Dr Jason Alexander
LecturerResearch Overview
My primary interests are in the area of Human-Computer Interaction, with my current focus on developing hardware for the next generation of input and output techniques. I have a particular interest in new display technologies, especially physically deformable displays, where the display can self-mutate to better represent the visual information. I also have interests in haptic feedback, gestural interaction, and electronic document navigation.
ENGAGE: early insights in measuring multi-device engagements
Jones, R., Clinch, S., Alexander, J., Davies, N., Mikusz, M. 10/06/2015 In: PerDis '15 Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Pervasive Displays. New York : ACM p. 31-37. 7 p.
Paper
ShapeClip: towards rapid prototyping with shape-changing displays for designers
Hardy, J., Weichel, C., Taher, F., Vidler, J., Alexander, J. 18/04/2015 In: CHI '15 Proceedings of the 33rd Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. New York : ACM p. 19-28. 10 p.
Paper
Connected tools in digital design
Weichel, C., Alexander, J., Karnik, A., Gellersen, H. 1/04/2015 In: IEEE Pervasive Computing. 14, 2, p. 18-21. 4 p.
Journal article
Opportunities and challenges for data physicalization
Jansen, Y., Dragicevic, P., Isenberg, P., Alexander, J., Karnik, A., Kildal, J., Subramanian, S., Hornbaek, K. 04/2015 In: CHI '15 Proceedings of the 33rd Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. New York : ACM p. 3227-3236. 10 p.
Paper
Exploring interactions with physically dynamic bar charts
Taher, F., Hardy, J., Karnik, A., Weichel, C., Jansen, Y., Hornbaek, K., Alexander, J. 2015 In: CHI '15 Proceedings of the 33rd Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. New York : ACM p. 3237-3246. 10 p.
Paper
Gaze+RST: integrating Gaze and multitouch for remote Rotate-Scale-Translate tasks
Turner, J., Alexander, J., Bulling, A., Gellersen, H. 2015 In: CHI '15 Proceedings of the 33rd Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. New York : ACM p. 4179-4188. 10 p. ISBN: 9781450331456.
Conference contribution
SPATA: Spatio-tangible tools for fabrication-aware design
Weichel, C., Alexander, J., Karnik, A., Gellersen, H. 2015 In: TEI '15 Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction. New York : ACM p. 189-196. 8 p.
Paper
An empirical characterization of touch-gesture input force on mobile devices
Taher, F., Alexander, J., Hardy, J., Velloso, E. 11/2014 In: ITS '14 Proceedings of the Ninth ACM International Conference on Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces. New York : ACM p. 195-204. 10 p.
Paper
Characterising the physicality of everyday buttons
Alexander, J., Hardy, J., Wattam, S. 11/2014 In: ITS '14 Proceedings of the Ninth ACM International Conference on Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces. New York : ACM p. 205-208. 4 p.
Paper
Gaze-touch: combining gaze with multi-touch for interaction on the same surface
Pfeuffer, K., Alexander, J., Chong, M.K., Gellersen, H. 10/2014 In: UIST '14 Proceedings of the 27th annual ACM symposium on User interface software and technology. New York : ACM p. 509-518. 10 p.
Paper
The use of surrounding visual context in handheld AR: device vs. user perspective rendering
Čopič Pucihar, K., Coulton, P., Alexander, J. 28/04/2014 In: CHI '14 Proceedings of the 32nd annual ACM conference on Human factors in computing systems. New York : ACM p. 197-206. 10 p.
Paper
Evaluating the effectiveness of physical shape-change for in-pocket mobile device notifications
Dimitriadis, P., Alexander, J. 26/04/2014 In: CHI '14 Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. New York : ACM p. 2589-2592. 4 p.
Paper
Feet movement in desktop 3D interaction
Simeone, A.L., Velloso, E., Alexander, J., Gellersen, H. 26/04/2014 In: 3D User Interfaces (3DUI), 2014 IEEE Symposium on. IEEE p. 71-74. 3 p.
Paper
ThumbReels: query sensitive web video previews based on temporal, crowdsourced, semantic tagging
Craggs, B., Kilgallon Scott, M., Alexander, J. 26/04/2014 In: CHI '14 Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. New York : ACM p. 1217-1220. 4 p.
Paper
Cross-device gaze-supported point-to-point content transfer
Turner, J., Bulling, A., Alexander, J., Gellersen, H. 26/03/2014 In: ETRA '14 Proceedings of the Symposium on Eye Tracking Research and Applications. New York : ACM p. 19-26. 8 p.
Paper
Evaluating dual-view perceptual issues in handheld augmented reality: device vs. user perspective rendering
Čopič Pucihar, K., Coulton, P., Alexander, J. 9/12/2013 In: ICMI '13 Proceedings of the 15th ACM on International conference on multimodal interaction. New York : ACM p. 381-388. 8 p.
Paper
Eye Drop: an interaction concept for gaze-supported point-to-point content transfer
Turner, J., Bulling, A., Alexander, J., Gellersen, H. 2/12/2013 In: MUM '13 Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia. New York : ACM 4 p.
Paper
Creating a stereoscopic magic-lens to improve depth perception in handheld augmented reality
Čopič Pucihar, K., Coulton, P., Alexander, J. 27/08/2013 In: Proceedings of Mobile HCI 2013. ACM 4 p.
Paper
Ubi Displays: A Toolkit for the Rapid Creation of Interactive Projected Displays
Hardy, J., Ellis, C., Alexander, J., Davies, N. 5/06/2013
Conference paper
Eye pull, eye push: moving objects between large screens and personal devices with gaze and touch
Turner, J., Alexander, J., Bulling, A., Schmidt, D., Gellersen, H. 2013 In: Human-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2013. Berlin : Springer p. 170-186. 17 p.
Paper
Toolkit support for interactive projected displays
Hardy, J., Alexander, J. 4/12/2012 In: MUM '12 Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia. New York : ACM
Paper
Putting your best foot forward: investigating real-world mappings for foot-based gestures
Alexander, J., Han, T., Judd, W., Irani, P., Subramanian, S. 2012 In: Proceedings of the 2012 ACM annual conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '12). New York : ACM p. 1229-1238. 10 p.
Paper
Tilt displays: designing display surfaces with multi-axis tilting and actuation
Alexander, J., Lucero, A., Subramanian, S. 2012
Conference paper
Ultra-tangibles: creating movable tangible objects on interactive tables
Marshall, M., Carter, T., Alexander, J., Subramanian, S. 2012 In: CHI '12 Proceedings of the 2012 ACM annual conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. New York : ACM p. 2185-2188. 4 p.
Paper
Adding Haptic Feedback to Mobile TV
Alexander, J., Marshall, M.T., Subramanian, S. 2011 In: Extended Abstracts of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. New York, NY, USA : ACM p. 1975-1980. 6 p. ISBN: 978-1-4503-0268-5.
Conference contribution
Kick: investigating the use of kick gestures for mobile interactions
Han, T., Alexander, J., Karnik, A., Irani, P., Subramanian, S. 2011 In: MobileHCI '11 Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Human Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services. New York, NY, USA : ACM p. 29-32. 4 p.
Paper
GesText: Accelerometer-Based Gestural Text-Entry Systems
Jones, E., Alexander, J., Andreou, A., Irani, P., Subramanian, S. 2010 In: Proceedings of the 28th International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI'10). New York, NY, USA : ACM p. 2173-2182. 10 p.
Paper
Supporting atomic user actions on the table
Aliakseyeu, D., Subramanian, S., Alexander, J. 2010 In: Tabletops - Horizontal Interactive Displays. London : Springer Verlag London Ltd 25 p.
Chapter (peer-reviewed)
Would you do that?: understanding social acceptance of gestural interfaces
Montero, C.S., Alexander, J., Marshall, M.T., Subramanian, S. 2010 In: Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Human Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services. New York, NY, USA : ACM p. 275-278. 4 p.
Paper
Computer science unplugged: school students doing real computing without computers
Bell, T., Alexander, J., Freeman, I., Grimley, M. 2009 In: New Zealand Journal of Applied Computing and Information Technology. 13, 1, p. 20-29. 10 p.
Journal article
Revisiting read wear: analysis, design, and evaluation of a footprints scrollbar
Alexander, J., Cockburn, A., Fitchett, S., Gutwin, C., Greenberg, S. 2009 In: Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '09). New York, NY, USA : ACM p. 1665-1674. 10 p.
Paper
Understanding and improving navigation within electronic documents
Alexander, J. 2009 413 p.
Doctoral Thesis
An Empirical Characterisation of Electronic Document Navigation
Alexander, J., Cockburn, A. 2008 In: Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2008. Toronto, Ont., Canada, Canada : Canadian Information Processing Society p. 123-130. 8 p.
Paper
AppMonitor: A Tool for Recording User Actions in Unmodified Windows Applications
Alexander, J., Cockburn, A., Lobb, R. 2008 In: Behavior Research Methods. 40, 2, p. 413-421. 9 p.
Journal article
Characterising Electronic Document Use, Reuse, Coverage and Multi-Document Interaction
Alexander, J., Cockburn, A. 2008 In: NZCSRSC '08. p. 1-8. 8 p.
Conference contribution
Computer science without computers: new outreach methods from old tricks
Bell, T., Alexander, J., Freeman, I., Grimley, M. 2008 In: 21st Annual Conference of the National Advisory Committee on Computing Qualifications (NACCQ 2008)cil. Auckland, NZ : NACCQ p. 127-133. 7 p.
Conference contribution
Hard Lessons: Effort-Inducing Interfaces Benefit Spatial Learning
Cockburn, A., Kristensson, P.O., Alexander, J., Zhai, S. 2007 In: Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. New York, NY, USA : ACM p. 1571-1580. 10 p.
Paper
Was it Pod Worthy?: A Preparatory Plan for Evaluating Podcasting in Higher Education
Wingkvist, A., Alexander, J. 2007 In: NZCSRSC '07: . 4 p.
Conference contribution
Faster Document Navigation with Space-Filling Thumbnails
Cockburn, A., Gutwin, C., Alexander, J. 2006 In: Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. New York, NY, USA : ACM p. 1-10. 10 p.
Paper
FP7: Generic & Highly Organic, Shape-changing interfaces
01/01/2013 → …
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