Dissertation

• Towards Adaptive User Interfaces using Real Time fNIRS, Computer Science Department, Tufts University, Medford MA, 2010.

Journal articles

• Girouard, A., Solovey, E.T. and Jacob, R.J.K. Designing a Passive Brain Computer Interface using Real Time Classification of Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy. International Journal of Autonomous and Adaptive Communications Systems. (2010) (in print).
• Sassaroli, A., Zheng, F., Hirshfield, L.M., Girouard, A., Solovey, E.T., Jacob, R.J.K. and Fantini, S. Discrimination of Mental Workload Levels in Human Subjects with Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy. Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences. (2008)

Book Chapter

• Girouard, A., Solovey, E.T., Hirshfield, L.M., Peck, E.M., Chauncey, K., Fantini, S., Sassaroli, A. and Jacob, R.J.K. From Brain Signals to Adaptive Interfaces: using fNIRS in HCI. in Tan, D.S. and Nijholt, A. eds. Brain-Computer Interfaces, Springer, (2010), 221-237

Magazine Article

• 5. Peck, E. M., Solovey, E. T., Chauncey, K., Sassaroli, A., Fantini, S., Jacob, R. J. K., Girouard, A., Hirshfield, L. M.. Your Brain, Your Computer, and You. IEEE Computer, 43 (12), 2010, 86-89.
• Peck, E., Chauncey, K., Girouard, A., Gulotta, R., Lalooses, F., Solovey, E.T., Weaver, D. and Jacob, R. From brains to bytes. XRDS, 16 (4). 2010, 42-47.
• Jacob, R.J.K., Girouard, A., Horn, M., Miller, L., Shaer, O., Treacy, E. and Zigelbaum, J., What Is the Next Generation of Human-Computer Interaction?, interactions, vol. 14, no. 3 (May 2007).

Reviewed Conference Papers

Full Papers

• Lahey, B., Girouard, A., Burleson, W., and Vertegaal, R. PaperPhone: Understanding the Use of Bend Gestures in Mobile Devices with Flexible Electronic Paper Displays. ACM CHI 2011 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 10p.
• Solovey, ET., Parasi, M., Girouard, A., Chauncey, K., Weaver, D., Laloose, F., Schermerhorn, P., Scheutz, M., Jacob, R. Sensing Cognitive Multitasking for a Brain-Based Adaptive User Interface. ACM CHI 2011 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. 10p.
• Solovey, E.T., Girouard, A., Chauncey, K., Hirshfield, L.M., Sassaroli, A., Zheng, F., Fantini, S. and Jacob, R.J.K., Using fNIRS Brain Sensing in Realistic HCI Settings: Experiments and Guidelines. in ACM UIST'09 Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, (2009).
• Girouard, A., Solovey, E.T., Hirshfield, L.M., Chauncey, K., Sassaroli, A., Fantini, S. and Jacob, R.J.K., Distinguishing Difficulty Levels with Non-invasive Brain Activity Measurements. in INTERACT 2009, (2009), Springer.
• Hirshfield, L.M., Solovey, E.T., Girouard, A., Kebinger, J., Sassaroli, A., Tong, Y., Fantini, S. and Jacob, R.J.K., Brain Measurement for Usability Testing and Adaptive Interfaces: An Example of Uncovering Syntactic Workload with Functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy. in Proc. of CHI'09 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, (2009).
• Sassaroli, A., Zheng, F., Coutts, M., Hirshfield, L.H., Girouard, A., Solovey, E.T., Jacob, R.J.K., Tong, Y., Frederick, B.d. and Fantini, S., Application of near-infrared spectroscopy for discrimination of mental workloads. in Proc. SPIE, (2009).
• Jacob, R.J.K., Girouard, A., Hirshfield, L.M., Horn, M.S., Shaer, O., Solovey, E.T. and Zigelbaum, J., Reality-Based Interaction: A Framework for Post-WIMP Interfaces. in Proc. ACM CHI 2008 Human Factors in Computing Systems Conference, (2008).
• Girouard, A., Solovey, E.T., Hirshfield, L., Ecott, S., Shaer, O. and Jacob, R.J.K., Smart Blocks: A Tangible Mathematical Manipulative. in TEI 2007 First International Conference on Tangible and Embedded Interaction, (2007).
• Girouard, A., Smith, N.W. and Slonim, D.K. Motif Evaluation by Leave-one-out Scoring. in 2006 IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, (2006).

Short Papers

• Hurter, C., Girouard, A., Riche, N., Plaisant, C. Active Progress Bars: Facilitating the Switch to Temporary Activities. ACM CHI 2011 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems, (2011), 6p.
• Banerjee, A., Burstyn, J., Girouard, A., and Vertegaal, R. WaveForm: Remote Video Blending for VJs Using In-Air Multitouch Gestures. ACM CHI 2011 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems, (2011), 6p.
• Tarun, A.P., Lahey, B., Girouard, A., Burleson, W., and Vertegaal, R. Snaplet: Using Body Shape to Inform Function in Mobile Flexible Display Devices. ACM CHI 2011 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Extended Abstracts, Interactivity, 6p.
• Girouard, A., Vertegaal, R., and Poupyrev, I. Second International Workshop on Organic User Interfaces. Proceedings of conference on Tangible, embedded, and embodied interaction TEI, (2011).
• Girouard, A., Solovey, E.T., Mandryk, R., Tan, D., Nacke, L. and Jacob, R.J.K., Brain, Body and Bytes: Psychophysiological User Interaction, in Proc. ACM CHI 2010 Extended Abstracts, (2010).
• Girouard, A., Adaptive Brain Computer Interfaces. in CHI '09 extended abstracts on Human factors in computing systems, (2009).
• Hirshfield, L.M., Girouard, A., Solovey, E.T., Jacob, R.J.K., Sassaroli, A., Tong, Y. and Fantini, S., Human-Computer Interaction and Brain Measurement Using Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy. in ACM UIST 2007 Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, Poster Paper (2007).
• Jacob, R.J.K., Girouard, A., Hirshfield, L.M., Horn, M.S., Shaer, O., Solovey, E.T. and Zigelbaum, J., Reality-Based Interaction: Unifying the New Generation of Interaction Styles, ACM CHI 2007 Human Factors in Computing Systems Conference, Work in Progress paper (2007).

Reviewed Abstracts

• Rebbapragada, U., Girouard, A. and Winbladh, K., Tips, Tricks and Software for Keeping Research Organized. Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing, (2009).
• Hirshfield, L., Chauncey, K., Gulotta, R., Girouard, A., Solovey, E.T., Jacob, R., Sassaroli, A. and Fantini, S., Combining Electroencephalograph and Near Infrared Spectroscopy to Explore Users' Mental Workload. in HCI International 2009 13th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, (2009).
• Fantini, S., Sassaroli, A., Tong, Y., Hirshfield, L.H., Girouard, A., Solovey, E.T. and Jacob, R.J., Real-Time Assessment of Mental Workload with Near-Infrared Spectroscopy: Potential for Human-Computer Interaction. in Biomedical Optics, (2008), Optical Society of America, BMD14.
• Girouard, A., Miller, L. and Lomasky, R. Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Graduate School but Were Afraid to Ask, Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing, (2006).
• Girouard, A., Smith, N.W. and Ritter, F.E. Lessons from decompiling an embodied cognitive model. in Cognitio, (2006).

Workshop Papers

• Girouard, A. and Jacob, R.J.K. Real Time fNIRS Classification for BCIs. Proc. ACM CHI 2010 Workshop on Brain, Body and Bytes: Psychophysiological User Interaction, (2010).
• Solovey, E.T., Shaer, O., Girouard, A., Hirshfield, L.M., Horn, M.S., Zigelbaum, J. and Jacob, R.J.K., Programming Reality within the Reality-Based Interaction Framework. in Proc. ACM CHI 2009 Workshop on Programming Reality: From Transitive Materials to Organic User Interfaces, (2009).
• Hirshfield, L.M., Solovey, E.T., Girouard, A., Jacob, R.J.K., Kebinger, J., Horn, M.S., Shaer, O., Zigelbaum, J. and Jacob, R.J.K. Using Brain Measurement to Evaluate Reality Based Interactions. Proc. ACM CHI 2009 Workshop on Challenges in Evaluating Usability and User Experience of Reality-Based Interaction, (2009).
• Girouard, A., Hirshfield, L.M., Solovey, E.T. and Jacob, R.J.K., Using functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy in HCI: Toward evaluation methods and adaptive interfaces. in ACM CHI 2008 Workshop on Brain-Computer Interfaces for HCI and Games, (2008).
• Horn, M.S., Shaer, O., Girouard, A., Hirshfield, L.M., Solovey, E.T., Zigelbaum, J. and Jacob, R.J.K., Putting Tangible User Interfaces in Context: A Unifying Framework for Next Generation HCI. ACM CHI 2007 Workshop on Tangible User Interfaces in Context and Theory (2007).

Invited Presentations

• School of Computing, Queen's University, September 2010.
• Human Media Laboratory, Queen's University, February 2010.
• Technologies for Aging Gracefully, University of Toronto, February 2010.
• Identifying and Benefiting from Advisors & Mentors, with Clarke, L., CRA-W Graduate Cohort Workshop, March 2009
• Wellesley College, March 2009.
• École Polytechnique de Montréal, Montréal, Qc, February 2009.
• Graduate Research Symposium, Tufts University, November 2007.
• Graduate Research Symposium, Tufts University, April 2007.