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Reminder: Talk tomorrow (Tuesday!)
by Daniel Wigdor 05 Nov '18

05 Nov '18

[cid:image005.png@01D357B6.5B82A7B0] [cid:image008.png@01D10810.C2D01210] [cid:image008.png@01D357B6.5B82A7B0] Dear Tux, A reminder that our next Member Presentation will take place tomorrow (Tuesday) at the DGP lab (40 St. George St., 5th Floor). We have two exciting speakers; looking forward to seeing you there! Haijun Xia [http://www.tux-hci.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/haijunxia-223x300.jpg]<http://www.tux-hci.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/haijunxia.jpg> Abstract Supporting Direct Human-Computer Communication Abstract: From the dawn of digital computing, we have striven to communicate with computers to fully leverage their computing power. The development of sensing technologies enables such communication with verbal language, gestural language, and graphical language. Despite the many different input techniques, conversations with computers are all structured around a fixed sets UI elements that do not support much flexibility. As such, the rich and dynamic thoughts we could have articulated naturally with flexible words, gestures, and visuals must be formalized as structured, restrictive, rigid, and repetitive tasks around such element. I seek to design a new interaction language that enables us to directly and flexibly articulate our creative thoughts. I approach this from two directions. First, I design new graphical representations of digital content to match our dynamic and flexible needs. Second, I invent novel interaction techniques to enable the direct articulation of user intention. Bio I am a PhD student advised by Prof. Daniel Wigdor at DGP lab, University of Toronto. I am also a Microsoft PhD Fellow and Adobe PhD Fellow. My research area is Human-Computer Interaction, in which I focus on creating flexible digital media to augment our creativity. I approach this from two directions: 1) I invent novel representation of the abstract content to match our dynamic needs; and 2) I develop novel interaction techniques that allow us to express our thoughts and ideas via graphical, gestural, and vocal communication that we are all naturally capable of. For more information, please visit www.haijunxia.com<http://www.haijunxia.com/> Seongkook Heo [http://www.tux-hci.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Seongkook-e1502313477475.…]<http://www.tux-hci.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Seongkook-e1502313477475.…> Abstract Expanding Touch Interaction Bandwidth by Making Computers to Feel Our Touch and to be Felt Our natural touch is rich, nuanced, and full of physical properties such as force and posture that imply our intentions. When we manipulate physical objects, we also understand the status of the object and control the posture or the forces by what we feel from our fingers. This rich physical interaction enables eyes-free and skillful object manipulation. However, most touch interfaces ignore this rich source of information and only register the contact location of a finger and do not give any physical reactions to our touch. This limited bandwidth of input and output channel often necessitates the use of multiple input modes and many buttons and makes eyes-free interaction challenging. In this talk, I will introduce projects that my colleagues and I have worked on to enrich our touch interaction with computers by utilizing previously unused physical properties of our touch. I will discuss how we can make the computers to sense more from our touch and use such information to make the richer interaction and also our haptic feedback methods that could enable virtual contents to be felt. Bio Seongkook is a postdoctoral fellow in the DGP Lab at the University of Toronto working with Prof. Daniel Wigdor. He received his Ph. D. in Computer Science at KAIST in 2017, under the supervision of Prof. Geehyuk Lee. He is interested in making communication between human and computers richer and more natural through the better use of new input and output modalities. His work has been published in premier conference proceedings and journals, such as CHI, UIST, CSCW, and IEEE Trans. Haptics. (Learn more at: http://seongkookheo.com<http://seongkookheo.com/>) [cid:image009.png@01D357B6.5B82A7B0] OUR SPONSORS: [cid:image010.png@01D357B6.5B82A7B0] 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. _______________________________________________ tux-announce mailing list tux-announce(a)dgp.toronto.edu<mailto:tux-announce@dgp.toronto.edu> https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tux-announce

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talk today!
by Daniel Wigdor 09 Oct '18

09 Oct '18

[cid:image005.png@01D357B6.5B82A7B0] [cid:image008.png@01D10810.C2D01210] [cid:image008.png@01D357B6.5B82A7B0] Hello TUX! A reminder that today we have a Member Presentation by Prof. Ashton Anderson in the DGP lab at U of T (40 St. George St.<https://www.google.com/maps/place/40+St+George+St,+Toronto,+ON+M5S+2E4,+Can…>, 5th Floor). Come help your brain work off that Thanksgiving Tryptophan with some mental stimulation. Lunch at 12:30, talk at 1:00pm sharp. We look forward to seeing you there, Ali, Daniel, and Tovi Ashton Anderson: The Design of Social Incentives 2018-10-09 12:30 at DGP Lab: 40 St. George St., 5th Floor<https://www.google.com/maps/place/40+St+George+St,+Toronto,+ON+M5S+2E4,+Can…> [http://www.tux-hci.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/ashton.jpg-150x150.jpeg] Abstract An increasingly common feature of online communities and social media sites is a mechanism for rewarding user achievements based on a system of social incentives, such as badges. Badges are given to users for particular contributions to a site, such as performing a certain number of actions of a given type. In this talk, I will speak about how badges can influence and steer user behavior on a site-leading both to increased participation and to changes in the mix of activities a user pursues on the site. I'll introduce a formal model for reasoning about user behavior in the presence of badges, and in particular for analyzing the ways in which badges can steer users to change their behavior. To evaluate the main predictions of our model, we study the use of badges and their effects on the widely used Stack Overflow question-answering site, and find evidence that their badges steer behavior in ways closely consistent with the predictions of our model. We then investigate the problem of how to optimally place badges in order to induce particular user behaviors. Several robust design principles emerge from our framework that could potentially aid in the design of incentives for a broad range of sites. Finally, I'll report on a large-scale deployment of badges as incentives for engagement in a MOOC, including randomized experiments in which the presentation of badges was varied across sub-populations. We find that badges significantly increased student engagement, with the magnitude of the increase varying with the saliency of the badge presentation. About Prof. Anderson Ashton Anderson (University of Toronto) is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at the University of Toronto, where he is also a Faculty Affiliate with the Vector Institute and a Research Fellow in Behavioural Economics. He received his PhD from Stanford University in 2015 and completed a postdoctoral appointment at Microsoft Research NYC in 2017. His research in computational social science focuses on questions in the increasingly vital intersection of data and society. His work has appeared in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Sociological Science, and The Web Conference. [cid:image009.png@01D357B6.5B82A7B0] OUR SPONSORS: [cid:image010.png@01D357B6.5B82A7B0] 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. _______________________________________________ tux-announce mailing list tux-announce(a)dgp.toronto.edu<mailto:tux-announce@dgp.toronto.edu> https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tux-announce

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TUX Reminder: Ron Baecker Tomorrow!
by Sharon Tan 24 Sep '18

24 Sep '18

Hello TUX! A reminder that tomorrow we have a Member Presentation by Prof. Ron Baecker. We look forward to seeing you there! Ali, Daniel, and Tovi TUX Member Presentation: Prof. Ron Baecker March 27, 2018. DGP Lab, Department of Computer Science at U of T @ 40 St. George St. Room 5166 Lunch reception begins at 12:30 pm. Presentation begins at 1:00 pm. AI Deployments Accelerate Without Sufficient Intelligence: Opportunities for HCI Research After 35 years of ups and downs, AI finally achieved in the last two decades triumphs over the world's best humans in chess, Jeopardy, Go, and poker. Accelerating advances in deep leaning technology now bring actual or promised deployments in speech and face recognition, judgments of human potential, medical image processing, driverless cars, and automated warfare. But are these systems truly intelligent? Replacing simplistic definitions of intelligence with the more nuanced descriptions of Sternberg and Gardner suggests that the answer is "no". Thinking about what we should expect of intelligent agents, we must acknowledge the lack of algorithms that can explain the logic behind their actions so that we can understand their behaviour. This is required so that we can trust them, delegate responsibility for actions and accountability for errors, and expect their decisions that are just. Removing these limitations will require a healthy dose of HCI research and user experience innovation. My goal with this talk is to encourage audience members to work on these issues. Note: Ideas in this lecture are based in part on Chapter 11 of the forthcoming text: Computers and Society: Modern Perspectives, by Ronald M. Baecker, Oxford University Press, 2019. Bio Ronald Baecker is Director of the Technologies for Aging Gracefully Laboratory (TAGlab), Professor of Computer Science, and Bell Universities Laboratories Chair in Human-Computer Interaction. The focus of TAGlab activities is R&D in support of aging throughout the life course including cognition, communication, and social interaction. Collaborators include individuals from Baycrest, Columbia Medical School, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, and Toronto Rehabilitation Institute. He is also Affiliate Scientist with the Kunin-Lunenfeld Applied Research Unit of Baycrest (formerly, Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care), Adjunct Scientist with Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, and founder of the Knowledge Media Design Institute at the University of Toronto. He has been named one of the 60 Pioneers of Computer Graphics by ACM SIGGRAPH, has been elected to the CHI Academy by ACM SIGCHI, and has been given the Canadian Human Computer Communications Society Achievement Award in May 2005. His B.Sc., M.Sc., and Ph.D. are from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Professor Baecker is an active researcher, lecturer, and consultant on human-computer interaction and user interface design, user support, software visualization, multimedia, computer-supported cooperative work and learning, the Internet, entrepreneurship and strategic planning in the software industry, and the role of information technology in business. He has published over 175 papers and articles on topics in these areas. He is also the author or co-author of two published videotapes and of four books: . "Reading in Human-Computer Interaction: A Multidisciplinary Approach", . "Human Factors in Typography for More Readable Programs", . "Readings in Groupware and Computer-Supported Cooperative Work: Facilitating Human-Human Collabortation", and . "Reading in Human-Computer Interaction: Towards the Year 2000". He is the co-holder of 2 patents. Professor Baecker was the founder, CEO, and Chairman of HCR Corporation, a Toronto-based UNIX contract R&D and technology development and marketing firm, sold in 1990 to a U.S. competitor. He was also the founder of Expresto Software Corp, a firm specializing in structured visual communication explaining software and other complex technology. Expresto Software was sold in 2002 to Caseware International. Another entrepreneurial venture was a virtual non-profit foundation within the University of Toronto to distribute and support the open source ePresence Interactive Media rich media webcasting and archiving system, which then led to the formation of a start-up delivering ePresence products, services, and solutions, recently sold to Desire2Learn. Most recently, he was instrumental in the founding of MyVoice. OUR SPONSORS: 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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Announcing our 2018-2019 Season
by Daniel Wigdor 13 Sep '18

13 Sep '18

[cid:image005.png@01D357B6.5B82A7B0] [cid:image008.png@01D10810.C2D01210] [cid:image008.png@01D357B6.5B82A7B0] Announcing TUX's 2018-2019 Season We are very pleased to announce the Tux 2018-2019 season. We have an exciting mix of legends of the field, and young researchers delivering groundbreaking research. It is shaping-up to be our best year to date! Please see the table below for the complete slate of speakers. Thank you, as always, to our generous sponsors: Mr. Steven Sanders, Autodesk, and the University of Toronto. We look forward to seeing you on the 25th. Date Location Speaker Type Sept 25, 2018 Autodesk-MaRS<https://www.google.com/maps/place/Autodesk+Toronto/@43.6553087,-79.3967535,…> Prof. Joseph Jay Williams<http://www.josephjaywilliams.com/>, University of Toronto Member Series Presentation Oct 9, 2018 DGP: BCIT<https://www.google.com/maps/place/Bahen+Centre+for+Information+Technology,+…>, 5th Floor Prof. Ashton Anderson<http://www.cs.toronto.edu/~ashton/>, University of Toronto Member Series Presentation Oct 23, 2018 Autodesk-MaRS<https://www.google.com/maps/place/Autodesk+Toronto/@43.6553087,-79.3967535,…> Dr. Paul Dietz<http://misappliedsciences.com/Home/About>, Misapplied Sciences Sanders Series Invited Lecture Nov 6, 2018 DGP: BCIT<https://www.google.com/maps/place/Bahen+Centre+for+Information+Technology,+…>, 5th Floor Haijun Xia<http://www.dgp.toronto.edu/~haijunxia/> and Dr. Seongkook Heo<http://seongkookheo.com/>, University of Toronto Member Series Presentation Nov 20, 2018 Autodesk-MaRS<https://www.google.com/maps/place/Autodesk+Toronto/@43.6553087,-79.3967535,…> Prof. Regan Mandryk<http://hci.usask.ca/people/view.php?id=1>, University of Saskatchewan Sanders Series Invited Lecture Dec 4, 2018 DGP: BCIT<https://www.google.com/maps/place/Bahen+Centre+for+Information+Technology,+…>, 5th Floor Dr. Fraser Anderson<https://www.autodeskresearch.com/people/fraser-anderson>, Autodesk Research Member Series Presentation Jan 15, 2019 Autodesk-MaRS<https://www.google.com/maps/place/Autodesk+Toronto/@43.6553087,-79.3967535,…> Prof. Steven Feiner<http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~feiner/>, Columbia University Sanders Series Invited Lecture Jan 29, 2019 Autodesk-MaRS<https://www.google.com/maps/place/Autodesk+Toronto/@43.6553087,-79.3967535,…> Prof. Justine Cassell<http://www.justinecassell.com/>, Carnegie Melon University Sanders Series Invited Lecture Feb 12, 2019 Autodesk-MaRS<https://www.google.com/maps/place/Autodesk+Toronto/@43.6553087,-79.3967535,…> Prof. Ranjitha Kumar<http://ranjithakumar.net/>, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Sanders Series Invited Lecture Feb 26, 2019 DGP: BCIT<https://www.google.com/maps/place/Bahen+Centre+for+Information+Technology,+…>, 5th Floor Member Presentation Member Series Presentation Mar 12, 2019 Autodesk-MaRS<https://www.google.com/maps/place/Autodesk+Toronto/@43.6553087,-79.3967535,…> Prof. Andy van Dam<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andries_van_Dam>, Brown University Sanders Series Invited Lecture Mar 26, 2019 DGP: BCIT<https://www.google.com/maps/place/Bahen+Centre+for+Information+Technology,+…>, 5th Floor Member Presentation Member Series Presentation Ali, Daniel, and Tovi [cid:image009.png@01D357B6.5B82A7B0] OUR SPONSORS: [cid:image010.png@01D357B6.5B82A7B0] 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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TUX 2018-2019: Schedule and Speaker Suggestions
by Daniel Wigdor 03 Jul '18

03 Jul '18

[cid:image005.png@01D357B6.5B82A7B0] [cid:image008.png@01D10810.C2D01210] [cid:image008.png@01D357B6.5B82A7B0] Hello TUX! Our next season of TUX is just around the corner, and we wanted to kick things off with some information. We are excited to be continuing our member presentations and Sanders Series Invited Lectures, and will once again be meeting on alternating Tuesdays, with talks from 1pm-2pm and lunch served prior to the talks. Below is the schedule for 2018-2019 presentations. Speakers are still TBD, and will be announced once confirmed. TUX 2018-2019 Speaker Schedule Tuesday, September 25, 2018 1pm-2pm Autodesk-MaRS Sanders Tuesday, October 9, 2018 1pm-2pm DGP Member Tuesday, October 23, 2018 1pm-2pm Autodesk-MaRS Sanders Tuesday, November 6, 2018 1pm-2pm DGP Member Tuesday, November 20, 2018 1pm-2pm Autodesk-MaRS Sanders Tuesday, December 4, 2018 1pm-2pm DGP Member Tuesday, January 15, 2019 1pm-2pm Autodesk-MaRS Sanders Tuesday, January 29, 2019 1pm-2pm DGP Member Tuesday, February 12, 2019 1pm-2pm Autodesk-MaRS Sanders Tuesday, February 26, 2019 1pm-2pm DGP Member Tuesday, March 12, 2019 1pm-2pm Autodesk-MaRS Sanders Tuesday, March 26, 2019 1pm-2pm DGP Member On that note, we'd like to ask for your input regarding potential speakers for next year. You may nominate member presentations, speakers from the Greater Toronto Area, or Sanders Series Invited Lectures, distinguished HCI visionaries from around the world. You may also nominate yourself! Speakers can be in academia, industry, or independent institutions. This year, we will also consider senior PhD or Post-Docs for member presentations. We encourage the suggestion of speakers from a broad range of research and practitioner communities that touch on HCI and related topics. Please use the following link for speaker nominations, no later than July 13th: https://goo.gl/forms/RHasTfKed8FUf7rB2 Enjoy your summer, and see you in September! Ali, Daniel, and Tovi [cid:image009.png@01D357B6.5B82A7B0] OUR SPONSORS: [cid:image010.png@01D357B6.5B82A7B0] 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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TUX Reminder: Marcelo Coelho Tomorrow!
by John Hancock 12 Mar '18

12 Mar '18

cid:image005.png@01D357B6.5B82A7B0 cid:image008.png@01D10810.C2D01210 cid:image008.png@01D357B6.5B82A7B0 Hello TUX! A reminder that tomorrow we have a Sanders Series Invited Lecture by Dr. Marcelo Coelho. We look forward to seeing you there! Ali, Daniel, and Tovi Sanders Series Invited Lecture: Dr. Marcelo Coelho *March 13, 2018. Autodesk MaRS IDEaS Lab, 661 University Ave., Ground Floor * * * Lunch reception begins at 12:30 pm. Presentation begins at 1:00 pm. * * *Materializing Interaction* * * As technology advances and we progress towards a world imbued with computation, how will we create programmable objects and spaces that are responsive and can take full advantage of our senses? In this talk, Marcelo Coelho will present his design and research practice, and how the capabilities of computers and materials can be intertwined to create new aesthetic experiences. He will present examples of wearables, interactive installations, live performances, and nano- to stadium-sized sculptures, which present new opportunities and challenges in design, fabrication, and assembly. * * *Bio* * * Marcelo Coelho is a Brazilian/American computation designer working on objects, installations, and live experiences. Spanning a wide range of media, processes, and scales, his work explores the boundaries between matter and information, fundamentally expanding and enhancing the ways in which we interact and communicate. Marcelo’s creative work has been exhibited internationally, including places such as the Rio 2016 Paralympics Ceremonies, Ars Electronica, The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, and Design Miami/, and can be found in private collections including the Maxine and Stuart Frankel Foundation for Art and The Rothschild Collection. Recognition for his work include two Prix Ars Electronica awards, VIDA 16.0 Award, and the W Hotels Designer of the Future Award. In addition to his practice, Marcelo is also a Lecturer at the MIT Department of Architecture and Head of Design at Formlabs. Prior to his practice, Marcelo Coelho received a Doctorate in Media Arts and Sciences from the MIT Media Lab. cid:image009.png@01D357B6.5B82A7B0** *OUR SPONSORS:* cid:image010.png@01D357B6.5B82A7B0 *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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TUX Reminder: Mary Lou Maher Tomorrow!
by Sharon Tan 12 Feb '18

12 Feb '18

Hello TUX! A reminder that tomorrow we have a Sanders Series Invited Lecture by Prof. Mary Lou Maher. We look forward to seeing you there! Ali, Daniel, and Tovi Sanders Series Invited Lecture: Prof. Mary Lou Maher February 13, 2018. Autodesk MaRS IDEaS Lab, 661 University Ave., Ground Floor Lunch reception begins at 12:30 pm. Presentation begins at 1:00 pm. Designing for Gesture and Tangible Interaction Interactive technology is increasingly integrated with physical objects that do not have a traditional keyboard and mouse style of interaction, and many do not even have a display. These objects require new approaches to interaction design, referred to as post-WIMP (Windows, Icons, Menus, and Pointer) or as embodied interaction design. This presentation provides an overview of the design opportunities and issues associated with two embodied interaction modalities that allow us to leave the traditional keyboard behind: tangible and gesture interaction. The presentation starts with an overview of four design projects which explore the design of tangible interaction with a reconceptualization of the traditional keyboard as a Tangible Keyboard, the design of interactive 3D models as Tangible Models, the design of gesture-base commands for a Walk-up-and-use Information Display, and the design of a gesture-based dialogue for the willful marionette art installation. These projects provide a foundation for design principles for tangible and gesture interaction and a call for research on the cognitive effect of these modalities. Bio: Mary Lou Maher is Professor and Chair of Software and Information Systems at UNC Charlotte. Dr. Maher's current research interests include: cognitive effects of embodied interaction modalities, computational and cognitive models of creativity and curiosity, and design patterns for active learning strategies in CS education. At UNC Charlotte she has expanded the HCI program to include an undergraduate and graduate concentration in the CS and MSIT degrees, and she has established a Graduate Certificate in HCI. While at the University of Sydney, she created a new undergraduate degree called a Bachelor of Design Computing. While a Program Director at NSF, she started a funding program called CreativeIT. She is the author or editor of 10 books and over 180 publications. Her most recent book, published in 2017 is Designing for Gesture and Tangible Interaction: http://www.morganclaypoolpublishers.com/catalog_Orig/product_info.php?produc ts_id=1047 <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.morganclaypoolpubli shers.com_catalog-5FOrig_product-5Finfo.php-3Fproducts-5Fid-3D1047&d=DwMFAg& c=76Q6Tcqc-t2x0ciWn7KFdCiqt6IQ7a_IF9uzNzd_2pA&r=OLJPzV2rN2p4Vj0koQkKUBRF-JSU SjQPgLGO-TODc3E&m=ktd1WMOu_n_Xvpk9p-DYvE5vvBKcM4FHC5_EbOtbQRs&s=6Dlt4ibmPPjf v2OCXbdo2h-4Flewwcmqbms9SGdq_nE&e=> OUR SPONSORS: 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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Update for TUX Reminder: Jay Vidyarthi Tomorrow!
by Sharon Tan 29 Jan '18

29 Jan '18

Hello, Please note that there has been an error regarding the date of the event. The presentation will take place on Tuesday, January 30th. Hello TUX! A reminder that tomorrow we have a Member Presentation by Jay Vidyarthi. We look forward to seeing you there! Ali, Daniel, and Tovi TUX Member Presentation: Jay Vidyarthi January 30, 2018. DGP Lab, Department of Computer Science at U of T @ 40 St. George St. 5th Floor Lunch reception begins at 12:30 pm. Presentation begins at 1:00 pm. The Role of Mindfulness in Design Activism 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. OUR SPONSORS: 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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TUX Reminder: Jay Vidyarthi Tomorrow!
by Sharon Tan 29 Jan '18

29 Jan '18

Hello TUX! A reminder that tomorrow we have a Member Presentation by Jay Vidyarthi. We look forward to seeing you there! Ali, Daniel, and Tovi TUX Member Presentation: Jay Vidyarthi January 31, 2018. DGP Lab, Department of Computer Science at U of T @ 40 St. George St. 5th Floor Lunch reception begins at 12:30 pm. Presentation begins at 1:00 pm. The Role of Mindfulness in Design Activism 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. OUR SPONSORS: 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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TUX Reminder: Sara Diamond Tomorrow!
by Sharon Tan 15 Jan '18

15 Jan '18

Hello TUX! A reminder that tomorrow we have a Sanders Series Invited Lecture by Prof. Sara Diamond We look forward to seeing you there! Ali, Daniel, and Tovi Sanders Series Invited Lecture: Prof. Sara Diamond January 16th, 2018. Autodesk MaRS IDEaS Lab, 661 University Avenue, Ground Floor. Lunch reception begins at 12:30 pm. Presentation begins at 1:00 pm. Data Visualization - Fundamental 21st Century Knowledge I side-stepped into data visualization two decades ago, as an artist trying to answer a series of related questions about IRC chat that had arisen for me as a user and through my dialogues with other users, "Why can't IRC chat be more dynamic, less linear, relational? How can we manage flaming, lurking and other behaviors that discourage users? What strategies, like play, might resolve conflicts?" Over a number of years I led the creation of the CodeZebraOS which was a playful, non-linear visual chat environment that applied basic affective computing to text analytics. Now a decade later I lead the Visual Analytics Laboratory at OCAD University - a group of researchers who are committed to bringing together visualization design and data analytics. Times have changed and with them the recognition that big data requires analytics tools to be usable. Visualization systems are built into many software packages and info graphics are everyday fare. The Visual Analytics Laboratory works in partnership with data owners and sources, some with their own analytics capacities, others who rely on the VAL to analyze as well as represent the data. Over the course of the lecture I will present a glimpse of my early work and provide a history of VAL projects, addressing differing strategies for making meaning from data. Projects include public displays of data, artistic data presentations, media analytics, urban planning, public data analytics, social media analytics, etc. Researchers in the VAL also raise questions about the use of data and the need for critical literacy regarding data sources and visualizations. Bio: Dr. Sara Diamond is the President of OCAD University, Canada's, "University of the Imagination". She holds a PhD in Computing, Information Technology and Engineering, a Masters in Digital Media and Honours Bachelors of Arts in History and Communications. She is an appointee of the Order of Ontario and the Royal Canadian Academy of Artists and a recipient of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal for service to Canada. She is the winner of the 2013 GRAND NCE Digital Media Pioneer Award, recognized as one of Toronto Life's Top Fifty and. she is a Senior Fellow at Massey College, University of Toronto. She was recently honored as one of Canada's 150 leading women. Since her appointment in 2005 she has led OCAD University's evolution to a full university, helping to build its transdisciplinary and research-creation research capacity and infrastructure, integrate STEM subjects, create its Digital Futures Initiative, launch the Indigenous Visual Culture Program, strengthen its approach to inclusion, and grow its undergraduate and graduate programs in studio art and design. Diamond is a researcher in media arts history and policy, visual analytics and has created wearable technologies, mobile experiences and media art. Diamond was honoured with a 1992 retrospective at the National Gallery of Canada, represented Canada in festivals and biennials, and her works reside in collections such as the MoMA in New York City, National Gallery of Canada and Vancouver Art Gallery. OUR SPONSORS: 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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