Blog – RICELab

Recruiting PhD Students for 2020 (12/07/19)

RICELab in the Faculty of Information at the University of Toronto is seeking PhD students with a strong interest in HCI/UX research, and a suitable foundation to design, build, and evaluate novel interactive experiences. Current research themes for RICELab include: Mixed reality (AR/VR) interfaces and tools for collaboration; Tools for sharing and learning skills, knowledge and cultural practices, and Interfaces sharing experiences. Qualified applicants would meet one or more of the following conditions:

Writing Reviews for HCI (07/17/18)

My primary goal in this post is to impart my philosophy on reviewing HCI conference paper submissions. This guides how I think a review ought to be formulated – what are its constituent parts, and what is the role of each part. Thus, a secondary goal is to suggest how a review can be constructed by providing a bit of a template. As context, I have written and reviewed HCI papers since about 2003 or so.

Mini-Guide to Hong Kong for DIS 2018 Friends (05/04/18)

Co-authored by Tony and Tiffany Wun This is a mini-guide to Hong Kong for my friends going to DIS 2018. Some things worth knowing MTR (subway) is super convenient way to get around. Most interesting destinations are a short walk from MTR stations. Each MTR station has lettered exits, each of which links to different interesting landmarks. These exits are also sometimes meeting places, “I’ll meet you at Causeway Bay, exit B.

Interaction Design for 2020 (04/20/18)

I was kindly invited by Scott Bateman and Julie Maitland to give a talk at NextGenUX, which was held on April 19-20 at the University of Fredricton. This was an interesting “academia meets industry” conference that had a great set of international speakers (Julie Williamson, Bart Knijnenburg, Xing-Dong Yang, Cosmin Munteanu and Rita Orji) giving 30-45 min talks about their work, and a tutorial session the day before where we gave a fast mini-course on UX methods.

Perspective and Object Manipulation in Remote Collaboration (03/20/18)

Visual Interaction Cues in Video Games for AR (03/20/18)

Git as Tony Understands it (11/10/17)

Ephemerality and Context - Ethical Dilemmas in Online Research (06/17/17)

My Phone, My Notifications (06/16/17)

Watching 360 Video Together (06/14/17)

Shared Reflection for Personal Informatics (04/07/17)

FICTION - A Universe where Researchers are Tradeable Assets (03/05/17)

Luck in My Career (02/19/17)

Values in Technology Design (12/15/16)

Attending Conferences - Level 3 (06/17/16)

Attending Conferences - Level 2 (06/16/16)