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 channelhttps://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 Sthttps://www.google.ca/maps/place/Mars+Discovery+District/@43.6598335,-79.3885489,18.83z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x882b34b7ccd8ba1f:0x7e6f7af0cc4e65f3?hl=en. (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 Systemshttp://www.adobe.com/ in 2005. I am also an Affiliate Professor in the Department of Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Washingtonhttp://www.washington.edu/, where I have been on the facultyhttp://www.cs.washington.edu/people/faculty/ since 1992. I received my Sc.B. from Brown Universityhttp://www.cs.brown.edu/ in 1983, and my Ph.D. from Stanford Universityhttp://www-cs.stanford.edu/ in 1991. From 1983-87, I worked at Lucasfilmhttp://www.lucasarts.com/ and Pixarhttp://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 Graphicshttp://www.graphics.cornell.edu/ at Cornell Universityhttp://www.cs.cornell.edu/. In 1996, I co-founded two companies, where I served as Chief Scientist: Inklinationhttp://inklination.com/ and Numinous Technologieshttp://numinous.com/. When the latter was acquired by Microsofthttp://www.microsoft.com/ in 1999, I worked as a Senior Researcher at Microsoft Researchhttp://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 Audiovisuelhttp://www.sogitec.com/ in (Paris), DEC Systems Research Center, DEC Paris Research Lab, Aldus (now part of Adobehttp://www.adobe.com/), Xerox PARChttp://www.parc.xerox.com/, and Broderbundhttp://www.broderbund.com/.
I received an NSFhttp://www.nsf.gov/ Young Investigator award in 1993; an ONRhttp://www.navy.mil/ Young Investigator Award, Alfred P. Sloanhttp://www.sloan.org/ Research Fellowshiphttp://www.sloan.org/programs/scitech_fellowships.shtml, and an NSFhttp://www.nsf.gov/ Presidential Faculty Fellow Awardhttp://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 Awardhttp://www.washington.edu/alumni/columns/june97/salesin.html in 1997; The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teachinghttp://www.carnegiefoundation.org/ and the Council for the Advancement and Support of Educationhttp://www.case.org/ 1998-1999 Washington Professor of the Year Awardhttp://www.case.org/awards/poy.htm in 1998; and the ACMhttp://www.acm.org/ SIGGRAPHhttp://www.siggraph.org/ Computer Graphics Achievement Awardhttp://www.siggraph.org/awards/ in 2000. I was named a Guest Professor of Zhejiang Universityhttp://www.zju.edu.cn/english/ and an ACM Fellowhttp://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, Aikidohttp://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.
