Damien Masson

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Bonjour, I am a fourth year PhD Student in the HCI Lab at the University of Waterloo supervised by Prof. Edward Lank, Prof. Géry Casiez and Dr. Sylvain Malacria.

International Publications

CHI '22

Supercharging Trial-and-Error for Learning Complex Software Applications

Damien Masson, Jo Vermeulen, George Fitzmaurice, Justin Matejka
CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. AR: 24.6% (637/2579)

PDF Presentation DOI Bibtex

@inproceedings{10.1145/3491102.3501895,
    author = "Masson, Damien and Vermeulen, Jo and Fitzmaurice, George and Matejka, Justin",
    title = "Supercharging Trial-and-Error for Learning Complex Software Applications",
    year = "2022",
    isbn = "9781450391573",
    publisher = "Association for Computing Machinery",
    address = "New York, NY, USA",
    url = "https://doi.org/10.1145/3491102.3501895",
    doi = "10.1145/3491102.3501895",
    abstract = "Despite an abundance of carefully-crafted tutorials, trial-and-error remains many people’s preferred way to learn complex software. Yet, approaches to facilitate trial-and-error (such as tooltips) have evolved very little since the 1980s. While existing mechanisms work well for simple software, they scale poorly to large feature-rich applications. In this paper, we explore new techniques to support trial-and-error in complex applications. We identify key benefits and challenges of trial-and-error, and introduce a framework with a conceptual model and design space. Using this framework, we developed three techniques: ToolTrack to keep track of trial-and-error progress; ToolTrip to go beyond trial-and-error of single commands by highlighting related commands that are frequently used together; and ToolTaste to quickly and safely try commands. We demonstrate how these techniques facilitate trial-and-error, as illustrated through a proof-of-concept implementation in the CAD software Fusion 360. We conclude by discussing possible scenarios and outline directions for future research on trial-and-error.",
    booktitle = "CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems",
    articleno = "381",
    numpages = "13",
    keywords = "learning by exploration, technique, design space, software learning, trial-and-error, conceptual model",
    location = "New Orleans, LA, USA",
    series = "CHI '22"
}

UIST '21

Relevance and Applicability of Hardware-Independent Pointing Transfer Functions

Raiza Hanada, Damien Masson, Géry Casiez, Mathieu Nancel, Sylvain Malacria
The 34th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology. AR: 26% (95/367)

PDF Website Video Code Presentation DOI Bibtex

@inproceedings{10.1145/3472749.3474767,
    author = "Hanada, Raiza and Masson, Damien and Casiez, G\'{e}ry and Nancel, Mathieu and Malacria, Sylvain",
    title = "Relevance and Applicability of Hardware-Independent Pointing Transfer Functions",
    year = "2021",
    isbn = "9781450386357",
    publisher = "Association for Computing Machinery",
    address = "New York, NY, USA",
    url = "https://doi.org/10.1145/3472749.3474767",
    doi = "10.1145/3472749.3474767",
    booktitle = "The 34th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology",
    pages = "524–537",
    numpages = "14",
    keywords = "computer mouse, pointing task, transfer function",
    location = "Virtual Event, USA",
    series = "UIST '21"
}

CHI ’20

Chameleon: Bringing Interactivity to Static Digital Documents

Damien Masson, Sylvain Malacria, Edward Lank, Géry Casiez
Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. AR: 24% (760/3126)

PDF Website Video Code Presentation DOI Bibtex

@inproceedings{10.1145/3313831.3376559,
    author = "Masson, Damien and Malacria, Sylvain and Lank, Edward and Casiez, G\'{e}ry",
    title = "Chameleon: Bringing Interactivity to Static Digital Documents",
    year = "2020",
    isbn = "97814503670802004",
    publisher = "Association for Computing Machinery",
    address = "New York, NY, USA",
    url = "https://doi.org/10.1145/3313831.3376559",
    doi = "10.1145/3313831.3376559",
    booktitle = "Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems",
    articleno = "Paper 6312",
    numpages = "13",
    keywords = "augmented documents, feature matching, interactivity",
    location = "Honolulu, Hawaii US",
    series = "CHI ’20"
}

IJHCS '19

Design and evaluation of braced touch for touchscreen input stabilisation

Andy Cockburn, Damien Masson, Carl Gutwin, Philippe Palanque, Alix Goguey, Marcus Yung, Christine Gris, Catherine Trask
International Journal of Human-Computer Studies.

DOI Bibtex

@article{COCKBURN201921,
    author = "Cockburn, Andy and Masson, Damien and Gutwin, Carl and Palanque, Philippe and Goguey, Alix and Yung, Marcus and Gris, Christine and Trask, Catherine",
    title = "Design and evaluation of braced touch for touchscreen input stabilisation",
    journal = "International Journal of Human-Computer Studies",
    volume = "122",
    pages = "21 - 37",
    year = "2019",
    issn = "1071-5819",
    doi = "10.1016/j.ijhcs.2018.08.005",
    url = "http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1071581918304609",
    keywords = "Touch interaction, Vibration, Turbulence, Target selection, Aviation, Vehicles",
    abstract = "Incorporating touchscreen interaction into cockpit flight systems offers several potential advantages to aircraft manufacturers, airlines, and pilots. However, vibration and turbulence are challenges to reliable interaction. We examine the design space for braced touch interaction, which allows users to mechanically stabilise selections by bracing multiple fingers on the touchscreen before completing selection. Our goal is to enable fast and accurate target selection during high levels of vibration, without impeding interaction performance when vibration is absent. Three variant methods of braced touch are evaluated, using doubletap, dwell, or a force threshold in combination with heuristic selection criteria to discriminate intentional selection from concurrent braced contacts. We carried out an experiment to test the performance of these methods in both abstract selection tasks and more realistic flight tasks. The study results confirm that bracing improves performance during vibration, and show that doubletap was the best of the tested methods."
}

UIST ’17

WhichFingers: Identifying Fingers on Touch Surfaces and Keyboards Using Vibration Sensors

Damien Masson, Alix Goguey, Sylvain Malacria, Géry Casiez
Proceedings of the 30th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology. AR: 23% (73/324)

PDF Website Video Code Presentation DOI Bibtex

@inproceedings{10.1145/3126594.3126619,
    author = "Masson, Damien and Goguey, Alix and Malacria, Sylvain and Casiez, G\'{e}ry",
    title = "WhichFingers: Identifying Fingers on Touch Surfaces and Keyboards Using Vibration Sensors",
    year = "2017",
    isbn = "9781450349819",
    publisher = "Association for Computing Machinery",
    address = "New York, NY, USA",
    url = "https://doi.org/10.1145/3126594.3126619",
    doi = "10.1145/3126594.3126619",
    booktitle = "Proceedings of the 30th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology",
    pages = "41–48",
    numpages = "8",
    keywords = "vibration sensor, touch interaction, finger identification",
    location = "Qu\'{e}bec City, QC, Canada",
    series = "UIST ’17"
}

National Publications

IHM ’19

Measuring the Effect of Public vs Private Context on the Kinematics of Smartphone Motion Gestures

Edward Lank, Paul Meyer, Damien Masson, Hanae Rateau
Proceedings of the 31st Conference on l’Interaction Homme-Machine. AR: 48% (14/29)

PDF Presentation DOI Bibtex

@inproceedings{10.1145/3366550.3372260,
    author = "Lank, Edward and Meyer, Paul D and Masson, Damien and Rateau, Hanae",
    title = "Measuring the Effect of Public vs Private Context on the Kinematics of Smartphone Motion Gestures",
    year = "2019",
    isbn = "9781450370264",
    publisher = "Association for Computing Machinery",
    address = "New York, NY, USA",
    url = "https://doi.org/10.1145/3366550.3372260",
    doi = "10.1145/3366550.3372260",
    booktitle = "Proceedings of the 31st Conference on l’Interaction Homme-Machine",
    articleno = "Article 14",
    numpages = "6",
    keywords = "smartphone, motion gestures, social exposure",
    location = "Grenoble, France",
    series = "IHM ’19"
}

IHM ’19

Holding Patterns: Detecting Handedness with a Moving Smartphone at Pickup

Jeff Avery, Daniel Vogel, Edward Lank, Damien Masson, Hanae Rateau
Proceedings of the 31st Conference on l’Interaction Homme-Machine. AR: 48% (14/29)

PDF Presentation DOI Bibtex

@inproceedings{10.1145/3366550.3372253,
    author = "Avery, Jeff and Vogel, Daniel and Lank, Edward and Masson, Damien and Rateau, Hanae",
    title = "Holding Patterns: Detecting Handedness with a Moving Smartphone at Pickup",
    year = "2019",
    isbn = "9781450370264",
    publisher = "Association for Computing Machinery",
    address = "New York, NY, USA",
    url = "https://doi.org/10.1145/3366550.3372253",
    doi = "10.1145/3366550.3372253",
    booktitle = "Proceedings of the 31st Conference on l’Interaction Homme-Machine",
    articleno = "Article 7",
    numpages = "7",
    keywords = "interaction technique, handedness, smartphone, unlock, models",
    location = "Grenoble, France",
    series = "IHM ’19"
}

Demos

CHI EA ’20

Bringing Interactivity to Research Papers and Presentations with Chameleon

Damien Masson, Sylvain Malacria, Edward Lank, Géry Casiez
Extended Abstracts of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems.

PDF Website DOI Bibtex People's Choice Best Demo Award

@inproceedings{10.1145/3334480.3383173,
    author = "Masson, Damien and Malacria, Sylvain and Lank, Edward and Casiez, G\'{e}ry",
    title = "Bringing Interactivity to Research Papers and Presentations with Chameleon",
    year = "2020",
    isbn = "97814503670802004",
    publisher = "Association for Computing Machinery",
    address = "New York, NY, USA",
    url = "https://doi.org/10.1145/3334480.3383173",
    doi = "10.1145/3334480.3383173",
    booktitle = "Extended Abstracts of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems",
    articleno = "Paper INT013",
    numpages = "4",
    keywords = "augmented documents, feature matching, interactivity",
    location = "Honolulu, Hawaii US",
    series = "CHI EA ’20"
}