The School of Computing’s David Skillicorn commented on the decision by Twitter to restrict tweets in certain countries, on the Roy Green Show (syndicated radio show carried on 11 stations across Canada, including AM 640 Toronto).
Save the Date: ACM TEI 2012 (Tangible Embedded, Embodied Interaction), Kingston, Canada
ACM SIGCHI TEI 2012 (Tangible Embedded, Embodied Interaction) 19-22 February 2012, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
The 6th ACM SIGCHI conference on Tangible Embedded, Embodied Interaction (TEI 2012) is one month away! Register soon as space is limited.
The conference will be held 19th-22nd of February 2012, at Queen’s University’s Human Media Lab in Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
Come join us to celebrate a fantastic week of new ideas, cool crowds and a winter wonderland filled with great music and excellent food & drink.
Work presented at TEI addresses Human-Computer Interaction issues, design, interactive art, user experience, tools and technologies, with a strong focus on how computing can bridge atoms and bits into cohesive interactive systems. The intimate size of this single-track conference provides a unique forum for exchanging ideas and presenting innovative work through talks, amazing interactive demonstrations, videos, hands-on studios, posters, art installations. Enjoy keynote talks by Matthew Gardiner of Ars Electronica in Austria and Joanna Berzowska of XS Labs in Montreal, and special musical performances by Edwin van der Heide, and Steve Mann and Ryan Janzen in the TEI 2012 theatre.
The peer-reviewed technical program comprises talks, interactive demonstrations, and posters on tangible interaction. A juried Art Salon comprises tangibly interactive art and performance; and a design challenge will feature design teams pitching their ideas for real products. Come early to enjoy winter sports activities on Sunday, February 20th, with a variety of skating, cross-country skiing, snowshoeing and rock climbing events. Don’t miss the great art, including the Bader collection of Dutch Masters, during the opening night reception on Sunday. Get a hands-on experience of building your own hardware, including electronic glass blowing, with the Studio track, which take place on Tuesday, February 21st. The conference theme, FOLD UNFOLD, will be celebrated through a special invited workshop on Origami by MIT’s Jason Ku. And don’t forget to go for a late night pub crawl in a city renowned for its great live music.
TEI 2012 is sponsored by the ACM SIGCHI with support from Disney Research, Seeed Studio, Sparkfun, the US National Science Foundation, GRAND, Kingston Tourism and the Human Media Lab.
TEI 2012’s official airline, Air Canada, offers discounted travel to Kingston from anywhere in the world. Or travel to Kingston by rail using a 10% discount through VIA Rail Canada.
We look forward to seeing you at TEI 2012 in Kingston, February 19th-22nd, 2012!
Video Game Violence – Violating the Geneva Convention? – Nick Graham Shares His Thoughts with Sun News Network
The School of Computing’s Nick Graham was recently asked by Sun News Network to talk about today’s ultra-violent video games and how that violence is likely to affect our youth. See the whole interview here.
NSERC Recognizes Our Young Researchers
We are proud to announce that three researchers in the Queen’s School of Computing have been awarded an NSERC Early Career Researcher Supplement. Congratulations to Manuela Kunz, Bram Adams, and Abd-Elhamid Taha on this nod of appreciation from the research council.
Queen’s Human Media Lab Working to Make Roll-Up Screens Ready for Prime-Time
Roel Vertegaal and the team at the Human Media Lab are working diligently to further develop the technology behind roll-up screens for devices from smart phones to tablets to large-screen TVs. The Calgary Herald reports that the technology is not quite ready for prime-time; but we’re getting closer to making fully flexible, self-illuminating screens a reality for everyday devices. Read the entire story here.
David Skillicorn Weighs in on Fed’s Anti-Spam Legislation
If you still find your inbox inundated with unwanted messages from far away royalty offering you free money, or companies claiming they’ll send you pharmaceuticals at a fraction of their price, you were likely pleased with the federal government’s announcement of anti-spam legislation.
But the School of Computing’s David Skillicorn doesn’t think the federal government has the right plan in place for enforcing that legislation. For the complete story from the Kingston Whig Standard, click here.