Research:
I am researching with Prof. Margrit Betke. I am part of the Image and Video Computing (IVC) group. My main research interest is in computer vision applications to human computer interaction (HCI). I am currently working on interfaces based on head and eye gestures or motions, with applications towards handicapped accessibility.

Teaching:
CS101 Summer II Instructor
CS108 Introduction to Application Programming, Fall 2008 & Spring 2009 - TF and Lab Instructor
CS440/640 Artificial Intelligence Fall 2003 - TF
CS103 Fall 2002 - TF and Lab Instructor

Previous Courses Studied:
CS525 Compiler Design.
CS560 Database Systems.
CS520 Principles of Programming Languages. Fall 2002.
CS535 Complexity Theory. Fall 2002.
CS585 Image and Video Computing. Spring 2002
CS580 Advanced Computer Graphics. Spring 2002.
CS591 Seminar - Video-Based Human-Computer Interfaces. Fall 2001
CS680 Graduate Introduction to Computer Graphics. Fall 2001

Publications and Abstracts:
M. Betke, B. Mullally, J. Magee, "Active Detection of Eye Scleras in Real Time." Proceedings of the IEEE CVPR Workshop on Human Modeling, Analysis and Synthesis, Hilton Head Island, SC, June 2000.

J.J. Magee, M.R. Scott, B.N. Waber and M. Betke. "EyeKeys: A Real-time Vision Interface Based on Gaze Detection from a Low-grade Video Camera." Proceedings of the 2004 Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Workshop (CVPRW'04), Volume 10: Workshop on Real-Time Vision for Human-Computer Interaction (RTV4HCI), Washington, D.C., pp. 159-166, Washington, D.C., June 2004. A revised version of the paper appeared under the title "A Real-Time Vision Interface Based on Gaze Detection -- EyeKeys" in "Real-Time Vision for Human-Computer Interaction," Kisacanin, Branislav; Pavlovic, Vladimir; Huang, Thomas S. (Eds.) 2005, pages 141-157, Springer-Verlag.

S. Sclaroff, M. Betke, G. Kollios, J. Alon, V. Athitsos, R. Li, J. Magee, and T. Tian. "Tracking, analysis, recognition of human gestures in video." In Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition, Seoul, Korea, August 2005. Invited paper.

B. N. Waber, J. J. Magee, and M. Betke. "Fast Head Tilt Detection for Human-Computer Interaction." Proceedings of the ICCV Workshop on Human Computer Interaction. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 10 pp., Beijng, China, October 2005. Springer Verlag.

B. Waber. J. Magee, and M. Betke. "Web Mediators for Accessible Browsing." C. Stephanidis, M. Pieper (Eds.), Universal Access in Ambient Intelligence Environments -- 9th International ERCIM Workshop "User Interfaces For All" UI4ALL 2006, Königswinter, Germany, September 2006, Revised Papers. LNCS 4397, pages 447-466. Springer-Verlag. See also Technical Report BU-CS-2006-007

L. B. Premerlani, M. Betke, N. Hristov, J. J. Magee, J. Reichard, S. Sclaroff, T. H. Kunz. "Stereoscopic Reconstruction of Flight Paths of Foraging Bats Using Multiple Thermal Infrared Cameras," 36th Annual North American Symposium on Bat Research (NASBR), Wilmington, NC, October, 2006.

J. J. Magee, M. Betke, J. Gips, M. R. Scott, B. N. Waber, "A human-computer interface using symmetry between eyes to detect gaze direction," IEEE Transactions on Systems Man & Cybernetics: 38(6):1-14, November 2008.

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