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Publications

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2024
thumbnail Laxmi Pandey, Ahmed Sabbir Arif. . MELDER: The Design and Evaluation of a Real-time Silent Speech Recognizer for Mobile Devices. In Proceedings of the 2024 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2024). ACM, New York, NY, USA, TO APPEAR.
thumbnail Wendy Haw, Yuan Ren, Kianna Ng, Ahmed Sabbir Arif. . Investigating the Effects of Self-selected Pleasant Scents on Text Composition and Transcription Performance. In Proceedings of the 2024 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2024). ACM, New York, NY, USA, TO APPEAR.
Paper 26% PDF DOI
thumbnail Veena Sumedh, Peter Ly, Yuan Ren, Cristina Sylla, Abigail Plata, Ahmed Sabbir Arif. . Impact of Static and Animated eBook Illustrations on Children's Engagement, Enjoyment, and Information Recall. In CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Extended Abstracts (CHI EA 2024). ACM, New York, NY, USA, TO APPEAR.
Extended Abstract 34% PDF DOI Resources
2023
thumbnail Gulnar Rakhmetulla, Yuan Ren, Ahmed Sabbir Arif. . GeShort: One-Handed Mobile Text Editing and Formatting with Gestural Shortcuts and a Floating Clipboard. Proc. ACM Hum.-Comput. Interact. 7, MHCI, Article 212 (September 2023), 23 pages.
Paper 38% PDF DOI Demo Talk
thumbnail Gulnar Rakhmetulla, Ahmed Sabbir Arif. . Crownboard: A One-Finger Crown-Based Smartwatch Keyboard for Users with Limited Dexterity. In Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2023). ACM, New York, NY, USA, Article 46, 1–22.
Paper 28% PDF DOI Preview Demo Talk
thumbnail Yuan Ren, Ahmed Sabbir Arif. . Investigating a Force-Based Selection Method for Smartwatches in a 1D Fitts' Law Study and Two New Character-Level Keyboards. In Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction (TEI 2023). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 10 pages.
Paper 23% PDF DOI Demo Talk
thumbnail Tafadzwa Joseph Dube, Ahmed Sabbir Arif. . Ultrasonic Keyboard: A Mid-Air Virtual Qwerty with Ultrasonic Feedback for Virtual Reality. In Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction (TEI 2023). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 8 pages.
Extended Abstract 45% PDF DOI Demo Flash Talk
2022
thumbnail Ghazal Zand, Yuan Ren, Ahmed Sabbir Arif. . TiltWalker: Operating a Telepresence Robot with One-Hand by Tilt Controls on a Smartphone. Proc. ACM Hum.-Comput. Interact. 6, ISS, Article 572 (December 2022), 26 pages.
Paper 25% PDF DOI Demo Talk
thumbnail Tafadzwa Joseph Dube, Yuan Ren, Hannah Limerick, I. Scott MacKenzie, Ahmed Sabbir Arif. . Push, Tap, Dwell, and Pinch: Evaluation of Four Mid-Air Selection Methods Augmented with Ultrasonic Haptic Feedback. Proc. ACM Hum.-Comput. Interact. 6, ISS, Article 565 (December 2022), 19 pages.
Paper 25% PDF DOI Demo Talk Best Paper Award
thumbnail Laxmi Pandey, Ahmed Sabbir Arif. . Design and Evaluation of a Silent Speech-Based Selection Method for Eye-Gaze Pointing. Proc. ACM Hum.-Comput. Interact. 6, ISS, Article 570 (December 2022), 26 pages.
thumbnail Mark D. Dunlop, Wolfgang Stuerzlinger, Ahmed Sabbir Arif, Andreas Komninos, Ohoud Alharbi. . TEXT2030 - Shaping Text Entry Research in 2030. Adjunct Publication of the 24th International Conference on Mobile Human-Computer Interaction (MobileHCI 2022 Adjunct). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 4 pages.
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thumbnail Tafadzwa Joseph Dube, Kevin Johnson, Ahmed Sabbir Arif. . Shapeshifter: Gesture Typing in Virtual Reality with a Force-based Digital Thimble. In CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Extended Abstracts (CHI EA 2022). ACM, New York, NY, USA, Article 230, 1–9.
Extended Abstract 36% PDF DOI Preview Demo Talk
thumbnail Laxmi Pandey, Ahmed Sabbir Arif. . Effects of Speaking Rate on Speech and Silent Speech Recognition. In CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Extended Abstracts (CHI EA 2022). ACM, New York, NY, USA, Article 231, 1–8.
Extended Abstract 36% PDF DOI Preview Talk
2021
thumbnail Yuan Ren, Ahmed Sabbir Arif. . Stepper, Swipe, Tilt, Force: Comparative Evaluation of Four Number Pickers for Smartwatches. Proc. ACM Hum.-Comput. Interact. 5, ISS, Article 500 (November 2021), 21 pages.
Paper 30% PDF DOI Demo Talk Honorable Mention Award
thumbnail Laxmi Pandey, Ahmed Sabbir Arif. . Silent Speech and Emotion Recognition from Vocal Tract Shape Dynamics in Real-Time MRI. In Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques Conference Posters (SIGGRAPH 2021). ACM, New York, NY, USA, Article 27, 1–2.
Extended Abstract PDF Blog DOI Extended PDF arXiv Demo Talk
thumbnail Ahmed Sabbir Arif. . Statistical Grounding. Intelligent Computing for Interactive System Design: Statistics, Digital Signal Processing, and Machine Learning in Practice (1st ed.). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 59–99.
Book Chapter DOI ACM Book M&C
thumbnail Laxmi Pandey, Ahmed Sabbir Arif. . LipType: A Silent Speech Recognizer Augmented with an Independent Repair Model. In Proceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2021). ACM, New York, NY, USA, Article 1, 1-19.
thumbnail Laxmi Pandey, Khalad Hasan, Ahmed Sabbir Arif. . Acceptability of Speech and Silent Speech Input Methods in Private and Public. In Proceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2021). ACM, New York, NY, USA, Article 251, 1-13.
Paper 26% PDF DOI Preview Demo Talk
thumbnail Gulnar Rakhmetulla, Ahmed Sabbir Arif. . SwipeRing: Gesture Typing on Smartwatches Using a Segmented Qwerty Around the Bezel. In Proceedings of the 47th Graphics Interface Conference (GI 2021). Canadian Human-Computer Communications Society (CHCCS), Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Article 19, 166-177.
Paper 35% HCI R1 PDF DOI OpenReview.net Open Review Demo Talk Best Paper Award
thumbnail Gulnar Rakhmetulla, Ahmed Sabbir Arif, Steven J. Castellucci, I. Scott MacKenzie, Caitlyn Seim. . Using Action-Level Metrics to Report the Performance of Multi-Step Keyboards. In Proceedings of the 47th Graphics Interface Conference (GI 2021). Canadian Human-Computer Communications Society (CHCCS), Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Article 15, 127-137.
Paper 35% HCI R1 PDF HTML DOI OpenReview.net Open Review Demo Talk
2020
thumbnail Mohammad Akbor Sharif, Gulnar Rakhmetulla, Ahmed Sabbir Arif. . TapStr: A Tap and Stroke Reduced-Qwerty for Smartphones. In Proceedings of the 2020 ACM International Conference on Interactive Surfaces and Spaces (ISS 2020). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 47-50.
Extended Abstract PDF DOI Demo Talk
thumbnail Satvik Kulshreshtha, Ahmed Sabbir Arif. . Woodpecker: Secret Back-of-Device Tap Rhythms to Authenticate Mobile Users. In Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC 2020). IEEE, Washington, DC, USA, 2727-2733.
Paper PDF DOI Demo Talk
thumbnail Laxmi Pandey, Ahmed Sabbir Arif. . Enabling Text Translation Using the Suggestion Bar of a Virtual Keyboard. In Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC 2020). IEEE, Washington, DC, USA, 4352-4357.
Paper PDF DOI Demo Talk
thumbnail Di "Chelsea" Sun, Vaishnavi Melkote, Ahmed Sabbir Arif. . Exploratory Study of Young Children's Social Media Needs and Requirements. In Proceedings of the 2020 ACM Interaction Design and Children Conference: Extended Abstracts (IDC 2020). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 332–337.
Extended Abstract PDF DOI arXiv Talk
thumbnail Gulnar Rakhmetulla, Ahmed Sabbir Arif. . Senorita: A Chorded Keyboard for Sighted, Low Vision, and Blind Mobile Users. In Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2020). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 1–13.
Paper 24% PDF DOI Talk Preview Demo
thumbnail Tafadzwa Joseph Dube, Ahmed Sabbir Arif. . Impact of Key Shape and Dimension on Text Entry in Virtual Reality. In Extended Abstracts of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA 2020). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 1–10.
Extended Abstract 48% PDF DOI Preview Demo
thumbnail Laxmi Pandey, Azar Alizadeh, Ahmed Sabbir Arif. . Enabling Predictive Number Entry and Editing on Touchscreen-Based Mobile Devices. In Proceedings of the 2020 Conference on Human Information Interaction and Retrieval (CHIIR 2020). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 13–22.
Paper 38% PDF DOI Talk Demo
2019
thumbnail Steven J. Castellucci, I. Scott MacKenzie, Mudit Misra, Laxmi Pandey, Ahmed Sabbir Arif. . TiltWriter: Design and Evaluation of a No-touch Tilt-based Text Entry Method for Handheld Devices. In Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia (MUM 2019). ACM, New York, NY, USA, Article 7, 8 pages.
Paper 43% PDF HTML DOI Demo ZIP APK API
thumbnail Laxmi Pandey, Ahmed Sabbir Arif. . Context-Sensitive App Prediction on the Suggestion Bar of a Mobile Keyboard. In Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia (MUM 2019). ACM, New York, NY, USA, Article 45, 5 pages.
Extended Abstract 67% PDF DOI Demo
thumbnail Cristina Sylla, Elena Márquez Segura, Akeiylah DeWitt, Ahmed Sabbir Arif, Eva Irene Brooks. . Fiddling, Pointing, Hovering, and Sliding: Embodied Actions with Three Evaluation Tools for Children. In Proceedings of the 2019 Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play (CHI PLAY 2019). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 59-72.
Paper 28% PDF Blog DOI Demo
thumbnail Mudit Misra, Elena Márquez Segura, Ahmed Sabbir Arif. . Exploring the Pace of an Endless Runner Game in Stationary and Mobile Settings. In Proceedings of the 2019 Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play Companion Extended Abstracts (CHI PLAY 2019 Extended Abstracts). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 543-550.
Extended Abstract PDF DOI Demo
thumbnail Yusuke Niiro, Marcelo Kallmann, Ahmed Sabbir Arif. . An Experimental Comparison of Touch and Pen Gestures on a Vertical Display. In Proceedings of the 8th ACM International Symposium on Pervasive Displays (PerDis 2019). ACM, New York, NY, USA, Article 18, 6 pages.
Paper 43% PDF DOI Demo
thumbnail Ohoud Alharbi, Ahmed Sabbir Arif, Wolfgang Stuerzlinger, Mark D. Dunlop, Andreas Komninos. . WiseType: A Tablet Keyboard with Color-Coded Visualization and Various Editing Options for Error Correction. In Proceedings of the 45th Graphics Interface Conference (GI 2019). Canadian Human-Computer Communications Society, Waterloo, ON, Article 4, 1–10.
Paper 42% PDF DOI ACM Dataset Demo Best Paper Award
thumbnail Xiumin Shang, Marcelo Kallmann, Ahmed Sabbir Arif. . Effects of Correctness and Suggestive Feedback on Learning with an Autonomous Virtual Trainer. In Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces Companion (IUI 2019 Companion). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 93-94.
Extended Abstract PDF DOI
thumbnail Satvik Kulshreshtha, Ahmed Sabbir Arif. . Text Entry Performance on an Expandable Socket Attached Smartphone in Stationary and Mobile Settings. In Ahram T., Falcão C. (Eds.), Advances in Usability and User Experience (AHFE 2019), Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, 972. Springer, Cham, Switzerland, 207-217.
Paper PDF DOI Demo
thumbnail Tafadzwa Joseph Dube, Ahmed Sabbir Arif. . Text Entry in Virtual Reality: A Comprehensive Review of the Literature. In Kurosu M. (Eds.), Human-Computer Interaction. Recognition and Interaction Technologies (HCII 2019), Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 11567. Springer, Cham, Switzerland, 419-437
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thumbnail Xiumin Shang, Marcelo Kallmann, Ahmed Sabbir Arif. . Effects of Virtual Agent Gender on User Performance and Preference in a VR Training Program. In Kohei Arai, Supriya Kapoor, and Rahul Bhatia (Eds.), Advances in Information and Communication (FICC 2019). Springer International Publishing, Cham, Switzerland, 482–495.
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2018
thumbnail Ashish Yadav, Ahmed Sabbir Arif. . Effects of Keyboard Background on Mobile Text Entry. In Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia (MUM 2018). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 109-114.
Paper 46% PDF DOI Demo
thumbnail Monwen Shen, Gulnar Rakhmetulla, Ahmed Sabbir Arif. . Put a Ring on It: Text Entry Performance on a Grip Ring Attached Smartphone. In MobileHCI 2018 Workshop on Socio-Technical Aspects of Text Entry (September 3, 2018). Barcelona, Spain, CEUR-WS.org/Vol-2183, 6-10.
Position Paper PDF CEUR arXiv Webpage
thumbnail Ahmed Sabbir Arif, Wolfgang Stuerzlinger, Mark D. Dunlop, Xin Yi, Caitlyn Seim. . Socio-Technical Aspects of Text Entry. Workshop at the 20th International Conference on Human Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services (MobileHCI 2018). 4 pages.
thumbnail Ohoud Alharbi, Ahmed Sabbir Arif. . The Perception of Humanoid Robots for Domestic Use in Saudi Arabia. In CHI 2018 Workshop on Exploring Participatory Design Methods to Engage with Arab Communities (April 22, 2018). Montréal, QC, Canada, 6 pages.
Position Paper PDF arXiv Webpage
2017
thumbnail Ahmed Sabbir Arif, Sarah Fardeen, Ali Mazalek. . Mobile Text Entry Challenges Among Low-Income Users in a Developing Country. In Proceedings of the 2017 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC 2017). IEEE, Washington, DC, USA, 624-629.
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thumbnail Ahmed Sabbir Arif, Cristina Sylla, Ali Mazalek. . Effects of Different Types of Correctness Feedback on Children's Performance with a Mobile Math App. In Proceedings of the 2017 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC 2017). IEEE, Washington, DC, USA, 2844-2849.
Paper PDF DOI Demo Young Professional Travel Award
thumbnail Ahmed Sabbir Arif, Sunjun Kim, Geehyuk Lee. . Usability of Different Types of Commercial Selfie Sticks. In Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Human Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services (MobileHCI 2017). ACM, New York, NY, USA, Article 10, 8 pages.
Paper 20% PDF DOI Slides Dataset
thumbnail Cristina Sylla, Ahmed Sabbir Arif, Elena Márquez Segura, Eva Irene Brooks. . Paper Ladder: A Rating Scale to Collect Children's Opinion in User Studies. In Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Human Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services (MobileHCI 2017). ACM, New York, NY, USA, Article 96, 8 pages.
Extended Abstract 43% PDF DOI Demo Webpage
thumbnail Keith Vertanen, Kyle Montague, Mark D. Dunlop, Ahmed Sabbir Arif, Xiaojun Bi, Shiri Azenkot. . Ubiquitous Text Interaction. In Proceedings of the 35th Annual ACM Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA 2017). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 566-573.
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2016
thumbnail Meghna Mehta, Ahmed Sabbir Arif, Apurva Gupta, Sean DeLong, Roozbeh Manshaei, Graceline Williams, Manasvi Lalwani, Sanjay Chandrasekharan, Ali Mazalek. . Active Pathways: Using Active Tangibles and Interactive Tabletops for Collaborative Modeling in Systems Biology. In Proceedings of the 2016 ACM International Conference on Interactive Surfaces and Spaces (ISS 2016). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 129-138.
Paper 28% PDF DOI Demo
thumbnail Ahmed Sabbir Arif, Ali Mazalek. . WebTEM: A Web Application to Record Text Entry Metrics. In Proceedings of the 2016 ACM International Conference on Interactive Surfaces and Spaces (ISS 2016). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 415-420.
Extended Abstract PDF DOI Demo Webpage
thumbnail Ahmed Sabbir Arif, Cristina Sylla, Ali Mazalek. . Learning New Words and Spelling with Autocorrections. In Proceedings of the 2016 ACM International Conference on Interactive Surfaces and Spaces (ISS 2016). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 409-414.
Extended Abstract PDF DOI
thumbnail Brien East, Sean DeLong, Roozbeh Manshaei, Ahmed Sabbir Arif, Ali Mazalek. . Actibles: Open Source Active Tangibles. In Proceedings of the 2016 ACM International Conference on Interactive Surfaces and Spaces (ISS 2016). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 469-472.
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thumbnail Ahmed Sabbir Arif, Sunjun Kim, Wolfgang Stuerzlinger, Geehyuk Lee, Ali Mazalek. . Evaluation of a Smart-Restorable Backspace Technique to Facilitate Text Entry Error Correction. In Proceedings of the 34th Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2016). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 5151-5162.
Paper 23% PDF DOI Preview Demo
thumbnail Ahmed Sabbir Arif, Sarah Fardeen. . A Phrase Set for Bengali Text Entry Evaluations Based on Actual Text Messages. In Proceedings of the 34th Annual ACM Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA 2016). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 2992-2998.
Extended Abstract 43% PDF DOI Webpage
thumbnail Keith Vertanen, Mark D. Dunlop, James Clawson, Per Ola Kristensson, Ahmed Sabbir Arif. . Inviscid Text Entry and Beyond. In Proceedings of the 34th Annual ACM Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA 2016). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 3469-3476.
Workshop 45% PDF DOI Webpage
thumbnail Ahmed Sabbir Arif, Ali Mazalek. . A Survey of Text Entry Techniques for Smartwatches. In Proceedings, Part II, of the 18th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCII 2016). Interaction Platforms and Techniques - Volume 9732, Masaaki Kurosu (Ed.). Springer-Verlag New York, Inc., New York, NY, USA, 255-267.
Paper 33% PDF DOI
thumbnail Ahmed Sabbir Arif, Roozbeh Manshaei, Sean DeLong, Brien East, Matthew Kyan, Ali Mazalek. . Sparse Tangibles: Collaborative Exploration of Gene Networks Using Active Tangibles and Interactive Tabletops. In Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction (TEI 2016). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 287-295.
Paper 25% PDF DOI Demo
thumbnail Andrea Bellucci, Aneesh P. Tarun, Ahmed Sabbir Arif, Ali Mazalek. . Developing Responsive and Interactive Environments with the ROSS Toolkit. In Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction (TEI 2016). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 782-785.
Workshop PDF DOI Webpage
2015
thumbnail Andrea Bellucci, Aneesh P. Tarun, Ahmed Sabbir Arif, Ali Mazalek. . ROSS Toolkit: An Infrastructure and API for Building Interactive Environments. In ITS 2015 Workshop on Shared Infrastructures for Tangible Tabletops & Interactive Surfaces (November 15, 2015). Madeira, Portugal, 4 pages.
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thumbnail James Clawson, Ahmed Sabbir Arif, Stephen Brewster, Mark D. Dunlop, Per Ola Kristensson, Antti Oulasvirta. . Text Entry on the Edge. In Proceedings of the 33rd Annual ACM Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA 2015). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 2381-2384.
Workshop 59% PDF DOI Webpage
thumbnail Ahmed Sabbir Arif, Wolfgang Stuerzlinger, Ali Mazalek, Sunjun Kim, Geehyuk Lee. . A Smart-Restorable Backspace to Facilitate Text Entry Error Correction. In CHI 2015 Workshop on Text Entry on the Edge (April 18, 2015). Seoul, South Korea, 4 pages.
Position Paper PDF Webpage
thumbnail Sayan Sarcar, Ahmed Sabbir Arif, Ali Mazalek. . Metrics for Bengali Text Entry Research. In CHI 2015 Workshop on Text Entry on the Edge (April 18, 2015). Seoul, South Korea, 4 pages.
Position Paper PDF arXiv Webpage
thumbnail Aneesh P. Tarun, Ahmed Sabbir Arif, Andrea Bellucci, Ali Mazalek. . Responsive Objects, Surfaces and Spaces (ROSS): Framework for Simplifying Cross-Device Communication. In TEI 2015 Workshop on Interactive Infrastructures – Towards a Language for Distributed Interfaces (January 16, 2015). Stanford, CA, USA, 5 pages.
Position Paper PDF Webpage
2014
thumbnail Ahmed Sabbir Arif, Ali Mazalek, Wolfgang Stuerzlinger. . The Use of Pseudo Pressure in Authenticating Smartphone Users. In Proceedings of the 11th Annual International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems: Computing, Networking and Services (MobiQuitous 2014). ICST, Brussels, Belgium, 151-160.
Paper 19% PDF DOI
thumbnail Ahmed Sabbir Arif, Ali Mazalek. . Slide-to-Unlock Revisited: Two New User Authentication Techniques for Touchscreen-Based Smartphones. In Proceedings of the 11th Annual International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems: Computing, Networking and Services (MobiQuitous 2014). ICST, Brussels, Belgium, 389-390.
Extended Abstract PDF DOI
thumbnail Ali Mazalek, Ahmed Sabbir Arif. . Mobile-Based Tangible Interaction Techniques for Shared Displays. In Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Human Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services (MobileHCI 2014). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 561-562.
Tutorial PDF DOI Webpage
thumbnail Ahmed Sabbir Arif, Michel Pahud, Ken Hinckley, Bill Buxton. . Experimental Study of Stroke Shortcuts for a Touchscreen Keyboard with Gesture-Redundant Keys Removed. In Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2014 (GI 2014). Canadian Information Processing Society, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 43-50.
Paper 37% PDF ACM Dataset Blog Demo Best Paper Award
thumbnail Ahmed Sabbir Arif, Wolfgang Stuerzlinger. . User Adaptation to a Faulty Unistroke-Based Text Entry Technique by Switching to an Alternative Gesture Set. In Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2014 (GI 2014). Canadian Information Processing Society, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 183-192.
Paper 37% PDF ACM Blog
thumbnail Ahmed Sabbir Arif, Wolfgang Stuerzlinger, Euclides Jose de Mendonca Filho, Alec Gordynski. . Error Behaviours in an Unreliable In-Air Gesture Recognizer. In Proceedings of the 32nd Annual ACM Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA 2014). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 1603-1608.
Extended Abstract 49% PDF DOI Demo
thumbnail Ahmed Sabbir Arif, Wolfgang Stuerzlinger, Euclides Jose de Mendonca Filho, Alec Gordynski. . How Do Users Interact with an Error-Prone In-Air Gesture Recognizer? In CHI 2014 Workshop on Gesture-based Interaction Design: Communication and Cognition (April 26, 2014). Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 69-72.
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2013
thumbnail Ahmed Sabbir Arif, Michel Pahud, Ken Hinckley, Bill Buxton. . A Tap and Gesture Hybrid Method for Authenticating Smartphone Users. In Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Human Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services (MobileHCI 2013). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 486-491.
Extended Abstract 46% PDF DOI Blog Demo
thumbnail Ahmed Sabbir Arif, Wolfgang Stuerzlinger. . Evaluation of a New Error Prevention Technique for Mobile Touchscreen Text Entry. In Proceedings of the 25th Conference of the Computer-Human Interaction Special Interest Group of Australia on Computer-Human Interaction (OzCHI 2013). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 397-400.
Paper 48% PDF DOI
thumbnail Ahmed Sabbir Arif, Wolfgang Stuerzlinger. . Pseudo-Pressure Detection and Its Use in Predictive Text Entry on Touchscreens. In Proceedings of the 25th Conference of the Computer-Human Interaction Special Interest Group of Australia on Computer-Human Interaction (OzCHI 2013). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 383-392.
Paper 48% PDF DOI Best Paper & Presentation Award
thumbnail Ahmed Sabbir Arif, Cristina Sylla. . A Comparative Evaluation of Touch and Pen Gestures for Adult and Child Users. In Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children (IDC 2013). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 392-395.
Paper 33% PDF DOI
2012
thumbnail Ahmed Sabbir Arif. . A Survey on Mobile Text Entry Handedness: How Do Users Input Text on Handheld Devices while Nomadic? In Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Intelligent Human Computer Interaction (IHCI 2012). IEEE, Washington, DC, USA, 1-6.
Paper 43% PDF DOI
thumbnail Ahmed Sabbir Arif, Wolfgang Stuerzlinger. . How Do Users Adapt to a Faulty System? In CHI 2012 Workshop on Designing and Evaluating Text Entry Methods (May 5, 2012). Austin, TX, USA, 11-14.
Position Paper PDF Webpage
2011
thumbnail Ahmed Sabbir Arif, Benedikt Iltisberger, Wolfgang Stuerzlinger. . Extending Mobile User Ambient Awareness for Nomadic Text Entry. In Proceedings of the 23rd Conference of the Computer-Human Interaction Special Interest Group of Australia on Computer-Human Interaction (OzCHI 2011). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 21-30.
Paper 43% PDF DOI Blog
2010
thumbnail Ahmed Sabbir Arif, Mauricio H. Lopez, Wolfgang Stuerzlinger. . Two New Mobile Touchscreen Text Entry Techniques. Poster at the 36th Graphics Interface Conference (GI 2010). CEUR-WS.org/Vol-588, 22-23.
Extended Abstract PDF CEUR
thumbnail Ahmed Sabbir Arif, Wolfgang Stuerzlinger. . Predicting the Cost of Error Correction in Character-Based Text Entry Technologies. In Proceedings of the 28th International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2010). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 5-14.
Paper 22% PDF DOI
2009
thumbnail Ahmed Sabbir Arif, Wolfgang Stuerzlinger. . Analysis of Text Entry Performance Metrics. In Proceedings of the IEEE Toronto International Conference–Science and Technology for Humanity (TIC-STH 2009). IEEE, Washington, DC, USA, 100-105.
Paper 52% PDF DOI
2006
thumbnail Sabah Mohammed, Jinan Fiaidhi, Ahmed Sabbir Arif. . Developing Filtering Techniques for Securing Vector Graphics Images Applied to Ubiquitous Patient Records. In Proceedings of the 5th WSEAS International Conference on Telecommunications and Informatics (TELE-INFO 2006). WSEAS, Stevens Point, WI, USA, 139-144.
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2005
thumbnail Jinan Fiaidhi, Sabah Mohammed, Madan Garg, Ahmed Sabbir Arif. . Developing a SAX Filtering Intermediary Service for Protecting SVG Multimedia Contents in a Ubiquitous Publish/Subscribe Environment. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Internet Computing (ICOMP 2005). CSREA, Las Vegas, NV, USA, 515-521.
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U.S. Patents

thumbnail Michel Pahud, William A. S. Buxton, Kenneth P. Hinckley, Ahmed Sabbir Arif. Multi-Gesture Security Code Entry. U.S. Patent Application 14/599,966, filed January 19, 2015.
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thumbnail William A. S. Buxton, Ahmed Sabbir Arif, Michel Pahud, Kenneth P. Hinckley, Finbarr S. Duggan. Keyboard with Gesture-Redundant Keys Removed. U. S. Patent Application 13/720,527, filed December 19, 2012.
Patent PDF, also published as CN104823148A EP2915036A1 WO2014070562A1

Thesis/Dissertation

thumbnail Ahmed Sabbir Arif. . Predicting and Reducing the Impact of Errors in Character-Based Text Entry. PhD Dissertation. York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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Non-Refereed Publications

thumbnail Xiumin Shang, Ahmed Sabbir Arif, Marcelo Kallmann. . Evaluating Feedback Strategies for Virtual Human Trainers. University of California, Merced, USA.
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thumbnail Anna-Maria Gueorguieva, Gulnar Rakhmetulla, Ahmed Sabbir Arif. . Enabling Input on Tiny/Headless Systems Using Morse Code. Poster at Center for Cellular and Biomolecular Machines Open House (Oct 22, 2018). University of California, Merced, United States.
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thumbnail Ahmed Sabbir Arif. . Metrics for Multi-Touch Input Technologies. Project Proposal. York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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