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Fwd: Only two weeks left to apply for the AI4Good Lab!
by Ishtiaque Ahmed 01 Feb '21

01 Feb '21

FYI Best Regards, Ishtiaque Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science Faculty Affiliate, Schwartz Reisman Institute <https://www.torontosri.ca/> 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…> ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: <info(a)ai4goodlab.com> Date: Mon, Feb 1, 2021 at 1:56 PM Subject: Only two weeks left to apply for the AI4Good Lab! To: <ishtiaque(a)cs.toronto.edu> Dear Ishtiaque Ahmed, I contacted you two weeks ago to let you know about the AI4Good Lab, a tuition-free machine learning bootcamp for women-identified STEM students and graduates across Canada. Our call for applications opened January 15th and closes February 15th so there are only 2 weeks left to apply for the 2021 cohorts! If you haven’t already, please share this with students who may be interested! To apply: www.ai4goodlab.com/apply Information on the program available on our website <https://www.ai4goodlab.com/> and in our PDF <https://drive.google.com/file/d/10skLXbs-8HMOcwluRHW29e_fL6-H1WPq/view?usp=…> Best, *The AI4Good Lab Team* CIFAR-OSMO AI4Good Lab ai4goodlab.com

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Fwd: Mitacs and Scotiabank Partners for the Scotiabank Economic Resilience Research Fund 2021 Internship Call for Applications
by Ishtiaque Ahmed 01 Feb '21

01 Feb '21

FYI Best Regards, Ishtiaque Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science Faculty Affiliate, Schwartz Reisman Institute <https://www.torontosri.ca/> 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…> ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Research Alerts <rso.research(a)library.utoronto.ca> Date: Fri, Jan 29, 2021 at 7:20 PM Subject: Mitacs and Scotiabank Partners for the Scotiabank Economic Resilience Research Fund 2021 Internship Call for Applications To: If your computer does not display the file below, please visit the web version https://alerts.research.utoronto.ca/alert/view_alert/4348 Manage profile <https://alerts.research.utoronto.ca> [image: Logo and Title for the University of Toronto's Research Alerts] Mitacs and Scotiabank Partners for the Scotiabank Economic Resilience Research Fund 2021 Internship Call for Applications January 29, 2021 • Reply to Elizabeth Ribeiro <e.ribeiro(a)utoronto.ca?subject=RE:> Scotiabank and Mitacs have partnered to create the Scotiabank Economic Resilience Research Fund (SERRF). This $300,000 partnership over three years will support research to advance economic resilience in communities across Canada. Mitacs is a not-for-profit (NFP) organization that fosters growth and innovation in Canada by solving challenges with research solutions from the best academic institutions at home and around the world. Scotiabank is a leading bank in the Americas. Guided by the purpose: "for every future", Scotiabank helps customers, their families and their communities achieve success through a broad range of advice, products, services, and community investment. *Intern eligibility criteria * - Full-time graduate students and postdoctoral fellows at Mitacs partner colleges and universities in Canada - Students must have a supervisor at their academic institution who is willing to supervise them on this project and administer the funds through the institution - Canadian citizens, permanent residents, and international students over the age of 18 - All academic disciplines - Interns self-identifying as BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, or Persons of Colour) are encouraged to apply, and should review the "Type 2" funding scenario on the program link below. *Partner organization eligibility * - NFP or charitable organizations operating in Canada Project partners and the scope of work outlined in the proposal must be eligible to participate in the Mitacs Accelerate program. For more detail about eligibility, please see the Accelerate program website <https://www.mitacs.ca/en/programs/accelerate>. If you are uncertain of your eligibility, please contact Rebecca Bourque (rbourque(a)mitacs.ca) or Sarah Fairlie (sfairlie(a)mitacs.ca). *Financial Mechanics:* Details of the financial streams can be found on the SERRF <https://www.mitacs.ca/en/scotiabank-economic-resilience-research-fund> page. Project administration and eligible expenses will follow the Mitacs Accelerate <https://www.mitacs.ca/programs/accelerate/fellowship> program model with one of the two contribution structures outlined on the SERRF <https://www.mitacs.ca/en/scotiabank-economic-resilience-research-fund> page. Interns self-identifying as BIPOC should review the "Type 2" funding scenario. *Application Process: * Submitting an application to the Mitacs–SERRF partnership internship program is a two-stage process. *Stage 1- Expression of Interest (EOI) form * Applicants will develop and submit an EOI. EOIs will be evaluated to assess project/applicant eligibility and fit with the intent of the SERRF initiative. Download the EOI form here. <https://www.mitacs.ca/sites/default/files/SERRF%20EOI%20ENG-%20FINAL.docx> Please send your completed EOI form to Rebecca Bourque <rbourque(a)mitacs.ca>. *Deadline for submission of EOIs: February 11, 2021 * EOIs will be reviewed by a panel of subject matter experts and the persons having submitted the highest ranked project opportunities will be invited to proceed to Stage 2 - Mitacs Accelerate proposal <https://www.mitacs.ca/programs/accelerate/proposal>. We appreciate all parties that may submit an application; however, only those selected for progression to the full proposal will be notified. *Stage 2- Mitacs Accelerate proposal * Successful projects from Stage 1 will be invited to submit a Mitacs Accelerate application. Applicants will be connected with a member of the Mitacs team to support application development and final submission. Mitacs Accelerate proposals funded under the SERRF initiative should be submitted for review no later than March 15, 2021. Persons who fail to submit their Accelerate proposal by March 15, 2021 may risk losing the SERRF contribution to their project. More information about the Accelerate program and what to expect when you are submitting a Mitacs Accelerate project can be found on the Mitacs website: https://www.mitacs.ca/en/scotiabank-economic-resilience-research-fund For questions pertaining to this partnership or application process, please contact: Rebecca Bourque, MSc, Account Manager, Mitacs: rbourque(a)mitacs.ca or Sarah Fairlie, Business Development Director, Social Innovation, Mitacs: sfairlie(a)mitacs.ca Distributed to: Social Sciences, Research Funding Opportunities, Physical Sciences and Engineering, Information & Communications Technology, Humanities, Health & Life Sciences HOME <https://alerts.research.utoronto.ca/> | SUPPORT <https://alerts.research.utoronto.ca/index.php/content/support> | ABOUT <https://alerts.research.utoronto.ca/index.php/content/about_alerts> Research Alerts is the primary communication method for Research communications. 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Fwd: Call for Participation: CHI Workshop: Decolonizing HCI Across Borders
by Mohammad Rashidujjaman Rifat 28 Jan '21

28 Jan '21

Hi all, I attended this several times. This is a wonderful community. If you have anything, please consider submitting here. Many thanks, Rifat ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Vikram Kamath <kmarkiv(a)gmail.com> Date: Tue, Jan 26, 2021 at 11:35 AM Subject: Call for Participation: CHI Workshop: Decolonizing HCI Across Borders To: <rifat(a)cs.toronto.edu> Hi Rifat, Happy new year my friend! I hope you are doing well. If possible, forward the call to relevant groups in your university and your circles. - CHI 2021 Workshop: Decolonizing HCI Across Borders Important Dates - February 12: Position papers due. - March 1: Position paper notifications sent. - March 31: Camera-ready versions due. - April 15th: Participation call (300 word abstract) / Video / Art - May 8th: Online Workshop at CHI 2021 Submissions Position paper (2-4 pages, single column, 1.5 line spacing, Times New Roman, size 12 font, PDF format) - One-page curriculum vitae - Submissions on hcixb2021.hotcrp.com <http://bit.ly/hcixb_2021_submissions> - Intent to participate ( Art: Videos, Poems, Stories or Pictorials) - Creative submission reflecting your interest to participate in this event such as a 1 min video, 300-word abstract, a poster, artwork, or any creative artifact. - https://hcixb.org/art-submissions/ About HCI Across Borders (http://www.hcixb.org <http://bit.ly/hcixb>) The HCI Across Borders (HCIxB) symposium at CHI (initially held as the Development Consortium at CHI 2016, then as a symposium 2017-2019) has evolved into a critical collaborative effort to bring together researchers working in and across under-represented contexts around the world. Our mission has been to foster community across geographies, backgrounds, methodologies, and other borders. To achieve this, we have explored building bridges with the larger HCI community and creating concrete mentorship opportunities for supporting HCIxB researchers in publishing at impactful venues such as CHI. Theme for 2020: Decoloniality For 2021, we expect to regroup to reflect on `decolonial’ thinking in our research and education across borders. Through our discussions, we hope to recognize the borders that coloniality has created in computing, design, and education. Our focus on decoloniality draws on our endeavors to sustain this tradition of supporting collaborations in HCI across borders and reflecting on new ways to adapt HCI to broader audiences to create pluriversal knowledge. We expect our workshop session at CHI 2021 to branch into a series of virtual workshops that will continue conversations on decoloniality and other themes that are relevant to borders in HCI, from the perspectives of students, practitioners, educators, early career researchers, etc. through the year. Inspiring Work on Decoloniality: - Video: Webinar BR-CHI 17/07/2020 - Reflections from the Classroom and Beyond (By Adriana, Marisol, Javier) <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3PXBPcI6P8> - Papers: https://sites.google.com/view/decolonizinglearningspaces/inspiring-work?aut… Submissions Submission can include - (A) Presenter: - Paper: 2-4 pages position paper which will be entitled to be a presenter and get your position paper published in HCIxB web and other open platforms (e.g., CEUR-WS platform <http://ceur-ws.org/>) - (B) Attendee: - a 300 word abstract or any other creative artifact that provides an opportunity to engage in discussion, learn from experiences, and describes their perspectives. Example submissions might include, but are not limited to, the topics below (from previous years): • Education technology use by Latino immigrant parents in the United States • Creation of e-mentorship opportunities to bridge the rural-urban divide in the United States • Digitization of informal savings in Pakistan • Introduction of medical chatbots to improve health-care delivery in Kenya • Media reconstruction and archiving on Cambodian Facebook • Community-led video education for digital financial services in India Here are some questions applicants may want to consider answering in their submissions: • Who are you? Please tell us about your department, year of study, institution, etc. • What context are you working in? What are the social, political, or cultural conditions there? • What problems (w.r.t Decoloniality) are you addressing? What solutions, if any, are you expecting to deliver? • How do you think attending HCIxB 2021 will be beneficial to your work? In addition, please include a 1-page curriculum vitae. If you need support for funding, please email admin(a)hcixb.org with evidence that your submission was accepted. For examples of accepted submissions in previous years, please see: 2020: https://hcixb.org/past_events/chi2020/submissions-2020/ 2019: http://www.hcixb.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/hcixb19-examples.zip <https://hcixb.org/chi2019/accepted-papers/> 2018: https://hcixb.org/chi2018/participants/ 2017: <http://www.hcixb.org/past-events/2017-2/accepted-papers-authors/> https://hcixb.org/2017-2/accepted-papers-authors/ 2016: https://hci4dacrossborders.wordpress.com/ All submissions will be reviewed by our program committee, and their acceptance will be conditional on their potential to contribute to the HCIxB community and to foster discussion and growth among participants. Authors of accepted submissions will be invited to bring poster versions of their submissions at CHI. We will invite seasoned HCI researchers in relevant areas to provide rich feedback to workshop participants. A selection of accepted submissions will be invited to make short oral presentations. Please note that accepted submissions will not be indexed in the ACM DL but will be listed on the HCIxB website for participants to read before attending CHI. Accepted papers could also be published via open source platforms like CEUR-WS platform <http://ceur-ws.org/>. Through March and April, we will publish submissions as blog posts (on https://medium.com/hccxb). Please check http://www.hcixb.org <http://bit.ly/hcixb> for relevant information, and email admin(a)hcixb.org with questions. Schedule HCIxB will take place on Saturday, as a one-day Workshop. Our tentative schedule is below, though it is subject to change, and will be finalized after we have reviewed the submissions. All updates will be indicated on our website (http://www.hcixb.org <http://bit.ly/hcixb>). 09:00 - 09:15: Welcome from the organizing committee 09:15 - 10:15: Introduction and Position Paper presentations 10:30 - 11:00: Panel/Keynote 11:00 - 11:45: Clustering and Discussion 12:00 - 13:00: Next Steps and Closing Remarks Organizers (in alphabetical order) Dilrukshi Gamage, University of Moratuwa, Moratuwa, Sri Lanka, Christian Sturm, Hamm-Lippstadt University of Applied Sciences, Lippstadt, Germany, Marisol Wong-Villacres, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA Heike Winschiers-Theophilus, Namibia University of Science and Technology, Windhoek, Namibia, Juan Fernando Maestre, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA Pedro Reynolds-Cuéllar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA, Teresa Cerratto Pargman, Stockholm University, Kista, Sweden Naveena Karusala, University of Washington Neha Kumar, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA Oscar Lemus, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA Vikram Kamath Cannanure, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA Contact For updates, please check the workshop website: http://www.hcixb.org <http://bit.ly/hcixb> Email us your questions to admin(a)hcixb.org Regards Vikram --- PhD student, HCII, CMU Résumé <http://bit.ly/kmarkiv_web> : Blog <http://bit.ly/kmarkiv_blog> ; Twitter <http://bit.ly/kmarkiv_twitter> Regards Vikram --- PhD student, HCII, CMU Résumé <http://bit.ly/kmarkiv_web> : Blog <http://bit.ly/kmarkiv_blog> ; Twitter <http://bit.ly/kmarkiv_twitter> -- Mohammad Rashidujjaman Rifat Ph.D. Student, Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto. http://www.dgp.toronto.edu/~rifat/

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Fwd: WUD Speaker Series 2021
by Ishtiaque Ahmed 27 Jan '21

27 Jan '21

FYI Best Regards, Ishtiaque Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science Faculty Affiliate, Schwartz Reisman Institute <https://www.torontosri.ca/> 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…> ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: ILONA POSNER <ilona(a)acm.org> Date: Wed, Jan 27, 2021 at 3:05 PM Subject: Fwd: WUD Speaker Series 2021 To: Ishtiaque Ahmed <ishtiaque(a)cs.toronto.edu> Happy New Year, Ishtiaque, to you and your family. I wonder if this might be of interest to you or some of your students. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: World Usability Day <eliz(a)bubblemtn.com> Date: Tue, Jan 26, 2021 at 7:30 AM Subject: WUD Speaker Series 2021 To: <ilona(a)acm.org> Here's to a healthy and happy 2021! Speaker Series Call For the Speakers For 2021 In the midst of the pandemic and civil rights protests, WUD launched a speaker series whose goal was to would boost the signal for the voices of marginalized people. The result is a design for good series of workshops and lectures. If you have an idea for a session, please send an email to Speaker Series <eliz(a)bubblemtn.com> Next Event - UX Through Arabic Eyes The next WUD Speaker Series is a case study on the importance of understanding the culture of the countries you do research. Ahmad Alhuwwari will present the topic of UX Through Arabic Eyes on February 3, 12 PM Eastern Time (UTC -5). Sign up here <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001Dl7Lv04e9lONWryTX9KaqMJdCY6Il8YUzsDTR8zeyPFN…>. SIGCHI Thanks to SIGCHI's Development Grant, for sponsoring the World Usability Day 2020 Design Challenge. Find out more about SIGCHI here <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001xpMTl-vIku2k4_Y1iTsMpnDJsaUfhPq4nrCXrhs0bX4V…> . Volunteer and Internship Opportunity World Usability Day is run by volunteers and this year we are introducing an internship as well. Learn more about the internship here, send an email to eliz(a)bubblemtn.com <erosenzweig(a)bentley.edu> if you have any questions. ‌ World Usability Day | eliz(a)bubblemtn.com | https://worldusabilityday.org/ [image: Facebook] ‌ <#m_-6319054317594274234_m_-8639261590697606395_> [image: Twitter] ‌ <#m_-6319054317594274234_m_-8639261590697606395__usability> [image: Instagram] ‌ <#m_-6319054317594274234_m_-8639261590697606395_> World Usability Day | 62 Athelstane Road, Newton, MA 02459 Unsubscribe ilona(a)acm.org <https://visitor.constantcontact.com/do?p=un&m=0018TVi784I-Jd5_7qLYstN_A%3D&…> Update Profile <https://visitor.constantcontact.com/do?p=oo&m=0018TVi784I-Jd5_7qLYstN_A%3D&…> | About our service provider <http://www.constantcontact.com/legal/service-provider?cc=about-service-prov…> Sent by eliz(a)bubblemtn.com powered by [image: Trusted Email from Constant Contact - Try it FREE today.] <http://www.constantcontact.com/index.jsp?cc=nge&rmc=VF19_3GE> Try email marketing for free today! <http://www.constantcontact.com/index.jsp?cc=nge&rmc=VF19_3GE>

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Tomorrow at 11 am EST (Fri 22, Jan): Joseph giving Vector Talk on Adapting Real-World Experimentation To Balance Enhancement of User Experiences with Statistically Robust Scientific Discovery.
by Joseph Jay Williams 21 Jan '21

21 Jan '21

In case anyone's interested (and sorry if this was spam for you, I used a clear subject line so hopefully you can just ignore it if it is!), below my signature are details for this talk I'm giving: Tomorrow at 11 am EST (Fri 22, Jan): Joseph will be giving a Vector Talk on Adapting Real-World Experimentation To Balance Enhancement of User Experiences with Statistically Robust Scientific Discovery. Click this link to add to Google Calendar <https://www.google.com/calendar/render?action=TEMPLATE&text=Vector%20Instit…> with zoom link and abstract. Or email angelina.liu(a)mail.utoronto.ca and cc williams(a)cs.toronto.edu for a copy of the recording. Here our lab's "HCI talk" http://www.josephjaywilliams.com/prospectivestudents#TOC-HCI-Human-Computer… But the talk will be pretty accessible with zero background in statistics/machine learning. The key ideas are: If you run randomized experiments in the real world, how can you make them adaptive experiments? By using machine learning to rapidly use data to give people the better interventions, while also enabling reliable statistical analysis of the data? Actually, it will be great to get feedback on this talk from HCI people, like whether we are convincing you to actually use these methods for randomized experiments you would run. Anyone from my lab (or DGP) who joins the talk, please let me know if you are willing to use the zoom 'thumbs up' emoticon and just flash that EVERY TWO MINUTES! Even if you think my speed is fine, flash it :D. That will greatly increase the audience's comprehension and user experience! Joseph *INFORMATION ON TALK:* Subject Line: Fri 22 Jan 11 am: Vector Talk on Adapting Real-World Experimentation to Balance Enhancement of User Experiences with Statistically Robust Scientific Discovery Joseph Jay Wiliams <http://www.josephjaywilliams.com/> is giving a talk in the Vector Institute for AI seminar this Friday: Jan 22nd at 11am EST. (Click to add to Calendar <https://www.google.com/calendar/render?action=TEMPLATE&text=Vector%20Instit…>). To request a recording & slides, email angelina.liu(a)mail.utoronto.ca and cc williams(a)cs.toronto.edu. Link to register <https://vectorinstitute.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0qde2uqjwoGdEcu1GeiqDS3a…> Meeting ID: 997 2464 7235 Password: 123456 Zoom Meeting Link <https://vectorinstitute.zoom.us/w/99724647235?tk=ljUeWXxozZn8COEiN82E9F0TnJ…> Short Title:Adapting Real-World Experimentation To Balance Enhancement of User Experiences with Statistically Robust Scientific Discovery Long Title:Perpetually Enhancing User Interfaces in Tandem with Advancing Scientific Research in Education & Mental Health: Enabling Reliable Statistical Analysis of the Data Collected by Algorithms that Trade Off Exploration & Exploitation How can we transform the everyday technology people use into intelligent, self-improving systems? For example, how can we perpetually enhance text messages for managing stress, or personalize explanations in online courses? Our work explores the use of randomizedadaptiveexperiments that test alternative actions (e.g. text messages, explanations), aiming to gain greater statistical confidence about the value of actions, in tandem with rapidly using this data to give better actions to future users. To help characterize the problems that arise in statistical analysis of data collected while trading off exploration and exploitation, we present a real-world case study of applying the multi-armed bandit algorithm TS (Thompson Sampling) to adaptive experiments. TS aims to assign people to actions in proportion to the probability those actions are optimal. We present empirical results on how the reliability of statistical analysis is impacted by Thompson Sampling, compared to a traditional experiment using uniform random assignment. This helps characterize a substantial problem to be solved – using a reward maximizing algorithm can cause substantial issues in statistical analysis of the data. More precisely, an adaptive algorithm can increase both false positives (believing actions have different effects when they do not) and false negatives (failing to detect differences between actions). We show how statistical analyses can be modified to take into account properties of the algorithm, but that these do not fully address the problem raised. We therefore introduce an algorithm which assigns a proportion of participants uniformly randomly and the remaining participants via Thompson sampling. The probability that a participant is assigned using Uniform Random (UR) allocation is set to the posterior probability that the difference between two arms is 'small' (below a certain threshold), allowing for more UR exploration when there is little or no reward to be gained by exploiting. The resulting data can enable more accurate statistical inferences from hypothesis testing by detecting small effects when they exist (reducing false negatives) and reducing false positives. The work we present aims to surface the underappreciated complexity of using adaptive experimentation to both enable scientific/statistical discovery and help real-world users. The current work takes a first step towards computationally characterizing some of the problems that arise, and what potential solutions might look like, in order to inform and invite multidisciplinary collaboration between researchers in machine learning, statistics, and the social-behavioral sciences. Bio:Joseph Jay Williams is an Assistant Professor in Computer Science (and a Vector Institute Faculty Affiliate, with courtesy appointments in Statistics & Psychology) at the University of Toronto, leading the Intelligent Adaptive Interventions research group. He was previously an Assistant Professor at the National University of Singapore's School of Computing in the department of Information Systems & Analytics, a Research Fellow at Harvard's Office of the Vice Provost for Advances in Learning, and a member of the Intelligent Interactive Systems Group in Computer Science. He completed a postdoc at Stanford University in Summer 2014, working with the Office of the Vice Provost for Online Learning and the Open Learning Initiative. He received his PhD from UC Berkeley in Computational Cognitive Science (with Tom Griffiths and Tania Lombrozo), where he applied Bayesian statistics and machine learning to model how people learn and reason. He received his B.Sc. from University of Toronto in Cognitive Science, Artificial Intelligence and Mathematics, and is originally from Trinidad and Tobago. More information about the Intelligent Adaptive Intervention group's research and papers is at www.josephjaywilliams.com <http://www.josephjaywilliams.com/>. 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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Critical Computing Seminar (Feb 5, 2021): Book discussion: "Designing Publics" w/ Christopher A. Le Dantec
by Ishtiaque Ahmed 19 Jan '21

19 Jan '21

Dear All, We are happy to announce the next seminar of our Critical Computing seminar series. This month (January), we are reading the book, "Designing Publics <https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/designing-publics>" by Christopher A. Le Dantec <https://ledantec.net/>, and we will discuss the book with him on* Friday, Feb 5, 2021* from* 2-3:30 PM EST *over a Zoom meeting. We invite you all to join the seminar. Please check this link <https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/critical-computing-seminar/Christopher%20Le%20D…> to find more details about the seminar and register for the seminar here <http://www.bit.ly/ccs05>. A flyer is also attached to this email and I have appended the seminar details at the bottom of this email. You can find more information about this seminar series and upcoming speakers by following this link <https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/critical-computing-seminar/index.html>. You can also subscribe to our mailing list <https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/criticalcomputing-thir…> to receive regular updates about the future speakers of this seminar. Please feel free to forward this invitation to *anyone* *interested* (*within and outside UofT*). If you have access to the UofT online library, you will be able to download and read this book for free at this link <https://ieeexplore-ieee-org.myaccess.library.utoronto.ca/book/7845164>. We look forward to seeing you all at the seminar! Best Regards, Ishtiaque Ahmed and Robert Soden Critical Computing Seminar Team <https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/critical-computing-seminar/people.html> =========== Seminar Details: =========== DISCUSSION WITH CHRISTOPHER A. LE DANTEC BOOK: DESIGNING PUBLICS 5 FEBRUARY, 2021 AT 2-3.30 PM, EST The registration link: here <http://www.bit.ly/ccs05> Find the e-book link: here <https://ieeexplore-ieee-org.myaccess.library.utoronto.ca/book/7845164> *Christopher A. Le Dantec*, Associate Professor at Georgia Institute of Technology Bio: Chris Le Dantec is an Associate Professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology, jointly appointed in the School of Interactive Computing and the School of Literature, Media, and Communication. He teaches in the Digital Media, HCI, and Human-Centered Computing programs. Through the Participatory Publics Lab (PPL) at Georgia Tech, he works with students and community members to build sociotechnical systems that support collective action through community and civic engagement by practicing participatory design, co-creating new artifacts and technical forms with community members to assert identity, to contend with local issues, and to respect community emotions, beliefs, and desires. His research touches a number of different domains, including: Human-Computer Interaction, Computer-Supported Cooperative Work, Social Computing, Urban Informatics, Science and Technology Studies, Participatory Design, Design Research. *Book Abstract*: Contemporary computing technologies have thoroughly embedded themselves in every aspect of modern life -- conducting commerce, maintaining and extending our networks of friends, and mobilizing political movements all occur through a growing collection of devices and services designed to keep and hold our attention. Yet what happens when our attention needs to be more local, collective, and focused on our immediate communities? Perhaps more important, how can we imagine and create new technologies with local communities? In Designing Publics, Christopher Le Dantec explores these questions by designing technologies with the urban homeless. Drawing on a case study of the design of a computational infrastructure in a shelter for homeless women and their children, Le Dantec theorizes an alternate vision of design in community contexts. Focusing on collective action through design, Le Dantec investigates the way design can draw people together on social issues and create and sustain a public. By "designing publics" he refers both to the way publics arise out of design intervention and to the generative action publics take -- how they "do design" as they mobilize and act in the world. This double lens offers a new view of how design and a diverse set of design practices circulate in sites of collective action rather than commercial production. Best Regards, Ishtiaque Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science Faculty Affiliate, Schwartz Reisman Institute <https://www.torontosri.ca/> 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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Fwd: Decolonizing Community-Based Research Learning Series
by Ishtiaque Ahmed 17 Jan '21

17 Jan '21

Both of these two events will be helpful to you. Best Regards, Ishtiaque Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science Faculty Affiliate, Schwartz Reisman Institute <https://www.torontosri.ca/> 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…> ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Research Alerts <rso.research(a)library.utoronto.ca> Date: Fri, Jan 15, 2021 at 4:50 PM Subject: Decolonizing Community-Based Research Learning Series To: If your computer does not display the file below, please visit the web version https://alerts.research.utoronto.ca/alert/view_alert/4332 Manage profile <https://alerts.research.utoronto.ca> [image: Logo and Title for the University of Toronto's Research Alerts] Decolonizing Community-Based Research Learning Series January 15, 2021 • Reply to Steven Hermans <steven.hermans(a)utoronto.ca?subject=RE:> Community-Based Research Canada (CBRCanada) welcomes you to participate this winter and spring 2021 in an extended six-part online learning and discussion series exploring the topic of *Decolonizing Community-Based Research.* *January Sessions* *Webinar: January 21, 12 noon ET* *Uplifting Indigenous Community Wisdom - Skookum Lab's Journey in Indigenous Social Innovation* Speakers: Jeska Slater, Skookum Lab’s Indigenous Social Innovation Coordinator and Krystal Dumais, Skookum Lab Ambassador Through a highly collaborative and Indigenous social innovation process, Skookum Lab's goal is to make Surrey British Columbia a great place for Indigenous children and youth. The lab is engaging community, organizations, and government agencies to address the systems that create and sustain Indigenous child and youth poverty in Surrey BC, now home to the largest Indigenous population in the province. Join us for a presentation on how uplifting Indigenous community wisdom has been a transformative process both on a systems level and within the community itself. Register Here <https://communityresearchcanada.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=19fc83991…> *Live Discussion: January 28, **12 noon ET* *Uplifting Indigenous Community Wisdom* Participate in a live discussion with fellow community-based researchers across the country to reflect and explore how to integrate learnings from the "Uplifting Indigenous Wisdom" webinar into our own research projects and work. Register Here <https://communityresearchcanada.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=19fc83991…> The University of Toronto is a CBR Canada member institution <https://communityresearchcanada.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=19fc83991…>. All individuals employed, studying, or affiliated with the University of Toronto are eligible to participate in CBR Canada events. Distributed to: Workshops & Events, Vice Dean / Vice-Principal Research, Social Sciences, Physical Sciences and Engineering, Information & Communications Technology, Humanities, Health & Life Sciences, Faculty Research Facilitator, Faculty, Departmental Research Facilitator, Dean / Principal, Chair / Academic Director HOME <https://alerts.research.utoronto.ca/> | SUPPORT <https://alerts.research.utoronto.ca/index.php/content/support> | ABOUT <https://alerts.research.utoronto.ca/index.php/content/about_alerts> Research Alerts is the primary communication method for Research communications. Sign in <https://alerts.research.utoronto.ca> to update your subscription topics or unsubscribe here. <https://alerts.research.utoronto.ca/index.php/unsubscribe> This communication is intended for the sole use of University of Toronto faculty and staff. Use or distribution by persons outside of the University of Toronto is prohibited. © 2021 Office of the Vice-President, Research

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Fwd: Passing on media & design CFP
by Ishtiaque Ahmed 23 Dec '20

23 Dec '20

FYI Best Regards, Ishtiaque Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science Faculty Affiliate, Schwartz Reisman Institute <https://www.torontosri.ca/> 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…> ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Jocelyn Braun <jocelynbbraun(a)gmail.com> Date: Wed, Dec 23, 2020 at 7:20 PM Subject: Passing on media & design CFP To: <ishtiaque(a)cs.toronto.edu> Colleagues, I’m passing on this call: digital art, film, communications, design and presentations welcome. Thanks. *URBAN ASSEMBLAGE: THE CITY AS ARCHITECTURE, MEDIA AND DATA * https://architecturemps.com/london-hatfield/ Dates: 28-30 June 2021 Places: Virtual / London / Hatfield, UK. *Abstracts: 1st April, 2021* - *THEMES:* Digital art, intelligent design, smart cities, AI, data, film, photography, urban design, architecture *PUBLISHERS:* Intellect Books | Routledge *FORMATS:* Zoom, in-person (socially distanced), pre-recorded films, written papers, Lightning Talks - *CALL:* Through ubiquitous computing, big data, A.I. and a plethora of related digital technologies, our cities have become sites for the production, processing and sharing of information. They are also places designed and built through data based digital architecture, planning and construction. The ‘digital city’ and ‘smart buildings’ being just two consequences. These data filled places are also sites for the creative imagination. *The Matrix*,* Ex Machina*,* Her, Minority Report* are just a few of the films that have built on the imaginary in recent times. In the creative industries Google’s *Data Arts Team* is an example of how art and industry interact around these themes. In landscape design and public art we increasingly see the digital recalibration of data into imagery as part of the creative process. However, there are concerns. GIS, Google Maps and Facebook all offer interconnected information on urban life. They are also conduits for the collation of personal data and its misuse. The assumption of digital access for all leads some to worry about issues of social exclusion. Sociologists highlight the dangers of the digital dependency of future generations. 3D printed buildings threaten job losses in the construction industry. The idea of parametric urbanism is an anathema to many for whom the city is a place of interpersonal interaction. This conference seeks to explore these themes through a range of disciplinary perspectives. *Technology, media, sociology, urban planning, art, digital design, communications, architecture and more. * *-* https://architecturemps.com/london-hatfield/

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Fwd: One TA position for INF2169H - User Centred Design Winter-2021
by Fanny Chevalier 16 Dec '20

16 Dec '20

FYI. > Begin forwarded message: > > From: Olivier St-Cyr <olivier.st.cyr(a)utoronto.ca> > Subject: One TA position for INF2169H - User Centred Design Winter-2021 > Date: 16 December 2020 at 12:17:21 GMT-5 > To: "hfastlab(a)mie.utoronto.ca" <hfastlab(a)mie.utoronto.ca>, "cel-local(a)mie.utoronto.ca" <cel-local(a)mie.utoronto.ca>, "milgram(a)mie.utoronto.ca" <milgram(a)mie.utoronto.ca>, "chignell(a)mie.utoronto.ca" <chignell(a)mie.utoronto.ca>, Nicole Sultanum <nicolebs(a)cs.toronto.edu>, "hciprofs(a)cs.toronto.edu" <hciprofs(a)cs.toronto.edu> > > Hello all: > > We (Faculty of Information) have one TA position available for a Winter-2021 course (emergency position to fill). > > Course: INF2169H User-Centred Information Systems Development (with an emphasis on UX/HCI research methods) > Timetable: Friday 1pm to 4pm > Hours: 140 hours > Requirements: Must be enrolled in a PhD degree in HF/HCI/UX > > @Paul @Mark @CS_hciprofs could you please distribute this e-mail to your PhD students? > > Please contact me directly if you are interested or have questions. > > Best, > > Olivier > > -- > Olivier St-Cyr, PhD, LEL (he/him/his) > Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream > UXD Concentration Liaison > Faculty of Information > University of Toronto > +1-416-978-8876 > olivier.st.cyr(a)utoronto.ca <mailto:olivier.st.cyr@utoronto.ca> > Webpage: https://profstcyr.ca/ <https://profstcyr.ca/> > Office Hours: https://profstcyr.youcanbook.me/ <https://profstcyr.youcanbook.me/>

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HCI Research Meeting: Upcoming Special Session on Grant Writing!
by Blaine Lewis 11 Dec '20

11 Dec '20

Hi DGP! Please join us next week in our HCI Research Meeting in our special session on* persuasive and grant writing*! We will be hosting a fireside chat with *Daniel Newmann*, Director of Graduate Writing Support at the Faculty of Arts & Science. Daniel is also Assistant Professor in the English Department, and in addition to a PhD in English Literature, he holds an MSc in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology. He has published scholarship in literary studies, narrative theory and biology, as well as nonfiction, fiction and poetry in literary and journalistic venues. His teaching focuses almost entirely on helping graduate students with their writing. We hope you’ll join us on *Wednesday, December 16th, 2020 from 10:10-11AM EST.* The session will include: - A 15min discussion of current issues that we’ve all faced when writing statements of interest, grant proposals, or scholarship applications - A 15min fireside chat with Dr. Newmann - A 15min open Q&A session for attendees to directly ask Dr. Newmann any remaining questions on the topic We’ve begun a living document of writing resources <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WG_iXdpGh4gtShH2PgxWZGDq1RdBzKlHxEP2Wtc…>, where we’ve allocated space for you all to contribute any questions you may have for Dr. Newmann to cover in the fireside chat. Please check it out ahead of next Wednesday! Looking forward to seeing all of you there! Best, *Gabi*, Blaine, and Dev Zoom link to join: https://utoronto.zoom.us/j/96404556988 And don’t forget there is a Google Calendar invite so you don’t forget to attend! You can add yourself to the event by following these instructions: https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/dgpwiki/NodCalendars Doc of meeting history: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Q4z64YkFaiNszk6kFPx1BOlocuB5fJDyMKaDYqQ…

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