Publications by X. Shen at the DISCOVER Laboratory

Journals

M. Khoury, X. Shen, S. Shirmohammadi, "Managing Accessibility and Scalability in Collaborative eCommerce Applications", International Journal of Product Lifecycle Management, accepted, to appear, 2008
X. Shen, J. Zhou, A. Hamam, S. Nourian, N.R. El-Far, F. Malric, N.D. Georganas, "Haptic-Enabled Telementoring Surgery Simulation", IEEE Multimedia, Vol. 15, No. 1, pp. 64-76, 2008
Q. Chen, A.M. Rahman, X. Shen, A. El Saddik, N.D. Georganas, "Navigating a 3D virtual environment of learning objects by hand gestures", Int. J. Advanced Media and Communication, Vol. 1, No. 4, pp. 351-368, 2007
X. Shen, T. Radakrishnan, N.D. Georganas, "vCOM: Electronic Commerce in a Collaborative Virtual World", Electronic Commerce Research and Applications J., Elsevier Science, Vol. 1, No. 3, pp. 281-300, September 2002

Book Chapters

X. Shen, S. Shirmohammadi, "Virtual and Augmented Reality", in Encyclopedia of Multimedia, Borko Furht, Springer, 2006, ISBN: 0-387-24395-X
X. Shen, S. Shirmohammadi, "Tele-Haptics", in Encyclopedia of Multimedia, Borko Furht, Springer, 2006, ISBN: 0-387-24395-X
X. Shen, S. Shirmohammadi, "Telepresence", in Encyclopedia of Multimedia, Borko Furht, Springer, 2006, ISBN: 0-387-24395-X

Conferences and Workshops

Y. Zhao, X. Shen, N.D. Georganas, E.M. Petriu, "Part-based PCA for Facial Feature Extraction and Classification", Proc. HAVE 2009 - IEEE Int. Workshop on Haptic, Audio and Visual Environments and Games, pp. 99-104, Lecco, Italy, November 2009
J. Zhou, X. Shen, E.M. Petriu, N.D. Georganas, "Linear Velocity and Acceleration Estimation of 3 DOF Haptic Interfaces", Proc. HAVE 2008 - IEEE Int. Workshop on Haptic, Audio and Visual Environments and their Applications, pp. 137-142, Ottawa, ON, Canada, October 2008
N. Sakr, J. Zhou, N.D. Georganas, J. Zhao, X. Shen, "Prediction-based Haptic Data Reduction and Compression in Tele-Mentoring Systems", Proc. IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, pp. 1828-1832, Victoria, BC, Canada, May 2008
J. Zhou, E.M. Petriu, X. Shen, F. Malric, N.D. Georganas, "Modelling Contact Forces for 3D Interactive Peg-in-Hole Virtual Reality Operations", Proc. IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference (I2MTC), pp. 1397-1402, Victoria, BC, Canada, May 2008
J. Zhou, X. Shen, A. El Saddik, N.D. Georganas, "Design and Implementation of Haptic Tele-mentoring over the Internet", The 11-th IEEE International Symposium on Distributed Simulation and Real Time Applications (DS-RT), pp. 201-208, Chania, Crete Island, Greece, October 2007
K. Liu, X. Shen, A. El Saddik, A. Boukerche, N.D. Georganas, "SimSITE: The HLA/RTI Based Emergency Preparedness and Response Training Simulation", The 11-th IEEE International Symposium on Distributed Simulation and Real Time Applications (DS-RT), Chania, Crete Island, Greece, October 2007
N. Sakr, N.D. Georganas, J. Zhao, X. Shen, "Motion and Force Prediction in Haptic Media", International Conference on Multimedia & Expro (ICME2007), Beijing, China, July 2007
C. Desmarais, X. Shen, S. Shirmohammadi, A. Cameron, N.D. Georganas, I. Kerr, "PLUTO - A Privacy Control Protocol for e-Commerce Communities", Proc. IEEE Conference on Enterprise Computing, E-Commerce and E-Services, Tokyo, Japan, July 2007
N. Sakr, N.D. Georganas, J. Zhao, X. Shen, "Towards an Architecture for the Compression of Haptic Media", IEEE International Conference on Virtual Environments, Human-Computer Interfaces, and Measurement Systems (VECIMS 2007), Ostuni, Italy, June 2007
X. Shen, A. Hamam, F. Malric, S. Nourian, N.R. El-Far, N.D. Georganas, "Immersive Haptic Eye Tele-Surgery Training Simulation", Proc. of the 3DTV Conference, The True Vision Capture, Transmission and Display of 3D Video, Kos Island, Greece, May 2007
M. Khoury, X. Shen, S. Shirmohammadi, "A Peer-to-Peer Collaborative Virtual Environment for E-Commerce", Proc. IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering, Vancouver, BC, Canada, April 2007
N.H. Woo, X. Shen, S. Shirmohammadi, "Personalization through Personality Categorization of Products", Proc. IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering, Vancouver, BC, Canada, April 2007
C. Desmarais, X. Shen, S. Shirmohammadi, A. Cameron, N.D. Georganas, I. Kerr, "Privacy Management in e-Commerce Communities", Proc. IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering, Vancouver, BC, Canada, April 2007
Q. Chen, A.M. Rahman, A. El-Sawah, X. Shen, A. El Saddik, N.D. Georganas, "Access Learning Objects in Virtual Environment by Hand Gestures and Voice", Proc. Of the 3rd annual e-learning conference on Intelligent Interactive Learning Object Repositories (I2LOR 2006), Montreal, Quebec, Canada, November 2006
A. Hamam, S. Nourian, N.R. El-Far, F. Malric, X. Shen, N.D. Georganas, "A Distributed, Collaborative, and Haptic-Enabled Eye Cataract Surgery Application with a User Interface on Desktop, Stereo Desktop, and Spatially Immersive Displays", Proc. IEEE Workshop on Haptic Audio Visual Environments and their Applications, Ottawa, ON, Canada, November 2006
X. Shen, S. Shirmohammadi, C. Desmarais, N.D. Georganas, I. Kerr, "Enhancing e-Commerce with Intelligent Agents in Collaborative e-Communities", Proc. IEEE Conference on Enterprise Computing, E-Commerce and E-Services, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A, June 2006
X. Shen, J. Zhou, N.D. Georganas, "Evaluation Patterns of Tele-Haptics", Proc. IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ottawa, ON, Canada, May 2006
S. Nourian, X. Shen, N.D. Georganas, "XPHEVE: An Extensible Physics Engine for Virtual Environments", Proc. IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ottawa, ON, Canada, May 2006
X. Shen, S. Shirmohammadi, C. Desmarais, N.D. Georganas, "Multi-agent System Architecture for Collaborative E-Commerce", Proc. IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ottawa, ON, Canada, May 2006
X. Wang, X. Shen, N.D. Georganas, "A Fuzzy Logic Based Intelligent Negotiation Agent (FINA) in E-Commerce", Proc. IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ottawa, ON, Canada, May 2006
J. Zhou, X. Shen, I. Shakra, A. El Saddik, N.D. Georganas, "XML-based Representation of Haptic Information", Proc. HAVE 2005 - IEEE Intl. Workshop on Haptic, Audio and Visual Environments and their Applications, pp. 116-120, Ottawa, ON, Canada, October 2005
S. Nourian, X. Shen, N.D. Georganas, "Role of Extensible Physics Engine in Surgery Simulations", Proc. HAVE 2005 - IEEE Intl. Workshop on Haptic, Audio and Visual Environments and their Applications, pp. 61-66, Ottawa, ON, Canada, October 2005
N.R. El-Far, S. Nourian, J. Zhou, A. Hamam, X. Shen, N.D. Georganas, "A Cataract Tele-Surgery Training Application in a Hapto-Visual Collaborative Environment Running over the CANARIE Photonic Network", Proc. HAVE 2005 - IEEE Intl. Workshop on Haptic, Audio and Visual Environments and their Applications, pp. 29-32, Ottawa, ON, Canada, October 2005
P. Liu, X. Shen, N.D. Georganas, G. Roth, "Multi-resolution Modeling and Locally Refined Collision Detection for Haptic Interaction", Proc. 3DIM 2005: The Fifth International Conference on 3-D Digital Imaging and Modeling, Ottawa, ON, Canada, June 2005
N.R. El-Far, X. Shen, N.D. Georganas, "Applying Unison, a Generic Framework for Hapto-Visual Application Development, to an E-Commerce Application", Proc. IEEE Workshop on Haptic Audio Visual Environments and their Applications, Ottawa, ON, Canada, October 2004
X. Shen, J. Zhou, A. El Saddik, N.D. Georganas, "Architecture and Evaluation of Tele-Haptic Environments", Proc. 8th IEEE International Symposium on Distributed Simulation and Real Time Applications (IEEE DS-RT 2004), Budapest, Hungary, October 2004
J. Zhou, X. Shen, N.D. Georganas, "Haptic Tele-Surgery Simulation", Proc. IEEE Workshop on Haptic Audio Visual Environments and their Applications, Ottawa, ON, Canada, October 2004
N.R. El-Far, X. Shen, M. Hosseini, N.D. Georganas, "Unison: A Generic Framework for Hapto-Visual Synchronization and how it Operates over a Distributed Architecture", Proc. BiennealSymp. On Communic., Kingston, ON, Canada, June 2004
X. Shen, F. Bogsanyi, G. Ni, N.D. Georganas, "A Heterogeneous Scalable Architecture of Collaborative Haptics Environments", Proc. IEEE International Workshop on Haptic, Audio and Visual Environments and their Applications (HAVE'2003), Ottawa, ON, Canada, September 2003
X. Shen, N.D. Georganas, "Joint Manipulation Management in Collaborative Virtual Environments", Proc. IEEE International Workshop on Haptic, Audio and Visual Environments and their Applications (HAVE'2003),, Ottawa, ON, Canada, September 2003
X. Shen, S. Nourian, I. Hertento, N.D. Georganas, "vCOM: Virtual Commerce in a Collaborative 3D World", Proc. ACM Multimedia 2001, Ottawa, ON, Canada, September 2001
J.C. Oliveira, X. Shen, N.D. Georganas, "Collaborative Virtual Environment for Industrial Training and e-Commerce", Proc. Workshop on Application of Virtual Reality Technologies for Future Telecommunication Systems, IEEE Globecom'2000 Conference, November 2000
X. Shen, R. Hage, N.D. Georganas, "Agent-aided Collaborative Virtual Environments over HLA/RTI", Proc. IEEE/ACM Third International Workshop on Distributed Interactive Simulation and Real Time Applications (D I S - R T ' 99), Greenbelt, MD, USA, October 1999