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by Ishtiaque Ahmed 25 Mar '19

25 Mar '19

You may like this article: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-00948-7 Best Regards, Ishtiaque Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science University of Toronto, ON, CA web: https://www.ishtiaque.net/

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No 1:1 meeting until April 5 (due to CSCW deadline)
by Ishtiaque Ahmed 24 Mar '19

24 Mar '19

Dear All, As I am busy with CSCW deadline, I will skip our 1:1 meetings until April 5. However, we will have group meetings as scheduled. If you have an update and really want to talk to me, you can send me an email for a Skype meeting. Also, if you need something urgent (application, recommendation, etc.), shoot me an email. Apologies for any inconvenience. Best Regards, Ishtiaque Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science University of Toronto, ON, CA web: https://www.ishtiaque.net/

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Chasing Innovation
by Ishtiaque Ahmed 24 Mar '19

24 Mar '19

Folks - Some of you attended Lilly Irani's talk on her new book, "Chasing Innovation" on Friday where she discussed how the governments of many countries focusing on entrepreneurship ability of the citizens for their development. This is a very new paradigm in development history and Lilly collected some compelling stories from Delhi, India. If you are interested to read the book, it is here (pre-print version). Don't share this in public. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yqaOwxSt2GOKrxE7Dv8SwtiAA-WGH94Q/view?usp=… Best Regards, Ishtiaque Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science University of Toronto, ON, CA web: https://www.ishtiaque.net/

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World Happiness Report
by tushar21 21 Mar '19

21 Mar '19

Hi all, This report on the ranking of the happiest countries seems interesting. It has connections to several topics, including mental health, sustainability, and big data. One of the writers, Jeffery Sachs, is an influential economist and the writer of the highly cited book 'The end of poverty'. Link for the 2019 version of the report: https://s3.amazonaws.com/happiness-report/2019/WHR19.pdf

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All 1:1 meetings will be on Skype today
by Ishtiaque Ahmed 19 Mar '19

19 Mar '19

I am working from home today and all meetings will be held on Skype. ID: syed.ishtiaque.ahmed Regards, Ishtiaque

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HCI Meeting on Tuesday, Mar 19th, 2019 (12:30PM)
by limingz3＠dgp.toronto.edu 18 Mar '19

18 Mar '19

Hello everyone, We are having our HCI meeting tomorrow on Tuesday, Mar 19th. The meeting starts at 12:30PM. In this week, Bryan will present his on-going UIST project BlyncSync and lead a brainstorming session on potential applications. Then, Joseph and Josh will present MathBot, an educational chatbot that teaches high school math. They will detail MathBot's system design and outline experimental results. Joseph and Josh are looking for feedback of the best way to frame the MathBot paper for UIST. You can find the paper submitted to L@S (https://drive.google.com/file/d/14dqEG5iLbVs4g0zM-HTfwHO-3NRDOmvM/view) and the annotated reviews from CHI and Learning @ Scale (https://docs.google.com/document/d/19-HpyRINYm-6UxhBB6g1QgL1PsV-BlbwvHBaoV8…). Please join and participate in the meeting. Lunch will be provided. Hope to see all of you tomorrow, Franklin

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[Fwd: University of Toronto Social Science Methods Week - please circulate]
by Abdul Kawsar Tushar 18 Mar '19

18 Mar '19

Hi everyone, This event could be interesting to all. ---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- Subject: FW: University of Toronto Social Science Methods Week - please circulate From: "Angela Demke Brown" Date: Mon, March 18, 2019 2:28 pm To: dcsall(a)cs.toronto.edu -------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Arts & Science - Graduate [mailto:graduate.artsci@utoronto.ca] Sent: March 18, 2019 12:16 PM To: Arts & Science - Graduate Subject: University of Toronto Social Science Methods Week - please circulate Dear Graduate Coordinators and Administrators, The Department of Sociology is hosting an interdisciplinary week of methods workshops for scholars in the social sciences (broadly defined). Please circulate the below announcement to your faculty and graduate students. _____ UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO SOCIAL SCIENCE METHODS WEEK Faculty and graduate students are cordially invited to attend the 2nd annual University of Toronto Social Science Methods Week (SSMW), held April 29-May 3, 2019. SSMW consists of a series of workshops on methodologies with high potential to improve and advance research in the social sciences. Workshops are taught by expert methodologists drawn from departments across the social sciences at the University of Toronto. SSMW is an interdisciplinary forum where researchers can upgrade their methodological toolkit and build cross-disciplinary ties to like-minded scholars. The following workshops are being offered: * Introduction to Python * Introduction to Web Scraping and APIs with Python * R Basics: Analyzing and Plotting Data * Measuring Theoretical Constructions with Unobserved Variables: An Introduction to Structural Equation Modeling * Models of Social Change: Methods and Principles of Age-Period-Cohort Analysis * Integrated Network Science: Social Network Analysis in R * Multilevel Modeling: An Introduction * Registered Reports in Behavioral Science: A How-to Guide and Description of Benefits for Scientific Progress * Qualitative Social Science: A Fun Overview * Hearing Silence in Qualitative Interviews Workshops are free, but registration is required. Full details and a link to the registration form can be found on the event website: click here e-methods-week/university-of-toronto-social-science-methods-week-2019/> or copy and paste the URL into your web browser (http://sociology.utoronto.ca/events-2-2/university-of-toronto-social-scienc e-methods-week/university-of-toronto-social-science-methods-week-2019/) Yours sincerely, Abdul Kawsar Tushar Graduate Assistant, Department of Computer Science University of Toronto.

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Fwd: FW: University of Toronto Social Science Methods Week - please circulate
by Ishtiaque Ahmed 18 Mar '19

18 Mar '19

This looks like a great opportunity for you all to learn some cutting edge techniques. I will not be in town during that week, but I encourage you all to sign up for this and attend these sessions. Best Regards, Ishtiaque Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science University of Toronto, ON, CA web: https://www.ishtiaque.net/ ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Angela Demke Brown <gradchair(a)cs.toronto.edu> Date: Mon, Mar 18, 2019 at 2:29 PM Subject: FW: University of Toronto Social Science Methods Week - please circulate To: <dcsall(a)cs.toronto.edu> *From:* Arts & Science - Graduate [mailto:graduate.artsci@utoronto.ca] *Sent:* March 18, 2019 12:16 PM *To:* Arts & Science - Graduate <graduate.artsci(a)utoronto.ca> *Subject:* University of Toronto Social Science Methods Week - please circulate Dear Graduate Coordinators and Administrators, The Department of Sociology is hosting an interdisciplinary week of methods workshops for scholars in the social sciences (broadly defined). Please circulate the below announcement to your faculty and graduate students. ------------------------------ *UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO SOCIAL SCIENCE METHODS WEEK* Faculty and graduate students are cordially invited to attend the 2nd annual University of Toronto Social Science Methods Week (SSMW), held April 29-May 3, 2019. SSMW consists of a series of workshops on methodologies with high potential to improve and advance research in the social sciences. Workshops are taught by expert methodologists drawn from departments across the social sciences at the University of Toronto. SSMW is an interdisciplinary forum where researchers can upgrade their methodological toolkit and build cross-disciplinary ties to like-minded scholars. The following workshops are being offered: - Introduction to Python - Introduction to Web Scraping and APIs with Python - R Basics: Analyzing and Plotting Data - Measuring Theoretical Constructions with Unobserved Variables: An Introduction to Structural Equation Modeling - Models of Social Change: Methods and Principles of Age-Period-Cohort Analysis - Integrated Network Science: Social Network Analysis in R - Multilevel Modeling: An Introduction - Registered Reports in Behavioral Science: A How-to Guide and Description of Benefits for Scientific Progress - Qualitative Social Science: A Fun Overview - Hearing Silence in Qualitative Interviews Workshops are free, but registration is required. Full details and a link to the registration form can be found on the event website: click here <http://sociology.utoronto.ca/events-2-2/university-of-toronto-social-scienc…> or copy and paste the URL into your web browser ( http://sociology.utoronto.ca/events-2-2/university-of-toronto-social-scienc… )

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Fwd: MITACS Globalink Research Award – Call for applications
by Ishtiaque Ahmed 16 Mar '19

16 Mar '19

If some of you want to do fieldwork in a foreign country in the Fall, you can consider this. Best Regards, Ishtiaque Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science University of Toronto, ON, CA web: https://www.ishtiaque.net/ ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Research Alerts <rso.research(a)library.utoronto.ca> Date: Thu, Mar 14, 2019 at 2:53 PM Subject: MITACS Globalink Research Award – Call for applications To: If your computer does not display the file below, please visit the web version https://alerts.research.utoronto.ca/alert/view_alert/2686 Manage profile <https://alerts.research.utoronto.ca> [image: Logo and Title for the University of Toronto's Research Alerts] MITACS Globalink Research Award – Call for applications March 14, 2019 • Reply to Kristina Dinevska <kristina.dinevska(a)utoronto.ca?subject=RE:> *Funding available for* *senior undergraduate, graduate students and postdoctoral fellows considering international research and travel in the fall of 2019. * Through Mitacs’s *Globalink Research Award <https://mitacs.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=be23a55f0958a52e45d79bfe5&…>* (GRA), recipients can get *$6,000* for *12-24-week* research collaborations with universities abroad. Applications are accepted any time, awarded competitively, and subject to available funding. For participants wanting to travel by a certain date, Mitacs recommends applying at least 16 weeks in advance of their planned start date. Participants that apply less than 16 weeks in advance may need to delay their start date as the project cannot begin until Mitacs has issued both an outcome and an award letter. Destinations include *Australia, China, EU member countries, Japan, the United Kingdom, Norway, and the United States* and more — the complete list of eligible destinations is on the award web page <https://mitacs.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=be23a55f0958a52e45d79bfe5&…> . With questions, please contact international(a)mitacs.ca. For detailed program and application information, please visit: http://www.research.utoronto.ca/research-funding-opportunities/mitacs-globa… Distributed to: Social Sciences, Research Funding Opportunities, Physical Sciences and Engineering, Information & Communications Technology, Humanities, 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. © 2019 Office of the Vice-President, Research

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Rifat's paper for CHI 2019 best paper honorable mention award
by Ishtiaque Ahmed 15 Mar '19

15 Mar '19

Folks, Today, CHI published the list of papers that got the best paper and honorable mention award in CHI 2019 (these are the top papers of the conference). Rifat's paper on the electronic waste workers in Bangladesh has won an honorable mention award. Congratulations, Rifat! The list is here. DGP people have won several awards this year including this one - https://chi2019.acm.org/2019/03/15/chi-2019-best-papers-honourable-mentions/ Best Regards, Ishtiaque Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science University of Toronto, ON, CA web: https://www.ishtiaque.net/

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