Vision and Immersive Realities Lab CS@UTSA

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2026

TRACE: Temporal Radiology with Anatomical Change Explanation for Grounded X-ray Report Generation
TRACE: Temporal Radiology with Anatomical Change Explanation for Grounded X-ray Report Generation
OFM Riaz Rahman Aranya, Kevin Desai
arXiv  ·  05 Feb 2026  ·  DOI: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2602.02963
SRA-Seg: Synthetic to Real Alignment for Semi-Supervised Medical Image Segmentation
SRA-Seg: Synthetic to Real Alignment for Semi-Supervised Medical Image Segmentation
OFM Riaz Rahman Aranya, Kevin Desai
arXiv  ·  05 Feb 2026  ·  DOI: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2602.02944

2025

Comprehensive benchmarking of deep learning approaches for automated astrocyte segmentation in traumatic brain injury
Comprehensive benchmarking of deep learning approaches for automated astrocyte segmentation in traumatic brain injury
Amirhossein Bagherian, OFM Riaz Rahman Aranya, Allison Kosub, Marissa Redington, Kevin Desai, Marzieh Memar
Oxford University Press  ·  27 Oct 2025  ·  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/jnen/nlaf114
Predicting and Explaining Cognitive Load, Attention, and Working Memory in Virtual Multitasking
Predicting and Explaining Cognitive Load, Attention, and Working Memory in Virtual Multitasking
Jyotirmay Nag Setu, Joshua M Le, Ripan Kumar Kundu, Barry Giesbrecht, Tobias Höllerer, Khaza Anuarul Hoque, Kevin Desai, John Quarles
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics  ·  10 Mar 2025  ·  DOI: 10.1109/TVCG.2025.3549850
Comparing In-Person, Standard Telehealth, and Remote Musculoskeletal Examination With a Novel Augmented Reality Exercise Game System: Pilot Cross-Sectional Comparison Study
Comparing In-Person, Standard Telehealth, and Remote Musculoskeletal Examination With a Novel Augmented Reality Exercise Game System: Pilot Cross-Sectional Comparison Study
Richard Wu, Keerthana Chakka, Sara Belko, Ninad Khargonkar, Kevin Desai, Balakrishnan Prabhakaran, Thiru Annaswamy, others
JMIR Serious Games  ·  05 Feb 2025  ·  DOI: 10.2196/57443
Applying Computer Vision to Analyze Self-Injurious Behaviors in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Applying Computer Vision to Analyze Self-Injurious Behaviors in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Ayda Eghbalian, Md Mushfiqur Azam, Katie Holloway, Leslie Neely, Kevin Desai
Proceedings of the Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision  ·  01 Jan 2025  ·  DOI: [No DOI info]
TE-NeRF: Triplane-Enhanced Neural Radiance Field for Artifact-Free Human Rendering
TE-NeRF: Triplane-Enhanced Neural Radiance Field for Artifact-Free Human Rendering
Sadia Mubashshira, Kevin Desai
Proceedings of the Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision  ·  01 Jan 2025  ·  DOI: [No DOI info]

2024

EncodeNet: A Framework for Boosting DNN Accuracy with Entropy-Driven Generalized Converting Autoencoder
EncodeNet: A Framework for Boosting DNN Accuracy with Entropy-Driven Generalized Converting Autoencoder
Hasanul Mahmud, Palden Lama, Kevin Desai, Sushil K Prasad
International Conference on Pattern Recognition  ·  01 Dec 2024  ·  DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2404.13770
Mazed and Confused: A Dataset of Cybersickness, Working Memory, Mental Load, Physical Load, and Attention During a Real Walking Task in VR
Mazed and Confused: A Dataset of Cybersickness, Working Memory, Mental Load, Physical Load, and Attention During a Real Walking Task in VR
Jyotirmay Nag Setu, Joshua M Le, Ripan Kumar Kundu, Barry Giesbrecht, Tobias Höllerer, Khaza Anuarul Hoque, Kevin Desai, John Quarles
2024 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR)  ·  21 Oct 2024  ·  DOI: 10.1109/ISMAR62088.2024.00121
CAE-Net: Enhanced Converting Autoencoder Based Framework for Low-Latency Energy-Efficient DNN with SLO-Constraints
CAE-Net: Enhanced Converting Autoencoder Based Framework for Low-Latency Energy-Efficient DNN with SLO-Constraints
Hasanul Mahmud, Peng Kang, Palden Lama, Kevin Desai, Sushil K Prasad
2024 IEEE Cloud Summit  ·  27 Jun 2024  ·  DOI: 10.1109/Cloud-Summit61220.2024.00028
A converting autoencoder toward low-latency and energy-efficient DNN inference at the edge
A converting autoencoder toward low-latency and energy-efficient DNN inference at the edge
Hasanul Mahmud, Peng Kang, Kevin Desai, Palden Lama, Sushil K Prasad
2024 IEEE International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium Workshops (IPDPSW)  ·  27 May 2024  ·  DOI: 10.1109/IPDPSW63119.2024.00117
Investigating personalization techniques for improved cybersickness prediction in virtual reality environments
Investigating personalization techniques for improved cybersickness prediction in virtual reality environments
Umama Tasnim, Rifatul Islam, Kevin Desai, John Quarles
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics  ·  04 Mar 2024  ·  DOI: 10.1109/TVCG.2024.3372122
A survey on 3d egocentric human pose estimation
A survey on 3d egocentric human pose estimation
Md Mushfiqur Azam, Kevin Desai
Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition  ·  01 Jan 2024  ·  DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2403.17893

2023

The case for integrated advanced technology in applied behavior analysis
The case for integrated advanced technology in applied behavior analysis
Leslie Neely, Amarie Carnett, John Quarles, Hannah MacNaul, Se-Woong Park, Sakiko Oyama, Guenevere Chen, Kevin Desai, Peyman Najafirad
Advances in Neurodevelopmental Disorders  ·  01 Sep 2023  ·  DOI: 10.1007/s41252-022-00309-y
A Study of Human Fitness Pose Classification Using Artificial Neural Networks
A Study of Human Fitness Pose Classification Using Artificial Neural Networks
Sijie Shang, Rong Jin, Kevin Desai
2023 International Conference on Information Technology (ICIT)  ·  09 Aug 2023  ·  DOI: 10.1109/ICIT58056.2023.10225860
Assessment HTN A-HTN for Automated Task Performance Assessment in 3D Serious Games
Assessment HTN (A-HTN) for Automated Task Performance Assessment in 3D Serious Games
Kevin Desai, Omeed Ashtiani, Balakrishnan Prabhakaran
arXiv preprint arXiv:2302.05795  ·  11 Feb 2023  ·  DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2302.05795
Can Hierarchical Transformers Learn Facial Geometry
Can Hierarchical Transformers Learn Facial Geometry?
Paul Young, Nima Ebadi, Arun Das, Mazal Bethany, Kevin Desai, Peyman Najafirad
Sensors  ·  13 Jan 2023  ·  DOI: 10.3390/s23020929

2022

Towards forecasting the onset of cybersickness by fusing physiological, head-tracking and eye-tracking with multimodal deep fusion network
Towards forecasting the onset of cybersickness by fusing physiological, head-tracking and eye-tracking with multimodal deep fusion network
Rifatul Islam, Kevin Desai, John Quarles
2022 IEEE international symposium on mixed and augmented reality (ISMAR)  ·  17 Oct 2022  ·  DOI: 10.1109/ISMAR55827.2022.00026
Tmvnet: Using transformers for multi-view voxel-based 3d reconstruction
Tmvnet: Using transformers for multi-view voxel-based 3d reconstruction
Kebin Peng, Rifatul Islam, John Quarles, Kevin Desai
Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF conference on computer vision and pattern recognition  ·  23 Aug 2022  ·  DOI: 10.1109/CVPRW56347.2022.00036
Hr-stan: High-resolution spatio-temporal attention network for 3d human motion prediction
Hr-stan: High-resolution spatio-temporal attention network for 3d human motion prediction
Omar Medjaouri, Kevin Desai
Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition  ·  23 Aug 2022  ·  DOI: 10.1109/CVPRW56347.2022.00286
PMPNet: Pixel Movement Prediction Network for Monocular Depth Estimation in Dynamic Scenes
PMPNet: Pixel Movement Prediction Network for Monocular Depth Estimation in Dynamic Scenes
Kebin Peng, John Quarles, Kevin Desai
2022 26th International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR)  ·  21 Aug 2022  ·  DOI: 10.1109/ICPR56361.2022.9956096
Virtepex: virtual remote tele-physical examination system
Virtepex: virtual remote tele-physical examination system
Ninad Khargonkar, Kevin Desai, Balakrishnan Prabhakaran, Thiru Annaswamy
Proceedings of the 2022 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference  ·  13 Jun 2022  ·  DOI: 10.1145/3532106.3533486
BRDF-based Irradiance Image Estimation to Remove Radiometric Differences for Stereo Matching
BRDF-based Irradiance Image Estimation to Remove Radiometric Differences for Stereo Matching
Kebin Peng, John Quarles, Kevin Desai
VISIGRAPP (5: VISAPP)  ·  01 Jun 2022  ·  DOI: 10.5220/0010879800003124

2021

Show why the answer is correct towards explainable ai using compositional temporal attention
Show why the answer is correct! towards explainable ai using compositional temporal attention
Nihar Bendre, Kevin Desai, Peyman Najafirad
2021 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC)  ·  17 Oct 2021  ·  DOI: 10.1109/SMC52423.2021.9659223
Cybersickness prediction from integrated hmd s sensors: A multimodal deep fusion approach using eye-tracking and head-tracking data
Cybersickness prediction from integrated hmd’s sensors: A multimodal deep fusion approach using eye-tracking and head-tracking data
Rifatul Islam, Kevin Desai, John Quarles
2021 IEEE international symposium on mixed and augmented reality (ISMAR)  ·  04 Oct 2021  ·  DOI: 10.1109/ISMAR52148.2021.00017
Generalized zero-shot learning using multimodal variational auto-encoder with semantic concepts
Generalized zero-shot learning using multimodal variational auto-encoder with semantic concepts
Nihar Bendre, Kevin Desai, Peyman Najafirad
2021 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP)  ·  19 Sep 2021  ·  DOI: 10.1109/ICIP42928.2021.9506108
Multimodal data streaming using visual IoTs and wearables for telerehabilitation and teletreatment
Multimodal data streaming using visual IoTs and wearables for telerehabilitation and teletreatment
Herbert Guzman, Reenam Joshi, Victor Guzman, Max Kilger, Kevin Desai
2021 World Automation Congress (WAC)  ·  01 Aug 2021  ·  DOI: 10.23919/WAC50355.2021.9559516
Personalized 3D exergames for in-home rehabilitation after stroke: a pilot study
Personalized 3D exergames for in-home rehabilitation after stroke: a pilot study
Kevin Desai, Balakrishnan Prabhakaran, Nneka Ifejika, Thiru M Annaswamy
Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology  ·  28 Apr 2021  ·  DOI: 10.1080/17483107.2021.1913518

2019

Using Mr. MAPP for lower limb phantom pain management
Using Mr. MAPP for lower limb phantom pain management
Kanchan Bahirat, Yu-Yen Chung, Thiru Annaswamy, Gargi Raval, Kevin Desai, Balakrishnan Prabhakaran, Michael Riegler
Proceedings of the 27th ACM International Conference on Multimedia  ·  15 Oct 2019  ·  DOI: 10.1145/3343031.3351165

2018

Combining skeletal poses for 3D human model generation using multiple Kinects
Combining skeletal poses for 3D human model generation using multiple Kinects
Kevin Desai, Balakrishnan Prabhakaran, Suraj Raghuraman
Proceedings of the 9th ACM multimedia systems conference  ·  12 Jun 2018  ·  DOI: 10.1145/3204949.3204958
Skeleton-based continuous extrinsic calibration of multiple RGB-D kinect cameras
Skeleton-based continuous extrinsic calibration of multiple RGB-D kinect cameras
Kevin Desai, Balakrishnan Prabhakaran, Suraj Raghuraman
Proceedings of the 9th ACM multimedia systems conference  ·  12 Jun 2018  ·  DOI: 10.1145/3204949.3204969

2017

Learning-based objective evaluation of 3D human open meshes
Learning-based objective evaluation of 3D human open meshes
Kevin Desai, Kanchan Bahirat, Balakrishnan Prabhakaran
2017 IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME)  ·  31 Dec 2017  ·  DOI: 10.1109/ICME.2017.8019470
QoE studies on interactive 3D tele-immersion
QoE studies on interactive 3D tele-immersion
Kevin Desai, Suraj Raghuraman, Rong Jin, Balakrishnan Prabhakaran
2017 IEEE international symposium on multimedia (ISM)  ·  11 Dec 2017  ·  DOI: 10.1109/ISM.2017.27
Experiences with multi-modal collaborative virtual laboratory mmcvl
Experiences with multi-modal collaborative virtual laboratory (mmcvl)
Kevin Desai, Uriel Haile Hernndez Belmonte, Rong Jin, Balakrishnan Prabhakaran, Paul Diehl, Victor Ayala Ramirez, Vinu Johnson, Murry Gans
2017 IEEE third international conference on multimedia big data (BigMM)  ·  19 Apr 2017  ·  DOI: 10.1109/BigMM.2017.62

2016

Augmented reality-based exergames for rehabilitation
Augmented reality-based exergames for rehabilitation
Kevin Desai, Kanchan Bahirat, Sudhir Ramalingam, Balakrishnan Prabhakaran, Thiru Annaswamy, Una E Makris
Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Multimedia Systems  ·  10 May 2016  ·  DOI: 10.1145/2910017.2910612

2015

Network adaptive textured mesh generation for collaborative 3d tele-immersion
Network adaptive textured mesh generation for collaborative 3d tele-immersion
Kevin Desai, Kanchan Bahirat, Suraj Raghuraman, Balakrishnan Prabhakaran
2015 IEEE International Symposium on Multimedia (ISM)  ·  14 Dec 2015  ·  DOI: 10.1109/ISM.2015.111