Hci-external October 2015

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[Tux] Reminder: Steve Mann Next Week @ MaRS
by Tovi Grossman 27 Oct '15

27 Oct '15

Hello TUX! A reminder that next week we will have a member presentation by Prof. Steve Mann. The details of the talk are below. Please note that his talk will be at MaRS, not at U of T. Some other important announcements: 1) Our website is live at: http://www.tux-hci.org/ 2) We are looking for a volunteer to help with the website - please let us know if you'd like to get involved. 3) We have set up a Google Calendar that you can import into your email client. The address for the calendar is: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ical/un3lidp8potad9jqb66c3i942g%40grou… Most email clients will allow you to import an "internet" calendar so that you can view its events. For example, in Outlook right click "My Calendars", select "Add Calendar" -> "From Internet" and then paste in the above URL. We look forward to seeing you next week! Ali, Daniel, and Tovi Tuesday, October 27 at 12:30pm, Tux Proudly Presents: Prof. Steve Mann The MaRS Discovery District Auditorium @ 101 College St<https://www.google.ca/maps/place/Mars+Discovery+District/@43.6598335,-79.38…>. (Lower Level) Lunch reception begins at 12:30pm. Presentation begins at 1pm. Steve Mann: 41 Years of Wearable Augmented Reality as a Natural User Interface: The Past, Present, and Future of Phenomenal Augmented Reality Steve Mann, Father of Wearable Computing, and founder of Wearable Computing as a discipline. Steve Mann is widely regarded as "The Father of Wearable Computing" [IEEE ISSCC 2000]. His work as an artist<http://wearcam.org/art.pdf>, scientist, designer, and inventor<http://wearcam.org/mannventionz/> made Toronto the world's epicentre of wearable technologies back in the 1980s. In 1992 Mann took this invention from Toronto to Massachusetts Institute of Technology, founding the MIT Media Lab's Wearable Computing project as its first member. In the words of the Lab's founding Director, Nicholas Negroponte: "Steve Mann is the perfect example of someone... who persisted in his vision and ended up founding a new discipline.<http://wearcam.org/nn.htm>" Mann also invented the smartwatch videophone<http://patents.ic.gc.ca/opic-cipo/cpd/eng/patent/2275784/summary.html> (wearable computer) in 1998, which was featured on the cover of Linux Journal in 2000, and presented at IEEE ISSCC2000, 2000 February 7, where he was named "The Father of Wearable Computing". To this day, Toronto remains an international hotbed for the development of wearable technologies. Some of Mann's other inventions include HDR (High Dynamic Range) Imaging<http://wearcam.org/hdr.htm>, now used in nearly every commercially manufactured camera, and the EyeTap Digital Eye Glass which predates the Google Glass by 30 years<http://wearcam.org/mannglas.htm>. Now as the Chief Scientist at Meta, a California-based startup, wearable AR glasses will be brought to a mass market. Recently, Steve and his team successfully raised US$23 million in funding to support Meta's Spacesglasses. Mann has often been described as a modern-day Leonardo daVinci: "Steve Mann has been likened to artist, scientist, and inventor Leonardo da Vinci, .... He creates overlapping and inextricably intertwined syntheses of interventions and inventions that combine design, art, science, technology, engineering, and the environment...." - Ariel Garten, CEO, InteraXon "In Professor Steve Mann - inventor, physicist, engineer, mathematician, scientist, designer, developer, project director, filmmaker, artist, instrumentalist, author, photographer, actor, activist - we see so much of the paradigmatic classical Greek philosopher. ... Steve has always been preoccupied by the application of his ideas into form. In this way too, he can be considered a modern day Leonardo Da Vinci." - K. Michael, Editor-in-Chief, IEEE Technology and Society Steve received his PhD from MIT in 1997 and then returned to Toronto in 1998 where he is now a tenured full professor at the University of Toronto in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science departments. During his early years at U of T, he created the world's first Mobile Apps Lab (1999) as a part of his wearable computing and AR course. He is also the Chief Scientist at the Creative Destruction Lab at Rotman's School of Management. Mann holds multiple patents, and has contributed to the founding of numerous companies including InteraXON, makers of Muse, "The Most Important Wearable of 2014<http://www.betakit.com/venturebeat-calls-torontos-muse-headband-the-most-im…>". OUR SPONSORS: TUX is made possible by the support of our sponsors, Steven Sanders, Autodesk, University of Toronto Department of Computer Science, and MaRS. About MaRS: MaRS is the one of the world's largest urban innovation hubs-a place for collaboration, creativity and entrepreneurship. Located in the heart of Toronto's research district, MaRS provides the space, training, talent and networks required to commercialize important discoveries and launch and grow Canadian startups. _______________________________________________ Tux-announce mailing list Tux-announce(a)dgp.toronto.edu https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tux-announce

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[Tux] Fwd: [nrg] FW: Reminder: Steve Mann Next Week @ MaRS
by Daniel Wigdor 27 Oct '15

27 Oct '15

A reminder to all of Steve Mann's talk today at Tux. Lunch is served at 12:30 - see you at the MaRS auditorium! [cid:image001.png@01D10C9D.244C6440] [cid:image008.png@01D10810.C2D01210] [cid:image004.png@01D10C9D.244C6440] Hello TUX! A reminder that next week we will have a member presentation by Prof. Steve Mann. The details of the talk are below. Please note that his talk will be at MaRS, not at U of T. Some other important announcements: 1) Our website is live at: http://www.tux-hci.org/ 2) We are looking for a volunteer to help with the website – please let us know if you’d like to get involved. 3) We have set up a Google Calendar that you can import into your email client. The address for the calendar is: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ical/un3lidp8potad9jqb66c3i942g%40grou… Most email clients will allow you to import an “internet” calendar so that you can view its events. For example, in Outlook right click “My Calendars”, select “Add Calendar” -> “From Internet” and then paste in the above URL. We look forward to seeing you next week! Ali, Daniel, and Tovi Tuesday, October 27 at 12:30pm, Tux Proudly Presents: Prof. Steve Mann The MaRS Discovery District Auditorium @ 101 College St<https://www.google.ca/maps/place/Mars+Discovery+District/@43.6598335,-79.38…>. (Lower Level) Lunch reception begins at 12:30pm. Presentation begins at 1pm. [mann] Steve Mann: 41 Years of Wearable Augmented Reality as a Natural User Interface: The Past, Present, and Future of Phenomenal Augmented Reality Steve Mann, Father of Wearable Computing, and founder of Wearable Computing as a discipline. Steve Mann is widely regarded as “The Father of Wearable Computing” [IEEE ISSCC 2000]. His work as an artist<http://wearcam.org/art.pdf>, scientist, designer, and inventor<http://wearcam.org/mannventionz/> made Toronto the world’s epicentre of wearable technologies back in the 1980s. In 1992 Mann took this invention from Toronto to Massachusetts Institute of Technology, founding the MIT Media Lab’s Wearable Computing project as its first member. In the words of the Lab’s founding Director, Nicholas Negroponte: “Steve Mann is the perfect example of someone… who persisted in his vision and ended up founding a new discipline.<http://wearcam.org/nn.htm>” Mann also invented the smartwatch videophone<http://patents.ic.gc.ca/opic-cipo/cpd/eng/patent/2275784/summary.html> (wearable computer) in 1998, which was featured on the cover of Linux Journal in 2000, and presented at IEEE ISSCC2000, 2000 February 7, where he was named “The Father of Wearable Computing”. To this day, Toronto remains an international hotbed for the development of wearable technologies. Some of Mann’s other inventions include HDR (High Dynamic Range) Imaging<http://wearcam.org/hdr.htm>, now used in nearly every commercially manufactured camera, and the EyeTap Digital Eye Glass which predates the Google Glass by 30 years<http://wearcam.org/mannglas.htm>. Now as the Chief Scientist at Meta, a California-based startup, wearable AR glasses will be brought to a mass market. Recently, Steve and his team successfully raised US$23 million in funding to support Meta’s Spacesglasses. Mann has often been described as a modern-day Leonardo daVinci: “Steve Mann has been likened to artist, scientist, and inventor Leonardo da Vinci, …. He creates overlapping and inextricably intertwined syntheses of interventions and inventions that combine design, art, science, technology, engineering, and the environment….” — Ariel Garten, CEO, InteraXon “In Professor Steve Mann — inventor, physicist, engineer, mathematician, scientist, designer, developer, project director, filmmaker, artist, instrumentalist, author, photographer, actor, activist — we see so much of the paradigmatic classical Greek philosopher. … Steve has always been preoccupied by the application of his ideas into form. In this way too, he can be considered a modern day Leonardo Da Vinci.” — K. Michael, Editor-in-Chief, IEEE Technology and Society Steve received his PhD from MIT in 1997 and then returned to Toronto in 1998 where he is now a tenured full professor at the University of Toronto in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science departments. During his early years at U of T, he created the world’s first Mobile Apps Lab (1999) as a part of his wearable computing and AR course. He is also the Chief Scientist at the Creative Destruction Lab at Rotman’s School of Management. Mann holds multiple patents, and has contributed to the founding of numerous companies including InteraXON, makers of Muse, “The Most Important Wearable of 2014<http://www.betakit.com/venturebeat-calls-torontos-muse-headband-the-most-im…>”. [cid:image005.png@01D10C9D.244C6440] OUR SPONSORS: [cid:image006.png@01D10C9D.244C6440] TUX is made possible by the support of our sponsors, Steven Sanders, Autodesk, University of Toronto Department of Computer Science, and MaRS. About MaRS: MaRS is the one of the world’s largest urban innovation hubs—a place for collaboration, creativity and entrepreneurship. Located in the heart of Toronto’s research district, MaRS provides the space, training, talent and networks required to commercialize important discoveries and launch and grow Canadian startups. _______________________________________________ Tux-announce mailing list Tux-announce(a)dgp.toronto.edu https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tux-announce

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HCI Meeting on Tuesday Oct. 20
by Mingming Fan 19 Oct '15

19 Oct '15

Hi all, We will HCI meeting this Tuesday Oct. 20 12:30pm-2pm. We will have three DGP members to present this time. They are�Varun Permumal, Michael Glueck, and Haijun Xia. They each will give a practice talk about their upcoming conference talk (UIST'15,�VAST'15 TVCG). Please attend and give them feedback. Lunch will be provided.� The titles and abstracts of their presentations are listed below. Speaker: Varun Permumal Title: Printem: Instant Printed Cirucit Boards with Standard Office Printers and Inks Abstract:�Printem film, a novel method for the fabrication of Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs) for small batch/prototyping use, is presented. Printem film enables a standard office inkjet or laser printer, using standard inks, to produce a PCB: the user prints a negative of the PCB onto the film, exposes it to UV or sunlight, and then tears-away the unneeded portion of the film, leaving-behind a copper PCB. PCBs produced with Printem film are as conductive as PCBs created using standard industrial methods. Herein, the composition of Printem film is described, and advantages of various materials discussed. Sample applications are also described, each of which demonstrates some unique advantage of Printem film over current prototyping methods: copper-quality conductivity, flexibility, the ability to be cut with a pair of scissors, and the ability to be mounted to a rigid backplane to provide a more standard rigidity for the resulting PCB. Additionally, related work is described in detail, and future applications of Printem-like technology are described. � Speaker: Michael Glueck Title:�PhenoBlocks: Phenotype Comparison Visualizations Abstract:�The differential diagnosis of hereditary disorders is a challenging task for clinicians due to the heterogeneity of phenotypes that can be observed in patients. Existing clinical tools are often text-based and do not emphasize consistency, completeness, or granularity of phenotype reporting. This can impede clinical diagnosis and limit their utility to genetics researchers. Herein, we present PhenoBlocks, a novel visual analytics tool that supports the comparison of phenotypes between patients, or between a patient and the hallmark features of a disorder. An informal evaluation of PhenoBlocks with expert clinicians suggested that the visualization effectively guides the process of differential diagnosis and could reinforce the importance of complete, granular phenotypic reporting. � Speaker: Haijun Xia Title:�NanoStylus: Enhancing Input on Ultra-Small Display with a Finger-Mounted Stylus Abstract:�Due to their limited input area, ultra-small devices, such as smartwatches, are even more prone to occlusion or the fat finger problem, than their larger counterparts, such as smart phones, tablets, and tabletop displays. We present NanoStylus – a finger-mounted fine-tip stylus that enables fast and accurate pointing on a smartwatch with almost no occlusion. The NanoStylus is built from the circuitry of an active capacitive stylus, and mounted within a custom 3D-printed thimble-shaped housing unit. A sensor strip is mounted on each side of the device to enable additional gestures. A user study shows that NanoStylus reduces error rate by 80%, compared to traditional touch interaction and by 45%, compared to a traditional stylus. This high precision pointing capability, coupled with the implemented gesture sensing, gives us the opportunity to explore a rich set of interactive applications on a smartwatch form factor. � Thanks for your attention, Mingming

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thank you
by Daniel Wigdor 14 Oct '15

14 Oct '15

Good evening, Thank you to all who participated in hosting Benko at Tux and at DGP today. The inaugural Tux meeting was extremely well attended, and Benko was very impressed during his trip and the wonderful demos he saw. A particular thank you to Xuan and Grace for ensuring the meeting came together, to Haijun for organizing Benko's DGP afternoon, and to all who participated by giving him a demo of your work. The interest and efforts were very much appreciated. Thank you, -Daniel

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Heading to MaRS for Benko's talk in 10 minutes.
by Haijun Xia 13 Oct '15

13 Oct '15

Hi all, We will be heading out of dgp to walk to MaRS building together. Please meet at the front door at 12:10pm. Thanks, Haijun

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[Tux] Reminder: Hrvoje Benko @ Tux in 12 hours!
by Daniel Wigdor 13 Oct '15

13 Oct '15

Good evening, and happy Thanksgiving! A reminder of Dr. Hrvoje Benko's talk today. Details are below; we look forward to seeing you at the first Tux event! Today! Tuesday, October 13 at 12:30pm, Tux Proudly Presents: Hrvoje Benko, PhD The MaRS Discovery District Auditorium @ 101 College St<https://www.google.ca/maps/place/Mars+Discovery+District/@43.6598335,-79.38…>. (Lower Level) Lunch reception begins at 12:30pm. A brief introduction to Tux, followed by our exciting guest speaker: Dr. Hrvoje Benko, a Senior Researcher at Microsoft Research, begin at 1:00 sharp. Dr. Benko is the first of the invited Sanders Series lecturers, who are intermingled with other Tux meetings in our inaugural year. Please feel free to share this invitation with anyone who conducts HCI research, corporate or academic, in the Toronto area. All kindly confirm your attendance via email to Grace Chen (gchen(a)dgp.toronto.edu<mailto:gchen@dgp.toronto.edu>). Grace can also add anyone who requests it to this mailing list for future notifications. [http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/people/benko/Hrvoje_Benko_HeadShot_l…] Hrvoje Benko is a Senior Researcher at Microsoft Research. He explores novel interactive computing technologies and their impact on human-computer interaction. In particular, his research interests include augmented reality, touch and gesture-based interfaces, depth sensing, and display technologies. He helped found and lead the Microsoft Touch Mouse project and he has extensively collaborated with the Surface Computing group at Microsoft. He has been active in the human-computer interaction field, authoring more than 50 scientific papers and journal articles, as well as serving as the General Chair (2014) and the Program Chair (2012) of the ACM Conference on User Interface Systems and Technology (UIST). For his publications, he received several best paper awards at both ACM UIST and ACM SIGCHI. Before joining Microsoft, he obtained his PhD at Columbia University. More detail can be found on his website: http://research.microsoft.com/~benko/. Interacting with Photons: Creating Interactive Projected Augmented Reality Experiences We have been investigating how depth sensing cameras and projectors can be used to enable highly immersive and interactive augmented reality experiences. In contrast to head-worn displays, such projector + depth camera systems offer the ability to create wide-field-of-view immersive augmented reality experiences without the user having to wear any additional gear. While large-scale projection mapping installations have become familiar forms of artistic expression, our work showcases how one can leverage the unique capabilities of today's depth cameras and fast GPUs to enable real-time projection mapping on any surface (including deformable moving surfaces), thus enabling truly interactive experiences. In this talk, I present a progression of research prototypes, each one exploring a different use scenario, while discussing the challenges in authoring such experiences. I draw examples from several highly publicized projects such as OmniTouch, IllumiRoom, and RoomAlive, as well as highlight the recent release of our open source RoomAlive Toolkit (https://github.com/Kinect/RoomAliveToolkit/). _______________________________________________ Tux-announce mailing list Tux-announce(a)dgp.toronto.edu https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tux-announce

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Demo Schedule for Arvind Gupta
by Peter Hamilton 07 Oct '15

07 Oct '15

Hi Everyone, Arvind Gupta (website <https://www.cs.ubc.ca/people/arvind-gupta>) will be visiting the DGP tomorrow(Thursday) for some demos from *2:00 to 3:30*. Arvind is a former president of the University of British Columbia and has been appointed distinguished visiting professor in computer science at the University of Toronto for the 2015-2016 academic year. I'm putting together a demo schedule for Dr. Gupta's visit. Please contact me *ASAP* if you want to have a 1:1 or demo your work. Thanks, Peter Hamilton BIO: Professor Arvind Gupta was named the 13th President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of British Columbia on March 12, 2014. A professor of Computer Science at UBC since 2009, he is a well-regarded expert in research and innovation policy with a proven record of accomplishment in building meaningful research collaborations. Professor Gupta has spoken frequently on research and innovation policy across Canada with public, private and academic audiences. He is a regular contributor to the national dialogue through opinion editorials on international collaboration and recruitment, competitiveness, innovation and productivity. >From 2000 to 2014, he was the CEO and Scientific Director of Mitacs, a national Canadian not-for-profit research organization dedicated to developing the next generation of innovators with vital scientific and business skills in partnership with academia, companies and government. Since 2012, Professor Gupta has been a member of the Government of Canada’s Science, Technology and Innovation Council (STIC) an advisory body that provides external policy advice on science and technology issues and produces regular national reports measuring Canada's science and technology performance against international standards of excellence. In 2010, he was appointed to the six-member Jenkin’s expert panel to review federal government support to industrial research and development. The recommendations from this report have had a significant impact on federal innovation policy. Professor Gupta obtained a PhD from the University of Toronto in 1991. His research expertise is in the field of combinational algorithms with applications to fields such as bioinformatics, which utilizes computer science to understand genetics. He has co-authored over 80 peer-reviewed publications and supervised 30 graduate students and post-doctoral fellows.

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Greetings from your toymaster!
by Velian Pandeliev 07 Oct '15

07 Oct '15

Hello all, As you know, DGP is committed to providing a stimulating environment for students and staff that includes ways to play and explore and try new funky gadgets. As such, there is a small item in the budget for buying fun toys like quadcopters, binary clocks, infectious disease oozes, magnetic putty, etc. As your newly minted Toymaster, I have created a Google Doc for suggested toys for us to order. We've found great things on sites such as: https://www.vat19.com/ http://www.thinkgeek.com/ You should post your ideas here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1np8DAsNHv6IXIE_Ge_hSqOLQpH0cYY6isSO… Cheers, Velian

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Demo schedule for Benko (Oct 13th)
by Haijun Xia 07 Oct '15

07 Oct '15

Hi Everyone, Hrvoje Benko of Microsoft Research will be giving a talk at Tux on Oct 13th, and then visiting DGP to see some demos. I am setting up the demo schedule for him from 2:30 - 5pm. Email me (by Wednesday night) if you are interested in giving a demo. Demoingis a great opportunity to show off your work, practice your presentation skills, and gain valuable feedback from excellent people from the field. Thanks, Haijun

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Reminder: HCI group meeting today 12:30pm-2pm
by Mingming Fan 06 Oct '15

06 Oct '15

Hi everyone, Today we will have a HCI group meeting from 12:30pm to�2pm. Today each CHI submitter who has not yet�given a 5-minutes�rundown of their project last week will continue to present their work briefly. Besides, we have two volunteers who will lead today's discussion. They are Seyong Ha and Zhicong Lu. They will present their masters' work to the group and gain feedback from the group. Lunch will be provided. � Brief Bio of speakers: � Seyong Ha is a PhD student working with Prof. Daniel Wigdor. He just started his program this semester at DGP. Zhicong Lu is a master student also working with Prof. Daniel Wigdor. Zhicong also started his first semester at DGP.� � Thank you for your attention. Mingming

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