Anthony Tang
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Anthony Tang has a total of 237 co-authors. Here are the top co-authors by number of shared publications:
Scott Bateman
University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB, Canada
10 shared publicationsCarman Neustaedter
Simon Fraser University, Surrey, BC, Canada
8 shared publications- Jiannan Li
School of Computing and Information Systems, Singapore Management University, Singapore, Singapore
7 shared publications Brennan Jones
University of Calgary & Simon Fraser University, Calgary, AB, Canada
5 shared publications- Lora Oehlberg
University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
5 shared publications Richard Tang
University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
5 shared publications
Latest Publications
- Open Access
- 23 September 2026
- Published by Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) in Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction
- Vol. 10 (6) , 1-26
FaceValue: Exploring Real-Time Self-View Overlays to Prompt Meaning-Oriented Self-Awareness in Remote Meetings
In remote video meetings, visual non-verbal cues, such as facial expressions or head movements, are seen continuously but often only partially. This increases ambiguity compared to in-person settings and can cause misinterpretation or misalignment between intended and perceived meaning. Motivated by communication theories, we designed FaceValue , a technology probe that augments the self-view with private, real-time overlays. These overlays are subtle, suggestive prompts intended to help attendees reflect on how their cues might be interpreted by others. To invite personal interpretation, FaceValue avoids behavioral labeling and instead aims to support meaning-oriented self-awareness: recognizing when visible cues may unintentionally (mis)communicate intent. We deployed FaceValue in the wild with thirteen knowledge workers over multiple weeks, capturing perceived changes in self-awareness and behavior, and impressions on the design concepts, as self-reported by participants through diary entries and exit interviews. Participants felt FaceValue increased their awareness of potentially misaligned cues and motivated in-meeting adjustments, which they believe resulted in improved communication with other attendees. We contribute a conceptual framing that positions visual non-verbal cues as a manipulable communication resource, a technology probe that aims to foster meaning-oriented self-awareness, and empirically-grounded design insights for future meeting systems.
- 23 September 2026
- Published by Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) in Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction
- Vol. 10 (6) , 1-26
Open AccessFaceValue: Exploring Real-Time Self-View Overlays to Prompt Meaning-Oriented Self-Awareness in Remote Meetings
In remote video meetings, visual non-verbal cues, such as facial expressions or head movements, are seen continuously but often only partially. This increases ambiguity compared to in-person settings and can cause misinterpretation or misalignment between intended and perceived meaning. Motivated by communication theories, we designed FaceValue , a technology probe that augments the self-view with private, real-time overlays. These overlays are subtle, suggestive prompts intended to help attendees reflect on how their cues might be interpreted by others. To invite personal interpretation, FaceValue avoids behavioral labeling and instead aims to support meaning-oriented self-awareness: recognizing when visible cues may unintentionally (mis)communicate intent. We deployed FaceValue in the wild with thirteen knowledge workers over multiple weeks, capturing perceived changes in self-awareness and behavior, and impressions on the design concepts, as self-reported by participants through diary entries and exit interviews. Participants felt FaceValue increased their awareness of potentially misaligned cues and motivated in-meeting adjustments, which they believe resulted in improved communication with other attendees. We contribute a conceptual framing that positions visual non-verbal cues as a manipulable communication resource, a technology probe that aims to foster meaning-oriented self-awareness, and empirically-grounded design insights for future meeting systems.
- Open Access
- 21 June 2026
- Published by Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
- p. 1-23
HappyCal: Designing Text and Image-Based Supports for Savouring Positive Work Experiences
Savouring positive work experiences can promote positive affect and well-being at work, yet there is limited guidance on how digital applications can support workers to engage in savouring. We developed HappyCal, a work-focused savouring application offering two forms of savouring support: text-based, a common modality in workplace reflection tools, and images, a largely unexplored approach in work-related savouring. We conducted an exploratory qualitative study where participants (N=36) used HappyCal over five days and engaged in savouring through either a text-only modality (n=17) or text input paired with image output (n=19). We found that (1) participants in both groups reported heightened awareness of work-related emotions through positive reflection, (2) Text-based support fostered conscious emotional processing, while image-based support offered quick overviews and amplified the positive experience, and (3) image-based support introduced a sense of playfulness into savouring. Informed by our results, we discuss implications for designing savouring supporting technologies for work contexts.
- 21 June 2026
- Published by Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
- p. 1-23
Open AccessHappyCal: Designing Text and Image-Based Supports for Savouring Positive Work Experiences
Savouring positive work experiences can promote positive affect and well-being at work, yet there is limited guidance on how digital applications can support workers to engage in savouring. We developed HappyCal, a work-focused savouring application offering two forms of savouring support: text-based, a common modality in workplace reflection tools, and images, a largely unexplored approach in work-related savouring. We conducted an exploratory qualitative study where participants (N=36) used HappyCal over five days and engaged in savouring through either a text-only modality (n=17) or text input paired with image output (n=19). We found that (1) participants in both groups reported heightened awareness of work-related emotions through positive reflection, (2) Text-based support fostered conscious emotional processing, while image-based support offered quick overviews and amplified the positive experience, and (3) image-based support introduced a sense of playfulness into savouring. Informed by our results, we discuss implications for designing savouring supporting technologies for work contexts.
- Open Access
- 13 June 2026
- Published by Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
- p. 4949-4960
Not Too Early, Not All at Once: Design Tensions in AI-Mediated Self-Disclosure in Online Dating
Online dating relies on self-disclosure, yet initial conversations are fragile: users must navigate uncertainty around timing, boundaries, and reciprocity with little shared context. While advances in AI raise the possibility of mediating disclosure, how such support might reshape the experience of early-stage relational disclosure remains underexplored. We conducted 29 semi-structured interviews to examine how daters envision AI-mediated self-disclosure in online dating. Our findings surface recurring design tensions rather than simple opportunities or risks. Participants welcomed guidance that could pace disclosure, support reflection, and reduce social awkwardness, but stressed preserving agency and authorship. They valued interpretive assistance for sense-making of ambiguous partner cues, yet worried that algorithmic interpretation might foreclose gradual discovery. Participants also described relational buffering as face-saving, while cautioning that increased efficiency risks undermining reciprocity, surprise, and co-constructed intimacy. Together, these findings suggest that designing AI for intimate contexts requires attending to how support redistributes agency, interpretation, and participation over time, rather than treating disclosure as an optimization problem.
- 13 June 2026
- Published by Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
- p. 4949-4960
Open AccessNot Too Early, Not All at Once: Design Tensions in AI-Mediated Self-Disclosure in Online Dating
Online dating relies on self-disclosure, yet initial conversations are fragile: users must navigate uncertainty around timing, boundaries, and reciprocity with little shared context. While advances in AI raise the possibility of mediating disclosure, how such support might reshape the experience of early-stage relational disclosure remains underexplored. We conducted 29 semi-structured interviews to examine how daters envision AI-mediated self-disclosure in online dating. Our findings surface recurring design tensions rather than simple opportunities or risks. Participants welcomed guidance that could pace disclosure, support reflection, and reduce social awkwardness, but stressed preserving agency and authorship. They valued interpretive assistance for sense-making of ambiguous partner cues, yet worried that algorithmic interpretation might foreclose gradual discovery. Participants also described relational buffering as face-saving, while cautioning that increased efficiency risks undermining reciprocity, surprise, and co-constructed intimacy. Together, these findings suggest that designing AI for intimate contexts requires attending to how support redistributes agency, interpretation, and participation over time, rather than treating disclosure as an optimization problem.
- Open Access
- 13 June 2026
- Published by Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
- p. 904-919
Co-Designing with Autistic Livestreamers: Care, Constraints, and Trade-offs in Livestreaming
- 13 June 2026
- Published by Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
- p. 904-919
Open AccessCo-Designing with Autistic Livestreamers: Care, Constraints, and Trade-offs in Livestreaming
- Open Access
- 13 June 2026
- Published by Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
- p. 2765-2779
Group Conversational Agents: A Review of Designs that Support and Shape Group Interaction
- 13 June 2026
- Published by Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
- p. 2765-2779
Open AccessGroup Conversational Agents: A Review of Designs that Support and Shape Group Interaction
- Open Access
- 12 June 2026
- Published by Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
- p. 2709-2724
“Grandpa, Can You Speak Nicer?”: Envisioned Chatbot Roles and Design Tensions in Intergenerational Communication Conflicts
- 12 June 2026
- Published by Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
- p. 2709-2724
Open Access“Grandpa, Can You Speak Nicer?”: Envisioned Chatbot Roles and Design Tensions in Intergenerational Communication Conflicts
- Open Access
- 7 June 2026
- Published by Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
- p. 1-9
Enhancing Pointing Gestures of Non-HMD Users in Asymmetric Collocated Mixed Reality Collaboration
- 7 June 2026
- Published by Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
- p. 1-9
Open AccessEnhancing Pointing Gestures of Non-HMD Users in Asymmetric Collocated Mixed Reality Collaboration
- Open Access
- 30 April 2026
- Published by Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) in Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction
- Vol. 10 (2) , 1
Corrigendum: Rethinking Teaching Evaluation Reports: Designing AI-transformed Student Feedback for Instructor Engagement
This is a corrigendum for the article "Rethinking Teaching Evaluation Reports: Designing AI-transformed Student Feedback for Instructor Engagement" published in Proc. ACM Hum.-Comput. Interact. 9, 7, Article CSCW320 (November 2025), 40 pages.
- 30 April 2026
- Published by Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) in Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction
- Vol. 10 (2) , 1
Open AccessCorrigendum: Rethinking Teaching Evaluation Reports: Designing AI-transformed Student Feedback for Instructor Engagement
This is a corrigendum for the article "Rethinking Teaching Evaluation Reports: Designing AI-transformed Student Feedback for Instructor Engagement" published in Proc. ACM Hum.-Comput. Interact. 9, 7, Article CSCW320 (November 2025), 40 pages.
- Open Access
- 13 April 2026
- Published by Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
- p. 1-24
Who You Explain To Matters: Learning by Explaining to Conversational Agents with Different Pedagogical Roles
- 13 April 2026
- Published by Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
- p. 1-24
Open AccessWho You Explain To Matters: Learning by Explaining to Conversational Agents with Different Pedagogical Roles
- Open Access
- 13 April 2026
- Published by Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
- p. 1-17
Challenges in Synchronous & Remote Collaboration Around Visualization
- 13 April 2026
- Published by Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
- p. 1-17
Open AccessChallenges in Synchronous & Remote Collaboration Around Visualization