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HCI Meeting
by vicky 25 Feb '20

25 Feb '20

Hi all, There will be no HCI meeting today, as the guest talk was moved to Thursday 10AM (see the recent [HCI Seminar] e-mail). From the handful of survey results I received last week, the majority are interested in weekly HCI meetings, 12:30 - 1:30pm. If you'd still like to share your opinion, you can fill out the survey here [1]. So, we need a volunteer to run next week's meeting on March 3rd. Contact me if you're interested or have any questions, or sign yourself up in the meeting doc here [2]. Thanks! Vicky Bilbily Links: ------ [1] https://forms.gle/te3oQABDaMhjQ2FN8 [2] https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Q4z64YkFaiNszk6kFPx1BOlocuB5fJDyMKaDYqQ…

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Student Demos with Prof. Justine Cassell from CMU
by bryanw 19 Feb '20

19 Feb '20

Hello all, Prof. Justine Cassell [1] from Carnegie Mellon University will be giving a Tux talk on Tuesday, March 10th and visit the lab Wednesday afternoon, March 10. We will host her with demos from 1 pm to 2:45 pm. Please sign up in this google sheet if you want a slot. Students signed up for demo are invited to lunch with Justine at 12:00 pm at Rm5256. I've added her talk abstract and bio below. Sign up here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19sumRDO9STIpckAbabVOxphDIDqPL7_deo1… [2] Cheers, Bryan "CONVERSATIONAL COMMERCE" "Conversational Commerce" is a meme that just won't seem to go away. And within conversational commerce the new buzzword is "empathy" - systems as diverse as smart speakers and websites that generate insurance quotes are said to be empathetic. However, as Inigo Montoya so aptly said "I do not think it means what you think it means." In this talk I'll discuss where conversational interfaces have come from, where they are today, and where they could go tomorrow if we learn how to really create bonds between computational systems and their users Bio Justine Cassell is currently on leave from Carnegie Mellon to hold the founding international chair at the PRAIRIE Institute on Interdisciplinary Research in AI, in Paris, France. Before going on leave, she was Associate Dean of Technology Strategy and Impact in the School of Computer Science at CMU, co-director of the Simon Initiative on Technology-Enhanced Learning, and co-director, with Professor Tom Mitchell, of the Yahoo (Oath/Verizon) InMind Project on the Future of Personal Assistants. She is Director Emerita of the Human-Computer Interaction Institute at CMU. Previously Justine was faculty at Northwestern University where she founded the Technology and Social Behavior Doctoral Program and Research Center. Before that she was a tenured professor at the MIT Media Lab. Justine has received the MIT Edgerton Prize, Anita Borg Institute Women of Vision award, the AAMAS Test of Time paper award, and the National Academy of Sciences Henry and Bryna David Prize. She is a fellow of the AAAS, Royal Academy of Scotland, and the ACM. Links: ------ [1] http://www.justinecassell.com/ [2] https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1WrpZvvB7ARmvgGDzcNTDcpwbfoo4k2V90kR…

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Future HCI Meetings
by vicky 19 Feb '20

19 Feb '20

Hi all, This week, we discussed some potential changes to the HCI meeting format. From those who attended, it seems there is some interest in meeting more regularly: once a week. This is effectively what we used to do back when TUX talks used to be bi-weekly. I've created a survey about potentially changing the meeting frequency, please fill it out here: https://forms.gle/te3oQABDaMhjQ2FN8 As well, here's a Google Doc with a meeting schedule (please sign up!), as well as other general meeting info (please contribute!): https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Q4z64YkFaiNszk6kFPx1BOlocuB5fJDyMKaDYqQ… Thanks! Vicky

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Design Workshop at dgp Lab
by Priyank Chandra 14 Feb '20

14 Feb '20

Hello all, We are planning to have a series of design workshops at the dgp lab. This Tuesday, we shall be conducting the first session on Design Thinking and User-Centered Design. Time: Tuesday, February 18, 2020, 1800 to 2000 hrs Location: BA 5187 If you are interested, you can sign up at: https://forms.gle/ns3MBb4YLQkxoYef7 Seats are limited and first-come, first-served. Thank You Best Regards -- Priyank Chandra Postdoctoral Fellow Department of Computer Science University of Toronto, ON, CA https://www.priyankc.com

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Fwd: Science Rendezvous 2020: Reminder for exhibition applications
by Ishtiaque Ahmed 13 Feb '20

13 Feb '20

Please consider presenting your work here. Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science University of Toronto Web: www.ishtiaque.net Skype: syed.ishtiaque.ahmed ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Marsha Chechik <chechik(a)cs.toronto.edu> Date: Thu, Feb 13, 2020, 10:17 AM Subject: Fwd: Science Rendezvous 2020: Reminder for exhibition applications To: <faculty(a)cs.toronto.edu> Folks, if you or your students have cool and engaging demos that can be set up in the form of a "booth", please reach out to Paul Chen who is coordinating Science Rendezvous on behalf of UofT. Marsha -------------------------------------------- Marsha Chechik Professor and Chair (Interim) Department of Computer Science University of Toronto Toronto, Ontario, Canada www.cs.toronto.edu/~chechik ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Programming Team <uoftsr.programming(a)gmail.com> Date: Thu, Feb 13, 2020 at 10:07 AM Subject: Science Rendezvous 2020: Reminder for exhibition applications To: <chechik(a)cs.toronto.edu> Dear Professor Marsha Chechik: This is a gentle reminder that the deadline to submit a booth application for Science Rendezvous 2020 is 11:59 pm on Saturday, February 22, 2019. We encourage the Department of Computer Science to submit a booth application that focuses on engaging, accessible, novel, and interactive activities and demonstrations using this link: https://forms.gle/faw2iq2qQDqJ6bqF6. This year’s festival will be held 11 am to 4 pm on Saturday, May 9th, 2020 at the University of Toronto, St. George Campus. This year’s Science Rendezvous theme is S.T.E.A.M. Green! We look forward to hearing back from you! Best regards, Paul Chen Programming Liaison, Executive Committee Science Rendezvous 2020 at the University of Toronto (St. George Campus) sciencerendezvousuoft.ca <http://ec2-52-26-194-35.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com/x/d?c=6241292&l=fd0…> How this email was sent <http://ec2-52-26-194-35.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com/x/d?c=6241292&l=4e3…>

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Fwd: City Internships | New Year Update
by Ishtiaque Ahmed 11 Feb '20

11 Feb '20

FYI Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science University of Toronto Web: www.ishtiaque.net Skype: syed.ishtiaque.ahmed ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Joshua Edgley-Smith <joshua(a)city-internships.com> Date: Tue, Feb 11, 2020, 12:23 PM Subject: City Internships | New Year Update To: Ishtiaque Ahmed <ishtiaque(a)cs.toronto.edu> Dear Professor Ishtiaque Ahmed, I hope you are well and that you've had a relaxing break over the holiday season. Our Summer programs continue to fill very quickly, and I would encourage any of your interested students to apply now <https://sendmail2.city-internships.com/l/9aIczNKs892sZ9vHTpL42Jyw/EBPBPB0rL…> to avoid disappointment. Toronto, Melbourne, Medellin, Santiago, Tokyo and Shanghai will close on February 16th. There is still good availability for our Programs across our other locations of London, Paris, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston, Washington D.C., Miami, Dublin, Barcelona and Madrid. All Programs include a guaranteed internship in a student's industry of choice. In my previous email, I mentioned that our Student Aid <https://sendmail2.city-internships.com/l/9aIczNKs892sZ9vHTpL42Jyw/7631aFKDq…> scheme is again available this year, however I have received a few requests for clarification on what it is and how it works. Through generous CI Alumni, our Student Aid offering grants *up to $3,263* towards a CI Program of choice. All students and recent graduates are eligible for some aid, irrespective of where they study, and the average award last year was just under $2,000. Your students may make a student aid application here <https://sendmail2.city-internships.com/l/9aIczNKs892sZ9vHTpL42Jyw/wAeZUw1LO…> at no cost. We will endeavor to provide as much support as possible to your students, but sadly it is not an unlimited resource! As such, I would again encourage your students who aim to rely on our Student Aid offering to submit an application to a Program sooner rather than later. Our 2020 Prospectus is now available here <https://sendmail2.city-internships.com/l/9aIczNKs892sZ9vHTpL42Jyw/bM8o4o4Z7…> . Once again, thank you for taking the time to read and share this email. Josh Joshua Edgley-Smith General Manager of Programs, City Internships [image: Logo] joshua(a)city-internships.com +1 310 438 5329 <https://sendmail2.city-internships.com/l/9aIczNKs892sZ9vHTpL42Jyw/zB1SQDa2m…> 929 Colorado Ave., Santa Monica, CA 90401 www.city-internships.com <https://sendmail2.city-internships.com/l/9aIczNKs892sZ9vHTpL42Jyw/bVCyeq3N8…> City Internships is a member of the National Association of Colleges & Employers (NACE), NAFSA: Association of International Educators, The Forum on Education Abroad and the National Society on Experiential Education (NSEE). [image: societies] *Educator distribution list management* Our communications to educators provide advanced notice about our programs for students and recent graduates, including application deadlines and scholarship opportunities. We typically send no more than eight communications to our academic faculty and support staff contacts each year. If you would like to add or modify your contact details or add a colleague to our educator mailing list, please use or share our Educator Mailing Form <https://sendmail2.city-internships.com/l/9aIczNKs892sZ9vHTpL42Jyw/jSvhnit89…> . If you would like to be removed from our educator mailing list, please click unsubscribe <https://sendmail2.city-internships.com/unsubscribe/pQUc2s892Ck0YmwIqAF5b99V…> .

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Fwd: Indigenous story-telling research project
by Ishtiaque Ahmed 09 Feb '20

09 Feb '20

Folks - Any of you interested in this? 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: Steve Easterbrook <sme(a)cs.toronto.edu> Date: Sun, Feb 9, 2020 at 5:11 PM Subject: Indigenous story-telling research project To: Tovi Grossman <tovi(a)dgp.toronto.edu>, Ishtiaque Ahmed < ishtiaque(a)cs.toronto.edu> Tovi, Ishtiaque, I'm preparing a proposal for funding to renovate space in the Earth Sciences complex to create an open study space for undergraduates. As part of the project, we're working with an indigenous artist, and the idea is to cover the walls with his images of animals and plants that play an important role in First Nations culture - see attached photos to give you a sense of what these look like. We'd like to include a digitally enhanced element to this project, so that students hanging out the space can learn more about indigenous languages (e.g starting by exploring names for the animals and plants in the various indigenous languages) and indigenous mythology (e.g. by exploring the stories behind the iconography incorporated into the artwork - see for example this video: http://www.connectednorth.org/ourfirstfamily/). So what I have in mind is a mobile app that would act as the starting point for exploring more about the images, and adding a story-telling element. This could be very simple - e.g. a catalogue of the images in digital form with more info about each, or could be very ambitious, using image recognition to detect which image on the wall someone wants to learn about, or an augmented reality element to provide enhanced ways of viewing and learning about the art. A second and related element to the project is a living wall that incorporates a closed-loop ecosystems of rainforest plants and aquatic animals, so I could also imagine a mobile app to act as a portal to learning about this ecosystem and how it works. The timeline is that we're bidding for funding this month (from the University's student study space enhancement fund), and assuming we get it, we'll be renovating the space in the summer and fall of this year. Anyway, I wondered if you might have a grad student or two who might be interested in this project, and/or an interest in recruiting such a student. Alternatively, it might make an interesting course project for an upper level design course. Let me know what you think. Thanks Steve

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Fwd: [Graduate awards] Microsoft Research Dissertation Grant
by Ishtiaque Ahmed 04 Feb '20

04 Feb '20

Please apply if you are eligible. 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: Graeme Hirst — Grad Chair <gradchair(a)cs.toronto.edu> Date: Tue, Feb 4, 2020 at 12:03 PM Subject: [Graduate awards] Microsoft Research Dissertation Grant To: <phd-students(a)cs.toronto.edu> Cc: <supervisors(a)cs.toronto.edu> *The Microsoft Research Dissertation Grant provides funding of up to US$25,000 for one year. Eligibility is limited to doctoral students who are members of underrepresented groups, including those who self-identify as a woman, African American, Black, Hispanic, Latinx, American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, and/or person with a disability. **Apply directly at the link below; the Graduate Office is not involved in the adjudication of this award. The closing date is 30 March 2020.* *https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/academic-program/dissertation-grant/ <https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/academic-program/dissertation-gran…> * -- :::: Graeme Hirst • Professor and Associate Chair, Graduate Studies :::: University of Toronto • Department of Computer Science

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Fwd: Accepting Proposals - 2020 Microsoft Research Dissertation Grant
by Sharifa Sultana 04 Feb '20

04 Feb '20

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Phoebe Sengers via Phd via Phd-students < phd-students(a)infosci.cornell.edu> Date: Tue, Feb 4, 2020 at 10:55 AM Subject: Fwd: Accepting Proposals - 2020 Microsoft Research Dissertation Grant To: <phd(a)infosci.cornell.edu> Cc: Phoebe Sengers via Phd <phd(a)infosci.cornell.edu> *From:* Microsoft Research Grants <msrgrant(a)microsoft.com> *Sent:* Monday, February 3, 2020 6:30 PM *To:* Microsoft Research Grants <msrgrant(a)microsoft.com> *Subject:* Accepting Proposals - 2020 Microsoft Research Dissertation Grant We are currently accepting proposals for the Microsoft Research Dissertation Grant through *March 30, 2020*. You can read more about the grant and find instructions to submit a proposal at http://aka.ms/Dissertation-Grant. We encourage you to share this announcement within your communities either directly with your student and faculty contacts, via topically relevant email lists, or on social media: Twitter <https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.c…>, Facebook <https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.faceb…>, Instagram <https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.insta…>, and LinkedIn <https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linke…> . Broadening participation in computing is a core part of Microsoft's values; accordingly, we are excited to continue the Microsoft Research Dissertation Grant that aims to recognize and support diverse doctoral students as they complete their dissertation research in computing-related fields. This grant is open to doctoral students in their fourth year or beyond at universities in the United States, Canada and Mexico, who are underrepresented in the field of computing. This includes those who self-identify as a woman, African American, Black, Hispanic, Latinx, American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, and/or person with a disability. The program allows students to submit a proposal of up to $25,000 to support their dissertation research; grant recipients can also participate in a two-day career workshop at one of Microsoft Research’s labs this autumn. For questions, please contact msrgrant(a)microsoft.com. Sincerely, Meredith Ringel Morris Sr. Principal Research Manager & MSR Dissertation Grant Chair *Unsubscribe* <msfellow(a)microsoft.com?subject=Dissertation%20Grant%20-%20remove%20from%20list>* / **Se désabonner* <msfellow(a)microsoft.xn--com?subject=se%20dsabonner%20de%20l-sdd'e-mail>* | **Privacy Statement* <https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fgo.microso…>* / **Déclaration de confidentialité* <https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fprivacy.m…> *Microsoft Corporation* *One Microsoft Way* *Redmond, WA 98052* -- ________________________ Sharifa Sultana PhD Student Cornell University, USA

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Re: [Thirdspace] [Tux] TUX Reminder: Saleema Amershi - Tuesday, February 11
by Daniel Wigdor 03 Feb '20

03 Feb '20

Hello Benjamin, This is a user administered list. Whenever you signed up, you would have received unsubscribe instructions. No one who is on this mailing list has more power than you do. -Daniel ________________________________ From: tux-announce <tux-announce-bounces(a)dgp.toronto.edu> on behalf of Benjamin Barrett <b.barrett(a)mail.utoronto.ca> Sent: Monday, February 3, 2020 6:05 PM To: tux-announce(a)dgp.toronto.edu; Anita Kivi Subject: Re: [Tux] TUX Reminder: Saleema Amershi - Tuesday, February 11 Hi Anita, Could you please unsubscribe me from these (this is my ~4th time asking now, I believe). _____ Ben Barrett JD/MBA Candidate 2023 University of Toronto Faculty of Law / Rotman School of Management On Feb 3, 2020, 1:05 PM -0500, Anita Kivi <anitakivi(a)dgp.toronto.edu>, wrote: A reminder that next week Saleema Amershi is the featured speaker at the TUX Talk in the MaRS Auditorium (lower level). The talk commences at 1:00 p.m. and lunch is available from 12:00 noon onwards. Please contact me if you have any questions. Saleema Amershi: Toward Responsible AI by Planning to Fail 2020-02-11 12:30 at 661 University Avenue, Toronto, ON M5G 1M1<http://www.tux-hci.org/> [cid:image005.jpg@01D5DA88.AFF71270] Abstract The potential for AI technologies to enhance human capabilities and improve our lives is of little debate; yet, neither is their potential to cause harm and social disruption. While preventing or minimizing AI biases and harms is justifiably the subject of intense study in academic, industrial and even legal communities, an approach centered on acknowledging and planning for AI-based failures has the potential to shed new light on how to develop and deploy responsible AI-based systems. In this talk, I will discuss the sociotechnical nature of several inherent and unavoidable AI failures and why it is important for the industry to systematically and proactively identify, assess, and mitigate harms caused by such failures in our AI-based products and services. I will then present Microsoft’s recently released Guidelines for Human-AI Interaction and how we’ve been using them at Microsoft to help teams think through and prepare for different types of AI failures. Bio Saleema Amershi<http://research.microsoft.com/~samershi> is a Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research AI and currently chairs Microsoft’s Aether Working Group on Human-AI Interaction and Collaboration. Aether is Microsoft’s advisory committee on responsible and ethical AI. Saleema’s research focuses on helping people create effective and responsible AI user experiences. Her recent work includes leading Microsoft’s effort to develop general Guidelines for Human-AI Interaction<https://aka.ms/aiguidelines>, a unified and validated set of guidelines to establish a foundation for human-AI interaction design. Throughout the years, she has developed tools and methodologies to support practitioners in designing and building AI-based products and services, including general purpose platforms and visualizations for data scientists building predictive models, and application specific techniques for supporting end-users interacting with AI-systems in their everyday lives. Saleema holds a PhD in Computer Science & Engineering from the Paul G. Allen School at the University of Washington. Prior to UW she completed an MSc in Computer Science and a BSc in Computer Science & Mathematics from the University of British Columbia. With thanks, Anita

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