Suranga Nanayakkara
Associate Professor
Leads the Augmented Human Lab on assistive augmentation and intelligent human-computer interfaces that extend cognitive capabilities.
Suranga Nanayakkara's lab at NUS works on interfaces & interaction techniques, computational neuroscience & cognition and human-robot interaction & assistive robots. 39 papers since 2023, 3 at top venues, mostly VR and Findings of EMNLP. 6 PhD students. 18 alumni. Applications close .
At a glance
- papers, 2023–2026
- 10/ year
- at T1 venues
- 8%
- PhD students
- 6
- MS students
- 0
- alumni listed
- 18
Papers by yearfrom the lab homepage, 2023–2026
- 7 papers2026 · T1 0 · collecting
- 10 papers2025 · T1 0
- 11 papers2024 · T1 2
- 11 papers2023 · T1 1
T1 venuesOtherVenues: VR, Findings of EMNLP, IJHCI, SIGGRAPH
Research focuspaper titles that use each topic's words
- Interfaces & interaction techniques4 papers
- Human-robot interaction & assistive robots4 papers
- Computational neuroscience & cognition0 papers
- augmentation0 papers
- capabilities0 papers
Paper list
From the lab homepage.
20267 papers
- Proceedings of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHIBeyond Descriptions: A Generative Scene2Audio Framework for Blind and Low-Vision Users to Experience Vista Landscapes
- Augmented HumansEmoDrink: Embodied MR for Physiology-Informed Beverage Recommendation
- Proceedings of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHIFeeling the Facts: Real-time Wearable Fact-checkers Can Use Nudges to Reduce User Belief in False Information
- Dissanayake, D., Mysan, M., Luo, Y., Antoni, T., Cleveland, P., Sasikumar, P., Nanayakkara, S. CInterrupting Autopilot: Evaluating Sensory Interventions for Momentary Self-Regulation
- Proceedings of theTowards LLM-powered Assistive Drone for Blind and Low Vision Users
- Proceedings of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHIVisceroHaptics: Investigating the Effects of Gut-based Audio-Haptic Feedback on Gastric Feelings and Gastric Interoceptive Behaviors
- Proceedings of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHIZenflow: Investigating MR Transitions for Enhancing Sleep and Relaxation
202510 papers
- Wu, Q., Wang, W., Liu, Q., Zhang, R., Pai, Y.S., Billinghurst, M. and Nanayakkara, S.CAugmented Tabletop Interaction as an Assistive Tool: Tidd’s Role in Daily Life Skills Training for Autistic Children
- Nguyen, M.H., Rajendran, D.P.D. and Nanayakkara, S.CBeyond happy and sad: Exploring granular affect labeling to enhance emotion regulation ability
- Tan, F.F., Ram, A., Messerschmidt, A.M., Dissanayake, H.A., and Nanayakkara, S.CCurious Shorts: Curiosity-Driven Exploration and Learning on Short-Form Video Platforms
- 2025PDFBlind DroneDroneAudioset: An Audio Dataset for Drone-based Search and Rescue
- Nguyen, M.H., Messerschmidt, M.A, Gupta, C. and Nanayakkara, S.CGutIO: Toward Sensing and Inducing Gut Feelings with Abdominal Sounds
- Proceedings of theHuman Robot Interaction for People with Visual Impairments: A Systematic Literature Review
- Proceedings of the ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education VInvestigating the Use of Productive Failure as a Design Paradigm for Learning Introductory Python Programming
- Proceedings of the Extended Abstracts of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (ppScene-to-Audio: Distant Scene Sonification for Blind and Low Vision People
- Park, S., Gupta, C., Kwan, M.K.Y., Fung, X., Yip, A.W. and Nanayakkara, S. CTowards Temporally Explainable Dysarthric Speech Clarity Assessment
- Proceedings of the Extended Abstracts of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (ppVRSense: An Explainable System to Help Mitigate Cybersickness in VR Games
202411 papers
- VR (T1)A User Study on Sharing Physiological Cues in VR Assembly Tasks
- Messerschmidt, M. A., Cortes, J. P. F., & Nanayakkara, S.CCoTacs: A Haptic Toolkit to Explore Effective On-Body Haptic Feedback by Ideating, Designing, Evaluating and Refining Haptic Designs Using Group Collaboration
- Extended Abstracts of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA ’24), May 11-16Designing Interactive Technology to Support Children with Autism
- Extended Abstracts of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (ppEarly Autism Screening in Children Using Facial Recognition
- 2555-2565Example-Based Framework for Perceptually Guided Audio Texture Generation
- Proceedings of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’24), May 11-16Exploring an Extended Reality Floatation Tank Experience to Reduce the Fear of Being in Water
- Proceedings of the Augmented Humans International ConferenceKavy: Fostering Language Speaking Skills and Self-Confidence Through Conversational AI
- Extended Abstracts of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA ’24), May 11-16SeEar: Tailoring Real-time AR Caption Interfaces for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing (DHH) Students in Specialized Educational Settings
- Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous TechnologiesSonicVista: Towards Creating Awareness of Distant Scenes through Sonification
- Proceedings of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’24), May 11-16Sound Designer-Generative AI Interactions: Towards Designing Creative Support Tools for Professional Sound Designers
- VR (T1)VR.net: A Real-world Dataset for Virtual Reality Motion Sickness Research
202311 papers
- IJHCIA Corneal Surface Reflections-Based Intelligent System for Lifelogging Applications
- Siriwardhana, S*., Gupta, C.*, Kaluarachchi, T., Dissanayake, V., Ellawela, S., & Nanayakkara, S.CCan AI Models Summarize Your Diary Entries? Investigating Utility of Abstractive Summarization for Autobiographical Text
- Findings of EMNLPEMO-KNOW: A Large Scale Dataset on Emotion-Cause
- International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI ’23), March 27-31Evaluating Descriptive Quality of AI-Generated Audio Using Image-Schemas
- Siriwardhana, S., Weerasekera, R., Wen, E., Kaluarachchi, T., Rana, R. and Nanayakkara, S.CImproving the Domain Adaptation of Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) Models for Open Domain Question Answering
- Chua, P., Agres, K. and Nanayakkara, S.CKnow Thyself: Improving Interoceptive Ability Through Ambient Biofeedback in the Workplace
- Proceedings of the Annual ACM Interaction Design and Children Conference (ppSnatch and hatch: Improving receptivity towards a nature of science with a playful mobile application
- Chua, Y., Cooray, S., Cortes, J.P.F., Denny, P., Dupuch, S., Garbett, D.L., Nassani, A., Cao, J., Qiao, H., Reis, A, Reis, D., Scholl, P.M., Sridhar, P.K., Suriyaarachchi, H., Taimana, F., Tang, V., Weerasinghe, C., Wen, E., Wu, M., Wu, Q., Zhang, H., Nanayakkara, S.CStriving for Authentic and Sustained Technology Use in the Classroom: Lessons Learned from a Longitudinal Evaluation of a Sensor-Based Science Education Platform
- SIGGRAPH (T1)Tidd: Augmented Tabletop Interaction Supports Children with Autism to Train Daily Living Skills
- IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP '23), 4-10 JuneTowards Controllable Audio Texture Morphing
- Proceedings of theUsing Sensor-Based Programming to Improve Self-Efficacy and Outcome Expectancy for Students from Underrepresented Groups
Where alumni went18 listed
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