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Past event: DMRC Visitor Seminar: How Can Human-Centred AI Become a Reality?
The Digital Media Research Centre, QUT, and Brisbane SIGCHI is co-hosting a visitor seminar with guest speaker Professor Kaisa Väänänen. Date: 7. November 2023 Time: 1-3pm Venue: QUT Kelvin Grove, X-109, or Zoom (link to join below) Abstract: In the recent years, Human-Centred AI (HCAI) has been introduced as a balancing factor to the rapidly…
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Past event: Cross-Sector Forum XR
Join us for the Cross-sector Forum on Extended Reality at ARM Hub Northgate. Discover the latest in XR from top industry & academic voices. Description: Cross-sector Forum on Extended Reality: The Confluence of Industry and Academia Sign up to attend in-person here ? Agenda 4:00 pm – 4:15 pm: Opening Keynote Speaker: Emeritus Professor Bruce Thomas,…
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Past event: Seminar with Greg Wadley, University of Melbourne
Seminar title: Why am I online? An emotion regulation perspective on technology use and over-use Abstract: “Recent research in human-computer interaction and psychology suggests that digital devices and services are increasingly being used to support emotion regulation: that is, in the service of managing, altering and coping with affective states such as moods, emotions and…
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Past event: Human-Centred AI for social sustainability – visiting academic talk
Visiting academic talk with Prof Kaisa Väänänen Applications of Artificial Intelligence are entering all areas of society. While research and development in AI technologies have taken major leaps, understanding the human perspective of AI is still in its early stages. In my talk I will focus on how AI’s qualities, such as proactivity, data-drivenness, and…
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Past event: Brisbane SIGCHI Replay
The Brisbane SIGCHI chapter is organising an event to showcase and celebrate all the great contributions to recent ACM conferences from our local HCI researchers. Register Via Eventbrite: eventbrite registration Program We hope to see you there! Brisbane SIGCHI is a local chapter of the ACM SIGCHI. We aim to support a vibrant community of…
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Past event: SIGCHI Brisbane event: Open discussion on HCI and sustainability
Description: In this open discussion, Nic Bidwell, SIGCHI EC’s Sustainability Chair, will recap on panels and workshops at CHI’23 Hamburg where participants put forward perspectives on HCI and sustainability. She will introduce the results from a recent SIGCHI survey on sustainability and explain the various activities of, and support offered by, the SIGCHI Sustainability Committee.…
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Past event: Brisbane SIGCHI Barefoot Bowls
The Brisbane SIGCHI invites you to a social event at New Farm Bowls club Sign up here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/brisbane-sigchi-social-event-tickets-624897273567 For any questions or inquiries, please reach out to us on p.schlosser@uq.edu.au or stine.johansen@qut.edu.au
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Past event: Brisbane SIGCHI HDR Showcase
We are happy to announce a special, upcoming event co-hosted with the QUT School of Computer Science, which will focus on showcasing the research of excellent HDR students from across universities in Brisbane. This event offers an opportunity to connect with other HDR students as well as senior researchers and industry professionals. Each HDR student…
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Past event: Brisbane SIGCHI Annual Meeting and Election
According to the our ACM chapter by-laws, each year we need to hold an annual election meeting where members can elect the chapter officers. Voting membership in the Chapter is granted to all active Chapter members. Chapter officers will be elected by a plurality of votes cast at the meeting. Positions for election: As well as being…
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Past event: Human-Centred AI
Time: 24.10.2022, 4-5.30pm (followed by afternoon tea/coffee) Location: QUT Gardens Point campus, GP-S407 ZOOM Link: meeting id: 819 2431 9513 (password: 926633) Data science is fundamental to our society today. From all areas, people are managing and processing data to extract information. Please join us for an afternoon on the topic of data science and…