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Dec

9

1:30pm

HCII Seminar Series - Lace Padilla

Lace Padilla

Assistant Professor in the Cognitive and Information Sciences Department at the University of California Merced

"Making Uncertainty Cognitively Accessible" We live in an uncertain world. From extreme weather events to...

Newell-Simon Hall 1305
Aug

7

7:19 PM

Motivating and Engaging Users with Government Data

Joan Morris DiMicco

Research Scientist, Visual Communication Lab in IBM’s Center for Social Software

Government transparency is a hot issue in today’s political environment. The recent controversy in the...
Gates and Hillman Centers 4405
Mar

29

10:30am

HCII PhD Thesis Defense: Samantha Reig

Samantha Reig

"Characterizing the Role of Agent Identities in Interactions Among Individuals, Embodiments, and Services" Thesis Committee...

GHC 4405. Also on Zoom (as listed on recent email announcements).
Aug

7

7:19 PM

A Systems Perspective on Design Practice

Hugh Dubberly

President, Dubberly Design

Hugh Dubberly, President of Dubberly Design and former Vice President of Design at Netscape, sheds...
Newell-Simon Hall 1305 (Michael Mauldin Auditorium)
Apr

5

1:30pm

HCII Seminar Series - Leilani Battle

Leilani Battle

Assistant Professor in the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Washington and co-director of the UW Interactive Data Lab

"Behavior-Driven Optimization for Interactive Data Exploration" Analysts need the ability to intuitively explore their data...
Newell-Simon Hall 1305
Aug

7

7:19 PM

Data for Storytelling and Art

Aaron Koblin

Director of Data Arts Team, Google Creative Lab

In this talk Aaron will explain many of his projects over the last several years...
College of Fine Arts 111 (Frank-Ratchye STUDIO for Creative Inquiry)
Jul

26- 7

10:00am

Invited Talk with Yudai Tanaka

Yudai Tanaka

PhD student in the Department of Computer Science at University of Chicago

"Intercepting User’s Brain and Nervous System: A New Paradigm for Haptic Output" When outputting information...
407 S Craig Street, 2nd floor
Jun

16

1:30pm

Thesis Defense: Gabriela Marcu

THESIS DEFENSE Designing for Collaborative Reflection Gabriela Marcu COMMITTEE Anind Dey (Co-chair), HCII Sara Kiesler...
GHC 4405
Oct

21

11:30am

Accessibility Seminar

Guest Speaker Mina Huh, Ph.D. Student, Department of Computer Science, University of Texas Austin Mina...
In Person and Virtual - ET
Jun

22- 26

12:00am

Mini-5 Faculty Course Evaluations
Aug

26

1:00pm

HCII PhD Thesis Proposal: Cella Sum
May

1

12AM

Semester & Mini-4 Last Day of Classes

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