Graduate Student - MSc
Biography
I research generative modeling for human motion synthesis, with a focus on multi‑agent control and diffusion‑based architectures. I am also interested in exploring input and interaction techniques with these models to improve usability and human‑AI collaboration.
Contact
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/neelshah27
Publications
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Frank Crossman (2023). Telerobotic Mars Expedition Design: New Ways to Explore Mars. Polaris Books.@book{crossman2023telerobotic,
title = {Telerobotic Mars Expedition Design: New Ways to Explore Mars},
editor = {Frank Crossman},
publisher = {Polaris Books},
year = {2023},
isbn = {978-1736386040},
address = {USA}
} -
Neel Shah, Matthew Chan, Mariana Shimabukuro, & Christopher Collins (2025). AnchoR: Toward Asynchronous Collaboration and Guided Exploration for Mobile AR Visualizations. In Proceedings of the ACM Spatial User Interfaces (SUI ’25) (pp. 3). ACM.
@inproceedings{shah2025anchor,
author = {Neel Shah and Matthew Chan and Mariana Shimabukuro and Christopher Collins},
title = {AnchoR: Toward Asynchronous Collaboration and Guided Exploration for Mobile AR Visualizations},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the ACM Spatial User Interfaces (SUI ’25)},
year = {2025},
publisher = {ACM},
address = {New York, NY, USA},
pages = {3},
doi = {https://doi.org/XXXXXXX}
} -
Shah, N., Leung, B., Shimabukuro, M., & Neshati, A. (2025). SwipeSense: Exploring the Feasibility of Back-of-Device Swipe Interaction Using Built-In IMU Sensors. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, 9(5), Article MHCI030, 1–24. Association for Computing Machinery.
@article{10.1145/3743734,
author = {Shah, Neel and Leung, Benedict and Shimabukuro, Mariana and Neshati, Ali},
title = {SwipeSense: Exploring the Feasibility of Back-of-Device Swipe Interaction Using Built-In IMU Sensors},
year = {2025},
issue_date = {September 2025},
publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery},
address = {New York, NY, USA},
volume = {9},
number = {5},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3743734},
doi = {10.1145/3743734},
journal = {Proc. ACM Hum.-Comput. Interact.},
month = sep,
articleno = {MHCI030},
numpages = {24},
keywords = {back-of-device interaction, input techniques, swipe gesture, smartphones, screen occlusion}
}
vialab Team
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Bushrat Zahan
Undergraduate Student
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Ifeanyi Obinelo
Undergraduate Student
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Yousef Waiel Said
Undergraduate Student
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Neel Shah
Graduate Student - MSc
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Aron-seth Cohen
Graduate Student - MSc
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Benedict Leung
Researcher
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Christopher Collins
Professor, Lab Director
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Mariana Shimabukuro
Researcher, Associate Professor
vialab Alumni
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Fareeha Malik
Research Lab Coordinator
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Syeda Bisha Fatima
Undergraduate Student
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Anupriya Dubey
Undergraduate Student
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Heather Meatherall
Undergraduate Student
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Zach Frank
Undergraduate Student
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Keeran Srikugan
Undergraduate Student
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Saffron Birch
Undergraduate Student
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Reese Dominguez
Undergraduate Student
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Martin Truong
Lab Coordinator, Undergraduate
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Bridget Green
Undergraduate Student
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Alexie Linardatos
Lab Coordinator, Undergraduate
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Daniel Earley
Undergraduate Student
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Tania Shimabukuro
Graduate Student – MSC
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Adeliz Keith
Graduate Student – MSC
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Mario Velazquez
Undergraduate Student, Lab Coordinator
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Vital Golub
Undergraduate Student
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Zachary Hills
Software Developer
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Rhys Agombar
Undergraduate Student
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Jonathan Perry
Undergraduate Student
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Michael Lombardo
Undergraduate Student
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Thao Truong
Undergraduate Student
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Santiago Bonada
Undergraduate Student
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Taylor Smith
Undergraduate Student
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Pablo Valenzuela
Graduate Student – MSC
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Riley Weagant
Graduate Student – MSC
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Gabrielle Perez Dias
Graduate Student — MSc
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Kalev Kalda Sikes
Intern and Undergraduate Student
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Prateek Panwar
Graduate Student – MSc
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Taurean Scantlebury
Senior Honours Undergraduate Student
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Zachary Cook
SurfNet Intern/Undergraduate Student
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Akshay Manchanda
Undergraduate Student
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Meng-Wei (Daniel) Chang
Graduate Student — MSc
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Stephen McIntyre
Graduate Student — MSc
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Jessica Zipf
Graduate Student — PhD
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Tommaso Elli
Graduate Student — PhD
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Erik Paluka
Graduate Student — MSc
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Brittany Kondo
Graduate Student — MSc
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Mona Hosseinkhani Loorak
Graduate Student — PhD
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Rafael Veras
Graduate Student — PhD
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Adam Bradley
Research Associate
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Chris Kim
Graduate Student – PHD
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Mennatallah El-Assady
Graduate Student – PhD
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Hrim Mehta
Graduate Student – PhD
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Zixin Zhao
Graduate Student – MSC
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Feiyang Wang
Graduate Student – MSC
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Mohammed Ahmed
Graduate Student – MSC
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Kevin Desousa
Graduate Student
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Shawn Yama
Undergraduate Student
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Nathan Beals
Undergraduate Student
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Deval Panchal
Undergraduate Student
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Anthony Kouroupis
Undergraduate Student
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Matthew Chan
Alumni – MSC
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Ethan Duggan
Lab Coordinator, Undergraduate