Meeting Agenda

Date:	November 18, 2009
Location:	DC 1304
Time:	1:30
Chair:	Matthew Thorne

1. Acceptance of the Agenda - additions or deletions

2. Coffee Hour

Coffee hour last week:: Craig & Phillipe - thanks!
Coffee hour this week:: Jaime - thanks!
Coffee hour next week:: Volunteers?

3. Forthcoming

Date:	November 25, 2009	December 2, 2009	December 9, 2009	December 16, 2009
Location:	DC 1304 1:30	DC 1304 1:30	DC 1304 1:30	DC 1304 1:30
Chair:	Cherry Zhang	Areej Alhotali	Martin Talbot	Gabriel Esteves
Technical Presentation:	Martin Talbot	Michael Terry	Matthew Thorne	Cherry Zhang

4. Technical Presentation

Jamie Ruiz	Title : Effects of Target Size and Distance on Kinematic Endpoint Prediction Abstract: In this talk, we present work extending previous work on kinematic endpoint prediction (KEP), a technique that uses models of user motion to predict endpoint in Fitts-style pointing tasks. We introduce a simplified algorithm to predict user end-point. We present a technique to measure the numerical stability of endpoint predictions in real time. We show that the distance of motion has a significant effect on predictor accuracy. Finally, we develop an accurate understanding of the relationship between movement distance and predictor accuracy and show how we can use this understanding to infer accurate, real-time probability distributions on target sets within an interface. Together, these results allow KEP to be applied in new and novel ways to pointing facilitation techniques.

Jamie Ruiz

Title : Effects of Target Size and Distance on Kinematic Endpoint Prediction
Abstract:
In this talk, we present work extending previous work on kinematic endpoint prediction (KEP), a technique that uses models of user motion to predict endpoint in Fitts-style pointing tasks. We introduce a simplified algorithm to predict user end-point. We present a technique to measure the numerical stability of endpoint predictions in real time. We show that the distance of motion has a significant effect on predictor accuracy. Finally, we develop an accurate understanding of the relationship between movement distance and predictor accuracy and show how we can use this understanding to infer accurate, real-time probability distributions on target sets within an interface. Together, these results allow KEP to be applied in new and novel ways to pointing facilitation techniques.

5. Discussion Items

None so far...

6. Action Items

Y-Mas Party, tentatively Thurs. Dec 10

7. Conferences and Special Journal Issues

Recent Additions

Upcoming Deadlines

8. Directors' Meeting

9. Seminars and Events

2009 Nov 18, 14:30 - Database Research Group Seminar: Dirk Van Gucht, Indiana University Towards a Theory of Dataspace Queries
2009 Nov 19, 11:30 - Combinatorics and Optimization (Continuous Optimization), CPH 4333: Shmuel Friedland, On the eigenvalues of graphs: results and conjectures
2009 19 Nov 19, 15:30PM - Pure Mathematics (Computability Learning), Math & Computer, Room 5046: Carrie Knoll, Computable Model Theory
2009 Nov 20, 15:30PM - Combinatorics and Optimization (Tutte Seminar), MC 5158: Shmuel Friedland, Matchings, permanents and their random approximations

Also see other Math and CS postings.