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Reminder that Johnny Lee is our DUB speaker this week, to please join
for MHCI+D capstone presentations, and to please RSVP for food.
https://catalyst.uw.edu/webq/
If you don’t get to RSVP, please still join us. But don’t eat until
after I do. 😉
—
James A. Fogarty, Associate Professor
Computer Science & Engineering, University of Washington
On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 11:58 AM, James Fogarty
<jfogarty@cs.washington.edu> wrote:
> We have two special events Wednesday 8/20 that will interest many in CSE.
>
> Johnny Lee will be our DUB speaker. He’s done many things, but is
> currently the lead for Google’s Project Tango. He’ll be giving a talk
> on “Conceive, Choose, Create, Communicate” and bringing a Project
> Tango demo. Additional info below, including a request to RSVP for
> help in coordinating our food order.
>
> Immediately following, we will have poster sessions and presentations
> for capstone projects from this year’s MHCI+D students. These 30
> interdisciplinary students have been doing great stuff, and these
> group capstones are the culmination of their degrees. Please join us.
>
> == RSVP plus Location ==
>
> Please RSVP:
> https://catalyst.uw.edu/webq/
>
> Location: Alder Commons, 1315 NE Campus Parkway
> (note: Please enter at the Alder commons entrance on the corner of
> Brooklyn Avenue and 40th Street)
>
> == DUB Talk ==
>
> Speaker: Johnny Lee, Google
> Title: Conceive, Choose, Create, Communicate
>
> Abstract:
> Over the past 10 years, I have been fortunate enough to witness the
> life cycle of successful projects on multiple occasions at vastly
> different scales, from personal research to large scale commercial
> products. I would like to share my observations of the skills of the
> individuals that helped make these efforts successful. It is my hope
> that this talk may be helpful to students who have not yet figured out
> their own identity as researchers, engineers, designers, or artists as
> you decide how to invest your time in the coming years.
>
> Bio:
> Johnny Lee is a Technical Project Lead at Google’s Advanced
> Technologies and Projects group, where he leads Project Tango – a
> focused effort to give mobile devices a human-scale understanding of
> space and motion. He graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with a
> PhD in Human-Computer Interaction in 2008 and recognized in the MIT’s
> TR35. He was a core contributor to Microsoft Xbox Kinect, and his
> work with the Wii Remote has accumulated over 15 million views on
> YouTube as well as a top rated TED talk. His motto: Have fun and make
> new things.
>
> == MHCI+D Capstone ==
>
> Students from the first graduating class of the new MHCI+D
> Interdisciplinary Program will present an overview of their capstone
> team projects with time for questions and discussion.
>
> 1:30 – 2:00: Early Poster Session
> 2:00 – 3:45: Team Presentations
> 3:45 – 4:30: Poster Session and Mingling
>
> James
>
> —
> James A. Fogarty, Associate Professor
> Computer Science & Engineering, University of Washington
>
> http://homes.cs.washington.