Desney S. TanMicrosoft Research

One Microsoft Way, Redmond, Washington 98052, USAdesney@microsoft.com

http://research.microsoft.com/~desney

Research Interests

I am a Human-Computer Interaction researcher who creates technologies that augment our personal and professional digital lives to enhance individual and collaborative pursuits. Specifically, I apply expertise in machine learning, visualization, mobile computing, sensors and devices, and quantitative and qualitative evaluation techniques to improve the state of the art in Physiological Computing and Healthcare. That said, I am a schizophrenic researcher, who has and will continue to work on projects in many other domains.

Education

Ph.D., Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University 2004Thesis Committee: Randy Pausch (advisor), Scott Hudson, Jessica Hodgins, Mary CzerwinskiThesis Topic: Exploiting the Cognitive and Social Benefits of Physically Large Displays

B.S. (summa cum laude), Computer Engineering, University of Notre Dame 1996Advisor: John J. UhranThesis Topic: Simulation of Shortest Path Planning Algorithms based on Framed Quadtree and Octree Data Structures

Awards

SciFi Channel Visions for Tomorrow Young Visionary Award (2009)MIT Technology Review TR35 Young Innovator Under 35 (2007)Microsoft Research Fellowship (2003)Agency for Science, Technology, and Research Fellowship (2002)National Science and Technology Board Fellowship (2001)Thomas A. Steiner Award for all-around engineering excellence (1996)Notre Dame Scholar (1993-1996)Notre Dame Dean's Honor List (1993-1996)Most Creative Article at (1995) Engineering College Magazines Association National Conference

Professional Experience

Microsoft Research Redmond, Washington, USA Manager, Computational User Experiences group (2007 - present)Manager, Human-Computer Interaction group, Beijing, China (2009 - present)Senior Researcher, Visualization and Interaction in Business and Entertainment

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group (2004 – present)Intern Researcher with Mary Czerwinski and George Robertson (2000, 2002, 2003)

University of Washington Seattle, Washington, USAAffiliate Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering (Spring 2007 – present)

Advanced Telecommunications Laboratory Kyoto, JapanIntern Research with Ivan Poupyrev (Fall 2000)

Walt Disney Imagineering Glendale, California, USADisneyQuest User Testing Consultant (1999-2001)

University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, Indiana, USAAssistant Systems Administrator (1995-1996)Computer Consultant (1994-1995)Research Assistant, Robotics Laboratory (1995-1996)Head Researcher, Multidisciplinary Engineering Laboratory (1996)Head Programmer, DART Project (1995-1996)

Teaching Experience

Advising and Thesis CommitteesKeywon Chung, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab (in progress)T. Scott Saponas, University of Washington (in progress)Dan Kelly, University of Washington (graduated with Masters 2010)Peter G. Scupelli, Carnegie Mellon University (graduated with PhD 2009)Pradeep Shenoy, University of Washington (graduated with PhD 2008)

Teaching AssistantCarnegie Mellon University Computer Networks CS 15-441, with Mor Harchol-Balter (2001)Carnegie Mellon University Artificial Intelligence CS 15-381, with Manuela Veloso and Jaime Carbonell (2001)

Military Experience

Officer (Lieutenant), Singapore Armed Forces (1996-1998)Battalion Secuirty/Intelligence Officer - 35th Battalion, Singapore Combat EngineersPlatoon Commander, Alpha Company - 35th Battalion, Singapore Combat EngineersCourses and qualifications: Basic Military Training, Officer Cadet Course (Infantry and Engineer Specialities), Bridging Pioneer Commanders' Course, Combat Intelligence Officers' Course, Combat Tactics Course, Engineer Officer Advanced Course, Barge Conversion CourseHonors: Sword of Merit for 1996 Officer Cadet Corps cohort (ranked 2nd), Profession Knowledge Exam 1997 Merit AwardCaptain of Singapore Armed Forces Sports Association Tennis Team

Professional Service

Steering and Organizing Committees

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General Conference Chair: 29th Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2011)Technical Program Chair: 26th Conference on Human Factors and Computing Systems (CHI 2008)ACM SIGCHI Conference Management Committee (2008-present)Scientific Advisory Board: Lifeboat Foundation (2007-present)Task Force Committee Member: ACM Digital Media Collection Committee (DMCC 2006-2007)Late Breaking Results Co-chair: 5th Annual Conference on Pervasive Computing (Pervasive 2007)Proceedings Co-Chair: 20th Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST 2007)Proceedings Chair: 19th Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST 2006)

Program CommitteesPapers: 22nd Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST 2009)Papers: 27th Conference on Human Factors and Computing Systems (CHI 2009)Papers: 20th Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST 2007)Papers: 5th Annual Conference on Pervasive Computing (Pervasive 2007)Technotes: 12th Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW 2006)Demonstrations: 18th Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST 2005)Workshops: 7th International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing (Ubicomp 2005)Papers: IEEE and ACM International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR 2002)

Other CommitteesBooth Coordinator: 24th Conference on Human Factors and Computing Systems (CHI 2005)Session Chair on Games: 23rd Conference on Human Factors and Computing Systems (CHI 2004)Reviewer: Microsoft Research Faculty Fellowship Awards (2005-2010)Reviewer: Microsoft Research Graduate Student Fellowship Awards (2005-2010)Reviewer: Microsoft Research Memex Funding RFP (2005)Member: Microsoft Research Recruiting Team (2006-2007)Member: Carnegie Mellon University Computer Science Department Speakers’ Club (2003-2004)Member: Carnegie Mellon University Foreign Student Advisory Board (2002-2004)Member: Carnegie Mellon University Dept. of Computer Science Ph.D. Admissions Committee (2002-2003)Executive Committee Member: Singapore Students’ Association (2000-2001)Member: University of Notre Dame Varsity Fencing Team - 3rd in NCAA Championship (1995-1996)Managing Editor & Staff Writer: University of Notre Dame Technical Review (1994-1996)Member: University of Notre Dame Asian American Association (1993-1996)Freshman Representative: University of Notre Dame Junior Engineering Council (1993)

Editorial Positions – Journals

Associate Editor: International Journal on Computer Games Technology (IJCGT)

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Reviewer – JournalsACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction (TOCHI)Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES)International Journal of Human-Computer Studies (IJHCS)International Journal of Technology and Human Interaction (IJTHI)IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG)IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications (CG&A)IEEE Transactions on Multimedia (TMM)Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual EnvironmentsPerception & Psychophysics

Reviewer – ConferencesACM Conference on Human Factors and Computing Systems (CHI 2000-2010)ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST 2001-2010)ACM International Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Technologies (Siggraph 2002-2010)Graphics Interface (GI 2004-2010)Symposium on Interactive 3D Graphics and Games (I3D 2003)Advanced Visual Interfaces International Working Conference (AVI 2006)IEEE 3D User Interfaces (3DUI 2007)IEEE Virtual Reality Conference (IEEE VR 2005-2006, 2008)Augmented Cognition Symposium (AugCog 2005)International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing (Ubicomp 2003-2006, 2008-2009)Annual Conference on Pervasive Computing (Pervasive 2006-2007, 2009)International Conference on Supporting Group Work (Group 2005)International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCI International 2005)British HCI Group Annual Conference (BCS HCI 2005-2006)Australian Conference on Computer-Human Interaction (OZCHI 2005-2006)International Conference of Pattern Recognition (ICPR 2004)International Conference of Computer Vision (ICCV 2003)International Conference on Multimodal Interfaces (ICMI 2003)IEEE International Symposium on Wearable Computers (ISWC 1999)

Professional Membership

Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)Cognitive Science Society (CSS)Tau Beta Pi National Engineering Honor SocietyEta Kappa Nu National Electrical Engineering Honor Society

Publications 1

Book Chapters

Tan, D.S. (2010). Human-Machine Interface. Encyclopedia of Perception (ed. E Bruce Goldstein).

1 Electronic reprints available at http://research.microsoft.com/~desney/publications.htm

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Tan, D.S., Berry, E., Czerwinski, M., Bell, G., Gemmell, J., Hodges, S., Kapur, N., Meyers, B., Oliver, N., Robertson, G., Wood, K. (2007). Supporting Human Memory with a Personal Digital Lifetime Store. Chapter to appear in Personal Information Management: Challenges and Opportunities, University of Washington Press.

Robertson, G., Smith, G., Baudisch, P., Czerwinski, M., Horvitz, E., Meyers, B., Robbins, D., Tan, D.S. (2007). New Frontiers in Desktop Task Management. In (eds. Victor Kaptelinn and Mary Czerwinski) Beyond the Desktop Metaphor: Designing Integrated Digital Work Environments, MIT Press.

Journal Articles

Nijholt, A., Tan, D.S., Pfurcheller, G., Brunner, C., del R Millán, J., Allison, B., Graimann, B., Popescu, F., Blankertz, B., Müller, K. (2008). Brain-Computer Interfacing for Intelligent Systems. IEEE Intelligent Systems, 23(3), 72-79.

Tan, D.S., Gergle, D., Mandryk, R., Inkpen, K., Kellar, M., Hawkey, K., Czerwinski, M. (2007). Using Job-Shop Scheduling Tasks for Evaluating Collocated Communication. Journal of Personal and Ubiquitous Computing (Special Issue on User-Centered Design and Evaluation of Services for Human-Human Communication and Collaboration).

Smith, G., Czerwinski, M., Meyers, B., Robbins, D., Robertson, G., Tan, D.S. (2006). FacetMap: A Scalable Search and Browse Visualization. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 12(5), 797-804.

Baudisch, P., Tan, D.S., Steedly, D., Rudolph, E., Uyttendaele, M., Pal, C., Szeliski, R. (2006). An Exploration of User Interface Designs for Real-time Panoramic Photography. Australian Journal of Information Systems, 13(2).

Tan, D.S., Czerwinski, M., Robertson, G.G. (2006). Large Displays Enhance Optical Flow Cues and Narrow the Gender Gap in 3D Virtual Navigation. Human Factors: The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 48(2), 318-333.

Tan, D.S., Gergle, D., Scupelli, P., Pausch, R. (2006). Physically Large Displays Improved Performance on Spatial Tasks. ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction, 13(1), 71-99.

Robertson, G., Czerwinski, M., Baudisch, P., Meyers, B., Robbins, D., Smith, G., Tan, D.S. (2005). Large Display User Experience. IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, 25(4), 44-51.

Poupyrev, I., Tan, D.S., Billinghurst, M., Kato, H., Regenbrecht, H., Tetsutani, N. (2002). Developing a Generic Augmented-Reality Interface. IEEE Computer 35(3), 44-50.

Refereed Conference Papers and Notes (Archival)

Lester, J., Tan, D.S., Patel, S., Brush, A.J. (2010). Automatic Classification of Daily Fluid Intake. 4th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare. (Best Paper Award)

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Benko, H., Morris, D., Saponas, T.S., Tan, D.S. (2009). Enhancing Input On and Above the Interactive Surface with Muscle Sensing. ACM Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces.

Smith, G., Tan, D.S., Lee, B. (2009). iSee: Interactive Scenario Explorer for Online Tournament Games. International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology.

Saponas, T.S., Tan, D.S., Morris, D., Balakrishnan, R., Tuner, J., Landay, J. (2009). Enabling Always-Available Input with Muscle-Computer Interfaces. 22nd ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, 167-176.

Amershi, S., Fogarty, J., Kapoor, A., Tan, D.S. (2009). Overview-Based Example Selection in Mixed-Initiative Interactive Concept Learning. 22nd ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, 247-256.

Bernstein, M., Tan, D.S., Smith, G., Czerwinski, M., Horvitz, E. (2009). Collabio: A Game for Annotating People within Social Networks. 22nd ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, 97-100.

Saponas, T.S., Kelly, D., Tan, D.S., Parviz, B. (2009). Optically Sensing Tongue Gestures for Computer Input. 22nd ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, 177-180.

Andre, P., Cutrell, E., Smith, G., Tan, D.S. (2009). Designing Novel Image Search Interfaces by Understanding Unique Characteristics and Usage. Interact 2009 Conference on Human Computer Interaction, 340-353.

Grimes, A., Tan, D.S., Morris, D. (2009). Understanding Family Reflections on Health Data. Group 2009 Conference, 311-320.

Talbot, J., Lee, B., Kapoor, A., Tan, D.S. (2009). EnsembleMatrix: Interactive Visualization to Support machine Learning with Multiple Classifiers. CHI 2009 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 1283-1292.

Lee, B., Smith, G., Robertson, G., Czerwinski, M., Tan, D.S. (2009). FacetLens: Exposing Trends and Relationships to Support Sensemaking within Faceted Datasets. CHI 2009 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 1293-1302.

Kapoor, A., Tan, D.S., Shenoy, P., Horvitz, E. (2008). Complementary Computing for Visual Tasks: Meshing Computer Vision with Human Visual Processing. IEEE Conference on Automatic Face and Gesture Recognition, 29-38.

Kapoor, A., Shenoy, P., Tan, D.S. (2008). Combining Brain Computer Interfaces with Vision for Object Categorization. IEEE Computer Society Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR).

Fogarty, J., Tan, D.S., Kapoor, A., Winder, S. (2008). CueFlik: Interactive Concept Learning in Image Search. CHI 2008 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 29-38.

Saponas, T.S., Tan, D.S., Morris, D., Balakrishnan, R. (2008). Demonstrating the Feasibility of Using Forearm Electromyography for Muscle-Computer Interfaces. CHI 2008 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 515-524.

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Grimes, D., Tan, D.S., Hudson, S., Shenoy, P., Rao, R. (2008). Feasibility and Pragmatics of Classifying Working Memory Load with an Electroencephalograph. CHI 2008 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 835-844. (Best Paper Nominee)

Shenoy, P., Tan, D.S. (2008). Human-Aided Computing: Utilizing Implicit Human Processing to Classify Images. CHI 2008 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 845-854.

Biehl, J., Baker, W., Bailey, B., Tan, D.S., Inkpen, K., Czerwinski, M. (2008). IMPROMPTU: A New Interaction Framework for Supporting Collaboration in Multiple Display Environments and its Field Evaluation for CO-located Software Development. CHI 2008 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 939-948.

Hinckley, K., Zhao, S., Sarin, R., Baudisch, B., Cutrell, E., Shilman, M., Tan, D.S. (2007). InkSeine: In Situ Search for Active Note Taking. CHI 2007 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 251-260.

Brush, A.J., Meyers, B., Tan, D.S., Czerwinski, M. (2007). Understanding Memory Triggers for Task Tracking. Extended Abstracts at CHI 2007 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 947-950.

Jackson, C., Simon, D., Tan, D.S., Barth, A. (2007). An Evaluation of Extended Validation and Picture-in-Picture Phishing Attacks. Usable Security 2007.

Lee, J.C., Tan, D.S. (2006). Using a Low-Cost Electroencephalograph for Task Classification in HCI Research. 19th ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, 81-90

Shilman, M., Tan, D.S., Simard, P. (2006). CueTIP: A mixed-Initiative Interface for Correcting Handwriting Errors. 19th ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, 323-332.

Baudisch, P., Tan, D.S., Collomb, M., Robbins, D., Hinckley, K., Agrawala, M., Zhao, S., Ramos, G.(2006). Phosphor: Explaining Transitions in the User Interface using Afterglow Effects. 19th ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, 169-178.

Ramos, G., Robertson, G., Czerwinski, M., Tan, D.S., Baudisch, P., Hinckley, K., Agrawala, M., Robbins, D. (2006). Tumble! Splat! Helping Users Access and Manipulate Occluded Content in 2D Drawings. Advanced Visual Interfaces 2006, 428-435.

Gajos, K., Czerwinski, M., Tan, D.S., Weld, D. (2006). Exploring the Design Space for Adaptive User Interfaces. Advanced Visual Interfaces 2006, 201-208.

Matthews, T., Czerwinski, M., Robertson, G., Tan, D.S. (2006). Clipping Lists and Change Borders: Improving Multitasking Efficiency with Peripheral Information Design. CHI 2006 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 989-998.

Czerwinski, M., Robertson, G., Meyers, B., Smith, G., Robbins, D., Tan, D.S. (2006). Large Display Research Overview. Extended Abstracts CHI 2006 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 69-74.

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Tan, D.S., Keyani, P., Czerwinski, M. (2005). Spy-Resistant Keyboard: More Secure Password Entry on Public Touch Screen Displays. OZCHI 2005 Conference for the Computer-Human Interaction Special Interest Group of the Human Factors Society of Australia.

Baudisch, P., Tan, D.S., Steedly, D., Rudolph, E., Uyttendaele, M., Szeliski, R. (2005). Panoramic Viewfinder: Providing a Real-time Preview to Help Users Avoid Flaws in Panoramic Pictures. OZCHI 2005 Conference for the Computer-Human Interaction Special Interest Group of the Human Factors Society of Australia.

Tan, D.S., Gergle, D., Scupelli, P., Pausch, R. (2004). Physically Large Displays Improve Path Integration in 3D Virtual Navigation Tasks. CHI 2004 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 439-446.

Tan, D.S., Meyers, B., Czerwinski, M. (2004). WinCuts: Manipulating Arbitrary Window Regions for More Effective Use of Screen Space. Short paper at CHI 2004 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 1525-1528.

Tan, D.S., Czerwinski, M. (2003). Effects of Visual Separation and Physical Discontinuities when Distributing Information across Multiple Displays. Short paper at INTERACT 2003 ninth IFIP International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, 9-16.

Tan, D.S., Czerwinski, M. (2003). Effects of Visual Separation and Physical Discontinuities when Distributing Information across Multiple Displays. OZCHI 2003 Conference for the Computer-Human Interaction Special Interest Group of the Ergonomics Society of Australia, 184-191.

Tan, D.S., Czerwinski, M., Robertson, G.G. (2003). Women Go With the (Optical) Flow. CHI 2003 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 209-215.

Tan, D.S., Gergle, D., Scupelli, P.G., Pausch, R. (2003). With Similar Visual Angles, Larger Displays Improve Performance on Spatial Tasks. CHI 2003 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 217-224.

Tan, D.S., Czerwinski, M. (2003). Information Voyeurism: Social Impact of Physically Large Displays on Information Privacy. Short paper at CHI 2003 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 748-749.

Czerwinski, M., Tan, D.S., Robertson, G.G. (2002). Women Take a Wider View. CHI 2002 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 195-202.

Tan, D.S., Stefanucci, J.K., Proffitt, D.R., Pausch, R. (2002). Kinesthesis Aids Human Memory. Short paper at CHI 2002 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 806-807.

Tan, D.S., Zhou, S., Ho, J., Mehta, J.S., Tanabe, H. (2002). Design and Evaluation of an Individually Simulated Mobility Model in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks. Communication Networks and Distributed Systems Modeling and Simulation Conference 2002.

Tan, D.S., Stefanucci, J.K., Proffitt, D.R., Pausch, R. (2001). The Infocockpit: Providing Location and Place to Aid Human Memory. Workshop on Perceptive User Interfaces 2001, 1-4.

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Tan, D.S., Poupyrev, I., Billinghurst, M., Kato, H., Regenbrecht, H., Tetsutani, N. (2001). The Best of Two Worlds: Merging Virtual and real for Face-to-Face Collaboration. IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo, 861-864.

Poupyrev, I., Tan, D.S., Billinghurst, M., Kato, H., Regenbrecht, H., Tetsutani, N. (2001). Tiles: A Mixed Reality Authoring Interface. INTERACT 2001 Conference on Human Computer Interaction.

Tan, D.S., Robertson, G.G, Czerwinski, M. (2001). Exploring 3D Navigation: Combining Speed-coupled Flying with Orbiting. CHI 2001 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 418-425.

Tan, D.S., Szczerba, R. J., Uhran, J. J., Jr. (1996). Developing Graphical User Interfaces for Robotic Motion Planning Simulations. Eighth Annual Butler University Undergraduate Research Conference.

Tan, D.S., Szczerba, R. J., Uhran, J. J., Jr. (1996). A Hierarchical Structure as a Method for Engineering Education. American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Illinois-Indiana Section Conference.

Tan, D.S., Szczerba, R. J., Uhran, J. J., Jr. (1996). The World Wide Web – An Interactive Educational Environment. Tenth Annual Midwest Computer Conference.

Workshops, Posters, and Public Demonstrations

Hayes, G., Tan, D.S. (2010). Workshop on Interactive Systems in Healthcare. Organizers: Invited Workshop at CHI 2010 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems.

Girouard, A., Treacy Solovey, E., Mandryk, R., Tan, D.S., Nacke, L., Jacob, R. (2010). Brain, Body and Bytes: Phychophysiological User Interaction. Organizers: Workshop at CHI 2009 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems.

Amershi, S., Fogarty, J., Kapoor, A., Tan, D.S. (2009). Designing for End-User Interactive Concept Learning in CueFlik. Neural Information Processing Systems (NIPS) Workshop on Analysis and Design of Algorithms for Interactive Machine Learning.

shraefel, mc, White, R., Andre, P., Tan, D.S. (2009). Investigating Web Search Strategies and Forum Use to Support Diet and Weight Loss. Extended Abstracts at CHI 2009 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 3829-3834.

Gajos, K., Everitt, K., Tan, D.S., Czerwinski, M., Weld, D. (2008). Predictability and Accuracy in Adaptive User Interfaces. Extended Abstracts at CHI 2008 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 1271-1274.

Nijholt, A., Tan, D.S., Allison, B., del R Millan, J., Graimann, B., Moore Jackson, M. (2008). Brain-Computer Interfaces for Human-Computer Interaction and Games. Organizers: Workshop at CHI 2008 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 3925-3928.

Kirovski, D., Oliver, N., Sinclair, M., Tan, D.S. (2007). Health-OS: A Position Paper. Poster at the 1st International Workshop on Systems and Networking Support for Healthcare and Assisted Living Environments (HealthNet07).

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Nijholt, A., Tan, D.S. (2007). Playing with your Brain: Brain-Computer Interfaces and Games. Organizing paper for Brainplay Workshop at Advances in Computer Entertainment 2007.

Baudisch, P., Tan, D.S., Steedly, D., Rudolph, E., Uyttendaele, M., Szeliski, R. (2005). Panoramic Viewfinder: Providing a Real-time Preview to Help Users Avoid Flaws in Panoramic Pictures. Demonstration at Eighteenth Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology.

Tan, D.S., Pausch, R. (2002). Pre-emptive Shadows: Eliminating the Blinding Light from Projectors. Interactive poster at CHI 2002 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 682-683.

Tan, D.S., Poupyrev, I., Billinghurst, M., Kato, H., Regenbrecht, H., Tetsutani, N. (2001). On-demand, In-place Help for Augmented Reality Environments. Presented as poster at Ubicomp 2001.

Tan, D.S., Poupyrev, I., Billinghurst, M., Kato, H., Regenbrecht, H., Tetsutani, N. (2000). The Best of Two Worlds: Merging Virtual and real for Face-to-Face Collaboration. Work Presented at Shared Environments to Support Face-To-Face Collaboration Workshop, ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) 2000.

Poupyrev, I., Billinghurst, M., Kato, H., Tan, D.S., Regenbrecht, H. (2000). A Tangible Augmented Reality Interface for Prototyping Aircraft Instrument Panels. Public Demonstration at IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Augmented Reality (ISAR) 2000. 

Technical Reports

Tan, D.S., Gergle, D., Czerwinski, M. (2005). A Job-Shop Scheduling Task for Evaluating Coordination during Computer Supported Collaboration. Microsoft Research TR-2005-107.

Tan, D.S., Poupyrev, I., Billinghurst, M., Kato, H., Regenbrecht, H., Tetsutani, N. (2001). On-demand, In-place Help for Augmented Reality Environments. Georgia Institute of Technology Technical Report GIT-GVU-TR-01-17.

Tan, D.S., Herro, J. T., & Szczerba, R. J. (1996). Simulation of Shortest Path Planning Algorithms Based on the Framed-octree Data Structure. University of Notre Dame CSE Technical Report 96-36.

Tan, D.S., Herro, J. T., & Szczerba, R. J. (1995). Simulation of Euclidean Shortest Path Planning Algorithms Based on the Framed-quadtree Data Structure. University of Notre Dame CSE Technical Report 95-26.

PhD Dissertation

Tan, D.S. (2004). Exploiting the Cognitive and Social Benefits of Physically Large Displays. Carnegie Mellon University, School of Computer Science Technical Report CMU-CS-04-154.

Other Publications

Tan, D.S. (1996). The Names of the Game. Technical Review: University of Notre Dame Engineering Magazine, 49(3).

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Tan, D.S. (1995). Technovations: Digital Dove, LCD Monitors, and Signpost 101. Technical Review: University of Notre Dame Engineering Magazine, 47(5).

Tan, D.S. (1995). A Morning in the Life of a Pioneering Domer. Technical Review: University of Notre Dame Engineering Magazine, 46(2). [article won "Most Creative Article" award at 1995 Engineering College Magazines Association (ECMA) National Conference]

Patents

>25 inventions patent pending.

Macbeth, S., Fernandez, R., Meyers, B., Tan, D.S., Robertson, G., Oliver, N., Murillo, O., Czerwinski, M. (granted 17 November 2009). Resource Availability for User Activities Across Devices. United States Patent #7620610.

Tan, D.S., Lee, J. (granted 25 August 2009). Using Electroencephalograph Signals for Task Classification and Activity Recognition. United States Patent #7580742.

Robertson, G., Robbins, D., Tan, D.S., Hinckley, K., Agrawala, M., Czerwinski, M., Baudisch, P., Ramos, G. (granted 21 April 2009). Displaying 2D Graphic Content using Depth Wells. United States Patent #7523405.

Meyers, B., Tan, D.S., Robertson, G., Czerwinski, M. (granted 3 February 2009). Managing Arbitrary Window Regions for More Effective Use of Screen Space. United States Patent #7487454.

Baudisch, P., Pal, C., Rudolph, E., Steedly, D., Szeliski, R., Tan, D.S., Uyttendaele, M. (granted 9 September 2008). Real-time Preview for Panoramic Images. United States Patent #7424218.

Tan, D.S., Keyani, P., Czerwinski, M. (granted 13 November 2007 & 1 July 2008). Spy-Resistant Keyboard. United States Patent #7296233 & #7395506.Robertson, G.G., Czerwinski, M., Tan, D.S. (Granted 17 January 2006). 3D Navigation Techniques. United States Patent #6987512.

Selected Popular Press

BBC News. (26 March 2010). “Sensors turn skin into gadget control pad.”

Wired. (3 March 2010). “Skinput Turns Your Arm into a Touch-Screen.”

Popular Science. (3 March 2010). “Skinput Turns Any Bodily Surface Into a Touch Interface.”

TechNews. (3 March 2010). “‘Skinput’ Turns Your Body Into Touchscreen Interface.”

New Scientist. (1 March 2010). “Body acoustics can turn your arm into a touchscreen.”

ZDNet. (10 February 2010). “Microsoft tapping current product line for personal health IT.”

PCWorld. (9 February 2010). “Microsoft E-health Research Taps Xbox, Mobile Phones.”

Chinese Popular Computer Weekly. (19 November 2009). “人机交互 那些触手可及的梦想 (HCI and the Touchable Dreams) .”

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Science Times. (19 November 2009). “人机交互:一个被忽视的重要领域 (HCI: An Important Field that is Overlooked) .”

sina. (10 November 2009). “用舌头玩转俄罗斯方块 (Using the Tongue to Control Computers and Play Games) .”

Technology Review. (28 October 2009). “Muscle-Bound Computer Interface.”

Forbes. (22 September 2009). “The Revolutionaries: Radical Thinkers and their World-Changing Ideas - Desney Tan.”

Financial Times. (16 September 2009). “Technology Shows What's on a Customer's Mind.”

The New York Times. (25 April 2009). “Inside These Lenses, a Digital Dimension.”

SciFi Channel Visions of Tomorrow. (5 February 2009). “Young Visionaries.”

Financial Times. (16 September 2008). “The Interface: Gestures will Force the Mouse into Retirement.”

Bill Crounse's HealthBlog. (18 August 2008). “Microsoft Research: How We Watch the Computer and How it Watches Us.”

TechCrunch. (August 2008). “Collabio Game Explores Social-Network Data Mining... And Social Psychology.”

ZDNet. (25 July 2008). “My Awesome IT Job: Researcher and Manager, Microsoft.”

Discovery Channel. (16 June 2008). “Upgrading Humans.”

New Scientist. (24 April 2008). “High-tech Armband Puts your Fingers in Control.”

digit. (22 January 2008). “Giving Back to the Machines.”

MarketWatch from DowJones. (18 January 2008). “Microsoft's Investigation into the Subconscious .”

MIT Technology Review. (26 December 2007). “The Year in Hardware.”

Information Technology Magazine. (1 October 2007). “I Spy with my AI, Something Beginning with T(hought)! .”

Wall Street Journal. (26 September 2007). “Work on Paralysis Shows Just How Hard it is to Read Minds.”

MIT Technology Review. (15 August 2007). “Teaching Computers to Read Minds.”

MIT Technology Review. (22 June 2007). “Human-Aided Computing: Microsoft Researchers are Trying to Harness Untapped Brain Power.”

Puget Sound Business Journal. (19 May 2006). “Computer Will Try to Adjust to Your Moods: This is your Brain Plugged In.”

Seattle Post-Intelligencer. (13 March, 2006). “Software Notebook: Helping Users Peers into the Minds of Users.”

New York Times. (21 April, 2003). “No Battle of the Sexes in These 3-D Mazes.”

New Scientist. (17 April, 2003). “Women Need Widescreen for Virtual Navigation.”

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Microsoft PressPass. (3 April, 2003). “Microsoft Research Finds Women Take a Wider View.”

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