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Confirmation about the group meeting time today
by Fengyuan Zhu 10 Jan '19

10 Jan '19

Hi all Just wondering if we start our group meeting today at 4:00 pm or 3:00pm? Best FY

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Email Test
by Fengyuan Zhu 09 Jan '19

09 Jan '19

Hi all This is just a test email. Please ignore this. BestFY

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**No** HCI Meeting Today
by Mohammad Rashidujjaman Rifat 08 Jan '19

08 Jan '19

Dear all, Happy new semester! Hope you enjoyed the break. We don't have the HCI group meeting today. We have a Tux talk next Tuesday. The DGP meeting will continue from January 22, 2019. 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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Demo Schedule for Professor Steven Feiner
by Haijun Xia 08 Jan '19

08 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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Fwd: CFP: ACM SIGCAS Conference on Computing and Sustainable Societies (COMPASS) --- July 3 – 5, 2019 --- Accra, Ghana
by Ishtiaque Ahmed 06 Jan '19

06 Jan '19

FYI 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: Jay Chen <jay.chen(a)nyu.edu> Date: Sun, Jan 6, 2019 at 12:22 PM Subject: CFP: ACM SIGCAS Conference on Computing and Sustainable Societies (COMPASS) --- July 3 – 5, 2019 --- Accra, Ghana To: Undisclosed recipients <jay.chen(a)nyu.edu> ***Apologies for cross-posting*** Computing and Sustainable Societies 2019 Accra, Ghana | July 3 – 5, 2019 https://acmcompass.org/ The second annual ACM SIGCAS Conference on Computing and Sustainable Societies (COMPASS 2019) invites submissions for the conference to be hosted at Accra, Ghana, July 3 – 5, 2019. COMPASS began as ACM DEV, which was held annually between 2010 and 2016. The COMPASS conference, now in its second year, aims to advance the state-of-the-art in developing sustainable technologies for regions around the world. Researchers at the conference have broad technical expertise, spanning artificial intelligence, human-computer interaction, networking, systems, speech and language processing, computer security, data mining, and computer vision. They seek to apply this expertise to diverse problems in sustainable development, spanning health, accessibility, education, agriculture, financial services, and governance. Call for Papers The second annual ACM SIGCAS Conference on Computing and Sustainable Societies (COMPASS 2019) invites submissions for the conference. The program <https://acmcompass.org/2018/program> from last year showcases the types of topics typically relevant to the conference. COMPASS broadly includes papers from four general “areas”: Systems, HCI, Data Science/AI, and Deployment Experiences. *Systems: *The Systems area focuses on computational innovations. Relevant topics may include networking; data collection toolkits; *HCI: *The HCI area focuses on socio-technical systems. Relevant topics may include gender equity; social forces influencing wireless network access; the landlord/tenant information economy; *Data Science/AI: *The Data Science/AI area focuses on analysis, collection of large scale data sets as well as models and algorithms for developing and studying AI based systems. AI applications not deployed are also considered in this area. *Deployment Experiences: *The Deployment Experiences area focuses on reporting experiences with field deployments or results from long-term studies that can provide valuable insights into how our tools perform (or fail) in real-world applications. Tracks COMPASS 2019 will have two tracks. To help facilitate global representativeness, COMPASS provides mentoring to support potential authors who need guidance in creating these papers. The* Papers* track will represent archival journal-type submissions, with a length of between 4 to 10 pages plus references. Papers submitted to this track should represent polished, significant contributions. Authors are encouraged to submit a paper of length proportional to its contribution. In addition, COMPASS 2019 will have a *Posters *track for preliminary projects or late-breaking results. Posters will not be archival and are intended to allow presenters to share their latest results or get early feedback on projects. Poster submissions will be limited to 2 pages plus references. There are two poster submission deadlines (March 15 and May 15) to allow for earlier travel planning as well as late-breaking work. Important dates Feb 1, 2019: Requests for mentorship due March 15, 2019: Submission of Papers and Posters (first round) due April 1, 2019: Notification of Posters (first round) acceptances May 1, 2019: Notification of decisions for Papers May 15, 2019: Submission of Posters (second round) due May 30, 2019: Notification of Posters (second round) acceptances June 15, 2019: Camera-ready of Papers due All submission are due 11:59 pm UTC. General Conference Chair Richard Anderson, University of Washington Program Chairs Jennifer Mankoff, University of Washington Carla Gomes, Cornell University Jay Chen, NYU Abu Dhabi Local Arrangement Chairs Ayorkor Korsah, Angela Ansah, and Nathan Amanquah, Asheshi University *CSG Steering Committee* Richard Anderson, University of Washington Nicola Dell, Cornell Tech Melissa Densmore, University of Cape Town Carla Gomes, Cornell University Jennifer Mankoff, University of Washington Aaditeshwar Seth, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi Lakshmi Subramanian, New York University Miland Tambe, University of Southern California Bill Thies, Microsoft Research New England Ellen Zegura, Georgia Tech *Program Committee* TBA -- Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science University of Toronto. web: http://www.ishtiaque.net/

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HCI Meeting Tomorrow
by Mohammad Rashidujjaman Rifat 10 Dec '18

10 Dec '18

Hi All, We have our HCI group meeting tomorrow at 12:30 PM at DGP Seminar room. Dina Sabie will talk about designing technologies for refugees in Canada. In addition, she will be talking about what she has done in her Ph.D. so far and what is her future plan. Lunch will be provided during the meeting. Please drop by and give your feedback. People who are very busy with term-end items (exams, deadlines, etc.): you can still show up, say a hi to Dina and others, have your lunch, and leave early before the presentation starts. But please stay if you can. The presentation will start at 12:55 PM. 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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Reading group (2-3pm, Mon, Dec 10th)
by Jiannan Li 09 Dec '18

09 Dec '18

Hello all, We will have a reading group session tomorrow (Monday, Dec 10th) from 2 to 3 pm at the seminar room. Jiannan will lead the discussion on the paper Researcher-Centered Design of Statistics: Why Bayesian Statistics Better Fit the Culture and Incentives of HCI Link: https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2858465 Looking forward to seeing you then. Thanks, Jiannan

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DGP-HCI Meeting on Tuesday, Nov 27, 2018 @ DGP
by Mohammad Rashidujjaman Rifat 27 Nov '18

27 Nov '18

Hello all, We are hosting Prof. Géry Casiez in our next HCI meeting on Tuesday, November 27, 2018, at 12:30 pm at DGP Seminar room. Details about the talk are below. Lunch will be provided during the meeting. Title: The measure and compensation of latency in touch and mouse-based systems Abstract: Any interactive system exhibits some delay between a user’s action and the corresponding system response, known as the end-to-end latency. Users can perceive touchscreen latency as low as 2 ms and performance degrades above 25 ms. In indirect interaction, it has been shown that latencies above 50 ms affect performance. Yet, the latency of current systems is above these thresholds of perception and performance. How can we simply measure the latency of current touch systems and mouse-based interfaces to know how performance is affected? How can we determine where it comes from to try to reduce it? Can we compensate some of the latency using trajectory prediction without introducing side-effects caused by next-point prediction techniques? Bio: Géry Casiez is a Professor of Computer Science at the University of Lille (Science and Technology) and member of Inria Lille. In 2018, he has been appointed junior member of the Institut Universitaire de France for 5 years. His research interests include input devices and interaction techniques, transfer functions, system responsiveness, and hardware fabrication. He is the co-author of more than 30 papers published at CHI and UIST and he regularly serves in the program committees of these conferences. Géry Casiez was president of the Association Franco-phone de l’Interaction Homme-Machine (AFIHM) from 2014 to 2017. He received his Ph.D. degree at the University of Lille in 2004. 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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Demo with Profs. Géry Casiez and Dan Vogel
by Mohammad Rashidujjaman Rifat 23 Nov '18

23 Nov '18

Hello All, Prof. Géry Casiez (University of Lille (Science and Technology)) and Prof. Dan Vogel (University of Waterloo) will visit our lab on Tuesday, Nov 27, 2018. Casiez conducts fantastic research on input devices and interaction techniques, transfer functions, system responsiveness, and hardware fabrication. Vogel works on fundamental input topics such as pointing, control-display gain, input signal filtering, hand occlusion, and gestural input. They are available after the meeting from 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM. This is an excellent opportunity to show and discuss our work with them and get important feedback. Send me an email if you want to demo your research. 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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REMINDER: visit and talk by Prof. Xing-Dong Yang, Thurs, Nov 22, @ 12:30pm in DGP seminar room with free lunch @ noon!
by Ravin Balakrishnan 21 Nov '18

21 Nov '18

Lunch will be served @ noon. Talk starts at 12:30. From: Ravin Balakrishnan [mailto:ravin@dgp.toronto.edu] Sent: Monday, November 19, 2018 11:57 AM To: 'talks(a)dgp.toronto.edu' <talks(a)dgp.toronto.edu>; 'hci(a)dgp.toronto.edu' <hci(a)dgp.toronto.edu> Cc: 'jiannanli(a)dgp.toronto.edu' <jiannanli(a)dgp.toronto.edu> Subject: visit and talk by Prof. Xing-Dong Yang, Thurs, Nov 22, @ 12:30pm in DGP seminar room Xing-Dong Yang will be visiting this Thursday and will give a talk 12:30-2pm (lunch will be served @ noon). He is available for meetings/demos the rest of the day, so please do sign up. I've asked Jiannan Li to coordinate his meeting/demo schedule, so respond to the msg he will send out soon. Thanks Ravin Title Wearable Interactions Using Touch without a Touchscreen Abstract The ubiquitous touchscreen has become the primary mechanism with which users interact with small personal computing devices. While there is a trend showing that personal computing devices may become smaller and smaller, a primary constraint on device miniaturization is the user interface (e.g. touchscreen). Screens need to be large enough to be seen, and keyboards need enough physical space to facilitate typing. Arbitrary hardware miniaturization may lead to devices that are not usable. In this talk, I will motivate and present two sensing techniques that enables touch as an input mechanism on wearable devices without the need of a touchscreen. I will also present a haptic technique that enables touch as an output mechanism to create a unique mixed reality experience for games and videos on smartwatches. The long-term goal of this research is to develop interaction modalities that that are easy, intuitive, and efficient for interacting with small wearable devices. Biography Xing-Dong Yang is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Dartmouth College, USA. Xing-Dong completed his Bachelor of Computer Science in 2005 from the University of Manitoba, Canada. He earned his Master of Computing Science with a specialization in Haptic Interfaces in 2008 from the University of Alberta, Canada and his Doctorate in Computing Science with a specialization in Human-Computer Interaction in 2013 from the same university. During his graduate work he was a research intern at Autodesk Research in Toronto and Microsoft Research Asia in Beijing. His dissertation work was awarded the 2013 Bill Buxton Best Canadian HCI Dissertation Award, given annually for the best doctoral dissertation completed at a Canadian university in the field of human-computer interaction. He has over thirty publications in top-tier venues in HCI, including the ACM Conference on Human Factors and Systems (ACM CHI) and the ACM Conference on User Interfaces and Technology (ACM UIST). His work has also been recognized through best paper nominations at ACM CHI 2018, 2016, 2010 and ACM MobileHCI 2009, as well as featured in public press through Discovery News, NBC, and New Scientist. Xing-Dong's work is currently funded by Microsoft and NSF. -------- Ravin Balakrishnan Professor and Chair Department of Computer Science University of Toronto ravin(a)cs.toronto.edu <mailto:ravin@cs.toronto.edu> 416 978-2980 www.cs.toronto.edu/~ravin <http://www.cs.toronto.edu/~ravin>

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