Selected Recent Publications

· Hoeber and X. D. Yang, “Evaluating WordBars in exploratory Web search scenarios”, Information Processing & Management, 2008 (to appear).

· Hoeber and X. D. Yang, “Visual support for exploration within Web search results lists”, IEEE VIS/INFO VIS/VAST Conference Compendium, Oct. 2007, Sacramento, CA, pp.80-81.

· Hoeber, X. D. Yang, and Y. Yao, “VisiQ: supporting visual and interactive query refinement”, Web Intelligence and Agent Systems, an International Journal, 5(3):311-329, 2007.

· Dosselmann, R. and X.D. Yang, 2007. "A Prototype No-Reference Video Quality System," Proc. 4th Canadian Conference on Computer and Robot Vision (CRV '07), May Montreal, pp. 411-417.

· Hoeber, O. and X.D. Yang. 2006. “Interactive Web Information Retrieval Using Wordbars.” Proc. IEEE/WIC/ACM Intl. Conf. on Web Intelligence ‘2006, Dec., Hong Kong, pp.876-882.

· Hoeber, O. and X.D. Yang, 2006. “The Visual Exploration of Web Searchh Results Using HotMap.” Proc. IV ’06, July, London, UK, pp.157-165.

· Hoeber, O. and X.D. Yang, 2006. “A Model for Interactive Web Information Retrieval.” Proc. Smart Graphics ’06, July, Vancouver, Canada, pp.242-247.

· Ward, A.D. and X.D. Yang. 2005. “Attributed Vector Quantization: A New Paradigm for Image Segmentation and Pattern Acquisition.” Proc. IS&T/SPIE 17^th Annual Symposium on Electronic Imaging - Machine Vision Applications in Industrial Inspection XIII, Jan. San Jose, CA, pp.266-275.

· Dosselmann, R. and X.D. Yang. 2005. “Existing and Emerging Image Quality Metrics.” Proc. Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering 2005 (CCECE05), May, Saskatoon, pp.1892-2899.

· Yang, X.D., W. Xu and B. Yang. 2005, “3D Characteristic Facial Contours.” Proc. Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering 2005 (CCECE05), May, Saskatoon, pp.923-928.

· Heather, J. and X.D. Yang, 2005. “Spatial Decomposition of the Hough Transform”, Proceedings of the 2^nd Canadian Conference on Computer and Robot Vision, May, Victoria, BC, pp.476-482.

· Wang, T. and X.D. Yang. 2003. “A Sweeping Algorithm for Cluster Hair Rendering.” The Visual Computer, May, Vol.19, No.2-3, pp.187-204.

· Zhan, X. and X.D. Yang. “VHairStudio: An Interactive System for Hair Styling.” IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, May/June 2001, pp.36-43.

· Yang, X.D., Z. Xu, J. Yang and T. Wang. 2000. “The Cluster Hair Model.” Journal of Graphics Models and Image Processing, Vol. 62, No. 2, pp.85-103, March, Academic Press.