Knowledge Media Design
A Lecture Series on Digital Media Research and Innovation at the University of Toronto
Next Event: Mobility and Wireless
Inclusive Design
Thursday Oct. 1, 4:00 PM, BL 728
Designing for Diversity Jutta Treviranus - Adaptive Technology Research Centre
Inclusive Software Design: Rethinking the 'Interface' Steve Hockema - iSchool
A panel on ICT policy, innovation, commercialization and careers
Thursday Oct. 29, 4:00 PM, BL 728
ICT Clusters in Canada David Wolfe - Political Science
Why monetizing innovation in digital media is hard and getting harder Eugene Fiume - Computer Science
Why Jane & Johnny don't want IT-related careers... and how to fix it David Ticoll - Convergent Strategies, KMDI Senior Fellow
Supporting Visual Thinking and Creativity
Thursday Nov. 12, 4:00 PM, BL 728
Local Climate Change Visualization and Decision-making John Danahy - Architecture, Landscape and Design
Data in Public & Data Visualization in Art Nina Czegledy - KMDI Senior Fellow
Mobility and Wireless
Thursday Nov. 26, 4:00 PM, BL 728
Applications of Sensors in Healthcare Mark Chignell - Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Designing Eyes-free Interaction Techniques for Mobile Devices Khai Truong - Computer Science
For 13 years, KMDI faculty and students have advanced the frontiers of digital media, creating and interpreting novel digital media while always asking the fundamental question, "what are digital media for?" These talks celebrate the innovation and thoughtfulness of our knowledge media designers and researchers in exploring answers to this important question.
These events will be webcast live and archived using ePresence Interactive Media. Instructions on accessing the webcasts may be found at http://www.kmdi.utoronto.ca. An online moderator will be present to faciliate communication between the remote audience and the speakers.
The series will continue throughout 2009 exploring topics such as improving human-computer symbiosis through gesture, graphics, speech, and language; supporting visual thinking and creativity; enhancing culture; ensuring privacy and security; and demonstrating the value of openness. One session will focus specifically on policy issues.
The Knowledge Media Design Institute is grateful to the sponsors of this series: the Department of Computer Science (major sponsor), the iSchool, the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
