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[Reminder] HCI Meeting Today
by Seyong Ha 22 May '18

22 May '18

Hi all, This is a reminder for our HCI meeting. We are going to have a meeting at 12pm @ BA 5256 (next to CS lounge). In the meeting, each of us will have 5mins to introduce our summer research project. Please joint the meeting and give us feedbacks. Lunch will be provided. Thanks, Seyong ------------------------------------------ Dynamic Graphics Project Lab., Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto, Seyong Ha

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HCI Group Meeting Next Week
by Seyong Ha 18 May '18

18 May '18

Hi all, Our next HCI meeting will be on next Tuesday (May 22nd) @ BA 5256 (next to CS lounge). In the meeting, each of us will have 5mins to introduce our summer research project. Please joint the meeting and give us feedbacks. Lunch will be provided. Thanks, Seyong ------------------------------------------ Dynamic Graphics Project Lab., Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto, Seyong Ha

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HCI Reading Group "HARK No More" 2PM Friday May 18 @ Crimson Teas
by Jacob Ritchie 15 May '18

15 May '18

Hello all, We will be resuming the bi-weekly reading group this Friday, May 18th, at 2PM. We will be reading "HARK No More: On the Preregistration of CHI Experiments" by Andy Cockburn, Carl Gutwin and Alan Dix, which was presented last month at CHI. PAPER: https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=3173715 VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wp9B2P4jC-I (15 min + questions) A change in format this term is that each paper will have a "champion" who agrees to read the paper thoroughly and lead the discussion, highlighting why they think the work is important. Usually this will be the person who proposed the paper. Nicole and Fanny will jointly champion the paper this week. The meeting will take place at Crimson Teas (415 Spadina Ave), which is a 5 min walk from Bahen. A group will depart from the front desk at precisely 1:50 PM so that people can walk over together. Daniel has generously offered to fund drinks and snacks for the meeting. Crimson Teas has delicious tea and the owner is very nice, so consider your perishing physical thirst in addition to your thirst for knowledge. Please come if you are free - it's a great opportunity to learn about exciting new work in the field, applicable to anyone who runs quantitative studies. Also a great chance to talk with each other in a less formal environment. Summer students are especially encouraged to attend! -Jacob --- Jacob Ritchie M.Sc. Student, Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto

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HCI Meeting Tomorrow at 2:00pm - 3:30pm
by Seyong Ha 14 May '18

14 May '18

Hello everyone, Our first HCI meeting will begin tomorrow at 2:00pm @ DGP Seminar Room. A final schedule will be fixed tomorrow, so please join the meeting and give your opinions. Tomorrow, people who attended the CHI conference will share their stories at CHI such as interesting papers or exciting talks. Also, we will discuss about our HCI meeting direction during the summer. p.s. For those who were at CHI, please bring your own experience. You don’t need to prepare slides or photos. But would be great if you prepare something. Thanks, Seyong ------------------------------------------ Dynamic Graphics Project Lab., Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto, Seyong Ha

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HCI Meeting Rescheduling
by Seyong Ha 29 Apr '18

29 Apr '18

Hi folks, From this May, Summer HCI Group meeting will start, but still finalizing the schedule. We have two options from Doodle votes, 1) Wed. 11:30 am - 1:00 pm . 2) Thu. 11:30 am - 1:00 pm . We may have flexible meeting time slots, since we have more availablity in summer. But having fixed meeting time help everyone schedule their research plan. Please vote on Doodle poll, so I can find any other slots, Or give me an opinion about those two time slots. Thanks, Seyong ------------------------------------------ Dynamic Graphics Project Lab., Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto, Seyong Ha

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Visit (and seminar) of Gonzalo Ramos on April 16th
by Fanny Chevalier 19 Apr '18

19 Apr '18

Hi everyone, Gonzalo Ramos <https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/people/goramos/>, Senior researcher at the MSR Machine Teaching Group will be in Toronto sometime the week before CHI. He will give a talk at the dgp seminar on Thursday, April 19th between at 2PM. Title and abstract will be communicated later, but I can already tell that it will have to do with machine teaching and HCI, and promises to be of great interest to most. Please pencil in the date in your agenda, and plan to attend the talk. Gonzalo will also like to hear about ongoing research at dgp, so please reach out to me if you’re interested to do a demo / chat with him, and your availability on that day. Thanks! fanny — Fanny Chevalier Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science and Department of Statistical Sciences University of Toronto fanny(a)cs.toronto.edu http://fannychevalier.net/

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Thanks for joining today
by Seyong Ha 17 Apr '18

17 Apr '18

Hi everyone, Thanks for joining today and giving good feedbacks to our presenters. I am happy to (finally) leverage our Video Conference System other than the remote meetings. Yay. The presentations are recorded from the system, and I am sharing a dropbox link to download the videos. Each presenter can download and look back their presentation. https://www.dropbox.com/sh/qivdqt4guevl9ye/AAAMzgS2l4dGZS8Cbo3U1kKga?dl=0 (Unfortunately, caleb’s presentation is recorded audio only. Sorry for that. ) We experimented new type of feedback system today. I’ve seen lots of comments are given compared to our previous presentations (which is good) and it was efficient (in my opinion at least) with a tight timeline. But I also observed that sometime it is hard to follow the talks and people can easily be distracted. We may keep this experiment and can figure out better solution for giving feedbacks on a presentation. I am not joining the talks at CHI this year, but hope everyone will have great experience @CHI as well as good talks. Thanks, Seyong ------------------------------------------ Dynamic Graphics Project Lab., Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto, Seyong Ha

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[Reminder] CH practice talks starting from 11am
by seyongha＠dgp.toronto.edu 17 Apr '18

17 Apr '18

Hi folks, CHI practice talks will begin soon @DGP Seminar room to 2pm. Please join the practice talks, and give feedbacks to them. Coffee and Bakery will be served. Those who wants to join via remotely, please let me know, then I will Skype link Each presenter will have around 15mins talks and 10mins feedback time. Rahul: If you can start 5mins earlier, that would be great. Timeslot Presenter 11:00 - 11:20 Dina 11:20 - 11:30 break 11:30 - 11:50 Rahul 11:50 - 12:15 Sean 12:15 - 12:40 Caleb (Remote) 12:40 - 13:05 Seongkook 13:05 - 13:30 Haijun 13:30 - 13:55 Nicole Thanks, Seyong

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DGP seminar Talk by Dr. Gonzalo Ramos: 2pm, April 19 at DGP Seminar Room (BA5187)
by Fanny Chevalier 16 Apr '18

16 Apr '18

**2:00 pm**, Thursday, 19 April 2018 Bahen 5187 Dear Colleagues, Please join us for a talk delivered by Dr. Gonzalo Ramos <https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/people/goramos/>, Senior Researcher at the Machine Teaching Group at Microsoft Research, and former dgp member! Machine Teaching: Opportunities at the intersection of ML and HCI Research. Thursday April 19, at 2:00PM at the DGP seminar room (BA5187) Abstract: Machine Learning (ML) algorithms extract knowledge from data and currently require model builders with significant knowledge of the learning algorithm. This limits the ability to meet the demand for ML models to the available number of ML experts. To satisfy this demand, we must increase the number of individuals that can create ML models by making the process of teaching machines direct and accessible for all. We argue that this is achievable through Machine Teaching (MT), which focuses on how to transfer knowledge from a person to a learning algorithm. MT follows and extends principles of programming and lives at the intersection of ML, HCI and software engineering. In this presentation, we will introduce the fundamentals of MT and articulate the opportunities within for HCI research. We argue MT introduces model explainability by design, is a logical extension of programming literacy, and is disruptive by bringing discipline to ML model-building. Bio: Gonzalo is a Senior Researcher at the Machine Teaching Group. His Research DNA is about Human-Computer Interaction (although he thinks Human-Information Interaction is a better, more humanistic term) and over the years he has acquired what has been reliably diagnosed as an incurable Design and Engineering problem. His passion is to empower people by making information and technology accessible, enjoyable, and useful to all. He does this by researching, rediscovering, designing and crafting solutions as appropriate. He loves interdisciplinary work that aims to solve hard problems, and that challenges him to learn. Gonzalo is a graduate from the University of Toronto’s DGP lab, as well as the Universidad de Buenos Aires. Prior to his position at MSR, he worked as a Senior Design Technologist and later UX Scientist at Amazon, and as a Scientist Microsoft. To meet with Gonzalo, please email fanny(a)cs.toronto.edu <mailto:fanny@cs.toronto.edu> Cheers! fanny — Fanny Chevalier Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science and Department of Statistical Sciences University of Toronto fanny(a)cs.toronto.edu <mailto:fanny@cs.toronto.edu> http://fannychevalier.net/ <http://fannychevalier.net/>

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Tesh Goyal's visit on April 17, talk, and meeting with grad students
by Ishtiaque Ahmed 16 Apr '18

16 Apr '18

Hi All, Tesh Goyal (http://www.teshgoyal.info/) from Google Research will visit us on April 17. His talk is at DGP Seminar room starting at 4 pm on that day. Here you will find details of this talk: http://web.cs.toronto.edu/news/events/DGP_Talk__Apr_17.htm?DateTime=6365957… He will also meet our grad students from 3:15 to 4:00 pm on that day. Please let me know how many of you are available and interested, and I need a volunteer to book a room for this meeting accordingly. Have a great weekend! Cheers, Ishtiaque

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