Publications

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Manuela Waldner, Mathieu Le Muzic, Matthias Bernhard, Werner Purgathofer, Ivan Viola
Attractive Flicker: Guiding Attention in Dynamic Narrative Visualizations
In IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 20(12)
pages 2456-2465
December 2014
paper [PDF - 6.2 MB]

Manuela Waldner, Stefan Bruckner, Ivan Viola
Graphical Histories of Information Foraging
In NordiCHI'14 - Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction
pages 295-304
October 2014
paper [PDF - 3 MB]

Manuela Waldner, Johann Schrammel, Michael Klein, Katrin Kristjansdottir, Dominik Unger, Manfred Tscheligi
FacetClouds: Exploring Tag Clouds for Multi-Dimensional Data
In Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2013
pages 17-24
May 2013
paper [PDF - 2.1 MB]

Manuela Waldner, Dieter Schmalstieg
Towards Ubiquitous Information Space Management
In CHI 2013 Extended Abstracts (POWERWALL: International Workshop on Interactive, Ultra-High-Resolution Displays)
pages 1-6
April 2013
paper [PDF - 0.8 MB]

Markus Steinberger, Manuela Waldner, Dieter Schmalstieg
Interactive Self?Organizing Windows
In Computer Graphics Forum 31 (2pt3)
pages 621-630
May 2012
paper [PDF - 6.5 MB]

Markus Steinberger, Manuela Waldner, Marc Streit, Alexander Lex, Dieter Schmalstieg
Context-Preserving Visual Links
In IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (InfoVis 2011)
pages 2249 - 2258
October 2011
paper [PDF - 10.7 MB]
Best Paper Award

Manuela Waldner, Raphael Grasset, Markus Steinberger, Dieter Schmalstieg
Display-Adaptive Window Management for Irregular Surfaces
In Proceedings of the 2011 Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces Conference (ITS 2011)
October 2011
paper [PDF - 11.9 MB]

Manuela Waldner, Markus Steinberger, Raphael Grasset, Dieter Schmalstieg
Importance-Driven Compositing Window Management
In Proceedings of ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2011)
pages 959-968
May 2011
paper [PDF - 3.9 MB]
Honorable Mention Award

Manuela Waldner, Dieter Schmalstieg
Collaborative Information Linking: Bridging Knowledge Gaps between Users by Linking across Applications
In 4th IEEE Pacific Visualization Symposium (PacificVis 2011)
pages 115-122
March 2011
paper [PDF - 5 MB]

Manuela Waldner, Ernst Kruijff, Dieter Schmalstieg
Bridging Gaps with Pointer Warping in Multi-Display Environments
In Proceedings of the 6th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (NordiCHI 2010)
pages 813-816
October 2010
paper [PDF - 0.2 MB]

Manuela Waldner, Werner Puff, Alexander Lex, Marc Streit, Dieter Schmalstieg
Visual Links across Applications
In Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2010 (GI 2010)
pages 129-136
May 2010
paper [PDF - 3.9 MB]
Best Student Paper Award

Manuela Waldner, Dieter Schmalstieg
Experiences with Mouse Control in Multi-Display Environments
In Proceedings of Workshop on coupled display visual interfaces 2010 (PPD 2010), in conjunction with AVI conference
pages 6-10
May 2010
paper [PDF - 1.9 MB]

Manuela Waldner, Christian Pirchheim, Ernst Kruijff, Dieter Schmalstieg
Automatic configuration of spatially consistent mouse pointer navigation in multi-display environments
In Proceeding of the 14th international conference on Intelligent user interfaces (IUI 2010)
pages 397-400
February 2010
paper [PDF - 0.2 MB]

Manuela Waldner, Alexander Lex, Marc Streit, Dieter Schmalstieg
Design Considerations for Collaborative Information Workspaces in Multi-Display Environments
In Proceedings of Workshop on Collaborative Visualization on Interactive Surfaces (CoVIS 2009), in conjunction with VisWeek
October 2009
paper [PDF - 2 MB]

Christian Pirchheim, Manuela Waldner, Dieter Schmalstieg
Deskotheque: Improved Spatial Awareness in Multi-Display Environments
In Proceedings of IEEE Virtual Reality Conference (VR 2009)
pages 123-126
March 2009
paper [PDF - 0.4 MB]

Manuela Waldner, Michael Kalkusch, Dieter Schmalstieg
Optical Magic Lenses and Polarization-Based Interaction Techniques
In Proceedings of 13th Eurographics Symposium on Virtual Environments / 10th Immersive Projection Technology Workshop (IPT-EGVE 2007)
pages 61-68
July 2007
paper [PDF - 0.3 MB]

Manuela Waldner, Joerg Hauber, Juergen Zauner, Michael Haller, Mark Billinghurst
Tangible Tiles: Design and Evaluation of a Tangible User Interface in a Collaborative Tabletop Setup
In Proceedings of the 18th Australia conference on Computer-Human Interaction: Design: Activities, Artefacts and Environments (OzCHI 2006)
pages 151-158
November 2006
paper [PDF - 3.1 MB]
Best Paper Award

Other Publications

Mathieu Le Muzic, Julius Parulek, Manuela Waldner, Ivan Viola
Illustrative Visualization of Biochemical Processes Featuring Multiple Temporal Scales
In Poster shown at Eurographics Workshop on Visual Computing for Biology
September 2014
poster [PDF - 0.8 MB]

Manuela Waldner, Christian Pirchheim, Dieter Schmalstieg
Multi projector displays using a 3D compositing window manager
In Proceedings of the 2008 workshop on Immersive projection technologies/Emerging display technologiges (EDT-IPT 2008), in conjunction with SIGGRAPH
pages 1-4
August 2008
paper [PDF - 1.3 MB]

Manuela Waldner, Christian Pirchheim, Marc Streit, Dieter Schmalstieg
Multiple View Visualization On A Multi- Display Setup
In International Workshop on Giga-Pixel Displays & Visual Analytics (GIANT 2008)
April 2008

Wolfgang Litzlbauer, Ines Stuppacher, Manuela Waldner, Markus Weilguny
Neon Racer: Augmented Gaming
In Proceedings of Central European Seminar on Computer Graphics, Cast-Papiernicka Centre, Slovakia (CESCG 2006)
April 2006
paper [PDF - 1 MB]

Theses

Manuela Waldner
WIMP Interfaces for Emerging Display Environments
PhD Thesis
June 2011
thesis [PDF - 4.1 MB]

Manuela Waldner
Tangible Tiles: Ein Tangible User Interface zur Verwaltung und Manipulation von digitalen Daten
Master's Thesis
August 2006
thesis [PDF - 9.3 MB]

Manuela Waldner
Museumsexponate mit Virtual Reality
Bachelor's Thesis
May 2004
thesis [PDF - 0.8 MB]

Manuela Waldner
MIDI-Programmierung fuer SOLIS
Bachelor's Thesis
February 2004
thesis [PDF - 2.5 MB]

Demos

Lange Nacht der Forschung 2008
"Wie kommt die Maus an die Wand?" - demonstration of Deskotheque and the Intelligent Room laboratory
November 2008

Eurographics 2006
Neon Racer [Machination] @ Physical Games Demo Session
September 2006

ISMAR 2005
Demo of Neon Racer at ISMAR 05 [International Symposium on Mixed an Augmented Reality]
October 2005

Pixelspaces 2005
Demo of Neon Racer at Pixelspaces exhibition [Ars Electronica Festival]
September 2005

Awards

Hertha-Firnberg-Project: Visual Information Foraging on the Desktop 2014
3-year project (2015-2018) funded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF)

Honorable Mention Award - CHI 2011
Importance-Driven Compositing Window Management: Honorable Mention Award at CHI 2011

Best Paper Award - InfoVis 2011
Context-Preserving Visual Links: Best Paper at InfoVis 2011

Best Student Paper Award - GI 2010
Visual Links across Applications: Best Student Paper of the HCI Track at Graphics Interface 2010

Jury Mention Multimedia & e-Business Staatspreis 2006
Neon Racer - jury mention in the category "Foerderpreis"

Best Paper Award - OZCHI 2006
Tangible Tiles - best presented paper at OZCHI 2006

EUNZ Exchange Program Scholarship 2006
Scholarship for a six months exchange to HITLabNZ, New Zealand

Top Talent Award 2005
Neon Racer - winner of the Top Talent Award category "games"