Human Factors of Social Robotics Presented by Ifat Yaakobi CapCHI will be hosting our next event at the Fox & Feather Pub and Grill! Date: Tuesday April 16th, 2013 Time: doors open at 6:00 pm; talk begins at 6:30 pm Place: The upstairs room at the Fox & Feather Pub and Grill, located at 283 [...]

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Avoiding “chartjunk” and “slideuments”: principles for visual presentation of data and findings Presented by John Burrett CapCHI will be hosting our next event on March 19th, again at the Fox & Feather Pub and Grill! Date: Tuesday March 19th, 2013 Time: doors open at 6:00 pm; talk begins at 6:30 pm Place: The upstairs room [...]

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CapCHI will be hosting another Interactionary event on February 19th at the Fox & Feather Pub and Grill! This great event that gives participating teams from industry and academia a chance to interact and show off their design skills. Date: Tuesday February 19th, 2013 Time: doors open at 6:00 pm; competition begins at 6:30 pm Place: [...]

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Fostering Collaboration in Healthcare(Note the new location!)Presented by Martin Brooks and John Spence, Ottawa Hospital Rehabilitation Centre RVR Lab Date: Tuesday January 15th, 2013 Time: doors open at 6:00 pm; tour/demo/talk begins at 6:30 pm Place: Ottawa Hospital Rehabilitation Centre, located at 505 Smyth Road, Ottawa, ON, Canada, near the General Campus of The Ottawa [...]

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Rich Internet Applications (RIA) development with a JavaFX platform Presented by Vasile Teodorovici Date: Tuesday December 18th, 2012 Time: doors open at 6:00 pm; talk begins at 6:30 pm Place: TheCodeFactory, 246 Queen St., Ottawa, ON, Canada Abstract: Based on Java, a modern Object Oriented programming language, JavaFX is an RIA platform for the UI [...]

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World Usability Day 2012 in Ottawa CapCHI is proud to present two presentations on Tuesday November 6th, in celebration of World Usability Day 2012 on Thursday November 8th. Date: Tuesday November 6th, 2012 Time: doors open at 6:00 pm; talk begins at 6:30 pm Place: TheCodeFactory, 246 Queen St., Ottawa, ON, Canada 1. “Mixed-media Computer [...]

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SIGGRAPH Asia 2012 The 5th ACM SIGGRAPH Conference and Exhibition on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques in Asia will take place from 28 November – 1 December 2012 in Singapore, which was also host city of the inaugural edition in 2008. SIGGRAPH Asia 2012 is expected to draw more than 7,000 professionals from 52 countries [...]

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Undergraduate Student Preferences in Online Education Presented by Bruce Tsuji, Carleton University Date: Tuesday September 18th, 2012 Time: doors open at 6:00 pm; talk begins at 6:30 pm Place: TheCodeFactory, 246 Queen St., Ottawa, ON, Canada Abstract: Colleges and universities are struggling to find ways to deliver distance and/or online education.  Their efforts are being [...]

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Daniel Szuc: Designing for Change Hosted by IxDA Ottawa Date and Time: September 25th, 2012, 6:15-8:30 pm Location: Systemscope, 61A York Street, Ottawa, ON, Canada Tickets: $5. More details and ticket information: http://www.ixda.org/local/event/33306

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CHI 2013 – changing perspectives Paris, France 27 April – 2 May 2013 The ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems is the premier international conference on human-computer interaction.CHI 2013 is about changing perspectives: we draw from the constantly changing perspectives of the diverse CHI community and beyond, but we also change perspectives, [...]

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