I am a master's student at RWTH Aachen University, mainly interested in applying computer science techniques to solve challenging problems of Human-Computer Interaction. I also work at Fraunhofer (FIT Institute), developping tools for the Internet of Things.
In 2014, I finished an internship at Baidu Research (IDL lab) working on the development of Baidu Eye, a head-mounted device that enables natural interactions with company's search and other services.
Prior to that, I was an intern at Microsoft Research Asia (former HCI group) with focus on research and development of wearable computing devices (i.e. Traceband) as well as interactive interfaces (i.e. Metro Interactive Tiles).
I have completed a BSc in Computer Science at Multimedia University, during which I worked on projects such as 2D Mapping and Data Collection using mobile vehicle robots.
Publications
-
Expandable Application Representation and Taskbar
J Gu, C Zhao, F Tavakolizadeh. Microsoft Corp. US Patent 20,150,286,387, 2015.
-
Traceband: locating missing items by visual remembrance
F Tavakolizadeh, J Gu, B Saket. In Proc. 27th annual ACM symposium on User interface software and technology (UIST'14 Adjunct). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 109-110.
Selected Projects
-
Smartphone Position Detection Using Neural Networks
Make the smartphone context-aware by knowing whether it is in hand, in sidepocket, in a handbag, or left on a surface.
-
Egocentric Freehand Circling for Object Selection
Circle around anything in your view and search for it! A head-mounted system to connect you with your search engine.
-
Locating Missing Items by Visual Remembrance
A bracelet keeps track of target objects that the user interacts with so that they will never go through a hassle to find them.
-
Interactive Tiles: Turning tiles into interactive entities
A set of proposals to enhance the usability of Microsoft Modern Design Language (Metro UI) on Windows devices.
-
Parallel Convex-Hull solver
A parallel Planar Convex-Hull solver which operates on a single or a cluster of machines to analyse performance improvements.
-
2D Mapping Using an Autonomous Robot
A robot is utilized to perform simple mapping tasks using sonar sensor in a structured environment.
-
Battleship
A multiplayer battleship game, allowing network game play and communication.
-
Random Crossword Puzzle
A random crossword puzzle generator based on a database with more than 50 thausands words and clues.
-
A Self-driving Mobile Robot
An autonomous prototype robot navigates across a model city, respecting traffic lights while following a predefined route to periodically collect data.
-
cvPaint - Simple drawing using camera
An application which allows simple painting using the camera input. Key features include changing brush color, thickness, erasing and saving.
-
A 3D Model of University Campus
A 3D graphical model of Multimedia University developed using the OpenGL API.
-
NXT FaceShooter
A robot acts a defense tower which detects human face and shoots towards it.