Graphics Interface 2009: Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada
Amy Ashurst Gooch, Melanie Tory (Eds.): Proceedings of the Graphics Interface 2009 Conference, May 25-27, 2009, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada. ACM Press 2009 ACM International Conference Proceeding Series ISBN 978-1-56881-470-4
Awards
Michael A. J. Sweeney Award: Graphics 2009 Award Winner "Parallax Photography: Creating 3D Cinematic Effects from Stills" by Ke Zheng, Alex Colburn, Aseem Agarwala, Maneesh Agrawala, Brian Curless, David Salesin, Michael Cohen. 1
Michael A. J. Sweeney Award: HCI 2009 Award Winner "Determining the Benefits of Direct-Touch, Bimanual, and Multifinger Input on a Multitouch Workstation" by Kenrick Kin, Maneesh Agrawala, Tony DeRose. 2
Alain Fournier Award 2008: Samuel Hasinoff, University of Toronto, Canada, CHCCS/SCDHM Alain Fournier Award Recipient 2008. 3
Achievement Award 2009: Przemyslaw Prusinkiewicz, University of Calgary, Canada, CHCCS/SCDHM Achievement Award Recipient 2009. 4
Invited speakers
Vidya Setlur: Semantic graphics for more effective visual communication. 5
David P. Luebke: Graphics hardware & GPU computing: past, present, and future. 6
Geometry processing

The-Kiet Lu, Kok-Lim Low, Jianmin Zheng: Fast visualization of complex 3D models using displacement mapping. 7-14
Surfaces and meshes
Gianmauro Cuccuru, Enrico Gobbetti, Fabio Marton, Renato Pajarola, Ruggero Pintus: Fast low-memory streaming MLS reconstruction of point-sampled surfaces. 15-22
Steven Brown, Bryan S. Morse, William A. Barrett: Interactive part selection for mesh and point models using hierarchical graph-cut partitioning. 23-30
David E. Johnson, Elaine Cohen: Computing surface offsets and bisectors using a sampled constraint solver. 31-37
Image editing: depth, focus, and balance
Todd J. Kosloff, Michael W. Tao, Brian A. Barsky: Depth of field postprocessing for layered scenes using constant-time rectangle spreading. 39-46
Amit Shesh, Antonio Criminisi, Carsten Rother, Gavin Smyth: 3D-aware image editing for out of bounds photography. 47-54
Rendering: moonbeams, mist, and iridescent gems

Vincent Pegoraro, Mathias Schott, Steven G. Parker: An analytical approach to single scattering for anisotropic media and light distributions. 71-77
Graphs, paths, and rigs
Daniel Archambault: Structural differences between two graphs through hierarchies. 87-94

Best student papers
Ke Colin Zheng, Alex Colburn, Aseem Agarwala, Maneesh Agrawala, David Salesin, Brian Curless, Michael F. Cohen: Parallax photography: creating 3D cinematic effects from stills. 111-118
Kenrick Kin, Maneesh Agrawala, Tony DeRose: Determining the benefits of direct-touch, bimanual, and multifinger input on a multitouch workstation. 119-124
Haptics and novel interaction techniques
Tadeusz Stach, T. C. Nicholas Graham, Jeffrey Yim, Ryan E. Rhodes: Heart rate control of exercise video games. 125-132
Bradley A. Swerdfeger, Jennifer Fernquist, Thomas W. Hazelton, Karon E. MacLean: Exploring melodic variance in rhythmic haptic stimulus design. 133-140
Deepak Vembar, Andrew T. Duchowski, Anand K. Gramopadhye, Carl Washburn: Improving simulated borescope inspection with constrained camera motion and haptic feedback. 141-148
Pen and touch interfaces
Brian David Eoff, Tracy Anne Hammond: Who dotted that 'i'?: context free user differentiation through pressure and tilt pen data. 149-156
Tovi Grossman, Patrick Baudisch, Ken Hinckley: Handle Flags: efficient and flexible selections for inking applications. 167-174
Miguel A. Nacenta, Patrick Baudisch, Hrvoje Benko, Andy Wilson: Separability of spatial manipulations in multi-touch interfaces. 175-182
Contextual design
Carman Neustaedter, Elena A. Fedorovskaya: Presenting identity in a virtual world through avatar appearances. 183-190
Carman Neustaedter, Elena A. Fedorovskaya: Understanding and improving flow in digital photo ecosystems. 191-198
HCI notes
Masaki Omata, Manabu Kajino, Atsumi Imamiya: A multi-level pressure-sensing two-handed interface with finger-mounted pressure sensors. 199-202
Jean Simard, Mehdi Ammi, Flavien Picon, Patrick Bourdot: Potential field approach for haptic selection. 203-206
Valérie Maquil, Markus Sareika, Dieter Schmalstieg, Ina Wagner: MR Tent: a place for co-constructing mixed realities in urban planning. 211-214
Pointing, selection, and text input

Daniel Natapov, Steven J. Castellucci, I. Scott MacKenzie: ISO 9241-9 evaluation of video game controllers. 223-230
Garth Shoemaker, Leah Findlater, Jessica Q. Dawson, Kellogg S. Booth: Mid-air text input techniques for very large wall displays. 231-238



