Meeting Agenda

Date:	October, 6, 2011
Location:	DC 1331
Time:	11:30
Chair:	Zainab AlMeraj

1. Acceptance of the Agenda - additions or deletions

2. Coffee Hour

Coffee hour last week:: Grace- thanks!
Coffee hour this week:
Coffee hour next week:: Dan

3. Forthcoming

Date:	October 13, 2011	October 20, 2011	October 27, 2011	November 3, 2011
Location:	DC 1331 11:30	DC 1331 11:30	DC 1331 11:30	DC 1331 11:30
Chair:	Edgar Bering	Bill Cowan	Elodie Fourquet	Tiffany Inglis
Technical Presentation:	Matthew Thorne	Zainab AlMeraj	Edgar Bering	Bill Cowan

4. Technical Presentation

Dan Vogel	Title : Cont�: Multimodal Input Inspired by an Artist's Crayon Abstract: Cont� is a small input device inspired by the way artists manipulate a real Cont� crayon. By changing which corner, edge, end, or side is contacting the display, the operator can switch interaction modes using a single hand. Cont�'s rectangular prism shape enables both precise pen-like input and tangible handle interaction. Cont� also has a natural compatibility with multi-touch input: it can be tucked in the palm to interleave same-hand touch input, or used to expand the vocabulary of bimanual touch. Inspired by informal interviews with artists, we catalogue Cont�'s characteristics, and use these to outline a design space. We describe a prototype device using common materials and simple electronics. With this device, we demonstrate interaction techniques in a test-bed drawing application. Finally, we discuss alternate hardware designs and future human factors research to study this new class of input.

Dan Vogel

Title : Cont�: Multimodal Input Inspired by an Artist's Crayon
Abstract:
Cont� is a small input device inspired by the way artists manipulate a real Cont� crayon. By changing which corner, edge, end, or side is contacting the display, the operator can switch interaction modes using a single hand. Cont�'s rectangular prism shape enables both precise pen-like input and tangible handle interaction. Cont� also has a natural compatibility with multi-touch input: it can be tucked in the palm to interleave same-hand touch input, or used to expand the vocabulary of bimanual touch. Inspired by informal interviews with artists, we catalogue Cont�'s characteristics, and use these to outline a design space. We describe a prototype device using common materials and simple electronics. With this device, we demonstrate interaction techniques in a test-bed drawing application. Finally, we discuss alternate hardware designs and future human factors research to study this new class of input.

5. Discussion Items

Network stuff
Remind Steve about his phone meeting!

6. Action Items

7. Conferences and Special Journal Issues

Recent Additions

Upcoming Deadlines

Oct 10, 2011: Mirage 2011 Conference
Oct 11, 2011: GRAPP 2012 Regular Paper Submission
Oct 11, 2011: IVAPP 2012 Regular Paper Submission
Oct 11, 2011: VISAPP 2012 Regular Paper Submission
Oct 11, 2011: VISIGRAPP 2012 Regular Paper Submission

8. Directors' Meeting

9. Seminars and Events

2011 Oct 11, 14:30 Bioinformatics Group Seminar - DC 1302: Benjamin Martin, Computer Science Laboratory, University of Bordeaux A number of projects on music similarity in large databases

2011 Oct 12, 14:00 Database Research Group Seminar - DC 1302: Alon Halevy, Google Research, Bringing (Web) Databases to the Masses

2011 Oct 13, 16:30 Distinguished Lecture Series - DC1302: Ed Lazowska, University of Washington, Computer Science: Past, Present, and Future

2011 Oct 25, 09:00 Symbolic Computation Group PhD Thesis Defence - DC 1331: Somayeh Moazeni, PhD candidate, David R. Cheriton School of Comp. Sc., Univ. Waterloo, Optimal Execution Strategies: Uncertainty and Robustness

2011 Nov 03, 15:00 Bioinformatics Group PhD Thesis Defence - DC 1331: Babak Alipanahi, PhD candidate, David R. Cheriton School of Comp. Sci., Univ. Waterloo, New Approaches to Protein NMR Automation

Also see other Math and CS postings.