Discovery:

Promoting and improving discoverability in interactive systems

International publications

Does Adding Visual Signifiers in Animated Transitions Improve Interaction Discoverability?
Eva Mackamul, Fanny Chevalier, Géry Casiez and Sylvain Malacria.
Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (2025). AR: 25%
[pdf] [talk] [doi] [data]
CHI '25
An Equivalent Circuit Model for 2D Embroidery Using Conductive Threads
Kazuhiro Shinoda, Sylvain Malacria, Fabrice Matulic and Koji Yatani.
Proceedings of the ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers (2025).
[pdf] [doi]
ISWC '25
Studying the Perception of Vibrotactile Haptic Cues on the Finger, Hand and Forearm for Representing Microgestures
Suliac Lavenant, Alix Goguey, Sylvain Malacria, Laurence Nigay and Thomas Pietrzak.
IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (2024). AR: 31%
[pdf] [doi]
ISMAR '24
Studying the Simultaneous Visual Representation of Microgestures
Vincent Lambert, Alix Goguey, Sylvain Malacria and Laurence Nigay.
Proc. ACM Hum.-Comput. Interact, MobileHCI (2024).
[pdf] [doi]
MobileHCI '24
Tutorial Mismatches: Investigating the Frictions due to Interface Differences when Following Software Video Tutorials
Raphaël Perraud, Aurélien Tabard and Sylvain Malacria.
Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Designing Interactive Systems (2024). AR: 27%
[pdf] [doi]
DIS '24
Clarifying and Differentiating Discoverability
Eva Mackamul, Géry Casiez and Sylvain Malacria.
Human–Computer Interaction (2024).
[pdf] [doi]
HCI' 24
Exploring Visual Signifier Characteristics to Improve the Perception of Affordances of In-Place Touch Inputs
Eva Mackamul, Géry Casiez and Sylvain Malacria.
Proc. ACM Hum.-Comput. Interact, MobileHCI (2023). AR: 38%
[pdf] [video] [talk] [doi]
MobileHCI '23
Studying the Visual Representation of Microgestures
Vincent Lambert, Adrien Chaffangeon Caillet, Alix Goguey, Sylvain Malacria and Laurence Nigay.
Proc. ACM Hum.-Comput. Interact, MobileHCI (2023). AR: 38%
[pdf] [talk] [doi]
MobileHCI '23
ChartDetective: Easy and Accurate Interactive Data Extraction from Complex Vector Charts
Damien Masson, Sylvain Malacria, Daniel Vogel, Edward Lank and Géry Casiez.
Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (2023). AR: 27%
[pdf] [video] [talk] [web] [code] [doi]
CHI '23
Towards a Unified and Efficient Command Selection Mechanism for Touch-Based Devices Using Soft Keyboard Hotkeys
Katherine Fennedy, Angad Srivastava, Sylvain Malacria and Simon T Perrault.
ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction (2022).
[pdf] [talk] [doi]
TOCHI' 22
Investigating Performance and Usage of Input Methods for Soft Keyboard Hotkeys
Katherine Fennedy, Sylvain Malacria, Hyowon Lee and Simon Perrault.
Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services (2020). AR: 24%
[pdf] [talk] [doi]
MobileHCI '20
Where is that Feature? Designing for Cross-Device Software Learnability
Jessalyn Alvina, Andrea Bunt, Parmit Chilana, Sylvain Malacria and Joanna McGrenere.
Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Designing Interactive Systems (2020). AR: 24%
[pdf] [talk] [doi]
DIS '20
Awareness, Usage and Discovery of Swipe-Revealed Hidden Widgets in IOS
Nicole Ke Chen Pong and Sylvain Malacria.
Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Interactive Surfaces and Spaces (ISS 2019). AR: 30%
[pdf] [talk] [doi]
ISS '19

Internatonal juried publications

Appearance-Independent Tactile Design Using Different Embroidery Stitches
Kazuhiro Shinoda, Sylvain Malacria, Mitsuhiro Kamezaki and Koji Yatani.
Extended Abstracts of the 2025 HCI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (Interactivity). AR: 40%
[pdf] [doi]
CHI EA '25
Improving the Discoverability of Interactions in Interactive Systems
Eva Mackamul.
Extended Abstracts of the 2022 HCI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (Doctoral Consortium).
[pdf] [doi]
CHI EA' 22

Domestic publications

Adaptation des tutoriels pour logiciels aux interfaces utilisateurs
Raphaël Perraud.
Adjunct Proceedings of the Conference on Interaction Humain-Machine (2024, Doctoral Consortium).
[pdf]
IHM EA '24
Signifidgets : What you see is what widget !
Géry Casiez, Sylvain Malacria and Eva Mackamul.
Adjunct Proceedings of the Conference on Interaction Humain-Machine (2023).
[pdf] [web]
IHM EA '23

Thesis

Investigating the Influence of Visual Signifiers to Foster the Discovery of Touch-Based Interactions
Eva Mackamul.
University of Lille.
[pdf]
PhD 23
Interacting with Signifier-less Designs: the Case of Swhidgets
Nicole Ke Chen Pong.
University of Lille.
[pdf]
PhD 20

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