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Alex Olwal publication distribution in Computer Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Computer Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alex Olwal sits on this spectrum.

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32 publications 991+

This scientist: 102 publications — 9th percentile

9% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Alex Olwal D-index placement in Computer Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Computer Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alex Olwal sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 34 D-Index — 16th percentile

16% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Alex Olwal is a researcher affiliated with Google in the United States. Their work primarily spans the field of Computer Science, with a specific focus on Human-Computer Interaction, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Information Systems.

Their recent scholarly contributions include publications in notable venues such as the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Extended Abstracts, and arXiv (Cornell University). These papers address various aspects of interactive and immersive technologies, sensory interactions, and interface design.

  • SilentSpeller: Towards mobile, hands-free, silent speech text entry using electropalatography, 2022, CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
  • Opportunistic Interfaces for Augmented Reality: Transforming Everyday Objects into Tangible 6DoF Interfaces Using Ad hoc UI, 2022, CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Extended Abstracts
  • Hidden Interfaces for Ambient Computing: Enabling Interaction in Everyday Materials through High-brightness Visuals on Low-cost Matrix Displays, 2022, CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
  • InstructPipe: Generating Visual Blocks Pipelines with Human Instructions and LLMs, 2023, arXiv (Cornell University)

Research topics they commonly explore include interactive and immersive displays, tactile and sensory interactions, innovative human-technology interaction, augmented reality applications, virtual reality applications and impacts, hand gesture recognition systems, and data visualization and analytics.

  • Interactive and Immersive Displays
  • Tactile and Sensory Interactions
  • Innovative Human-Technology Interaction
  • Augmented Reality Applications
  • Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts
  • Hand Gesture Recognition Systems
  • Data Visualization and Analytics

Frequent collaborators in their work are Ruofei Du, Yinda Zhang, David Kim, Mathieu Le Goc, and Shengzhi Wu. Collaboration with these individuals has led to a number of joint publications reflecting interdisciplinary cooperation in their research areas.

  • Ruofei Du
  • Yinda Zhang
  • David Kim
  • Mathieu Le Goc
  • Shengzhi Wu

Alex Olwal's publications indicate contributions to advancing knowledge in ubiquitous and ambient computing environments, focusing on user interaction with everyday objects and materials through novel interface designs. Their work combines elements of hardware and software to create experiences that engage multiple senses and support hands-free or unobtrusive interaction methods.

Best Publications

  • inFORM: dynamic physical affordances and constraints through shape and object actuation

    Sean Follmer;Daniel Leithinger;Alex Olwal;Akimitsu Hogge

  • Jamming user interfaces: programmable particle stiffness and sensing for malleable and shape-changing devices

    Sean Follmer;Daniel Leithinger;Alex Olwal;Nadia Cheng

  • Grabity: A Wearable Haptic Interface for Simulating Weight and Grasping in Virtual Reality

    Inrak Choi;Heather Culbertson;Mark R. Miller;Alex Olwal

  • Mutual disambiguation of 3D multimodal interaction in augmented and virtual reality

    Ed Kaiser;Alex Olwal;David McGee;Hrvoje Benko

  • Scanners and drillers: Characterizing expert visual search through volumetric images

    Trafton Drew;Melissa Le-Hoa Vo;Alex Olwal;Francine Jacobson

  • Physical telepresence: shape capture and display for embodied, computer-mediated remote collaboration

    Daniel Leithinger;Sean Follmer;Alex Olwal;Hiroshi Ishii

  • Rubbing and tapping for precise and rapid selection on touch-screen displays

    Alex Olwal;Steven Feiner;Susanna Heyman

  • The Flexible Pointer: An Interaction Technique for Selection in Augmented and Virtual Reality

    Alex Olwal;Steven Feiner

  • SkinMarks: Enabling Interactions on Body Landmarks Using Conformal Skin Electronics

    Martin Weigel;Aditya Shekhar Nittala;Alex Olwal;Jürgen Steimle

  • SpaceTop: integrating 2D and spatial 3D interactions in a see-through desktop environment

    Jinha Lee;Alex Olwal;Hiroshi Ishii;Cati Boulanger

  • SmartSleeve: Real-time Sensing of Surface and Deformation Gestures on Flexible, Interactive Textiles, using a Hybrid Gesture Detection Pipeline

    Patrick Parzer;Adwait Sharma;Anita Vogl;Jürgen Steimle

  • Spatial augmented reality on industrial CNC-machines

    Alex Olwal;Jonny Gustafsson;Christoffer Lindfors

  • Sublimate: state-changing virtual and physical rendering to augment interaction with shape displays

    Daniel Leithinger;Sean Follmer;Alex Olwal;Samuel Luescher

  • I/O Braid: Scalable Touch-Sensitive Lighted Cords Using Spiraling, Repeating Sensing Textiles and Fiber Optics

    Alex Olwal;Jon Moeller;Greg Priest-Dorman;Thad Starner

  • SenseShapes: Using Statistical Geometry for Object Selection in a Multimodal Augmented Reality System

    Alex Olwal;Hrvoje Benko;Steven Feiner

  • Shape Displays: Spatial Interaction with Dynamic Physical Form

    Daniel Leithinger;Sean Follmer;Alex Olwal;Hiroshi Ishii

  • proCover: Sensory Augmentation of Prosthetic Limbs Using Smart Textile Covers

    Joanne Leong;Patrick Parzer;Florian Perteneder;Teo Babic

  • ASTOR: An Autostereoscopic Optical See-through Augmented Reality System

    Alex Olwal;Christoffer Lindfors;Jonny Gustafsson;Torsten Kjellberg

  • The interactive FogScreen

    Ismo Rakkolainen;Stephen DiVerdi;Alex Olwal;Nicola Candussi

  • SurfaceFusion: unobtrusive tracking of everyday objects in tangible user interfaces

    Alex Olwal;Andrew D. Wilson

  • Multimodal motion guidance: techniques for adaptive and dynamic feedback

    Christian Schönauer;Kenichiro Fukushi;Alex Olwal;Hannes Kaufmann

Frequent Co-Authors

Steven Feiner
Steven Feiner Columbia University
Sean Follmer
Sean Follmer Stanford University
Tobias Höllerer
Tobias Höllerer University of California, Santa Barbara
Thad Starner
Thad Starner Georgia Institute of Technology
Hrvoje Benko
Hrvoje Benko Facebook (United States)
Jürgen Steimle
Jürgen Steimle Saarland University
Andrew D. Wilson
Andrew D. Wilson Microsoft (United States)
Ivan Poupyrev
Ivan Poupyrev Google (United States)

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