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The Moose: A Haptic User Interface for Blind Persons

Published in Third WWW-Six Conference, 1997

O’Modhrain, Sile; Gillespie, Brent R. The Moose: A Haptic User Interface for Blind Persons. In Proceedings of Third WWW-Six Conference (April 1997), Santa Clara, CA, USA.

The Virtual Teacher: An Aide for Manual Task Training

Published in American Society of Mechanical Engineers' International Mechanical Engineering Conference and Exposition, 1998

Gillespie, Brent R.; O’Modhrain, Sile; Tang, Philip; Zaretsky, David; Pham, Cuong. The Virtual Teacher: An Aide for Manual Task Training. In Proceedings of American Society of Mechanical Engineers' International Mechanical Engineering Conference and Exposition (November 1998), Anaheim, CA, USA.

Influence of attack parameters on the playability of a virtual bowed string instrument: tuning the model

Published in International Computer Music Conference, 2000

O’Modhrain, Sile; Serafin, Stefania; Chafe, Chris; Smith, Julius O. Influence of attack parameters on the playability of a virtual bowed string instrument: tuning the model. In Proceedings of International Computer Music Conference (2000), Berlin, Germany.

Incorporating Haptic Feedback into Interfaces for Music Applications

Published in International Symposium on Robotics with Applications, World Automation Conference, 2000

O’Modhrain, Sile; Serafin, Stefania; Chafe, Chris; Smith, Julius O. Incorporating Haptic Feedback into Interfaces for Music Applications. In Proceedings of International Symposium on Robotics with Applications, World Automation Conference (June 2000), Maui, HI, USA.

Current Trends in Electronic Music Interfaces

Published in Journal of New Music Research, 2003

Paradiso, Joseph A; O'Modhrain, Sile. Current Trends in Electronic Music Interfaces. Journal of New Music Research, Volume 32, Number: 4, pp. 345-49.
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Cutaneous Grooves: Composing for the Sense of Touch

Published in Journal of New Music Research, Swets & Zietlinger, 2003

Gunther, Eric; O'Modhrain Sile. Cutaneous Grooves: Composing for the Sense of Touch. Journal of New Music Research, Swets & Zietlinger, Volume 32; Issue 4 (December 2003), pp. 369-81.
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Touch TV: Adding Feeling to Broadcast Media

Published in European Conference on Interactive Television: from Viewers to Actors, 2003

O’Modhrain, Sile; Oakley, Ian. Touch TV: Adding Feeling to Broadcast Media. In Proceedings of European Conference on Interactive Television: from Viewers to Actors (December 2003), Brighton, England. (Best Paper Award).

MESH: Supporting Mobile Multi-Modal Interfaces

Published in Association for Computing Machinery’s User Interface Software and Technology Conference, Santa Fe, NM, USA, 2004

Stephen, Hughes; Oakley, Ian; O’Modhrain, Sile. MESH: Supporting Mobile Multi-Modal Interfaces. In proceedings of the Association for Computing Machinery’s User Interface Software and Technology Conference (2004). Santa Fe, NM, USA
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Touch and Go: Designing Haptic Feedback for a Hand-held Mobile Device

Published in BT Technology Journal, 2004

O'Modhrain, Sile. Touch and Go: Designing Haptic Feedback for a Hand-held Mobile Device. BT Technology Journal, Volume 22 (2004), pp. 139-45.
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The Effect of Temporal Delay and Spatial Differences on Cross-Modal Object Recognition

Published in Cognitive, Affective and Behavioural Neuroscience, 2004

Woods, Andrew Y; O'Modhrain, Sile; Newell, Fiona N. The Effect of Temporal Delay and Spatial Differences on Cross-Modal Object Recognition. Cognitive, Affective and Behavioural Neuroscience, Volume 4; Number: 2 (June 2004), pp. 260-9.
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Tilt to Scroll: Evaluating a Motion-based Vibrotactile Mobile Interface

Published in Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers World Haptics Conference, Pisa, Italy, 2005

Oakley, Ian; O’Modhrain, Sile. Tilt to Scroll: Evaluating a Motion-based Vibrotactile Mobile Interface. In Proceedings of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers World Haptics Conference (March 2005), pp. 40-9. Pisa, Italy.
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Gesture Signatures for Ambient Intelligence Applications: A Feasibility Study

Published in Pervasive Computing; Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, 2006

Farella, Elisabetta; O'Modhrain, Sile; Benini, Luca; Riccó, Bruno. Gesture Signatures for Ambient Intelligence Applications: A Feasibility Study. Pervasive Computing; Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, Volume 3968 (May 2006).
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An enactive approach to the design of new tangible musical instruments

Published in Organised Sound, Cambridge University Press, 2006

Essl, Georg; O'Modhrain, Sile. An enactive approach to the design of new tangible musical instruments. Organised Sound, Cambridge University Press, Volume 11, Issue: 3 (November 2006), pp. 285-96.
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BodySpace: Inferring Body Pose for Natural Control of a Music Player

Published in Association for Computing Machinery’s Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, San Jose, CA, USA, 2007

Strachan, Steven; Murray-Smith, Roderick; O’Modhrain Sile. BodySpace: Inferring Body Pose for Natural Control of a Music Player. In proceedings of the Association for Computing Machinery’s Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (April 2007), pp. 2001-6. San Jose, CA, USA.
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Novel Percussive Instrument Design: Converting Mathematical Formulae into Engaging Musical Instruments

Published in International Computer Music Conference, 2008

Chuchacz, Katarzyna; Woods, Roger F.; O’Modhrain, Sile. Novel Percussive Instrument Design: Converting Mathematical Formulae into Engaging Musical Instruments. In Proceedings of International Computer Music Conference (January 2008), Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Designing a Shareable Musical TUI

Published in International Conference on New Instruments for Musical Expression, 2010

Heinz, Sebastian; O’Modhrain, Sile. Designing a Shareable Musical TUI. In Proceedings of International Conference on New Instruments for Musical Expression (June 2010), Sydney, Australia.

A Framework for the Evaluation of Digital Musical Instruments

Published in Computer Music Journal, MIT Press, 2011

O'Modhrain, Sile. A Framework for the Evaluation of Digital Musical Instruments. Computer Music Journal, MIT Press, Volume 35, Number: 1 (Spring 2011), pp. 28-42.
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Perceptual Integration of Audio and Touch: A Case Study of PebbleBox

Published in Sonic Interaction Design, MIT Press, 2011

Essl, Georg; O'Modhrain, Sile (2011). "Perceptual Integration of Audio and Touch: A Case Study of PebbleBox." In S. Serafin (ed.). Sonic Interaction Design, MIT Press.

SimpleFlow: Enhancing Gestural Interaction with Gesture Prediction, Abbreviation and Autocompletion

Published in INTERACT, 2011

Bennett, Mike; McCarthy, Kevin; O’Modhrain, Sile; Smyth, Barry. SimpleFlow: Enhancing Gestural Interaction with Gesture Prediction, Abbreviation and Autocompletion. In Proceedings of INTERACT. Volume 6946 (2011), Lisbon, Portugal.

Evaluation of Haptic HTML Mappings Derived from a Novel Methodology

Published in Association for Computing Machinery's Transactions on Accessible Computing, 2011

Kuber, Ravi; Yu, Wai; O'Modhrain, Sile. Evaluation of Haptic HTML Mappings Derived from a Novel Methodology. Association for Computing Machinery's Transactions on Accessible Computing, Volume 3, Issue: 4, Article 12 (April 2011), pp. 1 - 28.
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A Machine Learning Toolbox for Musician Computer Interaction

Published in International Conference on New Instruments for Musical Expression, 2011

Gillian, Nicholas; Knapp, Benjamin; O’Modhrain, Sile. A Machine Learning Toolbox for Musician Computer Interaction. In Proceedings of International Conference on New Instruments for Musical Expression (May 2011), Oslo, Norway.

Recognition of Multivariate Temporal Musical Gestures Using N-Dimensional Dynamic Time Warping

Published in International Conference on New Instruments for Musical Expression, 2011

Gillian, Nicholas; Knapp, Benjamin; O’Modhrain, Sile. Recognition of Multivariate Temporal Musical Gestures Using N-Dimensional Dynamic Time Warping. In Proceedings of International Conference on New Instruments for Musical Expression (May 2011), Oslo, Norway.

Embodied Cognition as a Motivating Perspective for Haptic Interaction Design: A Position Paper

Published in Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers World Haptics Conference, Istanbul, Turkey, 2011

Gillespie, Brent R.; O’Modhrain, Sile. Embodied Cognition as a Motivating Perspective for Haptic Interaction Design: A Position Paper. In Proceedings of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers World Haptics Conference (June 2011), pp. 481-486. Istanbul, Turkey.
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Identifying the effectiveness of using three different haptic devices for providing non-visual access to the web

Published in Interacting with Computers, 2011

Zhu, Shaojian; Kuber, Ravi; Tretter, Matthew; O'Modhrain, Sile. Identifying the effectiveness of using three different haptic devices for providing non-visual access to the web. Interacting with Computers, Volume 23, Issue: 6 (November 2011), pp. 565-81.
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Expertise Is Perceived from Both Sound and Body Movement in Musical Performance

Published in Human Movement Science, 2012

Rodger, Matthew W.M.; Craig, Cathy M.; O'Modhrain, Sile. Expertise Is Perceived from Both Sound and Body Movement in Musical Performance. Human Movement Science, Volume 31, Issue: 5 (October 2012), pp. 1137-50.
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Temporal guidance of musicians’ performance movement is an acquired skill

Published in Experimental Brain Research, 2013

Rodger, Matthew W.M; O'Modhrain, Sile; Craig, Cathy M. Temporal guidance of musicians' performance movement is an acquired skill. Experimental Brain Research, Volume 226, Issue: 2 (April 2013), pp. 1-30.
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Auditory and Visual Evaluation of Fixed-Frequency Events in Time-Varying Signals

Published in 20th International Conference on Auditory Display, 2014

Alexander, Robert L.; O’Modhrain, Sile; Gilbert, Jason A.; Zurbuchen, Thomas H. Auditory and Visual Evaluation of Fixed-Frequency Events in Time-Varying Signals. In Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Auditory Display (June 2014), New York, NY, USA.

Modeling Pneumatic Actuators for a Refreshable Tactile Display

Published in Haptics: Neuroscience, Devices, Modeling, and Applications: 9th International Conference, EuroHaptics, 2014

Russamanno, Alexander; Gillespie, Brent R.; O’Modhrain, Sile; Barber, James. Modeling Pneumatic Actuators for a Refreshable Tactile Display. In Proceedings of Haptics: Neuroscience, Devices, Modeling, and Applications: 9th International Conference, EuroHaptics, Part II 9 (June 2014), Versailles, France.

The Bird’s Ear View of Space Physics: Audification as a Tool for the Spectral Analysis of Time Series Data

Published in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 2014

Alexander, Robert L.; O'Modhrain, Sile; Roberts, Aaron D; Gilbert, Jason; Zurbuchen, Thomas H. The Bird's Ear View of Space Physics: Audification as a Tool for the Spectral Analysis of Time Series Data. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, Volume 119, Issue: 7 (July 2014), pp. 5259-71.
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Olegoru: A Soundscape Composition Tool to Enhance Imaginative Storytelling with Tangible Objects

Published in Association for Computing Machinery’s Ninth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction, Stanford, CA, USA, 2015

Huang, Chuan-Che; Lin, Yu-Jen; Xinda, Jeng; Newman, Mark; O’Modhrain, Sile. Olegoru: A Soundscape Composition Tool to Enhance Imaginative Storytelling with Tangible Objects. In Proceedings of the Association for Computing Machinery’s Ninth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction (January 2015), pp. 709-14. Stanford, CA, USA.
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The Pneumatic Practice Pad

Published in International Conference on New Instruments for Musical Expression, 2015

Sheffield, Eric; O’Modhrain, Sile; Gould, Michael; Gillespie, Brent R. The Pneumatic Practice Pad. In Proceedings of the International Conference on New Instruments for Musical Expression (June 2015). Baton Rouge, LA, USA.

The design of pressure-controlled valves for a refreshable tactile display

Published in Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers World Haptics Conference, Chicago, IL, USA, 2015

Russamanno, Alexandar; Gillespie, Brent R.; O’Modhrain, Sile; Burns, Mark. The design of pressure-controlled valves for a refreshable tactile display. In Proceedings of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers World Haptics Conference (June 2015). Chicago, IL, USA.
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Designing Media for Visually-Impaired Users of Refreshable Touch Displays: Possibilities and Pitfalls

Published in Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Transactions on Haptics, 2015

O'Modhrain, Sile; Giudice, Nicholas A.; Gardner, John.A.; Legge, Gordon.E. Designing Media for Visually-Impaired Users of Refreshable Touch Displays: Possibilities and Pitfalls. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Transactions on Haptics, Volume 8, Number: 3 (July-Sept 2015), pp. 248-57.
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Refreshing Refreshable Braille Displays

Published in Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Transactions on Haptics, 2015

Russamanno, Alexander; O'Modhrain, Sile; Gillespie, Brent R.; Rodger, Matthew W.M. Refreshing Refreshable Braille Displays. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Transactions on Haptics, Volume 8, Number: 3 (July-September 2015), pp.287-97.
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Music for Sleeping & Waking Minds: To Sleep, Perchance To Dream

Published in The New Interfaces for Musical Expression Reader, Springer, 2016

O'Modhrain, Sile (2016). "Music for Sleeping & Waking Minds: To Sleep, Perchance To Dream." In M. Lyons & A. Refsum Jensenius (eds.) The New Interfaces for Musical Expression Reader, London: Springer, pp. 377-78.

Modeling Latching Fluidic Circuits to Determine Clocking Limits for a Refreshable Braille Display

Published in Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Haptics Symposium, Philadelphia, PA, USA, 2016

Russamanno, Alexander; O’Modhrain, Sile; Gillespie, Brent R.; Burns, Mark. Modeling Latching Fluidic Circuits to Determine Clocking Limits for a Refreshable Braille Display. In Proceedings of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Haptics Symposium (April 2016). Philadelphia, PA, USA.
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Reducing Visual Dependency with Surface Haptic Touchscreens

Published in Haptics: Perception, Devices, Control, and Applications: 10th International Conference, EuroHaptics, 2016

Lin, Yu-Jen; O’Modhrain, Sile. Reducing Visual Dependency with Surface Haptic Touchscreens. In Proceedings of Haptics: Perception, Devices, Control, and Applications: 10th International Conference, EuroHaptics, Part II 10, Springer International Publishing (July 2016). London, UK.

A Faust Based Driving Simulator Sound Synthesis Engine

Published in Sound and Music Computing, 2016

Michon, Romain; Johns, Mishel; O’Modhrain, Sile; Gang, Nick; Gowda, Nikhil; Sirkin, David; Chafe, Chris; Wright, Matthew James; Ju, Wendy. A Faust Based Driving Simulator Sound Synthesis Engine. In Proceedings of Sound and Music Computing (September 2016). Hamburg, Germany.

Tactile Interfaces for Granular Synthesis

Published in The New Interfaces for Musical Expression Reader, Springer, 2017

O'Modhrain, Sile; Essl, Georg. "Tactile Interfaces for Granular Synthesis." In M. Lyons & A. Refsum Jensenius (eds.) The New Interfaces for Musical Expression Reader, London: Springer, pp. 149 – 62.

Agency in assistive technology adoption: visual impairment and smartphone use in Bangalore

Published in Association for Computing Machinery’s Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Denver, CO, USA, 2017

Pal, Joyojeet; Vishwanathan, Anandhi; Chandra, Priyank; Kameswaran, Vaishnav; Subramonyam, Hariharan; Johri, Aditya; Ackerman, Mark S; O’Modhrain, Sile. Agency in assistive technology adoption: visual impairment and smartphone use in Bangalore. In proceedings of the Association for Computing Machinery’s Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (May 2017) pp. 5959-40. Denver, CO, USA.
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Data dialog: facilitating collaborative decision making through data-driven conversations

Published in PervasiveHealth 11th EAI International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare, Barcelona, Spain, 2017

Subramonyam, Hariharan; Lee, Bongshin; O’Modhrain, Sile; Adar, Eytan. Data dialog: facilitating collaborative decision making through data-driven conversations. In Proceedings of PervasiveHealth 11th EAI International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare (May 2017), pages 440-43. Barcelona, Spain.
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A Pneu Shape Display: Physical Buttons with Programmable Touch Response

Published in Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers World Haptics Conference, Munich, Germany, 2017

Russamanno, Alexander; Xu, Zhentao; O’Modhrain, Sile; Gillespie, Brent R. “A Pneu Shape Display: Physical Buttons with Programmable Touch Response. In Proceedings of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers World Haptics Conference (June 2017). Munich, Germany. (Best Demonstration Award).
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The BeatBearing: A Tangible Rhythm Sequencer

Published in 5th Nordic Conference on Computer-Human Interaction, 2018

Bennett, Peter; O’Modhrain, Sile. The BeatBearing: A Tangible Rhythm Sequencer. In Proceedings of 5th Nordic Conference on Computer-Human Interaction (electronic proceedings), (2018), Lund, Sweden.

Once More, With Feeling: Revisiting the Role of Touch in Performer-Instrument Interaction

Published in Musical Haptics, Springer Series on Touch and Haptic Systems, 2018

O'Modhrain, Sile; Gillespie, Brent R. (2018) "Once More, With Feeling: Revisiting the Role of Touch in Performer-Instrument Interaction." In Papetti, S., and Saitis, C. (eds.) Musical Haptics, Springer Series on Touch and Haptic Systems.

A Tactile Display with Touch Sensing Using a High-Density Microfluidic Chip

Published in Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Haptics Symposium, San Francisco, CA, USA, 2018

Russamanno, Alexander; Rao, Hrishikesh V; Tantivirun, T.; O'Modhrain, Sile; Gillespie, Brent R. A Tactile Display with Touch Sensing Using a High-Density Microfluidic Chip. In Proceedings of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Haptics Symposium (March 2018). San Francisco, CA, USA.

Evaluating approaches to rendering braille text on a high-density pin display

Published in Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Transactions on Haptics, 2018

Morash, Valerie; Russamanno, Alexander; Gillespie, Brent R.; O'Modhrain, Sile. Evaluating approaches to rendering braille text on a high-density pin display. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Transactions on Haptics, Volume 11, Number: 3 (July-September 2018), pp. 476-481.
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We can go anywhere: Understanding Independence through a case study of ride-hailing use by people with visual impairments in metropolitan India

Published in Proceedings of the Association for Computing Machinery on Human-Computer Interaction, 2018

Kameswaran, Vaishnav; Gupta, Jatin; Pal, Joyojeet; O' Modhrain, Sile; Veinot, Tiffany; Brewer, Robin; Parameshwar, Aakansha; Yellareddy, V; O'Neill, Jacki. We can go anywhere: Understanding Independence through a case study of ride-hailing use by people with visual impairments in metropolitan India. Proceedings of the Association for Computing Machinery on Human-Computer Interaction, Volume 2, Issue: Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing, Article 85 (November 2018), pp. 1–24. (Best Paper Award).
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Multimodal Representation of Complex Spatial Data

Published in Association for Computing Machinery’s Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, 2019

Rao, Hrishikesh V; O’Modhrain, Sile. Multimodal Representation of Complex Spatial Data. Proceedings of the Association for Computing Machinery’s Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (May 2019), pp. 1–4. Glasgow, Scotland, UK.
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2Across: A Comparison of Audio-Tactile and Screen-Reader based Representations of a Crossword Puzzle

Published in Association for Computing Machinery’s Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Honolulu, HI, USA, 2020

Rao, Hrishikesh V; O’Modhrain, Sile. 2Across: A Comparison of Audio-Tactile and Screen-Reader based Representations of a Crossword Puzzle. Proceedings of the Association for Computing Machinery’s Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (April 2020), pp. 1–12. Honolulu, HI, USA.
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Explore, Create, Annotate: Designing Digital Drawing Tools with Visually Impaired People

Published in Association for Computing Machinery’s Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Honolulu, HI, USA, 2020

Pandey, Maulishree; Subramonyam, Hariharan; Sasia, Brooke; Oney, Steve; O'Modhrain, Sile. Explore, Create, Annotate: Designing Digital Drawing Tools with Visually Impaired People. Proceedings of the Association for Computing Machinery’s Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (April 2020), Pages 1–12. Honolulu, HI, USA.
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Constructive Visualization to Inform the Design and Exploration of Tactile Data Representations

Published in 22nd International Association for Computing Machinery’s Special Interest Group on ACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility, New York, NY, USA, 2020

Fan, Danyang; Siu, Alexa F.; O’Modhrain, Sile; Follmer, Sean. Constructive Visualization to Inform the Design and Exploration of Tactile Data Representations. Proceedings of the 22nd International Association for Computing Machinery’s Special Interest Group on ACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility. Article: 60 (October 2020), pp. 1 – 4. New York, NY, USA.
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COVID-19 Highlights the Issues Facing Blind and Visually Impaired People in Accessing Data on the Web

Published in 18th International Web for All Conference, 2021

Siu, Alexa F.; Fan, Danyang; Kim, Gene S-H; Rao, Hrishikesh V; Vazquez, Xavier; O’Modhrain, Sile; Follmer, Sean. COVID-19 Highlights the Issues Facing Blind and Visually Impaired People in Accessing Data on the Web. In Proceedings of the 18th International Web for All Conference. Article Number: 11 (April 2021), pp. 1 - 15.

Understanding Accessibility and Collaboration in Programming for People with Visual Impairments

Published in Proceedings of the Association for Computing Machinery on Human-Computing Interaction, 2021

Pandey, Maulishree; Kameswaran, Vaishnav; Rao, Hrishikesh V; O'Modhrain, Sile; Oney, Steve. Understanding Accessibility and Collaboration in Programming for People with Visual Impairments. Proceedings of the Association for Computing Machinery on Human-Computing Interaction, Volume 5, Issue: Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing, Article 129 (April 2021), pp 1-30. (Recognition for Contribution to Diversity and Inclusion).
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The impact of the acoustic environment on human emotion and experience: A case study of worship spaces

Published in Building Acoustics Journal, 2022

Algargoosh, Alaa; Soleimani, Babak; O'Modhrain, Sile; Navvab, Moji. The impact of the acoustic environment on human emotion and experience: A case study of worship spaces. Building Acoustics Journal, Volume 29, Issue: 1 (January 2022), pp. 85 – 106.
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Supporting Accessible Data Visualization Through Audio Data Narratives

Published in Association for Computing Machinery’s Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, New York, NY, USA, 2022

Siu, Alexa; Kim, Gene S-H; O'Modhrain, Sile; Follmer, Sean. Supporting Accessible Data Visualization Through Audio Data Narratives. Proceedings of the Association for Computing Machinery’s Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Article: 476 (April 2022), pp. 1 – 19. New York, NY, USA.
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Slide-Tone and Tilt-Tone: 1-DOF Haptic Techniques for Conveying Shape Characteristics of Graphs to Blind Users

Published in Association for Computing Machinery’s Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, New York, NY, USA, 2022

Fan, Danyang; Siu, Alexa F.; Law, Adrienne W-S; Zhen, Raymond R.; O’Modhrain, Sile; Follmer, Sean. Slide-Tone and Tilt-Tone: 1-DOF Haptic Techniques for Conveying Shape Characteristics of Graphs to Blind Users. Proceedings of the Association for Computing Machinery’s Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Article: 477 (April 2022), pp. 1 – 19. New York, NY, USA.
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Accessibility of UI Frameworks and Libraries for Programmers with Visual Impairments

Published in IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing (VL/HCC), Roma, Italy, 2022

Pandey, Maulishree; Bondre, Sharvari; O’Modhrain, Sile; and Oney, Steve. (2022) "Accessibility of UI Frameworks and Libraries for Programmers with Visual Impairments," 2022 IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing (VL/HCC), Roma, Italy, 2022, pp. 1-10, doi: 10.1109/VL/HCC53370.2022.9833098.
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The Accessibility of Data Visualizations on the Web for Screen Reader Users: Practices and Experiences During COVID-19

Published in ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing, 2023

Fan, Danyang; Siu, Alexa Fay; Rao, Hrishikesh V.; Sung-Ho Kim, Gene; Vazquez, Xavier; Greco, Lucy; O'Modhrain, Sile; and Follmer, Sean. The Accessibility of Data Visualizations on the Web for Screen Reader Users: Practices and Experiences During COVID-19. ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing, 16, 1, Article 4 (March 2023), 29 pages
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UI Development in Mixed-Ability Software Engineering Teams

Published in EDI 2023 (Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Software Engineering: Best Practices and Insights), 2023

Pandey, Maulishree; Oney, Steve; Bondre, Sharvari; Kameswaran, Vaishnav; Rao, Hrishikesh; and O’Modhrain, Sile (2023) “UI Development in Mixed-Ability Software Engineering Teams.” in: EDI 2023 (Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Software Engineering: Best Practices and Insights)

Communication is a Two-Way Street: Negotiating Driving Intent through a Shape-Changing Steering Wheel

Published in IEEE World Haptics Conference, Delft, The Netherlands, 2023

Baez, Hannah; Bhardwaj, Akshay; Costa, Jean; Gideon, John; O'Modhrain, Sile; Sarter, Nadine; and Gillespie, Brent (2023) “Communication is a Two-Way Street: Negotiating Driving Intent through a Shape-Changing Steering Wheel.” To appear in Proceedings of the IEEE World Haptics Conference, Delft, The Netherlands, July 10-13, 2023.
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Designing Born-Accessible Courses in Data Science and Visualization: Challenges and Opportunities of a Remote Curriculum Taught by Blind Instructors to Blind Students

Published in EuroVis 2024 - education papers. The Eurographics Association., 2024

Seo, J., O’Modhrain, S., Xia, Y., Kamath, S., Lee, B., & Coughlan, J. M. (2024). Designing Born-Accessible Courses in Data Science and Visualization: Challenges and Opportunities of a Remote Curriculum Taught by Blind Instructors to Blind Students. In R. S. and A. Firat Elif E. and Laramee (Ed.), EuroVis 2024 - education papers. The Eurographics Association. https://doi.org/10.2312/eved.20241053
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Tangible Stats: An Embodied and Multimodal Platform for Teaching Data and Statistics to Blind and Low Vision Students

Published in CHI EA '24: Extended Abstracts of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2024

Danyang Fan, Gene S-H Kim, Olivia Tomassetti, Shloke Nirav Patel, Sile O'Modhrain, Victor R Lee, Sean Follmer. Tangible Stats: An Embodied and Multimodal Platform for Teaching Data and Statistics to Blind and Low Vision Students, CHI EA '24: Extended Abstracts of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Article No.: 310, Pages 1 – 9
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AltCanvas: A Tile-Based Editor for Visual Content Creation with Generative AI for Blind or Visually Impaired People

Published in ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS ’24), 2024

S Lee, M Kohga, S Landau, S O'Modhrain… -AltCanvas: A Tile-Based Editor for Visual Content Creation with Generative AI for Blind or Visually Impaired People, ASSETS '24: Proceedings of the 26th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility Article No.: 70, Pages 1 – 22
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Promoting Comprehension and Engagement in Introductory Data and Statistics for Blind and Low-Vision Students: A Co-Design Study

Published in CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’25), Yokohama, Japan. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 2025

Danyang Fan, Olivia Tomassetti, Aya Mouallem, Gene S-H Kim, Shloke Nirav Patel, Saehu Hwang, Patricia Leader, Danielle Sugure, Tristen Chen, Darren Reese Ou, Victor R Lee, Lakshmi Balasubramanian, Hariharan Subramonyam,Sile O’Modhrain , and Sean Follmer. 2025. Promoting Comprehension and Engagement in Introductory Data and Statistics for Blind and Low-Vision Students: A Co-Design Study. In CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’25), April 26 – May 1, 2025, Yokohama, Japan. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 20 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3706598.3713333
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Perceiving Slope and Acceleration: Evidence for Variable Tempo Sampling in Pitch-Based Sonification of Functions

Published in IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 2026

Danyang Fan; Walker Smith; Takako Fujioka; Chris Chafe; Sile O'Modhrain; Diana Deutsch, Sean Follmer (2026). Perceiving Slope and Acceleration: Evidence for Variable Tempo Sampling in Pitch-Based Sonification of Functions, in IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, vol. 32, no. 1, pp. 221-231, Jan. 2026
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A Dialogue of the Senses: Designing Interaction with the Body In Mind (In Press)

MIT Press, April 2026

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Three Modalities, Two Design Probes, One Prototype, and No Vision: Experience-Based Co-Design of a Multi-modal 3D Data Visualization Tool

Published in Association for Computing Machinery’s Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Barcelona, Spain, 2026

Sanchita S. Kamath, Aziz N. Zeidieh, Venkatesh Potluri, Sile O'Modhrain, Kenneth Perry, and JooYoung Seo. 2026. Three Modalities, Two Design Probes, One Prototype, and No Vision: Experience-Based Co-Design of a Multi-modal 3D Data Visualization Tool. In Proceedings of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '26). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 1641, 1–23.
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Reflections on the use of computer-generated haptic feedback in learning tools for the blind

Published: August 01, 2002

Gestural Control of Handheld Mobile Devices

Published: July 05, 2005

Motion and Action, Gesture and Touch

Published: August 31, 2006

Music and Movement: Designing Gestural Interfaces for Computer-based Musical Instruments

Published: November 02, 2006

Rekindling the Search for the Holy Braille

Published: February 24, 2014

Once more, with feeling: Revisiting the role of touch in performer-instrument interaction

Published: June 04, 2015

Unnatural selection: Survival in the digital age

Published: May 01, 2017

Malleable Media: Defining Interaction Paradigms for Full-page Tactile Arrays

Published: September 06, 2020

Malleable Bits and Mutable Atoms: Toward Expressive Representation for Tangible User Interfaces

Published: February 14, 2021

New Technical Devices bring forth new worlds

Published: May 17, 2021

Should the Braille Font be Refreshed in the Age of Refreshable Braille?

Published: July 06, 2021

From Concept to Codex: The Design and Development of a Multi-Line Braille Display

Published: October 13, 2025

PAT102 – Introduction to Acoustics and Psychoacoustics

Undergraduate course, University of Michigan, Performing Arts & Technology department, 2011 - Present

Core Requirement for PAT undergraduate students

PAT515/SI515 - Engineering Applications of Performing Arts Technology: Movement for Interaction Design

Graduate course, University of Michigan, 2011 - Present

Core Requirement for PAT graduate students

PAT424-PAT524/SI524 – A Dialogue of the Senses

Graduate/Undergraduate course, University of Michigan, 2012 - Present

Elective

PAT421-PAT521/SI521 – Advanced Psychoacoustics

Graduate/Undergraduate course, University of Michigan, 2013 - Present

Elective, fulfills ULWR