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ishtiaque is sick, canceling all meetings this week
by Ishtiaque Ahmed 11 Jun '19

11 Jun '19

Dear Group, I hope you all are enjoying a great summer in Toronto. (I know Raptors could not play up to expectation last night, but we still are proud of what they have done in this season.) BTW - I have caught a high fever and I need some time to recover. While I may still be somewhat active over email, I am avoiding all meetings this week. However, if you need anything urgent from me, please don't hesitate to reach out to me over email. Or, in case it is very urgent, you can also my Bangladeshi phone: +880 1789141918 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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HCI meeting (Tuesday June 11th)
by Jiannan Li 10 Jun '19

10 Jun '19

Hello all, We are having our HCI meeting on Tuesday June 11th. The time and location is 12.30 - 2.00, at the DGP seminar room, as usual. We will have Zhen giving a dry run for his talk at EICS. The title of his talk is SMAC: A Simplified Model of Attention and Capture in Multi-Device Desk-Centric Environments. Look forward to seeing you there. Lunch will be provided. Thanks, Jiannan

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Fwd: Event of Possible Interest
by Ishtiaque Ahmed 09 Jun '19

09 Jun '19

FYI Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science University of Toronto Web: www.ishtiaque.net Skype: syed.ishtiaque.ahmed ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Aakash Solanki <aakash.solanki(a)mail.utoronto.ca> Date: Sun, Jun 9, 2019, 7:23 AM Subject: Event of Possible Interest To: <DEVSEMEVENTS-L(a)listserv.utoronto.ca> Hi all, PFA [image: image1.jpeg] Sincerely, Aakash

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Unexpected peanuts in seminar room, already cleaned up (in a deep way), asking for suggestions for next steps.
by fyzhu＠dgp.toronto.edu 08 Jun '19

08 Jun '19

Dear all First, please allow me to convey my apologize for this unexpected case. Tonight we've invited our friends watching raptors vs warriors in the seminar room, and accidentally brought some snacks contain peanuts to the room. After we realized that, we ceased the snacks, sealed all the package contains peanuts and brought them outside the lab. Later we spent hours making a deep clean-up for the seminar room until now. We've cleaned up tables and chairs for multiple times, deeply checked the carpet and cleaned up everything looks like food debris on the ground, and opened the window to refresh the air. As a person also have allergies, I know this still may not be enough. So if you are allergic to peanuts, please try to avoid to get into the seminar room until the next Vacuums Clean Up time (typically Monday night, I think). If you are allergic to the peanuts, need something in the lab this weekends, I'm willing to help anything I could as I'll be in lab this weekends. If anyone has any suggestions to the next steps (like maybe we need to order the clean-up from school manually for the seminar room), please let me know and I'll try my best to reset our lab into a peanuts-free lab. Sorry again for this unexpected conditions. If you know anyone belongs to this lab but not signed to the mail list, please help to let them know this unexpected condition. Hope everyone has a great weekends. Sincerely Fengyuan Zhu

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Yasaman received Honorable Mention Award in FinTeQC conference in Montreal
by Ishtiaque Ahmed 07 Jun '19

07 Jun '19

Happy news for us, Folks! Yasaman's presentation on international money transaction by the immigrants has received Honorable Mention Award in FinTeQC conference in Montreal and she has also been offered research positions in multiple institutions to develop her project. Congratulations, Yasaman! 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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HCI meeting (Tuesday June 4th)
by Jiannan Li 03 Jun '19

03 Jun '19

Hello all, We are having our HCI meeting on Tuesday June 4th. The time and location is 12.30 - 2.00, at the DGP seminar room, as usual. We will have Haijun and Dev, each leading a brainstorming session related to multimodal interaction. Look forward to seeing you there. Lunch will be provided. Thanks, Jiannan

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Group Meetings in Summer 2019
by Ishtiaque Ahmed 30 May '19

30 May '19

>From June to August, our lab meeting will be online over Google Hangout. Yasaman proposed another Google product (Duo?). Time: Wednesday 11 am Toronto time First meeting: June 12, 2019 Can I request Hazem to set up meeting link and share that with the group one day prior to the meeting, please? 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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Re: [Thirdspace] This week's group meeting
by Mohammad Rashidujjaman Rifat 29 May '19

29 May '19

Hi Hazem, No, I don't. I have not gotten any email approval request today. If you are around the lab, try talking to John. I have heard people had similar issues before. Thanks, Rifat On Tue, May 28, 2019 at 10:52 AM hazemibr <hazemibr(a)mail.dgp.toronto.edu> wrote: > Just a reminder that we will be having our group meeting tomorrow > (Wednesday, May 29th) at 5 pm in the DGP Seminar room. I will be > ordering some pizza, so make sure to bring Tupperware if you are fasting > to not miss out. > > P.S: I have been trying to send a new email to the mailing list but it > does not seem to go through. Rifat, do you need to approve each > individual as a member which can start new email threads? > > Best Regards, > > Hazem Ibrahim > > > > > On 2019-05-21 19:55, Ishtiaque Ahmed wrote: > > Nope. Next week, we have one with teo presentations: > > > > 1. Dina for LIMITS > > 2. Yasaman for FinTeQ > > > > Regards, > > Ishtiaque > > > > On Tue, May 21, 2019, 6:42 PM Dina Sabie <dina.sabie(a)mail.utoronto.ca> > > wrote: > > > >> Hi, > >> > >> Do we have a group meeting tomorrow (Wednesday)? > >> > >> Dina > >> > >> Get Outlook for Android [1] > >> > >> ------------------------- > >> > >> FROM: Thirdspace <thirdspace-bounces(a)dgp.toronto.edu> on behalf of > >> Maryam Mokhberi <mokhberimaryam(a)gmail.com> > >> SENT: Wednesday, May 15, 2019 5:09:33 PM > >> TO: Ishtiaque Ahmed > >> CC: hazemibr; Thirdspace(a)dgp.toronto.edu; Mohammad Rashidujjaman > >> Rifat; Abdul Kawsar Tushar > >> SUBJECT: Re: [Thirdspace] This week's group meeting: THURSDAY (May > >> 16) at 5 pm > >> > >> Hi all, > >> > >> I had also planned to attend today's lab meeting, but unfortunately > >> couldn't manage to leave work earlier today. > >> However, I have some questions which I will follow up through email. > >> > >> > >> Thanks, > >> Maryam > >> > >> On Wed, May 15, 2019 at 4:45 PM Ishtiaque Ahmed > >> <ishtiaque(a)cs.toronto.edu> wrote: > >> > >> Take rest, Yasaman! We hope you feel well soon. > >> > >> 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 [2] > >> > >> On Wed, May 15, 2019 at 4:23 PM Yasaman Rohanifar > >> <yasaman.rohani(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> Hi everyone, > >> > >> I hope that you're all well. > >> > >> I'm feeling a bit under the weather and I took some medicine that > >> made me drowsy, I'm also going to the field tomorrow morning to > >> collect some data and unfortunately, I don't think that I can > >> virtually attend this week's group meeting given that it's happening > >> from 1:30 AM to 3 AM Tehran time. However, I read the 2 papers and > >> I'd be very happy to discuss them with you at some point. I'm also > >> very sorry that I'm missing Dina's presentation. > >> > >> Hope you all enjoy the meeting, > >> All the best, > >> Yasaman > >> > >> On Sun, May 12, 2019 at 9:26 PM Mohammad Rashidujjaman Rifat > >> <rifat(a)cs.toronto.edu> wrote: > >> > >> Sure, I can help with the laptop. > >> > >> Rifat > >> > >> On Sun, May 12, 2019 at 5:55 PM Abdul Kawsar Tushar > >> <tushar21(a)mail.dgp.toronto.edu> wrote: > >> I booked the room and will take care of the foods. > >> > >> However, my laptop does not wok on the podium. Rifat, do you think > >> you > >> will be available to lend your laptop? > >> > >> On 2019-05-12 12:52, Ishtiaque Ahmed wrote: > >>> Wednesday, it is then. See you all at 5 pm. > >>> > >>> Regards, > >>> Ishtiaque > >>> > >>> On Sun, May 12, 2019, 12:45 PM Abdul Kawsar Tushar > >>> <tushar21(a)mail.dgp.toronto.edu> wrote: > >>> > >>>> Hello all, > >>>> > >>>> I cannot also do Thursday since my flight is on that day. > >> However, > >>>> Wednesday late afternoon is fine. > >>>> > >>>> On 2019-05-12 09:37, Yasaman Rohanifar wrote: > >>>>> This time works for me! > >>>>> > >>>>> I'm sorry to hear that Hazem, the internet situation is not good > >>>> here > >>>>> but I can still make it work for VOIP. Do you know the reason > >>>> behind > >>>>> the UAE's policy on VOIP? I also bought my iPhone from the UAE > >> and > >>>> it > >>>>> doesn't have FaceTime on it (and you can't install it even if > >> you > >>>> go > >>>>> to another country) as it was ordered for UAE. > >>>>> > >>>>> All the best, > >>>>> Yasaman > >>>>> > >>>>> On Sun, May 12, 2019 at 5:56 PM Ishtiaque Ahmed > >>>>> <ishtiaque(a)cs.toronto.edu> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>>> I can do Wednesday 5-6:30 pm. Will that work for rest of you? > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Regards, > >>>>>> Ishtiaque > >>>>>> > >>>>>> On Sun, May 12, 2019, 9:20 AM hazemibr > >>>>>> <hazemibr(a)mail.dgp.toronto.edu> wrote: > >>>>>> > >>>>>>> Hi everyone, > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> I unfortunately will struggle to join the meeting this week as > >>>>>>> VOIP > >>>>>>> platforms are banned in the United Arab Emirates, however, I > >>>> will > >>>>>>> be > >>>>>>> back in Toronto on May 26th. Until then, I will be sending > >>>>>>> summaries and > >>>>>>> my thoughts on both the papers by Thursday as well. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Best Regards, > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Hazem Ibrahim > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> On 2019-05-12 17:12, Yasaman Rohanifar wrote: > >>>>>>>> Thanks, Prof. for sharing the papers and thank you Tushar for > >>>>>>> taking > >>>>>>>> care of the food while I'm away! I'll join you via Skype. My > >>>>>>> Skype ID > >>>>>>>> is yasamanro in case you need it. > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> My schedule is mostly flexible. Actually, the usual time (5 > >> PM) > >>>>>>> is > >>>>>>>> 1:30 AM in Tehran which is not the best time for me and I'd > >>>>>>> appreciate > >>>>>>>> if you could push the meeting a bit earlier if it's possible > >>>> for > >>>>>>>> everyone. If not, it's completely fine and I'll still join > >> you. > >>>>>>> The > >>>>>>>> day doesn't make much difference to me. > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> Thank you very much, > >>>>>>>> All the best, > >>>>>>>> Yasaman > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> On Sun, May 12, 2019 at 5:16 PM Dina Sabie > >>>>>>>> <dina.sabie(a)mail.utoronto.ca> wrote: > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> Can we make it on Wednesday or is everyone busy? > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> Dina > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> Get Outlook for Android [1] > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> ------------------------- > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> FROM: Thirdspace <thirdspace-bounces(a)dgp.toronto.edu> on > >>>> behalf > >>>>>>> of > >>>>>>>>> Ishtiaque Ahmed <ishtiaque(a)cs.toronto.edu> > >>>>>>>>> SENT: Sunday, May 12, 2019 2:36:19 AM > >>>>>>>>> TO: Thirdspace(a)dgp.toronto.edu > >>>>>>>>> SUBJECT: [Thirdspace] This week's group meeting: THURSDAY > >> (May > >>>>>>> 16) > >>>>>>>>> at 5 pm > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> We will be discussing the following 2 new papers from CHI: > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> 1. http://www.nixdell.com/papers/2019-CHI-Cameroon.pdf [3] > >> [2] > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> 2. > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> > >>> > >> > > > https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59f549a3b7411c736b42936a/t/5c8b48c6f… > >> [4] > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> Tushar, > >>>>>>>>> Can you please book the seminar room? Also, since Yasaman > >> will > >>>>>>> not > >>>>>>>>> be there in person, can you please take care of foods? > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> 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/ [5] > >>>>>>>>> My Availability: Google Calendar Link [3] > >>>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>>>>>> Thirdspace mailing list > >>>>>>>>> Thirdspace(a)dgp.toronto.edu > >>>>>>>>> > >>>> https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thirdspace > >> [6] > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> Links: > >>>>>>>> ------ > >>>>>>>> [1] https://aka.ms/ghei36 > >>>>>>>> [2] http://www.nixdell.com/papers/2019-CHI-Cameroon.pdf [3] > >>>>>>>> [3] > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> > >>> > >> > > > https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=ishtiaque.uoft%40gmail.com&a… > >> [7] > >>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>>>>> Thirdspace mailing list > >>>>>>>> Thirdspace(a)dgp.toronto.edu > >>>>>>>> > >> https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thirdspace [6] > >>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>> Thirdspace mailing list > >>>>> Thirdspace(a)dgp.toronto.edu > >>>>> https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thirdspace > >> [6] > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Thirdspace mailing list > >>> Thirdspace(a)dgp.toronto.edu > >>> https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thirdspace > >> [6] > >> -- > >> > >> Mohammad Rashidujjaman Rifat > >> > >> Ph.D. Student, Department of Computer Science, University of > >> Toronto. > >> http://www.dgp.toronto.edu/~rifat/ > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Thirdspace mailing list > >> Thirdspace(a)dgp.toronto.edu > >> https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thirdspace > > _______________________________________________ > > Thirdspace mailing list > > Thirdspace(a)dgp.toronto.edu > > https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thirdspace > > _______________________________________________ > > Thirdspace mailing list > > Thirdspace(a)dgp.toronto.edu > > https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thirdspace > > > > > > Links: > > ------ > > [1] https://aka.ms/ghei36 > > [2] > > > https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=ishtiaque.uoft%40gmail.com&a… > > [3] http://www.nixdell.com/papers/2019-CHI-Cameroon.pdf > > [4] > > > https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59f549a3b7411c736b42936a/t/5c8b48c6f… > > [5] https://www.ishtiaque.net/ > > [6] https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thirdspace > > [7] > > > https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=ishtiaque.uoft%40gmail.com&a… > > _______________________________________________ > > Thirdspace mailing list > > Thirdspace(a)dgp.toronto.edu > > https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thirdspace > -- Mohammad Rashidujjaman Rifat Ph.D. Student, Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto. http://www.dgp.toronto.edu/~rifat/

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Research visit and talk - Otmar Hilliges
by Haijun Xia 28 May '19

28 May '19

Dear all, Otmar Hilliges, Associate Professor of Computer Science at ETH Zurich, is visiting us on this Friday, May 31. Please find his talk title, bio below. We would like to host some demos for him. This is a great opportunity to build connections and increase the exposure of your work. Please let me know by Tuesday night what time works for you in this google sheet. If you would like to meet with him, please also indicate your availability in the sheet. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1KYVkmGYAmc6Hg3UAYWPNEfADyH4xWjv0npQa WEfOVAI/edit?usp=sharing Thanks, Haijun Title: Quo Vadis Augmented Reality? Abstract: Virtual and Mixed Reality (XR) holds the promise to significantly change the ways we interact with digital information. Despite much progress from both research and industry there are still many challenges to be mastered before XR can become a mainstream interaction paradigm. In this talk I will review where we are as a field, outline some of the challenges ahead and talk about some of the recent research from our lab in this space. In particular, I will discuss new ways to capture rich user input, including full-body pose and detailed hand pose configurations without the need for environment mounted cameras or other tracking systems, enabling rich sensing of human activities in on-the-go scenarios. In the second half of the talk I will discuss novel light-weight approaches to haptic feedback for XR and adaptive UIs that control what information to display where, depending on the user's internal state. Bio: Otmar Hilliges is currently an Associate Professor of computer science at ETH Zurich, where he leads the AIT lab. His research is at the intersection of machine learning, computer vision and human computer interaction (HCI). The main mission is to develop new ways for humans to interact with complex interactive systems (computers, wearables, robots), powered by advanced algorithms and technologies in machine perception, planning and data driven user modelling. Prior to joining ETH he was a Researcher at Microsoft Research Cambridge (2010-2013). His Diplom (equiv. MSc) in Computer Science is from Technische Universität München, Germany (2004) and his PhD in Computer Science from LMU München, Germany (2009). He spent two years as a postdoc at Microsoft Research Cambridge (2010-2012). He has published more than 70 peer-reviewed papers in the major venues on computer vision, HCI and computer graphics and received an ERC starting grant in 2017 for computational approaches to sensing based human-computer interfaces. Finally, 20+ patents have been filed in his name on a variety of subjects from surface reconstruction to AR/VR.

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Helping Priyank for an Accommodation
by Mohammad Rashidujjaman Rifat 27 May '19

27 May '19

Hi all, Priyank, our new post-doc at Thirdspace needs help in his house search. He is looking at a place that has an open house on Thursday this week. Does anyone of you have some time to go visit the place? The address is 268 Berkeley St, Toronto, ON M5A 2X5, Canada. 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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