Publications
SynchronizAR: Instant Synchronization for Spontaneous and Spatial Collaborations in Augmented Reality
Ke Huo, Tianyi Wang, Luis Paredes, Ana M Villanueva, Yuanzhi Cao, Karthik Ramani
In Proceedings of the 31th Annual Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, UIST 2018, Oct. 14-17, Berlin, Germany. https://doi.org/10.1145/3242587.3242595
Integrating environmental sustainability in undergraduate mechanical engineering courses using guided discovery instruction
Devarajan Ramanujan, Ninger Zhou & Karthik Ramani
Journal of cleaner production
MultiSoft: Soft Sensor Enabling Real-Time Multimodal Sensing with Contact Localization and Deformation Classification
Sang Ho Yoon, Luis Paredes, Ke Huo, Karthik Ramani
Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies (IMWUT Volume 2 Issue 3, UbiComp 2018)
Gauss’s law for networks directly reveals community boundaries
Ayan Sinha, David F. Gleich & Karthik Ramani
The study of network topology provides insight into the function and behavior of physical, social, and biological systems. A natural step towards discovering the organizing… Continue reading...
Toying With Design: Experiencing Design for Rapid Prototyping Using Mini-Fabrication Exercises
Siddharth Banerjee, Caleb Carithers, Aniket Chavan, Devarajan Ramanujan and Karthik Ramani
Proceedings of the ASME 2018 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference IDETC/CIE 2018
August 26-29, 2018, Quebec City, Canada… Continue reading...
Plain2Fun: Augmenting Ordinary Objects with Interactive Functions by Auto-Fabricating Surface Painted Circuits
Tianyi Wang, Ke Huo, Pratik Chawla, Guiming Chen, Siddharth Banerjee, Karthik Ramani
Proceedings of the 2018 DIS Designing Interactive Systems Conference, June 9-13, 2018, Hong Kong, China, with honourable mention.
Scenariot: Spatially Mapping Smart Things Within Augmented Reality Scenes
Ke Huo, Yuanzhi Cao, Sang Ho Yoon, Zhuangying Xu, Guiming Chen, Karthik Ramani
Proceedings of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2018, April 21–26, 2018, Montreal, QC, Canada
Plain2Fun: Augmenting Ordinary Objects with Interactive Functions by Auto-Fabricating Surface Painted Circuits
Tianyi Wang, Ke Huo, Partik Chawla, Guiming Chen, Siddharth Banerjee, Karthik Ramani
In Extended Abstracts of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (p. LBW113). ACM.
Ani-Bot: A Modular Robotics System Supporting Creation, Tweaking, and Usage with Mixed-Reality Interactions
Yuanzhi Cao, Zhuangying Xu, Terrell Glenn, Ke Huo, Karthik Ramani
Twelfth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded and Embodied Interactions (TEI 2018) March 18-21, Stockholm, Sweden
3D Object Classification via Spherical Projections
Zhangjie Cao, Qixing Huang, Karthik Ramani
In proceeding of International Conference on 3D Vision (3DV 2017), Spotlight Presentation. Qingdao, China, October 12-14, 2017
Ani-Bot: A Mixed-Reality Ready Modular Robotics System
Yuanzhi Cao, Zhuangying Xu, Terrell Glenn, Ke Huo, Karthik Ramani
In Proceedings of the 30th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software & Technology (UIST 2017 Poster Abstract) , Quebec City, Canada, 2017
iSoft: A Customizable Soft Sensor with Real-time Continuous Contact and Stretching Sensing
Sang Ho Yoon, Ke Huo, Yunbo Zhang, Guiming Chen, Luis Paredes, Subramanian Chidambaram, Karthik Ramani
In Proceedings of the 30th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software & Technology (UIST'17) , Quebec City, Canada, 2017 (Acceptance Rate: 22.5%)
Robust Hand Pose Estimation during the Interaction with an Unknown Object
Chiho Choi, Sang Ho Yoon, Chin-Ning Chen, Karthik Ramani
2017 IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV)
Learning Hand Articulations by Hallucinating Heat Distribution
Chiho Choi, Sangpil Kim, Karthik Ramani
2017 IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV)
DESIGN PATTERNS FOR VISUALIZATION-BASED TOOLS IN SUSTAINABLE PRODUCT DESIGN
Ramanujan D., Bernstein W.Z., & Ramani K.
Design Patterns for Visualization-based Tools in Sustainable Product Design, Proceedings of the 2017 ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Visual Analytics Tools for Sustainable Lifecycle Design: Current Status, Challenges, and Future Opportunities.
Ramanujan D., Bernstein W.Z., Chandrasegaran SK., & Ramani K.
ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, 2017
The Design for Additive Manufacturing Worksheet (Conference)
Joran W. Booth; Jeffrey Alperovich; Tahira N. Reid; Karthik Ramani
Proc. ASME. 50190; Volume 7: 28th International Conference on Design Theory and Methodology, V007T06A041.August 21, 2016 DETC2016-60407 doi: 10.1115/DETC2016-60407
The Design for Additive Manufacturing Worksheet (Journal)
Joran W. Booth; Jeffrey Alperovich; Pratik Chawla; Jiayan Ma; Tahira Reid; Karthik Ramani
J. Mech. Des. 2017; MD-17-1084 doi: 10.1115/1.4037251
Secure Collaboration in Engineering Systems Design
Wang S., Bhandari S., Chaduvula S. Chaitanya, Atallah M., Panchal J. H., and Ramani K
J. Comput. Inf. Sci. Eng 17(4), 041010 (Jun 15, 2017) (11 pages) Paper No: JCISE-16-2090; doi: 10.1115/1.4036615
Integrating Visual Analytics Support for Grounded Theory Practice in Qualitative Text Analysis
Senthil Chandrasegaran, Sriram Karthik Badam, Lorraine Kisselburgh, Karthik Ramani, Niklas Elmqvist
Computer Graphics Forum (Proc. EuroVis), 36(3), pp.201—212, 2017
Merging Sketches for Creative Design Exploration: An Evaluation of Physical and Cognitive Operations
Senthil Chandrasegaran, Sriram Karthik Badam, Ninger Zhou, Zhenpeng Zhao, Lorraine Kisselburgh, Kylie Peppler, Niklas Elmqvist, Karthik Ramani
In proceedings of the 2017 Graphics Interface Conference.
The Influence of Toy Design Activities on Middle School Students’ Understanding of the Engineering Design Processes
Ninger Zhou, Nielsen L. Pereira, Tarun Thomas George, Jeffrey Alperovich, Joran Booth, Senthil Chandrasegaran, Jeffrey David Tew, Devadatta M. Kulkarni, Karthik Ramani
Journal of Science Education and Technology (2017): 1-13.
SurfNet: Generating 3D shape surfaces using deep residual networks
Sinha, A., Unmesh, A., Huang, Q., and Ramani, K
In proceedings of CVPR, 2017.
BikeGesture: User Elicitation and Performance of Micro Hand Gesture as Input for Cycling
Yanke Tan, Sang Ho Yoon, Karthik Ramani
In Proceedings of the 2017 CHI Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA' 17: 2147-2154), Denver, CO, May 6-11, 2017
VizScribe: A visual analytics approach to understand designer behavior
Chandrasegaran, S., Badam, S. K., Kisselburgh, L., Peppler, K., Elmqvist, N., and Ramani, K.
International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 100, April 2017, pp. 66 -- 80.
Modeling Cumulative Arm Fatigue in Mid-Air Interaction based on Perceived Exertion and Kinetics of Arm Motion
Sujin Jang, Wolfgang Stuerzlinger, Satyajit Ambike, Karthik Ramani
In Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2017: 3328-3339), Denver, CO, May 6-11, 2017 (Acceptance Rate: 25%)
WireFab: Mix-Dimension Modeling and Fabrication for 3D Mesh Models
Min Liu, Yunbo Zhang, Jing Bai, Yuanzhi Cao, Jeffrey Alperovich, Karthik Ramani
In Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2017: 965-976), Denver, CO, May 6-11, 2017 (Acceptance Rate: 25%)
Window-Shaping: 3D Design Ideation by Creating on, Borrowing from, and Looking at the Physical World
Ke Huo, Vinayak, Karthik Ramani
In Proceedings of the TEI'17: Tenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction. ACM. (TEI'17: 37-45) , Yokohama, Japan, Mar., 2017
Co-3Deator: A Team-First Collaborative 3D Design Ideation Tool
Cecil Piya, Vinayak, Senthil Chandrasegaran, Niklas Elmqvist, Karthik Ramani
In Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2017: 6581-6592), Denver, CO, May 6-11, 2017 (Acceptance Rate: 25%)
Deconvolving Feedback Loops in Recommender Systems
Ayan Sinha, David F. Gleich, Karthik Ramani
In Proceedings of the Thirtieth Annual Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems (NIPS'16) , Barcelona, Spain, 2016
Window-Shaping: 3D Design Ideation in Mixed Reality
Ke Huo, Vinayak, Karthik Ramani
In Proceedings of the 2016 Symposium on Spatial User Interaction, Tokyo, Japan, 2016 Oct.
TRing: Instant and Customizable Interactions with Objects Using an Embedded Magnet and a Finger-Worn Device
Sang Ho Yoon, Yunbo Zhang, Ke Huo, Karthik Ramani
In Proceedings of the 29th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software & Technology (UIST'16) , Tokyo, Japan, 2016 (Acceptance Rate: 20.6%)
Developing Middle School Students’ Engineering Design Concepts through Toy Design Workshop
Ninger Zhou, Tarun Thomas George, Joran W. Booth, Jeffrey Alperovich, Senthil Chandrasegaran, Nielsen L. Pereira, Jeffrey David Tew, Devadatta M. Kulkarni, Karthik Ramani
ASEE 123rd Annual, New Orleans, LA, June 26-29, 2016
Deep Learning 3D Shape Surfaces using Geometry Images
Ayan SInha, Jing Bai, Karthik Ramani
The 14th European Conference on Computer Vision, October 11-14, 2016, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
shapeSIFT: Evaluating InfoVis Tools for Eco-Conscious Design
Ramanujan D, Bernstein WZ, Kulkarni D, Tew J, & Ramani K
ASME IDETC 2016
FEASY: A Sketch-based Tool for Finite Element Analysis
Sundar Murugappan, Cecil Piya, Maria C. Yang, Karthik Ramani
Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering, Volume 16, Issue 3, September 2016
The intrinsic geometric structure of protein-protein interaction networks for protein interaction prediction
Yi Fang, Mengtian Sun, Guoxian Dai, and Karthik Ramani
IEEE/ACM Transactions on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics (TCBB) TCBB Homepage archive Volume 13 Issue 1, January/February 2016 Pages 76-85
Proto-TAI++: Exploring perceptually consistent creation of planar shape assemblies through multi-modal tangible interactions
Cecil Piya, Vinayak, Karthik Ramani
Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering, Volume 16, Issue 3, September 2016
DeepHand: Robust Hand Pose Estimation by Completing a Matrix Imputed with Deep Features
Ayan Sinha*, Chiho Choi*, and Karthik Ramani
(* denotes equal contribution)
In Proc. IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR) 2016, Las Vegas, USA.
The Design For Additive Manufacturing Worksheet
Joran W. Booth, Jeffery Alperovich, Tahira N. Reid, Karthik Ramani
Proceedings of the ASME 2016 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences &Computers and Information in Engineering ConferenceIDETC/CIE 2016August 21-24, 2016, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
RealFusion: An Interactive Workflow for Repurposing Real-World Objects towards Early-stage Creative Ideation
Cecil Piya, Vinayak, Yunbo Zhang, Karthik Ramani
In Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2016, Victoria, BC, Canada
CardBoardiZer: Creatively Customize, Articulate and Fold 3D Mesh Models
Yunbo Zhang,Wei Gao, Luis Paredes, Karthik Ramani
Proceedings of the 2016 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 897-907). ACM.
Wearable Textile Input Device with Multimodal Sensing for Eyes-Free Mobile Interaction during Daily Activities
Sang Ho Yoon, Ke Huo, Karthik Ramani
Pervasive and Mobile Computing (2016), 33, 17-31
Optimal Fitting of Strain-Controlled Flattenable Mesh Surfaces
Yunbo Zhang, Charlie C. L. Wang, Karthik Ramani
The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 1-15.
Cubimorph: Designing Modular Handheld Shape Changing Devices for End-Users
Roudaut, Anne and Krusteva, Diana and Karnik, Abhijit Anil and McCoy, Mike and Ramani, Karthik and Subramanian, Sriram
The International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) 2016, Stockholm, Sweden.
TMotion: Embedded 3D Mobile Input using Magnetic Sensing Technique
Sang Ho Yoon, Ke Huo, Karthik Ramani
In Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction (TEI'16), Eindhoven, Netherlands, 2016 (Acceptance Rate: 27%)
MobiSweep: Exploring Spatial Design Ideation Using a Smartphone as a Hand-held Reference Plane
Vinayak, Devarajan Ramanujan, Cecil Piya, Karthik Ramani
In Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction, Netherlands, 2016
Interventions for Teaching Sketching Skills and Reducing Inhibition for Novice Engineering Designers
Joran W. Booth, Elkin A. Taborda, Karthik Ramani, and Tahira Reid
Design Studies, 43, 1-23.
RevoMaker: Enabling Multi-directional and Functionally-embedded 3D Printing using a Rotational Cuboidal Platform
Wei Gao*, Yunbo Zhang*, Diogo C. Nazzetta, Karthik Ramani, Raymond J. Cipra
In Proceedings of ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, (UIST '15), Charlotte, NC, USA
Extracting Hand Grasp & Motion for Intent Expression in Mid-Air Shape Deformation: A Concrete & Iterative Exploration through a Virtual Pottery Application
Vinayak and Karthik Ramani
Computers & Graphics, Volume 55, April 2016, Pages 143-156, ISSN 0097-8493, (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cag.2015.10.012.)