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[Tux] TUX Reminder: Fraser Anderson Tomorrow!
by Xuan Dam 26 Mar '19

26 Mar '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 Member Presentation by Dr. Fraser Anderson. We look forward to seeing you there! Ali, Daniel, and Tovi TUX Member Presentation: Dr. Fraser Anderson *December 4, 2018. DGP Lab, Department of Computer Science at U of T @ 40 St. George Street Room 5166* Lunch reception begins at 12:30 pm. Presentation begins at 1:00 pm. *Designing Intelligent Objects * Intelligent objects are all around us — responsive buildings, connected toys, smart speakers. Designing these objects remains difficult, with significant effort required from domain experts in mechanical, electrical, and software engineering to get initial prototypes up and running. This often leaves little time to consider the user experience, which suffers as a result of this overhead. This talk covers several approaches which aim to reduce the investment needed to design, create and test smart objects and spaces. These approaches simplify tasks of programming, 3D modelling and fabrication to decrease the time and effort between ideation and testing. The work spans broad range of domains – including the design of system behaviours, programming building controls, and creating circuits. This research builds on a wide range of enabling technology, from virtual reality to generative design and covers a wide range of application areas. As the research moves towards the architectural-scale, this presentation will cover a large-scale living research lab which is being developed at Autodesk in Toronto to explore the future of smart construction. *Bio* Fraser Anderson is a Principal Research Scientist within the User Interface group at Autodesk Research. At Autodesk, he examines how new technology can support designers in developing, prototyping and building smart objects and structures. This research encompasses new interaction techniques, fabrication systems, and applying generative design technology to circuitry. He is an active member of the academic Human Computer Interaction community, serving on the program committee of ACM’s CHI, UIST and MobileHCI conferences, as well as actively publishing in these venues. Prior to joining Autodesk, Fraser completed his PhD and Master’s in Computing Science at the University of Alberta under Walter Bischof and Pierre Boulanger where his research examined cognitive and motor learning – he continues to pursue this line of research as it relates to using technology to guide and teach people to perform real-world tasks within the areas of construction and manufacturing. 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 _______________________________________________ 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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Web Accessibility Challenge
by Ishtiaque Ahmed 21 Dec '18

21 Dec '18

Some of you may be interested in this: http://www.w4a.info/2019/submissions/web-accessibility-challenge/ Deadline: Jan 27 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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CFP: CHI'19 HCI Across Borders and Intersections Symposium
by Ishtiaque Ahmed 13 Dec '18

13 Dec '18

***Apologies for cross-posting*** CALL FOR PARTICIPATION ###################################################### Workshop at CHI 19: HCI Across Borders and Intersections (Symposium@CHI19) www.hcixb.org ###################################################### ----------------------------------------------------------- IMPORTANT DATES ----------------------------------------------------------- - January 15th: submissions for authors with request for visa support (please inform organizers if you need a visa support letter) - February 12th: all submissions - March 1st: participant notification - March 31st: camera-ready version - May 4th: symposium at CHI ----------------------------------------------------------- SUBMISSION ----------------------------------------------------------- - 6 pages max in CHI Extended Abstracts format (excluding references) - One-page curriculum vitae - Submissions (pdf) at hcixb19.hotcrp.com ----------------------------------------------------------- ABOUT HCI ACROSS BORDERS (HCIxB) ----------------------------------------------------------- Counting from the Development Consortium in CHI 2016 in San Jose California, the HCI Across Borders (HCIxB) Symposium during CHI 2019 will be the fourth consecutive event inside the conference, dedicated to learn from those around the world working to apply HCI methods and techniques to help others to move across all kind of boundaries. Nowadays there are new types of borders and some of them prevent access to technologies with the potential of improving life in many ways. As we have learned those doing research and creating applications to overcome borders are themselves going across them. They often use methods and practices that combine perspectives and adapt to local conditions that are less than optimal or present unique features that are hard to recreate in a laboratory. People has crossed borders since the very moment they were created. Some social limitations and segregations effectively become borders even if they are not recognized as such. Using their creativity and employing technology in unexpected ways, people move across borders seeking a higher standard of life for them and for their families and friends. How can we help them to achieve that purpose? What is the role of HCI research and practice in helping people move to reach better life conditions? Who is doing that and what can we learn from them? To find answers we need the help of HCI researchers and practitioners around the world who work with underserved and underrepresented communities. Those living in difficult and stressful conditions: migrants, communities with high rates of violence, corruption, war, poverty, malnutrition, famine, epidemics, may find some relief through the use of technology designed or adapted to their needs. We have to be aware of two things: technology is not primarily created for them and those working to produce technology to help may not know that there is a field called HCI in which to find useful knowledge to apply. HCI Across Borders provides a unique opportunity to bring together those visions and efforts. With that aim in mind we invite researchers, practitioners, students, and all involved, from both sides of any border, to submit to HCIxB. The list of topics includes, and is not limited to: - Application for supporting social mobility - Provision of health through unusual channels - Projects related to e-learning, distant education and educational resources - Access to financial services to underserved population - Connecting communities separated by geographical, social or cultural borders - Supporting entrepreneurship in poor and distant areas - Implementation of communications infrastructure in rural villages - Technology for serving groups in transit or migrating - Understanding needs and practices of people with technology restrictions - Games for relief - Applications to connect those who want to help with those in need - How new technology can be used for improving life standards - Using HCI methods for the benefit of people in need - [your crossing border story here] Read on and start preparing your submission to be part of HCIxB. ----------------------------------------------------------- SCHEDULES ----------------------------------------------------------- HCIxB will take place on Saturday, May 4th 2019, right at the start of CHI 2019. It will be a one day Symposium with participants from all over the world. Below is a tentative schedule. We plan to tune it up based on communications with prospective participants and on our experience from past iterations. 09.00-09.15: Opening Remarks 09.15-10.45: Short presentations and posters – Session I 10.45-11.00: Break – Networking while drinking coffee or tea 11.00-12.30: Short presentations and posters – Session II 12.30-02.00: Lunch – Networking while enjoying meals 02.00-03.30: Short presentations and posters – Session III 03.30-04.00: Break – Go talk to that person you heard! And have some coffee 04.00-05.00: Split and work in groups – catch ideas floating in the air before they go 05.00-05.30: Closing session – Symposium ends work begins! ----------------------------------------------------------- SUBMISSIONS ----------------------------------------------------------- Please prepare and submit a proposal (less than 6 pages excluding references in the CHI Extended Abstracts format) by Tuesday, January 15th, 2019 – soft deadline for those requiring a visa support letter with express decision notification – or before Tuesday, February 12th – hard deadline. We invite early-stage and mid-stage projects where presenters could seek actionable feedback from community members. You will receive a decision by Friday, March 1st, so that you can plan your registration and travels (including visa arrangements) accordingly. Camera-ready versions will be due on Sunday, March 31st. Please note that the accepted submissions will not be indexed in the ACM DL but will be listed in the HCIxB official website. In summary, the dates are as follow: Soft deadline: Tuesday, January 15th 2019 * Submit by this date if you need a visa support letter Hard deadline: Tuesday, February 12th 2019 Notification: 15 days after your submission and no later than Thursday, February 28th. Here are some questions you may want to consider answering in your submission: - Who are you? Please include your department, year of study, organization, etc. - What is the context and motivation that drives your research or project? - What are your project/intervention/research goals or questions? - What problems are you addressing? What solutions are you expecting to deliver? - In what context are you working? What are the cultural or social conditions? - What is your approach? What methods are you using/do you plan to use? - What is novel or innovative in your approach? How does it stand apart from similar ones? - What have you found thus far? - What is the status of your project? What are the challenges and obstacles you have found? - What are the expected contributions of your work? In addition, please include a 1-page curriculum vitae. If you need a visa support letter make sure you let know organizers along with your submission. For examples of accepted submissions in previous editions see: 2018: http://www.hcixb.org/past-events/chi2018/participants/ 2017: http://www.hcixb.org/past-events/2017-2/accepted-papers-authors/ 2016: https://hci4dacrossborders.wordpress.com/ All submissions will be reviewed by the organizers. They will be selected in accordance with their potential to contribute to the Symposium and to foster discussion and growth among the participants. Accepted submissions will be available on our website before the conference. Authors of accepted submissions will also be invited to bring posters of their proposals at CHI (although not mandatory). Based on accepted submissions, we will invite seasoned HCI researchers in relevant areas to provide rich feedback to symposium participants. A selection of the accepted submissions will be included in the short presentations sessions program. Time slots will be announced prior to the conference. Please submit your PDFs at https://hcixb19.hotcrp.com/ ----------------------------------------------------------- BUSARIES ----------------------------------------------------------- We are working on obtaining funding to pay travel expenses (or at least a portion thereof) for attendees in need, though we should clarify beforehand that this is going to be a challenge this year. Please note that CHI guidelines require that at least one author of each accepted submission to attend and be registered for the symposium. Be aware there are multiple options for obtaining financial support and it is up to you to apply once you have an accepted submission. Below is a short sample of options: - SIGCHI Student Travel Grant, https://sigchi.org/conferences/student-travel-grants/student-travel-grant/ - Gary Marsden Student Development Fund, https://sigchi.org/2017/08/gary-marsden-student-development-fund-now-opens-… - Become a Student Volunteer, https://chi2019.acm.org/for-attendees/student-volunteering/ ----------------------------------------------------------- ORGANIZERS ----------------------------------------------------------- In alphabetical order: Aditya Vashistha, University of Washington (USA) Anicia Peters, Namibia University of Science and Technology (Namibia) Apoorva Bhalla, IIIT Bangalore (India) Christian Sturm, Hamm-Lippstadt University of Applied Sciences (Germany) Christine Wanjiru Mburu, University of Cape Town (South Africa) Cuauhtémoc Rivera Loaiza, University of Michoacan (Mexico) David Nemer, University of Kentucky (USA) Elefelious Getachew Belay, University of Milan (Italy) Kurtis Heimerl, University of Washington (USA) Laura S. Gaytan-Lugo, University of Colima (Mexico) Leonel Vinicio Morales Diaz, Universidad Francisco Marroquin (Guatemala) Lucia Marisol Villacres Falconi, Georgia Institute of Technology (USA) Lynn Kirabo, Carnegie Mellon University (USA) Malay Bhattacharyya, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata (India) Marisol Wong-Villacres, Georgia Institute of Technology (USA) Michaelanne Dye, Georgia Institute of Technology (USA) Moinuddin Bhuiyan, Grameenphone Ltd. (Bangladesh) Naveena Karusala, University of Washington (USA) Neha Kumar, Georgia Tech (USA) Nova Ahmed, North South University, Dhaka (Bangladesh) Rama Adithya Varanasi, Cornell University (USA) Rita Orji, Dalhousie University (Canada) Susan Dray, Dray Associates (USA) Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed, University of Toronto (Canada) Vikram Kamath Cannanure, Carnegie Mellon University (USA) ----------------------------------------------------------- CONTACT ----------------------------------------------------------- For updates, please check http://www.hcixb.org Email us your questions at admin(a)hcixb.org 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: Help Teens Thrive
by Ishtiaque Ahmed 12 Dec '18

12 Dec '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: roco films <allie(a)rocofilms.com> Date: Wed, Dec 12, 2018 at 2:18 PM Subject: Help Teens Thrive To: <ishtiaque(a)cs.toronto.edu> December comes with the excitement of the holidays but for many it can be a source of anxiety, depression and loneliness. These films illustrate... Help Teens Thrive December comes with the excitement of the holidays but for many it can be a source of anxiety, depression and loneliness. These films illustrate many of the stresses, worries, and mental health issues many of our students and young people are facing year-round while emphasizing the changes that are possible. Bring these films to your community or considering gifting a license to your local school, library, or organization. Driven by a desire to understand why her best friend killed herself at 16, Jacqueline Monetta asks teens to share their struggles with mental illness and suicide attempts. Through Jacqueline's intimate teen-to-teen conversations, NOT ALONE helps audiences learn about depression, anxiety, self-harm, and getting help and treating mental illness. The film shows that mental illnesses, like physical illnesses, *can and should *be treated. *LEARN <https://rocoeducational.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7a5bbd31c311a11a…>MORE <https://rocoeducational.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7a5bbd31c311a11a…>* RACE TO NOWHERE features the stories of students who have been pushed to the brink by over-scheduling, over-testing and the relentless pressure to achieve. Through the testimony of educators, parents and education experts, it reveals an education system in which cheating has become commonplace; students have become disengaged; stress-related illness, depression and burnout are rampant; and young people arrive at college and the workplace unprepared and uninspired. *LEARN MORE <https://rocoeducational.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7a5bbd31c311a11a…>* As always, please do not hesitate to contact us <allie(a)rocofilms.com> with any questions about hosting a screening, licensing or educational supplements that accompany the films. Visit the rest of our collection here <https://rocoeducational.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7a5bbd31c311a11a…> . <https://rocoeducational.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7a5bbd31c311a11a…> <https://rocoeducational.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7a5bbd31c311a11a…> <https://rocoeducational.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7a5bbd31c311a11a…> *Copyright © 2018 ro*co films international, llc, All rights reserved.* www.rocoeducational.com <https://rocoeducational.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7a5bbd31c311a11a…> allie(a)rocofilms.com | dana(a)rocofilms.com Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences <https://rocoeducational.us13.list-manage.com/profile?u=7a5bbd31c311a11a37d6…> or unsubscribe from this list <https://rocoeducational.us13.list-manage.com/unsubscribe?u=7a5bbd31c311a11a…> .

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Fwd: [jobs] Fwd: Snap Research Call for Interns
by Ishtiaque Ahmed 12 Dec '18

12 Dec '18

FYI Best Regards, Ishtiaque Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science University of Toronto, Room 5262, 40 Saint George Street, Toronto, ON M5S 2E4 Ph: +1 647 220 3482 web: https://www.ishtiaque.net/ ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Alec Jacobson <jacobson(a)cs.toronto.edu> Date: Fri, Dec 7, 2018 at 12:59 AM Subject: [jobs] Fwd: Snap Research Call for Interns To: jobs(a)dgp.toronto.edu <jobs(a)dgp.toronto.edu> ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: David Salesin <salesin(a)snap.com> Date: Fri, Dec 7, 2018 at 14:57 Subject: Snap Research Call for Interns To: David Salesin <salesin(a)snap.com> Snap Research is offering internships for spring, summer, and fall of 2019. We are looking for PhD students who are excited about pushing the state of the art in computer science areas such as graphics, vision, human-computer interaction, machine learning, natural language processing, deep learning, data science and more -- in ways that could be of interest to Snap Inc. as well as to the research community at large. We have just started recruiting, and we would love to hear from you! You will collaborate with one or more researchers, with access to world-class product groups and design teams. We explore opportunities for technology transfer and regularly publish in leading journals and conferences. We are especially interested in fostering ongoing collaborations and are open to projects that last beyond the internship. We compensate interns well and provide access to large computational resources. We strive to create an environment that is both productive and fun. Our team currently includes the following areas and researchers: Computational Imaging --- New York City and Seattle: Shree Nayar <snayar>: Computational Imaging, Computer Vision, Computer Graphics Austin Reiter <areiter>: Computational Imaging, Action Recognition, 3D Reconstruction Guru Krishnan <guru>: Computational Imaging, Computer Vision, Acoustic Signal Processing Jian Wang <jwang4>: Computational Imaging, Computational Photography, 3D Reconstruction Karl Bayer <kbayer>: Robotics, Human-Computer Interfaces, 3D Modeling, Rapid Prototyping Computer Vision and Deep Learning --- Santa Monica and San Francisco: Ning Xu <ning.xu>: Deep learning, Image/Video Processing, Computer Vision, Audio/Speech Sergey Tulyakov <stulyakov>: generative modeling, facial analysis Yuncheng Li <yuncheng.li>: object detection, pose estimation Ziyu Zhang <zzhang3>: vision and language, generative modeling, instance segmentation Will Brendel <william.brendel>: unsupervised deep learning, quadratic optimization, Computer Vision Qieyun Dai <qdai>: object detection, semantic segmentation Ian Enxu Yan <eyan2>: accelerating deep learning, inference, and search. Computer Graphics --- Santa Monica and San Francisco: Linjie Luo <linjie.luo>: 3D reconstruction and understanding, augmented and virtual reality Chen Cao <chen.cao>: 3D face modeling and tracking, facial image & video manipulation Chongyang Ma <cma>: deep generative models, 3D reconstruction, video synthesis David Salesin <salesin>: digital photography & video, non-photorealistic rendering (NPR), visualization Menglei Chai <mchai>: image-based reconstruction, image & video editing, 3D portrait modeling Yingying Wang <ywang>: deep learning for motion synthesis, motion style transfer, 2D cartoon animation Zehao Xue <zehao.xue>: character animation(face,body), character rigging, AR&VR, mocap, 3D printing Olly Woodford <oliver.woodford>: SLAM, 3D reconstruction, camera/object tracking, AR Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) --- Santa Monica and Seattle: Andrés Monroy-Hernández <amh>: social computing systems (lately using wearables and AR) Rajan Vaish <rvaish>: crowdsourcing, AR and Mixed Reality, mobile and social computing Maarten Bos <maarten>: behavioral science Brian Smith <bsmith>: interaction design, interaction techniques, game design, AR, input methods Ian Wehrman <iwehrman>: user-experience design; web development Joel Brandt <jbrandt>: creative design tools Maria Pavlovskaia <maria>: rapid prototyping and new app development across all research products Natural Language Processing (NLP) --- Santa Monica: Luis Marujo <luis>: Text Understanding, Multi-Modal Retrieval, Deep Learning for NLP Leo Neves <lneves>: Document Representation, Entity Linking, Multimodal learning, Bias mitigation Pradeep Karuturi <pradeep>: sentiment/emotion analysis, content quality/sensitivity, NLP engineering Data Science and Data Mining --- Santa Monica: Neil Shah <nshah>: misbehavior detection, content moderation, user behavior modeling, network analysis Colin Eles <celes>: software engineering, infrastructure development, inference and training pipelines To apply, please send an email to research-internships(a)snap.com with your CV, a list of your research interests, and any specific researchers you would like to work with. Also feel free to contact researchers directly at their email address: <researcher-alias>@snap.com. Internships will be granted on a rolling basis, so apply as soon as possible. _______________________________________________ jobs mailing list https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/jobs Note: jobs is not a discussion list. Please direct any replies to the poster or to another mailing list.

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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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Mechanism Design for Sustainable Development
by Ishtiaque Ahmed 09 Dec '18

09 Dec '18

This is a super new initiative by a Cornell student and some of you may get interested in it - http://md4sg.com/ 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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