Joanne Leong

Research Assistant
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Social Wormholes: Exploring Preferences and Opportunities for Distributed and Physically-Grounded Social Connections

Leong, Joanne, et al. "Social Wormholes: Exploring Preferences and Opportunities for Distributed and Physically-Grounded Social Connections." Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction 7.CSCW2 (2023): 1-29.

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Using Generative AI to Cultivate Positive Emotions and Mindsets for Self-Development and Learning

Leong, Joanne. "Using Generative AI to Cultivate Positive Emotions and Mindsets for Self-Development and Learning." XRDS: Crossroads, The ACM Magazine for Students 29.3 (2023): 52-56.

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"Picture the Audience...": Exploring Private AR Face Filters for Online Public Speaking

Joanne Leong, Florian Perteneder, Muhender Raj Rajvee, and Pattie Maes. 2023. “Picture the Audience...”: Exploring Private AR Face Filters for Online Public Speaking. In Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’23), April 23–28, 2023, Hamburg, Germany. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 13 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3544548.3581039

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Wemoji: Towards Designing Complementary Communication Systems in Augmented Reality

Joanne Leong, Olivia Seow, Cathy Mengying Fang, Benny J. Tang, Rajan Vaish, and Pattie Maes. 2022. Wemoji: Towards Designing Complementary Communication Systems in Augmented Reality. In The Adjunct Publication of the 35th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST ’22 Adjunct), October 29-November 2, 2022, Bend, OR, USA. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 3 pages.

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AI-Generated Virtual Instructors Based on Liked or Admired People Can Improve Motivation and Foster Positive Emotions for Learning

P. Pataranutaporn* J. Leong*, V. Danry*, A. Lawson, P. Maes, M. Sra. 2022. *Co-first authorship ”AI-Generated Virtual Instructors Based on Liked or Admired People Can Improve Motivation and Foster Positive Emotions for Learning” to appear in FIE 2022, October 8-11, Uppsala, Sweden.

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AI-Generated Characters: Putting Deepfakes to Good Use

Valdemar Danry, Joanne Leong, Pat Pataranutaporn, Pulkit Tandon, Yimeng Liu, Roy Shilkrot, Parinya Punpongsanon, Tsachy Weissman, Pattie Maes, and Misha Sra. 2022. AI-Generated Characters: Putting Deepfakes to Good Use. In CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Extended Abstracts. Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 119, 1–5.

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AI-generated characters for supporting personalized learning and well-being

Pataranutaporn, P., Danry, V., Leong, J. et al. AI-generated characters for supporting personalized learning and well-being. Nat Mach Intell (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s42256-021-00417-9

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Exploring the Use of Real-Time Camera Filters on Embodiment and Creativity

Leong, Joanne, et al. "Exploring the Use of Real-Time Camera Filters on Embodiment and Creativity." Extended Abstracts of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. 2021.

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Investigating the Use of Synthetic Media and Real-Time Virtual Camera Filters for Supporting Communication and Creativity

Leong, Joanne. Investigating the Use of Synthetic Media and Real-Time Virtual Camera Filters for Supporting Communication and Creativity. 2021. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MS Thesis.

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HERMITS: Dynamically Reconfiguring the Interactivity of Self-propelled TUIs with Mechanical Shell Add-ons

Ken Nakagaki, Joanne Leong, Jordan L. Tappa, João Wilbert, and Hiroshi Ishii. 2020. HERMITS: Dynamically Reconfiguring the Interactivity of Self-propelled TUIs with Mechanical Shell Add-ons. In Proceedings of the 33rd Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST '20). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 882–896. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1145/3379337.341583

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WraPr: Spool-Based Fabrication for Object Creation and Modification

Joanne Leong, Jose Martinez, Florian Perteneder, Ken Nakagaki, Hiroshi Ishii. 2020. WraPr: Spool-Based Fabrication Method for Object Creation and Modification. In TEI'20, February 9-12, 2020, Sydney, NSW, Australia. https://doi.org/10.1145/3374920.3374990

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SociaBowl: A Dynamic Table Centerpiece to Mediate Group Conversations

Joanne Leong, Yuehan Wang, Romy Sayah, Stella Rossikopoulou Pappa, Florian Perteneder, Hiroshi Ishii. 2019. SociaBowl: A Dynamic Table Centerpiece to Mediate Group Conversations. In CHI’19 Extended Abstracts, May 4–9, 2019, Glasgow, Scotland Uk. https://doi.org/10.1145/3290607.3312775