Past Newsletters
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December 2003
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Happy Holiday!
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Department Party
Dec. 12
Anyone wanting/willing to do a skit,
please contact Joanna! |
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Imager Party (in the lab)
Dec. 17
time TBA
Thanks to Leah for organizing the party! |
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Hello!
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A very special welcome to two new babies! |
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Colin and Melanie's baby, Quentin!
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...and Karon and Rich's new baby girl! |
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Congratulations!
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Imager lab member Peng Zhao was on the UBC 1 team, which placed third at the ACM Programming Contest for the Pacific Northwest Region. |
| ...to Lisa, she has defended her Ph.D.! |
| ...to Barry, Karyn, Leah, and Tim (and all their co-authors), for their CHI publications! |
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HCI Demo Night
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The HCI Demo night was a great success! Here are some photo's from the night:
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Upcoming Grad Seminars
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More information can be found here. |
Timeslot: Tuesday, 12:30-2:00 (Tentative), in MCLD410 |
| Finding a Research Supervisor and Thesis Topic | Jan 13 |
| Learning to Network and Mingle | Jan 20 |
| Individual Graduate Research Talks | March 6 |
| Grad Student Round Table | March 30 |
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Upcoming Conferences
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Please let me know of any conferences you would like to see listed here.
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| WSCG |
February 2-6 2004 |
Plzen, Czech Republic |
| CHI |
April 24-29 2004 |
Vienna, Austria |
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Graphics Interface |
May 17-19 2004 |
London, Ontario |
| CRV2004 |
May 17-19 2004 |
London, Ontario |
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CASA |
May 26-28 2004 |
Geneva, Switzerland |
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Advanced Visual Interfaces (AVI) |
May 25-28, 2004 |
Gallipoli (Lecce), Italy |
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CSCWD |
May 26-28 2004 |
Xiamen, P.R. China |
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SIGGRAPH |
August 8-12 2004 |
Los Angeles, California |
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Do we look longer at what we like, or like what we look longer at?
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| | Does gaze bias our preference, reflect our preference, or both? Here's the link to the article: Gaze bias both reflects and influences preference. |
| Thanks to Jim Little |
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The Meatrix
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| If you liked the Matrix and you're a vegetarian, or considered it, or only eat free range, or....
...then you should find this amusing, or disturbing, or ... |
| The Meatrix |
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PC Pests Cause Stress
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| | Computer users need to stem the stress their machines cause them before
it damages health, according to a survey. |
| Here's the full article. |
| Thanks Jason! |
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Drop me a line if you want anything in the next newsletter: Rhian [davies at cs] All items greatly appreciated!
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