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Congratulations to undergraduate student Sam Kaufman, and professors Don Patterson and Gillian Hayes, on being invited to present at the 2008 International Meeting for Autism Research:

S. J. Kaufman, D. J. Patterson and G. R. Hayes. "Design of Interactive Visual Scheduling Systems." International Meeting for Autism Research. London, UK. May 2008.

Congratulations to grad student Nithya Sambasivan, on having had a paper accepted to CHI 2008:

Sambasivan.N., Jackson M.M., Applying Value-sensitive Design in Designing Pervasive Brain-computer Interfaces, in Extended Abstracts, CHI 2008: ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), Florence, Italy, April, 2008 [Co-author: Prof.Melody Moore Jackson (Gatech). Workshop on Brain-Computer Interfaces for HCI and Games]

Congratulations to Professor Bill Tomlinson on receiving a Sloan Fellowship!

"Tomlinson, also an affiliate of the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2), is interested in the relationship between information technology and environmental issues, human-computer interaction and educational technology. He joined the UCI faculty in 2003."

From: noteworthy achievements of 2008 @ the bren school of information and computer sciences

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The Nomatic*IM research group in the LUCI lab is conducting a new user study. This study involves using some beta-software for up to six weeks. We'd love you help. See the standard description below.
Thanks
-Don and the Nomatic*IM research group.

"Are you an adult over 18 who uses a laptop and instant messaging software (like AIM, MSN messenger, Google Chat/Talk, Yahoo! Messenger or Skype) at 2 or more physical locations per day?

University of California, Irvine researchers are collecting data about how people disclose their location. This will help researchers develop techniques to protect individual privacy in the future.

Run our software on your laptop for 3 - 6 weeks and be a part of designing the future! Qualified participants will be compensated $15.00 - $30.00.

Survey URL: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=rWMMXMyQkmz1HP_2feGttT4g_3d_3d

Congratulations to grad student Sharon Ding and Prof. Don Patterson, on having had a paper accepted to CHI 2008 Student Research Competition:

X. Ding and D. J. Patterson, “Nomaticbubbles: Visualizing communal whereabouts,” in CHI Student Research Competition, April 2008.

Congratulations to faculty member Paul Dourish, on being inducted into the ACM CHI Academy

"Paul Dourish is a Professor of Informatics at the University of California, Irvine, with courtesy appointments in Computer Science and Anthropology. Throughout his career, he has worked at the intersection of Computer Science and social science, with a focus on the domains of computer-supported cooperative work and ubiquitous computing. From social science, he draws not only empirical and methodological considerations but also theoretical and conceptual frameworks that illuminate the role of technology in social and cultural production. His recent work has focused in particular on problems of location and of privacy, considering how people achieve concerned social action with, around, and through mobile technologies and digital media."

Link to the announcement here.

Congratulations to grad student Nithya Sambasivan, on having had a workshop proposal accepted to CHI 2008:

Arkin, N., Best, M., Chetty, M., Dearden A.,Dray S., Kam, M., Krishnan G., Light A., Pittman C., Sambasivan N.,Thomas, J.C., HCI for Community and International Development, in Extended Abstracts, CHI 2008: ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), Florence, Italy, April, 2008

[Co-authors: John. C. Thomas (IBM T.J.Watson), Nuray Arkin, Prof.Michael Best (Gatech), Marshini Chetty (Gatech), Andrew Dearden (Cape Town), Susan Dray, Mathew Kam (UC Berkeley), Shanks Krishnan (Gatech), Ann Light, Celeste Pittman (Gatech). Workshop on HCI for Community and International Development]