Paul Lapides

paul.lapides@gmail.com

Information Visualization & Human Computer Interaction Researcher

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I am a PhD candidate part of the InnoVis group, advised by Dr. Sheelagh Carpendale at the University of Calgary.

My professional interests are visualizing web & social data, intuitive & aesthetic design, HCI.
Broadly speaking, I work in the space between technology & society -- sometimes I swing to one side for a time, then back to the other.

My personal interests over the years include skiing, photography, climbing, travel, music, chess, and martial arts.

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Education

• PhD Computer Science 2018, University of Calgary (expected 2018)
• MSc Computer Science 2011, University of Calgary
• BSc Computer Engineering 2008, University of Calgary

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Teaching

• Teaching Assistant in Residence - Role of liason between the department and TAs,
  2016
• CPSC 583 - Introduction to Information Visualization
  2016, [6.5 / 7] student rating
• CPSC 355 - Computing Machinery 1
  2014, [6.6 / 7] student rating
• CPSC 231 - Introduction to Computer Science
  2013, [6.4 / 7] student rating
• CPSC 355 - Computing Machinery 1
  2008, 2009 (won teaching awards both years)

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Refereed Conference Papers

• News Feed: What's in it for Me?
  P. Lapides, A. Chokshi, S. Carplendale, and S. Greenberg
  In Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - ACM CHI'2015. (Seoul, Korea), ACM Press, 10 pages, April 18-23
• Designing Snakey: A Tangible User Interface Supporting Well Path Planning
  J. Harris, J. Young, N. Sultanum, P. Lapides, E. Sharlin, M. Costa Sousa
  Proceedings of 13th IFIP TC13 Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (Interact 2011), September 2011, Lisbon, Portugal.
• Social Comics: A Casual Authoring Game
  P. Lapides, E. Sharlin, M. Costa Sousa
  Proceedings of the 25th BCS Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCI 2011), July 2011, Newcastle, UK.
• Creating social, physical, and authoring games
  P. Lapides, E. Sharlin and M. Costa Sousa
  Conference on Computer Games, Multimedia and Allied Technology (CGAT 2010), April 2010, Singapore.
• Three Dimensional Tangible User Interface for Controlling a Robotic Team
  P. Lapides, E. Sharlin and M. Costa Sousa
  Proceedings of the ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction 2008. HRI ’08.
• Modeling Plant Variations through 3D Interactive Sketches
  L. Streit, P. Lapides , M. Costa Sousa, and E. Sharlin
  3rd Eurographics Workshop on Sketch-Based Interfaces and Modeling, SBIM 2006, Vienna, Austria, September 3-4, 2006.
• The 3D Tractus: A Three-Dimensional Drawing Board
  P. Lapides, E. Sharlin, M. Costa Sousa, and L. Streit
  Proceedings of the First IEEE International Workshop on Horizontal Interactive Human-Computer Systems (TableTop '06, now called ITS), Adelaide, Australia, January 5th-7th, 2006.

Extended Abstracts, Posters, and Demos

• Friend Bubbles: Personal Visualization for Facebook
  P. Lapides and S. Carpendale
  IEEE VIS 2014, Extended Abstract and Poster
• Seamless Mixed Reality Tracking in Tabletop Reservoir Engineering Interaction
  P. Lapides, N. Sultanum, E. Sharlin, M. Costa Sousa
  Proceedings of the International Working Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces (AVI 2012). Capri, Italy. Extended abstract and poster. pp. 725-728.
• Interactive Tabletops for Visual Analysis of Reservoir Models
  N. Sultanum, S. Somanath, P. Lapides, D. N. Miranda-Filho, R. Eastick,E. Sharlin, M. Costa Sousa
  GeoConvention 2012: Vision, Calgary, Alberta. Extended abstract and poster.
• P. Lapides, E. Sharlin, M. Costa Sousa
  “Stepping Into the Comic Strip”
  Interactive Demo at 25th BCS Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCI 2011), July 2011, Newcastle, UK.
• Real-time Interactive Motion Stylization for Mesh Objects
  P. Lapides, M. Costa Sousa and E. Sharlin
  Joint Symposia on Sketch Based Interfaces and Modeling and Non-Photorealistic Animation and Rendering (SBIM’10 & NPAR’10), Late breaking report, June 2010. Extended abstract and poster.
• HomeWindow: An augmented reality domestic monitor
  P. Lapides, E. Sharlin, and S. Greenberg
  Poster in Adjunct Proc. Human Robot Interaction (Late Breaking Abstracts) - HRI'09. (San Diego, California), Extended abstract, March 11-13.