MEETING-DATE:November 18, 2009
MEETING-LOCATION:DC 1304
MEETING-TIME:1:30
MEETING-CHAIR:Matthew Thorne 
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COFFEE-HOUR-LAST-WEEK:Craig & Phillipe - thanks!
COFFEE-HOUR-THIS-WEEK:Jaime - thanks!
COFFEE-HOUR-NEXT-WEEK:Volunteers?
FORTH-DATE1:November 25, 2009
FORTH-DATE2:December 2, 2009
FORTH-DATE3:December 9, 2009
FORTH-DATE4:December 16, 2009
FORTH-LOCATION1:DC 1304 1:30
FORTH-LOCATION2:DC 1304 1:30
FORTH-LOCATION3:DC 1304 1:30
FORTH-LOCATION4:DC 1304 1:30
FORTH-CHAIR1:Cherry Zhang
FORTH-CHAIR2:Areej Alhotali
FORTH-CHAIR3:Martin Talbot
FORTH-CHAIR4:Gabriel Esteves
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FORTH-TP1:Martin Talbot
FORTH-TP2:Michael Terry
FORTH-TP3:Matthew Thorne
FORTH-TP4:Cherry Zhang
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TPNAME:Jamie Ruiz
TPTITLE:Effects of Target Size and Distance on Kinematic Endpoint Prediction
TPABSTRACT: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.
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SEMINARS:<dl><nl><dt>2009 Nov 18, 14:30 - Database Research Group Seminar</dt><nl><dd>Dirk Van Gucht, Indiana University<nl>Towards a Theory of Dataspace Queries</dd><nl><dt>2009 Nov 19, 11:30 - Combinatorics and Optimization (Continuous Optimization), CPH 4333</dt><nl><dd>Shmuel Friedland, On the eigenvalues of graphs: results and conjectures </dd><nl><dt>2009 19 Nov 19, 15:30PM - Pure Mathematics (Computability Learning), Math & Computer, Room 5046</dt><nl><dd>Carrie Knoll, Computable Model Theory </dd><nl><dt>2009 Nov 20, 15:30PM - Combinatorics and Optimization (Tutte Seminar), MC 5158</dt><nl><dd>Shmuel Friedland, Matchings, permanents and their random approximations</dd><nl></dl>