Publications
Integrating Visual Analytics Support for Grounded Theory Practice in Qualitative Text Analysis
Senthil Chandrasegaran, Sriram Karthik Badam, Lorraine Kisselburgh, Karthik Ramani, Niklas Elmqvist
In Proceedings of Eurographics Conference on Visualization (EuroVis) 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
Sinha, A., Unmesh, A., Huang, Q., and Ramani, K., 'SurfNet: Generating 3D shape surfaces using deep residual networks', 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.
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.)
A Collaborative Filtering Approach to Real-Time Hand Pose Estimation
Chiho Choi, Ayan Sinha, Joon Hee Choi, Sujin Jang, and Karthik Ramani
In Proc. IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV) 2015, Santiago, Chile.
Bridging The Gaps: Augmenting Design Learning Through Computer-Aided Exploration
Anirudh Roshan Sriram, DeLean Tolbert , Monica Cardella , Karthik Ramani
Proceedings of the ASME 2015 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & International Conference on Design Education, IDETC/DEC 2015, August 30-September 2, 2015, Boston, USA
Empirical Studies of Functional Decomposition in Early Design
Joran W. Booth, Ahbinav Bhasin, Tahira Reid, and Karthik Ramani
Proceedings of the ASME 2015 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences &
Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, IDETC/CIE 2015 August 2-5, 2015, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Comparing Functional Analysis Methods for Product Dissection Tasks
Joran W. Booth, Tahira N. Reid, Claudia Eckert, Karthik Ramani
Journal of Mechanical Design J. Mech. Des 137(8), 081101 (Aug 01, 2015) (10 pages)
doi: 10.1115/1.4030232
MotionFlow: Visual Abstraction and Aggregation of Sequential Patterns in Human Motion Tracking Data
Sujin Jang, Niklas Elmqvist, and Karthik Ramani
IEEE Transaction on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG) vol.22, no.1, pp.21-30, Jan. 31, 2016 / IEEE Conference on Visual Analytics Science and Technology (VAST) Oct. 25-30, Chicago, IL, 2015. In print.
A framework for visualization-driven eco-conscious design exploration
Devarajan Ramanujan, William Z. Bernstein, William Benjamin, Karthik Ramani, Niklas Elmqvist, Devadatta Kulkarni, Jeffrey Tew
Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering. 2015 Dec 1;15(4):041010.
Mutually coordinated visualization of product and supply chain metadata for sustainable design
William Z. Bernstein, Devarajan Ramanujan, Devadatta Kulkarni, Jeffrey Tew, Niklas Elmqvist, Fu Zhao, Karthik Ramani
Journal of Mechanical Design. 2015 Dec 1;137(12):121101.
HandiMate: Exploring a Modular Robotics kit for Animating Crafted Toys
Sang Ho Yoon†, Ansh Verma†, Kylie Peppler, Karthik Ramani
In Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Interaction Design & Children (IDC'15), Tufts University, USA, 2015
The Status, Challenges, and Future of Additive Manufacturing in Engineering
Wei Gao, Yunbo Zhang, Devarajan Ramanujan, Karthik Ramani, Yong Chen, Christopher B. Williams, Charlie C.L. Wang, Yung C. Shin, Song Zhang, Pablo D. Zavattieri
Computer-Aided Design, doi:10.1016/j.cad.2015.04.001
Hand Grasp and Motion for Intent Expression in Mid-Air Virtual Pottery
Vinayak and Karthik Ramani
In Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2015 (GI '15). Canadian Information Processing Society, Toronto, Ont., Canada, Canada
A Gesture-free Geometric Approach for Mid-Air Expression of Design Intent
Vinayak and Karthik Ramani
Computer-Aided Design (Elsevier), Available online 17 July 2015, ISSN 0010-4485, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cad.2015.06.006.
Sketcholution: Interaction Histories for Sketching
Zhenpeng Zhao, William Benjamin, Niklas Elmqvist, Karthik Ramani
International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 82 (2015) 11–20
Informing Early Design Via Crowd-based Co-creation
Devarajan Ramanujan, Vinayak, Yash Nawal, Tahira Reid, Karthik Ramani
ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences, August 2-5, Boston ,MA
HandiMate: Create and Animate using everyday objects
Jasjeet Singh Seehra, Ansh Verma, Kylie Peppler, Karhik Ramani
Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Tangible Embedded and Embodied Interactions, Stanford University, January 15-19, 2015
Heat-Passing Framework for Robust Interpretation of Data in Networks
Yi Fang, Mengtian Sun, Karthik Ramani
PLoS ONE 10(2), doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0116121, 2015
TIMMi: Finger-worn Textile Input Device with Multimodal Sensing in Mobile Interaction
Sang Ho Yoon, Vinh Nguyen, Ke Huo, Karthik Ramani
In Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction (TEI'15), Stanford University, USA, 2015
SOFTii: Soft Tangible Interface for Continuous Control of Virtual Objects with Pressure-based Input
Vinh Nguyen, Pramod Kumar, Sang Ho Yoon, Ansh Verma, Karthik Ramani
Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction, Jan 15-19, Stanford University, USA. pp 539-544, 2015
GestureAnalyzer: Visual Analytics for Pattern Analysis of Mid-Air Hand Gestures
Sujin Jang, Niklas Elmqvist, Karthik Ramani
Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on Spatial User Interaction, October 4-5, 2014, Honolulu, HI, USA
Plex: Finger-Worn Textile Sensor for Mobile Interaction during Activities
Sang Ho Yoon, Ke Huo, Karthik Ramani
In Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing: Adjunct Publication (Ubicomp'14 Adjunct), Seattle, USA, 2014.
BendID: Flexible Interface for Localized Deformation Recognition
Vinh Nguyen, Sang Ho Yoon, Ansh Verma, Karthik Ramani
Proceedings of the ACM international Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing, Sep 13-17, Seattle, USA. pp 553-557, 2014