Hello TUX!

A reminder that today we will have a member presentation by Azam Khan. The details of the talk are below. The talk will be in the DGP Lab in the Department of Computer Science at U of T (5th Floor, 40 St. George St.). We look forward to seeing you there!

Ali, Daniel, Khai and Tovi

Tuesday, February 21 at 12:30pm, Tux Proudly Presents: Azam Khan

DGP Lab, Department of Computer Science at U of T @ 40 St. George St. 5th Floor

Lunch reception begins at 12:30pm. Presentation begins at 1pm.

Irrational Decision Making:

Can computers help us in Critical Decision Making?

Azam Khan is Director, Complex Systems Research at Autodesk. He is the Founder of the Parametric Human Project Consortium, SimAUD: the Symposium on Simulation for Architecture and Urban Design, and the CHI Sustainability Community. He is also a Founding Member of the International Society for Human Simulation and has been the Velux Guest Professor at The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture, at the Center for IT and Architecture (CITA) in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Azam received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Computer Science at the University of Toronto and Ph.D. in Computer Science at the University of Copenhagen. He has published over 50 articles in simulation, human-computer interaction, architectural design, sensor networks, and sustainability. His Toronto team is currently developing a new experimental simulator to explore big simulation as a component of eScience, and his New York team performs award winning design research in advanced architectural projects.

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.

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