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Questions for today's brainstorming session
by Jiannan Li 14 Feb '17

14 Feb '17

Hi everyone, This is just a remainder for answering the following three questions to help Seyong prepare for the brain storming session today (one word answer is enough) 1. You want to design your own VR office desk environment, pick one object that you want to setup first (excluding a desk and a chair) 2. Imagine you could see something surrounding us but was invisible before, what do you see? 3. You are going to build a virtual reality DGP lab, what is the most important thing to consider? Thanks, Jiannan

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Dry run of qualifying oral
by Nicole Sultanum 13 Feb '17

13 Feb '17

Hi guys, I'm gonna do a dry-run of my qualifying oral *tomorrow* (Tuesday Feb 14) after the HCI meeting, from *3-4pm*, at the conference room (BA 5187). If you are free and need karma points in your life, I'd love to hear your constructive feedback. For those who don't care about karma, come for for the Valentines spirit. And if you don't care about neither... come for the donuts ;-) Hope to see you tomorrow, Nicole

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HCI meeting tomorrow (14 Feb 17)
by Jiannan Li 13 Feb '17

13 Feb '17

Hello everyone, We will have our biweekly HCI group meeting tomorrow at the usual time (12.30) and the usual place. Seyong is going to lead a brainstorming session with the title ‘Designing the VR World’. He asks you for your answers to the following three questions (one-word answer would be enough), which will be very helpful for him to lead the discussion tomorrow: 1. You want to design your own VR office desk environment, pick one object that you want to setup first (excluding a desk and a chair) 2. Imagine you could see something surrounding us but was invisible before, what do you see? 3. You are going to build a virtual reality DGP lab, what is the most important thing to consider? Please send your answers to me by noon tomorrow, so I can gather and send them to Seyong before the meeting. Thanks, Jiannan

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HCI meeting volunteer needed
by Jiannan Li 10 Feb '17

10 Feb '17

Hi everyone, We will be having our biweekly HCI meeting next Tuesday at 12.30. We need a brave volunteer who would like to present her/his brilliant ideas and take inputs from lab people. Please let me know if you want to be the presenter. Thanks! Best, Jiannan

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Fwd: Open role in Logitech that might be of interest to some of your ex-students
by Cosmin Munteanu 07 Feb '17

07 Feb '17

For those of you interested -- a "Lead HCI Designer in AR / VR" position at Logitech (in Ireland). https://jobs.jobvite.com/logitech/job/oO5C4fwj -- Dr. Cosmin Munteanu Assistant Professor Institute of Communication, Culture, Information and Technology, University of Toronto Mississauga Co-Director Technologies for Aging Gracefully Lab, University of Toronto Assistant Professor (Cross-appointed) Faculty of Information, University of Toronto Assistant Professor (Cross-appointed) Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto Email: cosmin(a)taglab.ca Web: http://cosmin.taglab.ca Phone: 905-569-4294 CCT Building Rm. 3067 University of Toronto Mississauga 3359 Mississauga Road Mississauga, ON L5L 1C6 ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Aidan Kehoe <akehoe(a)logitech.com> Date: Tue, Feb 7, 2017 at 6:13 AM Subject: Open role in Logitech that might be of interest to some of your ex-students To: Cosmin Munteanu <mcosmin(a)cs.toronto.edu> *Request*: There is an open position at Logitech in Cork, Ireland for a HCI / software related person just posted here <https://jobs.jobvite.com/logitech/job/oO5C4fwj> ... If there are any of your ex-students, post-docs that you think might be interested could you please share the link with them. Best regards, Aidan Logitech Ireland Services Limited is registered in Ireland under reg # 135248 with registered office at Building 3400, Airport Business Park, Kinsale Rd., Cork, Ireland. Board of Directors: François Stettler, Paul Verbruggen

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[Tux] TUX Poster Day and Prof. Mark D. Gross Tomorrow @ MaRS
by Tovi Grossman 06 Feb '17

06 Feb '17

Hello Tux! A reminder that tomorrow will be a very special day for TUX! We will be having our first ever TUX Research Poster Day, with an opening keynote from Dr. Valkyrie Savage. We will then have 21 fantastic posters from members of the TUX community on display. The poster day will be concluded with a Sanders Series Invited Lecture by Prof. Mark D. Gross from University of Colorado Boulder. The full details of tomorrow's activities, which kick off at 11am in the MaRS Auditorium, are provided below, and can also be found on the event webpage<http://www.tux-hci.org/tux-2017-research-poster-day/>. We look forward to seeing you there! Ali, Daniel, Khai, and Tovi TUX 2017 Research Poster Day - Tuesday, February 7 at 11:00am MaRS Auditorium @ 101 College St. (Lower Level). Schedule 11:00am Opening Plenary<http://www.tux-hci.org/speaker/valkyrie-savage/>: Dr. Valkyrie Savage, Savage Internet 11:30am Poster Madness 11:45am Poster Session / Coffee Break 12:30pm Lunch 1:00pm TUX Sanders Series Lecture<http://www.tux-hci.org/speaker/sanders-series-invited-lecture/>: Prof. Mark D. Gross, University of Colorado Boulder Opening Plenary: Valkyrie Savage Fabrication for Interaction Task-specific tangible input devices, like video game controllers, improve user speed and accuracy in input tasks compared to the more general-purpose touchscreen or mouse and keyboard. However, while modifying a graphical user interface (GUI) to accept mouse and keyboard inputs for new and specific tasks is relatively easy and requires only software knowledge, tangible user interface (TUI) devices are challenging to prototype and build. Rapid prototyping digital fabrication machines, such as vinyl cutters, laser cutters, and 3D printers, now permeate the design process for such devices. Using these tools, designers can realize a new tangible design faster than ever. I'll discuss a few interesting points where digital fabrication research has poked at the "typical" way of doing tangible designs. I'll describe new authoring techniques for tangible objects, experiments in integrating electronics and other kinds of sensing modules into fabricated objects, and designs leveraging material properties and pre-fabrication simulations. I'll also talk about my own work, which focuses on fabrication for sensing: using our pre-fabrication knowledge of a physical object to make post-fabrication sensing easier. Bio: I call myself both a Digital Fabricatrix (as my thesis research revolved around digital fabrication) and a designveloper (as I like doing work as something between a UX designer and a developer). I'm now co-founder and CEO of Savage Internet, working roughly in the space of experiential education. In 2016, I received a PhD from UC Berkeley working with Björn Hartmann: the talk you'll see represents my thesis work. I hold a BA in Mathematics and a BS in Computer Science from Indiana University. I'm also an enthusiastic hobbyist, and have included custom electronics and digital fabrication in projects like my husband's 3D printed wedding ring and an interactive baby blanket for new parent friends. Sanders Series Invited Lecture: Mark D. Gross Design, Making, and Creativity (or Polymaths Unite!) People enjoy making things, as the recently burgeoning "maker movement" shows. While often seen as a vehicle to engage young people in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), the maker movement presents far wider opportunities to engage people in design and creativity. The new machinery for making things-laser cutters, 3D printers and more-cry out for better tools and technologies for design, and practice making things invites people to become more creative. Some of the most exciting opportunities and powerful insights belong to polymaths who can defy conventional disciplinary boundaries and learn to apply expertise developed in one discipline to others. Bio: I'm director of the ATLAS Institute and professor of computer science at University of Colorado Boulder. I'm also co-founder of Modular Robotics Incorporated and Blank Slate Systems with former PhD students. Previously I was on the faculty at Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Washington Seattle; before that I worked at Atari Cambridge Research, Logo Computer Systems, Kurzweil Computer Systems, the MIT Logo Lab and the Architecture Machine Group. Once upon a time I studied architecture at MIT, where I became fascinated with how design works, and how computational tools could support designing. I still am. I've worked on many different things: intelligent computer aided design, virtual environments and design simulation, modular robotics and computationally enhanced construction kits and craft, tangible interaction design, sketch and diagram recognition, digital fabrication and more. 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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Re: [Hci-external] Reminder: Roundtable meeting with faculty candidate
by Haijun Xia 02 Feb '17

02 Feb '17

Just a reminder that the roundtable meeting with faculty candidate Hwajung Hong is happening at 4:45pm at BA5187 (inside dgp lab). Please participate this exciting hiring process of our department and share your research and insights with our candidate! Thanks, Haijun From: Khai N. Truong [mailto:khai@cs.toronto.edu] Sent: Thursday, February 2, 2017 11:01 AM To: Steve Easterbrook <sme(a)cs.toronto.edu> Cc: faculty-announcements(a)cs.toronto.edu; grad-students <grad-students(a)cs.toronto.edu> Subject: Reminder: Computational Medicine talk at 11AM Today (NOW!) Hi everyone, Just a reminder. The talk by Hwajung Hong on "Data-Driven Design for Human-Centered Healthcare" is happening at 11AM (now)! It is in BA 1220. Look forward to seeing everyone here, -khai On Wed, Feb 1, 2017 at 1:03 PM, Steve Easterbrook <sme(a)cs.toronto.edu <mailto:sme@cs.toronto.edu> > wrote: Data-Driven Design for Human-Centered Healthcare Thursday, February 02, 2017, at 11:00 AM Location: BA 1220 Speaker: Hwajung Hong, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Korea Abstract: A plethora of digital artifacts—wearable trackers, IoT devices, social media, online communities, and crowdsourcing platforms—have enabled new opportunities in areas as diverse as personal health management to collaboration in the workplace. From an interaction design perspective, these artifacts produce a wide variety of user-generated data, ranging from explicit micro-interactions such as clicks and touches to longer traces of physical activities, textual input, and more implicit evidence from social interactions. By leveraging data that provide a rich resource material for design, I have been seeking insights to enable the improvement of current user experiences or the creation of computational applications in the domain of accessibility and health. In this talk, I present examples from my personal work on exploring human-centered healthcare technologies that could affect the lives of young adults with autism, students suffering from stress and mental health problems, patients seeking financial and social support from medical crowdfunding platforms, and caregivers and volunteers who work with them. More specifically, I describe attempts to deploy mobile, web-based, and crowdsourcing systems that produce large scale user-generated data and apply it to concrete design concepts. I further discuss my vision for designing creative healthcare technologies that function through open, ubiquitous social technical infrastructures from a maker’s fabrication tool to collaborative virtual making platforms. Biography: Hwajung Hong is an Assistant Professor in the School of Creative Design Engineering at Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) in Korea. Her primary research areas are at the intersection of human-computer interaction, social/crowd computing and design, with a special interest in health informatics and assistive technology. Her recent research focuses on building tools which individuals with autism to crowdsource assistance and advice on challenging situations such as public anxiety and workplace conflicts. She has designed, developed, and evaluated mobile and social applications for many different populations, including young adults with autism, students suffering from mental health issues, families and clinicians working with individuals with chronic disease. She has also worked on interaction design and UX research to tackle real-world problems as part of industrial internships at Palo Alto Research Center, Microsoft Research, LG, and Motorola. She received her Ph.D. in Human-Centered Computing in 2015, M.S. in Human-Computer Interaction from Georgia Tech, and her B.S. degree in Industrial Design from Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST). She has been named a Samsung Fellowship scholar. -- Khai N. TRUONG (http://www.cs.toronto.edu/~khai) Associate Professor and Associate Chair for Research University of Toronto Department of Computer Science Toronto, Ontario, CANADA M5S 3G4 +1 (416) 978-4761 ---- Check out UBICOMP/ISWC 2017, http://ubicomp.org, September 11th-15th in Maui!

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HCI meeting at 12.30 tomorrow (Tue Jan 31)
by Jiannan Li 30 Jan '17

30 Jan '17

Hi all, A reminder that we will have a HCI group meeting tomorrow (Tue Jan 31) at 12:30. Haijun will be leading a brainstorming session. See you there! Cheers, Jiannan

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Graduate student roundtable meeting with Dr. Hwajung Hong (Feb 2, 4:45PM)
by Khai N. Truong 27 Jan '17

27 Jan '17

Hi everyone, The faculty interviews for this year will begin very shortly. You should definitely try to attend all of them, even if they work in an area different from yours. However, I will note that there are several candidates who are HCI-related. In fact, the candidate next week on Thursday & Friday is one of those--Dr. Hwajung Hong. A) Attend her talk on Thursday (Feb 2) at 11AM. Add it to your calendar! B) I'm writing to ask that HCI graduate students all host a roundtable discussion with her. We will of course seek your feedback about the candidates, so come and ask questions. Give her a chance to learn about UofT & DCS through you. And finally, help to recruit the candidate. Even if the person may or may not end up here, we always want them to feel welcomed. We have the roundtable discussion scheduled for 4:45PM on Feb. 2nd. I'm almost positive it'll start on time. It'll run all the way till 6:00PM, when she has to go to dinner. Haijun, can I please ask you to help be the leader in organizing and facilitating the discussion? I've included her Bio and the abstract for her talk below. Please everyone look over it, attend the talk, and then engage in an interesting discussion with her. Finally, this is a DCS faculty candidate. Which means these roundtable discussion should be opened up to students within DCS. We typically hold them in locations where we think the candidate aligns with the most. Eventhough we might be hosting it, please encourage students from other areas to participate. When the announcement goes out for the talk, we'll let the grad students in other areas know about the roundtable meeting as well. It's rare that students from other areas to come, but it does happen from time to time. Thank you! -khai ------------------------------ *Data-Driven Design for Human-Centered Healthcare* A plethora of digital artifacts—wearable trackers, IoT devices, social media, online communities, and crowdsourcing platforms—have enabled new opportunities in areas as diverse as personal health management to collaboration in the workplace. From an interaction design perspective, these artifacts produce a wide variety of user-generated data, ranging from explicit micro-interactions such as clicks and touches to longer traces of physical activities, textual input, and more implicit evidence from social interactions. By leveraging data that provide a rich resource material for design, I have been seeking insights to enable the improvement of current user experiences or the creation of computational applications in the domain of accessibility and health. In this talk, I present examples from my personal work on exploring human-centered healthcare technologies that could affect the lives of young adults with autism, students suffering from stress and mental health problems, patients seeking financial and social support from medical crowdfunding platforms, and caregivers and volunteers who work with them. More specifically, I describe attempts to deploy mobile, web-based, and crowdsourcing systems that produce large scale user-generated data and apply it to concrete design concepts. I further discuss my vision for designing creative healthcare technologies that function through open, ubiquitous social technical infrastructures from a maker’s fabrication tool to collaborative virtual making platforms. *BIO*: Hwajung Hong is an Assistant Professor in the School of Creative Design Engineering at Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) in Korea. Her primary research areas are at the intersection of human-computer interaction, social/crowd computing and design, with a special interest in health informatics and assistive technology. Her recent research focuses on building tools which individuals with autism to crowdsource assistance and advice on challenging situations such as public anxiety and workplace conflicts. She has designed, developed, and evaluated mobile and social applications for many different populations, including young adults with autism, students suffering from mental health issues, families and clinicians working with individuals with chronic disease. She has also worked on interaction design and UX research to tackle real-world problems as part of industrial internships at Palo Alto Research Center, Microsoft Research, LG, and Motorola. She received her Ph.D. in Human-Centered Computing in 2015, M.S. in Human-Computer Interaction from Georgia Tech, and her B.S. degree in Industrial Design from Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST). She has been named a Samsung Fellowship scholar.

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Demo Schedule for Dr. Mark Gross from University of Colorado
by Haijun Xia 25 Jan '17

25 Jan '17

Hi all, Dr. Mark Gross from the University of Colorado <http://mdgross.net/> will be joining us at the TUX Series on February 7th and visit the lab on the 8th . And we will host him with demos from 10:30am to 12:30pm. Demo volunteers are also invited to the lunch meeting with him from 12:30pm to 1:30pm in the lab. Please let me know by tomorrow night whether you want to give a demo and your preferred time as well as whether you will attend the lunch. The demo slot is usually 15 ~ 20 minutes, but it depends on how many demos we have at the end. Cheers, Haijun

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