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Alex Olwal

Publication record assembled from the DBLP archive of ranked conferences.

Papers indexed

72

Venues

13

Active years

2003–2026

Best venue rank

A*

Where they publish

Papers

72 indexed papers, newest first.

YearVenueTitleAuthors
2026TEIContained Attraction: Kinetic Sculpture and Material Agency.Alex Olwal
2025CHISpeechCompass: Enhancing Mobile Captioning with Diarization and Directional Guidance via Multi-Microphone Localization.Artem Dementyev, Dimitri Kanevsky, Samuel J. Yang, Mathieu Parvaix, Chiong Lai, Alex Olwal
2025CHIInstructPipe: Generating Visual Blocks Pipelines with Human Instructions and LLMs.Zhongyi Zhou, Jing Jin, Vrushank Phadnis, Xiuxiu Yuan, Jun Jiang, Xun Qian, Kristen Wright, Mark Sherwood, Jason Mayes, Jingtao Zhou, Yiyi Huang, Zheng Xu, Yinda Zhang, Johnny Lee, Alex Olwal, David Kim, Ram Iyengar, Na Li, Ruofei Du
2025IUIGensors: Authoring Personalized Visual Sensors with Multimodal Foundation Models and Reasoning.Michael Xieyang Liu, Savvas Petridis, Vivian Tsai, Alexander J. Fiannaca, Alex Olwal, Michael Terry, Carrie J. Cai
2025UISTDialogLab: Authoring, Simulating, and Testing Dynamic Human-AI Group Conversations.Erzhen Hu, Yanhe Chen, Mingyi Li, Vrushank Phadnis, Pingmei Xu, Xun Qian, Alex Olwal, David Kim, Seongkook Heo, Ruofei Du
2025UISTThing2Reality: Enabling Spontaneous Creation of 3D Objects from 2D Content using Generative AI in XR Meetings.Erzhen Hu, Mingyi Li, Jungtaek Hong, Xun Qian, Alex Olwal, David Kim, Seongkook Heo, Ruofei Du
2024CHIUI Mobility Control in XR: Switching UI Positionings between Static, Dynamic, and Self Entities.Siyou Pei, David Kim, Alex Olwal, Yang Zhang, Ruofei Du
2024CHIChatDirector: Enhancing Video Conferencing with Space-Aware Scene Rendering and Speech-Driven Layout Transition.Xun Qian, Feitong Tan, Yinda Zhang, Brian Moreno Collins, David Kim, Alex Olwal, Karthik Ramani, Ruofei Du
2024CHIExperiencing InstructPipe: Building Multi-modal AI Pipelines via Prompting LLMs and Visual Programming.Zhongyi Zhou, Jing Jin, Vrushank Phadnis, Xiuxiu Yuan, Jun Jiang, Xun Qian, Jingtao Zhou, Yiyi Huang, Zheng Xu, Yinda Zhang, Kristen Wright, Jason Mayes, Mark Sherwood, Johnny Lee, Alex Olwal, David Kim, Ram Iyengar, Na Li, Ruofei Du
2024ICASSPQuantifying The Effect Of Simulator-Based Data Augmentation For Speech Recognition On Augmented Reality Glasses.Riku Arakawa, Mathieu Parvaix, Chiong Lai, Hakan Erdogan, Alex Olwal
2024ICMILevels of Multimodal Interaction.Anoop K. Sinha, Chinmay Kulkarni, Alex Olwal
2024UISTExperiencing Thing2Reality: Transforming 2D Content into Conditioned Multiviews and 3D Gaussian Objects for XR Communication.Erzhen Hu, Mingyi Li, Xun Qian, Alex Olwal, David Kim, Seongkook Heo, Ruofei Du
2023CHIRapsai: Accelerating Machine Learning Prototyping of Multimedia Applications through Visual Programming.Ruofei Du, Na Li, Jing Jin, Michelle Carney, Scott Miles, Maria Kleiner, Xiuxiu Yuan, Yinda Zhang, Anuva Kulkarni, Xingyu Liu, Ahmed Sabie, Sergio Orts-Escolano, Abhishek Kar, Ping Yu, Ram Iyengar, Adarsh Kowdle, Alex Olwal
2023CHIExperiencing Rapid Prototyping of Machine Learning Based Multimedia Applications in Rapsai.Ruofei Du, Na Li, Jing Jin, Michelle Carney, Xiuxiu Yuan, Ram Iyengar, Ping Yu, Adarsh Kowdle, Alex Olwal
2023CHIVisual Captions: Augmenting Verbal Communication with On-the-fly Visuals.Xingyu Bruce Liu, Vladimir Kirilyuk, Xiuxiu Yuan, Alex Olwal, Peggy Chi, Xiang 'Anthony' Chen, Ruofei Du
2023CHIModeling and Improving Text Stability in Live Captions.Xingyu Bruce Liu, Jun Zhang, Leonardo Ferrer, Susan Xu, Vikas Bahirwani, Boris Smus, Alex Olwal, Ruofei Du
2023UISTLiveLocalizer: Augmenting Mobile Speech-to-Text with Microphone Arrays, Optimized Localization and Beamforming.Artem Dementyev, Dimitri Kanevsky, Samuel J. Yang, Mathieu Parvaix, Chiong Lai, Alex Olwal
2023UISTExperiencing Visual Blocks for ML: Visual Prototyping of AI Pipelines.Ruofei Du, Na Li, Jing Jin, Michelle Carney, Xiuxiu Yuan, Kristen Wright, Mark Sherwood, Jason Mayes, Lin Chen, Jun Jiang, Jingtao Zhou, Zhongyi Zhou, Ping Yu, Adarsh Kowdle, Ram Iyengar, Alex Olwal
2023UISTExperiencing Visual Captions: Augmented Communication with Real-time Visuals using Large Language Models.Xingyu Bruce Liu, Vladimir Kirilyuk, Xiuxiu Yuan, Peggy Chi, Alex Olwal, Xiang 'Anthony' Chen, Ruofei Du
2022CHIOpportunistic Interfaces for Augmented Reality: Transforming Everyday Objects into Tangible 6DoF Interfaces Using Ad hoc UI.Ruofei Du, Alex Olwal, Mathieu Le Goc, Shengzhi Wu, Danhang Tang, Yinda Zhang, Jun Zhang, David Joseph Tan, Federico Tombari, David Kim
2022CHIProtoSound: A Personalized and Scalable Sound Recognition System for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Users.Dhruv Jain, Khoa Huynh Anh Nguyen, Steven M. Goodman, Rachel Grossman-Kahn, Hung Ngo, Aditya Kusupati, Ruofei Du, Alex Olwal, Leah Findlater, Jon E. Froehlich
2022CHISilentSpeller: Towards mobile, hands-free, silent speech text entry using electropalatography.Naoki Kimura, Tan Gemicioglu, Jonathan Womack, Richard Li, Yuhui Zhao, Abdelkareem Bedri, Zixiong Su, Alex Olwal, Jun Rekimoto, Thad Starner
2022CHIHidden Interfaces for Ambient Computing: Enabling Interaction in Everyday Materials through High-brightness Visuals on Low-cost Matrix Displays.Alex Olwal, Artem Dementyev
2021CHIMobile, Hands-free, Silent Speech Texting Using SilentSpeller.Naoki Kimura, Tan Gemicioglu, Jonathan Womack, Richard Li, Yuhui Zhao, Abdelkareem Bedri, Alex Olwal, Jun Rekimoto, Thad Starner
2021CHIHidden Interfaces for Ambient Computing: Interacting with High-brightness Visuals through Everyday Materials.Alex Olwal, Artem Dementyev
2020CHIE-Textile Microinteractions: Augmenting Twist with Flick, Slide and Grasp Gestures for Soft Electronics.Alex Olwal, Thad Starner, Gowa Mainini
2020UISTHaptics with Input: Back-EMF in Linear Resonant Actuators to Enable Touch, Pressure and Environmental Awareness.Artem Dementyev, Alex Olwal, Richard F. Lyon
2020UISTWearable Subtitles: Augmenting Spoken Communication with Lightweight Eyewear for All-day Captioning.Alex Olwal, Kevin Balke, Dmitrii Votintcev, Thad Starner, Paula Conn, Bonnie Chinh, Benoit Corda
2019UISTSensorSnaps: Integrating Wireless Sensor Nodes into Fabric Snap Fasteners for Textile Interfaces.Artem Dementyev, Toms Vega Glvez, Alex Olwal
2018UISTHybrid Watch User Interfaces: Collaboration Between Electro-Mechanical Components and Analog Materials.Alex Olwal
2018UISTI/O Braid: Scalable Touch-Sensitive Lighted Cords Using Spiraling, Repeating Sensing Textiles and Fiber Optics.Alex Olwal, Jon Moeller, Greg Priest-Dorman, Thad Starner, Ben Carroll
2018UISTI/O Braid: Scalable Touch-Sensitive Lighted Cords Using Spiraling, Repeating Sensing Textiles and Fiber Optics.Alex Olwal, Jon Moeller, Greg Priest-Dorman, Thad Starner, Ben Carroll
2017CHIZensei: Embedded, Multi-electrode Bioimpedance Sensing for Implicit, Ubiquitous User Recognition.Munehiko Sato, Rohan S. Puri, Alex Olwal, Yosuke Ushigome, Lukas Franciszkiewicz, Deepak Chandra, Ivan Poupyrev, Ramesh Raskar
2017CHIshiftIO: Reconfigurable Tactile Elements for Dynamic Affordances and Mobile Interaction.Evan Strasnick, Jackie Yang, Kesler W. Tanner, Alex Olwal, Sean Follmer
2017CHIStretchEBand: Enabling Fabric-based Interactions through Rapid Fabrication of Textile Stretch Sensors.Anita Vogl, Patrick Parzer, Teo Babic, Joanne Leong, Alex Olwal, Michael Haller
2017CHISkinMarks: Enabling Interactions on Body Landmarks Using Conformal Skin Electronics.Martin Weigel, Aditya Shekhar Nittala, Alex Olwal, Jrgen Steimle
2017CHIWatchThru: Expanding Smartwatch Displays with Mid-air Visuals and Wrist-worn Augmented Reality.Dirk Wenig, Johannes Schning, Alex Olwal, Mathias Oben, Rainer Malaka
2017UISTGrabity: A Wearable Haptic Interface for Simulating Weight and Grasping in Virtual Reality.Inrak Choi, Heather Culbertson, Mark Roman Miller, Alex Olwal, Sean Follmer
2017UISTSmartSleeve: Real-time Sensing of Surface and Deformation Gestures on Flexible, Interactive Textiles, using a Hybrid Gesture Detection Pipeline.Patrick Parzer, Adwait Sharma, Anita Vogl, Jrgen Steimle, Alex Olwal, Michael Haller
2016CHIFlexTiles: A Flexible, Stretchable, Formable, Pressure-Sensitive, Tactile Input Sensor.Patrick Parzer, Kathrin Probst, Teo Babic, Christian Rendl, Anita Vogl, Alex Olwal, Michael Haller
2016UISTproCover: Sensory Augmentation of Prosthetic Limbs Using Smart Textile Covers.Joanne Leong, Patrick Parzer, Florian Perteneder, Teo Babic, Christian Rendl, Anita Vogl, Hubert Egger, Alex Olwal, Michael Haller
2015CHISpecTrans: Versatile Material Classification for Interaction with Textureless, Specular and Transparent Surfaces.Munehiko Sato, Shigeo Yoshida, Alex Olwal, Boxin Shi, Atsushi Hiyama, Tomohiro Tanikawa, Michitaka Hirose, Ramesh Raskar
2015UISTZensei: Augmenting Objects with Effortless User Recognition Capabilities through Bioimpedance Sensing.Munehiko Sato, Rohan S. Puri, Alex Olwal, Deepak Chandra, Ivan Poupyrev, Ramesh Raskar
2014UISTPhysical telepresence: shape capture and display for embodied, computer-mediated remote collaboration.Daniel Leithinger, Sean Follmer, Alex Olwal, Hiroshi Ishii
2013CHISpaceTop: integrating 2D and spatial 3D interactions in a see-through desktop environment.Jinha Lee, Alex Olwal, Hiroshi Ishii, Cati N. Boulanger
2013CHISublimate: state-changing virtual and physical rendering to augment interaction with shape displays.Daniel Leithinger, Sean Follmer, Alex Olwal, Samuel Luescher, Akimitsu Hogge, Jinha Lee, Hiroshi Ishii
2013UISTinFORM: dynamic physical affordances and constraints through shape and object actuation.Sean Follmer, Daniel Leithinger, Alex Olwal, Akimitsu Hogge, Hiroshi Ishii
2012CHISpeckleEye: gestural interaction for embedded electronics in ubiquitous computing.Alex Olwal, Andrew Bardagjy, Jan Zizka, Ramesh Raskar
2012ICMIMultimodal motion guidance: techniques for adaptive and dynamic feedback.Christian Schnauer, Kenichiro Fukushi, Alex Olwal, Hannes Kaufmann, Ramesh Raskar
2012SIGGRAPHComputational retinal imaging via binocular coupling and indirect illumination.Everett Lawson, Jason Boggess, Siddharth Khullar, Alex Olwal, Gordon Wetzstein, Ramesh Raskar
2012SIGGRAPHComputational retinal imaging via binocular coupling and indirect illumination.Everett Lawson, Jason Boggess, Siddharth Khullar, Alex Olwal, Gordon Wetzstein, Ramesh Raskar
2012UISTJamming user interfaces: programmable particle stiffness and sensing for malleable and shape-changing devices.Sean Follmer, Daniel Leithinger, Alex Olwal, Nadia Cheng, Hiroshi Ishii
2011CBMS3D Visualization and interaction with spatiotemporal X-ray data to minimize radiation in image-guided surgery.Foteini Ioakeimidou, Alex Olwal, Axel Nordberg, Hans von Holst
2011CHIInteraction and rendering techniques for handheld phantograms.Finn Ericsson, Alex Olwal
2011CHIOldGen: mobile phone personalization for older adults.Alex Olwal, Dimitris Lachanas, Ermioni Zacharouli
2011InteractDesign and Evaluation of Interaction Technology for Medical Team Meetings.Alex Olwal, Oscar Frykholm, Kristina Groth, Jonas Moll
2011UISTSpeckleSense: fast, precise, low-cost and compact motion sensing using laser speckle.Jan Zizka, Alex Olwal, Ramesh Raskar
2009InteractAugmenting Surface Interaction through Context-Sensitive Mobile Devices.Alex Olwal
2009TEISpatially aware handhelds for high-precision tangible interaction with large displays.Alex Olwal, Steven Feiner
2008CHIRubbing and tapping for precise and rapid selection on touch-screen displays.Alex Olwal, Steven Feiner, Susanna Heyman
2008NordiCHIUnencumbered 3D interaction with see-through displays.Alex Olwal
2007SIGGRAPHThe audiator: a device-independent active marker for spatially aware displays.Alex Olwal
2006ISMARLightSense: enabling spatially aware handheld interaction devices.Alex Olwal
2006VRAn Immaterial, Dual-sided Display System with 3D Interaction.Alex Olwal, Stephen DiVerdi, Nicola Candussi, Ismo Rakkolainen, Tobias Hllerer
2005ISMARASTOR: An Autostereoscopic Optical See-through Augmented Reality System.Alex Olwal, Christoffer Lindfors, Jonny Gustafsson, Torsten Kjellberg, Lars Mattsson
2005ISMARImmersive Mixed-Reality Configuration of Hybrid User Interfaces.Christian Sandor, Alex Olwal, Blaine Bell, Steven Feiner
2005IUIInteraction techniques using prosodic features of speech and audio localization.Alex Olwal, Steven Feiner
2005SIGGRAPHThe interactive FogScreen.Ismo Rakkolainen, Stephen DiVerdi, Alex Olwal, Nicola Candussi, Tobias Hllerer, Markku Laitinen, Mika Piirto, Karri T. Palovuori
2005VRSTPOLAR: portable, optical see-through, low-cost augmented reality.Alex Olwal, Tobias Hllerer
2004SIGGRAPHAn autostereoscopic optical see-through display for augmented reality.Alex Olwal, Christoffer Lindfors, Jonny Gustafsson
2003ICMIMutual disambiguation of 3D multimodal interaction in augmented and virtual reality.Edward C. Kaiser, Alex Olwal, David McGee, Hrvoje Benko, Andrea Corradini, Xiaoguang Li, Philip R. Cohen, Steven Feiner
2003ISMARSenseShapes: Using Statistical Geometry for Object Selection in a Multimodal Augmented Reality System.Alex Olwal, Hrvoje Benko, Steven Feiner