Meeting Agenda

Date:	Oct 1, 2007
Location:	DC 1331
Time:	1:30
Chair:	Elodie Fourquet

1. Changes to the Agenda - additions or deletions

2. Coffee Hour

Coffee hour last week:: Jeff Dicker - Thanks! for showing us how is it done...
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Coffee hour next week:: ....

3. Forthcoming

Date:	Oct 8, 2007	Oct 15, 2007	Oct 22, 2007	Oct 29, 2007
Location:	DC 1331 1:30	DC 1331 1:30	CGL 1:30	DC 1331 1:30
Chair:	Marshall Hahn	Craig Kaplan	Kate Kinnear	Ed Lank
Technical Presentation:	Jeff Dicker	Elodie Fourquet	Marshall Hahn	Craig Kaplan

4. Technical Presentation

Bill Cowan	Title : Hyperacuity Abstract: Almost since the beginning of computing interfaces have been able to exhaust the ability of working memory to process. The challenge of the twenty-first century is to find methods to use the vast background bandwidth effectively. One phenomenon possibly associated with this background is vernier acuity or hyperacuity, the ability to see detail beyond the resolution limit for vision. This talk describes what is known about hyperacuity, and proposes increasing the resolution of small form factor displays as a method of increasing information density without increasing the perceptual load on users.

Bill Cowan

Title :
Hyperacuity
Abstract:
Almost since the beginning of computing interfaces have been able to exhaust the ability of working memory to process. The challenge of the twenty-first century is to find methods to use the vast background bandwidth effectively. One phenomenon possibly associated with this background is vernier acuity or hyperacuity, the ability to see detail beyond the resolution limit for vision.
This talk describes what is known about hyperacuity, and proposes increasing the resolution of small form factor displays as a method of increasing information density without increasing the perceptual load on users.

5. Discussion Items

None so far...

6. Action Items

Meetings in the lab on October 22, November 5, November 12.

7. Conferences and Special Journal Issues

8. Directors' Meeting

9. Seminars and Events

2007 Oct 01, Google Tech Talk, Humanities Theater, Hagey Hall, 17:00-19:00,
Stu Feldman, VP Engineering, Google

2007 Oct 02, Distinguished Lecture Series Seminar, RCH 101, 16:30,
David Patterson, Pardee Professor of Computer Science, University of California at Berkeley
The Landscape of Parallel Computing Research: A View From Berkeley

2007 Oct 02, EA Sports, DC 1302, 19:00,
Leo Chan Computer Grpahics Technical Director, EA Canada,
Atheletic Performance Creating Intelligent Believable Characters for Games

2007 Oct 03, Algorithms and Complexity Group Seminar, DC 1304, 13:30,
Stephane Durocher, School of Computer Science, University of Waterloo
Kinetic Maintenance of Mobile k-Centres on Trees

2007 Oct 05, Artificial Intelligence Lab Seminar, AI lab (DC2306C), 11:30,
Andrea Bunt, David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science, Univ. Waterloo
Providing Users with Explanations in a Mixed-Initiative Systemfor GUI Customization

2007 Oct 05, Algorithms and Complexity Group Seminar, DC 1304, 13:30,
William Sean Kennedy, School of Computer Science, McGill University
Fast Skew Partition Recognition

2007 Oct 05, Symbolic Computation Group Seminar, MC5158, 13:30,
Jaime Gutierrez, University of Cantabria, Spain
Lattices in Algorithmic and Cryptography

2007 Oct 09, Software Engineering Research Group Seminar, DC 2314, 11:00,
Susan Elliott Sim, Department of Informatics, University of California, Irvine
Using Graphs to Distinguish Novice and Expert Navigation During Program Comprehension

Also see other Math and CS postings.