Chairs

• Paul G. Kry
• Andrea Bunt

Speakers

• Matthias Müller

  Physics in Games
• Elizabeth Churchill

  Foundations for Designing User Centered Systems: A framework and some case studies
• Eugene Fiume

  Visual Models and Ontologies

Awards

• Hua Li
  2013 Alain Fournier Ph.D. Dissertation Annual Award
• Xing-Dong Yang
  2013 Bill Buxton Best Canadian HCI Dissertation Award
• Eugene Fiume
  Achievement Award 2014

Best Papers

Student Authors in Bold

• Oskar Elek, Tobias Ritschel, Carsten Dachsbacher, Hans-Peter Seidel

  Interactive Light Scattering with Principal-Ordinate Propagation
• Ahmed Sabbir Arif, Michel Pahud, Ken Hinckley, Bill Buxton

  Experimental Study of Stroke Shortcuts for a Touchscreen Keyboard with Gesture-Redundant Keys Removed

Acceptance Rate

Proceedings ( pages total)

• GI '14: Proceedings of the 2014 Graphics Interface Conference: Front Matter

  Edited by Paul G. Kry, Andrea Bunt

  • BibTeX

    @proceedings{Kry:2014,
     editor = {Kry, Paul G. and Bunt, Andrea},
     title = {GI ’14: Proceedings of the 2014 Graphics Interface Conference: Front Matter},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2014},
     series = {GI 2014},
     year = {2014},
     issn = {0713-5424},
     isbn = {978-1-4822-6003-8},
     location = {Montr{\'e}al, Qu{\'e}bec, Canada},
     publisher = {Canadian Human-Computer Communications Society},
     address = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
    }

Invited paper

• Visual models and ontologies

  Eugene Fiume
  pp. 1-7

  • BibTeX

    @inproceedings{Fiume:2014:,
     author = {Fiume, Eugene},
     title = {Visual models and ontologies},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2014},
     series = {GI 2014},
     year = {2014},
     issn = {0713-5424},
     isbn = {978-1-4822-6003-8},
     location = {Montr{\'e}al, Qu{\'e}bec, Canada},
     pages = {1--7},
     numpages = {7},
     publisher = {Canadian Human-Computer Communications Society},
     address = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
    }

Physics and collision

• Task efficient contact configurations for arbitrary virtual creatures

  Steve Tonneau, Julien Pettré, Franck Multon
  pp. 9-16

  • BibTeX

    @inproceedings{Tonneau:2014:,
     author = {Tonneau, Steve and Pettr{\'e}, Julien and Multon, Franck},
     title = {Task efficient contact configurations for arbitrary virtual creatures},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2014},
     series = {GI 2014},
     year = {2014},
     issn = {0713-5424},
     isbn = {978-1-4822-6003-8},
     location = {Montr{\'e}al, Qu{\'e}bec, Canada},
     pages = {9--16},
     numpages = {8},
     publisher = {Canadian Human-Computer Communications Society},
     address = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
    }

• Seamless adaptivity of elastic models

  Maxime Tournier, Matthieu Nesme, Francois Faure, Benjamin Gilles
  pp. 17-24

  • BibTeX

    @inproceedings{Tournier:2014:,
     author = {Tournier, Maxime and Nesme, Matthieu and Faure, Francois and Gilles, Benjamin},
     title = {Seamless adaptivity of elastic models},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2014},
     series = {GI 2014},
     year = {2014},
     issn = {0713-5424},
     isbn = {978-1-4822-6003-8},
     location = {Montr{\'e}al, Qu{\'e}bec, Canada},
     pages = {17--24},
     numpages = {8},
     publisher = {Canadian Human-Computer Communications Society},
     address = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
    }

• Efficient collision detection while rendering dynamic point clouds

  Mohamed Radwan, Stefan Ohrhallinger, Michael Wimmer
  pp. 25-33

  • BibTeX

    @inproceedings{Radwan:2014:,
     author = {Radwan, Mohamed and Ohrhallinger, Stefan and Wimmer, Michael},
     title = {Efficient collision detection while rendering dynamic point clouds},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2014},
     series = {GI 2014},
     year = {2014},
     issn = {0713-5424},
     isbn = {978-1-4822-6003-8},
     location = {Montr{\'e}al, Qu{\'e}bec, Canada},
     pages = {25--33},
     numpages = {9},
     publisher = {Canadian Human-Computer Communications Society},
     address = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
    }

• Signed distance fields for polygon soup meshes

  Hongyi Xu, Jernej Barbič
  pp. 35-41

  • BibTeX

    @inproceedings{Xu:2014:,
     author = {Xu, Hongyi and Barbi{\v c}, Jernej},
     title = {Signed distance fields for polygon soup meshes},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2014},
     series = {GI 2014},
     year = {2014},
     issn = {0713-5424},
     isbn = {978-1-4822-6003-8},
     location = {Montr{\'e}al, Qu{\'e}bec, Canada},
     pages = {35--41},
     numpages = {7},
     publisher = {Canadian Human-Computer Communications Society},
     address = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
    }

Input techniques

• Experimental study of stroke shortcuts for a touchscreen keyboard with gesture-redundant keys removed

  Ahmed Arif, Michel Pahud, Ken Hinckley, Bill Buxton
  pp. 43-50

  Michael A. J. Sweeney Award (HCI)

  • BibTeX

    @inproceedings{Arif:2014:,
     author = {Arif, Ahmed and Pahud, Michel and Hinckley, Ken and Buxton, Bill},
     title = {Experimental study of stroke shortcuts for a touchscreen keyboard with gesture-redundant keys removed},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2014},
     series = {GI 2014},
     year = {2014},
     issn = {0713-5424},
     isbn = {978-1-4822-6003-8},
     location = {Montr{\'e}al, Qu{\'e}bec, Canada},
     pages = {43--50},
     numpages = {8},
     publisher = {Canadian Human-Computer Communications Society},
     address = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
    }

• Position vs. velocity control for tilt-based interaction

  Robert Teather, Scott MacKenzie
  pp. 51-58

  • BibTeX

    @inproceedings{Teather:2014:,
     author = {Teather, Robert and MacKenzie, Scott},
     title = {Position vs. velocity control for tilt-based interaction},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2014},
     series = {GI 2014},
     year = {2014},
     issn = {0713-5424},
     isbn = {978-1-4822-6003-8},
     location = {Montr{\'e}al, Qu{\'e}bec, Canada},
     pages = {51--58},
     numpages = {8},
     publisher = {Canadian Human-Computer Communications Society},
     address = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
    }

• The performance of un-instrumented in-air pointing

  Michelle Brown, Wolfgang Stuerzlinger, E. Filho
  pp. 59-66

  • BibTeX

    @inproceedings{Brown:2014:,
     author = {Brown, Michelle and Stuerzlinger, Wolfgang and Filho, E.},
     title = {The performance of un-instrumented in-air pointing},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2014},
     series = {GI 2014},
     year = {2014},
     issn = {0713-5424},
     isbn = {978-1-4822-6003-8},
     location = {Montr{\'e}al, Qu{\'e}bec, Canada},
     pages = {59--66},
     numpages = {8},
     publisher = {Canadian Human-Computer Communications Society},
     address = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
    }

• A natural click interface for AR systems with a single camera

  Atsushi Sugiura, Masahiro Toyoura, Xiaoyang Mao
  pp. 67-75

  • BibTeX

    @inproceedings{Sugiura:2014:,
     author = {Sugiura, Atsushi and Toyoura, Masahiro and Mao, Xiaoyang},
     title = {A natural click interface for AR systems with a single camera},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2014},
     series = {GI 2014},
     year = {2014},
     issn = {0713-5424},
     isbn = {978-1-4822-6003-8},
     location = {Montr{\'e}al, Qu{\'e}bec, Canada},
     pages = {67--75},
     numpages = {9},
     publisher = {Canadian Human-Computer Communications Society},
     address = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
    }

Real-time rendering

• Using stochastic sampling to create depth-of-field effect in real-time direct volume rendering

  AmirAli Sharifi, Pierre Boulanger
  pp. 77-85

  • BibTeX

    @inproceedings{Sharifi:2014:,
     author = {Sharifi, AmirAli and Boulanger, Pierre},
     title = {Using stochastic sampling to create depth-of-field effect in real-time direct volume rendering},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2014},
     series = {GI 2014},
     year = {2014},
     issn = {0713-5424},
     isbn = {978-1-4822-6003-8},
     location = {Montr{\'e}al, Qu{\'e}bec, Canada},
     pages = {77--85},
     numpages = {9},
     publisher = {Canadian Human-Computer Communications Society},
     address = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
    }

• Interactive light scattering with principal-ordinate propagation

  Oskar Elek, Tobias Ritschel, Carsten Dachsbacher, Hans-Peter Seidel
  pp. 87-94

  Michael A. J. Sweeney Award (Graphics)

  • BibTeX

    @inproceedings{Elek:2014:,
     author = {Elek, Oskar and Ritschel, Tobias and Dachsbacher, Carsten and Seidel, Hans-Peter},
     title = {Interactive light scattering with principal-ordinate propagation},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2014},
     series = {GI 2014},
     year = {2014},
     issn = {0713-5424},
     isbn = {978-1-4822-6003-8},
     location = {Montr{\'e}al, Qu{\'e}bec, Canada},
     pages = {87--94},
     numpages = {8},
     publisher = {Canadian Human-Computer Communications Society},
     address = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
    }

• Micro-buffer rasterization reduction method for environment lighting using point-based rendering

  Takahiro Harada
  pp. 95-102

  • BibTeX

    @inproceedings{Harada:2014:,
     author = {Harada, Takahiro},
     title = {Micro-buffer rasterization reduction method for environment lighting using point-based rendering},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2014},
     series = {GI 2014},
     year = {2014},
     issn = {0713-5424},
     isbn = {978-1-4822-6003-8},
     location = {Montr{\'e}al, Qu{\'e}bec, Canada},
     pages = {95--102},
     numpages = {8},
     publisher = {Canadian Human-Computer Communications Society},
     address = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
    }

• Variable-sized, circular bokeh depth of field effects

  Johannes Moersch, Howard Hamilton
  pp. 103-107

  • BibTeX

    @inproceedings{Moersch:2014:,
     author = {Moersch, Johannes and Hamilton, Howard},
     title = {Variable-sized, circular bokeh depth of field effects},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2014},
     series = {GI 2014},
     year = {2014},
     issn = {0713-5424},
     isbn = {978-1-4822-6003-8},
     location = {Montr{\'e}al, Qu{\'e}bec, Canada},
     pages = {103--107},
     numpages = {5},
     publisher = {Canadian Human-Computer Communications Society},
     address = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
    }

Video and collaboration

• Casual authoring using a video navigation history

  Matthew Fong, Abir Hajri, Gregor Miller, Sidney Fels
  pp. 109-114

  • BibTeX

    @inproceedings{Fong:2014:,
     author = {Fong, Matthew and Hajri, Abir and Miller, Gregor and Fels, Sidney},
     title = {Casual authoring using a video navigation history},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2014},
     series = {GI 2014},
     year = {2014},
     issn = {0713-5424},
     isbn = {978-1-4822-6003-8},
     location = {Montr{\'e}al, Qu{\'e}bec, Canada},
     pages = {109--114},
     numpages = {6},
     publisher = {Canadian Human-Computer Communications Society},
     address = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
    }

• VisionSketch: integrated support for example-centric programming of image processing applications

  Jun Kato, Takeo Igarashi
  pp. 115-122

  • BibTeX

    @inproceedings{Kato:2014:,
     author = {Kato, Jun and Igarashi, Takeo},
     title = {VisionSketch: integrated support for example-centric programming of image processing applications},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2014},
     series = {GI 2014},
     year = {2014},
     issn = {0713-5424},
     isbn = {978-1-4822-6003-8},
     location = {Montr{\'e}al, Qu{\'e}bec, Canada},
     pages = {115--122},
     numpages = {8},
     publisher = {Canadian Human-Computer Communications Society},
     address = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
    }

• Fast forward with your VCR: visualizing single-video viewing statistics for navigation and sharing

  Abir Al-Hajri, Matthew Fong, Gregor Miller, Sidney Fels
  pp. 123-128

  • BibTeX

    @inproceedings{Al-Hajri:2014:,
     author = {Al-Hajri, Abir and Fong, Matthew and Miller, Gregor and Fels, Sidney},
     title = {Fast forward with your VCR: visualizing single-video viewing statistics for navigation and sharing},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2014},
     series = {GI 2014},
     year = {2014},
     issn = {0713-5424},
     isbn = {978-1-4822-6003-8},
     location = {Montr{\'e}al, Qu{\'e}bec, Canada},
     pages = {123--128},
     numpages = {6},
     publisher = {Canadian Human-Computer Communications Society},
     address = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
    }

• Supervisor-student research meetings: a case study on choice of tools and practices in computer science

  Hasti Seifi, Helen Halbert, Joanna McGrenere
  pp. 129-135

  • BibTeX

    @inproceedings{Seifi:2014:,
     author = {Seifi, Hasti and Halbert, Helen and McGrenere, Joanna},
     title = {Supervisor-student research meetings: a case study on choice of tools and practices in computer science},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2014},
     series = {GI 2014},
     year = {2014},
     issn = {0713-5424},
     isbn = {978-1-4822-6003-8},
     location = {Montr{\'e}al, Qu{\'e}bec, Canada},
     pages = {129--135},
     numpages = {7},
     publisher = {Canadian Human-Computer Communications Society},
     address = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
    }

Visualization

• Visualizing aerial LiDAR cities with hierarchical hybrid point-polygon structures

  Zhenzhen Gao, Luciano Nocera, Miao Wang, Ulrich Neumann
  pp. 137-144

  • BibTeX

    @inproceedings{Gao:2014:,
     author = {Gao, Zhenzhen and Nocera, Luciano and Wang, Miao and Neumann, Ulrich},
     title = {Visualizing aerial LiDAR cities with hierarchical hybrid point-polygon structures},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2014},
     series = {GI 2014},
     year = {2014},
     issn = {0713-5424},
     isbn = {978-1-4822-6003-8},
     location = {Montr{\'e}al, Qu{\'e}bec, Canada},
     pages = {137--144},
     numpages = {8},
     publisher = {Canadian Human-Computer Communications Society},
     address = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
    }

• Information visualization techniques for exploring oil well trajectories in reservoir models

  Sowmya Somanath, Sheelagh Carpendale, Ehud Sharlin, Mario Sousa
  pp. 145-150

  • BibTeX

    @inproceedings{Somanath:2014:,
     author = {Somanath, Sowmya and Carpendale, Sheelagh and Sharlin, Ehud and Sousa, Mario},
     title = {Information visualization techniques for exploring oil well trajectories in reservoir models},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2014},
     series = {GI 2014},
     year = {2014},
     issn = {0713-5424},
     isbn = {978-1-4822-6003-8},
     location = {Montr{\'e}al, Qu{\'e}bec, Canada},
     pages = {145--150},
     numpages = {6},
     publisher = {Canadian Human-Computer Communications Society},
     address = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
    }

• ReCloud: semantics-based word cloud visualization of user reviews

  Ji Wang, Jian Zhao, Sheng Guo, Chris North, Naren Ramakrishnan
  pp. 151-158

  • BibTeX

    @inproceedings{Wang:2014:,
     author = {Wang, Ji and Zhao, Jian and Guo, Sheng and North, Chris and Ramakrishnan, Naren},
     title = {ReCloud: semantics-based word cloud visualization of user reviews},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2014},
     series = {GI 2014},
     year = {2014},
     issn = {0713-5424},
     isbn = {978-1-4822-6003-8},
     location = {Montr{\'e}al, Qu{\'e}bec, Canada},
     pages = {151--158},
     numpages = {8},
     publisher = {Canadian Human-Computer Communications Society},
     address = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
    }

• Geo-topo maps: hybrid visualization of movement data over building floor plans and maps

  Quentin Ventura, Michael McGuffin
  pp. 159-166

  • BibTeX

    @inproceedings{Ventura:2014:,
     author = {Ventura, Quentin and McGuffin, Michael},
     title = {Geo-topo maps: hybrid visualization of movement data over building floor plans and maps},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2014},
     series = {GI 2014},
     year = {2014},
     issn = {0713-5424},
     isbn = {978-1-4822-6003-8},
     location = {Montr{\'e}al, Qu{\'e}bec, Canada},
     pages = {159--166},
     numpages = {8},
     publisher = {Canadian Human-Computer Communications Society},
     address = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
    }

Understanding users: inking, perception and adaptation

• How low should we go?: understanding the perception of latency while inking

  Michelle Annett, Albert Ng, Paul Dietz, Walter Bischof, Anoop Gupta
  pp. 167-174

  • BibTeX

    @inproceedings{Annett:2014:,
     author = {Annett, Michelle and Ng, Albert and Dietz, Paul and Bischof, Walter and Gupta, Anoop},
     title = {How low should we go?: understanding the perception of latency while inking},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2014},
     series = {GI 2014},
     year = {2014},
     issn = {0713-5424},
     isbn = {978-1-4822-6003-8},
     location = {Montr{\'e}al, Qu{\'e}bec, Canada},
     pages = {167--174},
     numpages = {8},
     publisher = {Canadian Human-Computer Communications Society},
     address = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
    }

• The effect of interior bezel presence and width on magnitude judgement

  James Wallace, Daniel Vogel, Edward Lank
  pp. 175-182

  • BibTeX

    @inproceedings{Wallace:2014:,
     author = {Wallace, James and Vogel, Daniel and Lank, Edward},
     title = {The effect of interior bezel presence and width on magnitude judgement},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2014},
     series = {GI 2014},
     year = {2014},
     issn = {0713-5424},
     isbn = {978-1-4822-6003-8},
     location = {Montr{\'e}al, Qu{\'e}bec, Canada},
     pages = {175--182},
     numpages = {8},
     publisher = {Canadian Human-Computer Communications Society},
     address = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
    }

• User adaptation to a faulty unistroke-based text entry technique by switching to an alternative gesture set

  Ahmed Arif, Wolfgang Stuerzlinger
  pp. 183-192

  • BibTeX

    @inproceedings{Arif:2014:,
     author = {Arif, Ahmed and Stuerzlinger, Wolfgang},
     title = {User adaptation to a faulty unistroke-based text entry technique by switching to an alternative gesture set},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2014},
     series = {GI 2014},
     year = {2014},
     issn = {0713-5424},
     isbn = {978-1-4822-6003-8},
     location = {Montr{\'e}al, Qu{\'e}bec, Canada},
     pages = {183--192},
     numpages = {10},
     publisher = {Canadian Human-Computer Communications Society},
     address = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
    }

• The pen is mightier: understanding stylus behaviour while inking on tablets

  Michelle Annett, Fraser Anderson, Walter Bischof, Anoop Gupta
  pp. 193-200

  • BibTeX

    @inproceedings{Annett:2014:,
     author = {Annett, Michelle and Anderson, Fraser and Bischof, Walter and Gupta, Anoop},
     title = {The pen is mightier: understanding stylus behaviour while inking on tablets},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2014},
     series = {GI 2014},
     year = {2014},
     issn = {0713-5424},
     isbn = {978-1-4822-6003-8},
     location = {Montr{\'e}al, Qu{\'e}bec, Canada},
     pages = {193--200},
     numpages = {8},
     publisher = {Canadian Human-Computer Communications Society},
     address = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
    }

Geometry, sketching, and BRDFs

• Computation of polarized subsurface BRDF for rendering

  Charly Collin, Sumanta Pattanaik, Patrick LiKamWa, Kadi Bouatouch
  pp. 201-208

  • BibTeX

    @inproceedings{Collin:2014:,
     author = {Collin, Charly and Pattanaik, Sumanta and LiKamWa, Patrick and Bouatouch, Kadi},
     title = {Computation of polarized subsurface BRDF for rendering},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2014},
     series = {GI 2014},
     year = {2014},
     issn = {0713-5424},
     isbn = {978-1-4822-6003-8},
     location = {Montr{\'e}al, Qu{\'e}bec, Canada},
     pages = {201--208},
     numpages = {8},
     publisher = {Canadian Human-Computer Communications Society},
     address = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
    }

• Spectral global intrinsic symmetry invariant functions

  Hui Wang, Patricio Simari, Zhixun Su, Hao Zhang
  pp. 209-215

  • BibTeX

    @inproceedings{Wang:2014:,
     author = {Wang, Hui and Simari, Patricio and Su, Zhixun and Zhang, Hao},
     title = {Spectral global intrinsic symmetry invariant functions},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2014},
     series = {GI 2014},
     year = {2014},
     issn = {0713-5424},
     isbn = {978-1-4822-6003-8},
     location = {Montr{\'e}al, Qu{\'e}bec, Canada},
     pages = {209--215},
     numpages = {7},
     publisher = {Canadian Human-Computer Communications Society},
     address = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
    }

• First person sketch-based terrain editing

  Flora Tasse, Arnaud Emilien, Marie-Paule Cani, Stefanie Hahmann, Adrien Bernhardt
  pp. 217-224

  • BibTeX

    @inproceedings{Tasse:2014:,
     author = {Tasse, Flora and Emilien, Arnaud and Cani, Marie-Paule and Hahmann, Stefanie and Bernhardt, Adrien},
     title = {First person sketch-based terrain editing},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2014},
     series = {GI 2014},
     year = {2014},
     issn = {0713-5424},
     isbn = {978-1-4822-6003-8},
     location = {Montr{\'e}al, Qu{\'e}bec, Canada},
     pages = {217--224},
     numpages = {8},
     publisher = {Canadian Human-Computer Communications Society},
     address = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
    }

• Coordinated particle systems for image stylization

  Chujia Wei, David Mould
  pp. 225-233

  • BibTeX

    @inproceedings{Wei:2014:,
     author = {Wei, Chujia and Mould, David},
     title = {Coordinated particle systems for image stylization},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2014},
     series = {GI 2014},
     year = {2014},
     issn = {0713-5424},
     isbn = {978-1-4822-6003-8},
     location = {Montr{\'e}al, Qu{\'e}bec, Canada},
     pages = {225--233},
     numpages = {9},
     publisher = {Canadian Human-Computer Communications Society},
     address = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
    }