October 2017 - Thirdspace - dgp mailing lists

Website Material
by Mohammad Rashidujjaman Rifat 31 Oct '17

31 Oct '17

Hi All, You would be happy to know that we have received a subdomain from UofT to upload our lab's website! The address would be thirdspace.toronto.edu. (Yahooo!) As we are preparing our website, I need the following information from you to upload there-- 1) Your picture. 2) A description, not more than 250 words, outlining who you are and what you are upto. 3) Any online profile link that you want to associate with your profile. Hope to see you all tomorrow! Best, Rifat

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We need your opinion + Slack channel open!
by Seyong Ha 31 Oct '17

31 Oct '17

Hello everyone, We have shared great ideas about our HCI meeting direction today. Please fill the form with ideas you shared today or you think of. Google form: https://goo.gl/forms/VEt1a3KHGzQBC8zz1 <https://goo.gl/forms/VEt1a3KHGzQBC8zz1> Also, we open HCI-DGP slack!! Join <https://join.slack.com/t/hci-dgp/shared_invite/enQtMjY0MzQxNjU5NTA1LTM1NWY2…> now! if you don’t have Slack account, you can join with DGP email. If you have already, join now! Thanks, Seyong ------------------------------------------ Dynamic Graphics Project Lab., Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto, Seyong Ha

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Reminder: HCI Meeting Tuesday at 12:30pm
by Seyong Ha 30 Oct '17

30 Oct '17

Hello everyone, This is a reminder for our HCI meeting tomorrow. Meeting will be at DGP seminar room at 12:30pm. Lunch will be served. HCI Meeting Oct 31st Agenda 1) UIST’17 - UIST’17 was held last week in Quebec city. Jiannan and Seongkook went to the conference and they are going to share their experiences. 2) Brainstorming - I will lead a brainstorming for my research project. 3) Further Opinion for our HCI meeting. - It’s getting hard to have a volunteer for our HCI meeting. I know we’ve already discussed at the very beginning of this semester. We are going to pick interesting one and will try from the following meeting. Thanks, Seyong ------------------------------------------ Dynamic Graphics Project Lab., Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto, Seyong Ha

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Meeting on Nov 1, 5pm @ DGP Seminar Room
by Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed 30 Oct '17

30 Oct '17

Dear All, This is a friendly reminder that our group meeting this week is on Wednesday, Nov 1 at 5pm at the DGP lab Seminar Room. We will be discussing this paper in the meeting among other topics - http://www.dourish.com/publications/2010/chi2010-postcolonial.pdf We will have pizza. Hope to see you all there. Best Regards, Ishtiaque Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science University of Toronto, ON, CA web: https://www.ishtiaque.net/

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Fwd: AlphaGo documentary screening
by Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed 30 Oct '17

30 Oct '17

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: Steve Engels <sengels(a)cs.toronto.edu> Date: Mon, Oct 30, 2017 at 9:49 AM Subject: AlphaGo documentary screening To: dcsall(a)cs.utoronto.ca Hi everybody, Google is sponsoring a free screening about AlphaGo on Wednesday, in case you or any of your students are interested in seeing it :) It's been introduced by a member of the DeepMind team, so come out if you can! Steve *AlphaGo documentary screening – FREE! * Wednesday, November 1 6 p.m. – 7:45 p.m. SF 1105 Alpha Go chronicles a journey from the backstreets of Bordeaux, past the coding terminals of Google DeepMind, to Seoul, where a legendary Go master faces an unproven AI challenger. As the drama unfolds, questions emerge: What can artificial intelligence reveal about a 3000-year-old game? What will it teach us about humanity? Directed by Greg Kohs with an original score by Academy Award nominee, Hauschka. U of T alumni were involved in the AlphaGo research with DeepMind! https://www.utoronto.ca/news/google-deepminds-alphago-meet- u-t-computer-scientists-who-helped-it-win Kindly RSVP acceptances to communications(a)cs.toronto.edu. -- ________________________________________________________________________ Steve Engels sengels(a)cs.utoronto.ca Associate Professor, Teaching Stream Office: Bahen Ctr 4266 Dept of Computer Science, University of Toronto Phone: (416) 946-5454

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HCI Meeting next Tuesday Oct. 31st
by Seyong Ha 29 Oct '17

29 Oct '17

Hello everyone, Our next HCI Meeting is on following Tuesday at 12:30pm. If anyone wants to have their own session, please reply by email. I will send a reminder email late tomorrow with subjects and volunteers. Thanks, Seyong ------------------------------------------ Dynamic Graphics Project Lab., Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto, Seyong Ha

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Demos for Pedro Lopes visit on Oct 30.
by Seongkook Heo 26 Oct '17

26 Oct '17

Hi everyone, Pedro Lopes at the Hasso Plattner Institute will be visiting the lab on next Monday (10/30) to give a talk and see demos. We have some time slots available after his talk (around 1 -3pm), so please send me an email if you’d like to share a demo. Thanks, Seongkook

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Fwd: Development Seminar Lecture by Dr Derek Hall: Neoliberalism's Commodification on Nov 3, 2017 @ 12pm, AP367
by Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed 26 Oct '17

26 Oct '17

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: Development Seminar <devsem(a)utoronto.ca> Date: Thu, Oct 26, 2017 at 5:48 PM Subject: Development Seminar Lecture by Dr Derek Hall: Neoliberalism's Commodification on Nov 3, 2017 @ 12pm, AP367 To: DEVSEMEVENTS-L(a)listserv.utoronto.ca Friday, November 03, 2017 12:00PM to 2:00PM Department of Anthropology, AP367 19 Russel St Toronto, M5S2S2 Abstract: The idea that the world is moving towards, or has already arrived at, a condition often referred to as ?the commodification of everything? has become a staple of media, activist, and scholarly commentary in the early 21st century. Critical political economists have variously identified the commodification of everything as an empirical condition characteristic of mature capitalism, as a structural tendency inherent to capitalist social relations, and as an neoliberal ideological project. In this talk, I challenge the idea that universal commodification is a neoliberal goal in two ways: by inquiring into what the implications of the existence of markets for everything would be for market relations themselves, and by asking why it is that neoliberal states and international institutions criminalize and pathologize a wide range of markets that have flourished in some non-neoliberal societies. I focus in particular on possible markets in some of the most fundamental elements of human societies, including violence, power, and credentials, and draw on empirical evidence from early modern Europe and contemporary Eastern Asia. Speaker: Derek Hall is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science and the Balsillie School of International Affairs at Wilfrid Laurier University. His research interests include the political economy of food, agriculture, land and the environment in Eastern Asia, and the theory and history of capitalism. He is the author of Land (Polity, 2013) and, with Philip Hirsch and Tania Murray Li, of Powers of Exclusion: Land Dilemmas in Southeast Asia (NUS Press and University of Hawai?i Press, 2011). In 2009-10 he was an S.V. Ciriacy-Wantrup Research Fellow at the University of California Berkeley. Co-Sponsored by the Development Seminar and the Center for South East Asian Studies at the University of Toronto Website: https://utdevsem.wordpress.com/2017/10/25/neoliberalisms-commodifications/ Registration Link: http://anthropology.utoronto.ca/events/devsem-derek-hall/ Like our Facebook Page to follow updates: facebook.com/utdevsem Twitter Handle: @utdevsem, hashtag #devsem

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Need help for a course project, please complete a quick questionnaire!
by Laura Chen 26 Oct '17

26 Oct '17

Hi everyone, Zhicong, Jiannan, and I are working on a course project about making GIFs more accessible for visually impaired users. We are currently working on collecting text descriptions for GIFs, and we need your help! Below is a link to a questionnaire where you can provide text descriptions for 10 GIFs. This questionnaire takes about 15 minutes to complete, and we would really appreciate it if you could contribute to our data collection or forward the link to people who might be able to help out: https://goo.gl/forms/YLjPVwIFYgh16Dir2 <https://goo.gl/forms/YLjPVwIFYgh16Dir2> Thanks for your help! Best regards, Laura Chen

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Fwd: International & Indigenous Program Funding Opportunities and Fall Events
by Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed 24 Oct '17

24 Oct '17

FYI Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science University of Toronto, ON, Canada web: https://www.ishtiaque.net/ [https://www.ishtiaque.net/] ------ Forwarded Message -------- From: Francois Pitt, CS Undergraduate Chair <ugchair(a)cs.utoronto.ca> Date: 10/24/2017 1:19:16 PM Subject: Fwd: International & Indigenous Program Funding Opportunities and Fall Events To: faculty(a)cs.utoronto.ca See below for deadlines of funding opportunities related to international/indigenous initiatives -- even though I realize this is a little outside what most of us do! Cheers, Francois -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: International & Indigenous Program Funding Opportunities and Fall Events Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2017 20:24:48 +0000 From: A&S Office of the Dean <officeofthedean.artsci(a)utoronto.ca> [mailto:officeofthedean.artsci@utoronto.ca] To: 'Council of Chairs, Principals and Academic Directors' <bulkmail.noreply(a)artsci.utoronto.ca> [mailto:bulkmail.noreply@artsci.utoronto.ca], 'Coalition of Arts & Science Directors' <bulkmail.noreply(a)artsci.utoronto.ca> [mailto:bulkmail.noreply@artsci.utoronto.ca] CC: 'Undergraduate and Graduate Coordinators and Administrators' <bulkmail.noreply(a)artsci.utoronto.ca> [mailto:bulkmail.noreply@artsci.utoronto.ca] Please see attached memo in PDF format This memorandum is also available online at: http://www.artsci.utoronto.ca/faculty-staff/cpad-info [http://www.artsci.utoronto.ca/faculty-staff/cpad-info] CPAD # 23, 2017-18 Date: October 23, 2017 To: Council of Chairs, Principals and Academic Directors Coalition of Arts and Science Directors From: Mary Pugh, Acting Vice-Dean, Undergraduate & International Re: International & Indigenous Program Funding Opportunities and Fall Events Cc: Undergraduate and Graduate Coordinators and Administrators The Faculty of Arts and Science encourages as many students as possible to undertake a significant, academic-related international experience during their academic careers, and supports faculty in developing such opportunities. International opportunities include partnerships developed with Indigenous nations both within Canadian borders and beyond. To allow as much planning time as possible, the table below summarizes requests for proposals for A&S international-related programs. Please circulate this memo to faculty members and students within your units and encourage them to attend the events listed on the second page for further information. For program proposal forms and information on our fall events, please see the chart below, the International Programs and Partnerships website: http://www.artsci.utoronto.ca/international-programs [http://www.artsci.utoronto.ca/international-programs] or contact fas.international(a)utoronto.ca [mailto:fas.international@utoronto.ca] or 416-978-0284. Program Due Date Eligible to apply Proposal [submitted through units] Purpose Dean’s Fund for International and Indigenous Initiatives Nov. 24 Faculty, Graduate and Undergraduate students1 4 page proposal (including itinerary and budget) Expand opportunities for Arts and Science students with faculty supervision. Research Excursion Programs (REP/399) Nov. 24 Faculty members only 4 pages (including itinerary and budget) Students participate in faculty research projects off-campus. Undergraduate Research Fund Nov. 24 & Mar. 2 Undergraduate students 4 page application form (including faculty supervisor statement) Supports student research related to student’s degree. SELECT Languages for Research Purposes2 Jan. 19 Graduate students 4-8 page proposal (including transcripts) Study of languages not regularly taught at UofT. Summer Abroad courses (Summer 2018) March 15 Faculty members only Please see Summer Abroad website Teach a UofT course overseas. International/ Indigenous Course Module (ICM) March 15 Faculty and Undergraduate students 4 pages (including itinerary and budget) Incorporate an international or Indigenous module into an existing undergraduate course. 1 For projects supervising undergraduates, faculty members must hold undergraduate appointments within FAS; for projects supervising graduate students, faculty members must hold an appointment at a tri-campus graduate unit or an FAS graduate unit. 2 SELECT stands for: Study Elsewhere of Less Commonly Taught (Languages for Research Purposes); formerly known as Study Elsewhere LCTL (Less Commonly Taught Languages). Please note that there is only one round of competition for this year Fall term information events Information about A&S international opportunities, as well as opportunities to ask questions of faculty, staff and students with experience of these international programs, are available throughout the Fall term. Information Session: International and Indigenous Programs in the Faculty of Arts & Science Date: TBA. Notifications will be sent to all CPAD members and International Liaisons once confirmed. For those who would like to learn more about international programs and funding available to Arts & Science faculty members for international and Indigenous initiatives. The session will cover the programs listed above as well as a general overview of student exchanges and Summer Abroad programs. Faculty and staff are welcome to attend. Please register for this session by sending your name and unit to: fas.international(a)utoronto.ca [mailto:fas.international@utoronto.ca]. Summer Abroad and Science Abroad Information Sessions Site-specific information sessions take place throughout the month of January and the first week of February. The sessions cover details related to the application process, financial assistance, and on-site facilities and support. Course instructors and past participants are in attendance to answer students’ questions. Prospective students are encouraged to check the Summer Abroad website at www.summerabroad.utoronto.ca [http://www.summerabroad.utoronto.ca] for dates and times. -- Francois Pitt Associate Professor, Teaching Stream & Associate Chair, Undergraduate Studies Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto Room 4264, Bahen Centre for Information Technology, 40 St. George St. tel:+1-416-978-3707 [tel:+1-416-978-3707] http://www.cs.utoronto.ca/~fpitt/ [http://www.cs.utoronto.ca/~fpitt/]

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