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Xiang Cao

曹翔

Xiang Cao

xiangc [at] microsoft.com

Microsoft Research Asia
Building 2
No. 5 Danling Street, Haidian District
Beijing 100080
China

I am a researcher in the Human-Computer Interaction Group at Microsoft Research Asia. My research is in the general field of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), with current focuses being next-generation interaction technologies and digital tools to support creativity. My other interests also include computer-supported cooperative activities and user performance modeling.

I first joined Microsoft in the Computer-Mediated Living Group at Microsoft Research Cambridge (UK), where I was also a fellow at Corpus Christi College in the University of Cambridge. In the past I also worked and interned at other research labs such as in Siemens, IBM, and Intel. I received my PhD from the Department of Computer Science at University of Toronto, supervised by Prof. Ravin Balakrishnan.

Along with other professional services, I currently serve as the vice chair of the China Chapter of ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Human Interaction (SIGCHI), working towards promoting HCI research in China and its connection with the international HCI community.

 

PUBLICATIONS                    PATENTS                    SERVICES                    SUPERVISION

 

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS  

Novel Interaction Technologies and Techniques

  • Nicolas Villar, Shahram Izadi, Dan Rosenfeld, Hrvoje Benko, John Helmes, Jonathan Westhues, Steve Hodges, Eyal Ofek, Alex Butler, Xiang Cao, Billy Chen. (2009). Mouse 2.0: Multi-touch meets the mouse. Proceedings of UIST 2009, ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology. p. 33-42. UIST 2009 Best Paper Award. Video (Download, YouTube).

 

Digital Tools to Support Creativity

 

 

Living, Playing, and Working in the Social Realm

 

  • John Helmes, Alex S. Taylor, Xiang Cao, Kristina Höök, Peter Schmitt, Nicolas Villar. (2011). Rudiments 1, 2 & 3: Design speculations on autonomy. Proceedings  of TEI 2011, International Conference on Tangible, Embedded and Embodied Interaction. p. 145-152.

 

Measuring and Modeling User Performance

 

 

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

Invited Papers/Articles

Book Chapter

Demos, Posters, Tech Reports, etc.

Theses

  • Xiang Cao. (2008). Handheld projector interaction. Ph. D. Thesis. Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto.
  • 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.

 

PATENTS FILED

  • Xiang Cao, Seokhwan Kim, Haimo Zhang, Desney S. Tan. (2012). Simultaneous display of multiple content items. U.S. patent application filed on 22 June 2012. Pending.
  • Xiang Cao, Haimo Zhang. (2012). User perception of visual effects. U.S. patent application filed on 1 May 2012. Pending.
  • Xiang Cao, Dominik Schmidt, David Geoffrey Molyneaux. (2012). Controlling a device with visible light. U.S. patent application filed on 23 March 2012. Pending.
  • Yingnong Dang, Sergio Paolantonio, Xiang Cao, Xiumin Lin, Dongmei Zhang. (2012). Consumption of content with reactions of an individual. U.S. patent application filed on 10 January 2012. Pending.
  • Aaron Hoff, Kori Inkpen Quinn, Paul Johns, Asta Roseway, Chen Zhao, Xiang Cao, Jennifer Marlow, John C. Tang. (2011). Proxy for asynchronous meeting participation. U.S. patent application filed on 24 November 2011. Pending.
  • Xiang Cao, Guang Li, Sergio Paolantonio. (2011). Techniques to facilitate asynchronous communication. U.S. patent application filed on 19 October 2011. Pending.
  • Xiang Cao, Minghui Sun, Shahram Izadi, Hrvoje Benko, Kenneth P Hinckley. (2011). Multi-touch input device with orientation sensing. U.S. patent application filed on 11 February 2011. Pending.
  • John Helmes, Shahram Izadi, Xiang Cao, Nicolas Villar, Richard Banks. (2010). User Input Device. U.S. patent application filed on 29 October 2010. Pending.
  • Xiang Cao, John Helmes, Abigail Sellen, Richard Banks. (2010). Sketching and searching application for idea generation. U.S. patent application filed on 3 June 2010. Pending.
  • Hrvoje Benko, Shahram Izadi, Andrew D Wilson, Daniel Rosenfeld, Ken Hinckley, Xiang Cao, Nicolas Villar, Stephen Hodges. (2010). Multi-touch user interface interaction. U.S. patent application filed on 16 March 2010. Pending.
  • John Helmes, Nicolas Villar, Hrvoje Benko, Shahram Izadi, Daniel Rosenfeld, Stephen Hodges, David Alexander Butler, Xiang Cao, Richard Banks. (2009). Indirect multi-touch interaction. U.S. patent application filed on 1 October 2009. Pending.
  • Xiang Cao, John Helmes, Abigail Sellen, Siân Elizabeth Lindley. (2009). Creating animations. U.S. patent No. 8325192. Filed on 10 July 2009. Granted on 4 December 2012.
  • Nicolas Villar, John Helmes, Shahram Izadi, Daniel Rosenfeld, Stephen E Hodges, David Alexander Butler, Xiang Cao, Otmar Hilliges, Richard Banks, Benjamin David Eidelson, Hrvoje Benko. (2009). Pointing device with independently movable portions. U.S. patent application filed on 16 June 2009. Pending.

 

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

Program Committees and Referee Duties

Conference Organization

Others

 

RESEARCH SUPERVISION

  • Yineng Chen. Research intern at Microsoft Research Asia, from Chinese Academy of Sciences. 2012-2013.
  • Xuyong Yang. Research intern at Microsoft Research Asia, from University of Science and Technology of China. 2012-2013.
  • Chihiro Suga. Research intern at Microsoft Research Asia, from Ochanomizu University. 2012.
  • Yupeng Zhang. Research intern at Microsoft Research Asia, from University of Science and Technology of China. 2012-2013.
  • Xing-Dong Yang. Research intern at Microsoft Research Asia, from University of Alberta. 2012.
  • Zhimin Ren. Research intern at Microsoft Research Asia, from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. 2012.
  • Stanford University / University of Science and Technology of China joint team. Design Innovation Course (ME310) at Stanford University. 2011-2012.
  • Jun Kato. Research intern at Microsoft Research Asia, from University of Tokyo. 2012.
  • Shang Ma. Research intern at Microsoft Research Asia, from Tsinghua University, co-supervised with Ying-Qing Xu. 2012.
  • Jessica Cauchard. Research intern at Microsoft Research Asia, from University of Bristol. 2011-2012.
  • Teng Han. Research intern at Microsoft Research Asia, from University of Bristol. 2011-2012.
  • Jizhou Yan. Research intern at Microsoft Research Asia, from Beihang University, co-supervised with Xin Ma and Chunshui Zhao. 2011-2012.
  • Dominik Schmidt. Research intern at Microsoft Research Asia, from Lancaster University. 2011.
  • Haimo Zhang. Research intern at Microsoft Research Asia, from National University of Singapore. 2011.
  • Adiyan Mujibiya. Research intern at Microsoft Research Asia, from University of Tokyo, co-supervised with Desney Tan. 2011.
  • Seokhwan Kim. Research intern at Microsoft Research Asia, from University of Tsukuba, co-supervised with Desney Tan. 2011.
  • Nan Zhao. Research intern at Microsoft Research Asia, from RWTH Aachen University. 2011.
  • Yuhang Zhao. Research intern at Microsoft Research Asia, from Tsinghua University. 2010-2011.
  • Guang Li. Research intern at Microsoft Research Asia, from Chinese Academy of Sciences. 2010-2011.
  • Minghui Sun. Research intern at Microsoft Research Cambridge, from Kochi University of Technology. 2010.
  • Yan Xu. Research intern at Microsoft Research Cambridge, from Georgia Institute of Technology. 2009.
  • Boon Yew Chew. Master's thesis at University College London, co-supervised with Jennifer A. Rode and Abigail Sellen. 2009.
  • Serena Kao. Undergraduate research assistant at University of Toronto. 2008.
  • Clarissa Mak. Undergraduate research assistant at University of Toronto. 2008.
  • Jacky Jie Li. Undergraduate research assistant at University of Toronto. 2007.
  • Janek Lasocki-Biczysko. Undergraduate research assistant at University of Toronto, co-supervised with Tomer Moscovich. 2007.
  • Shuo Zhao. Research intern at Siemens Ltd., China, from Peking University. 2005.

 

(This web page last updated on 8th April 2013.)

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