Announcements
 | There is no imager meeting in August. The next meeting is on Sept. 15. |
The following is the Imager Meeting Schedule for Sept-Dec 2004:
| Date (mm/dd/yy) | Time | Location |
| Imager Lab Meetings | ||
| 09/15/04 | 12:30 - 02:00 PM | MCML 256 |
| 09/29/04 | 12:30 - 02:00 PM | MCML 256 |
| 10/13/04 | 12:30 - 02:00 PM | MCML 256 |
| 10/27/04 | 12:30 - 02:00 PM | MCML 256 |
| 11/10/04 | 12:30 - 02:00 PM | MCML 256 |
| 11/24/04 | 12:30 - 02:00 PM | MCML 256 |
| 12/01/04 | 12:30 - 02:00 PM | MCML 256 |
| Imager Socials Meetings | ||
| 09/08/04 | 12:30 - 02:00 PM | MCML 256 |
| 10/06/04 | 12:30 - 02:00 PM | MCML 256 |
| 11/03/04 | 12:30 - 02:00 PM | MCML 256 |
| Imager Faculty Meetings | ||
| 09/22/04 | 12:30 - 02:00 PM | FSC 2101 |
| 10/20/04 | 12:30 - 02:00 PM | FSC 2101 |
| 11/17/04 | 12:30 - 02:00 PM | FSC 2101 |
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Imager Lab Open House during CS grad orientation is on Sept. 7 from 13:00-17:00. The faculty member overseeing the Graphics Talk portion of the event is Michiel van de Panne. The faculty member overseeing the HCI/Visualization is Joanna McGrenere. Dan Archambault will be overseeing the demo portion of the event. |
We still need more volunteers to do project demos. The demos are intended to be informal, so please help out. Please contact Dan at archam@cs.ubc.ca for details and signing up demos.
Full orientation schedule can be viewed at: http://www.cs.ubc.ca/~qzheng/2004orientation/orientationSchedule.html
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Master Degree specializing in HCI - new degree specialization offered by MAGIC |
The Media and Graphics Interdisciplinary Centre offers a Specialization in the field of Human Computer Interaction. The students taking the specialization are considered part of MAGIC Applied Graphics and Usability Studies (MAGUS).
MAGUS is an interdisciplinary specialization for students in any UBC department or unit whose Master’s-level graduate work is in the area of Human Computer Interaction. Students who meet the requirements for the Specialization will have the following added to their Master’s degree: “Specialization in Human-Computer Interaction”. The Specialization in HCI, along with the transcript and the endorsement of the program, will identify Master’s Graduates as having attained special training in the interdisciplinary field of HCI.
For more details, please visit their official website.
News:
| Imager at SIGGRAPH 2004!
For details on the paper acceptances, please click here.
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| Imager T-shirts Yes! We have our own lab T-shirt now.
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| Cross-Parameterization and Compatible Remeshing of 3D Models T-shirt back |
Cross-Parameterization and Compatible Remeshing of 3D Models T-shirt front |
| Abhijeet receives ATI Technologies Fellowship. For more details,
please click here.
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Upcoming Conferences and deadlines:
Deadlines:
| August 30, 2004 - final version of the papers and notes due. |
| September 25, 2004 - final version of the interactive posters due. |
| September 13, 2004 - early submission. |
| December 13, 2004 - submission deadline. |
| Paper Submission: |
November 22, 2004 --- graphics-track papers December 20, 2004 --- HCI-stream papers |
Upcoming Conferences:
| Conferences | Date | Location |
| Eurographics | Aug. 30 - Sept. 3, 2004 | Grenoble, France |
| UIST | Oct. 24 - Oct. 27, 2004 | Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA |
| CSCW | Nov. 6 - Nov. 10, 2004 | Chicago, Illinois, USA |
Events
| Summer BBQ (Slides Show) |
Look! We are all happy and enjoy the sunshine and great food. :)
Who's leaving?
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Dr. Hamish Carr will be taking up a faculty position as a lecturer in the department of Computer Science at University College, Dublin, Ireland, starting in September.
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Daniel Stovell graduated in May. He worked in the lab as an undergrad and did directed studies with Prof. Wolfgang Heidrich. He is now working at Electronic Arts as a test engineer.
Best wishes for the following lab members who finished their degrees during the summer and those who are looking forward to finishing soon. :)
Ken Alton, Andrew Chan, Rhian Davies, Leah Findlater, Ben Forsyth, Fred Kimberley, Karyn Moffatt, Dana Sharon, James Slack, Matt Williams, Dan Xiao, Peng Zhao.
Useful Links
| For first year master students, this link may be helpful. |
How to be a winner: advice for students starting into research.
| The following link is contributed Jason Harrison:
Gene therapy cures monkeys of laziness - |