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Journal Papers

• Isenberg, P., Isenberg, T., Hesselmann, T., Lee, B., von Zadow, U., and Tang, A. Data Visualization on Interactive Surfaces: A Research Agenda. (2013). IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, 33 (2), 16-24, March-April 2013, doi:10.1109/MCG.2013.24
• Neustaedter, C., Tang, A., and Judge, T. (2013). Creating Scalable Location-Based Games: Lessons from Geocaching. Personal Ubiquituous Computing, 17 (2), 335-349.
• Miyaoku, K., Tang, A., and Fels, S. (2007). C-Band: A Ring Tag System Using a Color Pattern Code. Information Processing Society of Japan Transactions on Database, Vol. 48, No. 3, March, pp: 1361-1371. (journal, in Japanese)
• Tang, A., Boyle, M. and Greenberg, S. (2005). Display and Presence Disparity in Mixed Presence Groupware. Journal of Research and Practice in Information Technology, Vol. 37, No. 2, May, pp: 71-88. (journal)

Conference Papers

• Genest, A., Gutwin, C., Tang, A., Kalyn, M., and Ivkovic. Z. (2013). KinectArms: a Toolkit for Capturing and Displaying Arm Embodiments in Distributed Tabletop Groupware. In Proceedings of ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW 2013), pp: 157-166. (conference) - Acceptance (139/390 - 35.5%).
• Yarosh, S., Tang, A., Mokashi, S., and Abowd, G. D. (2013). "Almost Touching:" Parent-Child Remote Communication Using the ShareTable System. In Proceedings of CSCW 2013, pp: 181-192. (conference) - Acceptance (139/390 - 35.5%).
• Boring, S., Ledo, D., Chen, X. 'A.', Tang, A., Marquardt, N., and Greenberg, S. (2012). The Fat Thumb: Using the Thumb's Contact Size for Single-Handed Mobile Interaction. In Proceedings of ACM International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services (MobileHCI 2012). (conference - Acceptance 54/212 - 25%). pp: 39-48.
  
• Chen, X. 'A.', Marquardt, N., Tang, A., Boring, S., and Greenberg, S. (2012). Extending a Mobile Device's Interaction Space through Body-Centric Interaction. In Proceedings of ACM International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services (MobileHCI 2012). (conference - Acceptance 54/212 - 25%). pp: 151-160.
• Grevet, C., Tang, A., and Mynatt, E. (2012). Eating Alone Together: New Forms of Commensality. In Proceedings of International Conference on Supporting Group Work (GROUP 2012). pp: 103-106. (conference - Acceptance 24/94 - 25.5%).
• Seyed, T., Burns, C., Sousa, M. C., Maurer, F., and Tang, A. (2012). Eliciting Usable Gestures for Multi-Display Environments. In Proceedings of ACM Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces 2012 (ITS 2012). pp: 41-50. (conference - Acceptance: 30/103 - 29%)
• Tang, A., and Boring, S. (2012). #EpicPlay: Crowd-sourcing Sports Video Highlights. In Proceedings of SIGCHI Conference on Human-Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2012), Austin, USA, May, 2012. ACM Press. pp: 1569-1573. (acceptance: 23.4% - 369/1577)
• Tang, A., Massey, J., Wong, N., Reilly, D., and Edwards, W. K. (2012). Verbal Coordination in First Person Shooter Games. In Proceedings of 2012 Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work. pp: 579-582. (acceptance: 29.6% - 37/125 notes)
• Wu, A., Reilly, D., Tang, A., and Mazalek, A. (2011). Tangible Navigation and Object Manipulation in Virtual Environments. In Proc. Tangible and Embodied, Embedded Interaction 2011 (TEI 2011). (January 23-26, Funchal, Portugal). ACM Press. pp: 37-44. (acceptance: 32% - 65/203)
• Neustaedter, C., Tang, A., and Judge, T.K. (2010) The Role of Community and Groupware in Geocache Creation and Maintenance. In Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2010), Atlanta, USA, April 2010. ACM Press. pp: 1767-1766. (acceptance: 22% - 296/1346)
• Tang, A., Pahud, M., Inkpen, K. M., Benko, H., Tang, J. C., and Buxton, W. (2010). Three's Company: Understanding Communication Channels in Three-way Distributed Collaboration (preprint). In Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW 2010). (conference - Acceptance: 58/288 - 20%; Best Paper Nominee - top 5%)
• Tang, A., Lanir, J., Greenberg, S., and Fels, S. (2009). Supporting Transitions in Work: Informing Large Display Application Design by Understanding Whiteboard Use. In Proceedings of GROUP 2009. (May 10-13, 2009, Sanibel Island, USA). ACM Press. pp: 149-158. (conference - Acceptance: 40/110 - 36%)
• Wong, N., Tang, A., Livingston, I., Gutwin, C., and Mandryk, R. (to appear). Character Sharing in World of Warcraft. In Proceedings of Proceedings of the 2009 Eleventh European Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work (ECSCW 2009). (7-11 September 2009, Vienna, Austria). Kluwer. pp: 343-362.
• Finke, M., Tang, A., Leung, R. & Blackstock, M. (2008). Lessons Learned: Game Design for Large Public Displays. In Proceedings of the 3rd international Conference on Digital Interactive Media in Entertainment and Arts (DIMEA 2008). (September 10-12, Athens, Greece). ACM Press. pp: 26-33. (conference - Acceptance: 59/77 - 77%)
• Isenberg, P., Tang, A., and Carpendale, S. (2008). Exploratory Study of Visual Information Analysis. In Proceedings of the SIGCHI conference on Human factors in computing systems (CHI 2008). (April 5-10, Florence, Italy). ACM Press. pp: 1217-1226. (conference - Acceptance: 157/714 - 22%)
• Lanir, J., Booth, K. S. & Tang, A. (2008). MultiPresenter: A Presentation System for (Very) Large Display Spaces. In Proceedings of the 16th international Conference on Multimedia (MULTIMEDIA 2008). (October 27 - November 1, 2008, Vancouver, Canada). ACM Press. (conference - Acceptance: 56/280: 20%)
• Tang, A., Finke, M., Blackstock, M., Leung, R., Deutscher, M., and Lea, R. (2008). Designing for Bystanders: Reflections on Building a Public Digital Forum. In Proceedings of the SIGCHI conference on Human factors in computing systems (CHI 2008). (April 5-10, Florence, Italy). ACM Press. pp: 879-882.(conference - Acceptance: 61/340 - 18%)
• Tang, A., Greenberg, S., and Fels, S. (2008). Exploring Video Streams using Slit-Tear Visualizations. In Proceedings of the working conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces (AVI 2008). (May 28-30, Napoli, Italy). ACM Press. pp: 191-198. (conference - Acceptance: 32/117 - 27%)
• Miyaoku, K., Tang, A., and Fels, S. (2007). C-Band: A Flexible Ring Tag System for Camera-Based User Interface. In Proceedings of HCI International 2007 (HCII 2007). (July 22-27, Beijing, China). Springer LNCS 4563. pp: 320-328. (conference - Acceptance: 34%)
• Shoemaker, G., Tang, A., and Booth, K. S. (2007). Shadow Reaching: A New Perspective on Interaction for Large Wall Displays. In Proceedings of the 20th ACM Symposium on User Interface Software Technology (UIST 2007). (October 7-10, Newport, RI, USA). pp: 53-56. (conference - Acceptance: 24/129 - 19%)
• Fels, S., Hausch, R., and Tang, A. (2006). Investigation of Haptic Feedback in the Driver Seat. In Proceedings of 9th International IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC 2006). (September 17-20, Toronto, Canada). pp: 584-589. (conference - Acceptance: 286/424 - 68%)
• Siu, N., Iverson, L., and Tang, A. (2006). Going with the Flow: Email Awareness and Task Management. In Proceedings of 2006 ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW 2006). (November 4-8, Banff, Alberta). pp: 441-450. ACM Press. (conference - Acceptance: 47/212 - 22%)
• Tang, A., Neustaedter, C., and Greenberg, S. (2006). VideoArms: Embodiments for Mixed Presence Groupware. In Proceedings of the 20th British HCI Group Annual Conference (HCI 2006). (September 11-15, Queen Mary, University of London). pp: 85-102. (conference - Acceptance: 13/53 - 25%)
• Tang, A., Tory, M., Po, B., Neumann, P., and Carpendale, S. (2006). Collaborative Coupling over Tabletop Displays. In Proceedings of the SIGCHI conference on Human factors in computing systems (CHI 2006). (April 24-27, Montreal, Quebec). pp: 1181-1190. ACM Press. (conference - Acceptance: 118/508 - 23%)
• Kruger, R., Carpendale, S., Scott, S. D., and Tang, A. (2005). Fluid Orientation on a Tabletop Display: Integrating Rotation and Translation. In Proceedings of the SIGCHI conference on Human factors in computing systems (CHI 2005). (April 2-7, Portland, Oregon). pp: 601-610. ACM Press. (conference - Acceptance: 93/371 - 25%)
• Tang, A., McLachlan, P., Lowe, K., Saka, C. R. and MacLean, K. (2005). Perceiving Ordinal Data Haptically Under Workload. In Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Multimodal Interfaces (ICMI 2005). (October 4-6, Trento, Italy). pp: 317-324. ACM Press. (conference - Acceptance: 24/97 - 25%; Best Paper Award)

Conference Videos

• Tang, A., Greenberg, S., and Fels, S. (2009). Exploring Video Streams Using Slit-Tear Visualizations. In Proceedings of the 27th international Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2009). (April 4-9, 2009, Boston, USA). ACM Press. pp: 3509-3510. (video; conference - best research video nominee)
• Tang, A., Pattison, E. and Greenberg, S. (2005). DartMail: Digital Information Transfer through Physical Surrogates. (Google video) Video Proceedings of ECSCW - European Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work (Sept 18-22, Paris). Video and 2-page summary, duration 4:39. (conference)
• Tang, A., Neustaedter, C. and Greenberg, S. (2004). VideoArms: Supporting Remote Embodiment in Groupware. (Google video) Video Proceedings of the ACM CSCW Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work. (November 6-10, Chicago, Illinois). ACM Press. Video and abstract, duration 5:20. (conference)

Other Refereed Contributions

• MacLeod, H. and Tang, A. (2012). Understanding Personal Informatics Needs of Individuals with Chronic Health Conditions. In the Poster Programme of WISH 2012 - Workshop on Interactive Systems in Healthcare (WISH 2012). (workshop)
• Tang, A. (2006). Surface use in meeting room collaboration. In Conference Companion of the ACM CSCW Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work. (November 4-8, Banff, Alberta, Canada). pp: 43-44. ACM Press. (doctoral colloquium poster, conference)
• Tang, A., Parker, J. K., Lanir, J., Booth, K. S. and Fels, S. (2006). Studying Collaborative Surface Use to Guide Large Display Interaction Design. In Conference Companion of the ACM CSCW Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work. (November 4-8, Banff, Alberta, Canada). pp: 219-220. ACM Press. (interactive poster, conference)

Workshop Papers

• Aseniero, B. A., Carpendale, S., and Tang, A. (2012). Deep Personalization in Tools for Reflection. In Personal Informatics in Practice: Improving Quality of Life Through Data Workshop at CHI 2012. Organized by Ian Li, Yevgeniy Medynskiy, Jon Froehlich, and Jakob Eg Larsen (workshop)
• Grevet, C., Tang, A., and Mynatt, E. (2012). Description of a Prototype for a Social Awareness System Used During Dinner. In Food and Interaction Design Workshop at CHI 2012. Organized by Rob Comber, Eva Ganglbauer, Jaz Hee-jeong Choi, Jettie Hoonhout, Yvonne Rogers, Kenton O'Hara, ane Julie Maitland. (workshop)
• Polleti, J., Baur, D., Tang, A., and Carpendale, S. (2012). ECO|Balance - Exploring Design Issues for Mobile Persuasion. In Personal Informatics in Practice: Improving Quality of Life Through Data Workshop at CHI 2012. Organized by Ian Li, Yevgeniy Medynskiy, Jon Froehlich, and Jakob Eg Larsen. (workshop)
• Genest, A., Bateman, S., Gutwin, C., Tang, A. and Scott, S. (2012). Why Expressiveness Matters in Command & Control Visualizations. In CSCW 2012 Workshop on Collaboration and Crisis Informatics. Organized by Volkmar Pipek, Jonas Landgren, and Leysia Palen. (workshop)
• Neustaedter, C., Moulder, V., Wakkary, R., Judge, T. and Tang, A. (2012). Designing Mixed Reality Games to Study Culture, Family Practices, and Social Engagement. In CSCW 2012 Workshop on Mixed Reality Games. Organized by Elizabeth Bonsignore, Derek L. Hansen, Zachary O. Toups, Lennart E. Nacke, Anastasia Salter, and Wayne Lutters. (workshop)
• Tang, A., and Irani, P. (2011). Interstitial Space in MDEs for Data Analysis. In Dexis 2011 Workshop on Data Exploration for Interactive Surfaces, at ITS 2011. Organized by Petra Isenberg, Sheelagh Carpendale, Tobias Hesselmann, Tobias Isenberg, and Bongshin Lee. (workshop)
• Tang, A., Genest, A., Shoemaker, G., Gutwin, C., Fels, S., and Booth, K. S. (2010). Enhancing Expressiveness in Reference Space. ACM CSCW 2010 Workshop on New Frontiers in Telepresence. Organized by Venolia, G., Inkpen, K., Olson, J., and Nguyen, D. (workshop)
• Tang, A. & Fels, S. (2008). Four Lessons from Traditional MDEs. ACM CSCW 2008 Workshop on Beyond the Laboratory: Supporting Authentic Collaboration with Multiple Displays. Organized by Biehl, J., Golovchinsky, G., and Lyons, K. (workshop)
• Tang, A., Finke, M., Blackstock, M., Leung, R., Deutscher, M., Tain, G., and Giesbrecht, C. (2008). Designing for Bystanders: Reflections on Building a Public Digital Forum. ACM CHI 2008 Workshop on Designing and Evaluating Mobile Phone-based Interaction with Public Displays. Organized by Sas, C., and Dix, A. (workshop)
• Agarawala, A., Tang, A. and Greenberg, S. (2006). Browsing Pornography: An Interface Design Perspective. ACM CHI 2006 Workshop on Sexual Interactions. Organized by Brewer, J., Kaye, J., Williams, A., and Wyche S. (workshop)
• Tang, A. and Neustaedter, C. (2006). Visualizing Egocentric Relationships in Instant Messaging. ACM CHI 2006 Workshop on Social Visualization: Exploring Text, Audio and Video Interactions. Organized by Karahalios, K. and Viegas, F. (workshop)
• Tang, A. and Greenberg, S. (2005). Supporting Awareness in Mixed Presence Groupware. ACM CHI 2005 Workshop on Awareness systems: Known Results, Theory, Concepts and Future Challenges. Organized by Markopoulos, P., de Ruyter, B., and Mackay, W. April. (workshop)

Technical Reports

• Tang, A., Pahud, M., and Buxton, B. (2009). Visualizing Interactions on Distributed Tabletops. Technical Report TR-2009-25, Department of Computer Science, University of British Columbia, BC, Canada V6T 1Z4.
• Tang, A., Lanir, Y., Greenberg, S. & Fels, S. (2008). Uncovering Activity and Patterns in Video using Slit-Tear Visualizations. Report UBC CS Technical Report TR-2008-08, Department of Computer Science, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z4, July.
• Tang, A. and Fels, S. (2006). "What I Want, Where I Want:" Reference Material Use in Tabletop Work. UBC CS Technical Report TR-2006-05, Department of Computer Science, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z4, March.
• Tang, A., Kratt, D., Carpendale, S. and Dunning, A. (2003). Sensing and Visualising Physiological Arousal. (Google video) Report 2003-727-30, Department of Computer Science, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4, July.