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More multi-touch in the news!
I am super excited that the tabletop I built for the Glenrose was featured in an article in the Wall Street Journal today (as well as a few other places)! It's great to not only see the impact that the...
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Switching gears ...
It's been a long, awesome summer but I am happy to get back in the research groove. Ever since I completed my internship at Autodesk Research, I have been trying to narrow down the focus of my PhD...
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Please pardon the construction!
I'm gonna start off by saying that I love the new blogger Dynamic View templates! With next to zero work on my part, my blog now can be viewed/rendered in seven really cool ways (you are currently...
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Medusa (aka the secret project from my internship)
So now that UIST 2011 is officially over, I can post about the work that I did at Autodesk Research in January of 2010! I'm super excited to finally get to talk about all my hard work and the awesome...
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A blast from the past: Resources for Story Structure, Dramatic Elements, and...
Back in 2007, I was fortunate enough to be part of the a Canadian Distributed Mentor Project (CDMP) which is now known as the Collaborative Research Experiences for Undergraduates - Canada (CREUC))....
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Gesture Learning Research Studies
*** Update ***Thanks to all those who have participated thus far! Both Fraser and I have recruited all the participants for our studies. We will be running another set of studies in two-three months,...
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Surface and Pen-Based Gesture Research Study
*** Update ***Fraser and I have recruited all the participants for our studies. We will be running another set of studies in 3 to 4 months, so please check back a little bit later for the more...
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Back in December I found out that some of the work I had done last year at the UofA was accepted for publication / presentation at CHI 2013 in Paris, France. I'm super excited to talk about this work...
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Three Thumb Slider Example
A few days ago I was looking for a WPF slider that had three thumbs for a project I was working on. The three thumbs needed to be able to be customized individually and the central thumb needed to...
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Back from Microsoft Research
So it has been a very busy year! I recently finished my time at Microsoft Research in Redmond, went on trips to Disneyland, Paris and Scotland / Ireland, helped with and attended my sister's wedding,...
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ICDVRAT 2012 Publication - Rehabilitation Tabletops and User Opinions
While at Microsoft Research, I found out that I had a publication accepted at ICDVRAT 2012 on "User Perspectives on Multi-touch Tabletop Therapy". although I couldn't attend, Fraser Anderson was nice...
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CHI 2012 EA - Tabletops in Motion
To round out the old work that I have neglected to post over the last year, Fraser and I did some work using electromyography, motion capture, and a multi-touch tabletop to understand the extent of...
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Problem with rendering in Chrome
I noticed recently that my blog has not been rendering properly in Chrome (I suspect other browsers as well; IE seems to be ok). I don't know if this is due to a Blogger back end change or something...
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Unrelated to Research but super fun ... vinyl decals!
So this blog is primarily for my research and technical activities, but I really wanted to make a post about something my sister has started doing. Fraser and I tend to buy the exact same electronics...
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CHI 2014 publication! In the Blink of an Eye, Microsoft Research internship...
Woo hoo! It's finally time that I can talk about some of the awesome work that I did at Microsoft Research while I was on my extended internship! One of my forthcoming papers, entitled "In the Blink of...
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GI 2014 Publication! How Low Should We Go? Microsoft Research Internship...
Today is a big day in the world of Michelle because I have lots of news to share! In addition to the CHI 2014 publication on the High Performance Stylus System, I am happy to report that I also have a...
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GI 2014 Publication! The Pen is Mightier, Microsoft Research Internship paper #3
Rounding out today's news is another Graphics Interface 2014 publication that I have forthcoming. This publication, "The Pen Is Mightier: Understanding Stylus Behaviour While Inking on Tablets" reports...
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Graduation will soon be upon us!
Its now that wonderful time in my PhD life when I have finished writing my thesis, it has been passed on to the committee, and I are eagerly awaiting my defense! After many years of very hard work and...
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Successful Defense and PhD Dissertation Details
Yippee! Last week, I was honored to have my thesis accepted by, and successfully defended in front of my examining committee (consisting of the wonderful and fabulous, Dr. Walter F. Bischof, Dr. Pierre...
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Unintended Touch in ToCHI - New Journal Publication from MSR Internship
Two days before my PhD defense, I found out that a manuscript that I submitted to ToCHI on unintended touch (aka palm rejection) was accepted for publication! The manuscript is entitled "Exploring and...
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The toys are in Toronto
Tee heheheh! I'm so excited to announce that I, along with my toys, were offered a joint Post Doctoral Fellowship in the DGP Lab (at the University of Toronto) and in the User Interface Group at...
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GI 2015 Publication! The last of my dissertation to be published ...
I am very happy to announce that the last work from my Dissertation is set to be published at Graphics Interface this year. The publication, "Hands, Hover, and Nibs: Understanding Stylus Accuracy on...
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Dissertation now available
Now that all of the research comprising my Dissertation has been published (see here, here, here, here, and here), I am happy to make it publicly available. If you would like to read my dissertation...
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UIST 2015 Publication! MoveableMaker: Facilitating the Design, Generation,...
This year at UIST (November 2015), I will be fortunate enough to give two presentations. The first is on the unintended touch ToCHI work that I did at Microsoft Research and the second is on a new...
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L'Oreal Canada and UNESCO Post-Doc Award!
I am so super, super excited and honored to have been chosen as the 2015 recipient of the L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science – NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship Supplement! It was an honor before to win...
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