Desney S. Tan

Since 2004, Desney has been a Researcher in the Visualization and Interaction Group at Microsoft Research. His research interests include Human-Computer Interaction and Brain-Computer Interfaces. Specifically, he spends most of his time understanding and building applications for large displays, multiple device systems, as well as wearable brain imaging devices. However, he is a somewhat schizophrenic researcher and has worked on projects in many other domains. Desney received his Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering from the University of Notre Dame in 1996, after which he spent a couple of years building bridges and blowing things up in the Singapore Armed Forces. He later returned to Carnegie Mellon University, where he worked with Randy Pausch in his Stage 3 Research Group and earned his PhD in Computer Science in 2004.

 

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Publications by Desney S. Tan

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Burnett, Margaret, Costabile, Maria Francesca, Catarci, Tiziana, Ruyter, Boris de, Tan, Desney S., Czerwinski, Mary and Lund, Arnold (eds.) Proceedings of the SIGCHI conference on Human factors in computing systems, CHI 2008 5-10 April, 2008, Florence, Italy.

Fogarty, James, Tan, Desney S., Kapoor, Ashish and Winder, Simon (2008): CueFlik: interactive concept learning in image search. In: Proceedings of ACM CHI 2008 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems April 5-10, 2008. pp. 29-38. Available online

Saponas, T. Scott, Tan, Desney S., Morris, Dan and Balakrishnan, Ravin (2008): Demonstrating the feasibility of using forearm electromyography for muscle-computer interfaces. In: Proceedings of ACM CHI 2008 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems April 5-10, 2008. pp. 515-524. Available online

Grimes, David, Tan, Desney S., Hudson, Scott E., Shenoy, Pradeep and Rao, Rajesh P. N. (2008): Feasibility and pragmatics of classifying working memory load with an electroencephalograph. In: Proceedings of ACM CHI 2008 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems April 5-10, 2008. pp. 835-844. Available online

Shenoy, Pradeep and Tan, Desney S. (2008): Human-aided computing: utilizing implicit human processing to classify images. In: Proceedings of ACM CHI 2008 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems April 5-10, 2008. pp. 845-854. Available online

Biehl, Jacob T., Baker, William T., Bailey, Brian P., Tan, Desney S., Inkpen, Kori and Czerwinski, Mary (2008): Impromptu: a new interaction framework for supporting collaboration in multiple display environments and its field evaluation for co-located software development. In: Proceedings of ACM CHI 2008 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems April 5-10, 2008. pp. 939-948. Available online

Gajos, Krzysztof Z., Everitt, Katherine, Tan, Desney S., Czerwinski, Mary and Weld, Daniel S. (2008): Predictability and accuracy in adaptive user interfaces. In: Proceedings of ACM CHI 2008 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems April 5-10, 2008. pp. 1271-1274. Available online

Nijholt, Anton, Tan, Desney S., Allison, Brendan, Milan, Jose del R. and Graimann, Bernhard (2008): Brain-computer interfaces for HCI and games. In: Proceedings of ACM CHI 2008 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems April 5-10, 2008. pp. 3925-3928. Available online

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Hinckley, Ken, Zhao, Shengdong, Sarin, Raman, Baudisch, Patrick, Cutrell, Edward, Shilman, Michael and Tan, Desney S. (2007): InkSeine: In Situ search for active note taking. In: Proceedings of ACM CHI 2007 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2007. pp. 251-260. Available online

Brush, A. J. Bernheim, Meyers, Brian R., Tan, Desney S. and Czerwinski, Mary (2007): Understanding memory triggers for task tracking. In: Proceedings of ACM CHI 2007 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2007. pp. 947-950. Available online

» 2006 «

Matthews, Tara, Czerwinski, Mary, Robertson, George G. and Tan, Desney S. (2006): Clipping lists and change borders: improving multitasking efficiency with peripheral information design. In: Proceedings of ACM CHI 2006 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2006. pp. 989-998. Available online

Tan, Desney S., Gergle, Darren, Scupelli, Peter and Pausch, Randy (2006): Physically large displays improve performance on spatial tasks. In ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction, 13 (1) pp. 71-99

Lee, Johnny Chung and Tan, Desney S. (2006): Using a low-cost electroencephalograph for task classification in HCI research. In: Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology 2006. pp. 81-90. Available online

Baudisch, Patrick, Tan, Desney S., Collomb, Maxime, Robbins, Dan, Hinckley, Ken, Agrawala, Maneesh, Zhao, Shengdong and Ramos, Gonzalo (2006): Phosphor: explaining transitions in the user interface using afterglow effects. In: Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology 2006. pp. 169-178. Available online

Shilman, Michael, Tan, Desney S. and Simard, Patrice (2006): CueTIP: a mixed-initiative interface for correcting handwriting errors. In: Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology 2006. pp. 323-332. Available online

» 2005 «

Baudisch, Patrick, Tan, Desney S., Steedly, Drew, Rudolph, Eric, Uyttendaele, Matt, Pal, Chris and Szeliski, Richard (2005): Panoramic viewfinder: providing a real-time preview to help users avoid flaws in panoramic pictures. In: Proceedings of OZCHI05, the CHISIG Annual Conference on Human-Computer Interaction 2005. pp. 1-10. Available online

Tan, Desney S., Keyani, Pedram and Czerwinski, Mary (2005): Spy-resistant keyboard: more secure password entry on public touch screen displays. In: Proceedings of OZCHI05, the CHISIG Annual Conference on Human-Computer Interaction 2005. pp. 1-10. Available online

» 2004 «

Tan, Desney S., Gergle, Darren, Scupelli, Peter and Pausch, Randy (2004): Physically large displays improve path integration in 3D virtual navigation tasks. In: Dykstra-Erickson, Elizabeth and Tscheligi, Manfred (eds.) Proceedings of ACM CHI 2004 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems April 24-29, 2004, Vienna, Austria. pp. 439-446. Available online

» 2003 «

Tan, Desney S., Czerwinski, Mary and Robertson, George G. (2003): Women go with the (optical) flow. In: Cockton, Gilbert and Korhonen, Panu (eds.) Proceedings of the ACM CHI 2003 Human Factors in Computing Systems Conference April 5-10, 2003, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA. pp. 209-215.

Tan, Desney S., Gergle, Darren, Scupelli, Peter and Pausch, Randy (2003): With similar visual angles, larger displays improve spatial performance. In: Cockton, Gilbert and Korhonen, Panu (eds.) Proceedings of the ACM CHI 2003 Human Factors in Computing Systems Conference April 5-10, 2003, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA. pp. 217-224.

Tan, Desney S. and Czerwinski, Mary (2003): Effects of Visual Separation and Physical Discontinuities when Distributing Information across Multiple Displays. In: Proceedings of IFIP INTERACT03: Human-Computer Interaction 2003, Zurich, Switzerland. p. 252.

» 2002 «

Czerwinski, Mary, Tan, Desney S. and Robertson, George G. (2002): Women take a wider view. In: Terveen, Loren (ed.) Proceedings of the ACM CHI 2002 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Conference April 20-25, 2002, Minneapolis, Minnesota. pp. 195-202.

» 2001 «

Tan, Desney S., Robertson, George G. and Czerwinski, Mary (2001): Exploring 3D Navigation: Combining Speed-COupled Flying with Orbiting. In: Beaudouin-Lafon, Michel and Jacob, Robert J. K. (eds.) Proceedings of the ACM CHI 2001 Human Factors in Computing Systems Conference March 31 - April 5, 2001, Seattle, Washington, USA. pp. 418-425. Available online

Poupyrev, Ivan, Tan, Desney S., Billinghurst, Mark, Kato, H., Regenbrecht, H. and Tetsutani, N. (2001): Tiles: A Mixed Reality Authoring Interface. In: Proceedings of IFIP INTERACT01: Human-Computer Interaction 2001, Tokyo, Japan. pp. 334-341.

 

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George Robertson, Mary Czerwinski, Patrick Baudisch, Brian Meyers, Dan Robbins, Greg Smith, Desney S Tan. Large Display User Experience. (2005) IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, 25(4), pp. 44-51

Ivan Poupyrev, Desney S Tan, Mark Billinghurst, Hirokazu Kato, Holger Regenbrecht, Nebuji Tetsutani. Developing a Generic Augmented-Reality Interface. (2002) IEEE Computer 35(3), pp. 44-50

Gonzalo Ramos, George Robertson, Mary Czerwinski, Desney S Tan, Patrick Baudisch, Ken Hinckley, Maneesh Agrawala, Daniel Robbins. Tumble! Splat! Helping Users Access and Manipulate Occluded Content in 2D Drawings. (2006) Advanced Visual Interfaces 2006

Krzysztof Gajos, Mary Czerwinski, Desney S Tan, Daniel Weld. Exploring the Design Space for Adaptive Graphical User Interfaces. (2006) Advanced Visual Interfaces 2006

Tara Matthews, Mary Czerwinski, George Robertson, Desney S Tan. Clipping Lists and Change Borders: Improving Multitasking Efficiency with Peripheral Information Design. (2006) CHI 2006 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Desney S Tan, Pedram Keyani, Mary Czerwinski. Spy-Resistant Keyboard: More Secure Password Entry on Public Touch Screen Displays. (2005) OZCHI 2005 Conference for the Computer-Human Interaction Special Interest Group of the Human Factors Society of Australia

Patrick Baudisch, Desney S Tan, Drew Steedly, Eric Rudolph, Matt Uyttendaele, Chris Pal, Richard Szeliski. Panoramic Viewfinder: Providing a Real-time Preview to Help Users Avoid Flaws in Panoramic Pictures. (2005) OZCHI 2005 Conference for the Computer-Human Interaction Special Interest Group of the Human Factors Society of Australia.

Desney S Tan, Mary Czerwinski. Effects of Visual Separation and Physical Discontinuities when Distributing Information across Multiple Displays. (2003) OZCHI 2003 Conference for the Computer-Human Interaction Special Interest Group of the Ergonomics Society of Australia, pp. 184-191.

Desney S Tan, Jeanine K Stefanucci, Dennis R Proffitt, Randy Pausch. The Infocockpit: Providing Location and Place to Aid Human Memory. (2001) Workshop on Perceptive User Interfaces 2001, pp. 1-4

Desney S Tan, Ivan Poupyrev, Mark Billinghurst, Hirokazu Kato, Holger Regenbrecht, Nobuji Tetsutani. The Best of Two Worlds: Merging Virtual and Real for Face-to-Face Collaboration. (2001) IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo, pp. 861-864.

Ivan Poupyrev, Desney S Tan, Mark Billinghurst, Hirokazu Kato, Holger Regenbrecht, Nebuji Tetsutani. Tiles: A Mixed Reality Authoring Interface. (2001) INTERACT 2001 Conference on Human Computer Interaction.

Desney S Tan, Brian Meyers, Mary Czerwinski. WinCuts: Manipulating Arbitrary Window Regions for More Effective Use of Screen Space. (2004) Extended Abstracts at CHI 2004 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, pp. 1525-1528.

Desney S Tan, Mary Czerwinski. Information Voyeurism: Social Impact of Physically Large Displays on Information Privacy. (2003) Extended Abstracts at CHI 2003 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, pp. 748-749.

Desney S Tan, Jeanine K Stefanucci, Dennis R Proffitt, Randy Pausch. Kinesthesis Aids Human Memory. (2002) Extended Abstracts at CHI 2002 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, pp. 806-807.

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