Ken Hinckley

Author: Ken Hinckley

Ph.D

Ken Hinckley is a research scientist at Microsoft Research. He has published widely on input devices and interaction techniques. The basic thrust of his research is to enhance the input vocabulary that one can express using common computational devices and user interfaces.His research area include:
- Input devices & interaction techniques: touch-sensing input devices, two-handed input, pen and gesture input, tactile I/O, sensing technologies, ...
- Mobile devices & interaction
- Formal experimental studies of input techniques and human abilities
- All other topics relevant to human-computer interaction

Publications

Publication period start: 2012
Number of co-authors: 87

Co-authors

Number of publications with favourite co-authors
Maneesh Agrawala
6
Francois Guimbretiere
10
Patrick Baudisch
11

Productive Colleagues

Most productive colleagues in number of publications
Ravin Balakrishnan
108
Scott E. Hudson
113
Saul Greenberg
140

Publications

Liao, Chunyuan, Guimbretiere, Francois, Hinckley, Ken, Hollan, James D. (2007): Papiercraft: A gesture-based command system for interactive paper. In ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction, 14 (4) pp. 18. https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1314683.1314686

Hinckley, Ken, Pierce, Jeffrey S., Horvitz, Eric, Sinclair, Mike (2005): Foreground and background interaction with sensor-enhanced mobile devices. In ACM Trans. Comput.-Hum. Interact., 12 (1) pp. 31-52. https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1057237.1057240

Hinckley, Ken (2003): Synchronous gestures for multiple persons and computers. In: Proceedings of the 16th annural ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology November, 2-5, 2003, Vancouver, Canada. pp. 149-158. https://doi.acm.org/10.1145/964696.964713

Hinckley, Ken, Cutrell, Edward, Bathiche, Steve, Muss, Tim (2002): Quantitative analysis of scrolling techniques. In: Terveen, Loren (eds.) Proceedings of the ACM CHI 2002 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Conference April 20-25, 2002, Minneapolis, Minnesota. pp. 65-72.

Hinckley, Ken, Horvitz, Eric (2001): Toward more sensitive mobile phones. In: Marks, Joe, Mynatt, Elizabeth D. (eds.) Proceedings of the 14th annual ACM symposium on User interface software and technology November 11 - 14, 2001, Orlando, Florida. pp. 191-192. https://doi.acm.org/10.1145/502348.502382

Balakrishnan, Ravin, Hinckley, Ken (2000): Symmetric Bimanual Interaction. In: Turner, Thea, Szwillus, Gerd, Czerwinski, Mary, Peterno, Fabio, Pemberton, Steven (eds.) Proceedings of the ACM CHI 2000 Human Factors in Computing Systems Conference April 1-6, 2000, The Hague, The Netherlands. pp. 33-40. https://www.acm.org/pubs/articles/proceedings/chi/332040/p33-balakrishnan/p33-balakrishnan.pdf

Robertson, George G., Dantzich, Maarten van, Robbins, Daniel, Czerwinski, Mary, Hinckley, Ken, Risden, Kirsten, Thiel, David, Gorokhovsky, Vadim (2000): The Task Gallery: A 3D Window Manager. In: Turner, Thea, Szwillus, Gerd, Czerwinski, Mary, Peterno, Fabio, Pemberton, Steven (eds.) Proceedings of the ACM CHI 2000 Human Factors in Computing Systems Conference April 1-6, 2000, The Hague, The Netherlands. pp. 494-501. https://www.acm.org/pubs/articles/proceedings/chi/332040/p494-robertson/p494-robertson.pdf

Hinckley, Ken, Pierce, Jeff, Sinclair, Mike, Horvitz, Eric (2000): Sensing Techniques for Mobile Interaction. In: Ackerman, Mark S., Edwards, Keith (eds.) Proceedings of the 13th annual ACM symposium on User interface software and technology November 06 - 08, 2000, San Diego, California, United States. pp. 91-100. https://acm.org/pubs/articles/proceedings/uist/354401/p91-hinckley/p91-hinckley.pdf

Igarashi, Takeo, Hinckley, Ken (2000): Speed-Dependent Automatic Zooming for Browsing Large Documents. In: Ackerman, Mark S., Edwards, Keith (eds.) Proceedings of the 13th annual ACM symposium on User interface software and technology November 06 - 08, 2000, San Diego, California, United States. pp. 139-148. https://acm.org/pubs/articles/proceedings/uist/354401/p139-igarashi/p139-igarashi.pdf

Hinckley, Ken, Sinclair, Mike (1999): Touch-Sensing Input Devices. In: Altom, Mark W., Williams, Marian G. (eds.) Proceedings of the ACM CHI 99 Human Factors in Computing Systems Conference May 15-20, 1999, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. pp. 223-230. https://www.acm.org/pubs/articles/proceedings/chi/302979/p223-hinckley/p223-hinckley.pdf

Hinckley, Ken, Sinclair, Mike, Hanson, Erik, Szeliski, Richard, Conway, Matthew (1999): The VideoMouse: A Camera-Based Multi-Degree-of-Freedom Input Device. In: Zanden, Brad Vander, Marks, Joe (eds.) Proceedings of the 12th annual ACM symposium on User interface software and technology November 07 - 10, 1999, Asheville, North Carolina, United States. pp. 103-112. https://www.acm.org/pubs/articles/proceedings/uist/320719/p103-hinckley/p103-hinckley.pdf

Balakrishnan, Ravin, Hinckley, Ken (1999): The Role of Kinesthetic Reference Frames in Two-Handed Input Performance. In: Zanden, Brad Vander, Marks, Joe (eds.) Proceedings of the 12th annual ACM symposium on User interface software and technology November 07 - 10, 1999, Asheville, North Carolina, United States. pp. 171-178. https://www.acm.org/pubs/articles/proceedings/uist/320719/p171-balakrishnan/p171-balakrishnan.pdf

Hinckley, Ken, Czerwinski, Mary, Sinclair, Mike (1998): Interaction and Modeling Techniques for Desktop Two-Handed Input. In: Mynatt, Elizabeth D., Jacob, Robert J. K. (eds.) Proceedings of the 11th annual ACM symposium on User interface software and technology November 01 - 04, 1998, San Francisco, California, United States. pp. 49-58. https://www.acm.org/pubs/articles/proceedings/uist/288392/p49-hinckley/p49-hinckley.pdf

Hinckley, Ken, Pausch, Randy, Proffitt, Dennis, Kassell, Neal F. (1998): Two-Handed Virtual Manipulation. In ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction, 5 (3) pp. 260-302. https://www.acm.org/pubs/articles/journals/tochi/1998-5-3/p260-hinckley/p260-hinckley.pdf

Hinckley, Ken, Pausch, Randy, Proffitt, Dennis, Patten, James, Kassell, Neal F. (1997): Cooperative Bimanual Action. In: Pemberton, Steven (eds.) Proceedings of the ACM CHI 97 Human Factors in Computing Systems Conference March 22-27, 1997, Atlanta, Georgia. pp. 27-34. https://www.acm.org/pubs/articles/proceedings/chi/258549/p27-hinckley/p27-hinckley.pdf

Hinckley, Ken, Tullio, Joe, Pausch, Randy, Proffitt, Dennis, Kassell, Neal F. (1997): Usability Analysis of 3D Rotation Techniques. In: Robertson, George G., Schmandt, Chris (eds.) Proceedings of the 10th annual ACM symposium on User interface software and technology October 14 - 17, 1997, Banff, Alberta, Canada. pp. 1-10. https://www.acm.org/pubs/articles/proceedings/uist/263407/p1-hinckley/p1-hinckley.pdf

Pierce, Jeffrey S., Audia, Steve, Burnette, Tommy, Christiansen, Kevin, Cosgrove, Dennis, Conway, Matthew, Hinckley, Ken, Monkaitis, Kristen, Patten, James, Shochet, Joe, Staack, David, Stearns, Brian, Sturgill, Chris, Williams, George, Pausch, Randy (1997): Alice: Easy to Use Interactive 3D Graphics. In: Robertson, George G., Schmandt, Chris (eds.) Proceedings of the 10th annual ACM symposium on User interface software and technology October 14 - 17, 1997, Banff, Alberta, Canada. pp. 77-78. https://alice.virginia.edu

Goble, John C., Hinckley, Ken, Pausch, Randy F., Snell, John W., Kassell, Neal F. (1995): Two-Handed Spatial Interface Tools for Neurosurgial Planning. In IEEE Computer, 28 (7) pp. 20-26.

Hinckley, Ken, Pausch, Randy, Goble, John C., Kassell, Neal F. (1994): Passive Real-World Interface Props for Neurosurgical Visualization. In: Adelson, Beth, Dumais, Susan, Olson, Judith S. (eds.) Proceedings of the ACM CHI 94 Human Factors in Computing Systems Conference April 24-28, 1994, Boston, Massachusetts. pp. 452-458. https://www.acm.org/pubs/articles/proceedings/chi/191666/p452-hinckley/p452-hinckley.pdf

Hinckley, Ken, Pausch, Randy, Goble, John C., Kassell, Neal F. (1994): A Survey of Design Issues in Spatial Input. In: Szekely, Pedro (eds.) Proceedings of the 7th annual ACM symposium on User interface software and technology November 02 - 04, 1994, Marina del Rey, California, United States. pp. 213-222. https://www.acm.org/pubs/articles/proceedings/uist/192426/p213-hinckley/p213-hinckley.pdf

Durbin, Jim, Jacob, Robert J. K., Hinckley, Ken (1994): Laying the Foundation for the Information Super Highway: Human-Computer Interaction Resear. In ACM SIGCHI Bulletin, 26 (4) pp. 56-58.

Hinckley, Ken (1987): An Object Oriented Extension Language for Integrating Disparate Applications. In: Bullinger, Hans-Jorg, Shackel, Brian (eds.) INTERACT 87 - 2nd IFIP International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction September 1-4, 1987, Stuttgart, Germany. pp. 529-533.

Liao, Chunyuan, Guimbretiere, Francois, Hinckley, Ken (2005): PapierCraft: a command system for interactive paper. In: Proceedings of the 2005 ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology , 2005, . pp. 241-244. https://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1095034.1095074

Hinckley, Ken, Guimbretiere, Francois, Baudisch, Patrick, Sarin, Raman, Agrawala, Maneesh, Cutrell, Edward (2006): The springboard: multiple modes in one spring-loaded control. In: Proceedings of ACM CHI 2006 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems , 2006, . pp. 181-190. https://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1124772.1124801

Grossman, Tovi, Hinckley, Ken, Baudisch, Patrick, Agrawala, Maneesh, Balakrishnan, Ravin (2006): Hover widgets: using the tracking state to extend the capabilities of pen-operated devices. In: Proceedings of ACM CHI 2006 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems , 2006, . pp. 861-870. https://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1124772.1124898

Zhao, Shengdong, Agrawala, Maneesh, Hinckley, Ken (2006): Zone and polygon menus: using relative position to increase the breadth of multi-stroke ma. In: Proceedings of ACM CHI 2006 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems , 2006, . pp. 1077-1086. https://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1124772.1124933

Hinckley, Ken, Zhao, Shengdong, Sarin, Raman, Baudisch, Patrick, Cutrell, Edward, Shilman, Michael, 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. https://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1240624.1240666

Guimbretiere, Francois, Dixon, Morgan, Hinckley, Ken (2007): ExperiScope: an analysis tool for interaction data. In: Proceedings of ACM CHI 2007 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems , 2007, . pp. 1333-1342. https://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1240624.1240826

Hinckley, Ken, Guimbretiere, Francois, Agrawala, Maneesh, Apitz, Georg, Chen, Nicholas (2006): Phrasing techniques for multi-stroke selection gestures. In: Proceedings of the 2006 Conference on Graphics Interface , 2006, . pp. 147-154. https://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1143079.1143104

Baudisch, Patrick, Cutrell, Edward, Hinckley, Ken, Eversole, Adam (2005): Snap-and-go: helping users align objects without the modality of traditional snapping. In: Proceedings of ACM CHI 2005 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems , 2005, . pp. 301-310. https://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1054972.1055014

Hinckley, Ken, Baudisch, Patrick, Ramos, Gonzalo, Guimbretiere, Francois (2005): Design and analysis of delimiters for selection-action pen gesture phrases in scriboli. In: Proceedings of ACM CHI 2005 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems , 2005, . pp. 451-460. https://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1054972.1055035

Li, Yang, Hinckley, Ken, Guan, Zhiwei, Landay, James A. (2005): Experimental analysis of mode switching techniques in pen-based user interfaces. In: Proceedings of ACM CHI 2005 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems , 2005, . pp. 461-470. https://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1054972.1055036

Baudisch, Patrick, Tan, Desney S., Collomb, Maxime, Robbins, Dan, Hinckley, Ken, Agrawala, Maneesh, Zhao, Shengdong, 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. https://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1166253.1166280

McLoone, Hugh, Hinckley, Ken, Cutrell, Edward (2003): Bimanual Interaction on the Microsoft Office Keyboard. In: Proceedings of IFIP INTERACT03: Human-Computer Interaction , 2003, Zurich, Switzerland. pp. 49.

Li, Kevin A., Baudisch, Patrick, Hinckley, Ken (2008): Blindsight: eyes-free access to mobile phones. In: Proceedings of ACM CHI 2008 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems April 5-10, 2008, . pp. 1389-1398. https://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1357054.1357273

Hinckley, Ken, Dixon, Morgan, Sarin, Raman, Guimbretiere, Francois, Balakrishnan, Ravin (2009): Codex: a dual screen tablet computer. In: Proceedings of ACM CHI 2009 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems , 2009, . pp. 1933-1942. https://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1518701.1518996

Cao, Xiang, Wilson, Andrew D., Balakrishnan, Ravin, Hinckley, Ken, Hudson, Scott E. (2008): ShapeTouch: Leveraging contact shape on interactive surfaces. In: Third IEEE International Workshop on Tabletops and Interactive Surfaces Tabletop 2008 October 1-3, 2008, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. pp. 129-136. https://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TABLETOP.2008.4660195

Hinckley, Ken (2003): Distributed and local sensing techniques for face-to-face collaboration. In: Oviatt, Sharon L., Darrell, Trevor, Maybury, Mark T., Wahlster, Wolfgang (eds.) Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Multimodal Interfaces - ICMI 2003 November 5-7, 2003, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. pp. 81-84. https://doi.acm.org/10.1145/958432.958450

Krumm, John, Hinckley, Ken (2004): The NearMe Wireless Proximity Server. In: Davies, Nigel, Mynatt, Elizabeth D., Siio, Itiro (eds.) UbiComp 2004 Ubiquitous Computing 6th International Conference September 7-10, 2004, Nottingham, UK. pp. 283-300. https://link.springer.de/link/service/series/0558/bibs/3205/32050283.htm

Hinckley, Ken, Ramos, Gonzalo, Guimbretiere, Francois, Baudisch, Patrick, Smith, Marc (2004): Stitching: pen gestures that span multiple displays. In: Costabile, Maria Francesca (eds.) AVI 2004 - Proceedings of the working conference on Advanced visual interfaces May 25-28, 2004, Gallipoli, Italy. pp. 23-31. https://doi.acm.org/10.1145/989863.989866

Ramos, Gonzalo, Robertson, George G., Czerwinski, Mary, Tan, Desney S., Baudisch, Patrick, Hinckley, Ken, Agrawala, Maneesh (2006): Tumble! Splat! helping users access and manipulate occluded content in 2D drawings. In: Celentano, Augusto (eds.) AVI 2006 - Proceedings of the working conference on Advanced visual interfaces May 23-26, 2006, Venezia, Italy. pp. 428-435. https://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1133265.1133351

Baudisch, Patrick, Zotov, Alexander, Cutrell, Edward, Hinckley, Ken (2008): Starburst: a target expansion algorithm for non-uniform target distributions. In: Levialdi, Stefano (eds.) AVI 2008 - Proceedings of the working conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces May 28-30, 2008, Napoli, Italy. pp. 129-137. https://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1385569.1385592

Bi, Xiaojun, Moscovich, Tomer, Ramos, Gonzalo, Balakrishnan, Ravin, Hinckley, Ken (2008): An exploration of pen rolling for pen-based interaction. In: Cousins, Steve B., Beaudouin-Lafon, Michel (eds.) Proceedings of the 21st Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology October 19-22, 2008, Monterey, CA, USA. pp. 191-200. https://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1449715.1449745

Hinckley, Ken, Yatani, Koji, Pahud, Michel, Coddington, Nicole, Rodenhouse, Jenny, Wilson, Andy, Benko, Hrvoje, Buxton, Bill (2010): Manual deskterity: an exploration of simultaneous pen + touch direct input. In: Proceedings of ACM CHI 2010 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems , 2010, . pp. 2793-2802. https://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1753846.1753865

Grossman, Tovi, Baudisch, Patrick, Hinckley, Ken (2009): Handle Flags: efficient and flexible selections for inking applications. In: Proceedings of the 2009 Conference on Graphics Interface , 2009, . pp. 167-174. https://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1555880.1555918

Hinckley, Ken, Yatani, Koji, Pahud, Michel, Coddington, Nicole, Rodenhouse, Jenny, Wilson, Andy, Benko, Hrvoje, Buxton, Bill (2010): Pen + touch = new tools. In: Proceedings of the 2010 ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology , 2010, . pp. 27-36. https://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1866029.1866036

Benko, Hrvoje, Izadi, Shahram, Wilson, Andrew D., Cao, Xiang, Rosenfeld, Dan, Hinckley, Ken (2010): Design and evaluation of interaction models for multi-touch mice. In: Proceedings of the 2010 Conference on Graphics Interface , 2010, . pp. 253-260. https://doi.acm.org/10.1145/4713060.1839259

Bragdon, Andrew, Nelson, Eugene, Li, Yang, Hinckley, Ken (2011): Experimental analysis of touch-screen gesture designs in mobile environments. In: Proceedings of ACM CHI 2011 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems , 2011, . pp. 403-412. https://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1978942.1979000

Hinckley, Ken, Song, Hyunyoung (2011): Sensor synaesthesia: touch in motion, and motion in touch. In: Proceedings of ACM CHI 2011 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems , 2011, . pp. 801-810. https://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1978942.1979059

Song, Hyunyoung, Benko, Hrvoje, Guimbretiere, Francois, Izadi, Shahram, Cao, Xiang, Hinckley, Ken (2011): Grips and gestures on a multi-touch pen. In: Proceedings of ACM CHI 2011 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems , 2011, . pp. 1323-1332. https://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1978942.1979138

Sun, Minghui, Cao, Xiang, Song, Hyunyoung, Izadi, Shahram, Benko, Hrvoje, Guimbretiere, Francois, Ren, Xiangshi, Hinckley, Ken (2011): Enhancing naturalness of pen-and-tablet drawing through context sensing. In: Proceedings of the 2011 ACM International Conference on Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces , 2011, . pp. 83-86. https://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2076354.2076371

Bragdon, Andrew, DeLine, Rob, Hinckley, Ken, Morris, Meredith Ringel (2011): Code space: touch + air gesture hybrid interactions for supporting developer meetings. In: Proceedings of the 2011 ACM International Conference on Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces , 2011, . pp. 212-221. https://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2076354.2076393

Hinckley, Ken, Pausch, Randy F., Proffitt, Dennis (1997): Attention and Visual Feedback: The Bimanual Frame of Reference. In: SI3D 1997 , 1997, . pp. 121-126,192. https://doi.acm.org/10.1145/253284.253318

Marquardt, Nicolai, Hinckley, Ken, Greenberg, Saul (2012): Cross-device interaction via micro-mobility and f-formations. In: Proceedings of the 2012 ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology , 2012, . pp. 13-22. https://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2380116.2380121

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