Maria Karam

Publication List Details

Period

2003 - 2008

Number

42

Co-Authors

2 Evaluating BluScreen: Usability for Intelligent Pervasive Displays (2008)

Maria Karam, Terry Payne, Esther David

Within a ubiquitous environment, market-based approaches can be used to select the most appropriate materialfor apublic display, depending onfactors such as the audience's preferences and...

Evaluating BluScreen: Usability for Intelligent Pervasive Displays (2008)

Maria Karam, Terry Payne, Esther David

Within a ubiquitous environment, market-based approaches can be used to select the most appropriate material for a public display, depending on factors such as the audience's preferences and...

Audio Preview Cues: Support for Exploration of Music Information Spaces (2008)

M. C. Schraefel, Maria Karam, Shengdong Zhao

E-mail:{mkaram | sszhao} at dgp.toronto.edu This paper presents a novel mechanism that seeks to allow people to explore large collections of loosely structured audio. The approach provides a...

Abstract (2008)

Maria Karam, Shengdong Zhao

mSpace: interaction design for user-determined, adaptable domain exploration in hypermedia m.c. Schraefel (1, 2)

Evaluating BluScreen: Usability for Intelligent Pervasive Displays (2007)

Karam, Maria, Payne, Terry R., David, Esther

Within a ubiquitous environment, market-based approaches can be used to select the most appropriate material for a public display, depending on factors such as the audience's preferences and...

Evaluating BluScreen: Usability for Intelligent Pervasive Displays (2007)

Karam, Maria, Payne, Terry R., David, Esther

Within a ubiquitous environment, market-based approaches can be used to select the most appropriate material for a public display, depending on factors such as the audience's preferences and...

PhD Thesis: A framework for research and design of gesture-based human-computer interactions (2006)

Karam, Maria

Gestures have long been considered an interaction technique that can potentially deliver more natural, creative and intuitive methods for communicating with our computers. For over 40 years, gestures...

PhD Thesis: A framework for research and design of gesture-based human-computer interactions (2006)

Karam, Maria

Gestures have long been considered an interaction technique that can potentially deliver more natural, creative and intuitive methods for communicating with our computers. For over 40 years, gestures...

PhD Thesis: A framework for research and design of gesture-based human-computer interactions (2006)

Karam, Maria

Gestures have long been considered an interaction technique that can potentially deliver more natural, creative and intuitive methods for communicating with our computers. For over 40 years, gestures...

Ambient Gestures (2006)

Karam, Maria, Hare, Jonathon, Lewis, Paul, Schraefel, M.c.

We present Ambient Gestures, a novel gesture-based system designed to support ubiquitous ‘in the environment’ interactions with everyday computing technology. Hand gestures and audio feedback...

Ambient Gestures (2006)

Karam, Maria, Hare, Jonathon, Lewis, Paul, Schraefel, M.c.

We present Ambient Gestures, a novel gesture-based system designed to support ubiquitous ‘in the environment’ interactions with everyday computing technology. Hand gestures and audio feedback...

Ambient Gestures (2006)

Karam, Maria, Hare, Jonathon, Lewis, Paul, Schraefel, M.c.

We present Ambient Gestures, a novel gesture-based system designed to support ubiquitous ‘in the environment’ interactions with everyday computing technology. Hand gestures and audio feedback...

Investigating User Tolerance for Errors in Vision-Enabled Gesture-Based Interactions (2006)

Karam, Maria, Schraefel, M.c.

In this paper, we describe our investigation into user tolerance of recognition errors during hand gesture interactions with visual displays. The study is based on our proposed interaction model for...

Investigating User Tolerance for Errors in Vision-Enabled Gesture-Based Interactions (2006)

Karam, Maria, Schraefel, M.c.

In this paper, we describe our investigation into user tolerance of recognition errors during hand gesture interactions with visual displays. The study is based on our proposed interaction model for...

Investigating User Tolerance for Errors in Vision-Enabled Gesture-Based Interactions (2006)

Karam, Maria, Schraefel, M.c.

In this paper, we describe our investigation into user tolerance of recognition errors during hand gesture interactions with visual displays. The study is based on our proposed interaction model for...

A study on the use of semaphoric gestures for secondary task interactions (2005)

Karam, Maria, Schraefel, M C

We present results of a study that considers (a) gestures outside the context of a specific implementation and (b) their use in supporting secondary, rather than primary tasks in a multitasking...

iGesture: A Platform for Investigating Multimodal, Multimedia Gesture-based Interactions (2005)

Hare, Jonathon, Karam, Maria, Lewis, Paul, Schraefel, M.c.

This paper introduces the iGesture platform for investigating multimodal gesture based interactions in multimedia contexts. iGesture is a low-cost, extensible system that uses visual recognition of...

A study on the use of semaphoric gestures for secondary task interactions (2005)

Karam, Maria, Schraefel, M C

We present results of a study that considers (a) gestures outside the context of a specific implementation and (b) their use in supporting secondary, rather than primary tasks in a multitasking...

iGesture: A Platform for Investigating Multimodal, Multimedia Gesture-based Interactions (2005)

Hare, Jonathon, Karam, Maria, Lewis, Paul, Schraefel, M.c.

This paper introduces the iGesture platform for investigating multimodal gesture based interactions in multimedia contexts. iGesture is a low-cost, extensible system that uses visual recognition of...

A study on the use of semaphoric gestures for secondary task interactions (2005)

Karam, Maria, Schraefel, M C

We present results of a study that considers (a) gestures outside the context of a specific implementation and (b) their use in supporting secondary, rather than primary tasks in a multitasking...

iGesture: A Platform for Investigating Multimodal, Multimedia Gesture-based Interactions (2005)

Hare, Jonathon, Karam, Maria, Lewis, Paul, Schraefel, M.c.

This paper introduces the iGesture platform for investigating multimodal gesture based interactions in multimedia contexts. iGesture is a low-cost, extensible system that uses visual recognition of...

A Taxonomy of Gestures in Human Computer Interactions (2005)

Karam, Maria, Schraefel, M. C.

We present a survey and taxonomy of gesture-based computer interactions motivated by a literature review of over 40 years of gesture based interactions. This work presents a unique perspective on...

A Taxonomy of Gestures in Human Computer Interactions (2005)

Karam, Maria, Schraefel, M. C.

We present a survey and taxonomy of gesture-based computer interactions motivated by a literature review of over 40 years of gesture based interactions. This work presents a unique perspective on...

A Taxonomy of Gestures in Human Computer Interactions (2005)

Karam, Maria, Schraefel, M. C.

We present a survey and taxonomy of gesture-based computer interactions motivated by a literature review of over 40 years of gesture based interactions. This work presents a unique perspective on...

M.C.: A taxonomy of gestures in human computer interactions (2005)

Maria Karam, M. C. Schraefel

We present a classification of gesture-based computer interactions motivated by a literature review of over 40 years of gesture based interactions. This work presents a unique perspective on...

Preview Cues: Enhancing Access to Multimedia Content (2004)

Schraefel, M.c., Wilson, Max L., Karam, Maria

We describe preview cues, a lightweight mechanism to assist exploration of multimedia content. A preview cue provides a preview of the kind of content/information associated with an area (as opposed...

Preview Cues: Enhancing Access to Multimedia Content (2004)

Schraefel, M.c., Wilson, Max L., Karam, Maria

We describe preview cues, a lightweight mechanism to assist exploration of multimedia content. A preview cue provides a preview of the kind of content/information associated with an area (as opposed...

Preview Cues: Enhancing Access to Multimedia Content (2004)

Schraefel, M.c., Wilson, Max L., Karam, Maria

We describe preview cues, a lightweight mechanism to assist exploration of multimedia content. A preview cue provides a preview of the kind of content/information associated with an area (as opposed...

iGesture: A Platform for Investigating Multimodal,Multimedia Gesture-based Interactions (2004)

Jonathon S. Hare, Maria Karam, Paul H. Lewis, M. C. Schraefel

This paper introduces the iGesture platform for investigating multimodal gesture based interactions in multimedia contexts. iGesture is a low-cost, extensible system that uses visual recognition of...

Audio Preview Cues: Support for Exploration of Music Information Spaces (2003)

Schraefel, M.c., Karam, Maria, Zhao, Shengdong

This paper presents a novel mechanism that seeks to allow people to explore large collections of loosely structured audio. The approach provides a lightweight preview mechanism that allows people to...

Audio Preview Cues: Support for Exploration of Music Information Spaces (2003)

Schraefel, M.c., Karam, Maria, Zhao, Shengdong

This paper presents a novel mechanism that seeks to allow people to explore large collections of loosely structured audio. The approach provides a lightweight preview mechanism that allows people to...

Audio Preview Cues: Support for Exploration of Music Information Spaces (2003)

Schraefel, M.c., Karam, Maria, Zhao, Shengdong

This paper presents a novel mechanism that seeks to allow people to explore large collections of loosely structured audio. The approach provides a lightweight preview mechanism that allows people to...

Listen to the Music: Audio Preview Cues for Exploration of Online Music. (2003)

Schraefel, M.c., Karam, Maria, Zhao, Shengdong

This paper presents a novel mechanism that seeks to allow people to explore large collections of loosely structured audio. The approach provides a lightweight preview mechanism that allows people to...

Audio Preview Cues: Interaction Aides for Exploration of Online Music and Beyond (2003)

Schraefel, M.c., Karam, Maria, Zhao, Shengdong

We present a light weight mechanism called preview cues that allows non-experts to explore an audio collection by providing supporting information (analogous to the use of tooltips) at the point of...

mSpace: interaction design for user-determined, adaptable domain exploration in hypermedia (2003)

Schraefel, M.c., Karam, Maria, Zhao, Shengdong

Adaptive Hypermedia systems have sought to support users by anticipating the usersí information requirements for a particular context, and rendering the appropriate version of the content and...

Listen to the Music: Audio Preview Cues for Exploration of Online Music. (2003)

Schraefel, M.c., Karam, Maria, Zhao, Shengdong

This paper presents a novel mechanism that seeks to allow people to explore large collections of loosely structured audio. The approach provides a lightweight preview mechanism that allows people to...

Audio Preview Cues: Interaction Aides for Exploration of Online Music and Beyond (2003)

Schraefel, M.c., Karam, Maria, Zhao, Shengdong

We present a light weight mechanism called preview cues that allows non-experts to explore an audio collection by providing supporting information (analogous to the use of tooltips) at the point of...

mSpace: interaction design for user-determined, adaptable domain exploration in hypermedia (2003)

Schraefel, M.c., Karam, Maria, Zhao, Shengdong

Adaptive Hypermedia systems have sought to support users by anticipating the usersí information requirements for a particular context, and rendering the appropriate version of the content and...

Listen to the Music: Audio Preview Cues for Exploration of Online Music. (2003)

Schraefel, M.c., Karam, Maria, Zhao, Shengdong

This paper presents a novel mechanism that seeks to allow people to explore large collections of loosely structured audio. The approach provides a lightweight preview mechanism that allows people to...

Audio Preview Cues: Interaction Aides for Exploration of Online Music and Beyond (2003)

Schraefel, M.c., Karam, Maria, Zhao, Shengdong

We present a light weight mechanism called preview cues that allows non-experts to explore an audio collection by providing supporting information (analogous to the use of tooltips) at the point of...

mSpace: interaction design for user-determined, adaptable domain exploration in hypermedia (2003)

Schraefel, M.c., Karam, Maria, Zhao, Shengdong

Adaptive Hypermedia systems have sought to support users by anticipating the usersí information requirements for a particular context, and rendering the appropriate version of the content and...