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Talk on Thurs 11am: The Social Life of Environmental Data
by Fanny Chevalier 05 Feb '19

05 Feb '19

Upcoming job talk this Thursday, 11am; graduate students roundtable at 4pm. This candidate has HCI-relevant research, so we’d love to see most of you there. - fanny > Begin forwarded message: > > From: Steve Easterbrook <sme(a)cs.toronto.edu> > Subject: Talk on Thurs 11am: The Social Life of Environmental Data > Date: 3 February 2019 at 20:01:15 GMT-5 > To: dcs-all(a)cs.toronto.edu > > Folks, > > I'm delighted to announce a talk entitled "The Social Life of Environmental Data: Lessons from Crisis Informatics" on Thursday at 11am by Robert Soden of the University of Colorado Boulder (see talk abstract and details below). Robert is interviewing for a faculty position joint between the School of Environment and the Department of Computer Science. The talk is open to anyone, but please don't share the fact that this is an interview talk with anyone outside of U of T. > > We'd like to encourage as many graduate students to attend the talk as possible, and we'll be hosting a round table meeting at 4pm on Thursday for interested graduate students to meet with Robert and talk with him about life at U of T, common research interests, etc. Once you've been to the talk and/or the round table meeting, we would very much like to hear your feedback on his suitability for a faculty position. > > Let me know if you have any questions. > Thanks! > 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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Current grad students who are willing to be a 'buddy' for visiting students please contact Joseph
by Joseph Jay Williams 05 Feb '19

05 Feb '19

Current grad students who are willing to be a 'buddy' for visiting students please contact me (as discussed today). You can define your role, but just being someone who makes sure a specific visitor has someone to chat with would be enough. I have visiting students who said community is important to them so I'd pair you with them. Any 'overflow' people, perhaps you can help out others! Joseph Joseph Jay Williams www.josephjaywilliams.com Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto Calendar: tiny.cc/williamscalendar send invitations to josephjaywilliams(a)gmail.com Office: Bahen Centre (directions at tiny.cc/joffice)

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HCI Meeting today
by Mohammad Rashidujjaman Rifat 05 Feb '19

05 Feb '19

Dear all, Our HCI meeting today will be at DGP seminar room from 12:30 pm. There will be two sessions. In the first session, Fanny Chevalier will talk about upcoming faculty interviews and slack channels for DGP. In the second session, Zhicong Lu will present his ongoing research on promoting prosocial behaviour using TikTok videos. Please join and participate in the meeting. Lunch will be provided. Thanks, Rifat -- Mohammad Rashidujjaman Rifat Ph.D. Student, Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto. http://www.dgp.toronto.edu/~rifat/

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Volunteering for HCI meeting
by Mohammad Rashidujjaman Rifat 04 Feb '19

04 Feb '19

Dear all, We are looking for one volunteer for our meeting on February 5. If you want to present your work or conduct any activity, please let us know. I am giving a link below for a spreadsheet that has our meeting dates this Winter. It would be great if you indicate the time you want to volunteer, that would be great. Ideally, we will have two sessions in a meeting; however, we could adjust the slots depending on the time required for volunteers. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1agRIKbrzMEd-YnpvDHruuEaFjGd48HoTGhT… Thanks, Rifat -- Mohammad Rashidujjaman Rifat Ph.D. Student, Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto. http://www.dgp.toronto.edu/~rifat/

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HCI Meeting on Tuesday, January 22, 2019
by Mohammad Rashidujjaman Rifat 22 Jan '19

22 Jan '19

Dear all, Welcome to a new episode of our bi-weekly HCI meeting this winter! The first meeting is on Tuesday, January 22, 2019, at 12:30 pm at DGP seminar room. Haijun Xia will lead a brainstorming session for a project that automatically creates a slide-show style video for travel audio podcasts. In particular, he would like to brainstorm ideas of transferring information in textual representation to visual representation. In the second session, Jiannan Li would like to have a short brainstorming session on the scenarios for the drone-based video communication project. Please come join us and take part in the activities. Lunch will be provided. Regards, Rifat -- Mohammad Rashidujjaman Rifat Ph.D. Student, Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto. http://www.dgp.toronto.edu/~rifat/

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Take a look at alt.chi papers
by Fanny Chevalier 19 Jan '19

19 Jan '19

Hi dgp hci students, There are some interesting papers every year submitted to alt.chi. I encourage you to have a look and add a comment if you feel inspired for the ones you read. See below one such paper whose topic should be of your interest. - fanny > Begin forwarded message: > > From: Lonni Besançon <lonni.besancon(a)gmail.com> > Subject: The Continued Prevalence of Dichotomous Inferences at CHI > Date: 14 January 2019 at 18:44:16 GMT-5 > To: fanny(a)cs.toronto.edu > > Hey there, > > Happy new year! > > Pierre and I just wrote an alt.chi article entitled The Continued Prevalence of Dichotomous Inferences at CHI <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__drive.google.com_open-…>, and we would like to know whether you would be willing to contribute an open (non-anonymous) review. Your review can be very short. > > As you may know, alt.chi <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__chi2019.acm.org_author…> has an invitation-to-review process. It is not unusual from authors to invite people they know to review their article, and it is not against reviewing rules. We think our submission can be of interest to you and we would very much appreciate if you could share your thoughts. > > Instructions on how to submit a review are on the alt.chi webpage <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__chi2019.acm.org_author…>. Should you need further instruction on how to use the reviewing system, we have created this list of instructions available here <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1D0wJ4LQuoiSoRUS9gxkjA5BfRrHpLynjbpxe_FU…> > Your review can be short and informal. Alt.chi reviews are more discussion-oriented than acceptance/rejection-oriented (though they will help chairs decide on acceptance). You don't need to be exhaustive and you can decide to focus on specific aspects of the submission in order to spark discussions. > > The final deadline for reviews is the 21st of January, however, the earlier a review is posted the more discussions it will foster. > > Thank you very much, > > Lonni Besançon, Linköping University > Pierre Dragicevic, Inria, France

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Looking for volunteers for HCI Meeting on January 22, 2019
by Mohammad Rashidujjaman Rifat 17 Jan '19

17 Jan '19

Hello all, We are looking for two volunteers for our first HCI meeting on January 22, 2019. If you are interested to present your research or lead an activity, please let me know. Regards, Rifat -- Mohammad Rashidujjaman Rifat Ph.D. Student, Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto. http://www.dgp.toronto.edu/~rifat/

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[Tux] TUX Reminder: Dr. Steven Feiner Tomorrow!
by Shaza'a Fayyaz 14 Jan '19

14 Jan '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 Dr. Steven Feiner. We look forward to seeing you there! Ali, Daniel, and Tovi TUX Member Presentation: Dr. Steven Feiner *January 15, 2019. Autodesk-MaRS @ 661 University Ave #200, Toronto, ON. * Lunch reception begins at 12:30 pm. Presentation begins at 1:00 pm. *User Interfaces for Collaborative AR and VR * How can we build 3D user interfaces that help people collaborate more effectively? I will present research by the Columbia University Computer Graphics and User Interfaces Lab that explores the design and implementation of collaborative AR and VR environments. The experimental systems that I will discuss use different kinds of head-tracked eyewear and address a wide range of task domains, from remote maintenance assistance, to urban visualization, to motor rehabilitation. All were developed with our open-source Mercury Messaging toolkit for Unity (https://github.com/ColumbiaCGUI/MercuryMessaging), which supports cross-component communication among scene objects within and between computers. * * *Bio* Steve Feiner is a Professor of Computer Science at Columbia University, where he directs the Computer Graphics and User Interfaces Lab. His lab has been conducting virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and wearable computing research for over 25 years, designing and evaluating novel 3D interaction and visualization techniques, creating the first outdoor mobile AR system using a see-through head-worn display and GPS, and pioneering applications of AR to fields as diverse as tourism, journalism, maintenance, construction, and medicine. Steve received an AB in Music and a PhD in Computer Science, both from Brown University. He is a Fellow of the ACM and the IEEE, a member of the CHI Academy, and the recipient of the /ACM SIGCHI 2018 Lifetime Research Award/, the/IEEE ISMAR 2017 Career Impact Award/, and the/IEEE VGTC 2014 Virtual Reality Career Award/. He and his students have won the /ISWC 2017 Early Innovator Award/, the /ACM UIST 2010 Lasting Impact Award/, and many best paper awards. Steve has served as general chair or program chair for over a dozen ACM and IEEE conferences and is coauthor of two editions of /Computer Graphics: Principles and Practice/. 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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Fwd: [Call for position papers] Workshop on Human-Centered Machine Learning Perspectives
by Fanny Chevalier 12 Jan '19

12 Jan '19

> Begin forwarded message: > > From: Gonzalo Ramos <goramos(a)microsoft.com> > Subject: [Call for position papers] Workshop on Human-Centered Machine Learning Perspectives > Date: 8 January 2019 at 15:26:35 GMT-5 > To: "ravin(a)dgp.toronto.edu" <ravin(a)dgp.toronto.edu>, Daniel Wigdor <daniel(a)dgp.toronto.edu>, "fanny(a)cs.toronto.edu" <fanny(a)cs.toronto.edu> > > Dear Ravin, Daniel, Fanny, > > I am reaching out to share information about a workshop I am co-organizing at CHI 2019. I would love to see some submissions from Toronto! Also, please forward to people you think will be interested. > > Cheers and many thanks in advance! > -Gonzalo > > — CALL FOR PAPERS — > Workshop on Emerging Perspectives in Human-Centered Machine Learning > > In this workshop, practitioners at the intersection of ML and HCI will present emerging perspectives in the field of Human-Centered Machine Learning. Through a focused discussion of different positions including pros and cons on democratizing ML, humans as rich sources of knowledge to teach machines, and explainable ML, we aim to articulate an updated HCML research agenda and strengthen this community moving forward. > > More information at https://aka.ms/hcmlperspectives <https://aka.ms/hcmlperspectives> > > Held in conjunction with ACM 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Glasgow, UK - May 4-9 2019 - http://chi2019.acm.org/ > <http://chi2019.acm.org/> > — SUBMISSION GUIDELINES — > We invite the submission of positions papers between 3-6 pages long. Position papers should follow the CHI Extended Abstract format (http://chi2019.acm.org/authors/chi-proceedings-format/ <http://chi2019.acm.org/authors/chi-proceedings-format/>) and be submitted through our CMT submission site (https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/HCMLP2019 <https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/HCMLP2019>). > The organizing committee will review the submissions and accepted papers will be presented at the workshop. We ask that at least one of the authors of each accepted position paper attends the workshop. Presenting authors must register for the workshop and at least one full day of the conference. > Each presentation will take place within a session focused around a particular theme. Sessions will consist of 3-4 presentations, each lasting approximately 10 minutes and will be followed by a group discussion. > > — IMPORTANT DATES — > Submission deadline: (on or before) 12th February 2019 > Notification to Authors: (on or before) 1st March 2019 > Camera-ready copies due: TBD > Workshop: Saturday 4th 2019 > > — ORGANIZING COMMITTEE — > Gonzalo Ramos, Microsoft Research, USA > Jina Suh, Microsoft Research, USA > Soroush Ghorashi, Microsoft Research, USA > Christoper Meek, Microsoft Research, USA > Richard Banks, Microsoft Research, UK > Saleema Amershi, Microsoft Research, USA > Rebecca Fiebrink, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK > Gagan Bansal, University of Washington, USA > Alison Smith-Renner, University of Maryland, College Park, USA

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Demo Schedule for Professor Steven Feiner
by Haijun Xia 11 Jan '19

11 Jan '19

Folks, Happy New Year! Next week we will have our first Tux speaker of 2019, Professor Steven Feiner from Columbia University, and he will visit the lab for demos next Wednesday. Each demo is usually 15-20mins. Pleas sign up in this google sheet with you name, email, and estimated time by the end this Wednesday, and I will finalize the exact time with you once we all have the volunteers in. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1--L05IGzOPa9yt-YjsNVVnwVLYyDNe7enxt… Thanks, Haijun

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