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Overview

Mark D. Gross is affiliated with the University of Colorado Boulder in the United States. Their research encompasses several interdisciplinary fields, focusing primarily on aspects of human-computer interaction, computer vision and pattern recognition, statistical and nonlinear physics, mathematical physics, and social psychology.

Their work addresses both theoretical and applied topics, reflected in multiple recent papers spanning areas such as migration health, augmented and virtual reality applications, and advanced mathematics.

Selected recent publications include:

  • "Internal migration and health in South Africa: determinants of healthcare utilisation in a young adult cohort" (2021), published in BMC Public Health
  • "AR Drum Circle: Real-Time Collaborative Drumming in AR" (2022), published in Frontiers in Virtual Reality
  • "From architects' terms to computable descriptions of spatial qualities" (2021), published in Spatial Cognition and Computation
  • "What Information Should a Robot Convey?" (2021), presented at the 2021 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)
  • "The Higher Dimensional Tropical Vertex" (2020), published in arXiv (Cornell University)

Gross frequently collaborates with a consistent group of co-authors, including Nathanaël Berestycki, Martin R. Bridson, K. Falconer, A Gra N Ville, and Darshan Ranganathan, each appearing in 16 joint publications.

Their publications often appear in established venues such as Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, arXiv (Cornell University), BMC Public Health, Frontiers in Virtual Reality, and Spatial Cognition and Computation.

Their research topics cover a range of subjects, including:

  • Nonlinear Waves and Solitons
  • Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts
  • Augmented Reality Applications
  • Advanced Algebra and Geometry
  • Migration, Health and Trauma
  • Migration and Labor Dynamics
  • Global Maternal and Child Health

Subfields of study reflected in their work include:

  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
  • Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
  • Mathematical Physics
  • Social Psychology

Best Publications

  • Ambiguous intentions: a paper-like interface for creative design

    Mark D. Gross;Ellen Yi-Luen Do

  • The Electronic Cocktail Napkin—a computational environment for working with design diagrams

    Mark D. Gross

  • Interactive fabrication: new interfaces for digital fabrication

    Karl D.D. Willis;Cheng Xu;Kuan-Ju Wu;Golan Levin

  • A theoretical framework of design critiquing in architecture studios

    Yeonjoo Oh;Suguru Ishizaki;Mark D. Gross;Ellen Yi-Luen Do

  • Thinking with Diagrams in Architectural Design

    Ellen Yi-Luen Do;Mark D. Gross

  • roBlocks: a robotic construction kit for mathematics and science education

    Eric Schweikardt;Mark D. Gross

  • Digital clay: deriving digital models from freehand sketches

    Eric Schweikardt;Mark D. Gross

  • LiftTiles: Constructive Building Blocks for Prototyping Room-scale Shape-changing Interfaces

    Ryo Suzuki;Ryosuke Nakayama;Dan Liu;Yasuaki Kakehi

  • ShapeBots: Shape-changing Swarm Robots

    Ryo Suzuki;Clement Zheng;Yasuaki Kakehi;Tom Yeh

  • Educational Construction Kit

    Eric Schweikardt;Mark D. Gross

  • Constraints: Knowledge representation in design

    Mark D. Gross;Stephen M. Ervin;James A. Anderson;Aaron Fleisher

  • Concept design games

    N.John Habraken;Mark D. Gross

  • Navigational blocks: navigating information space with tangible media

    Ken Camarata;Ellen Yi-Luen Do;Brian R. Johnson;Mark D. Gross

  • Annotating and sketching on 3D web models

    Thomas Jung;Mark D. Gross;Ellen Yi-Luen Do

  • Demonstrating the electronic cocktail napkin: a paper-like interface for early design

    Mark D. Gross;Ellen Yi Luen Do

  • RoomShift: Room-scale Dynamic Haptics for VR with Furniture-moving Swarm Robots

    Ryo Suzuki;Hooman Hedayati;Clement Zheng;James L. Bohn

  • Drawing on the Back of an Envelope: a framework for interacting with application programs by freehand drawing

    Mark D Gross;Ellen Yi-Luen Do

  • Computational Support for Sketching in Design

    Gabe Johnson;Mark D. Gross;Jason Hong;Ellen Yi-Luen Do

  • Recognizing and interpreting diagrams in design

    Mark D. Gross

  • Drawing as a Means to Design Reasoning

    Ellen Yi-Luen Do;Mark D. Gross

  • Interactive paper devices: end-user design & fabrication

    Greg Saul;Cheng Xu;Mark D. Gross

  • Red balloon, green balloon, sensors in the sky

    Stacey Kuznetsov;George Noel Davis;Eric Paulos;Mark D. Gross

Frequent Co-Authors

Eric Paulos
Eric Paulos University of California, Berkeley
Koji Yatani
Koji Yatani University of Tokyo
Jason Hong
Jason Hong Carnegie Mellon University
Yoshihiro Kawahara
Yoshihiro Kawahara University of Tokyo
Stephen Brewster
Stephen Brewster University of Glasgow
Seth Copen Goldstein
Seth Copen Goldstein Carnegie Mellon University
Joseph A. Konstan
Joseph A. Konstan University of Minnesota
James D. Herbsleb
James D. Herbsleb Carnegie Mellon University
Sara Kiesler
Sara Kiesler Carnegie Mellon University
Lucy Fortson
Lucy Fortson University of Minnesota

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