[Asis-l] HCIL Fall Seminar Series Talk on Tuesday is ON!

[Kollet, Sharmon]

Hi All,

The weather has not impacted the HCIL Fall Seminar Series!  

We will be hosting Dr. John Flowers from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln,
tomorrow (Tuesday) at 2:00pm in 2120 Computer Science Instructional Center
(CSIC) on campus.   The talk abstract is below.

Attendence is FREE!  Please come.

If you have any questions or concerns, please email hcil-info at cs.umd.edu.

-Sharmon Kollet
Coordinator
HCIL
301-405-2769



> Mark your calendar!!
> 
> The Human-Computer Interaction Laboratory (HCIL) at the University of
> Maryland, College Park is hosting a Fall Seminar Series.  There will be one
> talk per month given by an invited guest.  Please see our web site for more
> details, including talk abstracts
> http://www.cs.umd.edu/hcil/about/events/hcil-seminar-2003.shtml .
> 
> We are proud to announce that  Dr. John Flowers from the University of
> Nebraska-Lincoln 's Psychology Department will kick-off the Series on
> September 23rd at 2:00pm in 2120 CSIC.  He will be giving a talk entitled
> "Should we listen to our data?  The promise of sonification as alternative or
> supplement to data visualization techniques."  
> 
> Abstract: 
> 
> While it has not yet gained widespread acceptance, the representation of
> quantitative data through sound is a promising new tool for scientific
> discovery, education, and communication that is potentially available to
> nearly anyone with a personal computing device. As is true with the
> development of computer visualization techniques, the production of effective
> auditory display technology will require tight collaboration between experts
> in computer and software technology and cognitive scientists familiar with the
> properties and limitations of human attention and perception. Dr. Flowers'
> presentation will present examples of recent research on the auditory
> representation of statistical properties of relatively "simple" numeric data
> sets, as well as sonification of more complex multivariate time series data
> such as climate records. His presentation will also outline some avenues of
> future research on facilitating human decisions concerning complex data and
> development of assistive technology for blind and visually impaired
> individuals. 
> 
> 
> Other talks in the HCIL Fall Seminar Series include:
> 
> October 21, 2:00pm  (2120 CSIC)-  Dr. Brad Myers, Carnegie Mellon University,
> "Mobile Devices for Control."  
> 
> November 14, 2:00pm (2107 CSIC)  - Dr. Gennady Andrienko from Germany's
> Fraunhofer Institut Autonome Intelligente Systeme, "Spatio-temporal
> information visualization" 
> 
> December 2, 2:00pm (2120 CSIC) - Dr. Mike Eisenberg from the University of
> Colorado at Boulder's Cognitive Science Institute will be giving a talk.  The
> title will be announced soon on the web page.
> 
> Please email hcil-info at cs.umd.edu or call 301-405-2769 with any questions.  
> 
> We look forward to seeing you throughout the series!
> 
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