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2016 Symposium on Eye Tracking Research & Applications

ETRA 2016 will be the ninth biennial symposium in a series that focuses on all aspects of eye movement research across a wide range of disciplines. The goal of ETRA is to bring together computer scientists, engineers and behavioral scientists in support of a common vision of moving eye tracking research and its application forward, and expanding its impact.ETRA 2016 will be held at the Francis Marion Hotel in Charleston, SC, USA. We hope to see you at ETRA 2016!

Pernilla and Dan
Conference Chairs

Ben Tatler, University of Aberdeen Everyday vision: sampling and encoding information in natural settings	Marty Banks, University of California, Berkeley The Natural Statistics of Binocular Disparity and Blur

ETRA 2016 Awards

We are please to announce ETRA 2016 Best Paper Awards.

Eye Catching Award for Best Title
FixFix: Fixing the Fixations
Goran Topić, Akito Yamaya, Akiko Aizawa, Pascual Martínez-Gómez

Saliency Award for Attracting Attention of the Community, and Offering a Useful and Innovative Visualization
Fixation-Image Charts
Kuno Kurzhals, Marcel Hlawatsch, Michael Burch, Daniel Weiskopf

Community Dilation Award for Best Demo
CIDER: Enhancing the Performance of Computational Eyeglasses
Addison Mayberry, Yamin Tun, Pan Hu, Duncan Smith-Freedman, Benjamin Marlin, Christopher Salthouse, Deepak Ganesan

Glint in the Eye Award
Wrist-Worn Pervasive Gaze Interaction
John Paulin Hansen, Haakon Lund, Florian Biermann, Emillie Møllenbach, Sebastian Sztuk, Javier San Agustin

Best Short Paper
“This clear vision award goes to the best short paper, which this year is represented by work which addresses an understudied and challenging problem in the field, moving us to a more complete understanding of real-world complexities and taking us further in our mission to be able to apply eye tracking in the wild.”
Rendering refraction and reflection of eyeglasses for synthetic eye tracker images
Thomas C. Kübler, Tobias Rittig, Enkelejda Kasneci, Judith Ungewiss, Christina Krauss

Emerging Investigator Award Paper
“A paper by an student eye tracking researcher who displays exceptional potential, insight, talent, and enthusiasm in the field, and who represents the next generation of promising young eye tracking investigator.”
Learning an appearance-based gaze estimator from one million synthesised images
Erroll Wood, Tadas Baltrušaitis, Louis-Philippe Morency, Peter Robinson, Andreas Bulling

Best Paper
“A paper that addresses a long standing and difficult problem in the field, attacking a problem using a variety of computational and interdisciplinary techniques, representing the most innovative synthesis of finding answers and asking questions.”
Fusing Eye Movements and Observer Narratives for Expert-Driven Image-Region Annotations
Preethi Vaidyanathan, Jeff B. Pelz, Emily Prud’hommeaux, Cecilia Ovesdotter Alm, Anne R. Haake