UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION
`WASHINGTON, D.C.
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`Before the Honorable MaryJoan McNamara
`Administrative Law Judge
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` Investigation No. 337-TA-1103
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`In the Matter of
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`CERTAIN DIGITAL VIDEO
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`COMPLAINANTS IDENTIFICATION OF EXPERT WITNESSES
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`Pursuant to Order No. 2 (March 28, 2018), Order No. 4 (April 16, 2018) and Ground
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`Rule 5, Complainant Rovi1 identifies the following individuals as experts who may testify on
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`behalf of Rovi in this Investigation. This identification of experts and expected areas of
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`testimony is based on Rovi’s current understanding of the evidence produced during discovery.
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`Discovery is ongoing, and Rovi reserves the right to supplement this identification as additional
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`information becomes available.
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`Ravin Balakrishnan
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`Dr. Balakrishnan is an expert in the areas set forth in his curriculum vitae, including the
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`field of art of interactive program guides, digital video recorders, and related subject matter. A
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`copy of Dr. Balakrishnan’s curriculum vitae is attached hereto as Exhibit 1. Dr. Balakrishnan
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`may testify regarding the technical background and state of the art relevant to the 7,827,585 and
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`9,369,741 patents, the interpretation of the asserted claims of the 7,827,585 and 9,369,741
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`patents, the validity of the asserted claims of the 7,827,585 and 9,369,741 patents, the design and
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`1 As referenced herein, the term “Rovi” includes Complainants Rovi Corporation, Rovi Guides,
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`operation of the domestic industry articles and whether those articles are protected by any claim
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`of the 7,827,585 and 9,369,741 patents, the design and operation of the Accused Products, the
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`infringement of the asserted claims of the 7,827,585 and 9,369,741 patents, and any other
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`matters that may arise within Dr. Balakrishnan’s expertise. Dr. Balakrishan may testify as part
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`of Rovi’s case-in-chief as well as in rebuttal to address Respondents’ expert reports and any fact
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`and expert testimony regarding the same.
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`Alan Bovik
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`Dr. Bovik is an expert in the areas set forth in his curriculum vitae, including the field of
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`art of interactive program guides, digital video recorders, and related subject matter. A copy of
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`Dr. Bovik’s curriculum vitae is attached hereto as Exhibit 2. Dr. Bovik may testify regarding the
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`technical background and state of the art relevant to the 7,779,011 and 7,937,394 patents, the
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`interpretation of the asserted claims of the 7,779,011 and 7,937,394 patents, the validity of the
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`asserted claims of the 7,779,011 and 7,937,394 patents, the design and operation of the domestic
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`industry articles and whether those articles are protected by any claim of the 7,779,011 and
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`7,937,394 patents, the design and operation of the Accused Products, the infringement of the
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`asserted claims of the 7,779,011 and 7,937,394 patents, and any other matters that may arise
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`within Dr. Bovik ‘s expertise. Dr. Bovik may testify as part of Rovi’s case-in-chief as well as in
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`rebuttal to address Respondents’ expert reports and any fact and expert testimony regarding the
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`same.
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`Vijay K Madisetti
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`Dr. Madisetti is an expert in the areas set forth in his curriculum vitae, including the field
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`of art of interactive program guides, digital video recorders, and related subject matter. A copy
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`of Dr. Madisetti’s curriculum vitae is attached hereto as Exhibit 3. Dr. Madisetti may testify
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`regarding the technical background and state of the art relevant to the 9,621,956 and 9,668,014
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`patents, the interpretation of the asserted claims of the 9,621,956 and 9,668,014 patents, the
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`validity of the asserted claims of the 9,621,956 and 9,668,014 patents, the design and operation
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`of the domestic industry articles and whether those articles are protected by any claim of the
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`9,621,956 and 9,668,014 patents, the design and operation of the Accused Products, the
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`infringement of the asserted claims of the 9,621,956 and 9,668,014 patents, and any other
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`matters which may arise within Dr. Madisetti’s expertise. Dr. Madisetti may testify as part of
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`Rovi’s case-in-chief as well as in rebuttal to address Respondents’ expert reports and any fact
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`and expert testimony regarding the same.
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`Jonathan Putnam
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`Dr. Putnam is an expert in the areas set forth in his curriculum vitae, including the field
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`of intellectual property, antitrust, technological change, industrial organization, and applied
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`microeconomics. A copy of Dr. Putnam’s curriculum vitae is attached hereto as Exhibit 4. Dr.
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`Putnam may be called on to testify regarding the existence of a domestic industry as to the
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`Asserted Patents, including the associated investments and other related expenditures relevant to
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`the same, commercial success, the appropriate remedy and bond in the event a violation of
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`Section 337 is found, and any other matters within Dr. Putnam’s expertise. Dr. Putnam may
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`testify as part of Rovi’s case-in-chief as well as in rebuttal to address Respondents’ expert
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`reports and any fact and expert testimony regarding the same.
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`Michael Shamos
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`Dr. Shamos is an expert in the areas set forth in his curriculum vitae, including the field
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`of art of interactive program guides, digital video recorders, and related subject matter. A copy
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`of Dr. Shamos’ curriculum vitae is attached hereto as Exhibit 5. Dr. Shamos may testify
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`regarding the technical background and state of the art relevant to the 9,294,799 and 9,578,363
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`patents, the interpretation of the asserted claims of the 9,294,799 and 9,578,363 patents, the
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`validity of the asserted claims of the 9,294,799 and 9,578,363 patents, the design and operation
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`of the domestic industry articles and whether those articles are protected by any claim of the
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`9,294,799 and 9,578,363 patents, the design and operation of the Accused Products, the
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`infringement of the asserted claims of the 9,294,799 and 9,578,363 patents, and any other
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`matters that may arise within Dr. Shamos’ expertise. Dr. Shamos may testify as part of Rovi’s
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`case-in-chief as well as in rebuttal to address Respondents’ expert reports and any fact and expert
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`testimony regarding the same.
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`Jim Williams
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`Mr. Williams is an expert in the areas set forth in his curriculum vitae, including the field
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`of art of interactive program guides, digital video recorders, and related subject matter. A copy
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`of Mr. Williams’ curriculum vitae is attached hereto as Exhibit 6. Mr. Williams may testify
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`regarding the technical background and state of the art relevant to the Asserted Patents, the
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`design and operation of the domestic industry articles, the design and operation of the Accused
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`Products, and any other matters that may arise within Mr. Williams’ expertise. Mr. Williams
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`may testify as part of Rovi’s case-in-chief as well as in rebuttal to address Respondents’ expert
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`reports and any fact and expert testimony regarding the same.
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` Dated: May 2, 2018
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/s/ Douglas A. Cawley
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`Douglas A. Cawley
`MCKOOL SMITH, P.C.
`Crescent Court, Suite 1500
`Dallas, Texas 75201
`Telephone: (214) 978-4000
`Telecopier: (214) 978-4044
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`Roderick G. Dorman
`Lawrence Hadley
`MCKOOL SMITH, P.C.
`300 South Grand Avenue, Suite 2900
`Los Angeles, CA 90071
`Telephone: (213) 694-1200
`Telecopier: (213) 694-1234
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`John B. Campbell
`Joshua W. Budwin
`Leah B. Buratti
`Kristina S. Baehr
`MCKOOL SMITH, P.C.
`300 W. Sixth Street, Suite 1700
`Austin, Texas 78701
`Telephone: (512) 692-8700
`Telecopier: (512) 692-8744
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`Benjamin Levi
`LEVI & SNOTHERLY, PLLC
`1101 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 450
`Washington DC 20036
`Telephone: (202) 997-3711
`Telecopier: (202) 331-1324
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`Counsel for Complainants Rovi Corporation;
`Rovi Guides, Inc; Rovi Technologies, Corp.;
`and Veveo, Inc.
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`Exhibit 1
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`Ravin Balakrishnan
`Curriculum Vitae
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`Contact information
`Address: Department of Computer Science
`University of Toronto.
`10 King’s College Road
`Toronto, Ontario
`Canada M5S 3G4
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`(416) 835-1600
`voice:
`ravin@dgp.toronto.edu
`email:
`web: www.dgp.toronto.edu/~ravin
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`Education
`Ph.D. Computer Science, University of Toronto, Canada. Feb 2001.
`Thesis: "Issues in Bimanual Interaction for Computer Graphics."
`Advisor: Prof. Bill Buxton
`Advisory Committee: Prof. Mark Chignell, Prof. Eugene Fiume, Prof. Scott MacKenzie
`M.Sc. Computer Science, University of Toronto, Canada. Jan 1997.
`Thesis: "The Evolution and Evaluation of a 3D Input Device."
`Advisor: Prof. Bill Buxton
`B.Sc. (1st Class Honours), Computer Science, University of New Brunswick, Canada. May 1993.
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`Employment
`Chair, Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto, 2015 – present.
`Professor (tenured), Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto, 2011 – present.
`Canada Research Chair (CRC-Tier II) in Human-Centred Interfaces, Department of Computer Science,
`University of Toronto, March 2006 – 2016.
`Associate Professor (tenured), Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto, 2006- 2011.
`Canada Research Chair (CRC-Tier II) in Human-Centred Interfaces, Department of Computer Science,
`University of Toronto, March 2006 – 2016.
`Associate Chair, Research and Industrial Relations, Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto. July 1,
`2008 – June 30, 2010.
`Assistant Professor (tenure-track), Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto, 2001 –2006. Appointed
`as Full Member of the Graduate Faculty in 2001.
`Researcher, User Interface Research Group, Alias|wavefront (now Autodesk), Aug 1996 – July 2001.
`Conducted basic and applied research on interfaces for interactive 3D graphics, alternate multi degree-of-
`freedom input devices, two-handed input, haptic feedback interfaces, tablet based input, and large scale
`displays. Some of the ideas and interaction techniques developed in this research have been incorporated
`into Alias|wavefront's market leading software products for 3D design, modeling, and animation.
`Instructor, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Toronto, May 1995 – Aug 2000, on a per course basis.
`Lectured and took complete responsibility, including managing several teaching assistants, for various
`undergraduate courses (listed in section entitled “Teaching” below).
`Teaching Assistant, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Toronto. Sep 1993 - Dec 1996.
`Conducted tutorials and marked assignments, tests, and exams for various courses (listed in section entitled
`“Teaching” below).
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`Research Assistant, Human Computer Interaction Laboratory, University of New Brunswick, May - Sept 1993.
`Worked with Prof. Colin Ware on empirical research into the effects of lag in fishtank virtual reality
`environments. Also helped design, build, and evaluate a haptic feedback input/output device.
`Programmer Analyst, Indigo Software Ltd, Ottawa, Canada. Sep - Dec 1990, May - Aug 1991, Jan - May 1992.
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`Visiting and consulting activities
`Visiting researcher, HPLabs Bangalore, India. Feb 2009.
`Visiting researcher, Microsoft Research - Redmond, Beijing, Bangalore and Cambridge labs. July 2007 – June 2008.
`Visiting professor, Laboratoire de Recherche en Informatique (LRI), Université Paris-Sud. France. June-July, 2006
`Visiting researcher, Mitsubishi Electric Research Lab (MERL), Cambridge, MA, USA. Feb 2005 – Mar 2007.
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`Expert witness for Rovi Corp, through Ropes and Gray. Plaintiff: Comcast Corp. IPR proceedings for several
`patents. 2017 – ongoing. Prepared several reports, depositions scheduled.
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`Expert witness for Rovi Guides Inc. through McKool Smith. Plaintiff: Comcast Corp. in Rovi Guides Inc., et al. v.
`Comcast Corp., et al., No. 2:16-cv-321 (EDTX); Rovi Guides Inc. v. Comcast Corp., et al., No. 2:16-cv-322
`(EDTX); Certain Digital Video Receivers and Hardware and Software Components Thereof, Inv. No. 337-TA-1001
`(ITC); Comcast Corp., et al. v. Rovi Corp., et al., No. 1:16-cv-03852 (SDNY). 2016 – ongoing. Testified at ITC
`hearing.
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`Expert witness for Oculus and Palmer Luckey through Cooley, LLP, in a trade secret action at the US District Court
`for the Northern District of California. Plaintiff: Total Recall Technologies. Case No. 3:2015cv02281. 2016 –
`ongoing.
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`Expert witness for Nuance Communications through Weil Gotshal and Manges LLP, in an IPR proceeding at the US
`Patent Office. 2016 – ongoing.
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`Expert witness for Oculus, Facebook and Palmer Luckey through Cooley, LLP, in a trade secret action at the US
`District Court for the Northern District of Texas. Plaintiff: ZeniMax Media Inc. and ID Software LLC. Case No.
`3:14-cv-01849-P. 2015-2016. Testified at trial..
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`Expert witness for Apple through O’Melveny & Myers, LLP, in a patent infringement action at the
`US District Court for the District of Northern California. Plaintiff: OpenTV, Inc. and Nagravision, SA. Case No:
`14-CV-1622. Case settled. Retained for the case but no work done.
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`Expert witness for Mojo Media Inc. through Morrison Foerster LLP, in a patent interference action. Interference No.
`106,005, Mojo Media, Inc. v. Snapchat, Inc. 2014 – 2015. Prepared several reports. Case terminated in 2015.
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`Expert witness for Queens University and PARTEQ Research and Development Innovations (plaintiff) through
`Susman Godfrey LLP, and Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox in a patent infringement action at the US District Court
`for the Eastern District of Texas and an IPR proceedings at the US Patent office. Case: 2:14-cv-53. Defendant:
`Samsung. 2014 – ongoing. Prepared several reports, two depositions, to date.
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`Expert witness for Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc. d/b/a Heinemann (defendant) through Wilmer Hale in a patent
`infringement action at the US District Court for the Southern District of New York. Case: 1:13-cv-02687-LTS-RLE.
`Plaintiff: Amplify Education Inc. 2014. Prepared one declaration on claim construction. Case settled in 2014.
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`Expert witness for Microsoft (defendant) through Sidley Austin LLP, in a patent infringement action at the US
`District Court for the District of Maine. Case: 2:12-cv-333-DBH. Plaintiff: SurfCast Inc. 2013 – ongoing. Prepared
`several reports, one deposition to date.
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`Expert witness for VMware (defendant) through Morrison Foerster, LLP, in a patent infringement action at the US
`District Court for the District of Delaware. Case: 13-cv-116. Plaintiff: UbiComm LLC. 2013 – ongoing. Prepared
`several declarations to date.
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`Expert witness for Hockeyline Inc. (plaintiff) through Freitas Tseng & Kaufmann LLP, in a patent infringement
`action at the US District Court for the Southern District of New York. Case: 1:13-cv-01446-CM. Defendant: STATS
`LLC. 2013 – 2015. Prepared one report. Case terminated in 2015.
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`Expert witness for Pixcir Microelectronics (defendant) through Nixon Peabody LLP, in a patent infringement action
`at the US District Court for the District of Nevada. Case: 2:10-cv-00014-GMN-PAL. Plaintiff: Elan Microelectroics.
`2013. Prepared one report. Case settled in 2013.
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`Expert witness for Nuance (complainant) through Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP, in a patent infringement action at
`the ITC. Investigation No. 337-TA-785. Respondent: Cootek. Several reports and one deposition. Case settled in
`2013.
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`Expert witness for Yahoo (defendant) through Morrison Foerster, LLP, in a patent infringement action. Plaintiff:
`Interval. 2012-ongoing.
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`Expert witness for Immersion (complainant) through Morrison Foerster, LLP, in a patent infringement action at the
`ITC, Investigation No: 337-TA-834 and in the District Court for the District of Delaware. Respondent: HTC. 2012-
`ongoing. Several reports, two depositions. ITC case terminated in 2012, District court case settled in 2015.
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`Expert witness for Apple (plaintiff) through Freehills in a patent infringement action in Australia. Defendant:
`Samsung. 2012-2013. Prepared several reports and testified at trial.
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`Expert witness for Apple (plaintiff) through Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in a patent infringement action in the
`UK. Defendant: HTC. 2012. Several reports. Case settled in Nov 2012.
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`Expert witness for Apple (plaintiff) through Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in a patent infringement action in the
`Netherlands. Defendant: Samsung. Prepared one declaration and attended injunction hearing.
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`Expert witness for Apple (plaintiff) through Gibson Dunn, LLP, in a patent infringement action at the
`US District Court for the Northern District of California. Defendant: Samsung. Case No. 12-cv-00630-LHK. 2012.
`Judge: Hon. Lucy Koh. One report, one deposition for preliminary injunction.
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`Expert witness for Apple (complainant) through Feinberg Day, LLP, in a patent infringement action at the
`ITC. Respondent: HTC. Investigation No. 337-TA- 797. 2011-2012. ALJ: Hon. E. James Gildea. Several expert
`reports, one deposition, testified at trial.
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`Expert witness for Apple (defendant) through O’Melveny & Myers, LLP, in a patent infringement action at the
`US District Court for the District of Delaware. Plaintiff: MobileMedia Ideas LLC. Case No: 10-258-SLR. 2011-
`2012. Judge: Hon. Sue Robinson. Several reports, one deposition, testified at trial.
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`Expert witness for Apple (respondent) through Wilmer Hale, LLP, in a patent infringement action at the
`ITC. Complainant: Samsung. Investigation No. 337-TA- 794. 2011-2012. ALJ: Hon. E. James Gildea. Several
`expert reports, one deposition, testified at trial.
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`Expert witness for Apple (plaintiff) through Morrison & Foerster, LLP, in a patent infringement action at the
`US District Court for the Northern District of California. Defendant: Samsung. Case No. 11-cv-01846 LHK. 2011-
`2013. Judge: Hon. Lucy Koh. Several reports, several depositions, testified at technology tutorial and two trials.
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`Expert witness for Apple (complainant) through Morrison & Foerster, LLP, in a patent infringement action at the
`ITC. Respondent: Samsung. Investigation No. 337-TA- 796. 2011-2012. ALJ: Hon. Thomas Pender. Several
`reports, one deposition, testified at technology tutorial and at trial.
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`Expert witness for Apple (complainant) through Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP, in a patent infringement action at
`the ITC. Respondent: Motorola. Investigation No. 337-TA- 750. 2011. ALJ: Hon. Theodore Essex. Several reports,
`one deposition, testified at trial.
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`Expert witness for Apple (defendant) through Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP, in a patent infringement action in the
`US District Court for the Northern District of California. Plaintiff: Elan Microelectronics. Case No. 5:09-cv-01531-
`RS (N.D. Cal) 2010-2012. Judge: Hon. Richard Seeborg. Several declarations. Case settled in 2012.
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`Expert witness for Apple (respondent) through Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP, in a patent infringement action at the
`ITC. Complainant: Elan Microelectronics. Investigation No. 337-TA-714. 2010-2011. CALJ: Hon. Paul Luckern.
`Several reports, two depositions, testfiied at Markman hearing and at trial.
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`Expert witness for Nintendo (respondent) through Covington and Burling, LLP, in a patent infringement action at
`the ITC. Complainant: Hillcrest Laboratories. Investigation No. 337-TA-658. 2008-2009. CALJ: Hon. Paul
`Luckern. Several reports, two depositions, testified at trial.
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`Entrepreneurial Activities
`Co-founder, Conceptualiz www.conceptualiz.com. Developing surgical planning technology.
`Co-founder, Arcestra www.arcestra.com (formerly Sketch2 Corp). Developing software for designing 3D building
`interior layouts. The concept grew out of research conducted in my lab with my colleague Prof. Karan Singh and
`graduate students Steven Tsang and Abhishek Ranjan.
`Co-founder, Bump Technologies Inc. www.bumptop.com. Acquired by Google in May, 2010. Developed a
`physically realistic desktop user interface system, which grew out of research conducted in my lab with graduate
`student Anand Agarawala.
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`Research endeavours
`Human-computer interaction, computer mediated human-human interaction, data visualization, information and
`communications technology for development.
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`Specific research interests:
`Input devices, sensing technologies, interaction techniques. In particular, gestural, sketching, and multi degree-of-
`freedom interaction, interfaces to small and/or mobile computers, interfaces to displays of the future.
`User interfaces and interaction techniques for data visualization.
`Empirical evaluation of user interfaces including associated metrics and predictive models of human performance.
`Ambient, pervasive, and ubiquitous computing.
`Computer supported collaborative work (CSCW).
`Interfaces and systems for educational and healthcare applications in developing economies.
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`Awards, fellowships, scholarships
`Dean’s Excellence Award, Faculty of Arts and Science, University of Toronto. 2016.
`10-year impact award at the ACM Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces conference 2016 for paper published in 2006.
`Two best paper honorable mention awards at the ACM CHI 2016 Conference on Human Factors in Computing
`Systems.
`Best paper honorable mention award at the ACM CHI 2013 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems.
`Elected to the ACM CHI Academy in 2011.
`Dean’s Excellence Award, Faculty of Arts and Science, University of Toronto. 2010.
`Best paper award at the ACM CHI 2010 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems.
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`Best paper honorable mention award at the ACM CSCW 2010 Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative
`Work.
`Dean’s Excellence Award, Faculty of Arts and Science, University of Toronto. 2009.
`Best paper honorable mention award at the ACM CHI 2009 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems.
`Dean’s Excellence Award, Faculty of Arts and Science, University of Toronto. 2008.
`Best paper honorable mention award at the ACM CHI 2008 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems.
`Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship. 2007-2009. US$45,000.
`Dean’s Excellence Award, Faculty of Arts and Science, University of Toronto. 2007.
`Canada Research Chair (CRC-Tier II) in Human-Centred Interfaces, University of Toronto, March 2006 – 2016.
`Dean’s Excellence Award, Faculty of Arts and Science, University of Toronto. 2006.
`Best paper honorable mention award at the ACM CSCW 2006 Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative
`Work.
`Best student paper award at the ACM UIST 2006 Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology.
`Best paper award at the Graphics Interface 2005 Conference.
`Dean’s Excellence Award, Faculty of Arts and Science, University of Toronto. 2005.
`Best paper award at the ACM CHI 2005 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems.
`Best paper award at the ACM UIST 2004 Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology.
`Dean’s Excellence Award, Faculty of Arts and Science, University of Toronto. 2004.
`Ontario Premier’s Research Excellence Award (PREA). 2003. $100,000.
`IBM Toronto Centre for Advanced Studies Faculty Fellow (2003-present).
`Bell University Laboratories Associate Chair in Human Computer Interaction, U. of Toronto, Jan 2002 – 2006.
`Ph.D. fellowship from Alias|wavefront, $30,000 per annum plus travel/research expenses, Sep 1996 – July 2001.
`University of Toronto, Dept. of Computer Science award for outstanding Teaching Assistant, 1994.
`University of Toronto Open Fellowship, $4500, Sep - Dec 1994 .
`University of Toronto Connaught Scholarship, $13,500 plus tuition fees, Sep 1993 - Aug 1994.
`Harry Levine Award for outstanding graduating student in Computer Science, University of New Brunswick, 1993.
`University of New Brunswick, Dept. of Computer Science Dean's List, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993.
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`Research Grants
` (Unless otherwise indicated, all figures are in Canadian dollars and I am the sole investigator/recipient of the
`following grants and awards)
`“User interfaces and visualization for variable format displays.”
`NSERC discovery grant, 1 April 2012 – 31 March 2017, $52,000 per year.
`Network Investigator in the “GRAND Networks Centres of Excellence”. PI: Kellogg Booth. 2010-2013.
`HPLabs India unrestricted gift. Jan 2010. US$15,000 cash.
`“Going beyond the surface”.
`Microsoft Research unrestricted gift. 1 July 2009. US$100,000 cash + hardware donation valued at approximately
`US$15,000.
` “3-D visualization and gestural interaction with multimodal neurological data.”
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`NSERC Strategic Project Grants Supplemental Competition, 1 April 2008 – 31 March 2010, $196,000 over 2 years
`($98,000 per year).
`PI: Jeremy Cooperstock. Co-investigators: Ravin Balakrishnan, Tal Arbel, Louis Collins.
`“Multi channel and multi degree-of-freedom user interfaces for heterogeneous display environments.”
`NSERC discovery accelerator supplement grant, 1 April 2007 – 31 March 2010, $120,000 over 3 years ($40,000 per
`year)
` “Multi channel and multi degree-of-freedom user interfaces for heterogeneous display environments.”
`NSERC discovery grant, 1 April 2007 – 31 March 2012, $166,000 over 5 years ($33,200 per year)
`“Multi-Scale Environments”
`INRIA "Equipes Associées" grant. 60,000 Euros over 3 years beginning Jan 2007.
`PIs: Wendy Mackay and Ravin Balakrishnan
`“3D Sketch Graphics Software Development Project”.
`NSERC Idea to Innovation (I2I) Phase 2 grant. $125,000 for one year, 2006.
`PI: Karan Singh. Co-investigator: Ravin Balakrishnan
`“Management, Access, and Visualization of Archived Meeting Transcripts”,
`NSERC Collaborative Research and Development (CRD) grant. $360,000 over 3 years beginning 1 Jan 2006.
`PI: Charles Clarke. Co-investigators: Ravin Balakrishnan, Mark Chignell, Sharon Strauss.
`“3D Sketch Graphics Software Development Project”.
`NSERC Idea to Innovation (I2I) Phase 1 grant. $125,000 for one year, 2005.
`PI: Karan Singh. Co-investigator: Ravin Balakrishnan
`“3D Sketching with a Suggestion Database”.
`CITO Technical Readiness grant. $25,000, for one year, 2005.
`PI: Karan Singh. Co-investigator: Ravin Balakrishnan
`“3D Sketching Software”
`NSERC IPM grant. $50,000, for one year, 2005.
`PI: Karan Singh. Co-investigator: Ravin Balakrishnan
`“Improved Medical Collaboration and Case Management: Capture, Structuring and Dissemination of Spoken
`Discussion”.
`CITO research grant. $280,000 over two years beginning 1 Sep 2004.
`PI: Mark Chignell. Co-investigators: Ravin Balakrishnan, Charles Clarke, Sharon Strauss.
` “Next Generation User Interfaces for Data Visualization”
`NSERC strategic grant. $263,800 over the period 1 Jan 2004 – 31 Dec 2006.
`PI: Ravin Balakrishnan. Co-investigator: Karan Singh
`“User Interfaces for Database Visualization”
`CITO student internship program grant, $15,000, 1 Jan – 31 Dec 2004.
`“Network for Effective Collaboration Technologies through Advanced Research”
`NSERC research network grant. $5.5million over 5 years beginning Jan 2004.
`PI: Ron Baecker. Co-investigators: Ravin Balakrishnan, Saul Greenberg, Carl Gutwin, Kellogg Booth, Sheelagh
`Carpendale, Kori Inkpen, Gerald Penn, Kostas Plataniotis, Elaine Toms, Roel Vertegaal.
` “Memories of Synchronicity: Knowledge Management and Visualization of Interaction Transcripts in Innovative
`Collaboration Environments”
`IBM-ARISE research grant. Sept 2003 – Aug 2006, $450,000.
`PI: Mark Chignell. Co-investigators: Ravin Balakrishnan, Charles Clarke.
` “Mathematical Surface Representations for Conceptual Design”
`Mathematics of Information Technology and Complex Systems (MITACS) grant.
`Original award: May 2003 – Apr 2005, $180,000.
`Additional award: May 2005 – ongoing, $180,000
`PI: Karan Singh. Co-investigators: Ravin Balakrishnan, Eugene Fiume, Pierre Poulin, Michiel van de Panne,
`Richard Zhang.
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`“Tablet Interfaces”
`Microsoft Research unrestricted gift. July 2003. US$25,000 cash.
`“Laboratory for human-computer interaction and computer graphics”
`CFI New Opportunities Fund grant. 2003-2007. $994,066. 40% CFI, 40% OIT, 20% from industrial partners
`PI: Ravin Balakrishnan. Co-investigator: Karan Singh.
`“Laboratory for human-computer interaction and computer graphics”
`CFI Infrastructure Operating Fund grant. 2004-2006. $132,000.
`PI: Ravin Balakrishnan. Co-investigator: Karan Singh.
`“User interfaces for 3D environments”
`IBM Centre for Advanced Studies grant to support my Ph.D. student, Michael McGuffin. 1 Jan 2003 – 31 Dec 2005
`$102,000 cash + $23,000 in-kind.
`“Tilting text input for mobile devices.”
`Microsoft Research unrestricted gift. 1 Jan 2003. US$25,000 cash + hardware donation valued at approximately
`US$5,000.
`“User interfaces for volumetric displays.”
`Connaught Fund matching grant, 1 April 2002 – 31 March 2003. $30,000 (+$15,000 from the department)
`“Laboratory for large scale high resolution interaction, graphics and vision research.”
`NSERC equipment grant, 1 April 2002 – 31 March 2003, $96,792
`PI: Ravin Balakrishnan. Co-investigators: Karan Singh, Kyros Kutulakos, Eugene Fiume
`“Multi-channel and multi degree-of-freedom interaction with large displays.”
`NSERC discovery grant, 1 April 2002 – 31 March 2007, $140,000 over 5 years ($28,000 per year)
`“Techniques for multi-channel and multi degree-of-freedom interaction.”
`Connaught startup grant, 1 July 2001 – 30 June 2003, $10,000.
`Bell University Laboratories startup funding, 1 July 2001 – 31 Dec 2003, $60,000
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`Publications
`Copies of the following papers and related videos are available online at www.dgp.toronto.edu/~ravin/#publications
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`A note on publication venues: in my primary area of research in Human Computer Interaction (HCI), the ACM
`Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI) is considered one of the best forums for dissemination
`of research results and covers the broad spectrum of research in HCI. The ACM Symposium on User Interface
`Software and Technology (UIST) , the ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW), and
`the European Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work (ECSCW) are also of similar quality, but are
`focused on particular sub-areas of the field. Papers in these conferences are refereed as full papers, and have an
`acceptance rate of around 15-25% each year. The top journals in the HCI field are the ACM Transactions on
`Computer-Human Interaction, the Human Computer Interaction journal, and the International Journal of Human
`Computer Studies. I also do research in the fields of Information Visualization and Information and Communication
`Technologies for Development (ICTD) where the IEEE Visualization Conference, IEEE Information Visualization
`Symposium, and the IEEE/ACM International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies for
`Development are the top publication venues with acceptance rates of around 20-30%.
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`Refereed journal papers
`J1. Jian Zhao, R. William Soukoreff, Ravin Balakrishnan. (2015). Exploring and modeling unimanual object
`manipulation on multi-touch displays. IJHCS: International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 78(0). p. 68-
`80.
`J2. Jian Zhao, R. William Soukoreff, Xiangshi Ren, Ravin Balakrishnan. (2014). A model of scrolling on touch-
`sensitive displays. IJHCS: International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 72(12). p. 805-821
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`J3. Jian Zhao, Christopher Collins, Fanny Chevalier, Ravin Balakrishnan. (2013). Interactive exploration of
`implicit and explicit relations in faceted datasets. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics
`(Proceedings of VAST 2013). p. 2080-2089.
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`J4. Xiaojun Bi, Seok-Hyung Bae, Ravin Balakrishnan. (2013). WallTop: Managing overflowing windows on a
`large display. Human-Computer Interaction, 29(2). p. 153-203.
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`J5. Chun Yu, Ravin Balakrishnan, Ken Hinckley, Tomer Moscovich, Yuanchun Shi. (2013). Implicit
`bookmarking: Improving support for revisitation in within-document reading tasks. International Journal of
`Human Computer Studies, 71( 3). p. 303-320.
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`J6. Jian Zhao, Fann