Ahmed Sabbir Arif

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Assistant professor at #UCMerced. Leads the Inclusive Interaction Lab to make computer systems accessible to everyone. Toots are my own.
Websitehttps://www.theiilab.com
YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/@theiilab
Ahmed Sabbir ArifJan 2, 2023
Ph.D. student Tafadzwa J. Dube accepting the Best Paper Award on behalf of the Inclusive Interaction Lab for "Push, Tap, Dwell, and Pinch: Evaluation of Four Mid-Air Selection Methods Augmented with Ultrasonic Haptic Feedback" at ACM #ISS2022 in Wellington, New Zealand. https://youtu.be/qUSAAMvqxF8
Ahmed Sabbir ArifDec 31, 2022
For the next few months, you will either send or receive messages like "hey, did you mean 2023?"
Ahmed Sabbir ArifDec 9, 2022
A busy week for #theiilab! Two MS students successfully defended, and two PhD students successfully qualified. Congratulations to Varnika and Prasanthi on degree completion, and Yuan and Tafadzwa (in pictures) on candidacy.
Ahmed Sabbir ArifNov 15, 2022
We developed a stripped-down image-based model to recognize some silent speech commands almost as fast as #speech. Then, evaluated target selection with #eye-gaze pointing + silent speech, where it was comparable to speech. Will present at #ISS2022 https://youtu.be/EZTcyicU5_0 #theiilab
Silent Speech-Based Selection Method for Eye-Gaze Pointing

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Ahmed Sabbir ArifNov 12, 2022
#TiltWalker allows controlling #telepresence #robots with 1 hand by tilting phones by using a velocity-based CD mapping, optimizing interactions, visualization for comfort, clarity, legibility. It's faster, more accurate. Will present at #ISS2022 https://youtu.be/lpmMrlTekvY #theiilab
TiltWalker: Operating a Telepresence Robot by Tilting a Smartphone

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Ahmed Sabbir ArifNov 11, 2022
I'm seeking to recruit three PhD students to join the Inclusive Interaction Lab at #UCMerced in Fall 2023. Check out this page for further details https://www.theiilab.com/prospectivestudents.html. Email me if you're interested or have questions. Please share. #theiilab #hci #ml #a11y #vr #xr #tei #speech
Prospective Students

Ahmed Sabbir ArifNov 9, 2022
For the past couple of years, Introduction to HCI, the course I designed upon joining #UCMerced has been the most popular upper-division undergraduate course in CS. We opened registration on Monday, within two days, all 150 seats have been taken! #theiilab #cse155
Ahmed Sabbir ArifNov 9, 2022
We compared mid-air selection with Push, Tap, Dwell, Pinch augmented with Select, Hover & Select ultrasonic feedback in a Fitts' law study. Tap was the fastest, most accurate. Both feedback methods improved performance. Will present at #ISS2022 https://youtu.be/qUSAAMvqxF8 https://www.theiilab.com/pub/Dube_ISS2022_Mid_Air_with_Haptics.pdf #theiilab
Push, Tap, Dwell, Pinch: Four Mid-Air Selection Methods with Ultrasonic Feedback

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Show threadAhmed Sabbir ArifNov 9, 2022
One takeaway is #CHI2023 will keep a similar acceptance rate as before. This saddens me as without an increase, these extra steps and added workload are unjustifiable. The quality of CHI papers was already good. The classic rebuttal system was much more practical and manageable.
Ahmed Sabbir ArifNov 9, 2022
In summary, the top 32% submissions received at least 3 RR or better, thus have a good chance of getting accepted if the revised versions address the key concerns. Submissions with 2 or more ARR represent the top 14% and most likely be accepted. #CHI2023 https://chi2023.acm.org/2022/11/09/chi-2023-quick-look-at-how-to-interpret-your-reviews
CHI 2023: Quick Look at How to Interpret Your Reviews – CHI 2023