Published in June 23rd, 2011
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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Published in October 4th, 2010
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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Published in August 15th, 2010
The CapCHI Interactionary 2010 By Master of Ceremonies, Michelle Gauthier, CAE Professional Services The Background An eager local CHI community gathered on June 17th, 2010, for an Interactionary event held by CapCHI. Four brave teams arrived to tackle a design problem within an insane time constraint, all the while working together in front of a [...]
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Published in January 16th, 2010
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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Published in September 8th, 2009
ACM SIGCHI, our parent organization, is conducting a survey about local chapters and the people who participate in their events. Please read the following introduction letter and participate in the survey. Hello SIGCHI Chapter Leaders and Members, The SIGCHI Executive Committee is working to better meet the needs of its members, and especially local chapters. [...]
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Published in May 21st, 2009
Mark McKay is starting an Ottawa Chapter of the Interaction Design Association (IxDA), a professional group for Interaction Designers. It actively focuses on interaction design issues for the practitioner, no matter his or her level of experience. About IxDA http://www.ixda.org/about.php The Ottawa chapter is open for anyone to join by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/ixda-ottawa?lnk=gcimh
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Published in May 14th, 2009
The OpenUsability Season of Usability will be supporting 10 students to work on 10 open source projects during the June 1 – August 31 2009 season. The Season of Usability is a series of sponsored student projects to encourage students of usability, user-interface design, and interaction design to get involved with Free/Libre/Open-Source Software (FLOSS) projects. [...]
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Published in December 15th, 2008
For those of you who are not already ACM Professional Members, I wanted to let you know that ACM has a special offer for you to join. It includes a discount and a free gift. Their complete offer is below for your consideration. As a Professional Member of the Association for Computing Machinery, you will [...]
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Published in December 9th, 2008
CapCHI is looking for presenters for the Jan-June 2009 period. Who would you like to see? Or do you have an interesting topic you would like to present? CapCHI meets on the third Tuesday of the month at 7:00pm at TheCodeFactory (246 Queen at Kent). We have a small budget available to cover travel expenses. [...]
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Published in November 14th, 2008
Gord gave a great presentation last night on web navigation. Gord reviewed the trends in navigation techniques being used by major web sites such as BBC, Amazon, and Air Canada. According to Gord, there is a trend away from global, fixed navigation menus towards local, context-sensitive menus that change depending on a visitor’s current location. [...]
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