Publications

For code, data, and preprints of projects from 2018-current please visit Jain Lab.

Patents

Systems and methods for signaling cognitive-state transitions

Tanya Jonker, Candace Peacock, Ting Zhang, Brendan David-John, Matthew Boring, T. Scott Murdison, Yan Xu, Hrvoje Benko. 2022. https://patents.google.com/patent/US20220293241A1/en

Systems and methods for signaling the onset of a user's intent to interact

Tanya Jonker, Brendan David-John, Ting Zhang, T. Scott Murdison, Candace Peacock, Hrvoje Benko. 2022. https://patents.google.com/patent/US20220236795A1/en

Eye tracking apparatuses configured for degrading iris authentication

Eakta Jain, Sanjeev Koppal, Brendan John. 2020.

https://patents.google.com/patent/US11079843B2/en

Publications

Privacy-preserving datasets of eye-tracking samples with applications in XR

Brendan David-John, Kevin Butler, Eakta Jain. 2023. IEEE Transaction on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG) Special Issue on IEEE Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces (IEEE VR) 2023.

To appear.

For Your Eyes Only: Privacy-preserving eye-tracking datasets

Brendan David-John, Kevin Butler, Eakta Jain. 2022. In Proceedings of 2022 ACM Symposium on Eye Tracking Research and Applications (ETRA '22 Short Papers). https://doi.org/10.1145/3517031.3529618

[PDF] Accepted Version.

Who do you look like?-Gaze-based authentication for workers in VR

Karina LaRubbio, Jeremiah Wright, Brendan David-John, Andreas Enqvist, Eakta Jain. 2022. In Proceedings IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops (VRW). https://doi.org/10.1109/VRW55335.2022.00223

[PDF] Accepted Version. [Poster]. [Code].

Gaze Dynamics are Sensitive to Target Orienting for Working Memory Encoding in Virtual Reality

Candace E. Peacock, Ting Zhang, Brendan David-John, T. Scott Murdison, Matthew J. Boring, Hrvoje Benko, Tanya R. Jonker. 2022. Journal of Vision 22(1):2. https://doi.org/10.1167/jov.22.1.2.

[PDF] Open Access.

Let's SOUP up XR: Collected thoughts from an IEEE VR workshop on privacy in mixed reality

Brendan David-John, Diane Hosfelt, Kevin Butler, Eakta Jain. 2021. In Proceedings of VR4Sec: 1st International Workshop on Security for XR and XR for Security at SOUPS 2021.

[PDF] Accepted Version.

Towards gaze-based prediction of intent to interact in virtual reality

Brendan David-John, Candace E. Peacock, Ting Zhang, T. Scott Murdison, Hrvoje Benko, Tanya R. Jonker. 2021. In Proceedings of 2021 ACM Symposium on Eye Tracking Research and Applications (ETRA '21 Short Papers).

[PDF] Accepted Version.

Gaze signatures decode the onset of working memory encoding

Candace E. Peacock, Brendan David-John, Ting Zhang, T. Scott Murdison, Hrvoje Benko, Tanya R. Jonker. 2021. In CHI '21 workshop "Eye Movements as an Interface to Cognitive State"

[PDF] Accepted Version.

A privacy-preserving approach to streaming eye-tracking data

Brendan David-John, Diane Hosfelt, Kevin Butler, Eakta Jain. 2021. IEEE Transaction on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG) Special Issue on IEEE Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces (IEEE VR) 2021. https://doi.org/10.1109/TVCG.2021.3067787

[Selected as one of the 11 out of 25 accepted journal papers to be nominated for a best paper award]

[arXiv ] Preprint.

Let It Snow: Adding pixel noise to protect the user’s identity

Brendan John, Ao Liu, Lirong Xia, Sanjeev Koppal, Eakta Jain. 2020. In Proceedings of 2020 ACM Symposium on Eye Tracking Research and Applications (ETRA '20). https://doi.org/10.1145/3379157.3390512

[PDF] Preprint.

Look Out! A Design Framework for Safety Training Systems A Case Study on Omnidirectional Cinemagraphs

Brendan John, Sriram Kalyanaraman, Eakta Jain. 2020. IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops (IEEE VRW) 2020. https://doi.org/10.1109/VRW50115.2020.00031

[PDF] Accepted Version.

Effect of marker location on user detection in omnidirectional images

Ricardo Eiris, Brendan John, Eakta Jain, Masoud Gheisari. 2020. IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops (IEEE VRW) 2020. https://doi.org/10.1109/VRW50115.2020.00236

[PDF] Accepted Version.

The Security-Utility Trade-off for Iris Authentication and Eye Animation for Social Virtual Avatars

Brendan John, Sophie Jörg, Sanjeev Koppal, Eakta Jain. 2020. IEEE Transaction on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG) Special Issue on IEEE Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces (IEEE VR) 2020. https://doi.org/10.1109/TVCG.2020.2973052

[PDF] Accepted Version.

Hazard-Recognition Training Using Omnidirectional Cinemagraphs: Comparison Between Virtual Reality and Lecture-based Techniques

Ricardo Eiris, Brendan John, Masoud Gheisari, Eakta Jain, Andrew Wehle, and Babak Memarian. 2020. In Proceedings of the ASCE Construction Research Congress (CRC 2020) Conference, March 8-10, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ (Accepted)

Omnidirectional Cinemagraphs for Safety Training

Brendan John, Chesalon J. Taylor, Sriram Kalyanaraman, and Eakta Jain. 2019. University of Florida Technical Report, 2 pages. https://ufdc.ufl.edu/IR00010924/00001

A Benchmark of Four Methods for Generating 360° Saliency Maps from Eye Tracking Data

Brendan John, Pallavi Raiturkar, Olivier Le Meur and Eakta Jain. 2019. International Journal of Semantic Computing 13.03 (Accepted)

EyeVEIL: Degrading Iris Authentication in Eye Tracking Headsets

Brendan John, Sanjeev Koppal, and Eakta Jain. 2019. In 2019 Symposium on Eye Tracking Research and Applications (ETRA ’19), June 25–28, 2019, Denver , CO, USA. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 5 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3314111. 3319816

[PDF] Preprint. Free download through ACM-Authorizer to be added.

A Benchmark of Four Methods for Generating 360° Saliency Maps from Eye Tracking Data

Brendan John, Pallavi Raiturkar, Olivier Le Meur and Eakta Jain, 2018 IEEE International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Reality (AIVR), Taichung, Taiwan, 2018, pp. 136-139. https://doi.org/10.1109/AIVR.2018.00028

[Selected as a top paper in AIVR, to be included in the International Journal of Semantic Computing Vol. 13, No. 3]

[PDF] Preprint.

An Evaluation of Pupillary Light Reflex Models for 2D Screens and VR HMDs

Brendan John, Pallavi Raiturkar, Arunava Banerjee, and Eakta Jain. 2018. In VRST 2018: 24th ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology (VRST ’18), November 28-December 1, 2018, Tokyo, Japan. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 11 pages. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3281505.3281538