Human-Computer Interaction and Design
University of Washington
 

Zhiwei Guan

Technical Communication

My interests: HCI, human performance, usability evaluation, social interaction between human and technologies, and technology for learning.

Current Project

  • Eye-tracking based usability evaluation
  • Information and communication technology for development

Previous Projects

  • Performance Analysis of Pen-based Mode Switching

  • Five pen-based techniques for switching between ink and gesture modes were studied. A quantitative experimental study and a human performance analysis were conducted to evaluate the efficiency of these techniques.
  • ZoomSelector

  • ZoomSelector is designed to reduce the cognitive effort for selecting small targets on a small screen while using a pen. It allows a user to perform approximate selection using a pie-menu like layout, which improves the interaction accuracy without increasing cognitive burden.

Publications

  • Yang Li, Ken Hinckley, Zhiwei Guan, James A. Landay, Experimental Analysis of Mode Switching Techniques in Pen-based User Interfaces. To appear in CHI 2005: ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI Letters, 7(1).
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