About

I am currently a Research Affiliate at the MIT Media Lab, in the Fluid Interfaces group, run by Prof. Pattie Maes.
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Research

My research revolves around augmenting fingers and hands, wearable computers and more. I am active in the HCI, Augmented Reality, Computer Graphics and Computer Vision communities.

About Me

Until summer 2015 I was a PhD student and research assistant in the MIT Media Lab's Fluid Interfaces group, my advisor was Prof. Pattie Maes. My main interest is in Augmented Reality, Human Computer Interaction, Computer Graphics and Computer Vision.

In summer 2014 I spent time with Steelcase Inc. at Grand Rapids MI, researching the implementation of smart manufacturing tools into the production line (as part of my research into smart tools for spray painting, see IEEE Paper, ACM ToG Paper).

In summer 2012 I worked in Microsoft Research at Redmond WA, under the supervision of Dr. Eyal Ofek, researching novel Large-Scale Augmented Reality experiences with Head-Mounted Displays.

In the past I worked as a researcher in the Computer Graphics lab in Tel-Aviv University, under the supervision of Prof. Daniel Cohen-Or and Prof. Ariel Shamir of IDC (see IEEE paper). I was also a researcher in Comverse Innovation, at Comverse LTD, a company developing solutions for telecom service providers.

I was / am a reviewer for: ACM CHI (2014,2015,2016), EuroGraphics (2016), ACM ToCHI (2013), ACM SIGGRAPH Asia (2012), ACM Augmented Human (2014, 2015 & 2016 - PC Member).

Contact

Email: roys at media mit edu
Address: 75 Amherst St, MIT E14-548L, Cambridge MA 02142
Phone:

Code

Much of the opensource projects I started or am part of can be seen on GitHub: https://github.com/royshil/
And some gists for shorter things: https://gist.github.com/royshil
I also have more code here: http://www.media.mit.edu/~roys/src

Find Out More

See my list of publications, and Scholar profile.

See my page in the Fluid Interfaces website.

Visit my blog More Then Technical

A book I co-authored: Mastering OpenCV with Practical Computer Vision Projects

Students and Teaching

I had the honor to supervise the following talented MIT students:

M.Eng.

• Kelly Ran (EE)
• Marcelo Polanco (CS)

Undergraduates

• Sophia Wu (MechE)
• Michael Chang (EE/CS)
• Emma Castaños (MechE)
• Sabrine Ahmed Iqbal (MechE)
• Connie Liu (MechE)
• Albert Wu (EE/CS)
• Happy Enchill (EE/CS)
• Tal Tchwella (EE/CS)
• Erik Waingarten (Mathematics)
• Kwadwo Nyarko (EE/CS)
• Yashod S Jayasinghe (EE/CS)
• Kerry Xing (EE/CS)
• Kevin Mustelier (EE/CS)

Thank you all.

I completed the TLL Teaching Certificate Program in June 2013. I strongly recommend to anyone, not just for those who want to become teachers.

In the Media

TV & live interviews:

A device that could help the blind read, CRAIG MELVIN, MSNBC
Wearable device helps you read with your finger, Fox Business, Markets Now
Erfindung erleichtert Alltag von Blinden, RTL (Germany)
MIT finger device reads to the blind in real time, WCVB Channel 5 Boston (ABC)
Hands-free browsing using Kinect, Ali Velshi, CNN Big-I
Tomorrow Daily: Tomorrow Daily 016: Rolling up your TV, reading with your finger, haptic shirts, and more, CNET
TomorrowEl lector de libros artificial, Antena3 (Spain)

Syndicated:

'Seeing-Eye' Ring Helps Blind Read With Finger, RODRIQUE NGOWI, Associates Press
A ring that reads text for the blind, Sharon Reich, Reuters

Online press:

Finger-mounted reading device for the blind, Larry Hardesty, MIT News Office
MIT’s FingerReader Helps The Blind Read With A Swipe Of A Digit, Evan Fleischer, Tech Crunch
3D-printed ring reads out text in real-time for the blind, LIAT CLARK, Wired UK
This Decoder Ring Helps The Blind Read Without Braille, SYDNEY BROWNSTONE, Fast Company
EyeRing finger-mounted connected cam captures signs and dollar bills, identifies them with OCR (hands-on), Zach Honig, Engadget
Augmented Reality, Wrapped Around Your Finger, Rachel Metz, technology review
MIT Researchers Have Made a Ring That Reads, Danielle Muoio, Bloomberg Businessweek