VEMI researchers have recently published a new paper providing guidelines and best practices for nonvisual access to graphical material using touchscreen-based haptic interfaces. The article, published in the International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction (IJHCI), synthesizes the results of a series of six studies with both blind and sighted participants evaluating the efficacy of the vibro-audio […]
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The following new courses are scheduled to be offered in Fall 2020. Please check the prerequisites listed below and check with your graduate advisor to ensure they will be accepted on your graduate program of study. All of these 598 courses are proposed as permanent courses and are undergoing campus review at the current time […]
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Translating Code to Privacy Statements by Vijayanta Jain (Advisor: Sepideh Ghanavati) 9 March 2020, 12 noon, 336 Boardman Hall Open to the campus community. Bring your lunch. Abstract: The growing number of mobile applications provide users with a variety of functionality to help them with their daily lives. However, these applications also collect and process […]
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Electrical Impedance Tomography-Based Food Recognition to Facilitate Human-Food Interaction Research by Chamath Amarasinghe (Advisor: Nimesha Ranasinghe) 19 Feb 2020, 12 noon, 326 Boardman Hall Open to the campus community. Bring your lunch. Abstract: Recognizing the food and determining their various properties (e.g., ripeness and nutrient content) using non-visual methods are essential to develop novel digital […]
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Evaluating Users’ Pleasure through Virtual and Augmented Flavor Sensations by Meetha James 10 Feb 2020, 12 noon, 326 Boardman Hall Open to the public and campus community. Bring your lunch. Abstract: Flavors of food and beverages are closely associated with a lot of our day-to-day activities. However, in HCI research, little is known about the […]
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In December 2019, Professor Max Egenhofer completed the supervision of his 18th PhD at the University of Maine. This puts him at the top of current UMaine faculty with respect to number of PhDs supervised to completion. His entire list of PhDs supervised can be found in the Mathematics Genealogy Project at https://genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/id.php?id=139193. His PhDs […]
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2020 marks the 30th year that the University of Maine has been conveying PhDs in Spatial Information Science and Engineering (and the degree’s predecessor, the PhD in Surveying Engineering). During that timeframe, 62 students have graduated and entered highly successful careers. Over half of them work or worked in academia at such institutions as Penn […]
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Please join us with your bag lunch in Room 336 Boardman Hall on Monday January 27 for a scintillating presentation by our very own Dr. Salimeh Yasaei Sekeh. Hope to see you then! Title: Efficient memory-usage techniques in deep neural networks via a graph-based approach Abstract: Memory consumption is an important aspect of artificial neural […]
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Are you interested in how the Congressional gerrymandering crisis might be addressed? If so, join us at a presentation on pioneering work being accomplished by University of Maine System researchers to guide State legislatures and the courts towards far more defensible redistricting results. When: Tuesday Dec. 3 at noon, Where: Hill Auditorium, 165 Barrows Hall (ESRB), University […]
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New Media senior capstone students are developing two-semester capstone projects reflecting and extending a range of skills learned in the academic program. Among the skills and results displayed through the projects include web and mobile application development, augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) applications, interactive educational videos, and 3D design and printing of accessibility […]
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