2025-10-10: Six Years, Countless Experiments, One Framework: The Story of Multi-Eyes
In 2019, I packed my bags and flew from Sri Lanka to Virginia to begin my Ph.D. in Computer Science at Old Dominion University. I did not have a clear roadmap or any prior research experience; all I had was the hope that I would be able to figure things out along the way. After six years, I found myself diving deep into eye-tracking, human-computer interaction, and machine learning; eventually completing my dissertation in multi-user eye-tracking using commodity cameras, with the support of my advisor, Dr. Sampath Jayarathna , NIRDS Lab , and ODU Web Science and Digital Libraries Research group . When I started my Ph.D. at ODU , I had limited knowledge and experience in eye tracking and computer vision research. After learning about ongoing research at the lab on cognitive load using eye tracking , I was fascinated by how we could use technology to better understand humans in terms of their intentions, focus, attention, and interactions with the world. Tha...
