Graphics Interface 2009: Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada

Awards

• Michael A. J. Sweeney Award: Graphics 2009 Award Winner "Parallax Photography: Creating 3D Cinematic Effects from Stills" by Ke Zheng, Alex Colburn, Aseem Agarwala, Maneesh Agrawala, Brian Curless, David Salesin, Michael Cohen. 1
  
• Michael A. J. Sweeney Award: HCI 2009 Award Winner "Determining the Benefits of Direct-Touch, Bimanual, and Multifinger Input on a Multitouch Workstation" by Kenrick Kin, Maneesh Agrawala, Tony DeRose. 2
  
• Alain Fournier Award 2008: Samuel Hasinoff, University of Toronto, Canada, CHCCS/SCDHM Alain Fournier Award Recipient 2008. 3
  
• Achievement Award 2009: Przemyslaw Prusinkiewicz, University of Calgary, Canada, CHCCS/SCDHM Achievement Award Recipient 2009. 4
  

Invited speakers

• Vidya Setlur:
  Semantic graphics for more effective visual communication. 5
  
• David Luebke:
  Graphics hardware & GPU computing: past, present, and future. 6
  

Geometry processing

• Mathieu Gauthier, Pierre Poulin:
  Preserving sharp edges in geometry images. 1-6
  
• The-Kiet Lu, Kok-Lim Low, Jianmin Zheng:
  Fast visualization of complex 3D models using displacement mapping. 7-14
  

Surfaces and meshes

• Gianmauro Cuccuru, Enrico Gobbetti, Fabio Marton, Renato Pajarola, Ruggero Pintus:
  Fast low-memory streaming MLS reconstruction of point-sampled surfaces. 15-22
  
• Steven Brown, Bryan S. Morse, William A. Barrett:
  Interactive part selection for mesh and point models using hierarchical graph-cut partitioning. 23-30
  
• David E. Johnson, Elaine Cohen:
  Computing surface offsets and bisectors using a sampled constraint solver. 31-37
  

Image editing: depth, focus, and balance

• Todd J. Kosloff, Michael W. Tao, Brian A. Barsky:
  Depth of field postprocessing for layered scenes using constant-time rectangle spreading. 39-46
  
• Amit Shesh, Antonio Criminisi, Carsten Rother, Gavin Smyth:
  3D-aware image editing for out of bounds photography. 47-54
  
• Jeremy Long, Amy A. Gooch:
  One-click white balance using human skin reflectance. 55-62
  

Rendering: moonbeams, mist, and iridescent gems

• Theodore C. Yapo, Barbara Cutler:
  Rendering lunar eclipses. 63-69
  
• Vincent Pegoraro, Mathias Schott, Steven G. Parker:
  An analytical approach to single scattering for anisotropic media and light distributions. 71-77
  
• Andrea Weidlich, Alexander Wilkie:
  Rendering the effect of labradoescence. 79-85
  

Graphs, paths, and rigs

• Daniel Archambault:
  Structural differences between two graphs through hierarchies. 87-94
  
• James McCrae, Karan Singh:
  Sketch-based path design. 95-102
  
• Martin Poirier, Eric Paquette:
  Rig retargeting for 3D animation. 103-110
  

Best student papers

• Ke Colin Zheng, Alex Colburn, Aseem Agarwala, Maneesh Agrawala, David Salesin, Brian Curless, Michael F. Cohen:
  Parallax photography: creating 3D cinematic effects from stills. 111-118
  
• Kenrick Kin, Maneesh Agrawala, Tony DeRose:
  Determining the benefits of direct-touch, bimanual, and multifinger input on a multitouch workstation. 119-124
  

Haptics and novel interaction techniques

• Tadeusz Stach, T. C. Nicholas Graham, Jeffrey Yim, Ryan E. Rhodes:
  Heart rate control of exercise video games. 125-132
  
• Bradley A. Swerdfeger, Jennifer Fernquist, Thomas W. Hazelton, Karon E. MacLean:
  Exploring melodic variance in rhythmic haptic stimulus design. 133-140
  
• Deepak Vembar, Andrew T. Duchowski, Anand K. Gramopadhye, Carl Washburn:
  Improving simulated borescope inspection with constrained camera motion and haptic feedback. 141-148
  

Pen and touch interfaces

• Brian David Eoff, Tracy Anne Hammond:
  Who dotted that 'i'?: context free user differentiation through pressure and tilt pen data. 149-156
  
• Tracy Anne Hammond, Randall Davis:
  Recognizing interspersed sketches quickly. 157-166
  
• Tovi Grossman, Patrick Baudisch, Ken Hinckley:
  Handle Flags: efficient and flexible selections for inking applications. 167-174
  
• Miguel A. Nacenta, Patrick Baudisch, Hrvoje Benko, Andy Wilson:
  Separability of spatial manipulations in multi-touch interfaces. 175-182
  

Contextual design

• Carman Neustaedter, Elena A. Fedorovskaya:
  Presenting identity in a virtual world through avatar appearances. 183-190
  
• Carman Neustaedter, Elena A. Fedorovskaya:
  Understanding and improving flow in digital photo ecosystems. 191-198
  

HCI notes

• Masaki Omata, Manabu Kajino, Atsumi Imamiya:
  A multi-level pressure-sensing two-handed interface with finger-mounted pressure sensors. 199-202
  
• Jean Simard, Mehdi Ammi, Flavien Picon, Patrick Bourdot:
  Potential field approach for haptic selection. 203-206
  
• Gerry Chu, Tomer Moscovich, Ravin Balakrishnan:
  Haptic conviction widgets. 207-210
  
• Valérie Maquil, Markus Sareika, Dieter Schmalstieg, Ina Wagner:
  MR Tent: a place for co-constructing mixed realities in urban planning. 211-214
  

Pointing, selection, and text input

• Sara L. Su, Sylvain Paris, Frédo Durand:
  QuickSelect: history-based selection expansion. 215-221
  
• Daniel Natapov, Steven J. Castellucci, I. Scott MacKenzie:
  ISO 9241-9 evaluation of video game controllers. 223-230
  
• Garth Shoemaker, Leah Findlater, Jessica Q. Dawson, Kellogg S. Booth:
  Mid-air text input techniques for very large wall displays. 231-238