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1-on-1 meeting times for Winter 2019
by Ishtiaque Ahmed 17 Jan '19

17 Jan '19

Here is my plan for weekly 1-on-1 meetings. Feel free to let me know if you have a conflict. Please note that I have shortened the meeting length this semester. Hazem: Tuesday 3-3:30 pm Tushar: Tuesday 3:30-4 pm Yasaman: Tuesday 4-4:30 pm Rifat: Tuesday 4:30-5:15 pm Dina: Wednesday 4:15 - 5:00 pm We start from next week (Dina start the week after) 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: Merck Innovation Cup 2019
by Ishtiaque Ahmed 17 Jan '19

17 Jan '19

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: Ulrich Betz <ulrich.betz(a)merckgroup.com> Date: Mon, Jan 14, 2019 at 7:47 AM Subject: Merck Innovation Cup 2019 To: Dear Ladies and Gentlemen, >From June 23 - 29, 2019, Merck KGaA <http://www.merckgroup.com>, Darmstadt, Germany will be hosting the Merck Innovation Cup ( http://innovationcup.merckgroup.com, http://innovationcup.emdgroup.com). The Innovation Cup is an initiative for graduate students in natural sciences, computer sciences, and business administration to attend a training program near Frankfurt, Germany. All travel, food and accommodation expenses are paid by us. The Innovation Cup is designed to support the professional development of graduate students interested in the pharmaceutical industry. Participants learn how R&D in the industry works by lectures from Merck managers and scientists. The students will also advance an idea to a full project plan with their teams. The event brings together a promising new generation of talent with senior Merck managers and researchers and accomplished Merck retirees in a meeting of the generations. It also provides a unique chance to network with the brightest students from all around the world. Teams will work on innovative projects in the areas of: Oncology, Immuno-Oncology, Autoimmunity, Small Molecule Drug Discovery, Protein Engineering and Screening, Digitalization. Postdocs and graduate students on their way towards a PhD in biology, chemistry, physics, medicine, biotechnology, bioinformatics, computer sciences, data sciences, informatics, biochemistry, pharmacy, engineering or related fields are invited to apply. In addition, advanced MBA students or recent MBA graduates with an interest in the pharmaceutical business and a background in natural sciences are also eligible. The participating teams have the chance to win the Innovation Cup award endowed with EUR 20,000 for the most convincing project plan. At the last day of the Innovation Cup a scientific conference with alumni from previous editions will be organized. Applications are now possible at: http://innovationcup.merckgroup.com http://innovationcup.emdgroup.com (For U.S. and Canada) Deadline: January 31st, 2019 We appreciate your help in making this unique opportunity known in your network and look forward to receiving many applications from students of your organization. Please find enclosed a flyer announcing the event, we are happy to also ship printed hardcopies of posters or flyers to you if requested. Please let me know! Thank you for your support! Mit freundlichen Grüßen/Best regards Uli Betz ___________________________________________________________ Dr. Ulrich A.K. Betz Vice President │Department Head Innovation & Entrepreneurship Incubator Biopharma *Merck* Merck KGaA│Frankfurter Str. 250│Postcode F127/003│D-64293 Darmstadt│Germany Phone: +49 6151 72 8175│Fax: +49 6151 72 91 8175 E-mail: ulrich.betz@merckgroup.com│http://www.merckgroup.com Mandatory information can be found at: http://www.merckgroup.com/mandatories Pflichtangaben finden Sie unter: http://www.merckgroup.com/mandatories *Privacy Note*: We are using your personal data for our current and potential future collaborations with you and will keep your data as long as we consider working with you. We use and collect contact data, data about professional qualifications, publications etc. and some of that data comes from public sources, especially websites (legal basis: Article 6 (1) b) and f) GDPR). 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Google Account for Third Space
by Abdul Kawsar Tushar 17 Jan '19

17 Jan '19

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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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First lab meeting on Wednesday 5-7pm
by Ishtiaque Ahmed 15 Jan '19

15 Jan '19

Just catching up and planning. Topics to discuss: 1. Website 2. Everyone's project update 3. Upcoming deadlines 4. Who is reading what. Regards, Ishtiaque

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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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No lab or 1-on-1 meeting this week
by Ishtiaque Ahmed 08 Jan '19

08 Jan '19

Happy New Year! 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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**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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