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Demos for Dr. Paul Dietz (Sign Up)
by Varun Perumal C 18 Oct '18

18 Oct '18

Hi Everyone, Dr. Paul Dietz is visiting our lab on Wednesday Oct 24th . Dr. Dietz headed several research groups at Disney Imagineering and Mitsubishi Research Labs and was the Assistant Director of Research at Microsoft Research in the past and is currently the CTO of Misapplied Science, a company building light field displays : http://misappliedsciences.com/ and https://www.geekwire.com/2018/breakthrough-parallel-reality-display-technol… He is an amazing person to talk to and I would encourage everyone to sign up for the demo's even if your research is not directly related to his work. This is a great opportunity to get some high quality feedback and perspectives. Please pick a time slot here as soon as possible since there are not that many. There are 20 min times slots for now. If you don't find a time slot available, please write your name down and I will try to accommodate you. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1OlSXfsmecJiBkSS9KWr6JeGiheagLhLl5rZ… Cheers, Varun

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Demos for Dr. Paul Dietz (Sign Up)
by varun perumal 18 Oct '18

18 Oct '18

Hi Everyone, Dr. Paul Dietz is visiting our lab on Wednesday Oct 24th . Dr. Dietz headed several research groups at Disney Imagineering and Mitsubishi Research Labs and was the Assistant Director of Research at Microsoft Research in the past and is currently the CTO of Misapplied Science, a company building light field displays : http://misappliedsciences.com/ and https://www.geekwire.com/2018/breakthrough-parallel-reality-display-technol… He is an amazing person to talk to and I would encourage everyone to sign up for the demo's even if your research is not directly related to his work. This is a great opportunity to get some high quality feedback and perspectives. Please pick a time slot here as soon as possible since there are not that many. There are 20 min times slots for now. If you don't find a time slot available, please write your name down and I will try to accommodate you. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1OlSXfsmecJiBkSS9KWr6JeGiheagLhLl5rZ… Cheers, Varun

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UIST Video Preview Session
by Bryan Wang 16 Oct '18

16 Oct '18

Hi all, We are going to have a session at DGP Seminar room to go through the video previews (40 minutes) of UIST papers at 3 pm on Friday. Please feel free to join us! Best, Bryan

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Movie for November: 'For the Love of a Man"?
by Ishtiaque Ahmed 15 Oct '18

15 Oct '18

Folks, I was thinking if this could be a movie people would like - http://www.fortheloveofaman.com/ The producer Joyojeet pal is a renowned ICTD researcher, a professor of Michigan and now, on his sabbatical, a researcher at Microsoft Research. 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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Black Science public lecture today at 4 pm at Rotman
by Ishtiaque Ahmed 15 Oct '18

15 Oct '18

In case you are interested, this looks fun - https://www.facebook.com/events/176261489918367/?active_tab=about 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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HCI Meeting Tomorrow
by Mohammad Rashidujjaman Rifat 15 Oct '18

15 Oct '18

Hi All, We have our HCI group meeting tomorrow at 12:30 PM at DGP Seminar room. Mingming Fan is going to present his paper on creating senior-friendly product instructions for tech devices. The paper is accepted to ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing and is invited to be presented at the annual ASSETS conference. Please drop by and know about this pretty cool work. Lunch will be provided during the meeting. Thanks, Rifat -- Mohammad Rashidujjaman Rifat Ph.D. Student, Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto. http://www.dgp.toronto.edu/~rifat/ Abstract of the paper-- Although older adults feel generally positive about technologies, many face difficulties when using them and need support during the process. One common form of support is the product instructions that come with devices. Unfortunately, when using them, older adults often feel confused, overwhelmed or frustrated. In this work, we sought to address the issues that affect older adults’ ability to successfully complete tasks with product instructions. By observing how older adults used the product instructions of various devices, and how they made modifications to simplify the use of the instructions, we identified eleven guidelines for creating senior-friendly product instructions. We validated the usability and effectiveness of the guidelines, by evaluating how older adults used instruction manuals that were modified to adhere to these guidelines, against the originals and those that were modified by interaction design researchers. Results show that overall, participants had the highest task success rate, lowest task completion time when using them. Participants also perceived these instructions to be the most helpful, most easy-to-follow, most complete, and most concise among the three. In the end, we compared the guidelines derived from this research to existing documentation guidelines and discussed potential challenges of applying them.

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Fwd: IUW Promotion
by Fanny Chevalier 11 Oct '18

11 Oct '18

FYI. > Begin forwarded message: > > From: Fahimeh Rajabiyazdi <fahimeh.rajabiyazdi(a)mail.utoronto.ca> > Subject: IUW Promotion > Date: 3 October 2018 at 10:59:16 GMT-4 > To: "fanny(a)cs.toronto.edu" <fanny(a)cs.toronto.edu> > Cc: "iuwchair2018(a)mie.utoronto.ca" <iuwchair2018(a)mie.utoronto.ca> > > Hi Fanny, > > Hope all is well with you! > > We are currently reaching out to student researchers in Human Factors, UX Design, Human Computer Interaction, and related fields to submit an abstract and register for IUW. Would it be possible for you to promote the event among students at the dgp lab? > > Please see the announcement below. > > Thank you, > Fahimeh > ------------------------------------------------------ > The Human Factors Interest Group (HFIG) at the University of Toronto invites you to this year’s Inter-University Workshop (IUW) on Saturday, November 17th <x-apple-data-detectors://2> in Toronto. For more details about the event, including the schedule and venue, please visit: iuw2018.mie.utoronto.ca <http://iuw2018.mie.utoronto.ca/> > > IUW is an annual conference-style event that brings together over 100 Human Factors, UX Design and Human Computer Interaction graduate and undergraduate students and professors from multiple universities for a day of research presentations, networking, and community-building. > > This year, we are also honored to welcome two distinguished keynote speakers: Prof. Fanny Chevalier <http://fannychevalier.net/> (Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science and Department of Statistical Sciences, University of Toronto, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and Information Visualization (Infovis)) and Dr. Joe Cafazzo <https://iuw2018.wordpress.com/logistics/keynote-opening/#more-23> (Executive Director, Healthcare Human Factors, University Health Network; Associate Professor, University of Toronto; Wolfond Chair in Digital Health). > > We encourage student researchers in Human Factors, UX Design, Human Computer Interaction and related fields to submit an abstract <https://goo.gl/forms/bAaE2MdmY7soozso2>. Please read the call for abstracts <https://iuw2018.wordpress.com/present/> here and register via our Eventbrite page <https://www.eventbrite.com/e/inter-university-workshop-iuw-2018-registratio…>. Feel free to share these links with your student groups and promote it on your sites, also our attached poster. > > Important deadlines: > Now: Abstract submission for oral & poster presentations and conference registration is OPEN > November 2 <x-apple-data-detectors://6>: Abstract submission deadline for oral and poster presentations > November 12 <x-apple-data-detectors://7>: Conference registration ends > > New this year: Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC) is offering a complimentary tour of their facilities for a limited number of IUW attendees. Stay tuned for more details! Note: Unfortunately, the tour is restricted to Canadian and U.S. citizens. > > For any questions, concerns and suggestions, please contact us at iuwchair2018(a)mie.utoronto.ca <mailto:iuwchair2018@mie.utoronto.ca> > ------------------------------------------------------ >

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Fwd: Frankenstein: Then, Now, Next Symposium
by Ishtiaque Ahmed 10 Oct '18

10 Oct '18

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: Jean-Olivier Richard <jeanolivier.richard(a)utoronto.ca> Date: Tue, Oct 9, 2018 at 10:11 AM Subject: Frankenstein: Then, Now, Next Symposium To: Ishtiaque Ahmed <ishtiaque(a)cs.toronto.edu> Dear Ishtiaque, I hope this finds you well. I mentioned to you the other day that St. Mike's is hosting a series of events for undergrads, grad students, and faculty on the last week of October to celebrate the 200th anniversary and continued relevance of Shelley's Frankenstein. Attached is the postcard invitation. Would you be so kind as to help diffuse the information? Perhaps you could forward it to whoever is in charge of the CS mailing list. It would be important that we get some of you on board for the Symposium. Please let me know if you have any question. Also, if you know anyone who would be interested in joining one of our roundtables, let me know, there's still a little room Best regards, Jean-Olivier

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Demos for Géry Casiez on Friday afternoon
by Fanny Chevalier 10 Oct '18

10 Oct '18

Hi everyone, Géry Casiez <http://cristal.univ-lille.fr/~casiez/> (from Inria, and former member of dgp) is spending a few weeks at the University of Waterloo this term as a visiting professor, and will swing by our lab this coming Friday. It would be great to have a few demos of the recent (or less recent) work going on at the lab. Please send me an email with your availability to give a quick demo on Friday. As usual: you should be excited about the prospect of demoing your work to visitors, so I shall expect your reply. Don’t be shy :) Fanny

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Need a volunteer for HCI meeting on October 16, 2018
by Mohammad Rashidujjaman Rifat 09 Oct '18

09 Oct '18

Hi all, We need a volunteer for the HCI meeting on Tuesday, October 16, 2018. Please reply me back with a description of what you are going to do/present. 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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