Nikhita Joshi

@nikhitajoshi

PhD Candidate @UWaterloo @UWCheritonCS & HCI Researcher @ExiiUW @UWHCI. Prev: @ADSKResearch @MSFTResearch @RealityLabs

Waterloo, Ontario

Joined March 2018

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Nikhita Joshi@nikhitajoshi · Apr 26, 2024

Both of my #CHI2024 papers from @ExiiUW @UWCheritonCS won awards! 🤯 The paper on constrained highlights w/@nonsequitoria won a Best Paper award and the paper on alternative update strategies for collaborative writing w/@allenshock won an Honourable Mention! 🎉 Details below 👇

NNikhita Joshi@nikhitajoshi · Mar 10, 2024

Happy to announce 2 #CHI2024 papers from @ExiiUW, @uwhci, & @UWCheritonCS! First, @nonsequitoria & I show that a text highlight constraint limiting how many words can be highlighted in a document reader can improve reading comprehension. ⭐️📃 Details here: nikhitajoshi.ca/constrained-hi…

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Nikhita Joshi@nikhitajoshi · Jun 1

Having fun at #GI2025 and happy to see people full of the room snapping their finger together - yes, we can snap! Always love to work with @nonsequitoria on such simple and cool idea. Check out our paper to find out different ways to snap for interaction. yentingyeh.com/snap-snap-snap

GGraphics Interface@GraphxInterface · May 28

Highlights from Day 1 Paper Sessions at #GI2025 brought the heat! Huge shoutout to all the presenters for kicking things off with impact!

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Nikhita Joshi@nikhitajoshi · Mar 29

Congratulations Ryan, such a well-deserved award! 🏆 I loved reliving the project’s journey through the “hot gossip” blog and seeing @nonsequitoria’s words of wisdom!

RRyan Yen@ryanyen22 · Mar 28

Code Shaping just won the Best Paper Award at #CHI25!!! 🥳🎉 Thanks for the recognition! If you've read the paper or watched my presentation, I’ve put together some insider scoops and untold stories from the making of this project 😉 👉 ryanyen2.github.io/blog/code-shap…

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Ryan Yen@ryanyen22 · Mar 13

✏️ CodeShaping is a sketch-based code editing approach where programmers annotate on and around code to guide AI in shaping the code structure, flow, and syntax #CHI2025 paper preprint here: arxiv.org/abs/2502.03719 video here: youtube.com/watch?v=QeI61Y…

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Adwait Sharma@adwait_sharma · Jan 14

If you've been keeping up with the news about #smartglasses and #AR 👓, this is definitely worth checking out! @UniofBathNews has published about our GraspUI work: bath.ac.uk/case-studies/s… Huge thanks to my awesome co-authors @mr_sudo_, Frances, @ToviGrossman & Stephanie😊

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Nikhita Joshi@nikhitajoshi · Oct 16

Ryan just started his PhD and is already a very productive researcher and busy bee at conferences! 🐝🥇

RRyan Yen@ryanyen22 · Oct 16

✅Presented CoLadder and Memeolet ✅Co-organized the Dynamic Abstraction workshop ✅Presented CodeShaping poster (and receive many amazing feedback, including my academic idols, Michel Beaudouin-Lafon and @bradamyers ☺️ Shout out to @ACMUIST!! I had such a great time! #UIST2024

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Yue Jiang@YueJiang_nj · Apr 23

I’ll be an assistant professor later this year and will be actively looking for potential students (RAs and PhDs) at #CHI2025. If you are interested in UI or eye tracking-related research, feel free to talk to me at CHI.

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Damien Masson@damienhci · Mar 18

Photoshop for text. In our #CHI2025 paper “Textoshop”, we explore how interactions inspired by drawing software can help edit text. We consider words as pixels, sentences as regions, and tones as colours. #HCI #NLProc #LLMs #AI Thread 🧵 (1/10)

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Tovi Grossman@ToviGrossman · Mar 7

Congrats to @karthikm0 (and amazing co-authors!) on the Best Paper Award at #HRI2025 for "ImageInThat: Manipulating Images to Convey User Instructions to Robots." The paper proposes direct manipulation of images as a new paradigm to instruct robots. 🔗 karthikmahadevan.ca/files/hri25-11…

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Sangho Suh@sangho_suh · Feb 27

The Dynamic Abstractions Reading Group meets tomorrow! 📢 Topic: Dynamic UI 🎤 Speaker: Damien Masson (@damienhci, Univ. de Montréal) 🗓️ Feb 28 (Fri) | 9 AM PST / 12 PM EST 🔗 Zoom link & details: dynamicabstractions.github.io/reading-group/ Join us! #HCI #DynamicAbstractions

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Waterloo's Cheriton School of Computer Science@UWCheritonCS · Jan 16

🎉Professor Ana Crisan won the IEEE's Computer Graphics & Applications' Best Paper Award (Runner-Up). 📜She is recognized for her trailblazing research on data design practices and tools for beginners. 🔗Read more: uwaterloo.ca/computer-scien… #UWaterloo

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Yen-Ting (Allen) Yeh@allenshock · Jan 9

After feeling unreal for my first week in 2025, I can finally sit down, tell myself, and share that I am an assistant professor @usask now! Super grateful for the help and support from my friends and colleagues. @ExiiUW rocks!🤘 Looking forward to this new and fun experience! 😀

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Johann Wentzel@JohannWentzel · Dec 4

I set out to graduate by the end of 2024, and I'm super excited to be #PhDone! I defended my thesis today and passed with no revisions!

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Yue Jiang@YueJiang_nj · Nov 9

🌟 I am on the job market now!!! 🌟 My research lies at the intersection of AI and HCI, aiming to develop human-centered technologies that enhance human capabilities by adapting to users and their contexts. More details and statements are on my website: yuejiang-nj.github.io

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Heidelberg Laureate Forum@HLForum · Nov 11

The application phase for the 12th Heidelberg Laureate Forum is now open! #HLF25 will take place from September 14 to 19, 2025. For more information, read here: newsroom.hlf-foundation.org/news/article/c… Apply until Februrary 12, 2025 via the application tool: …ication.heidelberg-laureate-forum.org/site/index.php

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Frederik Brudy@kopfnuss · Oct 29

Come do an internship in the HCI and Visualisation team at Autodesk Research (@ADSKResearch)! We're particularly looking for applicants with experience in HCI+AI, creativity support, AR/VR, data vis, novel interaction techniques, and more. Questions? Ask! autodesk.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/uni/job/San-Fr…

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Nikhita Joshi@nikhitajoshi · Nov 4

Karthik is an incredible researcher and a really kind person. Definitely hire him! ✨

KKarthik Mahadevan@karthikm0 · Nov 4

I am on the job market, seeking tenure-track or industry research positions starting in 2025. My research combines human-computer interaction and robotics—please visit karthikmahadevan.ca for updated publications and CV. Feel free to reach out if interested. RT appreciated!

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Jian Zhao@jeffjianzhao · Oct 27

Busy 🐝 Oct! WatVis’ers are touring around the world to show off their work! Melbourne-Pittsburgh-☁️-Vancouver: 1 Ubicomp @shimon 2 UIST papers+1 UIST poster+1 VIS poster @ryanyen22 1 VIS XAI workshop @yuzhe_you 2 ISS papers @AlanWu @PaulGege What a month! @UWCheritonCS @uwhci

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sh1m@shmu_h · Oct 14

after having multiple work/life/"worrying about the future" type crises this year,,, hearing from these wonderful mentors at the women's panel was really healing for me. Thank you @PrernaRavi1, Wendy, Mira, @amypavel @alexiiion @lining_yao and @parastooabtahi! #UIST2024

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Ryan Yen@ryanyen22 · Oct 10

Can’t wait to catch up at #UIST2024! Grateful for the amazing projects and mentors that shaped my journey at @UWCheritonCS: @sangho_suh, @HaijunXia, @nonsequitoria, @jeffjianzhao!

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Jason Wu@jasonwuishere · Oct 4

Thrilled to share that this week, I've been promoted from "senior intern" to Research Scientist at @apple! I've loved working with the Human-Centered Machine Intelligence group on HCI, UI modeling, and accessibility during my PhD. Excited for what's next!

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