Dear TUX Community,
Tomorrow there will be another HCI poster showcase (a similar event was held
last semester) which I'd like to invite you to. This will be a presentation
of posters that the students in the Human-Computer Interaction course I am
teaching at U of T have prepared. The course is cross-listed as a
fourth-year undergraduate / graduate course. For their final term project,
they have been conducting a literature review and proposing new ideas on an
HCI topic of choice. Tomorrow they will be presenting their findings in the
format of a poster. The poster showcase will be held in the Autodesk space
on the ground floor of the MaRS building. You are welcome to come by and see
the posters and meet the undergraduate and graduate students that have been
studying HCI at U of T this semester.
Date: Thursday, March 28
Time: 2pm-4pm
Location: Autodesk-MaRS
Hope to see you there!
Thanks,
Tovi
Tovi Grossman, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Computer Science
University of Toronto
40 St. George St, Toronto
Toronto, Ontario M5S 2E4
Canada
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Hello TUX!
A reminder that tomorrow we have a Member Presentation by Dr. Fraser
Anderson.
We look forward to seeing you there!
Ali, Daniel, and Tovi
TUX Member Presentation: Dr. Fraser Anderson
*December 4, 2018. DGP Lab, Department of Computer Science at U of T @
40 St. George Street Room 5166*
Lunch reception begins at 12:30 pm. Presentation begins at 1:00 pm.
*Designing Intelligent Objects
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Intelligent objects are all around us — responsive buildings, connected
toys, smart speakers. Designing these objects remains difficult, with
significant effort required from domain experts in mechanical,
electrical, and software engineering to get initial prototypes up and
running. This often leaves little time to consider the user experience,
which suffers as a result of this overhead.
This talk covers several approaches which aim to reduce the investment
needed to design, create and test smart objects and spaces. These
approaches simplify tasks of programming, 3D modelling and fabrication
to decrease the time and effort between ideation and testing. The work
spans broad range of domains – including the design of system
behaviours, programming building controls, and creating circuits. This
research builds on a wide range of enabling technology, from virtual
reality to generative design and covers a wide range of application
areas. As the research moves towards the architectural-scale, this
presentation will cover a large-scale living research lab which is being
developed at Autodesk in Toronto to explore the future of smart
construction.
*Bio*
Fraser Anderson is a Principal Research Scientist within the User
Interface group at Autodesk Research. At Autodesk, he examines how new
technology can support designers in developing, prototyping and building
smart objects and structures. This research encompasses new interaction
techniques, fabrication systems, and applying generative design
technology to circuitry. He is an active member of the academic Human
Computer Interaction community, serving on the program committee of
ACM’s CHI, UIST and MobileHCI conferences, as well as actively
publishing in these venues.
Prior to joining Autodesk, Fraser completed his PhD and Master’s in
Computing Science at the University of Alberta under Walter Bischof and
Pierre Boulanger where his research examined cognitive and motor
learning – he continues to pursue this line of research as it relates to
using technology to guide and teach people to perform real-world tasks
within the areas of construction and manufacturing.
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*OUR SPONSORS:*
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*TUX is made possible by the support of our sponsors, Steven Sanders,
Autodesk, *
*University of Toronto Department of Computer Science, and MaRS*.
*/About MaRS:/*/MaRS is the one of the world’s largest urban innovation
hubs—a place for collaboration, creativity and entrepreneurship. Located
in the heart of Toronto’s research district, MaRS provides the space,
training, talent and networks required to commercialize important
discoveries and launch and grow Canadian startups./
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