User profiles for Ali Neshati

Ali Neshati

Assistant Professor - Ontario Tech University
Verified email at ontariotechu.ca
Cited by 256

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

F Wang, X Liu, O Liu, A Neshati, T Ma, M Zhu… - Proceedings of the 2023 …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Data scientists often have to use other presentation tools (eg, Microsoft PowerPoint) to
create slides to communicate their analysis obtained using computational notebooks. Much …

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

X Shi, Z Zhou, JW Zhang, A Neshati, AK Tyagi… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Selecting a proper color palette is critical in crafting a high-quality graphic design to gain
visibility and communicate ideas effectively. To facilitate this process, we propose De-Stijl, an …

Performer vs. observer: whose comfort level should we consider when examining the social acceptability of input modalities for head-worn display?

F Alallah, A Neshati, Y Sakamoto, K Hasan… - Proceedings of the 24th …, 2018 - dl.acm.org
The popularity of head-worn displays (HWD) technologies such as Virtual Reality (VR) and
Augmented Reality (AR) headsets is growing rapidly. To predict their commercial success, it …

Bezelglide: Interacting with graphs on smartwatches with minimal screen occlusion

A Neshati, B Rey, AS Mohommed Faleel… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
We present BezelGlide, a novel suite of bezel interaction techniques, designed to minimize
screen occlusion and ‘fat finger’ effects, when interacting with common graphs on …

G-sparks: Glanceable sparklines on smartwatches

A Neshati, Y Sakamoto, L Leboe-Mcgowan… - 45th Conference on …, 2019 - hal.science
Optimizing the use of a small display while presenting graphic data such as line charts is
challenging. To tackle this, we propose GSparks, a compact visual representation of …

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

B Rey, K Zhu, ST Perrault, S Bardot, A Neshati… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
Supporting eyes-free interaction, mobility and encumbrance, while providing a broad set of
commands on a smartwatch display is a difficult, yet important, task. Bezel-to-bezel (B2B) …

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

F Alallah, A Neshati, N Sheibani, Y Sakamoto… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - dl.acm.org
The use of crowdsourcing platforms for data collection in HCI research is attractive in their
ability to provide rapid access to large and diverse participant samples. As a result, several …

Exploring interactive color palettes for abstraction-driven exploratory image colorization

X Shi, M Liu, Z Zhou, A Neshati, R Rossi… - Proceedings of the CHI …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
Color design is essential in areas such as product, graphic, and fashion design. However,
current tools like Photoshop, with their concrete-driven color manipulation approach, often …

SF-LG: space-filling line graphs for visualizing interrelated time-series data on smartwatches

A Neshati, F Alallah, B Rey, Y Sakamoto… - Proceedings of the 23rd …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
Multiple embedded sensors enable smartwatch apps to amass large amounts of interrelated
time-series data simultaneously, such as heart rate, oxygen levels or steps walked. …

Challenges in displaying health data on small smartwatch screens

A Neshati, Y Sakamoto, P Irani - Improving Usability, Safety and …, 2019 - ebooks.iospress.nl
Using smartwatches for self-tracking purposes has become increasingly common. This tracking
is possible as a result of the many sensors embedded in modern smartwatches including …