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Final Reminder! David Salesin Today @ MaRS
by Tovi Grossman 08 Mar '16

08 Mar '16

Good morning Tux! Final reminder that our next Sanders Series Invited Lecture will take place today at 12:30pm in the MaRS Auditorium (basement level). The title and abstract for David's talk are now included below. As a reminder, the videos from our past Sanders Series lecturers have been posted on the Tux-hci.org website. To find a video for a speaker, simply look up the listing of their talk under "Past Speakers", and find the YouTube video embedded. You can also find the videos on our YouTube channel<https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi3ZH7kOtWXlu-ypJ6iD5Bg>. See you there! Ali, Daniel, and Tovi Tuesday, March 8 at 12:30pm, Tux Proudly Presents: Dr. David Salesin The MaRS Discovery District Audtiorium @ 101 College St<https://www.google.ca/maps/place/Mars+Discovery+District/@43.6598335,-79.38…>. (Basement Level) Lunch reception begins at 12:30pm. Presentation begins at 1pm. Observations On Doing Research and On Creating Sublime User Experiences In this talk I will draw upon my own experiences as a computer graphics researcher and as a tango dancer to provide a very personal perspective on how research works, and on how to create sublime user experiences. Bio I lead the Adobe Creative Technologies Lab, which I founded when I joined Adobe Systems<http://www.adobe.com/> in 2005. I am also an Affiliate Professor in the Department of Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Washington<http://www.washington.edu/>, where I have been on the faculty<http://www.cs.washington.edu/people/faculty/> since 1992. I received my Sc.B. from Brown University<http://www.cs.brown.edu/> in 1983, and my Ph.D. from Stanford University<http://www-cs.stanford.edu/> in 1991. From 1983-87, I worked at Lucasfilm<http://www.lucasarts.com/> and Pixar<http://www.pixar.com/>, where I contributed computer animation for the Academy Award-winning short film, "Tin Toy," and the feature-length film, Young Sherlock Holmes. I spent the 1991-92 year as a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Program of Computer Graphics<http://www.graphics.cornell.edu/> at Cornell University<http://www.cs.cornell.edu/>. In 1996, I co-founded two companies, where I served as Chief Scientist: Inklination<http://inklination.com/> and Numinous Technologies<http://numinous.com/>. When the latter was acquired by Microsoft<http://www.microsoft.com/> in 1999, I worked as a Senior Researcher at Microsoft Research<http://www.research.microsoft.com/> until 2005, while remaining on the UW faculty. Over the years, I have also worked as an intern or consultant at a number of production studios and research labs, including Sogitec Audiovisuel<http://www.sogitec.com/> in (Paris), DEC Systems Research Center, DEC Paris Research Lab, Aldus (now part of Adobe<http://www.adobe.com/>), Xerox PARC<http://www.parc.xerox.com/>, and Broderbund<http://www.broderbund.com/>. I received an NSF<http://www.nsf.gov/> Young Investigator award in 1993; an ONR<http://www.navy.mil/> Young Investigator Award, Alfred P. Sloan<http://www.sloan.org/> Research Fellowship<http://www.sloan.org/programs/scitech_fellowships.shtml>, and an NSF<http://www.nsf.gov/> Presidential Faculty Fellow Award<http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2001/nsf01118/nsf01118_2.pdf> in 1995; the University of Washington Award for Outstanding Faculty Achievement in the College of Engineering in 1996; the University of Washington Distinguished Teaching Award<http://www.washington.edu/alumni/columns/june97/salesin.html> in 1997; The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching<http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/> and the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education<http://www.case.org/> 1998-1999 Washington Professor of the Year Award<http://www.case.org/awards/poy.htm> in 1998; and the ACM<http://www.acm.org/> SIGGRAPH<http://www.siggraph.org/> Computer Graphics Achievement Award<http://www.siggraph.org/awards/> in 2000. I was named a Guest Professor of Zhejiang University<http://www.zju.edu.cn/english/> and an ACM Fellow<http://fellows.acm.org/> in 2002. My research interests are in computer graphics and include digital photography and video, automatic design & presentation of information, non-photorealistic rendering, visualization, image-based rendering, digital typography, and color. My outside interests include Argentine tango, photography, Aikido<http://www.aikiweb.com/> (in which I hold a black belt), printmaking, piano, saxophone, flying, traveling, cooking, old films, backpacking, skiing, mountain biking, and chocolate. 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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David Salesin Tomorrow @ MaRS
by Tovi Grossman 07 Mar '16

07 Mar '16

Good morning Tux! A reminder that our next Sanders Series Invited Lecture will take place tomorrow at 12:30pm in the MaRS Auditorium (basement level). We are very excited to be hosting Dr. Salesin from Adobe Creative Technologies Lab. As a reminder, the videos from our past Sanders Series lecturers have been posted on the Tux-hci.org website. To find a video for a speaker, simply look up the listing of their talk under "Past Speakers", and find the YouTube video embedded. You can also find the videos on our YouTube channel<https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi3ZH7kOtWXlu-ypJ6iD5Bg>. See you tomorrow! Ali, Daniel, and Tovi Tuesday, March 8 at 12:30pm, Tux Proudly Presents: Dr. David Salesin The MaRS Discovery District Audtiorium @ 101 College St<https://www.google.ca/maps/place/Mars+Discovery+District/@43.6598335,-79.38…>. (Basement Level) Lunch reception begins at 12:30pm. Presentation begins at 1pm. I lead the Adobe Creative Technologies Lab, which I founded when I joined Adobe Systems<http://www.adobe.com/> in 2005. I am also an Affiliate Professor in the Department of Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Washington<http://www.washington.edu/>, where I have been on the faculty<http://www.cs.washington.edu/people/faculty/> since 1992. I received my Sc.B. from Brown University<http://www.cs.brown.edu/> in 1983, and my Ph.D. from Stanford University<http://www-cs.stanford.edu/> in 1991. From 1983-87, I worked at Lucasfilm<http://www.lucasarts.com/> and Pixar<http://www.pixar.com/>, where I contributed computer animation for the Academy Award-winning short film, "Tin Toy," and the feature-length film, Young Sherlock Holmes. I spent the 1991-92 year as a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Program of Computer Graphics<http://www.graphics.cornell.edu/> at Cornell University<http://www.cs.cornell.edu/>. In 1996, I co-founded two companies, where I served as Chief Scientist: Inklination<http://inklination.com/> and Numinous Technologies<http://numinous.com/>. When the latter was acquired by Microsoft<http://www.microsoft.com/> in 1999, I worked as a Senior Researcher at Microsoft Research<http://www.research.microsoft.com/> until 2005, while remaining on the UW faculty. Over the years, I have also worked as an intern or consultant at a number of production studios and research labs, including Sogitec Audiovisuel<http://www.sogitec.com/> in (Paris), DEC Systems Research Center, DEC Paris Research Lab, Aldus (now part of Adobe<http://www.adobe.com/>), Xerox PARC<http://www.parc.xerox.com/>, and Broderbund<http://www.broderbund.com/>. I received an NSF<http://www.nsf.gov/> Young Investigator award in 1993; an ONR<http://www.navy.mil/> Young Investigator Award, Alfred P. Sloan<http://www.sloan.org/> Research Fellowship<http://www.sloan.org/programs/scitech_fellowships.shtml>, and an NSF<http://www.nsf.gov/> Presidential Faculty Fellow Award<http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2001/nsf01118/nsf01118_2.pdf> in 1995; the University of Washington Award for Outstanding Faculty Achievement in the College of Engineering in 1996; the University of Washington Distinguished Teaching Award<http://www.washington.edu/alumni/columns/june97/salesin.html> in 1997; The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching<http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/> and the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education<http://www.case.org/> 1998-1999 Washington Professor of the Year Award<http://www.case.org/awards/poy.htm> in 1998; and the ACM<http://www.acm.org/> SIGGRAPH<http://www.siggraph.org/> Computer Graphics Achievement Award<http://www.siggraph.org/awards/> in 2000. I was named a Guest Professor of Zhejiang University<http://www.zju.edu.cn/english/> and an ACM Fellow<http://fellows.acm.org/> in 2002. My research interests are in computer graphics and include digital photography and video, automatic design & presentation of information, non-photorealistic rendering, visualization, image-based rendering, digital typography, and color. My outside interests include Argentine tango, photography, Aikido<http://www.aikiweb.com/> (in which I hold a black belt), printmaking, piano, saxophone, flying, traveling, cooking, old films, backpacking, skiing, mountain biking, and chocolate. 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: Edith Law @ Bahen Centre UofT Tomorrow
by Ali Mazalek 23 Feb '16

23 Feb '16

cid:image008.png@01D10810.C2D01210 Hello TUX! A reminder that tomorrow we will have a member presentation by Dr. Edith Law. The details of the talk are below. *Please note that her talk will be at the U of T DGP Lab at the Bahen Centre, room 5166 on the 5th floor*. Ali, Daniel, and Tovi Tuesday, February 23 at 12:30pm, Tux Proudly Presents: Dr. Edith Law *Bahen Centre ***room 5166, *University of Toronto @ **40 St. George St* <https://www.google.ca/maps/place/Bahen+Centre+for+Information+Technology/@4…>*.* Lunch reception begins at 12:30pm. Presentation begins at 1pm. *Edith Law: * *Designing for Curiosity* Curiosity is a well-studied phenomenon in the field of psychology, and a major motivational driver in education, commerce and science. At the core, curiosity is about the acquisition of information driven by the desire “to know, to see, or to experience.” For example, one contemporary psychological model of curiosity — Loewenstein’s information gap theory — says that people are curious when they are made aware of the gap in their knowledge, and engage in exploratory, information-seeking behavior in order to complete their knowledge and resolve uncertainty. The theory predicts that curiosity is heightened when the information gap is small but not absent, that curiosity can be induced by violated expectations, exacerbated when one is asked to make guesses about some unknown or missing information, and sustained only if there is timely release of information that satisfies the curiosity. The key insight for HCI research is that similar to other types of rewards, e.g., money, points and badges, information can be treated as a type of currency for motivation, and that one can design interfaces to induce and maintain curiosity in order to direct the behavior of the participants. In this talk, I will first give an overview of the key ideas in information-theoretic models of curiosity, and how these ideas manifest themselves historically in various lines of research in human-computer interaction. Next, I will present results from a recent study where we designed curiosity-inducing interfaces and studied them in the context of a crowdsourcing task on Amazon Mechanical Turk. Experimental results show that our curiosity interventions improve worker retention without degrading performance, and the magnitude of the effects are influenced by both personal characteristics of the worker and the nature of the task. Finally, I will end the talk by describing several on-going projects that continue to investigate principled ways to harness curiosity through design. *Biography* Edith Law is an assistant professor at the David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science at University of Waterloo. Her research focuses on studying incentive mechanisms in crowdsourcing systems and developing new ways to combine humans and machines to address problems in science and medicine. Previously, she was a CRCS postdoctoral fellow at the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard University. She graduated from Carnegie Mellon University in 2012 with Ph.D. in Machine Learning, M.Sc. in Computer Science at McGill University, and B.Sc. in Computer Science at University of British Columbia. She was a Microsoft Graduate Research Fellow, co-authored the book “Human Computation” in the Morgan & Claypool Synthesis Lectures on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, co-organized the Human Computation Workshop (HCOMP) Series at KDD and AAAI from 2009 to 2012, and helped create the first AAAI Conference on Human Computation and Crowdsourcing. Her work on games with a purpose and crowdsourcing has won several best paper honourable mentions at CHI. ** *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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Re: [Tux] Tux-announce Digest, Vol 5, Issue 3
by Terrie Chan 22 Feb '16

22 Feb '16

Hi, This is a bit nitpicky but just wondering if there¹s any way you could improve the quality of the digest? I love your events but this email is almost impossible to read. And as we are talking about user experience, may be a good place to look at :) Best, Terrie Terrie Chan Associate | MaRS Solutions Lab Communications & Lab Design Coordinator | WellAhead T 647 255 1232 | C 647 629 4067 | @terrie_chan <https://twitter.com/terrie_chan> solutions-lab.marsdd.com <applewebdata://E2AEE2E1-41D9-4DAC-B572-6588A7373F65/Joeri%20van%20den%20St eenhovenDirector,%20MaRS%20Solutions%20LabT%20416.673.8430%20|%20C%20647.53 2.2622%20|%20Tw:%20@Joerivdssolutions-lab.marsdd.comMaRS%20Discovery%20Dist rictMaRS%20Centre,%20South%20Tower,%20101%20College%20Street,%20Suite%20100 Toronto,%20Ontario,%20Canada%20%20M5G%201L7solutions-lab.marsdd.com> MaRS Discovery District 101 College Street, Suite 100, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 1L7 416.673.8100 | www.marsdd.com <applewebdata://E2AEE2E1-41D9-4DAC-B572-6588A7373F65/www.marsdd.com> On 2016-02-22, 4:40 PM, "Tux-announce on behalf of tux-announce-request(a)dgp.toronto.edu" <tux-announce-bounces(a)dgp.toronto.edu on behalf of tux-announce-request(a)dgp.toronto.edu> wrote: >Send Tux-announce mailing list submissions to > tux-announce(a)dgp.toronto.edu > >To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tux-announce >or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > tux-announce-request(a)dgp.toronto.edu > >You can reach the person managing the list at > tux-announce-owner(a)dgp.toronto.edu > >When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >than "Re: Contents of Tux-announce digest..." > > >Today's Topics: > > 1. TUX Reminder: Edith Law @ Bahen Centre UofT Tomorrow (Ali Mazalek) > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Message: 1 >Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2016 16:40:49 -0500 >From: Ali Mazalek <mazalek(a)ryerson.ca> >To: TUX Announce <tux-announce(a)dgp.toronto.edu> >Subject: [Tux] TUX Reminder: Edith Law @ Bahen Centre UofT Tomorrow >Message-ID: <56CB8061.2030301(a)ryerson.ca> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"; Format="flowed" > > > >cid:image008.png@01D10810.C2D01210 > > > >Hello TUX! > > >A reminder that tomorrow we will have a member presentation by Dr. Edith >Law. The details of the talk are below. *Please note that her talk will >be at the U of T DGP Lab at the Bahen Centre, room 5166 on the 5th floor*. > >Ali, Daniel, and Tovi > > > Tuesday, February 23 at 12:30pm, Tux Proudly Presents: Dr. Edith Law > >*Bahen Centre ***room 5166, *University of Toronto @ **40 St. George St* ><https://www.google.ca/maps/place/Bahen+Centre+for+Information+Technology/ >@43.6595981,-79.3970185,15z/data=%214m6%211m3%213m2%211s0x0:0x6459384147b4 >b67b%212sBahen+Centre+for+Information+Technology%213m1%211s0x0:0x645938414 >7b4b67b>*.* > >Lunch reception begins at 12:30pm. Presentation begins at 1pm. > > >*Edith Law: * > >*Designing for Curiosity* > >Curiosity is a well-studied phenomenon in the field of psychology, and a >major motivational driver in education, commerce and science. At the >core, curiosity is about the acquisition of information driven by the >desire ?to know, to see, or to experience.? For example, one >contemporary psychological model of curiosity ? Loewenstein?s >information gap theory ? says that people are curious when they are made >aware of the gap in their knowledge, and engage in exploratory, >information-seeking behavior in order to complete their knowledge and >resolve uncertainty. The theory predicts that curiosity is heightened >when the information gap is small but not absent, that curiosity can be >induced by violated expectations, exacerbated when one is asked to make >guesses about some unknown or missing information, and sustained only if >there is timely release of information that satisfies the curiosity. The >key insight for HCI research is that similar to other types of rewards, >e.g., money, points and badges, information can be treated as a type of >currency for motivation, and that one can design interfaces to induce >and maintain curiosity in order to direct the behavior of the >participants. > >In this talk, I will first give an overview of the key ideas in >information-theoretic models of curiosity, and how these ideas manifest >themselves historically in various lines of research in human-computer >interaction. Next, I will present results from a recent study where we >designed curiosity-inducing interfaces and studied them in the context >of a crowdsourcing task on Amazon Mechanical Turk. Experimental results >show that our curiosity interventions improve worker retention without >degrading performance, and the magnitude of the effects are influenced >by both personal characteristics of the worker and the nature of the >task. Finally, I will end the talk by describing several on-going >projects that continue to investigate principled ways to harness >curiosity through design. > > >*Biography* > > >Edith Law is an assistant professor at the David R. Cheriton School of >Computer Science at University of Waterloo. Her research focuses on >studying incentive mechanisms in crowdsourcing systems and developing >new ways to combine humans and machines to address problems in science >and medicine. Previously, she was a CRCS postdoctoral fellow at the >School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard University. She >graduated from Carnegie Mellon University in 2012 with Ph.D. in Machine >Learning, M.Sc. in Computer Science at McGill University, and B.Sc. in >Computer Science at University of British Columbia. She was a Microsoft >Graduate Research Fellow, co-authored the book ?Human Computation? in >the Morgan & Claypool Synthesis Lectures on Artificial Intelligence and >Machine Learning, co-organized the Human Computation Workshop (HCOMP) >Series at KDD and AAAI from 2009 to 2012, and helped create the first >AAAI Conference on Human Computation and Crowdsourcing. Her work on >games with a purpose and crowdsourcing has won several best paper >honourable mentions at CHI. > >** > >*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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Meredith Morris from Microsoft Research speaking tomorrow, past talks now online
by Daniel Wigdor 09 Feb '16

09 Feb '16

[cid:image001.png@01D1625A.8FB83D90] [cid:image002.png@01D1625A.8FB83D90] [cid:image003.png@01D1625A.8FB83D90] Good morning Tux! A reminder that our next Sanders Series Invited Lecture will take place tomorrow at 12:30pm in the MaRS multipurpose room (the same room as our most recent Autodesk talk). We are very excited to be hosting Dr. Morris from Microsoft Research. We are also happy to announce that videos from our first Sanders Series lecturers have been posted on the Tux-hci.org website. To find a video for a speaker, simply look up the listing of their talk under "Past Speakers", and find the YouTube video embedded. You can also find the videos on our new YouTube channel<https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi3ZH7kOtWXlu-ypJ6iD5Bg>. See you tomorrow! --- Dr. Meredith Morris: Collaborative Web Search: Towards Next-Generation Information-Seeking Experiences 2016-02-09 12:30 at MaRS Multipurpose<https://www.google.com/maps/place/Mars+Discovery+District/@43.6599132,-79.3…> Room [http://www.tux-hci.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/merrie-150x150.jpg] In this talk, I will give an overview of my research on developing and evaluating novel collaboration technologies in diverse areas of computing such as information retrieval, gesture interaction, accessibility, and education. The talk will particularly focus on collaborative web search - today, web search is largely a solitary experience, with web browsers and search engine sites typically designed to support a single user, working alone. Collaborative tools can result in improved information-seeking outcomes, such as increasing searchers' coverage of the relevant information space, reducing unnecessary redundant work across searchers, and exposing searchers to new search strategies and syntax. In this talk, I will discuss the challenges associated with supporting collaborative information seeking and present several prototype systems that address these challenges. I will conclude with discussing directions for future research with respect to collaborative search as well as for collaborative technologies more broadly. Meredith Ringel Morris is a computer scientist conducting research in the area of human-computer interaction (HCI), computer-supported cooperative work (CSCW), social computing, and information retrieval (IR). Morris's main research focus is on social and collaborative web search<http://research.microsoft.com/~merrie/socialsearch.html>. She wrote the first book on the subject, Collaborative Web Search: Who, What, Where, When, and Why?<https://secure.aidcvt.com/mcp/ProdDetails.asp?ID=9781608451210&PG=1&Type=BL…>. Technology Review recognized Dr. Morris's pioneering work on collaborative web search by naming her one of 2008's "35 Innovators Under 35."<http://www2.technologyreview.com/tr35/profile.aspx?trid=728> Dr. Morris is a Senior Researcher in the neXus<http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/groups/nexus/> research group at Microsoft Research<http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/default.aspx>. She is also an affiliate associate professor in the department of Computer Science & Engineering and in the Information School at the University of Washington, where she participates in the dub<http://dub.washington.edu/> research consortium. Dr. Morris joined Microsoft Research in 2006, after receiving her Ph.D. in computer science from Stanford University. Her doctoral dissertation,Supporting Effective Interaction with Tabletop Groupware<http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/people/merrie/papers/merrie%20thesis…>, was among the first to explore interaction techniques for collaborative work with surface computers. Before earning her Ph.D., she received an M.S. in computer science from Stanford University and an Sc.B. in computer science from Brown University. Dr. Morris has held numerous leadership positions in the academic community. In 2009, she served as technical program chair for CHI, the ACM's flagship conference on the topic of human-computer interaction, and she is the technical program chair for CSCW 2014, the ACM's premier conference on collaborative and social technologies (she will be the general chair of the upcoming CSCW 2016 conference). She also chaired the "Interaction Beyond the Individual" papers committee for CHI 2011 and was program chair for the 2012 ACM conference on Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces. She is a member of the editorial board of Transactions on Human Computer Interaction, the leading journal in the field of HCI, and is a member of the ACM CSCW Steering Committee. Merrie's husband, Dan Morris<http://research.microsoft.com/~dan>, is also a computer scientist at Microsoft Research. They have two small children and one large dog. [cid:image006.png@01D1625A.8FB83D90] OUR SPONSORS: [cid:image007.jpg@01D1625A.8FB83D90] Tux is made possible by the support of our sponsors, Steven Sanders, Autodesk, University of Toronto Departments 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. -Daniel

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Tux-announce mailing list
by Lewis Luo 27 Jan '16

27 Jan '16

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Reminder: George Fitzmaurice Today @ MaRS
by Tovi Grossman 26 Jan '16

26 Jan '16

Hello TUX! A reminder that today we will have a member presentation by Dr. George Fitzmaurice. The details of the talk are below. The talk will be in the MaRS Multipurpose room (main floor). We look forward to seeing you there! Ali, Daniel, and Tovi Tuesday, January 26 at 12:30pm, Tux Proudly Presents: Dr. George Fitzmaurice The MaRS Discovery District Multipurpose Room @ 101 College St<https://www.google.ca/maps/place/Mars+Discovery+District/@43.6598335,-79.38…>. (Main Floor) Lunch reception begins at 12:30pm. Presentation begins at 1pm. George Fitzmaurice: Tackling the User Interface Challenges of Today and Tomorrow In this talk, my group and I will present a variety of research projects undertaken by the User Interface Research Group at Autodesk Research. Our talk will reflect the diversity of research interests in the group, spanning the Internet of Things, wearable interaction techniques, human-robot interaction, software learning, information visualization, and dynamic sketching - we'll even present a recent project that combined many of these themes together. George Fitzmaurice, Ph.D. is a Director of Research and runs the User Interface Research Group for Autodesk Research. He has been with Autodesk (including Alias) for almost 20 years conducting research in 2D and 3D UIs including: input devices, large displays, two-handed interaction, multi-touch, pen-based UIs, recommender systems, spatially-aware displays, 3D navigation and tangible UIs. In the HCI community he established the field of Graspable UIs which is the pre-cursor to what is known as Tangible UIs. Working with his colleagues he has helped to author over 90 HCI papers and over 50 patents. Notable product contributions include Maya 1.0 UI, SketchBook Pro UI design, ShowMotion(tm) for Showcase, and the 3D Navigation tools (ViewCube(tm) and SteeringWheels(tm)) for Autodesk products. Recently his extended team has productize Chronicle (a research project that allows users to share their expertise by authoring videos with metadata) into Autodesk Screencast. Fitzmaurice received a B.Sc. in Mathematics with Computer Science at MIT, an M.Sc. in Computer Science at Brown University and a Ph.D. in Computer Science at the University of Toronto. 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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RSVP: George Fitzmaurice presentation on Jan. 26, 2016 at MaRS @ 12:30PM
by Ahcene IDRIS-BEY 22 Jan '16

22 Jan '16

Hello: Please register my attendance to the event being held at the MaRS Centre , Multi-purpose Roomat 12:30 P.M. about tackling the User Interface etc. by George Fitzmaurice. Regards Ahcene Idris-Beyaidris_bey(a)yahoo.com

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by Lewis Luo 22 Jan '16

22 Jan '16

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Re: [Tux] This Tuesday, Tux presents: Gregory Abowd's Sanders Series lecture
by Daniel Wigdor 12 Jan '16

12 Jan '16

Good morning Tux, A reminder to come out of the cold and in to the warmth of community for today's Sanders Series lecture by the one and only Dr. Gregory Abowd! Let's show our guest from Georgia that we Torontonians can brave the snow. Also: a reminder that you can access the lecture hall directly from the Queen's Park subway station without going outside; head to the south/east from inside the station and you'll see the direct entry to MaRS :-) Lunch is served at 12:30, downstairs in the auditorium. See you there! -Daniel _____________________________ From: Daniel Wigdor <daniel(a)dgp.toronto.edu<mailto:daniel@dgp.toronto.edu>> Sent: Friday, January 8, 2016 10:27 PM Subject: [Tux] This Tuesday, Tux presents: Gregory Abowd's Sanders Series lecture To: <tux-announce(a)dgp.toronto.edu<mailto:tux-announce@dgp.toronto.edu>> [cid:image001.png@01D14A62.65B77F70] [cid:image002.png@01D14A62.65B77F70] [cid:image003.png@01D14A62.65B77F70] Hello Tux, and Happy 2016! A reminder that our first meeting of the year is this Tuesday (Jan. 12), and that it will be featuring our first Sanders Series lecture of 2016: Professor Gregory Abowd, one of the foundational thinkers of Ubiquitous Computing. It is sure to be a wonderful talk; we look forward to seeing you there! Gregory Abowd Beyond Weiser’s ubiquitous computing: 2 big ideas to drive us forward together 2016-01-12 12:30 at MaRS Auditorium<https://www.google.ca/maps/place/Mars+Discovery+District/@43.6599132,-79.38…> [http://www.tux-hci.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/abowd-e1443750122859-150x…] Abstract I am an applied computer scientist; my passion is to understand state-of-the-art technologies and create ways they can be integrated into everyday experiences in order to serve some meaningful purpose to a collection of stakeholders. I read Mark Weiser’s inspiring vision of ubiquitous computing, or ubicomp, when I joined the faculty in the College of Computing in 1994, and have been pursuing applications of ubicomp ever since. While the grand idea of ubiquitous computing can still inspire lots of research, there are several new technologies that Weiser did not discuss that can and will influence computing research and its application. Weiser described a 3rd generation of computing; I will describe both a 4th generation which has already emerged over the past decade, and a 5th generation that may soon emerge. I will motivate two new collaborative initiatives, one motivated by 4th generation technologies and the other by 5th generation technologies. Bio Gregory D. Abowd (pronounced AY-bowd) is the Distinguished Professor in the School of Interactive Computing at Georgia Tech. His research interests concern how the advanced information technologies of ubiquitous computing (or ubicomp) impact our everyday lives when they are seamlessly integrated into our living spaces. Dr. Abowd’s work has involved schools and homes, with a recent focus on healthcare delivery. He is a member of the GVU Center. Dr. Abowd currently serves as the Director of the Health Systems Institute, a joint Georgia Tech/Emory University research institute investigating the impact of technologies on healthcare delivery. This extends his own work over the past decade on information technologies and autism. Dr. Abowd directs the Ubiquitous Computing Research Group in the School of Interactive Computing. This effort started with the Future Computing Environments research group in 1995, and has since matured into a collection of research groups, including Dr. Abowd’s own group. One of the major research efforts that Dr. Abowd initated is the Aware Home Research Initiative, which he founded in 2000 and directed until 2008. Dr. Abowd received the degree of B.S. in Mathematics in 1986 from the University of Notre Dame. He then attended the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom on a Rhodes Scholarship, earning the degrees of M.Sc. (1987) and D.Phil. (1991) in Computation from the Programming Research Group in the Computing Laboratory. From 1989-1992 he was a Research Associate/Postdoc with the Human-Computer Interaction Group in the Department of Computer Science at the University of York in England. From 1992-1994, he was a Postdoctoral Research Associate with the Software Engineering Institute and the Computer Science Department at Carnegie Mellon University. In the Fall of 1999, the Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine did a profile on Dr. Abowd and some of his research from the 1990’s. You can read the article here. Much more news about his research group, both personal and professional, can be found here. [cid:image006.png@01D14A62.65B77F70] OUR SPONSORS: [cid:image007.jpg@01D14A62.65B77F70] Tux is made possible by the support of our sponsors, Steven Sanders, Autodesk, University of Toronto Departments 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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