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HCI meeting (Tue Aug 13th)
by Jiannan Li 12 Aug '19

12 Aug '19

Hello all, We are having our HCI meeting on Tuesday August 13th. The time and location is 12.30 - 2.00, at the DGP seminar room, as usual. We will have Cosmin giving a practice conference plenary talk on designing conversational voice interfaces. Please see more details below: My dearest Alexa, would you be so kind as to let me know what the bloody weather may be today? Oscar Wilde once said: “Conversation about the weather is the last refuge of the unimaginative.” This suggests that, for more than four decades, the design and development of interfaces that allow humans to interact more naturally with machines had a significant creativity deficit. While in the early days of dialogue systems and interactive voice responsive applications this could have been largely attributed to engineering limitations, our current expectations and needs challenge our views of what (speech-based) conversational interfaces can and should do for us – beside informing us about the weather. In this talk, I argue that, while currently available interfaces do indeed demonstrate technological progress, inertia in both design and engineering efforts has lead to interfaces that have yet to reach the holy grail: seamless interactions with new media, information, and devices, through natural modalities that transcend the confines of conventional interfaces. The consequences of this are particularly evident within contexts where natural, conversational interfaces may help marginalized users that stand to benefit the most from such technologies, yet fail to sustainably do so. Grounded in more than two decades of research in this space, I deconstruct in this talk some of the claims and myths about spoken conversational interfaces that hold us back from designing truly useful applications. I then discuss how we may approach the design of such interfaces in ways that are not only more imaginative, but that will also lead to the emergence of interactions that are more meaningful and more inclusive to a broader range of users and contexts. Look forward to seeing you there. Food will be served. Thanks, Jiannan

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Four papers accepted to CSCW 2020
by Ishtiaque Ahmed 10 Aug '19

10 Aug '19

Dear Group, We have got 4 papers accepted to CSCW 2019 which is one of the top conferences in HCI: http://cscw.acm.org/2019/ The papers are: 1) "My cousin bought the phone for me. I never go to mobile shops": The Role of Family in Women's Technological Inclusion in Islamic Culture This is a collaborative paper with our colleagues from Univ of Washington. In this paper, we studied how many Muslim women in Pakistan use mobile phones under a controlled environment, where each step of their use is governed by someone from their family. 2) “Parar-daktar Understands My Problems Better": Disentangling the Challenges to Designing Better Access to Healthcare in Rural Bangladesh This paper is with Cornell friend, Sharifa (who is also here on this mailing list). This paper is about medical practices in rural Bangladesh. She showed how local people heavily rely on medical salespersons at the pharmacy shops instead of the actual doctors. 3) Of Ulti, 'hajano', and "Matachetar otanetak datam'': Exploring Local Practices of Exchanging Confidential and Sensitive Information in Urban Bangladesh This paper is with a couple of my Bangladeshi collaborators. We discussed the idea of this paper is one of our group meetings if you can remember. This paper is about obfuscation - how general people try to hide their information in their day-to-day conversation using several techniques. 4) Trust and Technology Repair Infrastructures in the Remote Rural Philippines: Navigating Urban-Rural Seams This paper was written with another group of researchers from Univ of Washington. This paper is about repairing mobile phones in remote rural Philippines. We documented the factors that make repairing challenging in such a situation. I will share the papers with you once the final version is ready. Overall, this year has been very productive for us with a good number of papers in various prestigious venues in our field. We hope we will have even more of them in the coming years. :) 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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Let me know if you're interested tomorrow (Fri) 2-4 or 4-6 pm in joining a 'grad student roundtable' for 30 mins with Andy Ko, visiting Uwashington researcher
by Joseph Jay Williams 09 Aug '19

09 Aug '19

Let me know if you're interested tomorrow (Fri) 2-4 or 4-6 pm in joining a 'grad student roundtable' for 30 mins with Andy Ko, visiting Uwashington researcher. Tell me what time works if so. To quote another faculty, "Andy Ko" is excellent person to speak to just because it's such a great opportunity to meet a top HCI person. You can come with random questions about grad school advice, doing research. https://faculty.washington.edu/ajko/ "I study effective, equitable, scalable ways for humanity to learn computing. My work contributes to the fields of computing education, human-computer interaction, and software engineering. I do this work with many outstanding students <https://faculty.washington.edu/ajko/students>on this work to publish <https://faculty.washington.edu/ajko/publications>, blog <https://faculty.washington.edu/ajko/posts>, and communicate <https://faculty.washington.edu/ajko/impact> our research with academia, industry, government, and the public. We do this work with several communities at UW, including DUB <http://dub.washington.edu/> (a community of HCI researchers), PLSE <http://uwplse.org/> (a community of programming languages and software engineering researchers), and the iSchool's Digital Youth Lab <https://digitalyouth.ischool.uw.edu/>. I also lead two communities outside the university: Sound CS Ed <http://soundcsed.org/>, a regional community of teachers, researchers, and inventors passionate about computing education, and CS for All Washington <http://csforallwa.org/>, a statewide advocacy coalition championing K-12 computing education in Washington state. I formerly directed the EUSES consortium <http://eusesconsortium.org/>, an academic and industry coalition focused on end-user programming. - Read my computing education research FAQ <https://faculty.washington.edu/ajko/cer> to learn more about the field. - Read my students <https://faculty.washington.edu/ajko/students> page to learn how to work with me." 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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Musical Live Coding get-together
by Jamie Beverley 06 Aug '19

06 Aug '19

Hi all, I've been part of a new artistic practice called 'Live Coding' which involves writing code in front of an audience, most commonly to produce music and cool visuals. Live Coding is often done collaboratively - multiple people jamming on their laptops facilitated by software that synchronizes things like tempo across networks, and the performer's code is always projected for the audience to see. 'Algorave' is a community within Live Coding that is interested in creating algorithmic dance music with code. There's an annual academic conference - the International Conference on Live Coding - for discussing the technology, art, politics, and practices around live coding. I think Live Coding has significant ties to the ICT4D and Critical HCI research Thirdspace engages with. I'm organizing a 1hr get-together sometime next week or the week after to introduce Live Coding to some peers in/around U of T. I'll speak briefly about the practices surrounding Live Coding before jumping into a short demo and a longer 'jam' with everyone participating (no prior music or coding experience required). If you think you might be interested please fill out this doodle poll and I'll be in touch soon about a place (on/near UoT campus) and time (please feel free to bring friends you think may be interested too)! https://doodle.com/poll/5dnqmg28pcghw84a In the meantime, please feel free to checkout the links at the bottom for more info/context. All the best! Jamie PS. I've been a bit silent on here over the summer - hope everyone is doing well and huge congrats to all the conference acceptances + awards! Links: Cool performances: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyEIDNtt9Hs&t=451s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeStVHa8lfU Resident Advisor doc on 'algorave': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2EZqikCIfY Live Coding 'Manifesto' re: liveness and algorithmic transparency: https://toplap.org/wiki/ManifestoDraft

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Reading group on critical computing
by Ishtiaque Ahmed 31 Jul '19

31 Jul '19

Hi Third Space, Dr. Robert Soden (cc'd) and I are interested in starting a reading group for reading and discussing interesting papers/books on Critical Computing. Many of you have already met Robert and some of you already know that Robert is joining our Department (jointly with the School of Environment) in Fall 2020. His vast knowledge of Sociology and Critical Theory will be a great resource for us. We are planning to hold the meeting online at a convenient time so that we all can participate. But before that please let me know if you will be interested in joining the group. You can directly reply to this email and let us know about your interest. Once we know how many of you will join, we will inform others in DGP to join us. Also, I would need one of you to help us in scheduling the meeting, setting up a Hangout link, keeping track of readings, etc. 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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[Location changed] HCI meeting Tue July 30th
by Jiannan Li 29 Jul '19

29 Jul '19

Hello all, We will have our bi-weekly HCI group meeting at 12.30 on Tuesday July 30th, in *BA 5256*. Since we do not have a volunteer this week, we will: 1. Share recent research progress for feedback 2. Share interesting works (e.g. SIGGRAPH just released their technical paper fast-forward) and lead some discussions 3. If we can find a paper that can draw enough interest tonight, we can have a reading group session. Food will be served. Look forward to seeing you there. Thanks, Jiannan

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Critical Computing Reading Group
by Mohammad Rashidujjaman Rifat 28 Jul '19

28 Jul '19

Hi All, Dr. Robert Soden (our new faculty (jointly with the School of Environment) joining in Fall 2020) and Dr. Ishtiaque Ahmed is starting a critical computing reading group. Both of them have a vast knowledge of Critical Theories and Concepts. The group should be a great resource for many of you. If you are interested to participate, please let us know. The meetup will be online. Below is the link for a doodle poll; please indicate what times work for you. https://doodle.com/poll/tv8hfmr5gietqw8s Many thanks, Rifat -- Mohammad Rashidujjaman Rifat Ph.D. Student, Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto. http://www.dgp.toronto.edu/~rifat/

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Machine Learning is being used by BRAC - the largest NGO in the world
by Ishtiaque Ahmed 27 Jul '19

27 Jul '19

Folks - Check this out: <goog_814436682> https://blog-brac-net.cdn.ampproject.org/c/blog.brac.net/how-brac-used-mach… 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: Ada Lovelace Fellowship for 2nd Year Doctoral Students
by Ishtiaque Ahmed 27 Jul '19

27 Jul '19

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: Lynda Barnes <lbarnes(a)cs.toronto.edu> Date: Fri, Jul 26, 2019 at 9:15 PM Subject: Ada Lovelace Fellowship for 2nd Year Doctoral Students To: <aspuru(a)cs.toronto.edu>, <jacobson(a)cs.toronto.edu>, < anikolov(a)cs.toronto.edu>, <bor(a)cs.toronto.edu>, <Nyulik(a)gmail.com>, < ashton(a)cs.toronto.edu>, <ccc(a)cs.toronto.edu>, <mcosmin(a)cs.toronto.edu>, < droy(a)utstat.utoronto.ca>, <duvenaud(a)cs.toronto.edu>, < diwlevin(a)cs.toronto.edu>, <delara(a)cs.toronto.edu>, <faith(a)cs.toronto.edu>, < frank(a)spoclab.com>, <pekhimenko(a)cs.toronto.edu>, <hinton(a)cs.toronto.edu>, < kyros(a)cs.toronto.edu>, <chechik(a)cs.toronto.edu>, <marzyeh(a)cs.toronto.edu>, < nisarg(a)cs.toronto.edu>, <urtasun(a)cs.toronto.edu>, <ravin(a)cs.toronto.edu>, < tovi(a)cs.toronto.edu>, <zemel(a)cs.toronto.edu>, <sheila(a)cs.toronto.edu>, < ishtiaque(a)cs.toronto.edu>, <toni(a)cs.toronto.edu>, <yangxu(a)cs.toronto.edu>, < Zhaolei.Zhang(a)utoronto.ca>, <fidler(a)cs.toronto.edu>, Grad Chair < gh(a)cs.toronto.edu> Dear Faculty Our records indicate that you have Students that would be eligible for this Fellowship. Microsoft is offering the Ada Lovelace Fellowship to Doctoral Student in their Second year of PhD studies. Nominations should be submitted to gradprograms(a)cs.toronto.edu by August 10th for review by the Graduate Chair. Below is the Eligibility Criteria. *Eligibility criteria* - Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. Fellows should support this mission and embrace opportunities to foster diverse and inclusive cultures within their communities. - PhD students must be nominated by their university, and their nomination must be submitted by the office of the chair of the department. - Students must be enrolled at a university in the United States, Canada, or Mexico. - Proposed research must be closely related to the general research areas carried out by Microsoft Research as noted in the *Research areas* tab above. - Students must be in their second year of a PhD program in the fall semester or quarter of 2019. The department chair’s office at the nominating university will need to attest that the student is considered a second year PhD student having taken into account transfers, approved leaves of absence, etc. - A maximum of three nominations per department will be accepted; each nominee should help us increase the opportunities for students 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 recipient must remain an active, full-time student in a PhD program during the three consecutive academic years of the award or forfeit the award. Fellowships are not available for extension; however, leaves of absence will be considered on a case by case basis. - Payment of the award, as described above, will be made directly to the university and dispersed according to the university’s policies. Microsoft will have discretion as to how any remaining funds will be used if the student is no longer qualified to receive funding (e.g. if the student unenrolls from the program, graduates, or transfers to a different university). - A recipient of the Microsoft Research Ada Lovelace Fellowship may not receive another fellowship from another company or institution during the same academic period. Fellows accepting multiple fellowships may become ineligible to receive continued funding from Microsoft. Microsoft will at its sole discretion consider a joint fellowship with a government or non-profit organization. -- Regards, Lynda Barnes Graduate Program Assistant University of Toronto Dept. of Computer Sciencelbarnes(a)cs.toronto.edu 416 978 7816(P) 416 946 7132(F) This electronic mail communication is intended as a private communication for the sole use of the primary addressee and those individuals listed for copies in the original message. If you are not specifically authorized to receive this electronic mail and if you believe that you received it in error please notify the original sender immediately.

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Fwd: SIGCHI Student Travel Grant Deadline *Thursday, August 1st*
by Ishtiaque Ahmed 23 Jul '19

23 Jul '19

You can apply for travel grant for CHI 2020 ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed <ishtiaque(a)csebuet.org> Date: Tue, Jul 23, 2019, 7:51 PM Subject: Fwd: SIGCHI Student Travel Grant Deadline *Thursday, August 1st* To: Ishtiaque Ahmed <ishtiaque(a)cs.toronto.edu> Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science University of Toronto Web: www.ishtiaque.net Skype: syed.ishtiaque.ahmed ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Oana Inel <O.Inel(a)tudelft.nl> Date: Tue, Jul 23, 2019, 4:18 PM Subject: SIGCHI Student Travel Grant Deadline *Thursday, August 1st* To: <CHI-ANNOUNCEMENTS(a)listserv.acm.org> * We apologize if you receive multiple copies of this message * This is a gentle reminder that the deadline for the SIGCHI Student Travel Grant< https://sigchi.org/conferences/student-travel-grants/sigchi-student-travel-…> ( https://sigchi.org/conferences/student-travel-grants/sigchi-student-travel-…) is quickly approaching next week for your respective conferences. The applications are due Thursday, August 1st, 2019. Please share information about the student travel grant< https://sigchi.org/conferences/student-travel-grants/sigchi-student-travel-…> and application link with colleagues planning to attend: Application Due: <https://sigchi.forms.fm/sstg-2019-q3/forms/6762> August 1, 2019<https://sigchi.forms.fm/sstg-2019-q3/forms/6762> (please see the form linked: https://sigchi.forms.fm/sstg-2019-q3/forms/6762 ) Notification: August 15, 2019 · CHI 2020 · HRI 2020 · IUI 2020 --------------------------------------------------------------- For news of CHI books, courses & software, join CHI-RESOURCES mailto: chi-resources-subscribe-request(a)listserv.acm.org To unsubscribe from CHI-ANNOUNCEMENTS send an email to mailto:chi-announcements-unsubscribe-request@listserv.acm.org For further details of CHI lists see http://listserv.acm.org ---------------------------------------------------------------

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