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Accepted and In Preparation (e-mail for pre-publication copies)

[C.?]

Combining Brain Computer Interfaces with Vision for Object Categorization 
Ashish Kapoor, Pradeep Shenoy, Desney S Tan
IEEE Computer Society Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR)

[O.?]

Human-Machine Interface 
Desney S Tan
Encyclopedia of Perception (ed. E Bruce Goldstein)

Book Chapters

[b.2]

Supporting Human Memory with a Personal Digital Lifetime Store  [scanned pdf]
Desney S Tan, Mary Czerwinski, Gordon Bell, Emma Berry, Jim Gemmell, Steve Hodges, Narinder Kapur, Brian Meyers, Nuria Oliver, George Robertson, Ken Wood
Personal Information Management: Challenges and Opportunities (eds. William Jones and Jaime Teevan), University of Washington Press

[b.1]

New Frontiers in Desktop Task Management 
George Robertson, Greg Smith, Patrick Baudisch, Mary Czerwinski, Eric Horvitz, Brian Meyers, Daniel Robbins, Desney S Tan
Beyond the Desktop Metaphor: Designing Integrated Digital Work Environments (eds. Victor Kaptelinn and Mary Czerwinski), MIT Press

Journal Articles

[J.8]

Brain-Computer Interfacing for Intelligent Systems  [pdf]
Anton Nijholt, Desney S Tan, Gert Pfurcheller, Clemens Brunner, José del R Millán, Brendan Allison, Bernhard Graimann, Florin Popescu, Benjamin Blankertz, Klaus-Robert Müller
IEEE Intelligent Systems, 23(3), pp.72-79

[J.8]

AdaptiviTree: Adaptive Tree Visualization for Tournament-Style Brackets  [pdf]
Desney S Tan, Greg Smith, Bongshin Lee, George G. Robertson
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 13(6), pp.1113-1120

[J.7]

Using Job-Shop Scheduling Tasks for Evaluating Collocated Communication  [pdf]
Desney S Tan, Darren Gergle, Regan Mandryk, Kori Inkpen, Melanie Kellar, Kirstie Hawkey, Mary Czerwinski
Journal of Personal and Ubiquitous Computing (Special Issue on User-Centered Design and Evaluation of Services for Human-Human Communication and Collaboration)

[J.6]

FacetMap: A Scalable Search and Browse Visualization  [pdf]
Greg Smith, Mary Czerwinski, Brian Meyers, Daniel Robbins, George Robertson, Desney S Tan
(2006) IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 12(5), pp. 797-804

[J.5]

An Exploration of User Interface Designs for Real-time Panoramic Photography  [pdf]
Patrick Baudisch, Desney S Tan, Drew Steedly, Eric Rudolph, Matt Uyttendaele, Chris Pal, Richard Szeliski
(2006) Australian Journal of Information Systems, 13(2), pp. 151-166

[J.4]

Large Displays Enhance Optical Flow Cues and Narrow the Gender Gap in 3D Virtual Navigation  [pdf]
Desney S Tan, Mary Czerwinski, George Robertson
(2006) Human Factors: The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 48(2), pp.318-333

[J.3]

Physically Large Displays Improve Performance on Spatial Tasks  [pdf]
Desney S Tan, Darren Gergle, Peter Scupelli, Randy Pausch
(2006) ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction, 13(1), pp. 71-99

[J.2]

Large Display User Experience  [pdf]
George Robertson, Mary Czerwinski, Patrick Baudisch, Brian Meyers, Dan Robbins, Greg Smith, Desney S Tan
(2005) IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, 25(4), pp. 44-51

[J.1]

Developing a Generic Augmented-Reality Interface  [pdf]
Ivan Poupyrev, Desney S Tan, Mark Billinghurst, Hirokazu Kato, Holger Regenbrecht, Nebuji Tetsutani
(2002) IEEE Computer 35(3), pp. 44-50

Conference Papers (Full)

[C.28]

CueFlik: Interactive Concept Learning in Image Search  [pdf]
James Fogarty, Desney S Tan, Ashish Kapoor, Simon Winder
(2008) CHI 2008 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, pp. 29-38

[C.27]

Demonstrating the Feasibility of Using Forearm Electromyography for Muscle-Computer Interfaces  [pdf] 
T Scott Saponas, Desney S Tan, Dan Morris, Ravin Balakrishnan
(2008) CHI 2008 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, pp. 515-524

[C.26]

Feasibility and Pragmatics of Classifying Working Memory Load with an Electroencephalograph  [pdf]
David Grimes, Desney S Tan, Scott Hudson, Pradeep Shenoy, Rajesh Rao
(2008) CHI 2008 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, pp. 835-844

[C.25]

Human-Aided Computing: Utilizing Implicit Human Processing to Classify Images  [pdf]
Pradeep Shenoy, Desney S Tan
(2008) CHI 2008 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, pp. 845-854

[C.24]

IMPROMPTU: A New Interaction Framework for Supporting Collaboration in Multiple Display Environments and its Field Evaluation for CO-located Software Development  [pdf]
Jacob Biehl, William Baker, Brain Bailey, Desney S Tan, Kori Inkpen, Mary Czerwinski
(2008) CHI 2008 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, pp. 939-948

[C.23]

InkSeine: In Situ Search for Active Note Taking  [pdf]
Ken Hinckley, Shengdong Zhao, Raman Sarin, Patrick Baudisch, Ed Cutrell, Michael Shilman, Desney S Tan
(2007) CHI 2007 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, pp. 251-260

[C.22]

An Evaluation of Extended Validation and Picture-in-Picture Phishing Attacks  [pdf]
Collin Jackson, Dan Simon, Desney S Tan, Adam Barth
(2007) Usable Security

[C.21]

Using a Low-Cost Electroencephalograph for Task Classification in HCI Research  [pdf]
Johnny C Lee, Desney S Tan
(2006) 19th ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, pp. 81-90

[C.20]

CueTIP: A mixed-Initiative Interface for Correcting Handwriting Errors  [pdf] [mov]
Michael Shilman, Desney S Tan, Patrice Simard
(2006) 19th ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, pp. 323-332

[C.19]

Phosphor: Explaining Transitions in the User Interface using Afterglow Effects  [pdf]
Patrick Baudisch, Desney S Tan, Maxime Collomb, Dan Robbins, Ken Hinckley, Maneesh Agrawala, Shengdong Zhao, Gonzalo Ramos
(2006) 19th ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, pp. 169-178

[C.18]

Tumble! Splat! Helping Users Access and Manipulate Occluded Content in 2D Drawings  [pdf]
Gonzalo Ramos, George Robertson, Mary Czerwinski, Desney S Tan, Patrick Baudisch, Ken Hinckley, Maneesh Agrawala, Daniel Robbins
(2006) Advanced Visual Interfaces 2006, pp. 428-435

[C.17]

Exploring the Design Space for Adaptive Graphical User Interfaces [pdf]
Krzysztof Gajos, Mary Czerwinski, Desney S Tan, Daniel Weld
(2006) Advanced Visual Interfaces 2006, pp. 201-208

[C.16]

Clipping Lists and Change Borders: Improving Multitasking Efficiency with Peripheral Information Design  [pdf]
Tara Matthews, Mary Czerwinski, George Robertson, Desney S Tan
(2006) CHI 2006 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, pp. 989-998

[C.15]

Spy-Resistant Keyboard: More Secure Password Entry on Public Touch Screen Displays  [pdf]
Desney S Tan, Pedram Keyani, Mary Czerwinski.
(2005) OZCHI 2005 Conference for the Computer-Human Interaction Special Interest Group of the Human Factors Society of Australia

[C.14]

Panoramic Viewfinder: Providing a Real-time Preview to Help Users Avoid Flaws in Panoramic Pictures  [pdf]
Patrick Baudisch, Desney S Tan, Drew Steedly, Eric Rudolph, Matt Uyttendaele, Chris Pal, Richard Szeliski
(2005) OZCHI 2005 Conference for the Computer-Human Interaction Special Interest Group of the Human Factors Society of Australia

[C.13]

Physically Large Displays Improve Path Integration in 3D Virtual Navigation Tasks  [pdf]
Desney S Tan, Darren Gergle, Peter Scupelli, Randy Pausch
(2004) CHI 2004 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, pp. 439-446

[C.12]

Effects of Visual Separation and Physical Discontinuities when Distributing Information across Multiple Displays  [pdf]
Desney S Tan, Mary Czerwinski
(2003) OZCHI 2003 Conference for the Computer-Human Interaction Special Interest Group of the Ergonomics Society of Australia, pp. 184-191

[C.11]

Women Go With the (Optical) Flow  [pdf]
Desney S Tan, Mary Czerwinski, George Robertson
(2003) CHI 2003 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, pp. 209-215

[C.10]

With Similar Visual Angles, Larger Displays Improve Performance on Spatial Tasks  [pdf]
Desney S Tan, Darren Gergle, Peter Scupelli, Randy Pausch
(2003) CHI 2003 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, pp. 217-224

[C.9]

Women Take a Wider View  [pdf]
Mary Czerwinski, Desney S Tan, George Robertson
(2002) CHI 2002 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, pp. 195-202

[C.8]

Design and Evaluation of an Individually Simulated Mobility Model in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks  [pdf]
Desney S Tan, Shuheng Zhou, Jiann-min Ho, Janek Mehta, Hideaki Tanabe
(2002) Communication Networks and Distributed Systems Modeling and Simulation Conference 2002

[C.7]

The Infocockpit: Providing Location and Place to Aid Human Memory  [pdf]
Desney S Tan, Jeanine K Stefanucci, Dennis R Proffitt, Randy Pausch
(2001) Workshop on Perceptive User Interfaces 2001, pp. 1-4

[C.6]

The Best of Two Worlds: Merging Virtual and Real for Face-to-Face Collaboration  [pdf]
Desney S Tan, Ivan Poupyrev, Mark Billinghurst, Hirokazu Kato, Holger Regenbrecht, Nobuji Tetsutani
(2001) IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo, pp. 861-864

[C.5]

Tiles: A Mixed Reality Authoring Interface  [pdf]
Ivan Poupyrev, Desney S Tan, Mark Billinghurst, Hirokazu Kato, Holger Regenbrecht, Nebuji Tetsutani
(2001) INTERACT 2001 Conference on Human Computer Interaction

[C.4]

Exploring 3D Navigation: Combining Speed-coupled Flying with Orbiting  [pdf]
Desney S Tan, George Robertson, Mary Czerwinski
(2001) CHI 2001 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, pp. 418-425

[C.3]

Developing Graphical User Interfaces for Robotic Motion Planning Simulations
Desney Tan, Robert J Szczerba, John J Uhran Jr.
(1996) Eighth Annual Butler University Undergraduate Research Conference

[C.2]

A Hierarchical Structure as a Method for Engineering Education
Desney S Tan, Robert J Szczerba, John J Uhran Jr.
(1996) American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Illinois-Indiana Section Conference

[C.1]

The World Wide Web – An Interactive Educational Environment  [pdf]
Desney S Tan, Robert J Szczerba, John J Uhran Jr.
(1996) Tenth Annual Midwest Computer Conference

Conference Papers (Short)

[c.7]

Predictability and Accuracy in Adaptive User Interfaces  [pdf]
Krzysztof Gajos, Katherine Everitt, Desney S Tan, Mary Czerwinski, Daniel Weld
(2008) Extended Abstracts at CHI 2008 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, pp. 1271-1274

[c.6]

Understanding Memory Triggers for Task Tracking  [pdf]
AJ Brush, Brian Meyers, Desney S Tan, Mary Czerwinski
(2007) Extended Abstracts at CHI 2007 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, pp. 947-950.

[c.5]

Large Display Research Overview  [pdf]
Mary Czerwinski, George Robertson, Brian Meyers, Greg Smith, Daniel Robbins, Desney S Tan
(2006) Extended Abstracts at CHI 2006 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, pp. 69-74

[c.4]

WinCuts: Manipulating Arbitrary Window Regions for More Effective Use of Screen Space  [pdf]
Desney S Tan, Brian Meyers, Mary Czerwinski
(2004) Extended Abstracts at CHI 2004 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, pp. 1525-1528

[c.3]

Effects of Visual Separation and Physical Discontinuities when Distributing Information across Multiple Displays  [pdf]
Desney S Tan, Mary Czerwinski
(2003) Short paper at INTERACT 2003 Ninth IFIP International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, pp. 9-16

[c.2]

Information Voyeurism: Social Impact of Physically Large Displays on Information Privacy  [pdf]
Desney S Tan, Mary Czerwinski
(2003) Extended Abstracts at CHI 2003 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, pp. 748-749

[c.1]

Kinesthesis Aids Human Memory  [pdf]
Desney S Tan, Jeanine K Stefanucci, Dennis R Proffitt, Randy Pausch
(2002) Extended Abstracts at CHI 2002 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, pp. 806-807

PhD Proposal and Dissertation

[PhD.2]

Exploiting the Cognitive and Social Benefits of Physically Large Displays  [pdf]
Desney S Tan
(2004) PhD Dissertation, Carnegie Mellon University, School of Computer Science
Technical Report CMU-CS-04-154

[PhD.1]

Exploiting the Cognitive and Social Benefits of Physically Large Displays  [pdf]
Desney S Tan
(2003) PhD Dissertation Proposal, Carnegie Mellon University, School of Computer Science

Workshops, Posters, and Public Demonstrations

[WPD.8]

Brain-Computer Interfaces for Human-Computer Interaction and Games  [pdf] [workshop site]
Anton Nijholt, Desney S Tan, Brendan Allison, Jose del R Millan, Bernhard Graimann, Melody Moore Jackson
(2008) Workshop at CHI 2008 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, pp. 3925-3928/font>

[WPD.7]

Health-OS: A Position Paper  [pdf]
Darko Kirovski, Nuria Oliver, Mike Sinclair, Desney S Tan
(2007) Poster at the 1st International Workshop on Systems and Networking Support for Healthcare and Assisted Living Environments (HealthNet07)

[WPD.6]

Playing with your Brain: Brain-Computer Interfaces and Games  [pdf] [workshop site]
Anton Nijholt, Desney S Tan (organizers)
(2007) Organizing paper for Brainplay Workshop at Advances in Computer Entertainment 2007

[WPD.5]

Panoramic Viewfinder: Providing a Real-time Preview to Help Users Avoid Flaws in Panoramic Pictures  [pdf]
Patrick Baudisch, Desney S Tan, Drew Steedly, Eric Rudolph, Matt Uyttendaele, Chris Pal, Rick Szeliski
(2005) Demonstration at Eighteenth Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology

[WPD.4]

Pre-emptive Shadows: Eliminating the Blinding Light from Projectors  [pdf]
Desney S Tan, Randy Pausch
(2002) Interactive poster at CHI 2002 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, pp. 682-683

[WPD.3]

On-demand, In-place Help for Augmented Reality Environments  [pdf]
Desney S Tan, Ivan Poupyrev, Mark Billinghurst, Hirokazu Kato, Holger Regenbrecht, Nobuji Tetsutani
(2001) Poster at Ubicomp 2001

[WPD.2]

The Best of Two Worlds: Merging Virtual and Real for Face-to-Face Collaboration  [pdf]
Desney S Tan, Ivan Poupyrev, Mark Billinghurst, Hirokazu Kato, Holger Regenbrecht, Nobuji Tetsutani
(2000) Presented at Shared Environments to Support Face-To-Face Collaboration Workshop, ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) 2000

[WPD.1]

A Tangible Augmented Reality Interface for Prototyping Aircraft Instrument Panels
Ivan Poupyrev, Mark Billinghurst, Hirokazu Kato, Desney S Tan, Holger Regenbrecht
(2000) Public Demonstration at IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Augmented Reality (ISAR) 2000

Technical Reports

[TR.4]

A Job-Shop Scheduling Task for Evaluating Coordination during Computer Supported Collaboration  [pdf]
Desney S Tan, Darren Gergle, Mary Czerwinski
(2005) Microsoft Research TR-2005-107

[TR.3]

On-demand, In-place Help for Augmented Reality Environments  [pdf]
Desney S Tan, Ivan Poupyrev, Mark Billinghurst, Hirokazu Kato, Holger Regenbrecht, Nobuji Tetsutani
(2001) Georgia Institute of Technology Technical Report GIT-GVU-TR-01-17

[TR.2]

Simulation of Shortest Path Planning Algorithms Based on the Framed-Octree Data Structure
Desney S Tan, James T Herro, Robert J Szczerba
(1996) University of Notre Dame CSE Technical Report, 96-36

[TR.1]

Simulation of Euclidean Shortest Path Planning Algorithms Based on the Framed-quadtree Data Structure  [pdf]
Desney S Tan, James T Herro, Robert J Szczerba
(1996) University of Notre Dame CSE Technical Report, 95-26

Other Publications

[O.3]

The Names of the Game & [pdf]
Desney S Tan
(1996) Technical Review: University of Notre Dame Engineering Magazine, 49(3)

[O.2]

Technovations: Digital Dove, LCD Monitors, and Signpost 101  [pdf]
Desney S Tanbr>(1995) Technical Review: University of Notre Dame Engineering Magazine, 47(5)

[[O.1]

A Morning in the Life of a Pioneering Domer
Desney S Tan br>(1995) Technical Review: University of Notre Dame Engineering Magazine, 46(2) ["Most Creative Article" award at Engineering College Magazines Association (ECMA) National Conference]

Patents

[P...]

22 inventions patent pending

[P.1]

3D Navigation Techniques  [[weblink]
George Robertson, Mary Czerwinski, Desney S Tanbr> United States Patent #6987512, granted 17 January 2006

Invited Presentations

[IP.7]

Cyberware Engineering: Interfacing Directly with Human Physiological Signals
Desney S Tan
(15 April 2008). Microsoft Research Latin American Academic Summit.

[IP.6]

Using Brain Sensing Technologies in Human-Computer Interaction Work
Desney S Tan
(16 February 2007). University of Washington Technical Communication 512 Seminar.

[IP.5]

Usingg CueTIP to Ponder Mixed-Initiative Correction Interfaces
Desney S Tanbr> (24 January 2007). University of Washington DUB group meeting.

[IP.4]

Designing for Large Displays
Desney S Tan
(15 January 2007). Human-Computer Interaction and Visualization Workshop, Kaiserslautern, Germany.

[IP.3]

Novel Visualization and Interaction for Large Displays
Mary Czerwinski, Desney S Tan
(16 February 2006). Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.

[IP.2]

Physically Large Displays Improve Performance on Spatial Tasks
Desney S Tan
(21 June 2005). Microsoft Research Technical Advisory Board meeting, Redmond, Washington.

[IP.1]

Understanding and Designing for Physically Large Displays
Desney S Tan
(4 June 2004). Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
(27 May 2004). National University of Singapore, Singapore.
((26 May 2004). Institute for InfoComm Research, Singapore.
(25 May 2004). Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
(12 May 2004). Intel Research, Seattle, Washington.br> (10 May 2004). Microsoft Research, Redmond, Washington.
(4 and 20 May 2004). IBM Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts and Yorktown Heights, New York.

Selected Popular Press

[Pr.15]

High-tech Armband Puts your Fingers in Control
New Scientist, 24 April 2008 [weblink]

[Pr.14]

Giving Back to the Machines
digit, 22 January 2008 [weblink]

[Pr.14]

Giving Back to the Machines
digit, 22 January 2008 [weblink]

[Pr.13]

Microsoft's Investigation into the Subconscious
MarketWatch from DowJones, 18 January 2008 [weblink]

[Pr.12]

The Year in Hardware
MIT Technology Review, 26 December 2007 [weblink]

[Pr.11]

I Spy with my AI, Something Beginning with T(hought)!
Information Technology Magazine, 1 October 2007 [weblink] [pdf]

[Pr.10]

Work on Paralysis Shows Just How Hard it is to Read Minds
Wall Street Journal, 26 September 2007 [weblink]

[Pr.9]

Teaching Computers to Read Minds
MIT Technology Review, 15 August 2007 [weblink]

[Pr.8]

Human-Aided Computing: Microsoft Researchers are Trying to Harness Untapped Brain Power
MIT Technology Review, 22 June 2007 [weblink]

[Pr.7]

Computer Will Try to Adjust to Your Moods: This is your Brain Plugged In
Puget Sound Business Journal, 19 May 2006  [weblink]

[Pr.6]

Software Notebook: Helping Users Peer into the Minds of Users
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 13 March 2006  [weblink]

[Pr.5]

Microsoft Research Nurtures Top Tech Talent with Student Fellowships
Microsoft PressPass, 6 March 2006  [weblink]

[Pr.4]

Microsoft Research Interns Make Their Mark in Computer Usability at CHI 2003 Conference
Microsoft PressPass, 27 March 2003  [weblink]

[Pr.3]

Large Displays Enhance Optical Flow and Close the Gender Gap in 3D Virtual Navigation
Microsoft PressPass, 3 April 2003  [weblink]
EurekAlert, 15 April 2003  [weblink]
New Scientist, 17 April 2003  [weblink]
New York Times, 21 April 2003 (requires subscription)  [weblink]
Subsequently covered by: Carnegie Mellon Newsclips, Yahoo.com, UK Yahoo.com, USA Today, Slashdot, bizInk, Morningstar, Stockwatch, WomenGamers.com, Creativepro.com, Bakersfield Channel, Milwaukee Channel, WRAL, Channel 4000, Boston Channel, SciGuy Science News, ScienceTicker, Kensei News, Mainichi Interactive, Ikson Portal, Hindustan Times, Centro Paulista, Dagbladet, BN DeStem, Vjesnik Online, Nkzagreb Online

[Pr.2]

Foreign Students Fear INS is Targeting Them
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 15 February 2003  [weblink]
Subsequently covered by: De Virtutibus blog

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Students Scoff at Paying Internet Piper
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 1 June 2003&  [weblink]