Publications

SparseIMU: Computational Design of Sparse IMU Layouts for Sensing Fine-Grained Finger Microgestures

Adwait Sharma, Christina Salchow-Hömmen, Vimal Mollyn, Aditya Shekhar Nittala, Michael A. Hedderich, Marion Koelle, Thomas Seel, Jürgen Steimle.

ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction (ACM TOCHI). 2022. (Presented at CHI 2023).

Computational Design and Optimization of Electro-Physiological Sensors

Aditya Shekhar Nittala, Andreas Karrenbauer, Arshad Khan, Tobias Kraus, Jürgen Steimle.

Nature Communications. 2021 Nov 3; volume 12(issue: 1): pp 1-14.

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On-skin interaction using body landmarks

Jürgen Steimle, Joanna Bergstrom-Lehtovirta, Martin Weigel, Aditya Shekhar Nittala, Sebastian Boring, Alex Olwal, Kasper Hornbæk.

IEEE Computer. 2017 Oct 3;50(10): pp19-27.

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Augmenting On-Body Touch Input with Tactile Feedback Through Fingernail Haptics

Peter Tran, Purna Gadepalli, Jaeyeon Lee, Aditya Shekhar Nittala

Proceedings of the ACM annual conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. (CHI ‘23).

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Prototyping Soft Devices with Interactive Bioplastics 

Marion Koelle*, Madalina Nicolae*, Aditya Shekhar Nittala, Marc Teyssier,  Jürgen Steimle 

Proceedings of the ACM annual Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology. (UIST ‘22).

Best Paper Award

Best Demo Award

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Next Steps In Epidermal Computing:  Opportunities and Challenges for Soft On-Skin Devices

Aditya Shekhar Nittala, Jürgen Steimle 

Proceedings of the ACM annual conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. (CHI ‘22).

[PDF] Accept with Minor Revisions (top 12.5% of submissions)

SoloFinger: Robust Microgestures While Grasping Everyday Objects

Adwait Sharma, Michael A. Hedderich, Divyanshu Bhardwaj, Bruno Fruchard, Jess McIntosh, Aditya Shekhar Nittala, Dietrich Klakow, Daniel Ashbrook, Jürgen Steimle 

Proceedings of the ACM annual conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. (CHI ‘21).

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PhysioSkin: Rapid Fabrication of Skin-Conformal Physiological Interfaces

Aditya Shekhar Nittala, Arshad Khan, Klaus Kruttwig, Tobias Kraus, Jürgen Steimle.

Proceedings of the ACM annual conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. (CHI ‘20).

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TipText: Eyes-Free Text Entry On A Fingertip Keyboard

Zheer Xu, Pui Chung Wong, Jun Gong, Te-Yen Wu, Aditya Shekhar Nittala, Xiaojun Bi, Jürgen Steimle, Hongbo Fu, Kening Zhu, Xing-Dong Yang.

Proceedings of the ACM annual Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology. (UIST’19).

Best Paper Award

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Like a Second Skin: Understanding How Epidermal Devices Affect Human Tactile Perception 

Aditya Shekhar Nittala, Klaus Kruttwig, Jaeyeon Lee, Roland Bennewitz, Eduard Arzt, Jürgen Steimle

Proceedings of the ACM annual conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. (CHI ‘19).

Best Paper Honorable Mention Award

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Multi-Touch Skin: A Thin And Flexible Multi-Touch Sensor for On-Skin Input 

Aditya Shekhar Nittala, Anusha Withana, Narges Pourjafarian, Jürgen Steimle

Proceedings of the ACM annual conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. (CHI ‘18).

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SkinMarks: Enabling Interactions On Body Landmarks Using Conformal Skin Electronics 

Martin Weigel, Aditya Shekhar Nittala, Alex Olwal, Jürgen Steimle

Proceedings of the ACM annual conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. (CHI ‘17).

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TactBack: VibroTactile Braille Output Using Smartphone and Smartwatch For Visually Impaired. 

Aritra Dhar, Aditya Shekhar Nittala, Kuldeep Yadav

Proceedings of the ACM Annual 13th Web for All Conference. (W4A ‘16).

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PhoneEar: Interactions For Mobile Devices That Hear High-Frequency Sound-Encoded Data 

Aditya Shekhar Nittala, Xing-Dong Yang, Scott Bateman, Ehud Sharlin, Saul Greenberg

Proceedings of the ACM SIGCHI Symposium on Engineering Interactive Computing Systems. (EICS‘15).

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Flying frustum: A Spatial Interface for Enhancing Human-UAV Awareness

Nico Li, Stephen Cartwright, Aditya Shekhar Nittala, Ehud Sharlin, Mario Costa Sousa

Proceedings of the ACM International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction 2015. (HAI‘15).

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PlanWell: Spatial User Interface For Collaborative Petroleum Well-Planning

Aditya Shekhar Nittala, Nico Li, Stephen Cartwright, Kazuki Takashima, Ehud Sharlin, Mario Costa Sousa

Proceedings of the ACM SIGGRAPH Asia Symposium on Mobile Graphics and Interactive Applications. 2015. (MGIA‘15).

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Conformal Wearable Devices for Expressive On-Skin Interaction

Aditya Shekhar Nittala, Arshad Khan, Jürgen Steimle.

Proceedings of the ACM Augmented Humans Conference 2020. (AHs'20).

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Digital Fabrication Pipeline for On-Body Sensors: Design Goals and Challenges

Aditya Shekhar Nittala, Jürgen Steimle.

In Proceedings of the 2016 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing (UbiComp'16).

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Shvil: collaborative augmented reality land navigation

Nico Li, Aditya Shekhar Nittala, Ehud Sharlin, Mario Costa Sousa.

In Proceedings of the CHI'14 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2014. (CHI EA‘14).

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From Wearable Towards Epidermal Computing

Soft Wearable Devices for Rich Interaction on the Skin 

Aditya Shekhar Nittala, PhD Thesis

Department of Computer Science,

Saarland University, Germany

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SHVIL, PLANWELL, & FLYING FRUSTUM: Spatial Interaction With 3D Physical Maps

Aditya Shekhar Nittala, Masters Thesis

Department of Computer Science,

University of Calgary, Canada

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SonicData: Broadcasting Data via Sound for Smartphones

Aditya Shekhar Nittala, Xing-Dong Yang, Scott Bateman, Ehud Sharlin, Saul Greenberg

Research Report 2014-1064-15, Department of Computer Science,

University of Calgary, Canada

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