Sayan Sarcar

Lecturer in Human-Computer Interaction

School of Computing and Digital Technology - CDT

Email:: Sayan.Sarcar@bcu.ac.uk

Dr. Sayan Sarcar is a lecturer in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and a Digital Media Technology Lab member. His research interests include HCI, User Experience and Usability, Ageing and Accessibility, and Computational Interaction.

Before joining BCU, Dr. Sarcar worked as an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Library, Information and Media Science at the University of Tsukuba, Japan. He also worked as a Research Associate in the School of Information at Kochi University of Technology, Japan, where he was a member of the Center for Human-Engaged Computing. Dr. Sarcar obtained his Ph.D. degree from the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India.

Dr. Sarcar is currently working on two research projects around HCI, usability, user experience, and accessibility research areas: exploring and understanding touch interaction using a slidable sheet on smart devices (joint project with Tohoku University, Japan) and examining collaborative multimodal coding techniques for developers with physical impairments (supported through Google Inclusion Research grant). He has also worked as a team leader for a Japan-Finland joint project on user interface design for the ageing populations.

Dr. Sarcar has published several co-authored papers in top-tier HCI conferences and journal venues like CHI, ASSETS, DIS and International Journal of Human-Computer Studies. In addition, he serves as a program committee member for many leading conferences (e.g. ACM CHI, ACM ASSETS, ACM DIS, ACM CHI Play, ACM IMX, Interact, IEEE AIVR) in the field .View the updated list of his publications .

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Selected Publications

Journal

Xiaoxuan Li, Kavous Salehzadeh Niksirat, Shanshan Chen, Dongdong Weng, Sayan Sarcar, and Xiangshi Ren. The Impact of a Multitasking-Based Virtual Reality Motion Video Game on the Cognitive and Physical Abilities of Older Adults. Sustainability 2020, MDPI, Vol. 12, No. 21, November 2020

Jussi P. P. Jokinen, Zhenxin Wang, Sayan Sarcar, Chaklam Silpasuwanchai, and Xiangshi Ren. Adaptive Feature Guidance: Modelling Visual Search with Graphical Layouts. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies (IJHCS), Elsevier. Vol. 136, April 2020

Sayan Sarcar, Jussi P. P. Jokinen, Antti Oulasvirta, Zhenxin Wang, Chaklam Silpasuwanchai, and Xiangshi Ren. Ability-Based Optimization of Touchscreen Interactions. IEEE Pervasive Computing (Special Issue on Accessibility), Vol. 17, No. 1, 2018

Conferences

Pranjal Protim Borah, Keyur Sorathia, and Sayan Sarcar. 2021. User-defined Bend Gesture Completion Strategies for Discrete and Continuous Inputs. In Proceedings of IFIP Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (INTERACT ’21). pp. 192-202, Springer

Yang Li, Sayan Sarcar, Yilin Zheng, and Xiangshi Ren. 2021. Exploring Text Revision with Backspace and Caret in Virtual Reality. In Proceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’21). pp: 1–12, ACM, New York, NY, USA

Masaaki Sadasue, Daichi Tagami, Sayan Sarcar, and Yoichi Ochiai. 2021. Blind-Badminton: A Working Prototype to Recognize Position of Flying Object for Visually Impaired Users. In Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCI International 2021). Online, 24 - 29 July, 2021

Kosaku Namikawa, Ippei Suzuki, Ryo Iijima, Sayan Sarcar, and Yoichi Ochiai. 2021. EmojiCam: Emoji-assisted video communication system leveraging facial expressions. In Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCI International 2021). Online, 24 - 29 July, 2021

Jun-Li Lu, Hiroyuki Osone, Akihisa Shitara, Ryo Iijima, Bektur Ryskeldiev, Sayan Sarcar, and Yoichi Ochiai. 2021. Personalized Navigation that Links Speaker’s Ambiguous Descriptions to Indoor Objects for Low Vision People. In Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCI International 2021). Online, 24 - 29 July, 2021

Sayan Sarcar. 2020. Usability Evaluation of Short Dwell-time Activated Eye Typing Techniques. In Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCI International 2020). pp: 188-210, 19 - 24 July, 2020, Online

Yang Li, Sayan Sarcar, Sunjun Kim, and Xiangshi Ren. 2020. Swap: A Replacement-based Text Revision Technique for Mobile Devices. In Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’20). ACM, New York, NY, USA, Article 90, 12 pages.

Korok Sengupta, Sabin Bhattarai, Sayan Sarcar, Scott MacKenzie, and Steffan Staab. 2020. Leveraging error correction in voice-based text entry by Talk-and-Gaze. In Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’20). ACM, New York, NY, USA, Article 452, 11 pages.

Sayan Sarcar. 2019. Ability-based Optimization: Design and Evaluation of Touchscreen Keyboards for Older Adults with Dyslexia. 31st Australian Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (OZCHI’19). pp: 472-475, 3 - 5 December, 2019, Perth, Australia

William Delamare, Chaklam Silpasuwanchai, Sayan Sarcar, Toshiaki Shiraki, and Xiangshi Ren. 2019. On Gesture Combination: An Exploration of a Solution to Augment Gesture Interaction. 2019 ACM Conference on Interactive Surfaces and Spaces (ISS ’19). ACM SIGCHI, pp: 135-146, 11 - 13 November, 2019, Daejon, South Korea

Jussi P. P. Jokinen, Sayan Sarcar, Antti Oulasvirta, Chaklam Silpasuwanchai, Zhenxin Wang, and Xiangshi Ren. 2017. Modelling Learning of New Keyboard Layouts. 35^th ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, ACM SIGCHI, pp: 4203-4215, 6 - 11 May, 2017, Denver, USA (Best Paper Award)

Qinglong Wang, Xiangshi Ren, Sayan Sarcar, and Xiaoying Sun. 2016. EV-Pen: Leveraging Electrovibration Haptic Feedback in Pen Interaction. 2016 ACM Conference on Interactive Surfaces and Spaces (ISS ’16). pp: 57-66, 6 - 8 November, 2016, Niagara Falls, Canada (Best Paper Award)

Nem Khan Dim, Chaklam Silpasuwanchai, Sayan Sarcar, and Xiangshi Ren. 2016.Designing Mid-Air TV Gestures for Blind People Using User- and Choice-Based Elicitation Approaches. 2016 ACM Conference on Designing Interactive Systems (DIS ’16). ACM SIGCHI, pp: 204 - 214, 4 - 8 June, 2016, Brisbane, Australia

Tuhin Chakraborty, Sayan Sarcar and Debasis Samanta, Design and Evaluation of a Dwell-free Eye Typing Technique, 32nd ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, ACM SIGCHI, pp: 1573 - 1578, 26 April - 1 May, 2014