UXID Lab

Welcome to the UXID Lab

The UXID Lab (User Experience and Interaction Design Lab) at Ontario Tech University is dedicated to advancing research in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and related fields. Our lab's work spans a range of interdisciplinary projects, with a strong focus on enhancing user experience through innovative design. We explore the intersections of AI and HCI, specifically in human-AI interaction, where we examine how artificial intelligence can be designed to better understand and support users' needs. Our team is also active in information visualization and interaction design, creating intuitive and effective ways to present complex data across various digital interfaces, including wearables. By investigating how users interact with wearable technologies, we aim to improve the usability and accessibility of these devices in everyday life. The UXID Lab is proud to have a diverse group of students, researchers, and collaborators, whose varied backgrounds and perspectives drive our mission to push the boundaries of interaction design and ensure technology is more responsive and beneficial to users.

Publications

Large Language User Interfaces: Voice Interactive UIs

Large Language User Interfaces: Voice Interactive User Interfaces powered by LLMs

Authors: Syed Mekael Wasti, Ken Q Pu, Ali Neshati

Exploring Uni-manual Around Ear Off-Device Gestures for Earables

Authors: Shaikh Shawon Arefin Shimon, Ali Neshati, Junwei Sun, Qiang Xu, Jian Zhao

Exploring Unimanual Region-to-Region (R2R) Swipes for Off-Device Earable Interaction

Authors: Shimon Shaikh Shawon, Ali Neshati, Qiang Sun, Junwei, Xu, Jian Zhao

Exploring Interactive Color Palettes for Abstraction-Driven Exploratory Image Colorization

Authors: Xinyu Shi, Mingyu Liu, Ziqi Zhou, Ali Neshati, Ryan Rossi, Jian Zhao

In-vehicle Performance and Distraction for Midair and Touch Directional Gestures

Authors: Arman Hafizi, Jay Henderson, Ali Neshati, Wei Zhou, Edward Lank, Daniel Vogel

De-Stijl: Facilitating graphics design with interactive 2D color palette recommendation

Authors: Xinyu Shi, Ziqi Zhou, Jing Wen Zhang, Ali Neshati, Anjul Kumar Tyagi, Ryan Rossi, Shunan Guo, Fan Du, Jian Zhao

Interaction Region Characteristics for Midair Barehand Targeting on a Television

Authors: Jay Henderson, Ali Neshati, Sachi Mizobuchi, Wei Zhou, Daniel Vogel, Edward Lank

Slide4n: Creating presentation slides from computational notebooks with human-ai collaboration

Authors: Fengjie Wang, Xuye Liu, Oujing Liu, Ali Neshati, Tengfei Ma, Min Zhu, Jian Zhao

Interaction Region Characteristics for Midair Barehand Targeting on a Television

Authors: Jay Henderson, Ali Neshati, Sachi Mizobuchi, Wei Zhou, Daniel Vogel, Edward Lank

EdgeSelect: Smartwatch Data Interaction with Minimal Screen Occlusion

Authors: A Neshati, A Salo, SA Faleel, Z Li, HN Liang, C Latulipe, P Irani

Data visualization and interaction on smartwatch small screens

Author: Ali Neshati

Understanding and Adapting Bezel-to-Bezel Interactions for Circular Smartwatches in Mobile and Encumbered Scenarios

Authors: B Rey, K Zhu, ST Perrault, S Bardot, A Neshati, P Irani

Crowdsourcing vs laboratory-style social acceptability studies? Examining the social acceptability of spatial user interactions for head-worn displays

Authors: Fouad Alallah, Ali Neshati, Nima Sheibani, Yumiko Sakamoto, Andrea Bunt, Pourang Irani, Khalad Hasan

BezelGlide: Interacting with Graphs on Smartwatches with Minimal Screen Occlusion

Authors: A Neshati, B Rey, AS Mohommed Faleel, S Bardot, C Latulipe, P Irani

SF-LG: Space-Filling Line Graphs for Visualizing Interrelated Time-series Data on Smartwatches

Authors: A Neshati, F Alallah, B Rey, Y Sakamoto, M Serrano, P Irani

🏅 Honorable Mention Award

Using Guessability Framework: Age-related Differences in Hand Gesture Interaction

Authors: Y Vasylkiv, A Neshati, SAM Faleel, Y Sakamoto, P Irani

Eyes-Free Graph Legibility: Using Skin-Dragging to Provide a Tactile Graph Visualization on the Arm

Authors: S Bardot, S Rempel, B Rey, A Neshati, Y Sakamoto, C Menon, P Irani

G-Sparks: Glanceable Sparklines on Smartwatches

Authors: A Neshati, Y Sakamoto, L Leboe-Mcgowan, J Leboe-McGowan, M Serrano, P Irani

An Analytic Model for Time-Efficient Personal Hierarchies

Authors: W Delamare, A Neshati, P Irani, X Ren

🏅 Honorable Mention Award

Smart Home Interactions for People with Reduced Hand Mobility Using Subtle EMG-Signal Gestures

Authors: Y Vasylkiv, A Neshati, Y Sakamoto, R Gomez, K Nakamura, P Irani

Challenges in Displaying Health Data on Small Smartwatch Screens

Authors: A Neshati, Y Sakamoto, P Irani

Performer vs. Observer: Whose Comfort Level Should We Consider When Examining the Social Acceptability of Input Modalities for Head-Worn Display?

Authors: F Alallah, A Neshati, Y Sakamoto, K Hasan, E Lank, A Bunt, P Irani

Is Really NACK Protocol Secure to Be Employed in MANETs?

Authors: M Saeed, A Mackvandi, M Taghavi, MZ Bidoki, M Ghasemi, A Neshati

Supervisor

Ali Neshati

Assistant Professor, Faculty of Science

Ph.D. in Computer Science, University of Manitoba

Graduate Students

Sakil Sarker

Master's student specializing in AI, focusing on Human-AI Interaction and LLMs.

Aron-Seth Cohen

Researching HCI with a focus on interaction design and usability in complex systems.

Yasaman Ghasemi

Exploring data-driven UX improvements and interactive system development.

Undergraduate Students

Farees Siddiqui

Final-year student focusing on UI/UX design and prototyping.

Neel Shah

Final-year student with a focus on interaction technologies and data visualization.

Nicholas Kissoon

Final-year student with a research focus on wearable technologies like smartwatches.

David Long

Final-year student with interests in machine learning and AI, transitioning to a master’s program.

Welcome to the UXID Lab

Research

Human-AI Interaction

Human-Computer Interaction

AI in User Experience

Wearable Technology

Publications

Large Language User Interfaces: Voice Interactive User Interfaces powered by LLMs

Exploring Uni-manual Around Ear Off-Device Gestures for Earables

Exploring Unimanual Region-to-Region (R2R) Swipes for Off-Device Earable Interaction

Exploring Interactive Color Palettes for Abstraction-Driven Exploratory Image Colorization

In-vehicle Performance and Distraction for Midair and Touch Directional Gestures

De-Stijl: Facilitating graphics design with interactive 2D color palette recommendation

Interaction Region Characteristics for Midair Barehand Targeting on a Television

Slide4n: Creating presentation slides from computational notebooks with human-ai collaboration

Interaction Region Characteristics for Midair Barehand Targeting on a Television

EdgeSelect: Smartwatch Data Interaction with Minimal Screen Occlusion

Data visualization and interaction on smartwatch small screens

Understanding and Adapting Bezel-to-Bezel Interactions for Circular Smartwatches in Mobile and Encumbered Scenarios

Crowdsourcing vs laboratory-style social acceptability studies? Examining the social acceptability of spatial user interactions for head-worn displays

BezelGlide: Interacting with Graphs on Smartwatches with Minimal Screen Occlusion

SF-LG: Space-Filling Line Graphs for Visualizing Interrelated Time-series Data on Smartwatches

Using Guessability Framework: Age-related Differences in Hand Gesture Interaction

Eyes-Free Graph Legibility: Using Skin-Dragging to Provide a Tactile Graph Visualization on the Arm

G-Sparks: Glanceable Sparklines on Smartwatches

An Analytic Model for Time-Efficient Personal Hierarchies

Smart Home Interactions for People with Reduced Hand Mobility Using Subtle EMG-Signal Gestures

Challenges in Displaying Health Data on Small Smartwatch Screens

Performer vs. Observer: Whose Comfort Level Should We Consider When Examining the Social Acceptability of Input Modalities for Head-Worn Display?

Is Really NACK Protocol Secure to Be Employed in MANETs?

Our Team

Supervisor

Ali Neshati

Graduate Students

Sakil Sarker

Aron-Seth Cohen

Yasaman Ghasemi

Undergraduate Students

Farees Siddiqui

Neel Shah

Nicholas Kissoon

David Long

Opportunities

PhD Position in HCI

Master's Position in Human-AI Interaction

Research Collaboration

Teaching

Ontario Tech University

University of Waterloo

University of Manitoba

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