Sig May 2019

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Research visit and talk - Otmar Hilliges
by Haijun Xia 28 May '19

28 May '19

Dear all, Otmar Hilliges, Associate Professor of Computer Science at ETH Zurich, is visiting us on this Friday, May 31. Please find his talk title, bio below. We would like to host some demos for him. This is a great opportunity to build connections and increase the exposure of your work. Please let me know by Tuesday night what time works for you in this google sheet. If you would like to meet with him, please also indicate your availability in the sheet. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1KYVkmGYAmc6Hg3UAYWPNEfADyH4xWjv0npQa WEfOVAI/edit?usp=sharing Thanks, Haijun Title: Quo Vadis Augmented Reality? Abstract: Virtual and Mixed Reality (XR) holds the promise to significantly change the ways we interact with digital information. Despite much progress from both research and industry there are still many challenges to be mastered before XR can become a mainstream interaction paradigm. In this talk I will review where we are as a field, outline some of the challenges ahead and talk about some of the recent research from our lab in this space. In particular, I will discuss new ways to capture rich user input, including full-body pose and detailed hand pose configurations without the need for environment mounted cameras or other tracking systems, enabling rich sensing of human activities in on-the-go scenarios. In the second half of the talk I will discuss novel light-weight approaches to haptic feedback for XR and adaptive UIs that control what information to display where, depending on the user's internal state. Bio: Otmar Hilliges is currently an Associate Professor of computer science at ETH Zurich, where he leads the AIT lab. His research is at the intersection of machine learning, computer vision and human computer interaction (HCI). The main mission is to develop new ways for humans to interact with complex interactive systems (computers, wearables, robots), powered by advanced algorithms and technologies in machine perception, planning and data driven user modelling. Prior to joining ETH he was a Researcher at Microsoft Research Cambridge (2010-2013). His Diplom (equiv. MSc) in Computer Science is from Technische Universität München, Germany (2004) and his PhD in Computer Science from LMU München, Germany (2009). He spent two years as a postdoc at Microsoft Research Cambridge (2010-2012). He has published more than 70 peer-reviewed papers in the major venues on computer vision, HCI and computer graphics and received an ERC starting grant in 2017 for computational approaches to sensing based human-computer interfaces. Finally, 20+ patents have been filed in his name on a variety of subjects from surface reconstruction to AR/VR.

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HCI meeting moved to the next week
by Jiannan Li 27 May '19

27 May '19

Hello all, Because of the presenter's schedule, we will move the HCI meeting tomorrow (May 28th) to the next week (June 4th). Further information will be provided. Let me know if the time does not work for you. Thanks, Jiannan

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Looking for ideas/volunteers for HCI meeting
by Jiannan Li 27 May '19

27 May '19

Hello all, If you would like to present anything at the HCI meeting tomorrow, or have any suggestions about the plan for the meeting, please let me know. Thanks, Jiannan

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Individual Meetings Cancelled Tomorrow
by Tovi Grossman 13 May '19

13 May '19

Hi, Unfortunately I wont be able to come in tomorrow, so our next meeting with be Thursday at 2pm. Thanks, Tovi

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HCI meeting May 14th
by Jiannan Li 13 May '19

13 May '19

Hello all, We are having our HCI meeting on Tuesday May 14th. The time and location is 12.30 - 2.00, at the DGP seminar room, as usual. We will have a roundtable for sharing CHI experiences, summer research plans, or anything you would like to share with the lab. Look forward to seeing you there. Lunch will be provided. Thanks, Jiannan

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T-shirts are at kitchen
by Ishtiaque Ahmed 01 May '19

01 May '19

Please come and pick yours! If you are on your way to CHI, please get someone to carry your shirt. There is a pice of paper beside the shirts where you put your name and how many shirts you are taking. Regards, Ishtiaque

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Carrying CHI t-shirts
by Ishtiaque Ahmed 01 May '19

01 May '19

Hi Folks, DGP has ordered t-shirts for CHI which will be delivered tomorrow afternoon. Since it will be too heavy for me to carry all the 50 shirts, I wonder if some of you can help. Regards, Ishtiaque

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