COGAIN Symposium:
Communication by Gaze Interaction

Warsaw, Poland • June 14 - 17, 2018

In collaboration with:



Important dates

Abstract due: Jan 12, 2018
Submission due: Jan 26, 2018
Feedback: Feb 21, 2018
Rebuttals: Mar 4, 2018
Decisions: Mar 26, 2018
Camera-ready: Apr 13, 2018


General co-chairs
Carlos H. Morimoto
Thies Pfeiffer

Program co-chairs
Marco Porta
Päivi Majaranta

Symposium program

The 2018 COGAIN Symposium is going to be held on Friday, June 15, Room S305, at the SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities, in Warsaw, Poland. Schedule of activities is presented below:

10:30-10:45
Welcome and Brief Introduction
Session 1 (Room S305) Session Chair: Howell Istance (Howell.Istance@staff.uta.fi)
10:45-12:30
10:45-11:05
Advantages of Eye-Gaze over Gaze-based Interaction in Virtual and Augmented Reality
Jonas Blattgerste (Bielefeld University, CITEC, Bielefeld, NRW, Germany), Patrick Renner (Bielefeld University, CITEC, Bielefeld, NRW, Germany), Thies Pfeiffer (Bielefeld University, CITEC, Bielefeld, NRW, Germany)
Long paper
11:05-11:20
Eye movements and viewer's impressions in response to HMD-evoked head movements
Taijirou Shiraishi (Information and Communications Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan), Minoru Nakayama (Information and Communications Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan)
Short paper
11:20-11:40
3D gaze estimation in the scene volume with a head-mounted eye tracker
Carlos Elmadjian (Computer Science Department, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil), Pushkar Shukla (Computer Science Department, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, United States), Antonio Diaz Tula (Computer Science Department, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil), Carlos H Morimoto (Computer Science Department, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil)
Long paper
11:40-11:55
MovEye: Gaze Control of Video Playback
Jacek Matulewski (Instytut Fizyki, Toruń, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland), Bibianna Bałaj (Faculty of Humanities , Nicolaus Copernicus University, Torun, Poland), Dr Ewelina Maria Marek (Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Torun, Poland), Łukasz Piasecki (Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Torun, Poland), Dawid Gruszczyński (Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Torun, Poland), Mateusz Kuchta (Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Torun, Poland), Włodzisław Duch (Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Torun, Poland)
Short paper
11:55-12:10
Playing Music with the Eyes Through an Isomorphic Interface
Nicola Davanzo (Department of Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy), Piercarlo Dondi (CISRiC, Arvedi Laboratory of Non-Invasive Diagnostics, University of Pavia, Cremona, Italy), Mauro Mosconi (Department of Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy), Marco Porta (Department of Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy)
Short paper
12:10-12:30
Context Switching Eye Typing Using Dynamic Expanding Targets
Carlos H Morimoto (Computer Science Department, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil), José Antonio Tula Leyva (Computer Science Department, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil), Antonio Diaz Tula (Computer Science Department, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil)
Long paper
12:30-13:30
Break
Session 2 (Room S305) Session Chair: Anke Huckauf (anke.huckauf@uni-ulm.de)
13:30-14:40
13:30-13:45
A Fitts' Law Study of Click and Dwell Interaction by Gaze, Head and Mouse with a Head-Mounted Display
John Paulin Paulin Hansen (Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark), Vijay Rajanna (Sketch Recognition Lab, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States), Scott MacKenzie (Department of Computer Science & Engineering, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada), Per Bækgaard (Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark)
Short paper
13:45-14:05
A Fitts' Law Evaluation of Gaze Input on Large Displays Compared to Touch and Mouse Inputs
Vijay Rajanna (Sketch Recognition Lab, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States), Tracy Hammond (Sketch Recognition Lab, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States)
Short paper
14:05-14:25
Content-based Image Retrieval Based On Eye-tracking
Ying Zhou (School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Soochow University, Suzhou, P.R.China), Jiajun Wang (School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Soochow University, Suzhou, P.R.China), Zheru Chi (Department of Electronic and Information Engineering, The HongKong Polytechnic University, HongKong, P.R.China)
Long paper
14:25-14:40
Beyond Gaze Cursor - Exploring Information-Based Gaze Sharing In Chat
Christian Schlösser (University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Dortmund, Germany), Linda Cedli (University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Dortmund, Germany), Benedikt Schröder (University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Dortmund, Germany), Andrea Kienle (University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Dortmund, Germany)
Short paper
14:40-14:50
Closing Session and Best COGAIN Paper Award
14:50-15:30
Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities in Gaze Interaction