Yang Li

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University of Washington
Computer Science & Engineering
Paul G. Allen Center 506
Seattle, WA 98195-2350 USA
(206) 685-2036
yangli AT cs DOT washington DOT edu

REFEREED PUBLICATIONS
Book Chapters

Yang Li, Scott Klemmer and James Landay, Tools for Rapidly Prototyping Mobile Interactions, In Handbook of Research on User Interface Design and Evaluation for Mobile Technology, January 2008.

Conference Papers

Evan Welbourne, Nodira Khoussainova, Julie Letchner, Yang Li, Magdalena Balazinska, Gaetano Borriello, Dan Suciu, Cascadia: A System for Specifying, Detecting, and Managing RFID Events, To Appear in MobiSys 2008. [17% acceptance rate]

Yang Li, James Landay, Activity-Based Prototyping of Ubicomp Applications for Long-Lived, Everyday Human Activities, CHI 2008: ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems: pp. 1303-1312. [22% acceptance rate]
CHI Best Paper Award Nomination

Jacob Wobbrock, Andy Wilson, Yang Li, Gestures without libraries, toolkits or Training: a $1.00 Recognizer for User Interface Prototypes, UIST 2007:ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology: pp. 159-168. [19% acceptance rate]

Alan Liu, Yang Li, BrickRoad: A Light-Weight Tool for Spontaneous Design of Location-Enhanced Applications, CHI 2007: ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems: CHI Notes: pp. 295-298. [15% acceptance rate]

Xiangshi Ren, Jinbin Ying, Shengdong Zhao, Yang Li, the Adaptive Hybrid Cursor: A Pressure-based Target Selection Technique for Pen-based Interfaces, Interact 2007: IFIP Conference on Human Computer Interaction: pp. 310-323. [33% acceptance rate]

Yang Li, Evan Welbourne, James A. Landay, Design and Experimental Analysis of Continuous Location Tracking Techniques for Wizard of Oz Testing, CHI 2006: ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems: CHI Notes: pp. 1019-1022. [20% acceptance rate]

Steven Dow, Scott Saponas, Yang Li, James A. Landay, External Representations in Ubiquitous Computing Design and the Implications for Authoring Tools, DIS 2006: ACM Conference on Designing Interactive Systems: pp. 241-250. [25% acceptance rate]

Yang Li, James A. Landay, Informal Prototyping of Continuous Graphical Interactions by Demonstration, UIST 2005: ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology: pp. 221-230. [19% acceptance rate]
Invited to the SIGGRAPH 2006 “Best of UIST” Reprise Session

Yang Li, Ken Hinckley, Zhiwei Guan, James A. Landay, Experimental Analysis of Mode Switching Techniques in Pen-based User Interfaces, CHI 2005: ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems: pp. 461-470. [25% acceptance rate]

Yang Li, Jason, I. Hong, James A. Landay, Topiary: A Tool for Prototyping Location-Enhanced Applications, UIST 2004: ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology: CHI Letters, 6(2): pp. 217-226. [20% acceptance rate]

Yang Li, James A. Landay, Zhiwei Guan, Xiangshi Ren, Guozhong Dai, Sketching Informal Presentations, ICMI 2003: Conference on Multimodal Interfaces: ACM Press: pp. 234-241. [35% acceptance rate]

Yang Li, Zhiwei Guan, Hongan Wang, Guozhong Dai, Xiangshi Ren, Structuralizing Freeform Notes by Implicit Sketch Understanding, AAAI 2002 Spring Symposium on Sketch Understanding. AAAI Press: pp. 91-98.

Yang Li, Zhiwei Guan, Xiangshi Ren, Guozhong Dai, SketchPoint: A Smooth Bridge from Note-taking to Presentations, APCHI 2002: Asia-Pacific Conference on Computer-Human Interaction: Science Press.

Zhiwei Guan, Yang Li, Hongan Wang, Guozhong Dai, A Comparison of Free Interaction Modes for Mobile Layout System, HUC 2000: Symposium on Handheld and Ubiquitous Computing: Springer Verlag: LNCS 1927: pp. 63-71. [26% acceptance rate]

Yang Li, Zhiwei Guan, Youdi Chen, Guozhong Dai, Penbuilder: Platform for the Development of Pen-based User Interface, ICMI 2000: Conference on Multimodal Interfaces: Springer Verlag: LNCS 1948. pp. 534-541.

Zhiwei Guan, Yang Li, Youdi Chen, Guozhong Dai, Heuristic Walkthroughs Evaluation of Pen-based Chinese Word Edit System (PCWES) Usability, ICMI 2000: Conference on Multimodal Interfaces: Springer Verlag: LNCS 1948. pp. 488-495.

Yang Li, Zhiwei Guan, Guozhong Dai, A Specification Language for Post-WIMP User Interfaces Based on Hybrid Automaton, APCHI 2000: Asia-Pacific Conference on Computer-Human Interaction: Elsevier Sciences. pp. 251-157.

Zhiwei Guan, Yang Li, Guozhong Dai, Experimental Evaluation of Pen-based Chinese Word Processing Usability, APCHI 2000: Asia-Pacific Conference on Computer-Human Interaction: Elsevier Sciences. pp. 244-250.

Zhiwei Guan, Yang Li, Hongan Wang, Guozhong Dai, An Empirical Evaluation of Five Interaction Modes for Layout System, IFIP 2000 Biannual World Computer Congress on Software: Theory and Practice. pp. 697-704.

Yang Li, Zhiwei Guan, Hongan Wang, Qingyi Hua, Guozhong Dai, Design and Implementation of a UIMS for Component-based GUI Development, IFIP 2000 Biannual World Computer Congress on Software: Theory and Practice.

Yang Li, Zhiwei Guan, Youdi Chen, Guozhong Dai, Research on Gesture-based Human-Computer Interaction, Chinagraph 2000: Chinese Conference on Computer Graphics. [in Chinese]

Yang Li, Jun Zhu, Qingyi Hua, Kegang Hao, Wei Ge, Research and Application on Data Cryption Based on Java Platform, ISFST 1997: Symposium on Future Software Technology.

Journal Articles

Yang Li, Jason Hong, James Landay, Design Challenges and Principles for Wizard of Oz Testing of Ubicomp Applications, IEEE Pervasive Computing, 2007, 6(2): 70-75.

Zhiwei Guan, Xiangshi Ren, Yang Li, Guozhong Dai, Zoom Selector: A Pen-based Interaction Technique for Small Target Selection, Journal of IPSJ of Japan, 2004, 45(8): pp. 2087-2097.

Yang Li, Zhiwei Guan, Guozhong Dai, Xiangshi Ren, Yong Han, A Context-aware Infrastructure for Supporting Applications with Pen-based Interaction, Journal of Computer Science and Technology, 2003, 18(3): pp. 343-353.

Yang Li, Zhiwei Guan, Guozhong Dai, Research on Development Tools of Pen-based User Interfaces, Journal of Software of China, 2003, 14(3): pp. 392-400. [in Chinese]

Yang Li, Zhiwei Guan, Xiangshi Ren, Guozhong Dai, A Smooth Bridge from Idea Capture to Communication, Special issue of the Journal of Asian Information, Science and Life (AISL), 2003. Nova Science Inc., NY, 2(2). [reprint of c.12]

Yang Li, Zhiwei Guan, Guozhong Dai, Modeling Post-WIMP User Interfaces Based on Hybrid Automata, Journal of Software of China, 2001, 12(5): pp. 633-644.

Feng Tian, Yang Li, Qingyi Hua, Design and implementation for a portable CGM toolkit, Journal of Northwest University of China, 2001, 31(4): pp.285-288. [in Chinese]

Yang Li, Zhiwei Guan, Youdi Chen, Guozhong Dai, Research on Gesture-based Human-Computer Interaction, Journal of System Simulation of China, 2000, 12(5): pp. 528-533. [in Chinese]

Enxi Wang, Qingyi Hua, Dingyi Fang, Yang Li, Research and Design for a User Interface Tool Environment, Journal of Northwest University of China, 1997, 12(6). [in Chinese]

Workshop Papers

Yang Li, James A. Landay, Exploring Activity-Based Ubiquitous Computing: Interaction Styles, Models and Tool Support, CHI 2006 Workshop on What is the Next Generation of Human-Computer Interaction? Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 2006.

Yang Li, James A. Landay, Rapid Prototyping Tools for Context-Aware Applications, CHI 2005 Workshop on The Future of User Interface Design Tools. Portland, Oregon, 2005.

Posters/Demos

Yang Li, Jason, I. Hong, James A. Landay, ContextMap: Modeling Scenes of the Real World for Context-Aware Computing, Ubicomp 2003: Conference on Ubiquitous Computing. pp. 187-188.

Joseph Ting-Chun Lai, Yang Li, Richard Anderson, Donuts: Chinese Input with Pressure-Sensitive Marking Menu, UIST 2005: ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology.

UNREFEREED PUBLICATIONS
Technical Reports

Yang Li, Jason I. Hong, James A. Landay, Using Electronic Tools in the Iterative Design of a Context-Aware Tour Guide: A Case Study, CS Technical Report, University of California, Berkeley. May 2005. UCB//CSD-05-1389.

Yang Li, Incremental Sketch Understanding for Intention Extraction in Sketch-based User Interfaces, CS Technical Report, University of California, Berkeley. October 2003. UCB//CSD-03-1284.

Yang Li, James A. Landay, Interaction-based Rendering Optimization in Sketch-based User Interfaces, Technical Report of CS Division, University of California, Berkeley. June 2003. UCB//CSD-03-1248.