Browsing Mathematics (Faculty of) by Supervisor "Lank, Edward"
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Analyzing Barehand Input Mappings for Video Timeline Control and Object Pointing on Smart TVs
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-21)Smart TVs are getting popular in recent few years. Given the emerging feature of distant bare hand control, one challenge is how to perform common tasks with this new input modality. Two tasks are discussed in this thesis ... -
Contextual Factors Affecting Information Sharing Patterns in Technology Mediated Communication
(University of Waterloo, 2020-08-19)In this thesis, we investigate how and what contextual factors affect user’s information sharing. We build our work on six individual research projects which cover a variety of systems (search engines, social network sites, ... -
Designing Persuasively using Playful Elements
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-14)Alongside productivity and communication, computers are a valuable tool for diversion and amusement. Game Designers leverage the multifaceted world of computing to create applications that can be developed persuasively; ... -
Directly Learning Tractable Models for Sequential Inference and DecisionMaking
(University of Waterloo, 2016-06-21)Probabilistic graphical models such as Bayesian networks and Markov networks provide a general framework to represent multivariate distributions while exploiting conditional independence. Over the years, many approaches ... -
Enhanced Multi-Touch Gestures for Complex Tasks
(University of Waterloo, 2018-12-21)Recent technological advances have resulted in a major shift, from high-performance notebook and desktop computers -- devices that rely on keyboard and mouse for input -- towards smaller, personal devices like smartphones, ... -
Exploring the Potential of Wrist-Worn Gesture Sensing
(University of Waterloo, 2018-01-22)This thesis aims to explore the potential of wrist-worn gesture sensing. There has been a large amount of work on gesture recognition in the past utilizing different kinds of sensors. However, gesture sets tested across ... -
Leveraging Asymmetry and Interdependence to Enhance Social Connectedness in Cooperative Digital Games
(University of Waterloo, 2019-05-24)Play is a fundamental component of human development and is an important means of forming healthy relationships throughout life. Research has shown that the types of digital games people play, how they play them, and who ... -
MathBrush web application: Design and implementation of an online pen-input interface for computer algebra systems
(University of Waterloo, 2017-08-15)Several pen-math systems have been developed for mobile and tablet platforms, most notably by the MathBrush project. With the increasing variety of available devices and platforms used by students, this thesis aims to ... -
Novice-Centric Visualizations for Machine Learning
(University of Waterloo, 2016-04-26)This thesis focuses on visualizations for machine learning tasks. More specifically, we create a taxonomy for existing machine learning visualizations, and design a system to help machine learning novices perform labelling ... -
Supporting Exploratory Search Tasks Through Alternative Representations of Information
(University of Waterloo, 2020-05-14)Information seeking is a fundamental component of many of the complex tasks presented to us, and is often conducted through interactions with automated search systems such as Web search engines. Indeed, the ubiquity of Web ... -
Systems for Managing Work-Related Transitions
(University of Waterloo, 2020-01-17)Peoples' work lives have become ever-populated with transitions across tasks, devices, and environments. Despite their ubiquitous nature, managing transitions across these three domains has remained a significant challenge. ... -
Understanding Mode and Modality Transfer in Unistroke Gesture Input
(University of Waterloo, 2021-10-22)Unistroke gestures are an attractive input method with an extensive research history, but one challenge with their usage is that the gestures are not always self-revealing. To obtain expertise with these gestures, interaction ... -
Viewport- and World-based Personal Device Point-Select Interactions in the Augmented Reality
(University of Waterloo, 2020-11-20)Personal smart devices have demonstrated a variety of efficient techniques for pointing and selecting on physical displays. However, when migrating these input techniques to augmented reality, it is both unclear what the ... -
WatchTrace: Design and Evaluation of an At-Your-Side Gesture Paradigm
(University of Waterloo, 2017-11-16)In this thesis, we present the exploration and evaluation of a gesture interaction paradigm performed with arms at rest at the side of one's body. This gesture stance is informed persisting challenges in mid-air arm gesture ...