Hci-external December 2017

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Charles Perin talk on Thu. 14 Dec, 2PM @BA5187
by Fanny Chevalier 12 Dec '17

12 Dec '17

Hi everyone, Charles Perin will give a talk this coming Thursday 14 December, at 2PM in BA5187. Details below: Small, Manipulable, and Slow data visualization Visualization is not just a way of creating pretty pictures for business purposes and marketing. In this talk I will discuss the power of interactive visualizations for exploring and making sense of data. I will focus on the importance of sense of control, engagement and understanding that provides (slow) data manipulation. Bio: I am a Lecturer (eq. Assistant Professor) in the giCentre, Department of Computer Science at City, University of London. I conduct research at the intersection of information visualization and human computer interaction. I am particularly interested in designing and studying new interactions for visualizations and in understanding how people may make use of and interact with visualizations in their everyday lives. Before joining City, I was a Post-doc at University of Calgary. I obtained my PhD on Direct Manipulation for Information Visualization, at Université Paris Sud-XI in 2014. — Fanny

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Charles Perin talk on Thu. 14 Dec, 2PM @BA5187
by Fanny Chevalier 12 Dec '17

12 Dec '17

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Charles Perin talk on Thu. 14 Dec, 2PM @BA5187
by Fanny Chevalier 12 Dec '17

12 Dec '17

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[Final Reminder] Dec. 12th HCI meeting & Invited Talk
by Seyong Ha 11 Dec '17

11 Dec '17

Hello DGP-hci people, This is a final reminder for our HCI meeting. We have two events tomorrow starting at 12:30pm @ DPG Seminar room (BA 5187). 1. HCI Meeting - We will have 5mins presentations from each of our meeting attendees. These are informal presentations, yet these are great opportunities for everyone to share and look back their research work in 2017. Feel free to share any materials and knowledge you’ve got this year. There is no restriction on a format and send me your files to me by EOD Monday, so I can streamline them. Lunch will be served. 2. Invited Talk - Nathalie Henry Riche will give a talk about Data-Driven Storytelling: Transforming Data into Visually Shared Stories. The talk will begin right after the HCI meeting. Thanks, Seyong ------------------------------------------ Dynamic Graphics Project Lab., Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto, Seyong Ha

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Re: [Hci-external] [talks] Nathalie Henry Riche talk on Tue. 12 Dec, 2PM. BA5187
by Fanny Chevalier 11 Dec '17

11 Dec '17

A gentle reminder of Nathalie Henry Riche’s talk tomorrow, Tuesday 12 Dec. at 2PM. See you there! > On 8 Dec 2017, at 13:50, Fanny Chevalier <fanny(a)dgp.toronto.edu> wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > Nathalie Henry Riche will give a talk this coming Tuesday 12 December, at 2PM in BA5187 (right after the HCI meeting) > Details below. > > Data-driven Storytelling: Transforming Data into Visually Shared Stories > > Abstract: In this talk, I will present my most recent research efforts in the field of information visualization and data-driven storytelling. While most of the research in information visualization has been focusing on designing and implementing novel interfaces and interactive techniques to enable data exploration, data visualizations also started to appear as a powerful vector for communicating information to a large audience. Stories supported by facts extracted from data analysis (e.g. data-driven storytelling) proliferate in many different forms from static infographics to dynamic and interactive applications on news media outlets. Yet, there is little research on what makes compelling visual stories or on how to empower people to build these experiences without programming. I will present insights from projects focusing on two different genres of data-driven stories: animations and comics. I will conclude the talk by reflecting on challenges and opportunities in this new research field. > > Bio: Nathalie is a researcher at Microsoft Research since 2008. She is a team member of the EPIC (Extended Perception, Interaction, &Cognition) research group led by Ken Hinckley. Nathalie holds a Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Paris Sud, France; and University of Sydney, Australia. She published her research in leading venues in Human-Computer Interaction and Information Visualization. She has received several best papers nominations and awards for her research and is involved in the organizing and program committees of major visualization and human-computer interaction conferences. > > > Hope to see you there! > - fanny > _______________________________________________ > talks mailing list > talks(a)dgp.toronto.edu > https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talks

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End of Year Party
by Mian Wei 08 Dec '17

08 Dec '17

Hi everyone, Hopefully, you already knew about this, but if not, we will be having an end of year party at Skyzone and then we will be going for dinner after. *PLEASE* fill out the following form to help us prepare, otherwise you may be forgotten in the quotes we make: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScXEqbzrpgmNPsgzrx3oKKOIhftDHfvKg0… Sincerely, Mian Wei

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Talks and HCI Meeting Next week
by Seyong Ha 05 Dec '17

05 Dec '17

Hi folks, We have two events next week. As we have discussed last meeting, we will have a session to share our 5 minutes research activity summary of 2017. I am sure this would be good time to share your research with folks. This will includes: - Research you’ve done - Research you’re planning to - Research idea you’ve developed. - Interesting papers you’ve read in 2017. Please upload your slides following Google Drive links, link: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Ddq2N3U3Z1EO-WIdbWR0aWcYQhff1UUM?us… Also, we have a talk right after the HCI Meeting. Nathalie Henry Riche <https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/people/nath/>, researcher at Microsoft Research Redmond in the EPIC <https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/group/epic/> (Extended Perception, Interaction & Cognition). She will give a talk. If you have any questions, reply to this email. Thanks, Seyong ------------------------------------------ Dynamic Graphics Project Lab., Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto, Seyong Ha

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[Tux] TUX Reminder: Christopher Collins Tomorrow!
by Sharon 04 Dec '17

04 Dec '17

Hello TUX! A reminder that tomorrow we have a Members Series Presentation by Prof. Christopher Collins. We look forward to seeing you there! Ali, Daniel, and Tovi Members Series Presentation: Prof. Christopher Collins December 5th, 2017. DGP Lab, Department of Computer Science at U of T @ 40 St. George St. 5th Floor Lunch reception begins at 12:30 pm. Presentation begins at 1:00 pm. Finding What to Read: Visual Text Analytics Tools and Techniques to Guide Investigation Text is one of the most prominent forms of open data available, from social media to legal cases. Text visualizations are often critiqued for not being useful, for being unstructured and presenting data out of context (think: word clouds). I argue that we should not expect them to be a replacement for reading. In this talk I will briefly discuss the close/distant reading debate then focus on where I think text visualization can be useful: hypothesis generation and guiding investigation. Text visualization can help someone form questions about a large text collection, then drill down to investigate through targeted reading of the underlying source texts. Over the past 10 years my research focus has been primarily on creating techniques and systems for text analytics using visualization, across domains as diverse as legal studies, poetics, social media, and automotive safety. I will review several of my past projects with particular attention to the capabilities and limitations of the technologies and tools we used, how we use semantics to structure visualizations, and the importance of providing interactive links to the source materials. In addition, I will discuss the design challenges which, while common across visualization, are particularly important with text (legibility, label fitting, finding appropriate levels of 'zoom'). Bio: Dr. Christopher Collins is the Canada Research Chair in Linguistic Information Visualization and an Associate Professor of Computer Science at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT). His research focus is interdisciplinary, combining information visualization and human-computer interaction with natural language processing to address the challenges of information management and the problems of information overload. His work has been published in many venues including IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, and has been featured in popular media such as the Toronto Star and the New York Times Magazine. Dr. Collins is a past member of the executive of the IEEE Visualization and Graphics Technical Committee and the IEEE VIS Conference Organizing Committee, and received his PhD in Computer Science from the University of Toronto. 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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