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[Tux] TUX Reminder: Ashton Anderson Today!
by Xuan Dam 26 Mar '19

26 Mar '19

cid:image005.png@01D357B6.5B82A7B0 cid:image008.png@01D10810.C2D01210 cid:image008.png@01D357B6.5B82A7B0 Hello TUX! A reminder that today we have a Member Presentation by Prof. Ashton Anderson. We look forward to seeing you there! Ali, Daniel, and Tovi TUX Member Presentation: Prof. Ashton Anderson *October 5, 2018. DGP Lab, Department of Computer Science at U of T @ 40 St. George Street Room 5166* Lunch reception begins at 12:30 pm. Presentation begins at 1:00 pm. *The Design of Social Incentives * An increasingly common feature of online communities and social media sites is a mechanism for rewarding user achievements based on a system of social incentives, such as badges. Badges are given to users for particular contributions to a site, such as performing a certain number of actions of a given type. In this talk, I will speak about how badges can influence and steer user behavior on a site—leading both to increased participation and to changes in the mix of activities a user pursues on the site. I’ll introduce a formal model for reasoning about user behavior in the presence of badges, and in particular for analyzing the ways in which badges can steer users to change their behavior. To evaluate the main predictions of our model, we study the use of badges and their effects on the widely used Stack Overflow question-answering site, and find evidence that their badges steer behavior in ways closely consistent with the predictions of our model. We then investigate the problem of how to optimally place badges in order to induce particular user behaviors. Several robust design principles emerge from our framework that could potentially aid in the design of incentives for a broad range of sites. Finally, I’ll report on a large-scale deployment of badges as incentives for engagement in a MOOC, including randomized experiments in which the presentation of badges was varied across sub-populations. We find that badges significantly increased student engagement, with the magnitude of the increase varying with the saliency of the badge presentation. *Bio* Ashton Anderson (University of Toronto) is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at the University of Toronto, where he is also a Faculty Affiliate with the Vector Institute and a Research Fellow in Behavioural Economics. He received his PhD from Stanford University in 2015 and completed a postdoctoral appointment at Microsoft Research NYC in 2017. His research in computational social science focuses on questions in the increasingly vital intersection of data and society. His work has appeared in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Sociological Science, and The Web Conference. cid:image009.png@01D357B6.5B82A7B0 *OUR SPONSORS:* cid:image010.png@01D357B6.5B82A7B0 *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 _______________________________________________ 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] TUX Reminder: Hossein Rahnama Today!
by Shaza'a Fayyaz 26 Feb '19

26 Feb '19

cid:image005.png@01D357B6.5B82A7B0 cid:image008.png@01D10810.C2D01210 cid:image008.png@01D357B6.5B82A7B0 Hello TUX! A reminder that today we have a Member Presentation by Prof. Hossein Rahnama. We look forward to seeing you there! Ali, Daniel, and Tovi TUX Member Presentation: Prof. Hossein Rahnama *February 26, 2019. DGP Lab, Department of Computer Science at U of T @ 40 St. George Street Room 5166* Lunch reception begins at 12:30 pm. Presentation begins at 1:00 pm. Leveraging context and machine learning for the design of predictive and self-adaptive user experiences By leveraging machine learning techniques, digital channels are becoming more predictive and contextual. Through this evolution, user experience design is becoming more than just a two-dimensional user interface consideration. In this talk, Hossein will be talking about how data science and the synthesis of context from data, enable the design of a more adaptive and engaging user experience. He will demonstrate how his team is building tools enabling AI and Machine Learning to be used by non-computer and data scientists and how such capabilities creates a new ecology of services and users. The talk includes real examples and demos of how Fortune 500s are making their user experiences learnable. At the end, Hossein will be talking about his Augmented Eternity project at MIT Media Lab which is focused on enabling users to share expertise using AI. Bio Professor Hossein Rahnama is a recognized figure in ubiquitous and pervasive computing. His research explores artificial intelligence, mobile human-computer interaction, and the effective design of contextual services. In 2017, Hossein was recognized as one of Canada's Top 40 Under 40. In 2012, he was recognized by the MIT Technology Review as one of the world's top innovators under the age of 35 for his research in context-aware computing. The Smithsonian named Hossein as one of the top six innovators to watch in 2013. Hossein has 35 publications and 18 patents in ubiquitous computing, is serving on the board of Canadian Science Publishing, and was a Council Member of the National Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC). Hossein is also a visiting professor at the Human Dynamics group at MIT Media Lab in Cambridge, MA. He has a PhD in Computer Science from Ryerson University. cid:image009.png@01D357B6.5B82A7B0 *OUR SPONSORS:* cid:image010.png@01D357B6.5B82A7B0 *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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Meeting Tomorrow
by tovi＠dgp.toronto.edu 20 Feb '19

20 Feb '19

Can we move tomorrow's meeting to 1pm? Thanks, Tovi

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HCI Meeting on Tuesday, Feb 19, 2019
by limingz3＠dgp.toronto.edu 18 Feb '19

18 Feb '19

Hello everyone, We are having our HCI meeting tomorrow on Tuesday, Feb 19th. In this week, Mingming will first practice his job talk on Think-aloud Verbalizations and Usability Problems. Then, Jacob will present an introduction to his research project on the design of interactive data comics that communicate narratives relevant to climate change and income inequality. Attendees will participate in a brainstorming exercise to investigate how two existing data comics might be augmented with interactive elements. Please join and participate in the meeting. Lunch will be provided. Hope to see all of you tomorrow, Franklin

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HCI Meeting on Tuesday, Feb 19, 2019
by Mingzhe Li 18 Feb '19

18 Feb '19

Hello everyone, We are having our HCI meeting tomorrow on Tuesday, Feb 19th. In this week, Mingming will first practice his job talk on Think-aloud Verbalizations and Usability Problems. Then, Jacob will present an introduction to his research project on the design of interactive data comics that communicate narratives relevant to climate change and income inequality. Attendees will participate in a brainstorming exercise to investigate how two existing data comics might be augmented with interactive elements. Please join and participate in the meeting. Lunch will be provided. Hope to see all of you, Franklin

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[Tux] TUX Reminder: Ranjitha Kumar's Talk Tomorrow!
by Shaza'a Fayyaz 13 Feb '19

13 Feb '19

cid:image005.png@01D357B6.5B82A7B0 cid:image008.png@01D10810.C2D01210 cid:image008.png@01D357B6.5B82A7B0 Hello TUX! A reminder that tomorrow we have a Sanders Series Invited Lecture by Prof. Ranjitha Kumar. We look forward to seeing you there! Ali, Daniel, and Tovi Sanders Series Invited Lecture: Prof. Ranjitha Kumar *February 12, 2019. Autodesk MaRS IDEaS Lab @ 661 University Ave., Ground Floor* Lunch reception begins at 12:30 pm. Presentation begins at 1:00 pm. *Data-Driven Design: Beyond A/B Testing* A/B testing has become the de facto standard for optimizing design, helping designers craft more effective user experiences by leveraging data. A typical A/B test involves dividing user traffic between two experimental conditions (A and B), and looking for statistically significant differences in performance indicators (e.g., conversion rates) between them. In this talk, I’ll introduce three other data-driven methods — complementary to A/B testing — that can tie design choices to desired outcomes. Mining interactiondata from existing designscan provide comparative insights about patterns found in the wild, exposing designers to a greater space of divergent solutions than A/B testing. Lightweight prototypes with tight user feedback loops, or experimentation engines, can bootstrap product design involving technologies that are actively being developed (e.g., artificial intelligence, virtual/augmented reality), where both use cases and capabilities are not well-understood. Finally, generative modelstrained on a set of effective design examples can support predictive workflows that allow designers to rapidly prototype new, performant solutions. *Bio* Ranjitha Kumar is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), where she leads the Data-Driven Design group. She is the recipient of a 2018 NSF CAREER award, and UIUC’s 2018 C.W. Gear Outstanding Junior Faculty Award. Her research has won best paper awards/nominations at premier conferences in HCI, and is supported by grants from Google, Amazon, and Adobe. She received her PhD from the Computer Science Department at Stanford University in 2014, and was formerly the Chief Scientist at Apropose, Inc., a data-driven design company she founded that was backed by Andreessen Horowitz and New Enterprise Associates. cid:image009.png@01D357B6.5B82A7B0 *OUR SPONSORS:* cid:image010.png@01D357B6.5B82A7B0 *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] TUX Talk - Rescheduled to Tomorrow
by tovi＠dgp.toronto.edu 12 Feb '19

12 Feb '19

Dear TUX Community, Due to today's weather, we are cancelling the TUX talk today. It will be rescheduled tomorrow at the same time - 1pm-2pm, lunch served at 12:30pm. Location is still TBD - it will either be at MaRS or the U of T DGP Lab. A message will be sent later today to confirm. Thanks, Ali, Daniel, and Tovi _______________________________________________ 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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Demos for Ranjitha Kumar - Visiting DGP Feb 13
by Peter Hamilton 07 Feb '19

07 Feb '19

Hello Everyone, Ranjitha Kumar (website <http://ranjithakumar.net/>) will be visiting the DGP on Wednesday February 13th, following her TUX talk on Tuesday (12th). I'll be arranging demos for her throughout the day. Please let me know if you'd like to arrange a meeting. This is a great opportunity to show off your work! -Peter Hamilton *Abstract* A/B testing has become the de facto standard for optimizing design, helping designers craft more effective user experiences by leveraging data. A typical A/B test involves dividing user traffic between two experimental conditions (A and B), and looking for statistically significant differences in performance indicators (e.g., conversion rates) between them. In this talk, I’ll introduce three other data-driven methods — complementary to A/B testing — that can tie design choices to desired outcomes. Mining interactiondata from existing designscan provide comparative insights about patterns found in the wild, exposing designers to a greater space of divergent solutions than A/B testing. Lightweight prototypes with tight user feedback loops, or experimentation engines, can bootstrap product design involving technologies that are actively being developed (e.g., artificial intelligence, virtual/augmented reality), where both use cases and capabilities are not well-understood. Finally, generative modelstrained on a set of effective design examples can support predictive workflows that allow designers to rapidly prototype new, performant solutions. *Bio* Ranjitha Kumar is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), where she leads the Data-Driven Design group. She is the recipient of a 2018 NSF CAREER award, and UIUC’s 2018 C.W. Gear Outstanding Junior Faculty Award. Her research has won best paper awards/nominations at premier conferences in HCI, and is supported by grants from Google, Amazon, and Adobe. She received her PhD from the Computer Science Department at Stanford University in 2014, and was formerly the Chief Scientist at Apropose, Inc., a data-driven design company she founded that was backed by Andreessen Horowitz and New Enterprise Associates.

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Fwd: Reminder: Seminar at 11am today
by Ishtiaque Ahmed 07 Feb '19

07 Feb '19

Dear Students, Robert's work is very interdisciplinary and intersects with many topics in HCI and CSCW. If you can, I encourage you to attend his talk. Also, please note that there is a Grad student roundtable with Robert at 4 pm today. I encourage you to attend the roundtable and talk to him. Best Regards, Ishtiaque Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science University of Toronto, ON, CA web: https://www.ishtiaque.net/ ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Steve Easterbrook <sme(a)cs.toronto.edu> Date: Thu, Feb 7, 2019 at 5:59 AM Subject: Reminder: Seminar at 11am today To: <dcs-all(a)cs.toronto.edu>, <envcorefaculty2019-l(a)listserv.utoronto.ca> Folks, A reminder that Robert Soden will be giving a talk at 11am today on his work in crisis informatics. In addition there will be a roundtable meeting for grad students to meet with Robert at 4pm today in BA5250. All welcome! Steve --- The Social Life of Environmental Data: Lessons from Crisis Informatics Robert Soden, University of Colorado Boulder http://robertsoden.io Talk: 11am, Thursday February 7th (room BA1210) Advances in algorithms, sensors, databases, and computing power in recent decades have led to the development of fundamentally new approaches in science and policy for supporting safe, healthy, and sustainable communities in the around the world. These new technologies promise to improve our ability to monitor the natural and built environments and more effectively respond to crisis and disaster, but they can also limit public participation in planning, focus attention only on what can be measured with current tools, and reinforce existing social inequalities. To realize the promise of emerging technologies, we need to develop a better understanding of how they intervene in the governance of complex technological and environmental challenges. In this talk, I will discuss my research in this area drawing from studies on flood hazard mapping Colorado, post-earthquake damage assessment in Nepal, and sea-level rise modeling the San Francisco Bay Area. I show that an expanded agenda for crisis informatics research that draws on insights from science and technology studies, design research, and the humanities can improve the development of technologies used for responding to environmental challenges. Robert Soden is a PhD Candidate in Computer Science at the University of Colorado Boulder working on crisis informatics, human-centered computing (HCC), and science and technology studies (STS). His research examines the implications of changing technologies on efforts to address environmental challenges including disasters and climate change. He holds a Master's Degree in Natural Resources and Sustainable Development from American University and Bachelor’s degrees in History and Political Science from the University of Illinois, Chicago. Prior to starting his PhD, Robert was a professional software developer and a consultant to the World Bank’s Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR), where he launched the Open Data for Resilience Initiative, a worldwide effort to harness open data, open source software, and civic technology to improve disaster and climate risk management. His research has been awarded multiple best paper awards and honorable mentions at ACM’s CHI and CSCW, as well as other computing venues.

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Fwd: Accepting Proposals - 2019 Microsoft Research Dissertation Grant
by Fanny Chevalier 05 Feb '19

05 Feb '19

FYI. > Begin forwarded message: > > From: Gonzalo Ramos <goramos(a)microsoft.com> > Subject: Fw: Accepting Proposals - 2019 Microsoft Research Dissertation Grant > Date: 4 February 2019 at 15:37:27 GMT-5 > To: Fanny Chevalier <fanny.chevalier(a)inria.fr> > > FYI ... > > Subject: Accepting Proposals - 2019 Microsoft Research Dissertation Grant > > Broadening participation in computing is a core part of Microsoft's values; accordingly, we are excited to continue the Microsoft Research Dissertation Grant that aims to recognize, support, and mentor diverse doctoral students as they complete their dissertation research in computing-related fields. > > This grant is open to doctoral students in their fourth year or beyond, studying computing topics at universities in the United States, Canada and Mexico, who are underrepresented in the field of computing which include those who self-identify as a woman, African American, Black, Hispanic, Latinx, American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, and/or people with disabilities. The program allows students to submit a grant proposal of up to $25,000 to support their dissertation research; grant recipients will also get to take part in a two-day career workshop at Microsoft Research Redmond this autumn. Grant proposals for 2019 are due on March 31. You can read more about the Microsoft Research Dissertation Grant and find instructions to submit a grant proposal at http://aka.ms/Dissertation-Grant <http://aka.ms/Dissertation-Grant>. > > Meredith Ringel Morris > Principal Researcher & MSR Dissertation Grant Chair > > > Unsubscribe <mailto:msrgrant@microsoft.com?subject=Dissertation%20Grant%20-%20remove%20from%20list> | Privacy Statement <https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fprivacy.m…> > Microsoft Corporation > One Microsoft Way > Redmond, WA, USA 98052

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