Ken Hinckley

I am a research scientist in Microsoft Research, which is part of Microsoft Corporation.

This is my External home page. Click here for my Microsoft internal home page.

InkSeine

Click here for the InkSeine Project Page

Research Interests

The basic thrust of my research is to enhance the input vocabulary that one can express using common computational devices and user interfaces. For example, my current projects include:

· Input devices & interaction techniques: touch-sensing input devices, two-handed input, pen and gesture input, tactile I/O, sensing technologies, ...

· Mobile devices & interaction

· Formal experimental studies of input techniques and human abilities

· All other topics relevant to human-computer interaction

Alpine Scenery from the Washington Cascades

Publications

2007

new! Hinckley, K., Zhao, S., Sarin, R., Baudisch, P., Cutrell, E., Shilman, M., Tan, D., InkSeine: In Situ Search for Active Note Taking, CHI 2007, p. 251-260. [PDF] [.MOV video] [.AVI] [.WMV – higher quality video] (3:45) Note: “InkSeine” is pronounced [ink-seyn]: rhymes with insane.
new! Guimbretiere, F., Dixon, M., Hinckley, K., ExperiScope: An Analysis Tool for Interaction Data, CHI 2007, p. 1333-1342. [PDF] [QuickTime .MOV video]
Liao, C., Guimbretiere, F., Hollan, J., Hinckley, K., PapierCraft: A Command System for Interactive Paper, accepted to ACM Transactions on CHI. Please email Chunyuan for a manuscript [liaomay (at) cs.umd.edu]

2006

Hinckley, K., Guimbretiere, F., Baudisch, P., Sarin, R., Agrawala, M., Cutrell, E., The Springboard: Multiple Modes in One Spring-Loaded Control, to appear in CHI 2006. [PDF] [QuickTime .MOV video] (3:15)
Hinckley, K., Input Technologies and Techniques, Handbook of Human-Computer Interaction, ed. by Andrew Sears and Julie A. Jacko. Lawrence Erlbaum & Associates. Significant revision of 2001 chapter. To appear. [PDF]
Grossman, T., Hinckley, K. Baudisch, P., Agrawala, M., Balakrishnan, R. Hover Widgets: Using the Tracking State to Extend the Capabilities of Pen-Operated Devices, to appear in CHI 2006. [PDF] Video: [QuickTime .MOV video] (5:02)
Zhao, S., P., Agrawala, M., Hinckley, K., Baudisch, P., Zone and Polygon Menus: Using Relative Position to Increase Breadth of Multi-Stroke Marking Menus, to appear in CHI 2006. [PDF] Video: [WMV Video] (5:02)
Hinckley, K., Guimbretiere, F., Apitz, G., Chen, N., Agrawala, M., Phrasing Techniques for Multi-Stroke Selection Gestures, to appear in Graphics Interface 2006. [PDF coming soon] : [WMV Video of the techniques]
Ramos, G., Robertson, G., Czerwinski, M., Tan, D., Baudisch, P., Hinckley, K., Agrawala, M., Robbins, D., Tumble! Splat! Helping Users Access and Manipulate Occluded Content in 2D Drawings, to appear in ACM Advanced Visual Interfaces (AVI 2006). [PDF coming soon]

2005

Liao, C., Guimbretiere, F., Hinckley, K., PapierCraft: A Command System for Interactive Paper, UIST 2005, 241-244. [PDF] [.MOV Video]
Hinckley, K., Pierce, J., Horvitz, E., Sinclair, M. Foreground and Background Interaction with Sensor-enhanced Mobile Devices, ACM TOCHI (Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction) Special Issue on Sensor-Based Interaction, 12 (1), March 2005, pp. 31-52. [PDF]
Hinckley, K., Baudisch, P., Ramos, G., Guimbretiere, F., Design and Analysis of Delimiters for Selection-Action Pen Gesture Phrases in Scriboli. CHI 2005, 451-460. [PDF] [WMV Video] [PPT slides from recent talk at Stanford].
Li, Y., Hinckley, K., Guan, Z., Landay, J. A. Experimental Analysis of Mode Switching Techniques in Pen-based User Interfaces. CHI 2005, 461-470. [PDF]
Baudisch, P., Cutrell, E., Hinckley, K., Eversole, A. Snap-and-go: Helping Users Align Objects Without the Modality of Traditional Snapping. CHI 2005. 301-310. Best paper nominee. [PDF]

2004

Hinckley, K., Ramos, G., Guimbretiere, F., Baudisch, P., Smith, M., Stitching: Pen Gestures that Span Multiple Displays, to appear in ACM Advanced Visual Interfaces (AVI 2004). [PDF] [MPEG Video – 2 minutes – 19 MB] [PPT slides]
[WMV Video of Pocket PC implementation – 12 MB]
Baudisch, P., Cutrell, E., Hinckley, K., and Gruen, R. Mouse Ether: Accelerating the Acquisition of Targets Across Multi-Monitor Displays. CHI 2004 Extended Abstracts (to appear), Vienna Austria, April 2004. [PDF]
Krumm, J. Hinckley, K., The NearMe Wireless Proximity Server. Ubicomp 2004. [PDF]
Hinckley, K., Ramos, G., Guimbretiere, F., Baudisch, P., Smith, M., Stitching: Connecting Wireless Mobile Devices with Pen Gestures, video accepted to appear in ACM Conf. on Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW 2004). [PDF] This is a self-contained video which also shows the technique working on both the Tablet PC and the PocketPC. [draft WMV video] (5 minutes running time).
FINAL version of video with related work [QuickTime MPEG-4 video]

2003

Hinckley, K., Synchronous Gestures for Multiple Users and Computers, ACM UIST 2003 Symposium on User Interface Software & Technology, p. 149-158. [PDF] [MPEG Video – also available on the UIST DVD.]
Hinckley, K., Distributed and Local Sensing Techniques for Face-to-face Collaboration, ICMI/PUI’03 Fifth International Conference on Multimodal Interfaces, p. 81-84. [PDF]. See the UbiComp video below for footage of this system.
Hinckley, K., Bumping Objects Together as a Semantically Rich Way of Forming Connections between Ubiquitous Devices, UbiComp 2003 formal video program. [MPEG Video: running time 5 minutes][Abstract-PDF]
Hinckley, K., Jacob, R., Ware, C., Input/Output Devices and Interaction Techniques, To appear in CRC Computer Science and Engineering Handbook, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. [PDF]
McLoone, H., Hinckley, K., Cutrell, E., Bimanual Interaction on the Microsoft Office Keyboard. INTERACT 2003. [PDF]
McLoone, H., Hinckley, K., Cutrell, E., Ergonomic Principles Applied to the Design of the Microsoft Office Computer Keyboard. International Ergonomics Association (IEA 2003). [PDF]

2002

Hinckley, K., Cutrell, E., Bathiche, S., Muss, T., Quantitative Analysis of Scrolling Techniques, CHI 2002 Conf. on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 65-72. [PDF]

2001

Hinckley, K., Horvitz, E., Toward More Sensitive Mobile Phones, ACM UIST 2001 Symposium on User Interface Software & Technology, pp. 191-192. [PDF]
Hinckley, K., Input Technologies and Techniques, Chapter 7. Handbook of Human-Computer Interaction, ed. by Andrew Sears and Julie A. Jacko. Lawrence Erlbaum & Associates. [PDF – non-edited draft version – see book for definitive copy]

2000

Hinckley, K., Pierce, J., Sinclair, M., Horvitz, E., Sensing Techniques for Mobile Interaction, ACM UIST 2000 Symposium on User Interface Software & Technology, CHI Letters 2 (2), pp. 91-100. Best Paper Award of UIST 2000. [MPEG Video – running time 3 minutes, 15 sec] [PDF] [PDF for color printer]
Igarashi, T., Hinckley, K., Speed-dependent Automatic Zooming for Browsing Large Documents, ACM UIST 2000 Symposium on User Interface Software & Technology, CHI Letters 2 (2), pp. 139-148. [PDF]
Robertson, G., van Dantzich, M., Robbins, D., Czerwinski, M., Hinckley, K., Risden, K., Gorokhovsky, V., Thiel, D., The Task Gallery: A 3D Window Manager, CHI'2000, pp. 494-501. [PDF] .
Balakrishnan, R., Hinckley, K., Symmetric Bimanual Interaction, CHI'2000, p. 33-40. [PDF]

1999

Hinckley, K., Sinclair, M., Touch-Sensing Input Devices, ACM CHI'99 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, pp. 223-230.[PDF]
Hinckley, K., Sinclair, M., Hanson, E., Szeliski, R., Conway, M., The VideoMouse: A Camera-Based Multi-Degree-of-Freedom Input Device, ACM UIST'99 Symposium on User Interface Software & Technology, pp. 103-112. [PDF]
Balakrishnan, R, Hinckley, K. The Roles of Kinesthetic Reference Frames in Two-Handed Input Performance, UIST'99 Symposium on User Interface Software & Technology, pp. 171-178. [PDF]
Hinckley, K., Pausch, R., Proffitt, D., Kassell, N. Two-Handed Virtual Manipulation (Research alert for TOCHI paper). Interactions, Vol. VI.2, March+April 1999, pp. 10-11.

1998

Hinckley, K., Czerwinski, M., Sinclair, M., Interaction and Modeling Techniques for Desktop Two-Handed Input, ACM UIST'98 Symposium on User Interface Software & Technology, pp. 49-58. [PDF]
Hinckley, K., Pausch, R., Proffitt, D., Kassell, N., Two-Handed Virtual Manipulation, ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction (TOCHI), Vol. 5, No. 3, September 1998, pp. 260-302. [PDF]

1997

Hinckley, K., Tullio, J., Pausch, R., Proffitt, D., Kassell, N., Usability Analysis of 3D Rotation Techniques, Proc. ACM UIST'97 Symposium on User Interface Software & Technology, pp. 1-10. [PDF]
Hinckley, K., Haptic Issues for Virtual Manipulation, Ph.D. thesis, Department of Computer Science, University of Virginia.
Hinckley, K., Pausch, R., Proffitt, D., Attention and Visual Feedback: The Bimanual Frame of Reference, 1997 Symposium on Interactive 3D Graphics, pp. 121-126. [PDF]
Hinckley, K., Pausch, R., Proffitt, D., Patten, J., Kassell, N., Cooperative Bimanual Action, ACM CHI'97 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, pp. 27-34. [PDF]

Other Publications

Hinckley, K., Pausch, R, Goble, J., Kassell, N., Passive Real-World Interface Props for Neurosurgical Visualization, ACM CHI'94 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 1994, pp. 452-458. [PDF]
Hinckley, K., Pausch, R., Goble, J. C., Kassell, N. F., A Survey of Design Issues in Spatial Input, Proc. ACM UIST'94 Symposium on User Interface Software & Technology, April 1994, pp. 213-222. [PDF]. See also the Spatial Interfaces Bibliography. [Text] [Word97 doc]
Hinckley, K., Conway, M., Pausch, R., Proffit, D., Stoakley, R., Kassell, N. F., Revisiting Haptic Issues for Virtual Manipulation. Position statemeynt for CHI'96 Workshop on Manipulation in Virtual Environments. [HTML]
Goble, J. C., Hinckley, K., Pausch, R., Snell, J. W., Kassell, N. F., Two-handed Spatial Interface Tools for Neurosurgical Planning, IEEE Computer, July 1995, pp. 20-26. [PDF]
Hinckley, K., Pausch, R., Downs, J. H., Proffitt, D., Kassell, N., The Props-Based Interface For Neurosurgical Visualization, MMVR5: Medicine Meets Virtual Reality 5. Global Healthcare Grid, pp.552-62, IOS Press, Amsterdam, Netherlands. [PDF]
Hinckley, K, Goble, J., Pausch, R., Kassell, N. F., New Applications for the Touchscreen in 2D and 3D Medical Imaging Workstations, SPIE Medical Imaging 1995: Image Display, SPIE Proceedings Vol. 2431, pp.561-570. [PostScript]
Hinckley, K., Pausch, R., Goble, J. C., Kassell, N. F., A Three-Dimensional User Interface for Neurosurgical Visualization, Proc. SPIE Conf. on Medical Imaging, 1994, SPIE Proceedings Vol. 2164, pp. 126-136. [PostScript]
Goble, J. C., Snell, J., Hinckley, K., Kassell, N., A Real-Time System for 3D Neurosurgical Planning, Proc. VBC'94: Visualization in Biomedical Computing 1994, SPIE Proceedings Vol. 2359, pp.552-563.
Snell, J. W., Jackson, T. R., Katz, W. T., Hinckley, K., Goble, J. C., Kassell N. F., A Three-Dimensional Stereotactic Neurosurgical Planner/Simulator, Proc. 1995 SPIE Conference on Medical Imaging: Image Display, SPIE Proceedings Vol. 2431, pp. 110-118. [PostScript]
Jim Durbin, Rob Jacob, Ken Hinckley, Laying the Foundation for the Information Super Highway: Human-Computer Interaction Research, ACM SIGCHI Bulletin, Vol. 26, No. 4, Oct. 1994, p. 56.
Hinckley, K., Ward, M. O., Visual Comparison of Three Sequences, IEEE Visualization 1991. [PDF]

Popular Press

MIT Technology Review, Sensitive Phones. March 2002.
Electronics Times, Home and away. 11/23/01 (Luke Collins).
Kiplinger’s Personal Finance, The Next New Things, September 2001, p. 132-134 (Michael J. Martinez).
Electronics Times, Gates says 'keep spending on R&D' (Sidebar: Sensing Pocket PC). 09/06/01 (Luke Collins).
Seattle Post-Intelligencer Reporter, Microsoft's research group touts latest ideas, Thursday, September 6, 2001 (Dan Richman).
Wall Street Journal, Window Into the Future, June 25, 2001 (Rebecca Buckman).
Business 2.0, Is Microsoft Smart- or Just Successful? May, 2001 (David Orenstein).

Other Information

· My PhD Work: "The Doll's Head" -- The Props-based Interface for Neurosurgical Visualization.

Contact Information

address:	Ken Hinckley Microsoft Corporation One Microsoft Way Redmond, WA 98052-6399 USA
email:	kenh@microsoft.com
phone:	+1-425/703-9065
fax:	+1-425/936-7329