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no HCI meeting today
by Daniel Wigdor 18 Nov '15

18 Nov '15

Given the DCS graduate students meeting @ 12pm, and a last-minute cancellation of today's discussion leader, we will skip the HCI meeting this week. Please go to the DCS grad student event instead. We will see you at Tux next week!

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No HCI meeting today
by Mingming Fan 17 Nov '15

17 Nov '15

Hi all, We will not have the regular HCI group meeting today as we do not have a presenter. Next week we will contiue to have the amazing TUX meeting at MaRS. The schedule can be found here: http://www.tux-hci.org/speaker/leila-takayama-2/ If you want to use the regular HCI meeting the week after next week to brainstorm your project, please let me know. I will try to arrange accordingly. PS, there is a CS department graduate lunch meeting happening today at noon in BA 3200. Lunch will be provided there. Please consider atten. Thanks, Mingming

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[nrg] Hackday Group
by Zhen Li 16 Nov '15

16 Nov '15

I'd like to propose an initial meeting this Friday (Nov. 20th) at 4:30pm

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[Tux] TUX Reminder: David Holman @ Bahen Centre UofT Tomorrow
by Ali Mazalek 09 Nov '15

09 Nov '15

cid:image008.png@01D10810.C2D01210 Hello TUX! A reminder that tomorrow we will have a member presentation by Dr. David Holman. The details of the talk are below. *Please note that his talk will be at the Bahen Centre at U of T, room 5166 on the 5th floor*. Some other important announcements: 1)Our website is live at: http://www.tux-hci.org/ <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 tomorrow! Ali, Daniel, and Tovi Tuesday, November 10 at 12:30pm, Tux Proudly Presents: Dr. David Holman *Bahen Centre ***room 5166, *University of Toronto @ **40 St. George St* <https://www.google.ca/maps/place/Bahen+Centre+for+Information+Technology/@4…>*.* Lunch reception begins at 12:30pm. Presentation begins at 1pm. http://www.tux-hci.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/holman-david-forweb.jpg *David Holman: In a world where objects of any shape can be interactive, how do we design effectively?* *Abstract* Organic User Interfaces blend industrial design with interactive experiences, and demonstrate how user interfaces are no longer limited to flat displays. This transformation makes it necessary for designers to move beyond planar interfaces and to contextualize interaction in an object’s physical shape. Designers of multi-shaped and deformable devices face a complex interplay of variables. Materials, shapes, sensors, actuators, and user experience are all entangled. In this context, design explorations can easily become time consuming, tedious, and cost prohibitive. In this talk, I will discuss the need for new interactive materials in early design, akin to an industrial designer’s mockups with clay, foam core, and ceramics—materials that are critical for sketching and exploration, but not for application in a final product. I will also discuss a new approach with the potential to help designers simulate and evaluate designs before construction. The level of complexity encountered when designing an organic user interface is not unique. It exists in other design fields, such as automotive, architectural, and aerospace, and is often managed by using advanced simulation software. In other words, “interaction” could be represented as a new abstraction in multi-physics and simulation software, enabling a device’s design to be critiqued long before any fabrication or prototyping is executed. This approach of simulating interaction via computer-aided interaction design (CAID) is in development, and early examples of its problem space will be presented. *Bio* Dr. David Holman designs and prototypes next generation product concepts at Intel Corporation. His early research in digital-paper interaction led to the development of Organic User Interfaces, a new paradigm in Human-Computer Interaction, and the world’s first interactive paper-like computer. He has worked extensively with flexible display technology and categorized the emergence of a new type of interface, one that has three-dimensional interactive shape. He holds a PhD in Computing from Queen’s University and was a member of the Human Media Lab, one of Canada’s premier multidisciplinary media laboratories. ** *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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HCI Meeting on Tuesday Nov. 3 at 12:30pm
by Mingming Fan 03 Nov '15

03 Nov '15

Hi all, This week's HCI meeting, we will have two presenters to brainstore their projects and gain feedback from us. They are Varun Perumal and Parastoo Abtahi. Varun will lead the first hour of the meeting discussing on his project and Parastoo will take the rest half an hour to discuss her project. The brief descriptions of their projects are attached bellow. The time will be from 12:30pm to 2pm. The location is in the DGP lab meeting room. Lunch will be provided. Looking forward to seeing you all. Abstract of Varun's presentation: "When the cost of a technology drops significantly it not only becomes accessible to a wider audience, but their primary purpose and use can transform significantly. The session will involve brainstorming new avenues and applications for computing input output devices in the above scenario where they become cheap enough to be disposable" Abstract of Parastoo 's presentation: Design of a desktop tool that allows visualization and exploration of a network of documentations referenced by an academic paper, enabling exhaustive mastery of that particular topic. The objective of the tool is to improve the active reading experience of academic articles, and unveil new information about the relationship between papers in a particular field of research. Thanks, Mingming

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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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