Publications

Peer-reviewed and in-progress work across embodied interaction, motor neuroscience, AI-augmented rehabilitation, and tangible interfaces.

ACM CHI 2026 · Accepted

ReTouche: Embodied Representations for Self-Directed Piano Learning

Paul-Peter Arslan et al.

Qualitative HCI · Autoethnography · Comparative Structured Observation (CSO).

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ACM DIS 2026 SDC · Submitted

Tangible Co-Ideation: Designing Embodied Prompting for Creative Thinking with Large Language Models

Yuqing Lucy Li*, Quincy Kuang*, Paul-Peter Arslan*, Xiao Xiao, Hiroshi Ishii.

* Equal contribution. ACM Designing Interactive Systems 2026 Student Design Competition.

Three families of tangible objects leverage embodiment to structure LLM prompting and mitigate information overload during creative ideation.

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Scientific Reports (Springer Nature) · Submitted

A Novel Method for Rhythmic Imitation of Finger Movements and the Effects of Auditory Stimuli and Feedback

Paul-Peter Arslan et al.

A stroke-oriented extension is currently in preparation as part of the PhD thesis.

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Workshop paper

Enhancing Communication in Speech Therapy

Auditory-motor synchronization and the AI pipeline (Vocal Remover, Montréal Forced Aligner).

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ACM UIST 2026 · In preparation

Tangible Prompting: A Physical Vocabulary for Navigating Conceptual Spaces with Generative AI

Paul-Peter Arslan et al.

Target: April 2025

Predicting Continuous Finger Forces from High-Density EMG with AI Regression Models

Paul-Peter Arslan et al.

224-channel HD-EMG, CNN-LSTM architectures for continuous finger-force decoding.

Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation · In preparation (Target: April)

Rhythmic Finger Tapping Performance in Stroke Survivors: Effects of Auditory Stimuli and Feedback

Paul-Peter Arslan et al.

Extension of Rhythm Karaoke to stroke rehabilitation, measuring rhythmic finger tapping with the Dextrain Manipulandum.