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Overview

Pourang Irani is affiliated with the University of Manitoba in Canada. Their research primarily falls within the field of computer science, with a significant focus on human-computer interaction. Their body of work spans various subfields including human-computer interaction, computer vision and pattern recognition, cognitive neuroscience, social psychology, and control and systems engineering.

Their research topics encompass interactive and immersive displays, tactile and sensory interactions, social robot interaction and human-robot interaction (HRI), innovative human-technology interaction methods, hand gesture recognition systems, data visualization and analytics, as well as virtual reality applications and impacts.

The scientist has published extensively in notable venues, particularly in:

  • Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction
  • Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive Mobile Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
  • CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Extended Abstracts

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Pourang Irani include Bradley Rey, Wei Li, Shariff AM Faleel, Kevin Fan, and Da-Yuan Huang.

Some recent papers exemplify the scope and focus of their research:

  • "HPUI: Hand Proximate User Interfaces for One-Handed Interactions on Head Mounted Displays" (2021), published in IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics
  • "Towards Design Guidelines for Effective Health-Related Data Videos: An Empirical Investigation of Affect, Personality, and Video Content" (2022), published in CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
  • "Investigating In-Situ Personal Health Data Queries on Smartwatches" (2022), published in Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive Mobile Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies
  • "Mold-It: Understanding how Physical Shapes affect Interaction with Handheld Freeform Devices" (2022), published in CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
  • "Understanding and Adapting Bezel-to-Bezel Interactions for Circular Smartwatches in Mobile and Encumbered Scenarios" (2022), published in Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction

Best Publications

  • Consumed endurance: a metric to quantify arm fatigue of mid-air interactions

    Juan David Hincapié-Ramos;Xiang Guo;Paymahn Moghadasian;Pourang Irani

  • Wedge: clutter-free visualization of off-screen locations

    Sean Gustafson;Patrick Baudisch;Carl Gutwin;Pourang Irani

  • Proceedings of the 24th annual ACM symposium adjunct on User interface software and technology

    Jessica R Cauchard;Markus Loechtefeld;Pourang Irani;Johannes Schoening

  • Tilt techniques: investigating the dexterity of wrist-based input

    Mahfuz Rahman;Sean Gustafson;Pourang Irani;Sriram Subramanian

  • Detecting and leveraging finger orientation for interaction with direct-touch surfaces

    Feng Wang;Xiang Cao;Xiangshi Ren;Pourang Irani

  • Computer Input Device

    Pourang Irani;Kang Shi;Jared Cechanowicz;Sriram Subramanian

  • Understanding Data Videos: Looking at Narrative Visualization through the Cinematography Lens

    Fereshteh Amini;Nathalie Henry Riche;Bongshin Lee;Christophe Hurter

  • ARC-Pad: absolute+relative cursor positioning for large displays with a mobile touchscreen

    David C. McCallum;Pourang Irani

  • Exploring the use of hand-to-face input for interacting with head-worn displays

    Marcos Serrano;Barrett M. Ens;Pourang P. Irani

  • The Frustrations and Benefits of Mobile Device Usage in the Home when Co-Present with Family Members

    Erick Oduor;Carman Neustaedter;William Odom;Anthony Tang

  • High-precision pointing on large wall displays using small handheld devices

    Mathieu Nancel;Olivier Chapuis;Emmanuel Pietriga;Xing-Dong Yang

  • Authoring Data-Driven Videos with DataClips

    Fereshteh Amini;Nathalie Henry Riche;Bongshin Lee;Andres Monroy-Hernandez

  • GesText: accelerometer-based gestural text-entry systems

    Eleanor Jones;Jason Alexander;Andreas Andreou;Pourang Irani

  • WristWhirl: One-handed Continuous Smartwatch Input using Wrist Gestures

    Jun Gong;Xing-Dong Yang;Pourang Irani

  • The personal cockpit: a spatial interface for effective task switching on head-worn displays

    Barrett M. Ens;Rory Finnegan;Pourang P. Irani

  • Diagramming information structures using 3D perceptual primitives

    Pourang Irani;Colin Ware

  • Augmenting the mouse with pressure sensitive input

    Jared Cechanowicz;Pourang Irani;Sriram Subramanian

  • Putting your best foot forward: investigating real-world mappings for foot-based gestures

    Jason Alexander;Teng Han;William Judd;Pourang Irani

  • Interactive Exploration of Surveillance Video through Action Shot Summarization and Trajectory Visualization

    Amir H. Meghdadi;Pourang Irani

  • Ethereal planes: a design framework for 2D information space in 3D mixed reality environments

    Barrett Ens;Juan David Hincapié-Ramos;Pourang Irani

  • Comparing visualizations for tracking off-screen moving targets

    Sean G. Gustafson;Pourang P. Irani

Frequent Co-Authors

Sriram Subramanian
Sriram Subramanian University College London
Tovi Grossman
Tovi Grossman University of Toronto
Carl Gutwin
Carl Gutwin University of Saskatchewan
Colin Ware
Colin Ware University of New Hampshire
Jason Alexander
Jason Alexander University of Bath
George Fitzmaurice
George Fitzmaurice Autodesk (United States)
Andy Cockburn
Andy Cockburn University of Canterbury
Niklas Elmqvist
Niklas Elmqvist University of Maryland, College Park
Hrvoje Benko
Hrvoje Benko Facebook (United States)
Ken Hinckley
Ken Hinckley Microsoft (United States)

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