Université Paris-Sud is opening a new International Masters in HCI in Fall 2011, taught in English with students from around the world. Université Paris-Sud, on the outskirts of Paris, France, is opening a new International Masters program in Human-Computer Interaction this fall. All courses are taught in English, and the program includes a language class, [...]

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Privacy in the Design of Intimate Devices, with Adam Greenfield and Aza Raskin April 20, 2011 @ 2:00pm, Ottawa Presented by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada http://blog.privcom.gc.ca/index.php/2011/03/29/insights-on-privacy-adam-greenfield-and-aza-raskin/ What: Tech innovators Adam Greenfield (@agpublic) and Aza Raskin (@azaaza) will explore opportunities for privacy in the design of intimate devices, like smart phones, that [...]

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Do you have a cool idea to mash up some data about Ottawa? Well, the city is running an apps development contest, and the main judging criteria are right up our alley: usefulness, inventiveness, usability, and accessibility. If you want help forming a team, post a comment here and we will see if we can [...]

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Date: Thursday June 24, 2010 (NOTE: New Date!) Time: 6:00pm Place: Clocktower Brew Pub, 575 Bank Street, Ottawa (NOTE: New Location!) See http://www.capchi.org/events Our last session of the season will begin with our Annual General Meeting in which we briefly reviewed the activities and finances from this year, and make plans for next year (including [...]

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Date: Tuesday May 18, 2010 Time: 6:00pm Place: TheCodeFactory, 246 Queen St., Ottawa CHIlights will feature highlights from the CHI 2010 conference and other conferences. Members from the CapCHI community will present their own personal views of recent HCI-related conferences, including highlights, lowlights, trends, observations and photos. CHIstuds will feature brief presentations highlighting student projects [...]

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The CHI 2010 conference (April 10-15 in Atlanta) is hosting a Student Research Competition, and CapCHI is please to announce a prize supplement for local student researchers. The Student Research Competition is a forum for undergraduates and graduate students to share their research results, exchange ideas, and improve their communication skills while competing for prizes [...]

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Title: Next Generation Digital Tabletop Interfaces: Moving Beyond Photosharing Date: Tuesday Dec 15th, 2009 Time: 6:00pm Place: TheCodeFactory, 246 Queen St., Ottawa Abstract: Even before Microsoft announced the Surface system in 2007, the Human-Computer Interaction community was actively researching digital tabletop technologies since Pierre Wellner proposed the DigitalDesk in 1991. Yet only very recent and [...]

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Title: Browser Interfaces and Extended Validation SSL Certificates Date: Tuesday Nov. 17, 2009 Time: 6:00pm Place: TheCodeFactory, 246 Queen St., Ottawa Abstract Secure socket layer (SSL) certificates have been deployed to provide security for web-based transactions, which allow information to be transmitted securely as well as provide information about the party a user is transacting [...]

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Graphics Interface 2010 will take place in Ottawa, Ontario from May 31 to June 2. GI 2010 will be the 36th Graphics Interface conference; it is the oldest continuously-scheduled conference in the field. GI consistently attracts high-quality papers on recent advances in interactive systems, human computer interaction, and graphics, from around the world. Graphics Interface [...]

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Designing for a Sustainable World. Time and Date: Thursday Nov. 12, 2009, 5:30-7:30pm Location: The Code Factory, 246 Queen St., 2nd Floor, Ottawa Organizers: Macadamian, Akendi, CapCHI The global theme for World Usability Day 2009 is how our products and services impact our world. Let World Usability Day 2009 be your impetus to create greater [...]

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