Eye Tracking Research & Applications

Symposium 2006

Program


MONDAY, 27 March 2006

9:00am - 10:30am Special Session 1: Opening Remarks & Keynote Address
Opening Remarks
Kari-Jouko Räihä (University of Tampere), Arnon Amir (IBM Almaden)
Keynote Address
Communication through Eye-Gaze: where we've been, where we are now and where we can go from here
Speaker: Howell Istance (De Montfort University)
10:30am break
11:00am - 12:30pm Paper Session 1: Visual Attention & Eye Movement Control
Session chair: Andrew Duchowski
Causal Saliency Effects During Natural Vision
Ran Carmi, Laurent Itti (University of Southern California)
Performance of the Two-Stage, Dual-Mode Oculomotor Servo System
James T. Fulton (Vision Concepts)
Computational Mechanisms for Gaze Direction in Interactive Visual Environments
Robert J. Peters, Laurent Itti (University of Southern California)
12:30pm lunch
2:00pm - 3:30pm Late Breaking Results: Oral Presentations
Session chair: Derrick Parkhurst
An Environmental Investigation of Wayfinding in a Nursing Home
R. A. Schuchard, B. R. Connell, P. Griffiths (Atlanta VA Rehabilitation R&D Center)
One-Point Calibration Gaze Tracking Method
Takehiko Ohno (NTT, Japan)
Secure Graphical Password System for High Traffic Public Areas
Bogdan Hoanca, Kenrick Mock (University of Alaska Anchorage)
Using the Eyes to Encode and Recognize Social Scenes
Elina Birmingham, Walter F. Bischof, Alan Kingstone, (University of British Columbia)
Use of Eye-Tracking in Ergonomics: A Field Study of Lift Truck Operators Work Activity
Denis Giguère (The Robert-Sauvé Occupational Health and Safety Research Institute (IRSST))
Gaze Alignment of Interlocutors in Conversational Dialogues
Kerstin Hadelich, Matthew W. Crocker (Saarland University)
Improving Web Usability for the Hard-of-Hearing
Miki Namatame, Muneo Kitajima (Tsukuba University of Technology, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST))
An Eye Tracking Interface for Image Search
O.K. Oyekoya, F. W. M. Stentiford (University College London)
Average Scan Patterns and What They Can Tell Us
Helene Hembrooke, Matt Feusner, Geri Gay (Univ. of California, San Francisco, Cornell University)
3:30pm break/bar
4:00pm - 5:30pm Late Breaking Results: Poster Presentations
Session chair: Derrick Parkhurst
Visual Attention in 3D Video Games
Magy Seif El-Nasr, Su Yan (Penn State University)
Location, Location, Location: Viewing Patterns on WWW Pages
Laura Granka, Helene Hembrooke, Geri Gay (Google, Inc., Cornell University)
Simulation of Effects of Horizontal Camera Slippage on Corneal Reflections
Thomas Haslwanter, Christian Kitzmueller, Max Scheubmayr (Upper Austrian Research GmbH)
Perspective Error Compensation of Pupillography Using Glint Images
InBum Lee, KwangSuk Park (Seoul National University)
Evaluation of a Multimedia Learning Exercise using Oculo-motors
Minoru Nakayama, Yasutaka Shimizu (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan National Institute of Multimedia Education, Japan)
The Influence of Web Browsing Experience on Web-Viewing Behavior
Yoshiko Habuchi, Haruhiko Takeuchi, Muneo Kitajima (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan)
Eye Movements and Pupil Dilation During Event Perception
Tim J. Smith, Martyn Whitwell, John Lee (University of Edinburgh)
Pupil Brightness Variation as a Function of Gaze Direction
Javier San Agustin, Arantxa Villanueva, Rafael Cabeza (Public University of Navarra)
The Relation of Eye Fixation Patterns with Emotional Content and Episodic Memory
Luiz Henrique M. do Canto-Pereira, Breno Santos, Edgard Morya, Carlos H. Morimoto, Ronald Ranvaud (Univ. de São Paulo, Brasil)
Optical Eye Models for Gaze Tracking
Jeffrey B. Mulligan (NASA Ames Research Center)
Effect of Letter Spacing on Legibility, Eye movements, and Reading Performance
Yu-Chi Tai, James E. Sheedy, John Hayes (The Ohio State University College of Optometry)
A Widget Library for Gaze-Based Interaction Elements
Wolfgang Beinhauer (Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering)
Eye Movements and Motor Programming in a Time-To-Contact Task
Edgard Morya, Marco Bertolassi, Adhemar Pettri Filho, Carlos H. Morimoto, Ronald Ranvaud (Univ. de São Paulo, Brasil)
Eye Typing with Common Cameras
Dan Witzner Hansen, John Paulin Hansen (It University, Copenhagen)
Mobile Eye Tracking as a Basis for Real-Time Control of a Gaze Driven Head-Mounted Video Camera
Guido Boening, Klaus Bartl, Thomas Dera, Stanislavs Bardins, Erich Schneider, Thomas Brandt (Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich)
Eye Drawing with Gaze Estimation Model
Chiu Po Chan, Alvin W. Yeo (Universiti Malaysia Sarawak)
An Environmental Investigation of Wayfinding in a Nursing Home
R. A. Schuchard, B. R. Connell, P. Griffiths (Atlanta VA Rehabilitation R&D Center)
One-Point Calibration Gaze Tracking Method
Takehiko Ohno (NTT, Japan)
Secure Graphical Password System for High Traffic Public Areas
Bogdan Hoanca, Kenrick Mock (University of Alaska Anchorage)
Using the Eyes to Encode and Recognize Social Scenes
Elina Birmingham, Walter F. Bischof, Alan Kingstone, (University of British Columbia)
Use of Eye-Tracking in Ergonomics: A Field Study of Lift Truck Operators Work Activity
Denis Giguère (The Robert-Sauvé Occupational Health and Safety Research Institute (IRSST))
Gaze Alignment of Interlocutors in Conversational Dialogues
Kerstin Hadelich, Matthew W. Crocker (Saarland University)
Improving Web Usability for the Hard-of-Hearing
Miki Namatame, Muneo Kitajima (Tsukuba University of Technology, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST))
An Eye Tracking Interface for Image Search
O.K. Oyekoya, F. W. M. Stentiford (University College London)
Average Scan Patterns and What They Can Tell Us
Helene Hembrooke, Matt Feusner, Geri Gay (Univ. of California, San Francisco, Cornell University)
6:00pm - 8:00pm Reception
Sponsored by ...
SR Research Ltd


TUESDAY, 28 March 2006

9:00am - 10:30am Paper Session 2: Assistive/User Interfaces
Session chair: Takehiko Ohno
A Comparative Usability Study of Two Japanese Gaze Typing Systems
Kenji Itoh (Tokyo Institute of Technology), Hirotaka Aoki (Tokyo Institute of Technology), John Paulin Hansen (University of Copenhagen)
Speech-Augmented Eye Gaze Interaction with Small Closely Spaced Targets
Darius Miniotas (Siauliai University), Oleg Spakov (University of Tampere), Ivan Tugoy (University of Tampere), I. Scott MacKenzie (York University)
Empathic Tutoring Software Agents Using Real-Time Eye Tracking
Hua Wang (University of Toronto), Mark Chignell (University of Toronto), Mitsuru Ishizuka (University of Tokyo)
10:30am break (in exhibits hall)
11:00am - 12:30pm Paper Session 3: Advances in Eye Tracking Technology
Session chair: Arnon Amir
Compensating for Eye Tracker Camera Movement
Susan M. Kolakowski, Jeff B. Pelz (Rochester Institute of Technology)
A Single Camera Eye-Gaze Tracking System with Free Head Motion
Craig Hennessey, Borna Nouredding, Peter Lawrence (University of British Columbia)
openEyes: A Low-Cost Head-Mounted Eye-Tracking Solution
Dongheng Li, Jason Babcock, Derrick J. Parkhurst (Iowa State University)
12:30pm lunch
2:00pm - 3:30pm Exhibits Open
3:30pm Refreshments in exhibit hall
Sponsored by ...
Seeing Machines
4:00pm - 5:30pm Exhibits Continue


WEDNESDAY, 29 March 2006

9:00am - 10:30am Paper Session 4: Gaze-Contingent Display/Video
Session chair: Jeffrey B. Mulligan
Perceptual Attention Focus Prediction for Multiple Viewers in Case of Multimedia Perceptual Compression with Feedback Delay
Oleg Komogortsev, Javed Khan (Kent State University)
Gaze-Contingent Temporal Filtering of Video
Martin Böhme, Michael Dorr, Thomas Martinetz, Erhardt Barth (University of Lübeck)
A Pivotable Head Mounted Camera System That is Aligned by Three-Dimensional Eye Movements
Philipp Wagner (Technical University of Munich), Klaus Bartl (Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich), Heinz Ulbrich (Technical University of Munich), Wolfgang Guenthner (Technical University of Munich), Erich Schneider (Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich)
10:30am break
11:00am - 12:30pm Paper Session 5: Comprehension and Cognition
Session chair: Sheree Josephson
An Eye-Tracking Methodology for Characterizing Program Comprehension
Roman Bednarik, Markku Tukiainen (University of Joensuu)
Analyzing Individual Performance of Source Code Review Using Reviewers' Eye Movement
Hidetake Uwano, Masahide Nakamura, Akito Monden, Ken-ichi Matsumoto (Nara Institute of Science and Technology)
Eye Tracking Insights into Cognitive Modeling
Mike Bartels (Eyetracking, Inc.), Sandra P. Marshall (Eyetracking Inc. and San Diego State University)
12:30pm lunch
2:00pm - 3:30pm Paper Session 6: Performance Analysis
Session chair: John Paulin Hansen
eyePatterns: Software for Identifying Patterns and Similarities Across Fixation Sequences
Julia M. West (Rochester Institute of Technology), Anne R. Haake (Rochester Institute of Technology), Evelyn P. Rozanski (Rochester Institute of Technology), Keith S. Karn (Xerox Corp.)
Clutter or Content? How On-Screen Enhancements Affect How TV Viewers Scan and What They Learn
Sheree Josephson (Weber State University), Michael E. Holmes (Ball State University)
Gaze Behavior of Spotters During an Air-To-Ground Search
J. L. Croft, D. J. Pittman, C. T. Scialfa (University of Calgary)
3:30pm break
4:00pm - 5:30pm Special Session 2: Town Hall & Closing Remarks
Anyone interested in participating in the organization of the next symposium is invited to attend!

Proposed Agenda:

  • Feedback on the web-based submission/review system: should we continue with current program or seek an alternative?
  • Where to hold the next meeting?
  • Avoiding conflicts with other meetings:
    • Is March still a good time to hold ETRA?
    • Should we begin the paper submission/review process earlier?
  • Where to advertise?