Conference Proceedings

Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2006

Québec, Québec, Canada: 7-9 June 2006

© 2006. Published by Canadian Human-Computer Communications Society. ISBN 1-56881-308-2.

Overview

The thirty-second Graphics Interface invited keynote speakers Alyn Rockwood; and Elizabeth Mynatt, Georgia Institute of Technology, both of whom are outstanding leaders in their respective fields. Their presentations provide unique insights that will help spark ideas to advance the fields of computer graphics and human-computer interaction during the coming years. Michael P. Neff was the inaugural recipient of the Alain Fournier Ph.D. Thesis Award.

Chairs

  • Stephen Mann
  • Carl Gutwin

Speakers

    Alyn Rockwood
    Elizabeth Mynatt

Awards

  • Michael Neff
    2005 Alain Fournier Ph.D. Dissertation Annual Award

Best Papers

Student Authors in Bold

    Hao Mao, Yee-Hong Yang
    Particle-based immiscible fluid-fluid collision
    Celine Latulipe, Ian Bell, Charles Clarke, Craig Kaplan
    symTone: Two-handed manipulation of tone reproduction curves

Acceptance Rate

Total Submitted94
Total Accepted31
Acceptance Rate33%

Proceedings (243 pages total)

    GI '06: Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2006: Front Matter
    • BibTeX

      @proceedings{Mann:2006,
      editor = {Mann, Stephen and Gutwin, Carl},
      title = {GI ’06: Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2006: Front Matter},
      booktitle = {Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2006},
      series = {GI 2006},
      year = {2006},
      issn = {0713-5424},
      isbn = {1-56881-308-2},
      location = {Qu{\'e}bec, Qu{\'e}bec, Canada},
      numpages = {243},
      publisher = {Canadian Human-Computer Communications Society},
      address = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
      }
Finger and hand input
    Multi-finger cursor techniques
    • BibTeX

      @inproceedings{Moscovich:2006:,
      author = {Moscovich, Tomer and Hughes, John},
      title = {Multi-finger cursor techniques},
      booktitle = {Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2006},
      series = {GI 2006},
      year = {2006},
      issn = {0713-5424},
      isbn = {1-56881-308-2},
      location = {Qu{\'e}bec, Qu{\'e}bec, Canada},
      pages = {1--7},
      numpages = {7},
      publisher = {Canadian Human-Computer Communications Society},
      address = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
      }
    symTone: two-handed manipulation of tone reproduction curves
    • BibTeX

      @inproceedings{Latulipe:2006:,
      author = {Latulipe, Celine and Bell, Ian and Clarke, Charles and Kaplan, Craig},
      title = {symTone: two-handed manipulation of tone reproduction curves},
      booktitle = {Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2006},
      series = {GI 2006},
      year = {2006},
      issn = {0713-5424},
      isbn = {1-56881-308-2},
      location = {Qu{\'e}bec, Qu{\'e}bec, Canada},
      pages = {9--16},
      numpages = {8},
      publisher = {Canadian Human-Computer Communications Society},
      address = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
      }
    Concurrent bimanual stylus interaction: a study of non-preferred hand mode manipulation
    • BibTeX

      @inproceedings{Lank:2006:,
      author = {Lank, Edward and Ruiz, Jaime and Cowan, William},
      title = {Concurrent bimanual stylus interaction: a study of non-preferred hand mode manipulation},
      booktitle = {Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2006},
      series = {GI 2006},
      year = {2006},
      issn = {0713-5424},
      isbn = {1-56881-308-2},
      location = {Qu{\'e}bec, Qu{\'e}bec, Canada},
      pages = {17--24},
      numpages = {8},
      publisher = {Canadian Human-Computer Communications Society},
      address = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
      }
    TNT: improved rotation and translation on digital tables
    • BibTeX

      @inproceedings{Liu:2006:,
      author = {Liu, Jun and Pinelle, David and Sallam, Samer and Subramanian, Sriram and Gutwin, Carl},
      title = {TNT: improved rotation and translation on digital tables},
      booktitle = {Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2006},
      series = {GI 2006},
      year = {2006},
      issn = {0713-5424},
      isbn = {1-56881-308-2},
      location = {Qu{\'e}bec, Qu{\'e}bec, Canada},
      pages = {25--32},
      numpages = {8},
      publisher = {Canadian Human-Computer Communications Society},
      address = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
      }
Animation
    Style components
    • BibTeX

      @inproceedings{Shapiro:2006:,
      author = {Shapiro, Ari and Cao, Yong and Faloutsos, Petros},
      title = {Style components},
      booktitle = {Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2006},
      series = {GI 2006},
      year = {2006},
      issn = {0713-5424},
      isbn = {1-56881-308-2},
      location = {Qu{\'e}bec, Qu{\'e}bec, Canada},
      pages = {33--39},
      numpages = {7},
      publisher = {Canadian Human-Computer Communications Society},
      address = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
      }
    Realistic and interactive simulation of rivers
    • BibTeX

      @inproceedings{Kipfer:2006:,
      author = {Kipfer, Peter and Westermann, R{\"u}diger},
      title = {Realistic and interactive simulation of rivers},
      booktitle = {Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2006},
      series = {GI 2006},
      year = {2006},
      issn = {0713-5424},
      isbn = {1-56881-308-2},
      location = {Qu{\'e}bec, Qu{\'e}bec, Canada},
      pages = {41--48},
      numpages = {8},
      publisher = {Canadian Human-Computer Communications Society},
      address = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
      }
    Particle-based immiscible fluid-fluid collision
    • BibTeX

      @inproceedings{Mao:2006:,
      author = {Mao, Hai and Yang, Yee-Hong},
      title = {Particle-based immiscible fluid-fluid collision},
      booktitle = {Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2006},
      series = {GI 2006},
      year = {2006},
      issn = {0713-5424},
      isbn = {1-56881-308-2},
      location = {Qu{\'e}bec, Qu{\'e}bec, Canada},
      pages = {49--55},
      numpages = {7},
      publisher = {Canadian Human-Computer Communications Society},
      address = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
      }
    Spherical billboards and their application to rendering explosions
    • BibTeX

      @inproceedings{Umenhoffer:2006:,
      author = {Umenhoffer, Tam{\'a}s and Szirmay-Kalos, L{\'a}szl{\'o} and Szij{\'a}rt{\'o}, G{\'a}bor},
      title = {Spherical billboards and their application to rendering explosions},
      booktitle = {Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2006},
      series = {GI 2006},
      year = {2006},
      issn = {0713-5424},
      isbn = {1-56881-308-2},
      location = {Qu{\'e}bec, Qu{\'e}bec, Canada},
      pages = {57--63},
      numpages = {7},
      publisher = {Canadian Human-Computer Communications Society},
      address = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
      }
Interaction and performance
    Faster cascading menu selections with enlarged activation areas
    • BibTeX

      @inproceedings{Cockburn:2006:,
      author = {Cockburn, Andy and Gin, Andrew},
      title = {Faster cascading menu selections with enlarged activation areas},
      booktitle = {Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2006},
      series = {GI 2006},
      year = {2006},
      issn = {0713-5424},
      isbn = {1-56881-308-2},
      location = {Qu{\'e}bec, Qu{\'e}bec, Canada},
      pages = {65--71},
      numpages = {7},
      publisher = {Canadian Human-Computer Communications Society},
      address = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
      }
    Performance measures of game controllers in a three-dimensional environment
    • BibTeX

      @inproceedings{Klochek:2006:,
      author = {Klochek, Chris and MacKenzie, Scott},
      title = {Performance measures of game controllers in a three-dimensional environment},
      booktitle = {Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2006},
      series = {GI 2006},
      year = {2006},
      issn = {0713-5424},
      isbn = {1-56881-308-2},
      location = {Qu{\'e}bec, Qu{\'e}bec, Canada},
      pages = {73--79},
      numpages = {7},
      publisher = {Canadian Human-Computer Communications Society},
      address = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
      }
    Human on-line response to visual and motor target expansion
    • BibTeX

      @inproceedings{Cockburn:2006:,
      author = {Cockburn, Andy and Brock, Philip},
      title = {Human on-line response to visual and motor target expansion},
      booktitle = {Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2006},
      series = {GI 2006},
      year = {2006},
      issn = {0713-5424},
      isbn = {1-56881-308-2},
      location = {Qu{\'e}bec, Qu{\'e}bec, Canada},
      pages = {81--87},
      numpages = {7},
      publisher = {Canadian Human-Computer Communications Society},
      address = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
      }
Geometric modelling
    Early-split coding of triangle mesh connectivity
    • BibTeX

      @inproceedings{Isenburg:2006:,
      author = {Isenburg, Martin and Snoeyink, Jack},
      title = {Early-split coding of triangle mesh connectivity},
      booktitle = {Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2006},
      series = {GI 2006},
      year = {2006},
      issn = {0713-5424},
      isbn = {1-56881-308-2},
      location = {Qu{\'e}bec, Qu{\'e}bec, Canada},
      pages = {89--97},
      numpages = {9},
      publisher = {Canadian Human-Computer Communications Society},
      address = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
      }
    Compression of time varying isosurfaces
    • BibTeX

      @inproceedings{Eckstein:2006:,
      author = {Eckstein, Ilya and Desbrun, Mathieu and Kuo, C.-C.},
      title = {Compression of time varying isosurfaces},
      booktitle = {Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2006},
      series = {GI 2006},
      year = {2006},
      issn = {0713-5424},
      isbn = {1-56881-308-2},
      location = {Qu{\'e}bec, Qu{\'e}bec, Canada},
      pages = {99--105},
      numpages = {7},
      publisher = {Canadian Human-Computer Communications Society},
      address = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
      }
    Surfacing by numbers
    • BibTeX

      @inproceedings{Zelinka:2006:,
      author = {Zelinka, Steve and Garland, Michael},
      title = {Surfacing by numbers},
      booktitle = {Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2006},
      series = {GI 2006},
      year = {2006},
      issn = {0713-5424},
      isbn = {1-56881-308-2},
      location = {Qu{\'e}bec, Qu{\'e}bec, Canada},
      pages = {107--113},
      numpages = {7},
      publisher = {Canadian Human-Computer Communications Society},
      address = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
      }
    Streaming compression of tetrahedral volume meshes
    • BibTeX

      @inproceedings{Isenburg:2006:,
      author = {Isenburg, Martin and Lindstrom, Peter and Gumhold, Stefan and Shewchuk, Jonathan},
      title = {Streaming compression of tetrahedral volume meshes},
      booktitle = {Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2006},
      series = {GI 2006},
      year = {2006},
      issn = {0713-5424},
      isbn = {1-56881-308-2},
      location = {Qu{\'e}bec, Qu{\'e}bec, Canada},
      pages = {115--121},
      numpages = {7},
      publisher = {Canadian Human-Computer Communications Society},
      address = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
      }
Displays
    Evaluation of viewport size and curvature of large, high-resolution displays
    • BibTeX

      @inproceedings{Shupp:2006:,
      author = {Shupp, Lauren and Ball, Robert and Yost, Beth and Booker, John and North, Chris},
      title = {Evaluation of viewport size and curvature of large, high-resolution displays},
      booktitle = {Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2006},
      series = {GI 2006},
      year = {2006},
      issn = {0713-5424},
      isbn = {1-56881-308-2},
      location = {Qu{\'e}bec, Qu{\'e}bec, Canada},
      pages = {123--130},
      numpages = {8},
      publisher = {Canadian Human-Computer Communications Society},
      address = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
      }
    The importance of accurate VR head registration on skilled motor performance
    • BibTeX

      @inproceedings{Sprague:2006:,
      author = {Sprague, David and Po, Barry and Booth, Kellogg},
      title = {The importance of accurate VR head registration on skilled motor performance},
      booktitle = {Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2006},
      series = {GI 2006},
      year = {2006},
      issn = {0713-5424},
      isbn = {1-56881-308-2},
      location = {Qu{\'e}bec, Qu{\'e}bec, Canada},
      pages = {131--137},
      numpages = {7},
      publisher = {Canadian Human-Computer Communications Society},
      address = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
      }
    Increased display size and resolution improve task performance in Information-Rich Virtual Environments
    • BibTeX

      @inproceedings{Ni:2006:,
      author = {Ni, Tao and Bowman, Doug and Chen, Jian},
      title = {Increased display size and resolution improve task performance in Information-Rich Virtual Environments},
      booktitle = {Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2006},
      series = {GI 2006},
      year = {2006},
      issn = {0713-5424},
      isbn = {1-56881-308-2},
      location = {Qu{\'e}bec, Qu{\'e}bec, Canada},
      pages = {139--146},
      numpages = {8},
      publisher = {Canadian Human-Computer Communications Society},
      address = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
      }
Gesture and interaction
    Phrasing techniques for multi-stroke selection gestures
    • BibTeX

      @inproceedings{Hinckley:2006:,
      author = {Hinckley, Ken and Guimbretiere, Francois and Agrawala, Maneesh and Apitz, Georg and Chen, Nicholas},
      title = {Phrasing techniques for multi-stroke selection gestures},
      booktitle = {Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2006},
      series = {GI 2006},
      year = {2006},
      issn = {0713-5424},
      isbn = {1-56881-308-2},
      location = {Qu{\'e}bec, Qu{\'e}bec, Canada},
      pages = {147--154},
      numpages = {8},
      publisher = {Canadian Human-Computer Communications Society},
      address = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
      }
    Fluid inking: augmenting the medium of free-form inking with gestures
    • BibTeX

      @inproceedings{Zeleznik:2006:,
      author = {Zeleznik, Robert and Miller, Timothy},
      title = {Fluid inking: augmenting the medium of free-form inking with gestures},
      booktitle = {Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2006},
      series = {GI 2006},
      year = {2006},
      issn = {0713-5424},
      isbn = {1-56881-308-2},
      location = {Qu{\'e}bec, Qu{\'e}bec, Canada},
      pages = {155--162},
      numpages = {8},
      publisher = {Canadian Human-Computer Communications Society},
      address = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
      }
    Superflick: a natural and efficient technique for long-distance object placement on digital tables
    • BibTeX

      @inproceedings{Reetz:2006:,
      author = {Reetz, Adrian and Gutwin, Carl and Stach, Tadeusz and Nacenta, Miguel and Subramanian, Sriram},
      title = {Superflick: a natural and efficient technique for long-distance object placement on digital tables},
      booktitle = {Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2006},
      series = {GI 2006},
      year = {2006},
      issn = {0713-5424},
      isbn = {1-56881-308-2},
      location = {Qu{\'e}bec, Qu{\'e}bec, Canada},
      pages = {163--170},
      numpages = {8},
      publisher = {Canadian Human-Computer Communications Society},
      address = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
      }
    HingeSlicer: interactive exploration of volume images using extended 3D slice plane widgets
    • BibTeX

      @inproceedings{McInerney:2006:,
      author = {McInerney, Tim and Broughton, Sara},
      title = {HingeSlicer: interactive exploration of volume images using extended 3D slice plane widgets},
      booktitle = {Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2006},
      series = {GI 2006},
      year = {2006},
      issn = {0713-5424},
      isbn = {1-56881-308-2},
      location = {Qu{\'e}bec, Qu{\'e}bec, Canada},
      pages = {171--178},
      numpages = {8},
      publisher = {Canadian Human-Computer Communications Society},
      address = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
      }
Lighting
    Image synthesis using adjoint photons
    • BibTeX

      @inproceedings{Morley:2006:,
      author = {Morley, Keith and Boulos, Solomon and Johnson, Jared and Edwards, David and Shirley, Peter and Ashikhmin, Michael and Premo{\v z}e, Simon},
      title = {Image synthesis using adjoint photons},
      booktitle = {Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2006},
      series = {GI 2006},
      year = {2006},
      issn = {0713-5424},
      isbn = {1-56881-308-2},
      location = {Qu{\'e}bec, Qu{\'e}bec, Canada},
      pages = {179--186},
      numpages = {8},
      publisher = {Canadian Human-Computer Communications Society},
      address = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
      }
    Light animation with precomputed light paths on the GPU
    • BibTeX

      @inproceedings{Sz{\'e}csi:2006:,
      author = {Sz{\'e}csi, L{\'a}szl{\'o} and Szirmay-Kalos, L{\'a}szl{\'o} and Sbert, Mateu},
      title = {Light animation with precomputed light paths on the GPU},
      booktitle = {Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2006},
      series = {GI 2006},
      year = {2006},
      issn = {0713-5424},
      isbn = {1-56881-308-2},
      location = {Qu{\'e}bec, Qu{\'e}bec, Canada},
      pages = {187--194},
      numpages = {8},
      publisher = {Canadian Human-Computer Communications Society},
      address = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
      }
GPU rendering
    Rendering geometry with relief textures
    • BibTeX

      @inproceedings{Baboud:2006:,
      author = {Baboud, Lionel and D{\'e}coret, Xavier},
      title = {Rendering geometry with relief textures},
      booktitle = {Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2006},
      series = {GI 2006},
      year = {2006},
      issn = {0713-5424},
      isbn = {1-56881-308-2},
      location = {Qu{\'e}bec, Qu{\'e}bec, Canada},
      pages = {195--201},
      numpages = {7},
      publisher = {Canadian Human-Computer Communications Society},
      address = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
      }
    Fast GPU ray tracing of dynamic meshes using geometry images
    • BibTeX

      @inproceedings{Carr:2006:,
      author = {Carr, Nathan and Hoberock, Jared and Crane, Keenan and Hart, John},
      title = {Fast GPU ray tracing of dynamic meshes using geometry images},
      booktitle = {Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2006},
      series = {GI 2006},
      year = {2006},
      issn = {0713-5424},
      isbn = {1-56881-308-2},
      location = {Qu{\'e}bec, Qu{\'e}bec, Canada},
      pages = {203--209},
      numpages = {7},
      publisher = {Canadian Human-Computer Communications Society},
      address = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
      }
    Implementing the render cache and the edge-and-point image on graphics hardware
    • BibTeX

      @inproceedings{Vel{\'a}zquez-Armend{\'a}riz:2006:,
      author = {Vel{\'a}zquez-Armend{\'a}riz, Edgar and Lee, Eugene and Bala, Kavita and Walter, Bruce},
      title = {Implementing the render cache and the edge-and-point image on graphics hardware},
      booktitle = {Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2006},
      series = {GI 2006},
      year = {2006},
      issn = {0713-5424},
      isbn = {1-56881-308-2},
      location = {Qu{\'e}bec, Qu{\'e}bec, Canada},
      pages = {211--217},
      numpages = {7},
      publisher = {Canadian Human-Computer Communications Society},
      address = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
      }
    Cycle shading for the assessment and visualization of shape in one and two codimensions
    • BibTeX

      @inproceedings{Weiskopf:2006:,
      author = {Weiskopf, Daniel and Hauser, Helwig},
      title = {Cycle shading for the assessment and visualization of shape in one and two codimensions},
      booktitle = {Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2006},
      series = {GI 2006},
      year = {2006},
      issn = {0713-5424},
      isbn = {1-56881-308-2},
      location = {Qu{\'e}bec, Qu{\'e}bec, Canada},
      pages = {219--226},
      numpages = {8},
      publisher = {Canadian Human-Computer Communications Society},
      address = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
      }
Web and design
    Generating custom notification histories by tracking visual differences between web page visits
    • BibTeX

      @inproceedings{Greenberg:2006:,
      author = {Greenberg, Saul and Boyle, Michael},
      title = {Generating custom notification histories by tracking visual differences between web page visits},
      booktitle = {Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2006},
      series = {GI 2006},
      year = {2006},
      issn = {0713-5424},
      isbn = {1-56881-308-2},
      location = {Qu{\'e}bec, Qu{\'e}bec, Canada},
      pages = {227--234},
      numpages = {8},
      publisher = {Canadian Human-Computer Communications Society},
      address = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
      }
    The impact of task on the usage of web browser navigation mechanisms
    • BibTeX

      @inproceedings{Kellar:2006:,
      author = {Kellar, Melanie and Watters, Carolyn and Shepherd, Michael},
      title = {The impact of task on the usage of web browser navigation mechanisms},
      booktitle = {Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2006},
      series = {GI 2006},
      year = {2006},
      issn = {0713-5424},
      isbn = {1-56881-308-2},
      location = {Qu{\'e}bec, Qu{\'e}bec, Canada},
      pages = {235--242},
      numpages = {8},
      publisher = {Canadian Human-Computer Communications Society},
      address = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
      }
    A case-study of affect measurement tools for physical user interface design
    • BibTeX

      @inproceedings{Swindells:2006:,
      author = {Swindells, Colin and MacLean, Karon and Booth, Kellogg and Meitner, Michael},
      title = {A case-study of affect measurement tools for physical user interface design},
      booktitle = {Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2006},
      series = {GI 2006},
      year = {2006},
      issn = {0713-5424},
      isbn = {1-56881-308-2},
      location = {Qu{\'e}bec, Qu{\'e}bec, Canada},
      pages = {243--250},
      numpages = {8},
      publisher = {Canadian Human-Computer Communications Society},
      address = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
      }