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Fwd: Ontario Centres of Excellence: Voucher for Innovation and Productivity - Open for expedited COVID-19 Applications (VIP)
by Ishtiaque Ahmed 23 Apr '20

23 Apr '20

FYI Best Regards, Ishtiaque *[P.S. (March 15, 2020, and onward): My response may be late because of my engagement with the COVID-19 response teams in Canada and Bangladesh. I appreciate your patience.]* 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…> ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Research Alerts <rso.research(a)library.utoronto.ca> Date: Wed, Apr 22, 2020 at 4:11 PM Subject: Ontario Centres of Excellence: Voucher for Innovation and Productivity - Open for expedited COVID-19 Applications (VIP) To: If your computer does not display the file below, please visit the web version https://alerts.research.utoronto.ca/alert/view_alert/3860 Manage profile <https://alerts.research.utoronto.ca> [image: Logo and Title for the University of Toronto's Research Alerts] Ontario Centres of Excellence: Voucher for Innovation and Productivity - Open for expedited COVID-19 Applications (VIP) April 22, 2020 • Reply to Hema Prabhu <innovations.partnerships(a)utoronto.ca?subject=RE:> *The Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE) - Voucher for Innovation and Productivity (VIP) Program Open for expedited COVID-19 Applications* The Voucher for Innovation and Productivity (VIP) program helps companies develop, implement and commercialize technical innovations by supporting partnerships between Ontario's industry and publicly funded post-secondary institutions. VIP projects are intended to generate economic benefit for companies in Ontario (including job creation/retention, new revenue generation, investment attraction, cost savings, value chain development). *For the COVID-19 variant, results are expected to provide tangible benefits immediately upon completion of the project.* *OCE Funding for COVID-19*: Between $20,000 and $100,000 to the post-secondary institution (minimum $20,000 per year) *Matching Requirement for COVID-19:* Up to 2:1 cash from the Industry Partner - Minimum 50 per cent of the partner's cash contribution must be spent at the post-secondary institution; remainder may be spent at the company - Cannot be leveraged with other federal or provincial grant programs unless otherwise stated in this program guideline - *For the COVID-19 Call for Submissions, OCE will consider alternate matching requirements, for OCE funding between $20,000 and $100,000 up to Thursday, May 28, 2020.* *Project Duration for COVID-19:* Up to 12 months *Program Status and Submission Deadline: Open for expedited COVID-19 Applications - due by Thursday, May 28, 2020* *How to Apply*: https://www.oce-ontario.org/programs/voucher-for-innovation-and-productivit… *For detailed program please visit: https://www.oce-ontario.org/programs/voucher-for-innovation-and-productivit… <https://www.oce-ontario.org/programs/voucher-for-innovation-and-productivit…>* For more information on the VIP Program, please contact: Alexandra Ho Program Manager Tel: 416-861-1092 x5018 Email: Alexandra.Ho(a)oce-ontario.org - for this special consideration *please identify COVID-19 in the email title* *Please note: The applicant must upload and submit the application through the **My Research Application (MRA) System* <http://aws.utoronto.ca/services/my-research-mr/>* for University endorsement and submission to OCE* Distributed to: Research Funding Opportunities, Physical Sciences and Engineering, Information & Communications Technology, 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. 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. © 2020 Office of the Vice-President, Research

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Fwd: [jobs] CSC318 TA'ships for Summer Remote
by Ishtiaque Ahmed 19 Apr '20

19 Apr '20

FYI 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…> ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: ILONA POSNER <ilonap(a)gmail.com> Date: Fri, Apr 17, 2020 at 3:18 PM Subject: [jobs] CSC318 TA'ships for Summer Remote To: <jobs(a)dgp.toronto.edu> Hello DGP'ers, I will be teaching a remote version of CSC318 this summer. This is the first Intro to HCI / UX Course for undergrads. It is a group project course where the TA's guide the groups in following a User-Centered Design process. At the end, we have a Student Design Competition with IBM Judges. If you are interested in TA'ing this course, please apply online https://taships.iit.artsci.utoronto.ca/csc/postings Looking forward to meeting you. Stay safe and healthy, ilona ILONA POSNER UX Consultant & Educator UofT & DGP Alumna www.ilonaposner.com _______________________________________________ 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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Fwd: Deadline extended for Innovate for Impact: Siemens Design Challenge
by Ishtiaque Ahmed 16 Apr '20

16 Apr '20

FYI Best Regards, Ishtiaque *[P.S. (March 15, 2020, and onward): My response may be late because of my engagement with the COVID-19 response teams in Canada, Bangladesh, and Australia. I appreciate your patience.]* 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…> ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Research EngineeringForChange <research(a)engineeringforchange.org> Date: Thu, Apr 9, 2020 at 1:46 PM Subject: Deadline extended for Innovate for Impact: Siemens Design Challenge To: Dear Colleague, We hope this email finds you well. During these uncertain times, E4C is committed to advancing technology for good. We encourage you and your students to use this downtime under orders to stay home and do something that matters <https://bit.ly/2WWKdHA>. Today we are halfway through the application period for a design challenge intended to solve two critical global problems. The Siemens Design Challenge <https://bit.ly/2WWKdHA>, in collaboration with E4C, calls for a better means of desalinating brackish water and new ways to reduce post-harvest food losses. The challenge was developed before COVID-19 escalated, but the solutions it calls for can support isolated communities and reduce the spread of this and future diseases. We encourage you to mobilize your community to Innovate for Impact and promote the challenge to your networks with our convenient Social Media Kit <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aUjOOB2jEn_lsigyDZRDrf5PTIJrfxkxRoz27KE…> . This is a step we can take now, for better health during future outbreaks and to meet the basic human needs of adequate food and water. Siemens has made its Solid Edge 3D CAD software freely available to students and professors taking part in the challenge, and for use in future design projects. This is a chance to sharpen your CAD skills while improving lives in underserved communities. If you don’t have a solution in mind, no problem. Students and experts with relevant skills can register now and join a team to help develop their ideas. We can do this. All the best, Engineering for Change

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Collaborate on my "Global South COVID-19" grant proposal?
by Ishtiaque Ahmed 30 Mar '20

30 Mar '20

Dear HCI Colleagues, Hope you are in good health. I am trying to put together a grant proposal (UofT internal) to develop an accessible voice-based healthcare system for marginalized communities both in Ontario and in the Global South. I already have partners from the Global South, but I do not have many from UofT. If you find this proposal interesting, I will be very happy to add you as my collaborator on this proposal (and your required workload for this is close to zero). I have attached the grant call to this mail. The deadline is April 1. Here is the first draft of the proposal, and I will keep polishing it until the deadline is over. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UPFExVfpjxgy5H2XDFNN8C94IOABcw58_RSfYKj… Please let me know if you are interested. Also, your comments, suggestions, etc. are welcome. Best Regards, Ishtiaque *[P.S. (March 15, 2020, and onward): My response may be late because of my engagement with the COVID-19 response teams in Canada, Bangladesh, and Australia. I appreciate your patience.]* 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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Seventh reading:: April 10: Reading Suggestions
by Ishtiaque Ahmed 28 Mar '20

28 Mar '20

Hi Folks, I was wondering if we could read any on these following books for our next meeting: 1. The Method of Hope by Hirokazu Miyazaki: https://www.sup.org/books/title/?id=6376 2. The Fragility of Things by William E. Connolly: https://www.dukeupress.edu/the-fragility-of-things 3. Contagious by Priscilla Wald: https://read.dukeupress.edu/books/book/1261/ContagiousCultures-Carriers-and… Please let us know your preference if you have any. :) Best Regards, Ishtiaque *[P.S. (March 15, 2020 and onward): My response may be late because of my engagement with the COVID-19 response teams in Canada, Bangladesh, and Australia. I appreciate your patience.]* 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] Sixth reading: Markets of Sorrow: March 27
by Cansu Ekmekcioglu Dedeoglu 27 Mar '20

27 Mar '20

Hi all, Sorry for my connection probs this morning. See you all for the next book. Isolatedly, Cansu ________________________________ From: Maryam Mokhberi <maryam(a)cs.toronto.edu> Sent: March 27, 2020 10:59 To: Ishtiaque Ahmed <ishtiaque(a)cs.toronto.edu> Cc: Mohammad Rashidujjaman Rifat <rifat(a)cs.toronto.edu>; Thirdspace(a)dgp.toronto.edu <Thirdspace(a)dgp.toronto.edu>; Mim, Nusrat <nusrat_mim(a)gsd.harvard.edu>; Aparna Moitra <aparna.moitra(a)gmail.com>; Cansu Ekmekcioglu Dedeoglu <cansu.dedeoglu(a)mail.utoronto.ca>; Robert Soden <rjs2236(a)columbia.edu>; Priyank Chandra <prch(a)umich.edu>; Jamie Beverley <jamie_beverley(a)hotmail.com>; Yasaman Rohanifar <yasamanro(a)cs.toronto.edu> Subject: Re: [Thirdspace] Sixth reading: Markets of Sorrow: March 27 Dear Ishtiaque, Is there a link to join the online meeting? Thanks, Maryam On Thu, Mar 26, 2020 at 2:07 AM Ishtiaque Ahmed <ishtiaque(a)cs.toronto.edu<mailto:ishtiaque@cs.toronto.edu>> wrote: A gentle reminder that we are meeting this Friday at 11 am 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…> On Mon, Mar 16, 2020 at 2:33 PM Ishtiaque Ahmed <ishtiaque(a)cs.toronto.edu<mailto:ishtiaque@cs.toronto.edu>> wrote: > Dear Reading Group, > > Let's meet online on > > Friday, March 27, 11 am Toronto time > > and read this book: > https://www.dukeupress.edu/markets-of-sorrow-labors-of-faith > > This is very timely to understand the politics of disaster, faith, and > philanthropy. > > You can access the PDF of the book here: > > > https://drive.google.com/file/d/1x_kB3uX4bI9aAR2JezMSzS4vLfCrCgjU/view?usp=… > > > 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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Sixth reading: Markets of Sorrow: March 27
by Ishtiaque Ahmed 27 Mar '20

27 Mar '20

Dear Reading Group, Let's meet online on Friday, March 27, 11 am Toronto time and read this book: https://www.dukeupress.edu/markets-of-sorrow-labors-of-faith This is very timely to understand the politics of disaster, faith, and philanthropy. You can access the PDF of the book here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1x_kB3uX4bI9aAR2JezMSzS4vLfCrCgjU/view?usp=… 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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Fwd: grad student roundtable for Bhuwan Dhingra
by Ishtiaque Ahmed 24 Mar '20

24 Mar '20

FYI 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…> ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Richard Zemel <zemel(a)vectorinstitute.ai> Date: Mon, Mar 23, 2020 at 5:47 PM Subject: grad student roundtable for Bhuwan Dhingra To: David Duvenaud <duvenaud(a)cs.toronto.edu>, Graeme Hirst < gh(a)cs.toronto.edu>, Marsha Chechik <chechik(a)cs.toronto.edu>, Jonathan Rose < Jonathan.Rose(a)ece.utoronto.ca>, Animesh Garg <garg(a)cs.toronto.edu>, Suzanne Stevenson <suzanne(a)cs.toronto.edu>, Garth Gibson <garth(a)vectorinstitute.ai>, Timothy Chan <tcychan(a)mie.utoronto.ca>, Deepa Kundur < dkundur(a)ece.utoronto.ca>, Andreas Moshovos <andreas.moshovos(a)gmail.com>, Natalie Enright Jerger <enright(a)ece.utoronto.ca>, Ashish Khisti < akhisti(a)comm.utoronto.ca>, Ishtiaque Ahmed <ishtiaque(a)cs.toronto.edu>, Daniel Roy <droy(a)utstat.toronto.edu>, David Fleet <fleet(a)cs.toronto.edu>, Nicolas Papernot <nicolas.papernot(a)utoronto.ca>, Yang Xu < yangxu(a)cs.toronto.edu> Hi everyone, We have a student roundtable scheduled with Bhuwan Dingra tomorrow. It would be great if you could pass the invitation below on to your students, to attend this roundtable if they can. This will give the candidate the valuable opportunity to meet with our student community and not just our faculty, and also a chance for the students to talk with and give feedback on the candidate. Below is a draft note that you can send to your students encouraging them to attend the roundtable. It would be good to get a decent number (say 10-15 students) to attend. I apologize for the short notice. - Rich ******************** *NOTE TO STUDENTS* All Bhuwan Dhingra is one of the candidates being considered for the joint DCS/ECE faculty position. A student roundtable has been organized for you to meet and discuss his research interests and also tell him about your research. It also gives the candidate to get a sense of our grad students here in Toronto, one of our main selling points. I would strongly encourage you to attend the roundtable if you are available. Please let me know if you can attend. The student roundtable has been scheduled for tomorrow, *Tuesday, Mar 24th, at 5:00 pm*. Connection details are: https://zoom.us/j/981749811?pwd=N3FYVkNWYjBWTUFxdDVlcDdGbThkZz09 His talk is at 11 tomorrow as well: https://zoom.us/j/558803862?pwd=Ukd1MUlueTlPZ3dId21vY2lGL25xQT09 *Short Bio* Bhuwan Dhingra <http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~bdhingra/> is a final year PhD student at Carnegie Mellon University, advised by William Cohen and Ruslan Salakhutdinov. His research interests are in natural language processing, machine learning and symbolic knowledge representation and reasoning. His work is supported by the Siemens FutureMakers PhD fellowship. In 2019, he won the CMU 3-minute thesis championship. Prior to joining CMU, Bhuwan completed his undergraduate studies at IIT Kanpur in 2013, and spent two years at Qualcomm Research in San Diego. Thanks Mona Davies Manager, Research Services *Vector Institute* MaRS Centre, West Tower | 661 University Avenue, Suite 710 Toronto, ON M5G 1L7 e: mona.davies(a)vectorinstitute.ai vectorinstitute.ai *Richard Zemel, PhD* *Research Director* *Vector Institute* MaRS Centre, West Tower|661 University Ave., Suite 710 Toronto, ON M5G 1M1 e: zemel(a)vectorinstitute.ai vectorinstitute.ai

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HCI Meeting
by vicky 23 Mar '20

23 Mar '20

Hi all, There will be an HCI meeting tomorrow, on Tuesday, March 24th, from 1PM - 2PM. Josh is holding a "data collection" session which will involve drawing. Come prepared with simple drawing materials. All skills welcome! Although we won't be starting the exercise until 1PM, feel free to show up any time after 12:30PM to chat and say hello. :-) Link: bluejeans.com/dgpmeeting. Meeting sign-up and info doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Q4z64YkFaiNszk6kFPx1BOlocuB5fJDyMKaDYqQ… See you then, Vicky

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HCI Meeting March 17
by Blaine Lewis 17 Mar '20

17 Mar '20

Hi Everyone, There will be an HCI meeting on Tuesday, Zhicong has signed up to give his practice job talk. Excited to see everybody there :) Link: bluejeans.com/dgpmeeting. PS: We don't have anything set in stone for next week except UIST paper swaps but it feels a bit early for that. So sign something up in the doc if you have ideas https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Q4z64YkFaiNszk6kFPx1BOlocuB5fJDyMKaDYqQ… Best, Blaine

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