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Conference (Peer Reviewed)

Pingchuan Ke, Shaoyu Cai, Lantian Xu, and Kening Zhu*. 2021. Weighted Walking: Propeller-based On-leg Force Simulation of Walking in Fluid Materials in VR. In SIGGRAPH Asia 2021 Emerging Technologies (SA '21 Emerging Technologies). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 19, 1–2. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1145/3476122.3484842.

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Cai, Shaoyu, Kening Zhu*, Yuki Ban, and Takuji Narumi. "Visual-Tactile Cross-Modal Data Generation using Residue-Fusion GAN with Feature-Matching and Perceptual Losses". in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, doi: 10.1109/LRA.2021.3095925.

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Nasser, Arshad, Kexin Zheng, Kening Zhu*. "ThermEarhook: Investigating Spatial Thermal Haptic Feedback on the Auricular Skin Area". Proceedings of the 2021 International Conference on Multimodal Interaction. Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 662–672. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1145/3462244.3479922.

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Ke, Pingchuan, and Kening Zhu*. Larger Step Faster Speed: Investigating Gesture-based Locomotion in Place with Different Walking Speed in Virtual Reality. 2021 IEEE Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces (VR), 2021, pp. 438-447, doi: 10.1109/VR50410.2021.00067.

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Shaoyu Cai, Yuki Ban, Takuji Narumi, Kening Zhu*. 2020. FrictGAN: Frictional Signal Generation from Fabric Texture Images using Generative Adversarial Network. In Proceedings of ICAT-EGVE 2020: 11-15. Best Paper Audience Choice Award.

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Arshad Nasser, Kai-Ning Keng, Kening Zhu*. 2020. ThermalCane: Exploring Thermotactile Directional Cues on Cane-Grip for Non-Visual Navigation. In Proceedings of ASSETS'20.

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Pui Chung Wong, Kening Zhu, Xing-Dong Yang, and Hongbo Fu. 2020. Exploring Eyes-free Bezel-initiated Swipe on Round Smartwatches. In Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’20). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 1–11.

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Zhiyi Rong, Ngo Fung Chan, Taizhou Chen, Kening Zhu*. CodeRhythm: A Tangible Programming Toolkit for Visually Impaired Students. In Proceedings of Asian CHI Symposium 2020, ACM CHI 2020. Best Paper Award.

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Shaoyu Cai, Pingchuan Ke, Takjui Narumi, Kening Zhu*. ThermAirGlove: A Pneumatic Glove for Thermal Perception and Material Identification in Virtual Reality. In Proceedings of IEEE VR 2020.

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Arshad Nasser, Taizhou Chen, Can Liu, Kening Zhu*, P. V. M. Rao. 2020. FingerTalkie: Designing A Low-cost Finger-worn Device for Interactive Audio Labeling of Tactile Diagrams. In Proceedings of International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCI International) 2020. Springer, Cham.

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Zhiyi Rong, Ngo Fung Chan, Taizhou Chen, Kening Zhu*. Toward Inclusive Learning: Designing and Evaluating Tangible Programming Blocks for Visually Impaired Students. In Proceedings of International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCI International) 2020. Springer, Cham.

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Shaoyu Cai, Pingchuan Ke, Shanshan Jiang, Takuji Narumi, and Kening Zhu*. 2019. Demonstration of ThermAirGlove: A Pneumatic Glove for Material Perception in Virtual Reality through Thermal and Force Feedback. In SIGGRAPH Asia 2019 Emerging Technologies (SA '19 Emerging Technologies). ACM.

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Pingchuan Ke, Kai-Ning Keng, Shanshan Jiang, Shaoyu Cai, Zhiyi Rong, and Kening Zhu*. 2019. Embodied Weather: Promoting Public Understanding of Extreme Weather Through Immersive Multi-Sensory Virtual Reality. In The 17th International Conference on Virtual-Reality Continuum and its Applications in Industry (VRCAI '19). ACM.

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Arshad Nasser, Kening Zhu*, and Sarah Wiseman. 2019. Thermo-haptic Earable Display for the Hearing and Visually Impaired. In The 21st International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS ’19). ACM..

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Zheer Xu, Pui Chung Wong, Jun Gong , Te-Yen Wu, Aditya Shekhar Nittala, Xiaojun Bi, Jürgen Steimle, Hongbo Fu, Kening Zhu, Xing-Dong Yang. 2019. TipText: Eyes-Free Text Entry on a Fingertip Keyboard. The 32nd Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST '19), New York: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). Best Paper Award.

 

Ming-Chieh Yang, Hooman Samani and Kening Zhu*. 2019. Emergency-Response Locomotion of Hexapod Robot with Heuristic Reinforcement Learning using Q-Learning, 4th International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Robotics, Istanbul, Turkey, August 20-25, 2019.

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Taizhou Chen, Yi-Shiun Wu, and Kening Zhu*. 2019. DupRobo: Interactive Robotic Autocompletion of Physical Block-based Repetitive Structure. In Proceedings of the 17th IFIP TC.13 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (INTERACT 2019). Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, 19 pages. 

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Jacky Kit Cheung, Oscar Kin-Chung Au, and Kening Zhu*. 2019. Additive Voronoi Cursor: Dynamic Effective Areas using Additively Weighted Voronoi Diagrams. In Proceedings of the 17th IFIP TC.13 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (INTERACT 2019). Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, 20 pages.

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Kening Zhu, Taizhou Chen, Feng Han, and Yi-Shiun Wu. 2019. HapTwist: Creating Interactive Haptic Proxies in Virtual Reality Using Low-cost Twistable Artefacts. In CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Proceedings (CHI 2019), May 4–9, 2019, Glasgow, Scotland UK. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 13 pages. https: //doi.org/10.1145/3290605.3300923

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Tsai, S. C., Samani, H., Kao, Y. W., Kening Zhu*, & Jalaian, B. (2018, December). Design and Development of Interactive Intelligent Medical Agent. In 2018 IEEE International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Reality (AIVR) (pp. 210-215). IEEE.

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Taizhou Chen, Yi-Shiun Wu, and Kening Zhu*. 2018. Investigating Different Modalities of Directional Cues for Multi-task Visual-Searching Scenario in Virtual Reality. In VRST 2018: 24th ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology (VRST ’18), November 28 - December 1, 2018, Tokyo, Japan. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 6 pages. Acceptance Rate: ~22%.

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Kening Zhu, Taizhou Chen, Shaoyu Cai, Feng Han, and Yi-Shiun Wu. 2018. Demo - HapTwist: Creating Interactive Haptic Proxies in Virtual Reality Using Low-cost Twistable Artefacts. In Proceedings of SA ’18 Virtual and Augmented Reality . ACM, New York, NY, USA, 2 pages.

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Arshad Nasser, Kening Zhu*, PVM Rao. 2018. ColorTact: A Finger Wearable Audio-tactile Device Using Customizable Color Tagging. UbiComp/ISWC 2018. Presented as Poster.

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Kening Zhu, Morten Fjeld, and Ayça Ünlüer. 2018. WristOrigami: Exploring Foldable Design for Multi-Display Smartwatch. In Proceedings of the 2018 Designing Interactive Systems Conference (DIS '18). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 1207-1218.  Acceptance Rate: ~22%

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Pui Chung Wong, Kening Zhu, and Hongbo Fu. 2018. FingerT9: Leveraging Thumb-to-finger Interaction for Same-side-hand Text Entry on Smartwatches. In Proceedings of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '18). ACM, New York, NY, USA, Paper 178, 10 pages. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3173574.3173752. Acceptance Rate: ~26%

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Taizhou Chen, Junyu Liu, Kening Zhu*, and Tamas Waliczky. 2017. The golden guardian: multi-sensory immersive gaming through multi-sensory spatial cues. In SIGGRAPH Asia 2017 VR Showcase (SA '17). ACM, New York, NY, USA, Article 12, 2 pages. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3139468.3139473. Acceptance rate: ~25%.

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Pui Chung Wong, Kening Zhu, and Hongbo Fu. 2017. fingerT9: leveraging thumb-to-finger interaction for one-handed text entry on smartwatches. In SIGGRAPH Asia 2017 Mobile Graphics & Interactive Applications (SA '17). ACM, New York, NY, USA, Article 9, 3 pages. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3132787.3132806

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Khanh-Duy Le, Kening Zhu*, and Morten Fjeld. 2017. Mirrortablet: exploring a low-cost mobile system for capturing unmediated hand gestures in remote collaboration. In Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia (MUM '17). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 79-89. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3152832.3152838.

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Kening Zhu and Man Ho John Heun. 2017. Teaching and Learning of Chinese History in Minecraft: A Pilot Case-Study in Hong Kong Secondary Schools. In Proceedings of the 2017 ACM SIGCHI Conference on Interaction Design and Children (IDC '17). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 405-410. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3078072.3084301

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Doros Polydorou, Kening Zhu, Alexis Karkotis. (2017) Digital Humanities and Techno-Animism in Wearables: A Case-Study-Based Collaborative Design Framework for Digitally-Ensouled Jewellery. In: Marcus A., Wang W. (eds) Design, User Experience, and Usability: Designing Pleasurable Experiences. HCI Interantional 2017. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 10289. Springer, Cham.

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Khanh-Duy Le, Kening Zhu, Tomasz Kosinski, Morten Fjeld, Maryam Azh, and Shengdong Zhao. 2016. Ubitile: A Finger-Worn I/O Device for Tabletop Vibrotactile Pattern Authoring. In Proceedings of the 9th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (NordiCHI '16). ACM, New York, NY, USA, Article 87. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/2971485.2996721

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Pui Chung Wong, Hongbo Fu, and Kening Zhu. 2016. Back-Mirror: back-of-device one-handed interaction on smartphones. In SIGGRAPH ASIA 2016 Mobile Graphics and Interactive Applications(SA '16). ACM, New York, NY, USA, , Article 10 , 5 pages. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/2999508.2999522

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Kening Zhu. 2016. Virtual reality and augmented reality for education: panel. In SIGGRAPH ASIA 2016 Symposium on Education: Talks (SA '16). ACM, New York, NY, USA, , Article 8 , 2 pages. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/2993363.3006041

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Kening Zhu, Xiaojuan Ma, Gary Ka Wai Wong, John Man Ho Huen. How Different Input and Output Modalities Support Coding as a Problem-Solving Process for Children. ACM SIGCHI Conference on Interaction Design and Children (IDC) 2016. (pdf)

 

Kening Zhu, Alexandru Dancu, and Shengdong (Shen) Zhao. 2016. FusePrint: A DIY 2.5D Printing Technique Embracing Everyday Artifacts. In Proceedings of the 2016 ACM Conference on Designing Interactive Systems (DIS '16). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 146-157. DOI=http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2901790.2901792. Acceptance Rate: ~26% (pdf)

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Doros Polydorou, Kening Zhu, Karkotis A., Illner, A., De Main, N. "This is a techno-necklace from my great grandmother": Animism-Inspired Design Guidelines for Digitally Ensouled Jewellery. Accepted as Full Paper in the 22nd International Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA 2016). (pdf)

 

Peichi Chung, Jing Chiang, Kening Zhu, Gina See Yuen Wong. Red Hot Spinning: Immersive 3D Narrative in Tri-AsianGaming. Accepted as Artist Talk in the 22nd International Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA 2016).

 

Garry Kai Wai Wong, Kening Zhu, Xiaojuan Ma & Man Ho Huen. (2016, March). The Development of Internationalized Computational Thinking Curriculum in Hong Kong Primary Education. Proceedings of The 47th ACM Technical Symposium on Computing Science Education, Memphis, TN, USA.

 

Alexandru Dancu, Catherine Hedler, Kening Zhu, Stig Anton Nielsen, Hanna Frank, Axel Pelling, Adviye Ayça Ünlüer, Christian Carlsson, Max Witt, and Morten Fjeld. 2015. Emergent Interfaces: Constructive Assembly of Identical Units. In Proceedings of the 33rd Annual ACM Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA '15). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 451-460. DOI=10.1145/2702613.2732509 http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/2702613.2732509

 

Kening Zhu, Maryam Azh, Rubaiat Habib Kazi, Xiaojuan Ma. "Designing Tools for Creating Interactive Content", Workshop Proposal Accepted in SIGGRAPH ASIA 2014, Shenzhen, China. (http://bit.ly/1KNQUgq & http://bit.ly/1M1RZD6)

 

Kening Zhu. 2014. PaperIO: Paper-Based 3D I/O Interface Using Selective Inductive Power Transmission.  pp 217-228. Distributed, Ambient, and Pervasive Interactions, Second International Conference, DAPI 2014, Held as Part of HCI Interational 2014, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, June 22-27, 2014. Proceedings. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-07788-8_21. Springer.

 

Kening Zhu and Shengdong Zhao. 2013. AutoGami: a low-cost rapid prototyping toolkit for automated movable paper craft. In Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '13). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 661-670. (pdf)

 

Kening Zhu. 2012. A framework for interactive paper-craft system. In Proceedings of the 2012 ACM annual conference extended abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems Extended Abstracts (CHI EA '12 Student Competition). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 1411-1416. (pdf)

 

Kening Zhu, Chamika Deshan, and Owen Noel Newton Fernando. 2012. Snap-n-fold: origami pattern generation based real-life object structure. In Proceedings of the 2012 ACM annual conference extended abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems Extended Abstracts (CHI EA '12 Work in Progress). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 2345-2350. (pdf)

 

Kening Zhu, Hideaki Nii, and Owen Noel Newton Fernando. 2012. Selective Inductive Power Transmission for Paper Computing. Workshop on "From Materials to Materiality: Connecting Practice and Theory in HCI", CHI 2012. May 6, 2012. pdf: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/647629/CHI2012/Materiality.CHI2012/Materiality.Zhu.pdf

 

Kening Zhu, Hideaki Nii, Owen Noel Newton Fernando, and Adrian David Cheok. 2011. Selective Inductive Powering in Hardware-Based Paper Computing. Second International Joint Conference on Ambient Intelligence 2011, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, November 16-18, 2011. Proceedings (AmI '11). (pdf)

 

Kening Zhu, Hideaki Nii, Owen Noel Newton Fernando, and Adrian David Cheok. 2011. Selective inductive powering system for paper computing. In Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology (ACE '11). ACM, New York, NY, USA, , Article 59 , 7 pages. (pdf)

 

Kening Zhu, Hideaki Nii, Owen Noel Newton Fernando, and Adrian David Cheok. 2011. E-letter: a paper-based instant messaging system using selective wireless power transfer. In ACM SIGGRAPH 2011 Posters (SIGGRAPH '11). ACM, New York, NY, USA, , Article 43 , 1 pages. (pdf)

 

Nimesha Ranasinghe, Owen Noel Newton Fernando and Adrian David Cheok. 2011. Petimo: Sharing Experiences through Physically Extended Social Networking. Symposium on Human Interface 2011, Held as Part of HCI International 2011, Orlando, FL, USA, July 9-14, 2011, Proceedings, Part II. (Additional Author for Paper) (pdf)

 

Kening Zhu, Owen Noel Newton Fernando, Adrian David Cheok, Mark Fiala, Theam Wei Yang and Hooman Aghaebrahimi Samani. 2010. A SURF-based Natural Feature Tracking System for Origami Recognition. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence (ICAT ‘11) pdf: http://www.ic-at.org/ICAT2010_Proceedings/paper/paper-024.pdf

 

Kening Zhu; Fernando, O.N.N.; Theam Wei Yang; Cheok, A.D.; Fiala, M.; , "Origami recognition system using natural feature tracking," Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR), 2010 9th IEEE International Symposium on , vol., no., pp.307, 13-16 Oct. 2010. (Poster & Demo) (pdf)

 

Jeffrey Tzu Kwan Valino Koh, Roshan Lalintha Peiris, Kening Zhu, Doros Polydorou, and Ryohei Nakatsu. 2012. Uncovering analogness and digitalness in interactive media. In Proceedings of the 30th ACM international conference on Design of communication (SIGDOC '12). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 233-242. DOI=10.1145/2379057.2379103 http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/2379057.2379103

 

Hideaki Nii, Kening Zhu, Hiromi Yoshikawa, Nyan Lin Htat, Roland Aigner, Ryohei Nakatsu, "Fuwa-Vision: An auto-stereoscopic floating-image display", Emerging Technology, Siggraph Asia 2012, Singapore

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Naoko Tosa, Iroshan Horathalge, Kening Zhu, Kasthuri Jyarajah, Yohan Fernandopulle, Owern Noel Newton Fernando, Ryohei Nakatsu, "KabukiMono+: The Art of Kabuki Transformed", Culture & Computing 2012.

 

Adrian David Cheok, Dilrukshi Abeyrathne, Chamari Priyange Edirisinghe, Owen Noel Newton Fernando, Isuru Sawubhagya Godage, Kris Hoogendoorn, Junsong Hou, Kasun Karunanayaka, Michelle Narangoda, Roshan Lalintha Peiris, Nimesha Ranasinghe, James Keng Soon Teh, Wei Wang Thang, Kening Zhu, Makoto Danjo, Miyuru Dayarathna, Charith Lasantha Fernando, Nancy Lan-Lan Ma, Yukihiro Morisawa, and Anusha Indrajith Withana. 2009. Petimo: children's companion for safe social networking. In ACM SIGGRAPH ASIA 2009 Art Gallery & Emerging Technologies: Adaptation (SIGGRAPH ASIA '09). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 80-80.  (Demo) (pdf)

 

Kening Zhu, Nimesha Ranasinghe, Chamari Edirisinghe, Adrian David Cheok, Owen Noel Newton Fernando, and Yan Yan Cao. 2009. Poetry mix-up: the 10th muse. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Advances in Computer Enterntainment Technology (ACE '09). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 461-461. (Demo) (pdf)

 

Owen Noel Newton Fernando, Adrian David Cheok, Nimesha Ranasinghe, Kening Zhu, Chamari Edirisinghe, and Yan Yan Cao. 2009. Poetry mix-up: a poetry generating system for cultural communication. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Advances in Computer Enterntainment Technology (ACE '09). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 396-399. (Paper) (pdf)

 

Adrian David Cheok, Owen Noel Newton Fernando, and Charith Lasantha Fernando. 2009. Petimo: enhanced tangible social networking companion for children. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Advances in Computer Enterntainment Technology (ACE '09). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 411-412.  (Addtional Author for Poster & Demo) (pdf)

 

Adrian David Cheok, Owen Noel Newton Fernando, and Charith Lasantha Fernando. 2009. Petimo: safe social networking robot for children. In Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children (IDC '09). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 274-275. (Additional Author for Demo) (pdf)