Dylan Gaines

Contact

dcgaines@mtu.edu
906-487-3619
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Research Assistant Professor, Computer Science

PhD, Computer Science, Michigan Technological University, 2023
MS, Computer Science, Michigan Technological University, 2021
BS, Computer Science, Michigan Technological University, 2019

Links of Interest

Research Areas

Human-Computer Interaction (HCI)
Natural Language Processing
Accessible Computing
Ambiguous Text Input
Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCI)

Recent Publications

Gaines, D. and Vertanen, K. 2024. Improving FlexType: Ambiguous Text Input for Users with Visual Impairments. In Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments (PETRA '24). To appear.
Gaines, D., Vertanen, K., and CAMBI. 2023. Using a Pre-trained Neural Language Model to Make Character Predictions for Brain-Computer Interfaces. In Proceedings of the 10th International BCI Meeting. 180.
Gaines, D., Baker, M., and Vertanen, K. 2023. FlexType: Flexible Text Input with a Small Set of Input Gestures. In Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI '23). Acceptance rate: 24%
Gaines, D. and Vertanen, K. 2022. A Phrase Dataset with Difficulty Ratings Under Simulated Touchscreen Input. In MobileHCI 2022 Workshop on Shaping Text Entry for 2030.
Gaines, D., Dudley, J., Kristensson, P.O., and Vertanen, K. Statistical Keyboard Decoding. In Bayesian Methods for Interaction Design. 2022.
Gaines, D., Kristensson, P.O., and Vertanen, K. 2021. Enhancing the Composition Task in Text Entry Studies: Eliciting Difficult Text and Improving Error Rate Calculation. In Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '21). Acceptance rate: 26%
Pellar-Kosbar, M., Gaines, D., Monroe, L., Rospierski, A., Martin, A., Vigna, B., Stewart, D., Perttunen, J., Voss, C., Pastel, R., and Ureel, L.C. 2021. Modeling the Growth and Spread of Infectious Diseases to Teach Computational Thinking. In Proceedings of the 26th ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education (ITiSCE '21). 658.
Gaines, D. and Kuhl, S. 2020. Methods for Evaluating Depth Perception in a Large-Screen Immersive Display. In Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Spatial User Interaction (SUI '20).
Vertanen, K., Gaines, D., Fletcher, C., Stanage, A., Watling, R., and Kristensson, P.O. 2019. VelociWatch: Designing and Evaluating a Virtual Keyboard for the Input of Challenging Text. In Proceedings of The ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '19). Acceptance rate: 24%
Gaines, D. Exploring an Ambiguous Technique for Eyes-Free Mobile Text Entry. 2018. In Proceedings of the 20th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility Student Research Competition (ASSETS '18).
Vertanen, K., Fletcher, C., Gaines, D., Gould, J., and Kristensson, P.O. 2018. The Impact of Word, Multiple Word, and Sentence Input on Virtual Keyboard Decoding Performance. In Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '18). Acceptance rate: 26%

Recent Funding

Michigan Tech Research Excellence Fund (REF): Ambiguous Text Entry for Brain-Computer Interfaces (2024), PI, $40K.
Graduate Research Fellowship, National Science Foundation (2020)