiang Cao, Baining Guo. (2002). Real-time tracking and imitation of facial expression. Proceedings of ICIG 2002, SPIE International Conference on Image and Graphics. p. 910-918.

Short Papers, Tech Reports etc.

Xiang Cao, Shumin Zhai. (2006). Modeling human performance of pen stroke gestures. IBM Research Report RJ10392.
　
Xiang Cao, Eyal Ofek, David Vronay. (2005). Evaluation of alternative presentation control techniques. Extended Abstracts of CHI 2005, ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. p. 1248-1251.
　
Xiang Cao, Ravin Balakrishnan. (2004). VisionWand: Interaction techniques for large displays using a passive wand tracked in 3D. ACM Transactions on Graphics, 23(3). Proceedings of SIGGRAPH 2004 Conference (Invited reprise of UIST 2003). p. 729.
　
Xiang Cao, Guangyou Xu. (2000). Segmentation and tracking of semantic objects in video. Proceedings of NCMT 2000, National Conference of Multimedia Technology (in Chinese)

Theses

Xiang Cao. (2004). An exploration of gesture-based interaction. M. Sc. Thesis. Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto.
　
Xiang Cao. (2000). Segmentation and tracking of semantic objects in video. B. Eng. Thesis. Department of Computer Science and Technology, Tsinghua University.