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| 09/04/2014
| 09/04/2014
| '''Niklas Elmqvist'''<br> New iSchool Professor in Infovis ([https://engineering.purdue.edu/~elm/ link])
| '''Niklas Elmqvist'''<br> New iSchool Professor in Infovis ([https://engineering.purdue.edu/~elm/ link])
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Ubiquitous Analytics: Interacting with Big Data Anywhere, Anytime
Ubiquitous Analytics: Interacting with Big Data Anywhere, Anytime
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<br> ABSTRACT:
<br> Abstract: Computing is becoming increasingly embedded in our everyday lives:mobile devices are growing smaller yet more powerful, large displaysare getting cheaper, and our physical environments are turningintelligent and are integrating an increasing number of digitalprocessors. Meanwhile, data is everywhere, and people need toleverage all of this digital infrastructure to turn it intoactionable information about their hobbies, health, and personalinterest. In this talk, I will present the concept of ubiquitousanalytics that is staking out a new digital future of ever-present,always-on computing; one that can support manipulating, thinkingabout, and interacting with data anytime, anywhere.
Computing is becoming increasingly embedded in our everyday lives:
mobile devices are growing smaller yet more powerful, large displays
are getting cheaper, and our physical environments are turning
intelligent and are integrating an increasing number of digital
processors. Meanwhile, data is everywhere, and people need to
leverage all of this digital infrastructure to turn it into
actionable information about their hobbies, health, and personal
interest. In this talk, I will present the concept of ubiquitous
analytics that is staking out a new digital future of ever-present,
always-on computing; one that can support manipulating, thinking
about, and interacting with data anytime, anywhere.
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SPEAKER BIO:
Bio: Niklas Elmqvist is an associate professor in the College of
Niklas Elmqvist is an associate professor in the College of
Information Studies at University of Maryland, College Park, MD,
Information Studies at University of Maryland, College Park, MD,
USA. He is also a member of the University of Maryland Institute for
USA. He is also a member of the University of Maryland Institute for
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| 09/11/2014
| 09/11/2014
| '''All new students!'''<br>  
| '''All new students!'''<br>  
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New student introductions!
New student introductions!
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| 09/18/2014
| 09/18/2014
| '''Nicholas Diakopoulos'''<br> Assistant Professor, UMD College of Journalism ([http://www.nickdiakopoulos.com/ link])
| '''Nicholas Diakopoulos'''<br> Assistant Professor, UMD College of Journalism ([http://www.nickdiakopoulos.com/ link])
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Computational Journalism: From Tools to Algorithmic Accountability
Computational Journalism: From Tools to Algorithmic Accountability
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<br> Computational Journalism was initially conceived of as an application of computing technologies to enable journalism across information tasks such as information gathering, organization and sensemaking, storytelling, and dissemination. But computing and algorithms can also become the object of journalism. Algorithms adjudicate a large array of decisions in our lives: not just search engines and personalized online news systems, but educational evaluations, markets and political campaigns, and the management of social services like welfare and public safety. A new form of computational journalism that I call “Algorithmic Accountability Reporting” is emerging to apply the core journalistic functions of watchdogging and accountability reporting to algorithms. In this talk I will provide some perspective on the tool-oriented roots of computational journalism, and then discuss how algorithmic accountability reporting is emerging as a mechanism for elucidating and articulating the power structures, biases, and influences that computational artifacts play in society.
<br> Abstract: Computational Journalism was initially conceived of as an application of computing technologies to enable journalism across information tasks such as information gathering, organization and sensemaking, storytelling, and dissemination. But computing and algorithms can also become the object of journalism. Algorithms adjudicate a large array of decisions in our lives: not just search engines and personalized online news systems, but educational evaluations, markets and political campaigns, and the management of social services like welfare and public safety. A new form of computational journalism that I call “Algorithmic Accountability Reporting” is emerging to apply the core journalistic functions of watchdogging and accountability reporting to algorithms. In this talk I will provide some perspective on the tool-oriented roots of computational journalism, and then discuss how algorithmic accountability reporting is emerging as a mechanism for elucidating and articulating the power structures, biases, and influences that computational artifacts play in society.
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Bio: Nicholas Diakopoulos is an Assistant Professor at the University of Maryland College of Journalism. His research is in computational and data journalism with an emphasis on algorithmic accountability, narrative data visualization, and social computing in the news. He received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the School of Interactive Computing at Georgia Tech where he co-founded the program in Computational Journalism. Before UMD he worked as a researcher at Columbia University, Rutgers University, and CUNY studying the intersections of information science, innovation, and journalism. Nick can be contacted via email at nad@umd.edu, and is online at @ndiakopoulos and http://www.nickdiakopoulos.com.
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| 09/25/2014
| 09/25/2014
| '''Kotaro Hara'''<br> CS PhD Student: ([http://kotarohara.com/ link])
| '''Kotaro Hara'''<br> CS PhD Student: ([http://kotarohara.com/ link])
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UIST2014 Practice Talk: Tohme: Detecting Curb Ramps in Google Street View Using Crowdsourcing, Computer Vision, and Machine Learning
UIST2014 Practice Talk: Tohme: Detecting Curb Ramps in Google Street View Using Crowdsourcing, Computer Vision, and Machine Learning
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| 10/02/2014
| 10/02/2014
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| 10/09/2014
| 10/09/2014
| '''M.C. Schraefel'''<br> Professor, University of Southampton ([http://users.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mc/ link])
| '''M.C. Schraefel'''<br> Professor, University of Southampton ([http://users.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mc/ link])
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| 10/16/2014
| 10/16/2014
| '''Leah Findlater'''<br> Assistant Professor, iSchool ([http://terpconnect.umd.edu/~leahkf/ link]) <br> '''Uran Oh''' <br> CS PhD Student
| '''Leah Findlater'''<br> Assistant Professor, iSchool ([http://terpconnect.umd.edu/~leahkf/ link]) <br> '''Uran Oh''' <br> CS PhD Student
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ASSETS 2014 Practice Talk
ASSETS 2014 Practice Talk
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| 10/23/2014
| 10/23/2014
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| 10/30/2014
| 10/30/2014
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| 11/06/2014
| 11/06/2014
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| 11/13/2014
| 11/13/2014
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| 11/20/2014
| 11/20/2014
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| 11/27/2014
| 11/27/2014
| colspan="3" | No Brown Bag for Thanksgiving break.
| colspan="2" | No Brown Bag for Thanksgiving break.
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| 12/04/2014
| 12/04/2014
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| 12/11/2014
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| 12/18/2014
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| Jan 30
| Jan 30
| '''Helena Mentis'''<br> New UMBC HCI faculty member<br>[http://people.ds.cam.ac.uk/hm429/Welcome.html bio]
| '''Helena Mentis'''<br> New UMBC HCI faculty member<br>[http://people.ds.cam.ac.uk/hm429/Welcome.html bio]
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Tracking the Body in Healthcare
Tracking the Body in Healthcare
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| Feb 13
| Feb 13
| '''Beverly Harrison'''<br>Yahoo Research
| '''Beverly Harrison'''<br>Yahoo Research
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Research at Yahoo Labs
Research at Yahoo Labs
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| Feb 20
| Feb 20
| '''Karyn Moffatt'''<br>HCI Professor at McGill Univ.<br/>[http://act.mcgill.ca/karyn/ bio]
| '''Karyn Moffatt'''<br>HCI Professor at McGill Univ.<br/>[http://act.mcgill.ca/karyn/ bio]
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Accessible Social Technology  
Accessible Social Technology  
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| March 6
| March 6
| '''Megan Monroe'''<br>PhD Student<br/>[http://www.madeyjay.com homepage]
| '''Megan Monroe'''<br>PhD Student<br/>[http://www.madeyjay.com homepage]
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The Talk Talk
The Talk Talk
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| March 27
| March 27
| '''Jessica Vitak'''<br/>Assistant Professor in iSchool<br>HCIL faculty member<br/>[http://jessicavitak.com/ bio]  
| '''Jessica Vitak'''<br/>Assistant Professor in iSchool<br>HCIL faculty member<br/>[http://jessicavitak.com/ bio]  
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Privacy Management in the Digital Age
Privacy Management in the Digital Age
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| April 3
| April 3
| '''Chris Imbriano'''<br />CS Ph.D. Student<br />Inclusive Design Lab
| '''Chris Imbriano'''<br />CS Ph.D. Student<br />Inclusive Design Lab
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Talk and discussion about GitHub and why the HCIL may want to adopt it.
Talk and discussion about GitHub and why the HCIL may want to adopt it.
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| April 10
| April 10
| '''Vanessa Frias-Martinez'''<br>Assistant Professor in iSchool<br/>[http://www.vanessafriasmartinez.org/ bio]
| '''Vanessa Frias-Martinez'''<br>Assistant Professor in iSchool<br/>[http://www.vanessafriasmartinez.org/ bio]
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From Digital Footprints to Social Insights
From Digital Footprints to Social Insights
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| April 17
| April 17
| '''Alex Pompe''' <br> Senior Technical Advisor at IREX
| '''Alex Pompe''' <br> Senior Technical Advisor at IREX
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Bridging ICT4D lessons from the NGO sector towards academia ([https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2618031/Alex%20Pompe%20UMD%20Presentation.pptx Slides])
Bridging ICT4D lessons from the NGO sector towards academia ([https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2618031/Alex%20Pompe%20UMD%20Presentation.pptx Slides])
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| May 8
| May 8
| '''Michael Gubbels''', Human-Computer Interaction Master's Student<br />'''Jon Gluck''', Computer Science Ph.D. Student<br />'''Kent Wills''', Computer Science Master's Student
| '''Michael Gubbels''', Human-Computer Interaction Master's Student<br />'''Jon Gluck''', Computer Science Ph.D. Student<br />'''Kent Wills''', Computer Science Master's Student
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Introduction to 3D Printing in the HCIL ([https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/18cU3fX03aLDUEKWtyydUESn_zNcT57O-JAUwSWo1yUs/edit?usp=sharing Slides])
Introduction to 3D Printing in the HCIL ([https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/18cU3fX03aLDUEKWtyydUESn_zNcT57O-JAUwSWo1yUs/edit?usp=sharing Slides])
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The goal of this session is to provide several students at various points in their academic programs
The goal of this session is to provide several students at various points in their academic programs
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Everybody’s internet? :Designing for mobile-centric internet users in the developing world  
Everybody’s internet? :Designing for mobile-centric internet users in the developing world  
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inhabitants be more productive with their ICTs.  
inhabitants be more productive with their ICTs.  
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Jonathan Donner - Researcher, Technology for Emerging Markets, Microsoft Research
Jonathan Donner - Researcher, Technology for Emerging Markets, Microsoft Research
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The Technology for Emerging Markets (TEM) group at Microsoft Research India seeks to address the needs and aspirations of people in the world's developing communities. Our research targets people who are just beginning to use computing technologies and services as well as those for whom access to computing still remains largely out of reach. Most of our work falls under the rubric of the relatively young field of Information and Communication Technology for Development (ICTD or ICT4D). By combining a variety of backgrounds and training, we are able to engage deeply with some of the complex problems associated with poverty and scarce resources. Our goal is to study, design, build, and evaluate technologies and systems that are useful for people living in underserved rural and urban communities around the world. In this talk, I will give an overview of some of the recent work in the group, focusing on projects that explore modalities and interactions specifically designed for the unique contexts and users we’re working with:<br>
The Technology for Emerging Markets (TEM) group at Microsoft Research India seeks to address the needs and aspirations of people in the world's developing communities. Our research targets people who are just beginning to use computing technologies and services as well as those for whom access to computing still remains largely out of reach. Most of our work falls under the rubric of the relatively young field of Information and Communication Technology for Development (ICTD or ICT4D). By combining a variety of backgrounds and training, we are able to engage deeply with some of the complex problems associated with poverty and scarce resources. Our goal is to study, design, build, and evaluate technologies and systems that are useful for people living in underserved rural and urban communities around the world. In this talk, I will give an overview of some of the recent work in the group, focusing on projects that explore modalities and interactions specifically designed for the unique contexts and users we’re working with:<br>
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| '''Bryan Sivak'''<br/>Chief Technology Officer at U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
| '''Bryan Sivak'''<br/>Chief Technology Officer at U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
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Bryan Sivak joined HHS as the Chief Technology Officer in July 2011. In this role, he is responsible for helping HHS leadership harness the power of data, technology, and innovation to improve the health and welfare of the nation. Previously, Bryan served as the Chief Innovation Officer to Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley, where he has led Maryland’s efforts to embed concepts of innovation into the DNA of state government. He has distinguished himself in this role as someone who can work creatively across a large government organization to identify and implement the best opportunities for improving the way the government works. Prior to his time with Governor O’Malley, Bryan served as Chief Technology Officer for the District of Columbia, where he created a technology infrastructure that enhanced communication between the District’s residents and their government, and implemented organizational reforms that improved efficiency, program controls, and customer service. Bryan previously worked in the private sector, co-founding InQuira, Inc., a multi-national software company, in 2002, and Electric Knowledge LLC, which provided one of the world's first Natural Language Search engines available on the web in 1998.
Bryan Sivak joined HHS as the Chief Technology Officer in July 2011. In this role, he is responsible for helping HHS leadership harness the power of data, technology, and innovation to improve the health and welfare of the nation. Previously, Bryan served as the Chief Innovation Officer to Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley, where he has led Maryland’s efforts to embed concepts of innovation into the DNA of state government. He has distinguished himself in this role as someone who can work creatively across a large government organization to identify and implement the best opportunities for improving the way the government works. Prior to his time with Governor O’Malley, Bryan served as Chief Technology Officer for the District of Columbia, where he created a technology infrastructure that enhanced communication between the District’s residents and their government, and implemented organizational reforms that improved efficiency, program controls, and customer service. Bryan previously worked in the private sector, co-founding InQuira, Inc., a multi-national software company, in 2002, and Electric Knowledge LLC, which provided one of the world's first Natural Language Search engines available on the web in 1998.
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Shannon Collis is a Canadian artist currently residing in Baltimore, MD. A graduate of the Master of Fine Arts program at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Collis is also completing research at Concordia University in Montreal in the area of Digital Media and Computation Arts (Fall 2013). Currently, she is an Assistant Professor of Art at the University of Maryland, where she teaches Digital Foundations and Print Media. Her studio practice focuses on creating installations and interactive environments that explore various ways in which digital technologies can transform our perception of audio and visual stimuli. Her work has been exhibited across North America as well as in Europe, Asia and Australia.
Shannon Collis is a Canadian artist currently residing in Baltimore, MD. A graduate of the Master of Fine Arts program at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Collis is also completing research at Concordia University in Montreal in the area of Digital Media and Computation Arts (Fall 2013). Currently, she is an Assistant Professor of Art at the University of Maryland, where she teaches Digital Foundations and Print Media. Her studio practice focuses on creating installations and interactive environments that explore various ways in which digital technologies can transform our perception of audio and visual stimuli. Her work has been exhibited across North America as well as in Europe, Asia and Australia.

Revision as of 20:53, 19 August 2014

The HCIL has an open semi-organized weekly "brown bag lunch (BBL)" on every Thursdays from 12:30-1:30pm in HCIL (2105 Hornbake, South Wing). The topics range from someone's work, current interest to the HCIL, a software demo/review, a study design, a proposed research topic, an introduction to a new person, etc. The BBL is the one hour a week where we all come together--thus, it’s a unique time for HCIL members with unique opportunities to help build collaborations, increase awareness of each other’s activities, and generally just have a bit of fun together with free food every week.

To sign up for a session, send an email to BBL student co-coordinator Arunesh Mathur (amathur@umd.edu) or Daniel Pauw (dpauw@umd.edu). In the email, briefly describe the topic and preferred dates.

To get notified about upcoming events, please subscribe one of these mailing lists.

We thank YAHOO for its sponsorship of the HCIL Brown Bag Lunches Yahoo.jpg.

Fall 2014 Schedule

Date Leader Topic
09/04/2014 Niklas Elmqvist
New iSchool Professor in Infovis (link)

Ubiquitous Analytics: Interacting with Big Data Anywhere, Anytime

09/11/2014 All new students!

New student introductions!

09/18/2014 Nicholas Diakopoulos
Assistant Professor, UMD College of Journalism (link)

Computational Journalism: From Tools to Algorithmic Accountability

09/25/2014 Kotaro Hara
CS PhD Student: (link)
10/02/2014
10/09/2014 M.C. Schraefel
Professor, University of Southampton (link)
10/16/2014 Leah Findlater
Assistant Professor, iSchool (link)
Uran Oh
CS PhD Student
10/23/2014
10/23/2014
10/30/2014
11/06/2014
11/13/2014
11/20/2014
11/27/2014 No Brown Bag for Thanksgiving break.
12/04/2014
12/11/2014
12/18/2014


Past Brown Bags

The following are the past Brown Bag schedules.

Spring 2014

Date Leader Topic
Jan 30 Helena Mentis
New UMBC HCI faculty member
bio

Tracking the Body in Healthcare

Feb 6 Catherine Plaisant and Michael Gubbels Reviewing CHI '13 best videos
Feb 13 Beverly Harrison
Yahoo Research

Research at Yahoo Labs

Feb 20 Karyn Moffatt
HCI Professor at McGill Univ.
bio

Accessible Social Technology

Feb 27 Romain Vuillemot
March 6 Megan Monroe
PhD Student
homepage

The Talk Talk

March 13 cancelled
March 20 No Brown Bag. Spring Break.
March 27 Jessica Vitak
Assistant Professor in iSchool
HCIL faculty member
bio

Privacy Management in the Digital Age

April 3 Chris Imbriano
CS Ph.D. Student
Inclusive Design Lab

Talk and discussion about GitHub and why the HCIL may want to adopt it.

April 10 Vanessa Frias-Martinez
Assistant Professor in iSchool
bio

From Digital Footprints to Social Insights

April 17 Alex Pompe
Senior Technical Advisor at IREX

Bridging ICT4D lessons from the NGO sector towards academia (Slides)

April 24 Matt Mauriello
HCI CS Grad Student
CHI2014 Practice Talk: Social Fabric Fitness
May 1 No Brown Bag. CHI 2014 from April 26 to May 1.
May 8 Michael Gubbels, Human-Computer Interaction Master's Student
Jon Gluck, Computer Science Ph.D. Student
Kent Wills, Computer Science Master's Student

Introduction to 3D Printing in the HCIL (Slides)

Spring 2013

Date Leader Topic
Jan 24
Jan 31 John Gomez
Feb 7 Ben Bederson Tools for synchronous crowdsourcing
Feb 14
Feb 21
Feb 28 Lisa Anthony (Host: Leah Findlater) Gestural Interaction for Children
March 7 Awalin Sopan Wrong Patient Selection Problem
March 14 Michael Smith-Welch? (Host Jon Froehlich) Kids, Programming, and Makerspaces
March 21 Spring Break (No BBL)
March 28
April 4 Ben Bederson, Jon Froehlich, Leah Findlater HCIL Discussion: Activities, BBL, email lists, etc.
April 11 Urah Oh, Anne Bowser CHI Practice Talks: (1) Urah Oh (full paper) and (2) Anne Bowser (full paper)
April 18 Megan Monroe, Kotaro Hara CHI Practice Talks: (1) Megan Monroe (full paper) and (2) Kotaro Hara (full paper)
April 25
May 2 CHI 2013 (No BBL)
May 9

Fall 2013

Who Type Topic
Th, Sept 5 No Brown Bag. Rosh Hashanah.
Th, Sept 12 Jon Froehlich
Assistant Professor in CS and HCIL faculty member
http://www.cs.umd.edu/~jonf/
Talk/Discussion HCIL Hackerspace
Th, Sept 19 HCIL/HCI Graduate Students facilitated by Michael Gubbels and Tak Yeon Lee Talk/Discussion

The goal of this session is to provide several students at various points in their academic programs

Wed, Sept 25 Jonathan Donner External Speaker

Everybody’s internet? :Designing for mobile-centric internet users in the developing world

Jonathan Donner - Researcher, Technology for Emerging Markets, Microsoft Research

Th, Oct 3 Ed Cutrell External Speaker
Technology for Emerging Markets (TEM) group at Microsoft Research
Th, Oct 10 Marshini Chetty
Assistant Professor in iSchool and HCIL faculty member
http://marshini.net
Talk
HCI and Networking - Taming the Internet One Bit at a Time


Th, Oct 17 Kotaro Hara
CS PhD Student
http://kotarohara.com/

Uran Oh
CS PhD Student
ASSETS'13 Practice Talks Talk 1: Improving Public Transit Accessibility for Blind Riders by Crowdsourcing Bus Stop Landmark Locations With Google Street View

Talk 2: Follow That Sound: Using Sonification and Corrective Verbal Feedback to Teach Touchscreen Gestures
Th, Oct 24 Makeability Lab
Jon Froehlich's research group in the HCIL
Discussion Reflective discussion of experience exhibiting projects at Silver Spring Mini-Maker Faire.
Th, Oct 31 Jen Golbeck
Associate Professor in the College of Information Studies, Affiliate Associate Professor in the Computer Science Department, Affiliate in the Center for the Advanced Study of Language, and HCIL Director
http://www.cs.umd.edu/~golbeck/
Work In Progress Discussion HCI and Cybersecurity
Th, Nov 7 Bryan Sivak
Chief Technology Officer at U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
External Speaker
Bryan Sivak's bio


Th, Nov 14 Erica Estrada
Lecturer, Academy for Innovation and Entrepreneurship

(Tammy Clegg, contact)

External Speaker/Design Charette Design Thinking
Th, Nov 21 June Ahn
Assistant Professor in the College of Information Studies and College of Education (joint appointment), and HCIL faculty member
http://www.ahnjune.com/
Work In Progress Discussion Video Games, Blended Learning, and Large-scale Education Reform
Th, Nov 28 No Brown Bag. Happy Thanksgiving and Hanukkah.
Th, Dec 5 Shannon Collis
Assistant Professor of Art at the University of Maryland
http://shannoncollis.ca/
Talk/Discussion
Discussion of creative work in digital media and computational arts.
Th, Dec 12