Chairs

• Stephen Brooks
• Kristie Hawkey

Speakers

• Chris North

  (Display) Space: The Final Frontier (for Interactive Visual Analytics)
• Hans-Peter Seidel

  3D Image Analysis and Synthesis -- The World Inside the Computer
• Daniel Thalmann

  Virtual Humans: From One to Many
• Nadia Magnenat Thalmann

  The Physiological Virtual Human

Awards

• Gordon Wetzstein
  2011 Alain Fournier Ph.D. Dissertation Annual Award
• David Dearman
  2011 Bill Buxton Best Canadian HCI Dissertation Award
• Daniel Thalmann
  2012 Achievement Award (Co-recipient)
• Nadia Magnenat Thalmann
  2012 Achievement Award (Co-recipient)

Best Papers

Student Authors in Bold

• Mona Haraty, Diane Tam, Shathel Hadad, Joanna McGrenere, Charlotte Tang

  Individual differences in personal task management: A field study in an academic setting
• Cyrus Rahgoshay, Amir H. Rabbani, Karan Singh, Paul G. Kry

  Inverse kinodynamics: Editing and constraining kinematic approximations of dynamic motion

Acceptance Rate

Proceedings (208 pages total)

• GI '12: Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2012: Front Matter

  Edited by Stephen Brooks, Kristie Hawkey

  • BibTeX

    @proceedings{Brooks:2012,
     editor = {Brooks, Stephen and Hawkey, Kristie},
     title = {GI ’12: Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2012: Front Matter},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2012},
     series = {GI 2012},
     year = {2012},
     issn = {0713-5424},
     isbn = {978-1-4503-1420-6},
     location = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
     numpages = {208},
     publisher = {Canadian Human-Computer Communications Society},
     address = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
    }

Invited paper

• Virtual humans: back to the future

  Nadia Thalmann, Daniel Thalmann
  pp. 1-8

  • BibTeX

    @inproceedings{Thalmann:2012:,
     author = {Thalmann, Nadia and Thalmann, Daniel},
     title = {Virtual humans: back to the future},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2012},
     series = {GI 2012},
     year = {2012},
     issn = {0713-5424},
     isbn = {978-1-4503-1420-6},
     location = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
     pages = {1--8},
     numpages = {8},
     publisher = {Canadian Human-Computer Communications Society},
     address = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
    }

3D geometry

• Point-tessellated voxelization

  Yun Fei, Bin Wang, Jiating Chen
  pp. 9-18

  • BibTeX

    @inproceedings{Fei:2012:,
     author = {Fei, Yun and Wang, Bin and Chen, Jiating},
     title = {Point-tessellated voxelization},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2012},
     series = {GI 2012},
     year = {2012},
     issn = {0713-5424},
     isbn = {978-1-4503-1420-6},
     location = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
     pages = {9--18},
     numpages = {10},
     publisher = {Canadian Human-Computer Communications Society},
     address = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
    }

• Isoparametric finite element analysis for Doo-Sabin subdivision models

  Engin Dikici, Sten Snare, Fredrik Orderud
  pp. 19-26

  • BibTeX

    @inproceedings{Dikici:2012:,
     author = {Dikici, Engin and Snare, Sten and Orderud, Fredrik},
     title = {Isoparametric finite element analysis for Doo-Sabin subdivision models},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2012},
     series = {GI 2012},
     year = {2012},
     issn = {0713-5424},
     isbn = {978-1-4503-1420-6},
     location = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
     pages = {19--26},
     numpages = {8},
     publisher = {Canadian Human-Computer Communications Society},
     address = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
    }

• 5-6-7 meshes

  Nima Aghda, Hamid Younesy, Hao Zhang
  pp. 27-34

  • BibTeX

    @inproceedings{Aghda:2012:,
     author = {Aghda, Nima and Younesy, Hamid and Zhang, Hao},
     title = {5-6-7 meshes},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2012},
     series = {GI 2012},
     year = {2012},
     issn = {0713-5424},
     isbn = {978-1-4503-1420-6},
     location = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
     pages = {27--34},
     numpages = {8},
     publisher = {Canadian Human-Computer Communications Society},
     address = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
    }

Tasks, emotions, and feelings

• Individual differences in personal task management: a field study in an academic setting

  Mona Haraty, Diane Tam, Shathel Haddad, Joanna McGrenere, Charlotte Tang
  pp. 35-44

  Michael A. J. Sweeney Award (HCI)

  • BibTeX

    @inproceedings{Haraty:2012:,
     author = {Haraty, Mona and Tam, Diane and Haddad, Shathel and McGrenere, Joanna and Tang, Charlotte},
     title = {Individual differences in personal task management: a field study in an academic setting},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2012},
     series = {GI 2012},
     year = {2012},
     issn = {0713-5424},
     isbn = {978-1-4503-1420-6},
     location = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
     pages = {35--44},
     numpages = {10},
     publisher = {Canadian Human-Computer Communications Society},
     address = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
    }

• The effects of mindfulness meditation training on multitasking in a high-stress information environment

  David Levy, Jacob Wobbrock, Alfred Kaszniak, Marilyn Ostergren
  pp. 45-52

  • BibTeX

    @inproceedings{Levy:2012:,
     author = {Levy, David and Wobbrock, Jacob and Kaszniak, Alfred and Ostergren, Marilyn},
     title = {The effects of mindfulness meditation training on multitasking in a high-stress information environment},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2012},
     series = {GI 2012},
     year = {2012},
     issn = {0713-5424},
     isbn = {978-1-4503-1420-6},
     location = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
     pages = {45--52},
     numpages = {8},
     publisher = {Canadian Human-Computer Communications Society},
     address = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
    }

• Triangulating the personal creative experience: self-report, external judgments, and physiology

  Erin Carroll, Celine Latulipe
  pp. 53-60

  • BibTeX

    @inproceedings{Carroll:2012:,
     author = {Carroll, Erin and Latulipe, Celine},
     title = {Triangulating the personal creative experience: self-report, external judgments, and physiology},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2012},
     series = {GI 2012},
     year = {2012},
     issn = {0713-5424},
     isbn = {978-1-4503-1420-6},
     location = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
     pages = {53--60},
     numpages = {8},
     publisher = {Canadian Human-Computer Communications Society},
     address = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
    }

• Creating and interpreting abstract visualizations of emotion

  Brett Taylor, Regan Mandryk
  pp. 61-68

  • BibTeX

    @inproceedings{Taylor:2012:,
     author = {Taylor, Brett and Mandryk, Regan},
     title = {Creating and interpreting abstract visualizations of emotion},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2012},
     series = {GI 2012},
     year = {2012},
     issn = {0713-5424},
     isbn = {978-1-4503-1420-6},
     location = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
     pages = {61--68},
     numpages = {8},
     publisher = {Canadian Human-Computer Communications Society},
     address = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
    }

• Cybersickness induced by desktop virtual reality

  Norman Vinson, Jean-François Lapointe, Avi Parush, Shelley Roberts
  pp. 69-75

  • BibTeX

    @inproceedings{Vinson:2012:,
     author = {Vinson, Norman and Lapointe, Jean-Fran{\c c}ois and Parush, Avi and Roberts, Shelley},
     title = {Cybersickness induced by desktop virtual reality},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2012},
     series = {GI 2012},
     year = {2012},
     issn = {0713-5424},
     isbn = {978-1-4503-1420-6},
     location = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
     pages = {69--75},
     numpages = {7},
     publisher = {Canadian Human-Computer Communications Society},
     address = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
    }

Image manipulation

• Fast adaptive edge-aware mask generation

  Michael Tao, Aravind Krishnaswamy
  pp. 77-83

  • BibTeX

    @inproceedings{Tao:2012:,
     author = {Tao, Michael and Krishnaswamy, Aravind},
     title = {Fast adaptive edge-aware mask generation},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2012},
     series = {GI 2012},
     year = {2012},
     issn = {0713-5424},
     isbn = {978-1-4503-1420-6},
     location = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
     pages = {77--83},
     numpages = {7},
     publisher = {Canadian Human-Computer Communications Society},
     address = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
    }

• Fast high dynamic range image deghosting for arbitrary scene motion

  Simon Silk, Jochen Lang
  pp. 85-92

  • BibTeX

    @inproceedings{Silk:2012:,
     author = {Silk, Simon and Lang, Jochen},
     title = {Fast high dynamic range image deghosting for arbitrary scene motion},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2012},
     series = {GI 2012},
     year = {2012},
     issn = {0713-5424},
     isbn = {978-1-4503-1420-6},
     location = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
     pages = {85--92},
     numpages = {8},
     publisher = {Canadian Human-Computer Communications Society},
     address = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
    }

• Face morphing using 3D-aware appearance optimization

  Fei Yang, Eli Shechtman, Jue Wang, Lubomir Bourdev, Dimitris Metaxas
  pp. 93-99

  • BibTeX

    @inproceedings{Yang:2012:,
     author = {Yang, Fei and Shechtman, Eli and Wang, Jue and Bourdev, Lubomir and Metaxas, Dimitris},
     title = {Face morphing using 3D-aware appearance optimization},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2012},
     series = {GI 2012},
     year = {2012},
     issn = {0713-5424},
     isbn = {978-1-4503-1420-6},
     location = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
     pages = {93--99},
     numpages = {7},
     publisher = {Canadian Human-Computer Communications Society},
     address = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
    }

Enhancing performance

• Dragimation: direct manipulation keyframe timing for performance-based animation

  Benjamin Walther-Franks, Marc Herrlich, Thorsten Karrer, Moritz Wittenhagen, Roland Schröder-Kroll, Rainer Malaka, Jan Borchers
  pp. 101-108

  • BibTeX

    @inproceedings{Walther-Franks:2012:,
     author = {Walther-Franks, Benjamin and Herrlich, Marc and Karrer, Thorsten and Wittenhagen, Moritz and Schr{\"o}der-Kroll, Roland and Malaka, Rainer and Borchers, Jan},
     title = {Dragimation: direct manipulation keyframe timing for performance-based animation},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2012},
     series = {GI 2012},
     year = {2012},
     issn = {0713-5424},
     isbn = {978-1-4503-1420-6},
     location = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
     pages = {101--108},
     numpages = {8},
     publisher = {Canadian Human-Computer Communications Society},
     address = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
    }

• Assessing target acquisition and tracking performance for complex moving targets in the presence of latency and jitter

  Andriy Pavlovych, Carl Gutwin
  pp. 109-116

  • BibTeX

    @inproceedings{Pavlovych:2012:,
     author = {Pavlovych, Andriy and Gutwin, Carl},
     title = {Assessing target acquisition and tracking performance for complex moving targets in the presence of latency and jitter},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2012},
     series = {GI 2012},
     year = {2012},
     issn = {0713-5424},
     isbn = {978-1-4503-1420-6},
     location = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
     pages = {109--116},
     numpages = {8},
     publisher = {Canadian Human-Computer Communications Society},
     address = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
    }

• $N-protractor: a fast and accurate multistroke recognizer

  Lisa Anthony, Jacob Wobbrock
  pp. 117-120

  • BibTeX

    @inproceedings{Anthony:2012:,
     author = {Anthony, Lisa and Wobbrock, Jacob},
     title = {$N-protractor: a fast and accurate multistroke recognizer},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2012},
     series = {GI 2012},
     year = {2012},
     issn = {0713-5424},
     isbn = {978-1-4503-1420-6},
     location = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
     pages = {117--120},
     numpages = {4},
     publisher = {Canadian Human-Computer Communications Society},
     address = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
    }

• Input finger detection for nonvisual touch screen text entry in Perkinput

  Shiri Azenkot, Jacob Wobbrock, Sanjana Prasain, Richard Ladner
  pp. 121-129

  • BibTeX

    @inproceedings{Azenkot:2012:,
     author = {Azenkot, Shiri and Wobbrock, Jacob and Prasain, Sanjana and Ladner, Richard},
     title = {Input finger detection for nonvisual touch screen text entry in Perkinput},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2012},
     series = {GI 2012},
     year = {2012},
     issn = {0713-5424},
     isbn = {978-1-4503-1420-6},
     location = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
     pages = {121--129},
     numpages = {9},
     publisher = {Canadian Human-Computer Communications Society},
     address = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
    }

Real world modeling

• Embroidery modeling and rendering

  Xinling Chen, Michael McCool, Asanobu Kitamoto, Stephen Mann
  pp. 131-139

  • BibTeX

    @inproceedings{Chen:2012:,
     author = {Chen, Xinling and McCool, Michael and Kitamoto, Asanobu and Mann, Stephen},
     title = {Embroidery modeling and rendering},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2012},
     series = {GI 2012},
     year = {2012},
     issn = {0713-5424},
     isbn = {978-1-4503-1420-6},
     location = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
     pages = {131--139},
     numpages = {9},
     publisher = {Canadian Human-Computer Communications Society},
     address = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
    }

• Interactive cloud rendering using temporally-coherent photon mapping

  Oskar Elek, Tobias Ritschel, Alexander Wilkie, Hans-Peter Seidel
  pp. 141-148

  • BibTeX

    @inproceedings{Elek:2012:,
     author = {Elek, Oskar and Ritschel, Tobias and Wilkie, Alexander and Seidel, Hans-Peter},
     title = {Interactive cloud rendering using temporally-coherent photon mapping},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2012},
     series = {GI 2012},
     year = {2012},
     issn = {0713-5424},
     isbn = {978-1-4503-1420-6},
     location = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
     pages = {141--148},
     numpages = {8},
     publisher = {Canadian Human-Computer Communications Society},
     address = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
    }

• Synthetic tree models from iterated discrete graphs

  Ling Xu, David Mould
  pp. 149-156

  • BibTeX

    @inproceedings{Xu:2012:,
     author = {Xu, Ling and Mould, David},
     title = {Synthetic tree models from iterated discrete graphs},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2012},
     series = {GI 2012},
     year = {2012},
     issn = {0713-5424},
     isbn = {978-1-4503-1420-6},
     location = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
     pages = {149--156},
     numpages = {8},
     publisher = {Canadian Human-Computer Communications Society},
     address = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
    }

3D manipulation

• Understanding user gestures for manipulating 3D objects from touchscreen inputs

  Aurélie Cohé, Martin Hachet
  pp. 157-164

  • BibTeX

    @inproceedings{Coh{\'e}:2012:,
     author = {Coh{\'e}, Aur{\'e}lie and Hachet, Martin},
     title = {Understanding user gestures for manipulating 3D objects from touchscreen inputs},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2012},
     series = {GI 2012},
     year = {2012},
     issn = {0713-5424},
     isbn = {978-1-4503-1420-6},
     location = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
     pages = {157--164},
     numpages = {8},
     publisher = {Canadian Human-Computer Communications Society},
     address = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
    }

• The effect of perspective projection in multi-touch 3D interaction

  Björn Bollensdorff, Uwe Hahne, Marc Alexa
  pp. 165-172

  • BibTeX

    @inproceedings{Bollensdorff:2012:,
     author = {Bollensdorff, Bj{\"o}rn and Hahne, Uwe and Alexa, Marc},
     title = {The effect of perspective projection in multi-touch 3D interaction},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2012},
     series = {GI 2012},
     year = {2012},
     issn = {0713-5424},
     isbn = {978-1-4503-1420-6},
     location = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
     pages = {165--172},
     numpages = {8},
     publisher = {Canadian Human-Computer Communications Society},
     address = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
    }

• Mockup builder: direct 3D modeling on and above the surface in a continuous interaction space

  Bruno De Araùjo, Géry Casiez, Joaquim Jorge
  pp. 173-180

  • BibTeX

    @inproceedings{De Ara{\\u2018u}jo:2012:,
     author = {De Ara{\`u}jo, Bruno and Casiez, G{\'e}ry and Jorge, Joaquim},
     title = {Mockup builder: direct 3D modeling on and above the surface in a continuous interaction space},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2012},
     series = {GI 2012},
     year = {2012},
     issn = {0713-5424},
     isbn = {978-1-4503-1420-6},
     location = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
     pages = {173--180},
     numpages = {8},
     publisher = {Canadian Human-Computer Communications Society},
     address = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
    }

• Nailing down multi-touch: anchored above the surface interaction for 3D modeling and navigation

  Bret Jackson, David Schroeder, Daniel Keefe
  pp. 181-184

  • BibTeX

    @inproceedings{Jackson:2012:,
     author = {Jackson, Bret and Schroeder, David and Keefe, Daniel},
     title = {Nailing down multi-touch: anchored above the surface interaction for 3D modeling and navigation},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2012},
     series = {GI 2012},
     year = {2012},
     issn = {0713-5424},
     isbn = {978-1-4503-1420-6},
     location = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
     pages = {181--184},
     numpages = {4},
     publisher = {Canadian Human-Computer Communications Society},
     address = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
    }

Motion and rendering

• Inverse kinodynamics: editing and constraining kinematic approximations of dynamic motion

  Cyrus Rahgoshay, Amir Rabbani, Karan Singh, Paul Kry
  pp. 185-192

  Michael A. J. Sweeney Award (Graphics)

  • BibTeX

    @inproceedings{Rahgoshay:2012:,
     author = {Rahgoshay, Cyrus and Rabbani, Amir and Singh, Karan and Kry, Paul},
     title = {Inverse kinodynamics: editing and constraining kinematic approximations of dynamic motion},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2012},
     series = {GI 2012},
     year = {2012},
     issn = {0713-5424},
     isbn = {978-1-4503-1420-6},
     location = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
     pages = {185--192},
     numpages = {8},
     publisher = {Canadian Human-Computer Communications Society},
     address = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
    }

• Physical material editing with structure embedding for animated solid

  Ning Liu, Xiaowei He, Yi Ren, Sheng Li, Guoping Wang
  pp. 193-200

  • BibTeX

    @inproceedings{Liu:2012:,
     author = {Liu, Ning and He, Xiaowei and Ren, Yi and Li, Sheng and Wang, Guoping},
     title = {Physical material editing with structure embedding for animated solid},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2012},
     series = {GI 2012},
     year = {2012},
     issn = {0713-5424},
     isbn = {978-1-4503-1420-6},
     location = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
     pages = {193--200},
     numpages = {8},
     publisher = {Canadian Human-Computer Communications Society},
     address = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
    }

• 3D rasterization: a bridge between rasterization and ray casting

  Tomáš Davidovič, Thomas Engelhardt, Iliyan Georgiev, Philipp Slusallek, Carsten Dachsbacher
  pp. 201-208

  • BibTeX

    @inproceedings{Davidovi{\v c}:2012:,
     author = {Davidovi{\v c}, Tom{\'a}{\v s} and Engelhardt, Thomas and Georgiev, Iliyan and Slusallek, Philipp and Dachsbacher, Carsten},
     title = {3D rasterization: a bridge between rasterization and ray casting},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2012},
     series = {GI 2012},
     year = {2012},
     issn = {0713-5424},
     isbn = {978-1-4503-1420-6},
     location = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
     pages = {201--208},
     numpages = {8},
     publisher = {Canadian Human-Computer Communications Society},
     address = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
    }