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High-Fidelity Bio-Acoustic Sensing Using Commodity Smartwatch Accelerometers. Gierad Laput, Robert Xiao, Chris Harrison. UIST 2016.
Best Paper AwardGierad is a Ph.D. candidate at the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University, where he specializes in HCI and interactive sensing. He is a Google PhD Fellow, a Swartz Innovation Fellow for Entrepreneurship, a Qualcomm Innovation Fellow, an Adobe Research Fellow, and a Disney Research Fellow. He is also a recipient of the Fast Company Innovation by Design Award, along with 6 Best Paper Awards and Nominations at premier venues in human-computer interaction.
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PROGRAMMy research in HCI lies at the intersection of interactive systems, sensing, and applied machine learning. I design, build, and evaluate sensing technologies that greatly enhance input expressivity for users and contextual awareness for devices.
SCOPE
My research has spanned areas in novel sensing for mobile and wearable computing, smart environments, and the Internet of Things. I approach this work from two equally rigorous angles: 1) exploiting sensing opportunities that don't require special-purpose hardware or invasive instrumentation, and 2) inventing novel hardware to unlock unexplored sensing capabilities. Most recently, I've complemented this work with deep learning techniques, unlocking even more novel applications. I am advised by Chris Harrison at the Future Interfaces Group.
ROLES
I am also Editor-in-Chief of XRDS, ACM's premiere magazine for students. I work alongside my amazing co-Editor-in-Chief Diane Golay. I am also the originator of Zensors, Inc., and Mites.io, two startups spun-off from my research.
Most people pronounce my name as "Girard" (which is fine). If you're curious, it's like "Girard" but drop the second "r". More of a "gi-rah-d". Its not a typical Filipino name.
I publish my research at premiere venues in Human-Computer Interaction. Click on each project to download papers, access supporting materials and read project-specific FAQs.
High-Fidelity Bio-Acoustic Sensing Using Commodity Smartwatch Accelerometers. Gierad Laput, Robert Xiao, Chris Harrison. UIST 2016.
Best Paper AwardTouch Recognition of Uninstrumented Electrical and Electromechanical Objects. Gierad Laput, Chuochang Yang, Robert Xiao, Alanson Sample, Chris Harrison. UIST 2015.
Fast.Co Innovation by Design AwardTowards General-Purpose Sensing. Gierad Laput, Yang Zhang, Chris Harrison. CHI 2017.
FC Innovation by Design NominationPlug-and-Play Acoustic Activity Recognition. Gierad Laput, Karan Ahuja, Mayank Goel, Chris Harrison. UIST 2018.
Adaptive, Rapidly Deployable, Human-Intelligent Sensor Feeds. Gierad Laput, Walter Lasecki, Jason Wiese, Robert Xiao, Jeff Bigham, Chris Harrison. CHI 2015.
Long-Range Vibrometry for Smart Environment Sensing. Yang Zhang, Gierad Laput, Chris Harrison. UIST 2018.
Best Paper NominationCrowd-AI Camera Sensing in the Real World. Anhong Guo, Anuraag Jain, Shomiron Ghose, Gierad Laput, Chris Harrison, Jeffrey Bigham. UBICOMP 2018.
On-Touch Contextual Functionality for Smart IoT Appliances. Robert Xiao, Gierad Laput, Yang Zhang, Chris Harrison. CHI 2017.
A New Spin on Touch, User, and Object Sensing for IoT Experiences. Gierad Laput and Chris Harrison. CHI 2019.
Sensing Fine-Grained Hand Activity with Smartwatches. Gierad Laput and Chris Harrison. CHI 2019.
Passive, Acoustically-Driven, Interactive Controls for Handheld Devices. Gierad Laput, Eric Brockmeyer, Scott Hudson, Chris Harrison. CHI 2015.
Best Paper AwardUsing the Body as an Electrical Waveguide for Finger Tracking on the Skin. Yang Zhang, Junhan Zhuo, Gierad Laput, Chris Harrison. CHI 2016.
Best Paper NominationCheap, Small, Low-Power and Clickable Fixed-Icon Laser Projections. Gierad Laput, Robert Xiao, Xiang Chen, Scott Hudson, Chris Harrison. Published at UIST 2014.
Low-Cost Touch Sensing Using Electric Field Tomography. Yang Zhang, Gierad Laput, Chris Harrison. CHI 2017.
Adding Interactive Input to Fabricated Objects Using Corrugated Tubes and Air Pulses. Liang He, Gierad Laput, Eric Brockmeyer, John Froehlich. TEI 2017.
Enabling Around-Smartwatch Interactions with Electric Field Sensing. Junhan Zhuo, Yang Zhang, Gierad Laput, Chris Harrison. UIST 2016.
Ad-Hoc Configuration Sensing Using Swept-Frequency Ultrasonics. Gierad Laput, Xiang Chen, Chris Harrison. IUI 2016.
Expanding the Input Expressivity of Smartwatches Using Mechanical Pan, Twist, Tilt, and Click. Robert Xiao, Gierad Laput, Chris Harrison. CHI 2014.
A Multimodal Interface for Image Editing. Gierad Laput, Mira Dontcheva, Gregg Wilensky, Walter Chang, Aseem Agarwala, Jason Linder, Eytan Adar. At CHI 2013, before I started my Ph.D.
Exploring Data Tracking and Sharing Preferences of Wheelchair Athletes. Patrick Carrington, Gierad Laput, Jeffrey P. Bigham. ASSETS 2018.
Best Paper NominationSocially-Inclusive Local Group Authentication Through Shared Secret Knocks. Sauvik Das, Gierad Laput, Chris Harrison, Jason Hong. CHI 2017.
Best Paper NominationFully Untethered, Stretchable, and Highly-Customizable Electronic Bandages. Eric Markvicka, Guanyun Wang, Yi-Chin Lee, Gierad Laput, Carmel Majidi, Lining Yao. CHI 2019.
Fused Deposition Modeling of Soft Strands, Fibers, and Bristles. Gierad Laput, Xiang Chen, Chris Harrison. UIST 2015.
Modeling the Relationships Between Tasks, Descriptions and Features. Eytan Adar, Mira Dontcheva, Gierad Laput. UIST 2014.
Pixel-Based Methods for Widget State and Style in Runtime Sliding Widgets. Morgan Dixon, Gierad Laput, James Fogarty. Published at CHI 2014 in collaboration with James Fogarty and Morgan Dixon, before I started my Ph.D.
Tutorial-Based Interfaces for Cloud-Enabled Applications. Gierad Laput, Mira Dontcheva, Eytan Adar, Wilmot Li. Published at UIST 2012, before I started my Ph.D.