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Fwd: Critical Computing Seminar (March 21): "Reconfiguring for Impact: Reflections on Community-based Design" by Aakash Gautam
by Ishtiaque Ahmed 17 Mar '25

17 Mar '25

Deal All, The next Critical Computing Seminar is on March 21. Please find details below. Best Regards, Ishtiaque == Dr. Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed Associate Professor Department of Computer Science The University of Toronto Ph: +1 647 220 3482 (mobile) Bahen Centre for Information Technology, Room 5262 Saint George Street, Toronto, ON M5S 2E4, Canada Website <https://www.ishtiaque.net/%20> || Google Calendar <https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0/embed?src=ishtiaque.uoft@gmail.com…> || ORCID ID <https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2452-0687> || Semantic Web <https://www.semanticscholar.org/author/Syed-Ishtiaque-Ahmed/145867840> == ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Priyank Chandra <priyank.chandra(a)utoronto.ca> Date: Mon, Mar 17, 2025 at 3:06 PM Subject: Critical Computing Seminar (March 21): "Reconfiguring for Impact: Reflections on Community-based Design" by Aakash Gautam To: faculty-all(a)ischool.utoronto.ca <faculty-all(a)ischool.utoronto.ca>, technoscienceunit-internal(a)googlegroups.com < technoscienceunit-internal(a)googlegroups.com> Cc: Shion Guha <shion.guha(a)utoronto.ca>, Ishtiaque Ahmed < ishtiaque(a)cs.toronto.edu>, Robert Soden <robert.soden(a)utoronto.ca>, Ashique Thuppilikkat <ashique.thuppilikkat(a)mail.utoronto.ca>, Siddhant Shinde < sid.shinde(a)mail.utoronto.ca> Dear All, We are pleased to invite you to the Critical Computing Seminar on March 21, 2025, at 11:00 AM. Prof. Aakash Gautam from the University of Pittsburgh, will deliver a talk, “Reconfiguring for Impact: Reflections on Community-based Design." The seminar will take place in the Learning Hub, 4th Floor, Bissell Building. Please register at: https://bit.ly/4iD40SM, to help us plan for refreshments. *Abstract:* In this talk, Prof. Aakash Gautam will reflect on two participatory technology design projects --- one in Nepal and one in the U.S. --- that engage with and support marginalized communities. The first project involved co-designing computing resources with an anti-sex trafficking organization and survivors living in a shelter home. The second, an ongoing multi-site effort, is a collaboration with nonprofit organizations that assist formerly incarcerated individuals (returning citizens) in their re- entry journey. While the contexts differ, commonalities exist around the prevalence of stigma, structural challenges, and the optimism as well as limits of technology in changing the condition. These projects have yielded insights on assets-based design and methodological considerations to promote agency and power in complex social contexts. Prof. Gautam will then take a critical turn to examine two fundamental questions: What is the right thing to do? and Have we done it? Questions around the tangible impact of these projects and whether the academic contributions meaningfully translate into public good remain open. Through this reflection, Prof. Gautam hopes to prompt a discussion on the values that guide community-based design and explore ways to bridge the gap between academic output and community-driven change. *Bio:* Prof. Aakash Gautam is an assistant professor with dual appointments in the Department of Computer Science and the Department of Information Culture and Data Stewardship. He completed his Ph.D. from Virginia Tech in 2021 for which he received the SIGCHI Outstanding Dissertation award. He is interested in designing socio-technical approaches to supporting dignity, well-being, and the collective capacity of marginalized communities. Learn more about him and his work at https://aakash.xyz/. *Time:* 21 March 2025, 11AM - 1PM *Location:* Learning Hub, 4th Floor, Claude T. Bissell Building, 140 St George St, Toronto, ON M5S 3G6 *Registration:* https://bit.ly/4iD40SM Regards Priyank Chandra Assistant Professor, Faculty of Information Director, STREET Lab <http://www.streetlab.tech/> University of Toronto http://www.priyankc.com This email is not secure.

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Fwd: my upcoming book event in Toronto!
by Ishtiaque Ahmed 01 Mar '25

01 Mar '25

Hello Everyone, Many of you may find Oliver's work interesting and may consider attending this event. Best Regards, Ishtiaque == Dr. Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed Associate Professor Department of Computer Science The University of Toronto Ph: +1 647 220 3482 (mobile) Bahen Centre for Information Technology, Room 5262 Saint George Street, Toronto, ON M5S 2E4, Canada Website <https://www.ishtiaque.net/%20> || Google Calendar <https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0/embed?src=ishtiaque.uoft@gmail.com…> || ORCID ID <https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2452-0687> || Semantic Web <https://www.semanticscholar.org/author/Syed-Ishtiaque-Ahmed/145867840> == ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Oliver Haimson <haimson(a)umich.edu> Date: Fri, Feb 28, 2025 at 1:05 PM Subject: my upcoming book event in Toronto! To: Syed%20Ishtiaque%20Ahmed%20 <ishtiaque(a)cs.toronto.edu> Hi Ishtiaque, I hope all is well with you. I wanted to reach out and let you know that I’ll be coming to your area soon for a book event! The event will be at 140 St. George Street, Toronto, Learning Hub, 4th floor (Claude Bissell Building) in Toronto on Monday, March 10 at 3pm. Here's the link to the event: https://sds.utoronto.ca/events/book-talk-trans-technologies-with-professor-… It would be great to see you if you’ll be around! And I’d love your help in spreading the word to others who may be interested :) Oliver [image: Toronto Trans Technologies, Book talk.png] -- Oliver Haimson, Ph.D. Assistant Professor University of Michigan School of Information pronouns: he/him oliverhaimson.com My new book *Trans Technologies <https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262551861/trans-technologies/>* (MIT Press) is out now!

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Phishing email today from <DGP> Important Notice
by John Hancock 21 Feb '25

21 Feb '25

Hi Everyone, You received today an email that was a phishing attempt for your user credentials from darby62(a)cablelan.net . Please ignore the message and any others that ask for your credentials in an email message or ask you to click a link to enter your credentials. If you have sent your credentials, please reply to jhancock(a)dgp.toronto.edu and change your password at zeus.dgp.toronto.edu . Thanks, -John

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Research Seminar: Changing Behaviour using AI and Experimentation: Applications in Education, Health Behaviour, Marketing, Website Design
by Joseph Jay Williams 16 Sep '24

16 Sep '24

Subject: Research Seminar: Changing Behaviour using AI and Experimentation: Applications in Education, Health Behaviour, Marketing, Website Design Zoom link to join: tiny.cc/williamszoom (see tiny.cc/williamstalk if issues) Add to your calendar: https://calendar.app.google/sojJZmf5QKAiYaDeA Research Seminar: Changing Behaviour using AI and Experimentation: Applications in Education, Health Behaviour, Marketing, Website Design Friday 20th September, 10-11:30am Pacific (1:00-2:30 pm EST) ICCS 246 Join Prof. Joseph Jay Williams and Prof. Dongwook Yoon in a special research seminar on Changing Behaviour using AI and Experimentation. This is an in-person event, with opinion to join online at tiny.cc/williamszoom, or request recording after from williamsassistant(a)adaptint.org. All are welcome and no registration required. Abstract: This lecture presents tools and methods for optimizing a product or intervention by making it Intelligent and Adaptive, including: (1) Messages/Prompts in Mobile Apps; (2) Explanations of concepts in websites; (3) Texts & Emails for Marketing & Health. This work is based on the AdapEx framework,which recently received 1st prize in the $1M Xprize competition for future of experimentation, to transform components of an interface into Intelligent agents, that integrate human intelligence (crowdsourcing) and artificial intelligence (LLMs). These components become Adaptive by using perpetually MicroExperiments to test out these different actions, and using qualitative and quantitative data to optimize what to show to a user/customer, in different contexts. We show how to use AdapComps to integrate AI/LLMs, Machine Learning for adaptive experiments, theories of psychology, and human-computer interaction/user experience design. Speaker's Bio: Joseph Jay Williams is an Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto in Computer Science, with courtesy appointments supervising PhD students in Statistical Science, Psychology, and the Vector Institute for Artificial Intelligence, and courtesy appointments in Economics & Industrial Engineering. He directs the Intelligent Adaptive Interventions lab, which aims to transform any user interface into an Intervention to help people change their behaviour and learn, by reimagining randomized "A/B" experiments as a tool for Intelligent Adaptation. His lab's work is represented in over 80 papers (www.intadaptint.org/papers <https://app.cyberimpact.com/redirect?ct=XXJdQKf28RO-Q1e8l5W9HQ2YdChm_l-2mJ_…>), 2 Best Paper Awards (1 at CHI), 4 Runner Up/Honorable Mention for Best Paper (CHI, EDM, LAS), and 1st place in a $1M Xprize competition for the future of experimentation technology in education. We've received over $2M in grant funding, enabling interventions impacting over 500 000 people. Their 10 PhD Students span HCI (Human Computer Interaction), Cognitive/Social/Clinical/Health Psychology, applied ML (reinforcement learning), applied AI (LLMs), & Statistics. Joseph was previously an Assistant Professor in Information Systems & Analytics at National University of Singapore, Research Scientist at Harvard, postdoc at Stanford, and did his PhD at UC Berkeley. He is originally from Trinidad and Tobago. Talks for different audiences are at www.intadaptint.org/representative-talks <https://app.cyberimpact.com/redirect?ct=0T7DYyu8f0ewD1X-f2Gav1bTAk4Cv7T0Ww0…>, and their research agenda on Intelligent Adaptive Experimentation is summarized at the URL tiny.cc/williamsresearch <https://app.cyberimpact.com/redirect?ct=ewGEeRjjTzLphABm65X4mA8FT7Esd1tRugW…> . Joseph Joseph Jay Williams, Assistant Professor, www.josephjaywilliams.com Intelligent Adaptive Interventions research group Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto (primary) Dept. of Psychology; Statistical Sciences (courtesy graduate appointments – admitting PhD students); Economics; Mechanical & Industrial Engineering Vector Institute for Artificial Intelligence Faculty Affiliate

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Fwd: UofT @ CHI 2023 Document
by Ishtiaque Ahmed 06 Apr '23

06 Apr '23

Dear All, We are populating a list of papers, workshops, LBWs, Panels, etc. accepted for CHI 2023. Please check the list, and if your accepted submission is not listed, please add that to the document. Also, please share this document with other UofT folks who have accepted submissions for CHI 2023. *URL: * https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bwf88CW3H01JeHx4BbCdg9TykZJkCLTAEPYUbh4… Best Regards, Ishtiaque == Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science The University of Toronto Ph: +1 647 220 3482 (mobile) Bahen Centre for Information Technology, Room 5262 Saint George Street, Toronto, ON M5S 2E4, Canada Website <https://www.ishtiaque.net/%20> || Google Calendar <https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0/embed?src=ishtiaque.uoft@gmail.com…> || ORCID ID <https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2452-0687> || Semantic Web <https://www.semanticscholar.org/author/Syed-Ishtiaque-Ahmed/145867840> == ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Shion Guha <shion.guha(a)utoronto.ca> Date: Thu, Apr 6, 2023 at 12:40 PM Subject: UofT @ CHI 2023 Document To: Anastasia Kuzminykh <anastasia.kuzminykh(a)utoronto.ca>, Priyank Chandra < priyank.chandra(a)utoronto.ca>, Ishtiaque Ahmed <ishtiaque.ahmed(a)utoronto.ca>, Robert Soden <robert.soden(a)utoronto.ca>, Alex Mariakakis < mariakakis(a)cs.toronto.edu>, Carolina Nobre <carolina.nobre(a)utoronto.ca>, Joseph Jay Williams <williams(a)cs.toronto.edu>, Fanny Chevalier < fanny(a)cs.toronto.edu> Dear UofT HCI Colleagues, CHI is Nigh! As usual, I have a google doc circulating where if you please add your own publications of any type, I will get it posted on the FI website and we can boost the signal on social media. This will help our reputation as UofT as a whole since other schools do this to showcase their strengths at CHI! *URL: * https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bwf88CW3H01JeHx4BbCdg9TykZJkCLTAEPYUbh4… Please add folks or contributions of other people I may have missed. Searching UofT affiliation on the CHI Program gives me 180 results! So clearly, I am missing folks! Thanks, Shion

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Highly recommend: Tue 21 Mar 12pm Zoom talk on HCI teaching Fwd: Master Class #2 @ EduCHI 2023
by Joseph Jay Williams 15 Mar '23

15 Mar '23

Highly recommend: Tue 21 Mar 12pm Zoom talk on HCI teaching Check out details below. Also highly recommend you join the community, resources, or attend EduCHI at CHI- HCI teaching symposium. I learned a ton last year and you realize how much we all overly limit ourselves to the way we teach HCI at the institutions we've been at, and how much time we can save and do a much better job by borrowing ideas from others, and help them out by sharing ours! ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Olivier St-Cyr <olivier.st.cyr(a)utoronto.ca> Date: Tue, Mar 14, 2023 at 6:21 PM Subject: Master Class #2 @ EduCHI 2023 To: Cc: gray42(a)purdue.edu <gray42(a)purdue.edu>, cmacdona(a)pratt.edu < cmacdona(a)pratt.edu>, c.e.lallemand(a)tue.nl <c.e.lallemand(a)tue.nl>, olesona(a)uw.edu <olesona(a)uw.edu>, a.r.l.carter(a)swansea.ac.uk < a.r.l.carter(a)swansea.ac.uk>, Olivier St-Cyr <olivier.st.cyr(a)utoronto.ca>, pittc(a)uw.edu <pittc(a)uw.edu> *Please distribute widely **Apologies in advance for cross-posting Dear Colleagues, As part of the EduCHI 2023 Symposium ( https://educhi2023.hcilivingcurriculum.org/ - part of the CHI 2023 conference), we are going to present a series four (4) pre-symposium master classes. We're excited to announce the details for our second Master Class in the series leading up to EduCHI 2023. In this class, Purdue University professors Colin Gray and Paul Parsons will teach us about building student capacity to engage with design methods (see Infographics below). Join us next Tuesday, March 21st, 2023 from 16:00 – 17:00 UTC. For details and FREE registration: https://educhi2023.hcilivingcurriculum.org/building-student-capacity-to-eng… Hope to see you there! Best, Olivier -- Olivier St-Cyr, PhD, LEL (he/him/his) Associate Professor, Teaching Stream Faculty of Information University of Toronto olivier.st.cyr(a)utoronto.ca Webpage: https://profstcyr.ca/ [image: A picture containing text, electronics, screenshot Description automatically generated] [image: Graphical user interface, website Description automatically generated] [image: Graphical user interface, text Description automatically generated] [image: Graphical user interface, text Description automatically generated]

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Updated invitation: ThirdSpace BiWeekly Meeting @ Weekly from 10am to 12pm on Wednesday from Wed Jun 1 to Tue Jan 3, 2023 (EDT) (thirdspace@dgp.toronto.edu)
by yasaman.rohani＠gmail.com 31 Dec '22

31 Dec '22

This event has been updated Changed: time ThirdSpace BiWeekly Meeting Weekly from 10am to 12pm on Wednesday from Wednesday Jun 1 to Tuesday Jan 3, 2023 Eastern Time - Toronto Location https://utoronto.zoom.us/j/81728695967 https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Futoronto.zoom.us%2Fj%2F817286959… Yasaman Rohanifar is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.Join Zoom Meetinghttps://utoronto.zoom.us/j/81728695967Meeting ID: 817 2869 5967Passcode: 809206One tap mobile+15873281099,,81728695967#,,,,*809206# Canada+16132093054,,81728695967#,,,,*809206# CanadaDial by your location        +1 587 328 1099 Canada        +1 613 209 3054 Canada        +1 647 374 4685 Canada        +1 647 558 0588 Canada        +1 778 907 2071 Canada        +1 438 809 7799 CanadaMeeting ID: 817 2869 5967Passcode: 809206Find your local number: https://utoronto.zoom.us/u/kdUN5IaZeLJoin by SIP81728695967(a)zoomcrc.comJoin by H.323162.255.37.11 (US West)162.255.36.11 (US East)69.174.57.160 (Canada Toronto)65.39.152.160 (Canada Vancouver)Meeting ID: 817 2869 5967Passcode: 809206Join by Skype for Businesshttps://utoronto.zoom.us/skype/81728695967────────── Organizer yasaman.rohani(a)gmail.com yasaman.rohani(a)gmail.com Guests yasaman.rohani(a)gmail.com - organizer thirdspace(a)dgp.toronto.edu View all guest info https://calendar.google.com/calendar/event?action=VIEW&eid=NjdldXJjcjJlNXFx… Reply for thirdspace(a)dgp.toronto.edu and view more details https://calendar.google.com/calendar/event?action=VIEW&eid=NjdldXJjcjJlNXFx… Your attendance is optional. ~~//~~ Invitation from Google Calendar: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ You are receiving this email because you are an attendee on the event. To stop receiving future updates for this event, decline this event. Forwarding this invitation could allow any recipient to send a response to the organizer, be added to the guest list, invite others regardless of their own invitation status, or modify your RSVP. Learn more https://support.google.com/calendar/answer/37135#forwarding

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Canceled event: ThirdSpace Weekly Meeting @ (EST) (thirdspace@dgp.toronto.edu)
by yasaman.rohani＠gmail.com 31 Dec '22

31 Dec '22

This event has been canceled. ThirdSpace Weekly Meeting Eastern Time - Toronto Location https://utoronto.zoom.us/j/86806480371 https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Futoronto.zoom.us%2Fj%2F868064803… Zoom Meeting Link: https://utoronto.zoom.us/j/86806480371 Organizer yasaman.rohani(a)gmail.com yasaman.rohani(a)gmail.com Guests yasaman.rohani(a)gmail.com - organizer rifat(a)cs.toronto.edu ishtiaque(a)cs.toronto.edu prianka.roy(a)mail.utoronto.ca ss3634(a)cornell.edu raam.arvind93(a)gmail.com cansu.ekmekcioglu(a)mail.utoronto.ca ishtiaque.uoft(a)gmail.com Dina Sabie rifat.uoft(a)gmail.com mokhberimaryam(a)gmail.com Esmat Sahak Rayhan Rashed Emily Traynor yasamanro(a)cs.toronto.edu thirdspace(a)dgp.toronto.edu maryam(a)cs.toronto.edu eva.smuc(a)fer.hr dina.sabie(a)utoronto.ca rashidujjaman.rifat(a)mail.utoronto.ca Ramaravind Kommiya Mothilal Flavia Lopez-Czischke Akiki Liang ahana Maryam Mokhberi nabila.chowdhury(a)mail.utoronto.ca ~~//~~ Invitation from Google Calendar: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ You are receiving this email because you are an attendee on the event. To stop receiving future updates for this event, decline this event. Forwarding this invitation could allow any recipient to send a response to the organizer, be added to the guest list, invite others regardless of their own invitation status, or modify your RSVP. Learn more https://support.google.com/calendar/answer/37135#forwarding

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Canceled event: ThirdSpace Weekly Meeting @ Wed Dec 28, 2022 10am - 12pm (EST) (thirdspace@dgp.toronto.edu)
by yasaman.rohani＠gmail.com 28 Dec '22

28 Dec '22

This event has been canceled. ThirdSpace Weekly Meeting Wednesday Dec 28, 2022 ⋅ 10am – 12pm Eastern Time - Toronto Location https://utoronto.zoom.us/j/86806480371 https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Futoronto.zoom.us%2Fj%2F868064803… Zoom Meeting Link: https://utoronto.zoom.us/j/86806480371 Organizer yasaman.rohani(a)gmail.com yasaman.rohani(a)gmail.com Guests yasaman.rohani(a)gmail.com - organizer rifat(a)cs.toronto.edu ishtiaque(a)cs.toronto.edu prianka.roy(a)mail.utoronto.ca ss3634(a)cornell.edu raam.arvind93(a)gmail.com cansu.ekmekcioglu(a)mail.utoronto.ca ishtiaque.uoft(a)gmail.com Dina Sabie rifat.uoft(a)gmail.com mokhberimaryam(a)gmail.com Esmat Sahak Rayhan Rashed Emily Traynor yasamanro(a)cs.toronto.edu thirdspace(a)dgp.toronto.edu maryam(a)cs.toronto.edu eva.smuc(a)fer.hr dina.sabie(a)utoronto.ca rashidujjaman.rifat(a)mail.utoronto.ca Ramaravind Kommiya Mothilal Flavia Lopez-Czischke Akiki Liang ahana Maryam Mokhberi nabila.chowdhury(a)mail.utoronto.ca ~~//~~ Invitation from Google Calendar: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ You are receiving this email because you are an attendee on the event. To stop receiving future updates for this event, decline this event. Forwarding this invitation could allow any recipient to send a response to the organizer, be added to the guest list, invite others regardless of their own invitation status, or modify your RSVP. Learn more https://support.google.com/calendar/answer/37135#forwarding

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Canceled event: ThirdSpace Weekly Meeting @ Wed Dec 21, 2022 10am - 12pm (EST) (thirdspace@dgp.toronto.edu)
by yasaman.rohani＠gmail.com 21 Dec '22

21 Dec '22

This event has been canceled. ThirdSpace Weekly Meeting Wednesday Dec 21, 2022 ⋅ 10am – 12pm Eastern Time - Toronto Location https://utoronto.zoom.us/j/86806480371 https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Futoronto.zoom.us%2Fj%2F868064803… Zoom Meeting Link: https://utoronto.zoom.us/j/86806480371 Organizer yasaman.rohani(a)gmail.com yasaman.rohani(a)gmail.com Guests yasaman.rohani(a)gmail.com - organizer rifat(a)cs.toronto.edu ishtiaque(a)cs.toronto.edu prianka.roy(a)mail.utoronto.ca ss3634(a)cornell.edu raam.arvind93(a)gmail.com cansu.ekmekcioglu(a)mail.utoronto.ca ishtiaque.uoft(a)gmail.com Dina Sabie rifat.uoft(a)gmail.com mokhberimaryam(a)gmail.com Esmat Sahak Rayhan Rashed Emily Traynor yasamanro(a)cs.toronto.edu thirdspace(a)dgp.toronto.edu maryam(a)cs.toronto.edu eva.smuc(a)fer.hr dina.sabie(a)utoronto.ca rashidujjaman.rifat(a)mail.utoronto.ca Ramaravind Kommiya Mothilal Flavia Lopez-Czischke Akiki Liang ahana Maryam Mokhberi nabila.chowdhury(a)mail.utoronto.ca ~~//~~ Invitation from Google Calendar: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ You are receiving this email because you are an attendee on the event. To stop receiving future updates for this event, decline this event. Forwarding this invitation could allow any recipient to send a response to the organizer, be added to the guest list, invite others regardless of their own invitation status, or modify your RSVP. Learn more https://support.google.com/calendar/answer/37135#forwarding

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