Book Publication:
Diya Gangopadhyay, Ityam Vasal and Pradeep Yammiyavar. "Design of a Template for Handwriting Based Hindi Text Entry in Handheld Devices". Human Work Interaction Design. Springer Book Publication (2010). Link to the Book
Ityam Vasal, Kumar Mayank, Suyog Deshpande and Pradeep Yammiyavar. "User Aspiration Modeling to Predict Features for the Design of a New Group Interactive Device for the Young in India" Research into Design: Supporting multiple facets of Product Development. Research Publishing: Singapore and Chennai (2009). p. 371-378. ISBN 978-981-08-2277-4
Web Link - See Part-D, 9th paper
Conference Paper Publications and Podium Presentations:
Ityam Vasal, Suyog Deshpande, Kumar Mayank and Pradeep Yammiyavar. "A Tangible Product to Enhance the Real Time User Experience of Enjoying Music" USID 2009
Full Paper and Web Link (See Section- Selected Papers for Presentation & Publication- Paper- S-00050)
Kumar Mayank, Suyog Deshpande and Ityam Vasal. "System Design to Extend Usage of Mobile Phones for MicroFinance Services in India". USID 2009
Full Paper and Web Link (See Section- Selected Papers for Publication- Paper- S-00055)
Ityam Vasal, Diya Gangopadhyay and Pradeep Yammiyavar. "A comparative study of handwriting based solutions using keypad for Hindi text entry". Human Work Interaction-Design- HWID IFIP 13.6 (2009). Full Paper
Ityam Vasal, Kumar Mayank, Suyog Deshpande and Pradeep Yammiyavar. "User Aspiration Modeling to Predict Features for the Design of a New Group Interactive Device for the Young in India". International Conference on Research into Design- ICoRD (2009). Full Paper
Ityam Vasal, Diya Gangopadhyay and Aditya Bhandari. "A Study of Culturally Rooted Barriers Affecting Mobile Usage among Middle Aged Indian Women". Indo-Dan HCI Research Symposium on Cross-Cultural Issues in HCI (2006)
Full Paper and Web Link (See Proceedings of the Indo-Euro HCI Research Symposium 2006- Hosted by IITG)
Winning Competition Entries:
1) 1st Prize in Graphic/Interface Design Category in National level Design Competition by Kyocera Wireless Design Competition (2006)
Title: “MITR”- Interface Design of a Cell Phone with Inbuilt Security Features.
Brief: Conceptualized an Interaction Model for Mobile Phone with embedded emergency detecting and responding system. Read More>>
2) Special Mentions (Consolation prize- 4th position) in the International Design Competition by USID Nokia FORUM Design Challenge (2009). Our entry was selected amongst the top 7 finalists out of 294 team entries submitted worldwide
Web Link (See Special Mention section in Winners List - UIDC-000051). Also the entry will be published in the UPA magazine, May 2010 issue.
Title: Navigation Aid for the Visually Challenged.
Brief: The concept involves two mobile and GPS features to help the visually challenged people travel independently with technical and psychological assurance. Read More>>
Product Showcases:
1. The Interactive Music Table (our Degree project deliverable) has been showcased at the following conferences –
- Conference on Advances in Usability Engineering (CAUE) held at Pune, India (2008) as a part of Paper Podium Presentation on Design Schools in India by IIT Guwahati Professor Pradeep Yammiyavar
- USID held at Bangalore, India (2009) as a part of Paper Podium Presentation
- International Conference on Research into Design- ICoRD, held at Bangalore, India (2009) as a part of Paper Podium Presentation.
- IndiaHCI, 2010 in Mumbai, India. (Product Video showcased and presented under Student Design Projects)
Watch Product Video below -
2. The Engineering drawing Table and Chair developed as a part of lab course was showcased in the International Ergonomics' Conference- HWWE 2005. The product has been mass produced and is being used by IITG students.
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Term papers:
1) How are you performing? A study of employee performance review management process in organizations
Guide: Prof. Mark Ackerman, University of Michigan
Team members: Emily Luke, Megan Schwarz, Melissa Cox and Suyog Deshpande
Affiliation: School of Information, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor - 2011
Employee performance reviews: while often a requirement in many organizations, performance appraisals can be a frustrating time for managers, employees and human resources professionals alike. In recent years, a growing number of automated software systems have become available to organizations attempting to solve the CSCW challenges of providing employee feedback. We interviewed eight individuals at four different organizations to gain insight into their existing processes and systems. We synthesized the discoveries made during the interviews and the evaluations of the automated systems. The findings from the interviews were quite similar, despite the diversity of organizations and interviewees. While progress has been made in the field of automated performance review systems, the socio-technical gap continues to challenge the successful implementation and ongoing use of these products.
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2) Gift Recommender System for Amazon online portal
Guide: Prof. Rahul Sami, University of Michigan
Affiliation: School of Information, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor - 2011
This paper suggests a gift recommender system for Amazon to provide timely and appropriate suggestions that have higher probability of getting converted into an actual purchase. The users can be a lot more confused while making a purchase for others as compared to while making a purchase for themselves. So, in such a scenario a system that can both organize important events and dates and at the same time provide good recommendations suiting the event/occasion can be very helpful both to the users as well as sellers. The proposed recommender is an improvement over the existing gift recommender of Amazon. Click here to access the report.
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3) Reputation system design for online couch surfing portals
Guide: Prof. Rahul Sami, University of Michigan
Affiliation: School of Information, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor - 2011
The concept of couch surfing is seeing the world from a stranger’s couch/sofa. The website “Couchsurfing.com”, which is the market leader in this domain. Since all the contributions from users on this website are voluntary, great care needs to be taken while implementing any engagement or safeguarding scheme, as it might discourage the users and may be even lead users to withdraw from the system. This paper talks about the potential of reputation system in this domain with discussion about the existing reputation techniques employed by couchsurfing.com, their shortcomings and proposes two reputation techniques for better engagement and safeguarding.
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4) Researching parameters supporting successful collaboration in autonomous systems
Guide: Prof. Peter Johnson, University of Bath, UK
Affiliation: HCI Group, University of Bath, UK - 2007
The main focus of this project was to analyze the impact of providing task related information to the task doers during different stages of collaborative interaction. Relevant user testing was carried out to verify the formulated hypothesis.
This entire experiment was carried out as a part of a PhD study researching “The inputs needed for Autonomous systems to collaborate”. This was a Defense Technology Center funded project.
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