Thirdspace July 2019

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Comics and Statistics Workshop - Thursday Jul 18, 1:00 - 2:30 PM BA5187
by jritchie 15 Jul '19

15 Jul '19

Hi everybody, I wanted to invite you all to a comics workshop that I'm running in the seminar room (BA5187) this Thursday from 1-2:30 PM (during Daniel's group meeting). In the activity, participants will create a comic-style summary of the statistical analysis used in a research paper. Each attendee should bring a copy of one of their own projects (ideally a finished course project or research paper) that involved a statistical analysis. If you don't have any suitable projects, bring a research paper that you recently read. If you can attend, I'd really appreciate it! It will be a good opportunity to have fun and be creative while getting more comfortable with the statistics used in studies and discussing them with some of the more senior grad students. Please RSVP by replying to this email or my Slack post, so we have an idea of the number of attendees to prepare for. Best, Jacob

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Monday 1:1 is optional for students
by Ishtiaque Ahmed 13 Jul '19

13 Jul '19

Folks - You can skip this Monday's 1:1, if there is no significant update. If you still want to meet, please let me know (default is NOT meeting). We will meet next week on Monday. This notice does not apply on Priyank who I am meeting at 1 pm EST. Best Regards, Ishtiaque Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science University of Toronto, ON, CA Ph: +1 647 220 3482 Skype: syed.ishtiaque.ahmed web: https://www.ishtiaque.net/ My Availability: Google Calendar Link <https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=ishtiaque.uoft%40gmail.com&c…>

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This week's 1-1 meeting will move from Monday to Wednesday
by Ishtiaque Ahmed 07 Jul '19

07 Jul '19

Dear Students, Those of you who have 1-1 meetings with me on Monday this week will have that at the same time on Wednesday. If there is something urgent, please shoot me an email. Best Regards, Ishtiaque Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science University of Toronto, ON, CA Ph: +1 647 220 3482 Skype: syed.ishtiaque.ahmed web: https://www.ishtiaque.net/ My Availability: Google Calendar Link <https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=ishtiaque.uoft%40gmail.com&c…>

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Talk Tue 16 July 12:30-2:00 pm in Bahen 5187: Rationality Enhancement: Towards theories and tools for helping people become more effective by Falk Lieder
by Joseph Jay Williams 06 Jul '19

06 Jul '19

Falk Lieder from Max Planck Institute (formerly UC Berkeley) will be giving a talk Tue 16 July 12:30-2:00 pm in Bahen (BA) 5187 (U of T time, talk starts 12:40, runs about 50 minutes). The title, abstract and bio are pasted below. Feel free to forward this on to colleagues or relevant mailing lists, the audience will be multidisciplinary, crossing human-computer interaction, psychology, and machine learning. Go to the Google Doc at URL tiny.cc/falktalk for information such as: >When he is visiting and how to request a meeting. >The information to watch the live stream and recording of his talk (link will be added at 12:30 Tue 16 July). >Directions to BA 5187. >Anything else we think of adding or people request. Rationality Enhancement: Towards theories and tools for helping people become more effective Abstract: Human judgment and decision-making appear to be riddled with numerous systematic errors. Previous attempts to attenuate these so-called cognitive biases by educating people about them or schooling them in the laws of logic, probability theory, and expected utility theory have had limited success. In this talk, I will outline an alternative approach to improving human decision-making that grew out of rethinking what it means to be rational. In the first part of my talk, I will illustrate that making Herbert Simon’s notion of bounded rationality mathematically precise allows us to derive optimal decision strategies from first principles. In the second part of my talk, I will illustrate how such advances can be leveraged to improve human decision-making. Concretely, I will present an intelligent tutor that can discover optimal planning strategies and helps people to internalize those strategies by providing metacognitive feedback. Finally, in the third part of my talk, I will present a complementary approach that combines artificial intelligence with gamification to help people overcome procrastination and become more productive. Bio: Falk Lieder is a Max Planck Research Group Leader at the MPI for Intelligent Systems here in Tübingen. His newly established Rationality Enhancement Group strives to lay the cognitive and technological foundations for helping people become more effective. He completed his Ph.D. in Tom Griffiths’s Computational Cognitive Science Lab at the University of California, Berkeley. Prior to this, he worked as a research assistant in Klaas Stephan’s Translational Neuromodeling Unit, received a masters degree in Neural Systems and Computation from ETH Zurich, and completed two simultaneous bachelor’s degrees in Cognitive Science and Mathematics/Computer Science at the University of Osnabrück Website: https://sites.google.com/site/falklieder/home Joseph Joseph Jay Williams www.josephjaywilliams.com Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto Intelligent Adaptive Interventions (IAI) research group

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Fwd: Announcing the Tiger Challenge with $2 Million in Prize Funding
by Ishtiaque Ahmed 04 Jul '19

04 Jul '19

FYI Regards, Ishtiaque ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: MIT Solve <solve(a)mit.edu> Date: Tue, Jul 2, 2019, 11:10 PM Subject: Announcing the Tiger Challenge with $2 Million in Prize Funding To: Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed <ishtiaque(a)cs.toronto.edu> How can innovators and entrepreneurs create economic and social prosperity in Bangladesh? Economic and social prosperity rests upon the ability of... ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ <https://mit.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=742ef84d70e8f3eb044492cbc&id…> Announcing the Tiger Challenge with $2 Million in Prize Funding How can innovators and entrepreneurs create economic and social prosperity in Bangladesh? Economic and social prosperity rests upon the ability of communities to create healthy and productive lives for themselves. Though vast improvements in health, education, infant mortality, and life expectancy in Bangladesh have driven remarkable progress for its people and economy over the last decade, there remains still widespread poverty, with new challenges also emerging such as rising levels of youth unemployment and increasing exposure to environmental health risks. The Tiger IT Foundation <https://mit.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=742ef84d70e8f3eb044492cbc&id…> is seeking solutions that will address these issues by launching the Tiger Challenge <https://mit.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=742ef84d70e8f3eb044492cbc&id…> powered by MIT Solve <https://mit.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=742ef84d70e8f3eb044492cbc&id…>. This inaugural Challenge aims to find and support solutions from innovators inside and outside of Bangladesh that will: - Accelerate economic growth and create high-paying jobs across geographies and demographics in Bangladesh, especially among marginalized populations and youth; - Provide equitable and cost-effective access to services such as healthcare, education, and skills training to enable Bangladeshi society to adapt and thrive in an environment of changing technology and demands; - Reduce economic vulnerability and lower barriers to global participation and inclusion, including expanding access to information, internet, and digital literacy; or - Support economic development and food security in rural Bangladesh through sustainable agricultural methods that are resource efficient, low/zero carbon, and do not contribute to regional pollution. The Tiger Challenge is open *to any Bangladesh-based applicants and any international applicants who have entered or intend to enter the Bangladeshi market*. Up to USD $2 million in investment funding is available for selected winners of the Tiger Challenge. Are there innovators in your network working on a solution to the Tiger Challenge? Please forward this message to them! Bangladesh-based applicants should apply here <https://mit.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=742ef84d70e8f3eb044492cbc&id…> by August 30 and international applicants expanding to Bangladesh should apply here <https://mit.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=742ef84d70e8f3eb044492cbc&id…> by October 18. We look forward to your submissions. Happy Solving! The Solve Team [image: Divider] To help current and future Solver teams, donate to MIT Solve <https://mit.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=742ef84d70e8f3eb044492cbc&id…>. Was this email forwarded to you, and would you like to see more? *Sign up* <https://mit.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=742ef84d70e8f3eb044492cbc&id…> Solve is an initiative of MIT that advances lasting solutions from tech entrepreneurs to address the world’s most pressing problems. donate <https://mit.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=742ef84d70e8f3eb044492cbc&id…> | add to contacts <https://mit.us19.list-manage.com/vcard?u=742ef84d70e8f3eb044492cbc&id=66eab…> | edit preferences <https://mit.us19.list-manage.com/profile?u=742ef84d70e8f3eb044492cbc&id=66e…> | unsubscribe <https://mit.us19.list-manage.com/unsubscribe?u=742ef84d70e8f3eb044492cbc&id…> | view in browser <https://mailchi.mp/c890a075a0bf/announcing-the-tiger-challenge-with-2-milli…> follow us [image: Twitter] <https://mit.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=742ef84d70e8f3eb044492cbc&id…> [image: Facebook] <https://mit.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=742ef84d70e8f3eb044492cbc&id…> [image: LinkedIn] <https://mit.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=742ef84d70e8f3eb044492cbc&id…> [image: Instagram] <https://mit.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=742ef84d70e8f3eb044492cbc&id…> MIT Solve 600 Technology Square, Floor 3 Cambridge, MA 02139 USA [image: Solve]

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Tushar's abstract is accepted to "Together Against Stigma" (TAS) conference
by Ishtiaque Ahmed 03 Jul '19

03 Jul '19

Hi Group, One more good piece of news to share (and I am late in sharing this, apologies!). Tushar's work on stigma toward mental health has been accepted to be presented at the 9th International Conference on Together Against Stigma (TAS). This is the top conference of stigma and they have only invited a very few selected number of Abstracts to be presented. Tushar is now working on the full version of the paper. We hope to share with you more details about this work soon. Congratulations, Tushar! Best Regards, Ishtiaque Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science University of Toronto, ON, CA Ph: +1 647 220 3482 Skype: syed.ishtiaque.ahmed web: https://www.ishtiaque.net/ My Availability: Google Calendar Link <https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=ishtiaque.uoft%40gmail.com&c…>

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Maryam received the Faculty of Arts and Science Recognition of Excellence Award
by Ishtiaque Ahmed 03 Jul '19

03 Jul '19

Hi Folks, Maryam has received the Faculty of Arts and Science Recognition of Excellence Award which is usually awarded to only one student in the whole Department! Many many congratulations, Maryam! Best Regards, Ishtiaque Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science University of Toronto, ON, CA Ph: +1 647 220 3482 Skype: syed.ishtiaque.ahmed web: https://www.ishtiaque.net/ My Availability: Google Calendar Link <https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=ishtiaque.uoft%40gmail.com&c…>

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Re: [Thirdspace] HCI meeting on Tue 2 July at 12:30pm: Learning & Improving Semi-Structured Interview Techniques
by Joseph Jay Williams 01 Jul '19

01 Jul '19

Also, the goal for this is not to 'lecture' or only present, but to actually have people discussing resources, going over example protocols, giving advice. So we'll probably try to break into smaller groups. Please everyone bring your laptop, so we can write and add ideas into the google doc at tiny.cc/dinterview. Some people already added resources and advice (great job!), everyone else, please add more, especially take a look at: Tips & Advice for conducting interviews <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fByc4u6qOZyy1NOvBAAzk6T-fxWe85i3AyY3JjB…> Example Interview Guides <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fByc4u6qOZyy1NOvBAAzk6T-fxWe85i3AyY3JjB…> Example Interview Transcripts <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fByc4u6qOZyy1NOvBAAzk6T-fxWe85i3AyY3JjB…> Are there publicly available examples of Interview Guides or Interview Transcripts? Good ones, bad ones, medium quality ones? I also added new headings into the Gdoc tiny.cc/dinterview: Questions people have about HCI interviewing <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fByc4u6qOZyy1NOvBAAzk6T-fxWe85i3AyY3JjB…> Joseph Joseph Jay Williams www.josephjaywilliams.com Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto Intelligent Adaptive Interventions (IAI) research group On Mon, Jul 1, 2019 at 12:10 PM Yuya Asano <yuya.asano(a)mail.utoronto.ca> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I am Yuya. I am a fourth year CS undergrad who is working with Joseph this > summer and helping him manage this meeting. > > The meeting starts at 12:30pm in DGP seminar room. For those who cannot > make it in person, I will also set up google hangouts (the link will be > sent about 30 minutes before). Prior to the meeting, please add topics you > want to discuss and information you want others to know to the agenda from > here > <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fByc4u6qOZyy1NOvBAAzk6T-fxWe85i3AyY3JjB…> > . > > I am looking forward to see you soon. > > Best, > > Yuya > ---------------------- > Yuya Asano > University of Toronto > Fourth year > Specialist in Computer Science > Cell: 437-341-0805 > Email: yuya.asano(a)mail.utoronto.ca <yuya.asano(a)mail.utoronto.ca> > ---------------------- > >

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