Publications

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%)

Learning Hand Articulations by Hallucinating Heat Distribution

Chiho Choi, Sangpil Kim, Karthik Ramani

In Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV) 2017 to appear.

Robust Hand Pose Estimation during the Interaction with an Unknown Object

Chiho Choi, Sang Ho Yoon, Chin-Ning Chen, Karthik Ramani

In Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV) 2017 to appear.

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.201â€”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 Studentsâ€™ 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 Studentsâ€™ 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%)