Research
I am a Phd student at the Dynamic Graphics Project in the University of Toronto’s Computer Science Department. My supervisor is Ravin Balakrishnan. Here is my CV. I have research interests in the following:
- Gestural Interfaces
- Interactive Digital Theatre
- Interfaces for Freeform Thinking
Publications
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6. | Freeman, D., F. Chevalier, N. Lapierre and D. Reilly. Tweetris: A Study of Whole-Body Interaction During a Public Art Event. ACM Creativity and Cognition 2013. Emma Candy Award Winner 2013 |
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5. | Freeman, D., Vennelakanti, R. and Madhvanath, S. Freehand pose-based Gestural Interaction: Studies and implications for interface design. IEEE IHCI 2012. |
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Freeman, D., Hilliges, O., Sellen, A., O’Hara, K., Izadi, S. and Wood, K. The Role of Physical Controllers in Motion Video Gaming. ACM DIS 2012. System Video (19.1 MB) Presentation (53.2 MB) |
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Freeman, D. and Balakrishnan, R. Tangible Actions. ACM ITS 2011. Video (Youtube) Video (41 MB) |
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Izadi, S., Kim, D., Hilliges, O., Molyneaux, D., Newcombe, R., Kohli, P., Shotton, J., Hodges, S., Freeman, D., Davison, A., and Fitzgibbon, A. KinectFusion: real-time 3D reconstruction and interaction using a moving depth camera. ACM UIST 2011. Video (Youtube) |
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Freeman, D., Benko, H., Ringel-Morris, M., Wigdor, D. ShadowGuides: Visualizations for In-Situ Learning of Multi-Touch and Whole-Hand Gestures. ACM ITS 2009. Video (Youtube) Video (45 MB) |
You can see my unpublished research project page here.
Professional Activities
Internships
Microsoft Research Cambridge in Computer-Mediated Living. Jan. 2011 – Apr. 2011
HP Labs India with the IMAGIN project. May. 2010 – Aug. 2010
Microsoft Research Redmond in Adaptive Systems and Interaction. Jan. 2009 – Apr. 2009
Professional Service
Anonymous Review for ACM CHI 2011, 2010, ITS 2010
Teaching
Courses I have been a lecturer for:
CSC148: Introduction to Computer Science, Summer 2011
Courses I have been a Teaching Assistant for
At the University of Toronto:
- CSC 108, 180: Introduction to Computer Programming (Python)
- CSC 165: Mathematical Expression and Reasoning
- CSC 318: The Design of Interactive Computational Media
- SCI 199: Social Networks and Graph Theory
At Queen’s University:
- APSC 171/172: Engineering Calculus
- APSC 174: Engineering Linear Algebra