Hammond, T.Paulson, B.Eoff, B.K. Museth and D. Weiskopf2015-07-092015-07-092009https://doi.org/10.2312/egt.20091066Sketch recognition is the automated understanding of hand-drawn diagrams. Despite the prevalence of keyboards and mice, hand-drawings still pervade in education, design, and other diagrams. This full day tutorial explains why sketch recognition is important, the underlying algorithms, how sketch recognition can be used in traditional interfaces, and the field s experiences with sketch recognition used in different domains.10.2312/egt.200910661-4