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I'm a Computer Science doctoral student at the University of
Toronto, specializing in the study of Human-Computer Interaction under the
supervision of Prof Ron Baecker. I am a member of the Dynamic Graphics
Project, a Health
Care, Technology, and Place Fellow and a member of the
Knowledge Media
Design Institute.
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| RESEARCH INTERESTS |
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Human-Computer Interaction, Cognitive Aids, Assistive Technologies, Computer-Supported Cooperative Work, Tabletop User Interfaces, Educational Games for Children
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| EDUCATION |
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Sept 2004
to present |
The University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
Ph.D. Computer Science Candidate,
Dynamic Graphics Project, HCTP, KMDI
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Sept 2002
to July 2004 |
The University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
M.Sc. Computer Science, Dynamic Graphics Project
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Sept 1997
to May 2002 |
The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
B.Sc. Computer Science, Cooperative Education
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| PROFESSIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE |
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Sept 2004
to present |
Consultant
Conducting research and involvement in projects exploring
how technologies can be used to support higher cognitive functions such as
memory and emotion.
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Jun 2005
to Aug 2005 |
Research Assistant
Working in the Collaborative User Experience Research
Group, under the supervision of Dr. Michael Muller at IBM Cambridge and
Dr. John Tang at IBM Almaden.
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May 2003
to Aug 2003 |
Research Assistant
Explored interaction and visualization techniques for touch sensitive computational tables. Supervised by Dr. Chia Shen and Dr. Kathy Ryall.
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Sept 2002
to May 2003 |
Teaching Assistant
For CSC318F The Design of Interactive Computational Media. Tutored students, presentations to class of 100+ students, marked assignments.
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Sept 2001
to Sept 2002 |
Research Project Lead
Co-lead a team of undergraduates working on a research project that involved a formal study of how shared tools are utilized in a collaborative educational environment and how they affect team discussions. Designed system following theoretical framework, carried out field studies, conducted experimental study.
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Jan 2001
to Apr 2001 |
Research Assistant
Recreated an educational computer game, PrimeClimb, in C++ for researching the effectiveness of children learning with socially intelligent computer agents. Incorporated research considerations in design of system architecture and user interface.
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Jan 1999
to Apr 2000 |
Software Engineer
Worked within a team on Avalanche, a Java-based multi-user educational computer game. Supervised usability evaluations and held demonstrations for faculty and media.
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May 2001
to Aug 2001 |
Game Programmer
Conducted research for building a novel pre-production tool tied to the game engine. Also worked within a team to develop C++ game code for a sports title. Participated in the design/implementation of the camera and communication systems.
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May 2000
to Aug 2000 |
Foundation Technology Software Developer
Programmed underlying, platform-independent C++ game libraries, such as the pad system, for various game teams.
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Sept 2000
to Dec 2000 |
Wireless Internet Game Developer
Created dynamic and interactive data-driven web applications for cellular phones.
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Aug 1997
to Jan 2000 |
Swimming Instructor and Lifeguard
Provided leadership by teaching classes of children (aged 3 to 15) various swimming techniques, theories, and safety lessons. Monitored swimmers and maintained public relations during swims at the aquatic facility; first aid training certification.
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Sept 1995
to Feb 1999 |
Teaching Assistant
Duties included marking and organizing math curriculum for a private math school. Tutored students in elementary and high school level math, physics and calculus.
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| PUBLICATIONS |
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| Refereed Conference Full Papers |
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1. | Mike
Wu, Jeremy
Birnholtz, Brian Richards, Ronald Baecker, and
Mike Massimi.
(2008). Collaborating to remember: a distributed cognition account of families
coping with memory impairments, in Proceedings of ACM CHI 2008
Conference on Human Factors in Computer Systems, Florence, Italy.
825-834. [Acceptance rate: 18%]
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Mike Massimi, Ronald Baecker, and Michael Wu. (2007).
Using Participatory
Activities with Seniors to Critique, Build, and Evaluate Mobile
Phones,
in Proceedings of ACM SIGACCESS Conference on
Computers and Accessibility, Tempe, Arizona. 155-162.
[Acceptance rate: 31%]
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Mike Wu, Chia Shen, Kathy Ryall, Clifton Forlines, and Ravin Balakrishnan. (2006).
Gesture Registration, Relaxation, and Reuse for Multi-Point Direct-Touch Surfaces,
in Proceedings of IEEE Tabletop 2006 Conference on Horizontal
Interactive Human-Computer Systems, Adelaide, South
Australia.
183-190.
Video
(MOV, 54Mb)
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Michael Wu, Ronald Baecker, and Brian Richards. (2005).
Participatory Design of an Orientation Aid for Amnesics,
in Proceedings of ACM CHI 2005 Conference on Human Factors in
Computing Systems, Portland, Oregon. 511-520.
CHI 2005 Best Paper Award Nominee [Acceptance rate: 25.0%, Nomination rate: 5.1%]
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Michael Wu, Brian Richards, and Ronald Baecker. (2004).
Participatory Design with Individuals who have Amnesia,
in Proceedings of PDC 2004 Participatory Design
Conference, Toronto, Canada. July 2004. 214-223.
[Acceptance rate: 36%]
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Michael Wu and Ravin Balakrishnan. (2003).
Multi-Finger and Whole Hand Gestural Interaction Techniques for Multi-User Tabletop Displays.
ACM CHI Letters, 5(2). 193-202. ACM UIST 2003 Symposium on
User Interface Software & Technology, Vancouver, Canada.
November 2003. 193-202.
Video
(MPEG, 80Mb)
[Acceptance rate: 21.6%]
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Mike Wu, Ron Baecker, and Brian Richards (2007).
Designing a Cognitive Aid for and with People who have
Anterograde Amnesia, in (ed) Jonathan Lazar,
Universal Usability, John Wiley & Sons. 317-356. |
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| Refereed Journal Articles |
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Chia Shen, Kathy Ryall, Clifton Forlines, Alan Esenther,
Frédéric D. Vernier, Katherine Everitt, Mike Wu,
Daniel Wigdor, Merrie Ringel Morris,
Mark Hancock, and Edward Tse. (2006).
Informing the Design of Direct-Touch Tabletops,
Special Issue of IEEE Computer Graphics and
Applications, 26 (5), 36-46. Sept/Oct, 2006. |
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| Refereed Conference Short Papers |
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Clifton Forlines, Chia Shen, Frédéric Vernier, and Mike Wu. (2005).
Under My Finger: Human Factors in Pushing and Rotating Documents Across the Table,
in Proceedings of IFIP TC.13 Interact 2005, Rome,
Italy. September 2005. 994-997.
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James Dai, Michael Wu, Jonathan Cohen, and Maria Klawe. (2003).
PrimeClimb: Designing to Facilitate Mediated Collaborative Inquiry,
in Proceedings of CSCL 2003, Bergen, Norway. June 2003.
Kluwer Academic Publishers: 31-35.
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James Dai, Michael Wu, Jonathan Cohen, Troy Wu, and Maria Klawe. (2002).
Toys to Teach - Mathematics as a Collaborative Climbing Exercise,
in ACM SIGGRAPH 2002 Conference Abstracts and Applications, San Antonio, Texas. July 2002. ACM Press:
117-119.
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Jonathan Cohen, James Dai, Michael Wu, Troy Wu, and Maria Klawe. (2002).
Promoting Peer-to-Peer Discourse for Collaborative Mathematics in Canadian Grade 7 Classrooms,
in Proceedings of ED-MEDIA 2002, Denver, Colorado. June
2002. AACE: 325-326.
ED-MEDIA 2002 Outstanding Paper Award.
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Jonathan Cohen, James Dai, Michael Wu, Troy Wu, and Maria Klawe. (2002).
Sharing Toys on the Electronic Playground: Documenting Collaborative Classroom Interactions,
in Proceedings of CATE 2002, Cancun, Mexico. May 2002.
IASTED: 38-42.
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Mike Wu (2006) Collaborative Memory Technology for
Supporting the Care Network,
position paper accepted to Designing Technology for People
with Cognitive Impairments at ACM CHI 2006 Conference on
Human Factors in Computing Systems.
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Michael J. Muller and Michael Wu. (2005) Multiple Users' Perspectives of Collaborative Activities in Complex Work,
position paper accepted to Computer Support for Human Activity workshop at
ECSCW 2005 European Computer Supported Collaborative
Work.
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Mike Wu. (2004) Memory Aids as Collaboration Technologies,
position paper accepted to Distributed Collective Practices
workshop at ACM CSCW 2004 Computer Supported Collaborative
Work.
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Jonathan Cohen, James Dai, Michael Wu, Troy Wu, and Maria Klawe.
(2002) PrimeClimb: Collaborations in Context,
position paper accepted to Documenting Collaborative
Interactions workshop at CSCL 2002 Computer Supported
Collaborative Learning.
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Mike Wu (2006) Memory Aids as Collaboration Technology,
in Conference Supplement of ACM CSCW 2006 Computer
Supported Collaborative Work, 49-50.
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Michael Wu, Ron Baecker and Brian Richards (2007) A Study of People with Amnesia and their Caregiver Networks,
poster at FICCDAT 2007, the Festival of International
Conferences on Caregiving, Disability, Aging and Technology.
Caregivers: Essential Partners in Care.
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Mike Wu (2006) Memory Aids as Collaboration Technology,
poster at ACM CSCW 2006 Computer Supported Collaborative Work.
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| Non-Refereed Contributions |
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Michael Wu (2007)
Trip
Report from UIST 2006.
SigCHI Bulletin, 39 (1), January 2007
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Michael J. Muller and Michael Wu (2005)
How Much is Shared in a Shared Activity?
IBM Collaborative User Experience Technical Report,
#05-11.
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Michael Chi Hung Wu. (2004) The Participatory Design of an
Orientation Aid for People with Amnesia.
M.Sc. dissertation, Graduate Department of Computer Science,
University of Toronto.
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Wesley Wong and Michael Wu. (1997). Think-a-Dot and Mathematics,
Vector: Journal of the British Columbia Association of Math
Teachers, Summer Edition, 1997. 57-62.
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| AWARDS |
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| 2007-2008 |
NSERC Scholarship
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| 2007 |
Ontario Graduate Scholarship (declined)
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| 2006 |
HCTP Doctoral Fellowship
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| 2005 |
HCTP Doctoral Fellowship
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| 2004 |
2 Special Recognitions awarded for exceptional paper reviews
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| 2004 |
Wolfond Scholarship
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| 2003 |
Ontario Graduate Scholarship
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University of Toronto Fellowship
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ED-MEDIA Outstanding Paper Award
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Canadian New Media Awards Graduate of the Year Finalist
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Ambassadors Certificate of Recognition
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| 1998-2001 |
Dean's Honour List
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| 2001 |
Student Services Leadership Certificate
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| 1998 |
Golden Key International Honour Society Membership
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| 1997 |
Outstanding Student Initiative Scholarship
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| 1997 |
British Columbia Provincial Scholarship
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| 1997 |
Killarney Community Centre Society Service Scholarship
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| ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES |
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| 2008 |
Paper Reviewer, CSCW 2008 (1
note) |
| 2007 |
Student Volunteer Co-chair, UIST 2007
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Poster Reviewer, ECSCW 2007 (4 posters)
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| 2006 |
Paper Reviewer, CHI 2006 (1 paper)
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| 2006 |
Article Reviewer, International Journal of
Human Computer Studies (1 article)
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Student Volunteer, Conference Reporter, UIST 2006
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Paper Reviewer, CSCW 2006 (1 paper)
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Student Volunteer, CHI 2006
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| 2005 |
Article Reviewer, International Journal of
Human Computer Studies (1 article)
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| 2005 |
Paper Reviewer, CHI 2005 (3 short papers)
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| 2004 |
Student Volunteer, CSCW 2004
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| 2004 |
Article Reviewer, IEEE CG&A (1 article)
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| 2004 |
Paper Reviewer, UIST 2004 (3 papers)
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| 2004 |
Paper Reviewer, CSCW 2004 (4 papers)
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| 2004 |
Paper Reviewer, CHI 2004 (2 papers)
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| 2003 |
Paper Reviewer, UIST 2003 (1 paper)
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| 2002 |
Member, Toronto Region's special interest group on Computer-Human Interaction (ToRCHI)
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| TALKS and WORKSHOPS |
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| Apr 2008 |
CHI 2008 paper
presentation, Florence, Italy
Collaborating to Remember: A Distributed Cognition Account of
Families Coping with Memory Impairments |
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| June 2007 |
FICCDAT 2007 talk, Toronto, Ontario
A Study of People with Amnesia and their Caregiver Networks |
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| Nov 2006 |
AP Research Group, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia
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| Oct 2006 |
Ontario College of Art & Design, guest lecture in Virtual Communities, Toronto, Ontario
The Participatory Design of Memory Aids for Amnesics |
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| Apr 2006 |
CHI 2006 workshop on Designing Technology for People
with Cognitive Impairments, Montreal, Quebec
Collaborative Memory Technology for Supporting the Care Network |
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| Dec 2005 |
HCTP Seminar, Toronto, Ontario
Memory Aids as Collaborative Technologies |
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| Nov 2005 |
Ontario College of Art & Design, guest lecture in Virtual Communities INTR 3B01, Toronto, Ontario
A Case Study in Amnesia and Design |
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| Apr 2005 |
Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care KLARU Rounds talk, Toronto, Ontario
Towards the Design of Electronic Memory Aids and Other Cognitive Prostheses |
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| Apr 2005 |
Intel Research talk, Portland, Oregon
Towards the Design of Electronic Memory Aids and Other Cognitive Prostheses |
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| Apr 2005 |
CHI 2005 paper presentation, Portland, Oregon
Participatory Design of an Orientation Aid for Amnesics |
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| Nov 2004 |
CSCW 2004 workshop on Distributed Collective Practices,
Chicago, Illinois
Memory Aids as Collaboration Technologies |
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| July 2004 |
PDC 2004 paper presentation, Toronto, Ontario
Participatory Design with Individuals who have Amnesia |
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| May 2004 |
Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care Behavioural Neurology Rounds talk, Toronto, Oregon
Towards the Design of Electronic Memory Aids |
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| Nov 2003 |
UIST 2003 paper presentation, Vancouver, British Columbia
Multi-Finger and Whole Hand Gestural Interaction Techniques for Multi-User Tabletop Displays |
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| June 2003 |
CSCL 2003 paper presentation, Bergen, Norway
PrimeClimb: Designing to Facilitate Mediated Collaborative Inquiry |
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| May 2003 |
TorCHI talk, Toronto, Ontario
Towards the Design of Electronic Memory Aids |
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| July 2003 |
sigKIDS at SIGGRAPH 2002 demo, San Antonio, Texas
Toys to Teach - Mathematics as a Collaborative Climbing Exercise |
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| May 2002 |
CATE 2002 paper presentation, Cancun, Mexico
Sharing Toys on the Electronic Playground: Documenting Collaborative Classroom Interactions |
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| Mar 2002 |
UBC Science Undergraduate Research Showcase talk, Vancouver, British Columbia
Promoting Peer-to-Peer Discourse for Collaborative Mathematics in Canadian Grade 7 Classrooms |
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| Mar 2002 |
UBC ASI Exchange 2002 demo, Vancouver, British Columbia
Electronic Games for Education in Math and Science |
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| Jan 2002 |
CSCL 2002 workshop on Documenting Collaborative
Interactions, Boulder, Colorado
PrimeClimb: Collaborations in Context |
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| MEDIA |
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| Mar 2008 |
Rempel, Shauna.
Help to find the
way, The Toronto Star, March 20, 2008. L7. (pdf)
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May 2005 |
CBC The National, television exclusive about
innovative Baycrest-Palm rehab program to help people with severe
amnesia regain their independence, televised on May 13, 2005.
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| Online |
Patients
with severe memory
loss given brighter future with palmOne handhelds, online
article.
(pdf)
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| Apr 2005 |
Learning how to remember, Baycrest Annual Review
2004-05. 15-17. (pdf)
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Breakthrough could help thousands with amnesia,
Baycrest Bulletin, Volume 3, Issue 3, April 2005. 2.
(pdf)
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| Dec 2004 |
Abraham, Carolyn. Marooned
in the moment, The Globe and Mail, December 6, 2004.
F1,F4-F5. (pdf)
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| Dec 2004 |
Bluespon, Edward. Memories
and
the 'forgettery', The Globe and Mail, December 6, 2004. A2.
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| May 2004 |
Discovery Channel Science Program video, this 10 second clip offers
a glimpse of our two-handed gestures, produced during the WIRED Magazine
NextFest'04 held in May 2004 in San Francisco, CA.
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| Mar 2003 |
Flaherty, Lorraine. The virtual watercooler: Around the community, KMDiary, Volume 4, Issue 3, March 2003.
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| May 1997 |
Bermingham, John. Teens math wizards, The Vancouver Province, Thursday, May 1, 1997.
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| UUNDERGRADUATE ADVISING |
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| Summer & Fall 2007 - Lei Wu. |
Summer & Fall 2005 - Irina Ivanova.
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