John Magee's primary research interests include Computer Vision, Human-Computer Interaction, Accessible Computing, and Assistive Technology. He investigates novel user interface technologies that enable people with profound disabilities to communicate and participate socially in the world around them through computers. A major focus area is ability-based interfaces that change and adapt to provide for the diverse education, communication, and social needs of users of all abilities. He is also interested in applying Computer Vision and Human-Computer Interaction techniques to interdisciplinary problems and establishing collaborations with Biology, GIS, Psychology, and Education.
Degrees
Ph.D. in Computer Science, Boston University, 2011
M.A. in Computer Science, Boston University, 2004
B.A. in Computer Science and Mathematics, Boston College, 2001
AIED 2023 Workshop: Towards the Future of AI-Augmented Human Tutoring in Math Learning
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Tokyo, Japan
July
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2023
Beverly Woolf
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Margrit Betke
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Hao Yu
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Sarah Adel Bargal
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Ivon Arroyo
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John Magee
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Danielle Allessio
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William Rebelsky
Article in Refereed Journal
ATL-BP: A Student Engagement Dataset and Model for Affect Transfer Learning for Behavior Prediction
IEEE Transactions on Biometrics, Behavior, and Identity Science
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2022
Nataniel Ruiz
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Hao Yu
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Danielle Allessio
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Mona Jalal
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Ajjen Joshi
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Tom Murray
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John Magee
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Kevin Delgado
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Vitaly Ablavsky
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Stan Sclaroff
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Ivon Arroyo
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Beverly Woolf
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Sarah Bargal
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Margrit Betke
Papers Published - Conference Proceedings
Input Accessibility: Effect of Input Device on Interaction Time and Accuracy - An Expanded Analysis of a Large Dataset
Human-Computer Interaction International (HCII) 2022
Human-Computer Interaction International (HCII) 2022
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Gothenburg, Sweden
June
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2022
Linh Pham
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Skye Whitlow
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Emily Rosenbaum
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John Magee IV
Papers Published - Conference Proceedings
Camera Mouse: Sound-Based Activation as a New Approach to Click Generation
Human-Computer Interaction International (HCII) 2022
Human-Computer Interaction International (HCII) 2022
IEEE International Conference on Automatic Face & Gesture Recognition
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2021
Nataniel Ruiz
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Hao Yu
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Danielle Allessio
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Ajjen Joshi
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Vitaly Ablavsky
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John Magee IV
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Jacob Whitehill
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Ivon Arroyo
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Beverly Woolf
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Stan Sclaroff
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Margrit Betke
Papers Published - Conference Proceedings
Measuring and Integrating Facial Expressions and Gaze as Indicators of Engagement and Affect in Tutoring Systems
International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction
International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction
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2021
Hao Yu
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Ankit Gupta
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Will Lee
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Ivon Arroyo
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Margrit Betke
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Danielle Allesio
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Tom Murray
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John Magee IV
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Beverly Woolf
Papers Published - Conference Proceedings
Evaluating Hands-On and Hands-Free Input Methods for a Simple Game
International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction
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2020
Mehedi Hassan
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John Magee
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I MacKenzie
Other Scholarly or Creative Work
Leveraging Affect Transfer Learning for Behavior Prediction in an Intelligent Tutoring System
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2020
Nataniel Ruiz
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Mona Jalal
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Vitaly Ablavsky
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Danielle Allessio
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John Magee
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Jacob Whitehill
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Ivon Arroyo
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Beverly Woolf
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Stan Sclaroff
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Margrit Betke
Papers Published - Conference Proceedings
Evaluation of Why Individuals with ADHD Struggle to Find Effective Digital Time Management Tools
The 21st International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility
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2019
Breanna Desrochers
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Ella Tuson
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John Magee
Papers Published - Conference Proceedings
Simulation of Motor Impairment with "Reverse AngleMouse" in a Head-Controlled Pointer Fitts’ Law Task
The 21st International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility
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2019
Mariah Papy
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Duncan Calder
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Ngu Dang
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Aidan McLaughlin
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Breanna Desrochers
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John Magee
Papers Published - Conference Proceedings
Affect-driven learning outcomes prediction in intelligent tutoring systems
2019 14th IEEE International Conference on Automatic Face & Gesture Recognition (FG 2019)
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2019
Ajjen Joshi
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Danielle Allessio
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John Magee
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Jacob Whitehill
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Ivon Arroyo
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Beverly Woolf
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Stan Sclaroff
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Margrit Betke
Papers Published - Conference Proceedings
Breaking Down the “Wall of Text”-Software Tool to Address Complex Assignments for Students with Attention Disorders
International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction
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2019
Breanna Desrochers
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Ella Tuson
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Syed Rizvi
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John Magee
Papers Published - Conference Proceedings
A Fitts’ law evaluation of hands-free and hands-on input on a laptop computer
International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction
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2019
Mehedi Hassan
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John Magee
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I MacKenzie
Papers Published - Conference Proceedings
Simulation of Motor Impairment in Head-Controlled Pointer Fitts' Law Task
Proceedings of the 20th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility
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2018
Syed Rizvi
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Ella Tuson
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Breanna Desrochers
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John Magee
Papers Published - Conference Proceedings
Conversation Aid for People with Low Vision Using Head Mounted Display and Computer Vision Emotion Detection
International Conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs
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2018
Rafael Zuniga
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John Magee
Papers Published - Conference Proceedings
Technology Evaluation for Improving Independence with Activities of Daily Living
International Conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs
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2018
Roches, Des
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John Magee
Papers Published - Conference Proceedings
Predictive Link Following Plug-In For Web Browsers
Proceedings of the 19th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility
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2017
Stachecki, Pierson
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John Magee
Papers Published - Conference Proceedings
Camera Mouse: dwell vs. computer vision-based intentional click activation
International Conference on Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction
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2017
Rafael Zuniga
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John Magee
Papers Published - Conference Proceedings
HAIL Gmail: Email with Hierarchical Adaptive Interface Layout
International Conference on Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction
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2017
Prithu Dasgupta
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John Magee
Papers Published - Conference Proceedings
Camera Canvas: Photo Editing and Sharing App for People with Disabilities
International Conference on Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction
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2017
Trung Ngo
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Christopher Kwan
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John Magee
Papers Published - Conference Proceedings
Eye-gaze with predictive link following improves accessibility as a mouse pointing interface
Proceedings of the 18th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility
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2016
Jason Vazquez-Li
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Stachecki, Pierson
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John Magee
Papers Published - Conference Proceedings
Comparison of two methods to control the mouse using a keypad
International Conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs
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2016
Torsten Felzer
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Ian MacKenzie
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John Magee
Papers Published - Conference Proceedings
Control Yourself: A Mixed-Reality Natural User Interface
International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction
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2015
Elena Zhizhimontova
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John Magee
Papers Published - Conference Proceedings
Academic Aide—Free online math question database for academic improvement
2015 IEEE Integrated STEM Education Conference
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2015
Jian Guo
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Lukas Leung
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John Magee
Papers Published - Conference Proceedings
Predictive Link Following for Accessible Web Browsing
Proceedings of the 17th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers & Accessibility
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2015
Jiri Roznovjak
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John Magee
Papers Published - Conference Proceedings
Virtual fingerprint-image-based authentication increases privacy for users of mouse-replacement interfaces
International Conference on Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction
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2015
Viktoria Grindle
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Syed Haider
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John Magee
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Marten Dijk
Papers Published - Conference Proceedings
Camera Mouse+ ClickerAID: Dwell vs. single-muscle click actuation in mouse-replacement interfaces
International Conference on Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction
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2015
John Magee
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Torsten Felzer
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I MacKenzie
Article in Refereed Journal
Adaptive sliding menubars make existing software more accessible to people with severe motion impairments
Universal Access in the Information Society
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2014
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Vol. 13
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Issue #1
Christopher Kwan
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Isaac Paquette
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John Magee
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Margrit Betke
Papers Published - Conference Proceedings
Automatically generating online social network messages to combat social isolation of people with disabilities
International Conference on Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction
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2013
John Magee
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Margrit Betke
Papers Published - Conference Proceedings
Integrating a science perspective into an introductory computer science course
2013 IEEE Integrated STEM Education Conference (ISEC)
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2013
John Magee
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L Han
Papers Published - Conference Proceedings
Click control: improving mouse interaction for people with motor impairments
The proceedings of the 13th international ACM SIGACCESS conference on Computers and accessibility
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2011
Christopher Kwan
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Isaac Paquette
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John Magee
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Paul Lee
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Margrit Betke
Papers Published - Conference Proceedings
Enhancing social connections through automatically-generated online social network messages
The proceedings of the 13th international ACM SIGACCESS conference on Computers and accessibility
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2011
John Magee
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Christopher Kwan
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Margrit Betke
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Fletcher Hietpas
Papers Published - Conference Proceedings
Adaptive mouse-replacement interface control functions for users with disabilities
International Conference on Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction
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2011
John Magee
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Samuel Epstein
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Eric Missimer
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Christopher Kwan
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Margrit Betke
Papers Published - Conference Proceedings
Plug-in vehicles and the plug-policy to address the Chicken or the Egg problem
2010 IEEE Conference on Innovative Technologies for an Efficient and Reliable Electricity Supply
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2010
John Magee
Papers Published - Conference Proceedings
Customizable keyboard
Proceedings of the 12th international ACM SIGACCESS conference on Computers and accessibility
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2010
Eric Missimer
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Samuel Epstein
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John Magee
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Margrit Betke
Papers Published - Conference Proceedings
Adaptive mappings for mouse-replacement interfaces
Proceedings of the 12th international ACM SIGACCESS conference on Computers and accessibility
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2010
John Magee
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Samuel Epstein
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Eric Missimer
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Margrit Betke
Papers Published - Conference Proceedings
Towards a Multi-camera Mouse-replacement Interface.
PRIS
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2010
John Magee
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Zheng Wu
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Harshith Chennamaneni
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Samuel Epstein
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Diane Theriault
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Margrit Betke
Papers Published - Conference Proceedings
HAIL: hierarchical adaptive interface layout
International Conference on Computers for Handicapped Persons
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2010
John Magee
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Margrit Betke
Papers Published - Conference Proceedings
Movement and recovery analysis of a mouse-replacement interface for users with severe disabilities
International Conference on Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction
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2009
Caitlin Connor
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Emily Yu
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John Magee
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Esra Cansizoglu
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Samuel Epstein
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Margrit Betke
Article in Refereed Journal
A human--computer interface using symmetry between eyes to detect gaze direction
IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics-Part A: Systems and Humans
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2008
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Vol. 38
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Issue #6
John Magee
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Margrit Betke
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James Gips
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Matthew Scott
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Benjamin Waber
Chapters In Books
Chapter: Web mediators for accessible browsing
Published by Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg
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2007
Benjamin Waber
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John Magee
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Margrit Betke
Chapters In Books
Chapter: A real-time vision interface based on gaze detection—EyeKeys
Published by Springer, Boston, MA
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2005
John Magee
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Margrit Betke
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Matthew Scott
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Benjamin Waber
Article in Refereed Journal
IWeb Explorer: A web browser designed for use with an eye controlled mouse device
Boston University Computer Science MA Thesis Report
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2005
Michelle Paquette
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Margrit Betke
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John Magee
Papers Published - Conference Proceedings
Fast head tilt detection for human-computer interaction
International Workshop on Human-Computer Interaction
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2005
Benjamin Waber
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John Magee
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Margrit Betke
Papers Published - Conference Proceedings
Tracking, analysis, and recognition of human gestures in video
Eighth International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition (ICDAR'05)
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2005
Stan Sclaroff
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Margrit Betke
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George Kollios
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Jonathan Alon
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Vassilis Athitsos
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Rui Li
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John Magee
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Tai-peng Tian
Other Scholarly or Creative Work
A real-time human-computer interface based on gaze detection from a low-grade video camera
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2004
J Magee
Papers Published - Conference Proceedings
Eyekeys: A real-time vision interface based on gaze detection from a low-grade video camera
2004 Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Workshop
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2004
John Magee
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Matthew Scott
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Benjamin Waber
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Margrit Betke
Papers Published - Conference Proceedings
Active detection of eye scleras in real time
In IEEE CVPR Workshop on Human Modeling, Analysis and Synthesis
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2000
Margrit Betke
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William Mullally
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John Magee
Article in Refereed Journal
Leveraging Affect Transfer Learning for Behavior Prediction in an Intelligent Tutoring System
Computer Vision and Image Understanding
Nataniel Ruiz
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Mona Jalal
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Ajjen Joshi
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Danielle Allessio
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Vitaly Ablavsky
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John Magee IV
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Jacob Whitehill
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Ivon Arroyo
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Beverly Woolf
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Stan Sclaroff
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Margrit Betke
Awards & Grants
Creating an Inclusive University Makerspace through Equity-based Participatory Methods,
AccessComputing
Apr. 1, 2024 - May. 1, 2024
REU Supplement to INT: Collaborative Research: Detecting, Predicting and Remediating Student...
National Science Foundation
Jun. 1, 2019 - Aug. 31, 2022
INT: Collaborative Research: Detecting, Predicting and Remediating Student...
