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Joyojeet Pal's talk on Feb 1
by Ishtiaque Ahmed 29 Jan '18

29 Jan '18

Hi Everyone, Joyojeet Pal of UMich will deliver a talk at the KDMI Speaker Series of UofT Faculty of Information on Feb 1. He is going to discuss his research on how politicians are using social media worldwide - a topic many of you may find interesting. You will find more details of the talk here: http://kmdi.utoronto.ca/event/kmdi-speaker-joyojeet-pal/ Cheers, Ishtiaque

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Demos for Jay Vidyarthi on January 30th
by jritchie＠dgp.toronto.edu 26 Jan '18

26 Jan '18

Hello all, Jay Vidyarthi, an independent UX professional and HCI researcher will be visiting the lab on January 30th to give a talk on "The Role of Mindfulness in Design Activism". Jay led the team that designed the Muse EEG headband, and last year helped establish the City of Toronto's Civic Innovation Office. After his talk at 12:30 PM, Jay has a one-hour slot for demos from 2:00-3:00 PM. Anyone who is free should contact me and I will arrange a time for you. Details of the talk and Jay's bio are attached below. Best regards, Jacob ----- Abstract In the past few years, weve witnessed powerful unintended consequences of modern technology. Researchers and journalists have been publishing about the pitfalls of an attention economy, the internet as an echo chamber, social medias effects on mental health, a lack of inclusive design, and more. The hype around an internet utopia seems to be fading. As technologists, its becoming more important for us to acknowledge how our context, values and perspectives manifest in the ideas, products, systems, and services we create. Ive worked as a specialist in user experience and human-computer interaction in a wide range of contexts, including startups, academic research, hospitals, governments, and fortune 500 companies. 7 years ago, I realized that aligning my personal values was the key to my best work, so I quit my job as a UX mercenary and began to specialize in the intersection of mindfulness, mental health, and technology. It is in this space that Ive not only done my best work, but Ive also shifted my perspective about the role of human-computer interaction and user experience specialists. Design activism is not just a side hustle, its part of the job. Good design is not just about usability, engagement and instant gratification. Modern organizations with lofty missions to improve the world rely on researchers and designers to understand context, but its up to us to ensure a holistic approach. The commodification of human attention has enabled todays technologies to covertly influence our identities, our politics, our relationships, and our health. This is why mindfulness a practice which has been scientifically shown to train attention and help manage mental health must play a role in shaping the way we design and use technology in the future. Bio Jay Vidyarthi is an award-winning experience designer and researcher focused on projects related to mindfulness and well-being. He guides teams through a human-centered approach to creating useful products, systems, and services. Forbes recently named Jay in a list of 10 world renowned meditation tech experts. He used a lean, iterative process to design Muse: the brain sensing headband, a successful consumer product experience which gives you feedback on your brain while you meditate. His related academic work on a persuasive technology for mindfulness called Sonic Cradle has been published and well-cited in the literature on human-computer interaction. Jay also leads UX projects for major international clients in a wide range of other sectors. Jay helped launch A Mindful Society an annual conference which attracts 500+ leaders in healthcare, education, business and government where he takes a unique design thinking approach to co-create each event directly with the audience. --- Jacob Ritchie M.Sc. Student, Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto

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Demos for Jay Vidyarthi on January 30th
by Jacob Ritchie 26 Jan '18

26 Jan '18

Hello all, Jay Vidyarthi, an independent UX professional and HCI researcher will be visiting the lab on January 30th to give a talk on "The Role of Mindfulness in Design Activism". Jay led the team that designed the Muse EEG headband, and last year helped establish the City of Toronto's Civic Innovation Office. After his talk at 12:30 PM, Jay has a one-hour slot for demos from 2:00-3:00 PM. Anyone who is free should contact me and I will arrange a time for you. Details of the talk and Jay's bio are attached below. Best regards, Jacob ----- Abstract In the past few years, we’ve witnessed powerful unintended consequences of modern technology. Researchers and journalists have been publishing about the pitfalls of an attention economy, the internet as an echo chamber, social media’s effects on mental health, a lack of inclusive design, and more. The hype around an internet utopia seems to be fading. As technologists, it’s becoming more important for us to acknowledge how our context, values and perspectives manifest in the ideas, products, systems, and services we create. I’ve worked as a specialist in user experience and human-computer interaction in a wide range of contexts, including startups, academic research, hospitals, governments, and fortune 500 companies. 7 years ago, I realized that aligning my personal values was the key to my best work, so I quit my job as a UX mercenary and began to specialize in the intersection of mindfulness, mental health, and technology. It is in this space that I’ve not only done my best work, but I’ve also shifted my perspective about the role of human-computer interaction and user experience specialists. Design activism is not just a side hustle, it’s part of the job. Good design is not just about usability, engagement and instant gratification. Modern organizations with lofty missions to improve the world rely on researchers and designers to understand context, but it’s up to us to ensure a holistic approach. The commodification of human attention has enabled today’s technologies to covertly influence our identities, our politics, our relationships, and our health. This is why mindfulness – a practice which has been scientifically shown to train attention and help manage mental health – must play a role in shaping the way we design and use technology in the future. Bio Jay Vidyarthi is an award-winning experience designer and researcher focused on projects related to mindfulness and well-being. He guides teams through a human-centered approach to creating useful products, systems, and services. Forbes recently named Jay in a list of “10 world renowned meditation tech experts.” He used a lean, iterative process to design Muse: the brain sensing headband, a successful consumer product experience which gives you feedback on your brain while you meditate. His related academic work on a persuasive technology for mindfulness called Sonic Cradle has been published and well-cited in the literature on human-computer interaction. Jay also leads UX projects for major international clients in a wide range of other sectors. Jay helped launch A Mindful Society – an annual conference which attracts 500+ leaders in healthcare, education, business and government – where he takes a unique design thinking approach to co-create each event directly with the audience. --- Jacob Ritchie M.Sc. Student, Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto

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[Reminder] HCI Meeting Today
by Seyong Ha 23 Jan '18

23 Jan '18

Hi folks, We have a HCI meeting at 1pm today @ BA5256 (next to DCS lounge). This is our first HCI meeting in this semester, please join our meeting. We first have a brief overview of this semester and I will have a brainstorming session. Lunch will be served. Thanks, Seyong ------------------------------------------ Dynamic Graphics Project Lab., Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto, Seyong Ha

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FW: Co-tutelle Ph.D. offer Lille-Ottawa
by Ravin Balakrishnan 23 Jan '18

23 Jan '18

From: Thomas Pietrzak [mailto:thomas.pietrzak@univ-lille1.fr] Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2018 10:34 AM To: Ravin Balakrishnan <ravin(a)dgp.toronto.edu> Subject: Co-tutelle Ph.D. offer Lille-Ottawa Hi Ravin, How are you doing? Can you please forward this Ph.D. offer to your students? Have a nice day, Direct manipulation with flexible devices Funding to secure - cotutelle in collaboration between Loki (Inria, University of Lille, France) Audrey Girouard, Creative Interactions Lab at Carleton University (Ottawa, CA) Contacts: Thomas Pietrzak, Stéphane Huot, Audrey Girouard (thomas.pietrzak(a)univ-lille1.fr <mailto:thomas.pietrzak@univ-lille1.fr> , stephane.huot(a)inria.fr <mailto:stephane.huot@inria.fr> , audreygirouard(a)cunet.carleton.ca <mailto:audreygirouard@cunet.carleton.ca> ) Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) research constantly explores new input and output modalities. Flexible devices are a relatively new approach that offers continuous input modality. Similarly to joysticks, flexible devices pertain to the category of elastic devices. They move back to their initial position when the user releases them. Depending on their elasticity, they either behave like an isotonic (like a mouse) or isometric device (like a trackpoint). In this thesis, the candidate will design, implement and evaluate new flexible devices and interaction techniques in relevant contexts an application domains to be identified (e.g., mobile interaction, creativity support tools, control with numerous degrees of freedom such as robotics, etc.). On a more theoretical perspective, he, or she, will study the relation between input actions and feedback (sensory-motor loop) in this very new and particular context, in order to inform the design of efficient flexible devices for direct manipulation. http://loki.lille.inria.fr/jobs/2018-Flexible-en.pdf — Thomas Pietrzak Assistant Professor, Université Lille 1 +33(0) 3 59 35 87 86 http://www.thomaspietrzak.com

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Fwd: "The Geopolitics of Cyber Security" with John Daniele, Wed Jan 24, 7pm
by Ishtiaque Ahmed 23 Jan '18

23 Jan '18

FYI 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: Metta Spencer <mspencer(a)web.net> Date: Tue, Jan 23, 2018 at 4:55 AM Subject: "The Geopolitics of Cyber Security" with John Daniele, Wed Jan 24, 7pm To: tsa(a)eecg.utoronto.ca, ishtiaque(a)cs.toronto.edu, ashton(a)cs.toronto.edu, fbacchus(a)cs.toronto.edu, rmb(a)cs.toronto.edu, ravin(a)cs.toronto.edu, gfb(a)cs.toronto.edu, bonner(a)cs.toronto.edu, bor(a)cs.toronto.edu, cebly(a)cs.toronto.edu, brudno(a)cs.toronto.edu, campbell(a)cs.toronto.edu, chechik(a)cs.toronto.edu, ccc(a)cs.toronto.edu, clarke(a)cs.toronto.edu, sacook(a)cs.toronto.edu, dgc(a)cs.toronto.edu, mcraig(a)cs.toronto.edu, delara(a)cs.toronto.edu, demke(a)cs.toronto.edu, sven(a)cs.toronto.edu, duvenaud(a)cs.toronto.edu, sme(a)cs.toronto.edu, faith(a)cs.toronto.edu, sengels(a)cs.toronto.edu, enright(a)cs.toronto.edu, tff(a)cs.toronto.edu, azadeh(a)cs.toronto.edu, fidler(a)cs.toronto.edu, elf(a)cs.toronto.edu, fleet(a)cs.toronto.edu, yganjali(a)cs.toronto.edu, pgries(a)cs.toronto.edu, rgrosse(a)cs.toronto.edu, vassos(a)cs.toronto.edu, heap(a)cs.toronto.edu, hehner(a)cs.toronto.edu, hinton(a)cs.toronto.edu, gh(a)cs.toronto.edu, dianeh(a)cs.toronto.edu, jacobson(a)cs.toronto.edu, krj(a)cs.toronto.edu <https://scienceforpeace.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=65bd52daac4a78ce5…> The Geopolitics of Cyber Security with *John Daniele* John Daniele is a forensic cyber security analyst who catches cyber criminals--notably those attempting to swindle banks and corporations. Now he is protecting Canada's democracy against foreign hackers and trolls who try to determine the outcome of elections. *Wednesday, January 24, 7:00pm* Room 140, University College, 15 King's College Circle <https://maps.google.com/?q=15+King's+College+Circle&entry=gmail&source=g>, University of Toronto We will also be broadcasting this lecture *live on Facebook* at facebook.com/pg/science4peace/videos/ <https://scienceforpeace.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=65bd52daac4a78ce5…>. You don't need to have a Facebook account to watch the livestream; but if you do, you can also submit questions for the Q&A session at the end of the lecture. Part of Science for Peace's weekly series of free public lectures Wednesday evenings, 7:00 – 9:00 pm, Jan 10-Apr 4, 2018 For more details, visit www.scienceforpeace.ca/1157 <https://scienceforpeace.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=65bd52daac4a78ce5…> <https://scienceforpeace.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=65bd52daac4a78ce5…> <https://scienceforpeace.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=65bd52daac4a78ce5…> <https://scienceforpeace.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=65bd52daac4a78ce5…>

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HCI meeting on Tuesday 1:00pm - 2:30pm
by Seyong Ha 19 Jan '18

19 Jan '18

Hi folks, We still have a schedule conflict, the result of vote said Tuesday is our best options for our group meeting. As soon as the schedule for whole semester has fixed, I will send another email. For our next HCI group meeting, It will be held on Tue. 1:00pm - 2:30pm @ the room next to DCS Lounge. Please let me know if you want to have your own session. Thanks, Seyong ------------------------------------------ Dynamic Graphics Project Lab., Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto, Seyong Ha

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Fwd: CHI Workshop: Working with Third Sector Organizations
by Mohammad Rashidujjaman Rifat 19 Jan '18

19 Jan '18

Might be interesting for some of you. Thanks, Rifat > Begin forwarded message: > > From: Chris Bopp <chris.bopp(a)colorado.edu> > Subject: CHI Workshop: Working with Third Sector Organizations > Date: January 18, 2018 at 6:53:51 PM EST > To: Rifat <rifat(a)cs.toronto.edu> > > Hi Rifat, > > I'm working with a few other people to organize a workshop at CHI that you yourself might be interested in, and/or others you know might be interested in. Can you take a look at this info below and send it on to people or lists at Toronto or elsewhere? Thank you sir! > > -Chris > > I would like to invite you to a workshop titled ‘Untold Stories: Working with Third Sector Organizations’ that will take place on the 22nd of April at CHI2018 in Montréal, Canada. > > This workshop will develop the first version of a Code of Good Practice for HCI research involving third sector organizations (TSOs), a term used to describe a variety of Non-Profit enterprises, service providers, and movements that exist independently from Government and (for-profit) Private Enterprises. The workshop offers a space to discuss how collaborations with TSOs impact (1) the third sector, (2) the research, and (3) the researchers. > > We first focus on group reflections of researcher experiences when working in or with TSOs to explore ethical and pragmatic tensions regarding the performance of this work. In the afternoon, we will produce an initial draft of a Code of Good Practice that will inform further work in this space. > > We welcome submissions in both creative formats (+short bio) and short papers written in the SIGCHI Extended Abstract format (max. 3 pages + references + short bio). We are committed to diversity and inclusion and actively encourage applications across cultures, gender identities, sexualities, and ethnicities. Submissions should address one or more of the below topics and should be sent to a.strohmayer(a)ncl.ac.uk <mailto:a.strohmayer@ncl.ac.uk> > Reflections of personal experiences of working in this space > Critiques of methodologies and methods that are used when working or engaging with TSOs > Any other factors, impacts, or outcomes that arise from engagement with TSOs that the authors feel are important to address, but are not necessarily named here. > Admittance will be on the basis of workshop relevance, and the potential of contribution to discussions, as reviewed by the workshop organizers. If accepted, we require that at least one author of the paper attends the workshop, who must also register for at least one day of the conference. We ask accepted participants to prepare two slides (one about themselves and one on their research) for the introductory presentations. > > More information can be found at: > http://thirdsector-hci.club/ <http://thirdsector-hci.club/> > > Deadlines and Dates > February 2nd 2018: Final Submission Deadline > February 22nd 2018: Final Acceptance and Feedback > April 22nd (Sunday) 2018: Workshop @ CHI 2018, Montréal > > Please send submissions to a.strohmayer(a)ncl.ac.uk <mailto:a.strohmayer@ncl.ac.uk> > > We look forward to seeing your submissions, meeting you in Montréal, and working on this project together!

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[poll]Biweekly HCI meeting reschedule
by Seyong Ha 16 Jan '18

16 Jan '18

Hi everyone, I make a doodle poll. Please check you availability for this semester. I highly recommend use Calendar View rather than Table View when you check you availability. https://doodle.com/poll/a7sf56tkbbvay56h <https://doodle.com/poll/a7sf56tkbbvay56h>. Thanks, Seyong ------------------------------------------ Dynamic Graphics Project Lab., Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto, Seyong Ha

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Meeting reschedule
by Seyong Ha 16 Jan '18

16 Jan '18

Hi Folks, We have a room booking conflict on Tuesday. Comp Photo group booked BA5187 for their lunch meeting. If all of you does not care, we are going to use other room for our meeting for this semester. If you care the room, we are going to change the meeting schedule. Please reply this email with your opinion. Thanks, Seyong ------------------------------------------ Dynamic Graphics Project Lab., Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto, Seyong Ha

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