From mturk at cs.ucsb.edu  Mon Jun  3 15:15:30 2013
From: mturk at cs.ucsb.edu (Matthew Turk)
Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2013 15:15:30 -0700
Subject: [4eyes] Graph cuts software and/or pointers
Message-ID: <004801ce60a7$dc34b610$949e2230$@cs.ucsb.edu>

Does anyone in the lab have expertise with graph cuts? Ramya and Miranda
(CC'ed here) are doing a course project on video retargeting, and could
really use some help and/or code to quickly implement graph cuts in this
context.

 

If you can help, please contact them.

 

Thanks,

                Matthew

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From cmsweeney at cs.ucsb.edu  Mon Jun  3 15:21:19 2013
From: cmsweeney at cs.ucsb.edu (Chris Sweeney)
Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2013 15:21:19 -0700
Subject: [4eyes] Graph cuts software and/or pointers
In-Reply-To: <004801ce60a7$dc34b610$949e2230$@cs.ucsb.edu>
References: <004801ce60a7$dc34b610$949e2230$@cs.ucsb.edu>
Message-ID: <CAB_h4O5-mFEWp7Np37Wgf=qnZ0mXBbrYORTyruGSk=GYjEHV0w@mail.gmail.com>

I don't know specifically about graph cuts, but I do know that
Lemon<http://lemon.cs.elte.hu/trac/lemon>is a well-regarded library
for graph algorithms in general. I haven't used
it myself but I've seen more than a few vision libraries that use it

-Chris


On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 3:15 PM, Matthew Turk <mturk at cs.ucsb.edu> wrote:

> Does anyone in the lab have expertise with graph cuts? Ramya and Miranda
> (CC?ed here) are doing a course project on video retargeting, and could
> really use some help and/or code to quickly implement graph cuts in this
> context.****
>
> ** **
>
> If you can help, please contact them.****
>
> ** **
>
> Thanks,****
>
>                 Matthew****
>
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From mturk at cs.ucsb.edu  Tue Jun  4 10:55:51 2013
From: mturk at cs.ucsb.edu (Matthew Turk)
Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2013 10:55:51 -0700
Subject: [4eyes] FW: [faculty] 2013-14 Doctoral Student Travel Grants
In-Reply-To: <010201ce614b$393f8a30$abbe9e90$@mat.ucsb.edu>
References: <010201ce614b$393f8a30$abbe9e90$@mat.ucsb.edu>
Message-ID: <006001ce614c$c0a87f80$41f97e80$@cs.ucsb.edu>

FYI

 

From: faculty-bounces at mat.ucsb.edu [mailto:faculty-bounces at mat.ucsb.edu] On
Behalf Of Kris Listoe
Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2013 10:45 AM
To: students at mat.ucsb.edu; faculty at mat.ucsb.edu
Subject: [faculty] 2013-14 Doctoral Student Travel Grants

 

 

 

From: Grad Deans [mailto:graddeans at graddiv.ucsb.edu] 
Subject: [gpa] 2013-14 Doctoral Student Travel Grants

 

To Department Chairs, Graduate Advisors, and Graduate Program Assistants:
  
The Academic Senate is now accepting applications for the 2013-14 Doctoral
Student Travel Grant.  The grants are awarded to eligible students on a
first-come, first-served basis each fiscal year.  Applicants must be
doctoral students and advanced to candidacy, or if master of fine arts
(M.F.A.) students, must be in their second year and be in candidacy prior to
travel.

The funding for the 2013-14 Doctoral Student Travel Grant is split into two
equal pools:

Conference travel between July 1, 2013 and December 31, 2013
Conference travel between January 1, 2014 and June 30, 2014

Within each pool, the funding is divided between the divisions and schools
housing our graduate programs.  The allocation for each division/school is
based upon its headcount of graduate student enrollment.  

Bren School for Environmental Science and Management
College of Engineering
Division of Humanities and Fine Arts, College of Letters and Science
Division of Mathematical, Life, and Physical Sciences, College of Letters
and Science
Division of Social Sciences, College of Letters and Science
Gevirtz Graduate School of Education

The Graduate Council has put these guidelines into place to help ensure that
the grant funding will be distributed equally, among those students with
conferences at the beginning and the end of the year, and among students in
the various disciplines.
  
Applications will be accepted for each pool until the funds are expended for
your division/school.  Funding is granted on a first-come, first-served
basis.
  
For more information, please visit our web page at: 
http://www.senate.ucsb.edu/grants 

 

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From cmsweeney at cs.ucsb.edu  Tue Jun  4 15:07:09 2013
From: cmsweeney at cs.ucsb.edu (Chris Sweeney)
Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2013 15:07:09 -0700
Subject: [4eyes] AR for Crowdsourced art
Message-ID: <CAB_h4O553OW+jddXV2if6biFwFyPQY1Qff7Fd-X5rOPou+4f4g@mail.gmail.com>

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tarun-wadhwa/using-augmented-reality_b_3382135.html?utm_hp_ref=technology

This might be of interest to the MAT folks especially
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From saiphcita at gmail.com  Wed Jun  5 17:45:05 2013
From: saiphcita at gmail.com (Saiph Savage)
Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2013 17:45:05 -0700
Subject: [4eyes] [4 eyes] Graduate Student Workshop on Computing (GSWC) Call
 for Papers --- Submit your abstracts!
In-Reply-To: <CAPBVOq-YdYxyMYFCMUOz2yiYamQiH2nJM3LyH5hqq_yzh4KbRw@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAPBVOq-YdYxyMYFCMUOz2yiYamQiH2nJM3LyH5hqq_yzh4KbRw@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAGEqvmLmZZcCiKjia_vERjVBpqy6hrZZuNOkVz37GiVFiPtBmA@mail.gmail.com>

Hey everyone,
Please consider submitting a paper to the GSWC workshop. Steffen and I are
on the committee and it is honestly a great experience.

Last year I won first place in the poster presentation, and it was not only
great to win $$$, a really cool backpack, interact with researchers from
Microsoft doing also work in social computing, it also felt great to beat
 the security lab,  archlab,etc.  It was great to show that the research
done in the four eyes lab is of course of the very best!

So please consider submitting, proudly representing the lab, and again
beating all of the other labs :)

cheers


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Gianluca Stringhini <gianluca at cs.ucsb.edu>
Date: Wed, May 29, 2013 at 1:10 PM
Subject: [grads] Graduate Student Workshop on Computing (GSWC) Call for
Papers --- Submit your abstracts!
To: grads at cs.ucsb.edu


Hello everyone!

Just like every year around this time, we would like to announce
the--Call for Papers--for this year's Graduate Student Workshop on
Computing (GSWC) 2013 which will be held on Friday, October 4th.

The DEADLINE for submission is JULY 5th.

For those of you who are new to GSWC, it is a workshop sponsored by
the Computer Science Department where graduate students showcase their
research work. This entails not only publishing an abstract of your
current research in the workshop proceeding, but also potentially
presenting your work to your fellow graduate students, faculty, and
guests from industry (either through a presentation or poster
depending on the quality of your abstract). We are also looking for
representation from nearby universities, in the hope to create an
environment in which graduate students can get to know each other, learn
about new projects, and exchange cool research ideas.

Graduate students are called to submit a 2-PAGE ABSTRACT describing
recent and continuing work. Work in all areas of computing are
welcome, and your abstract should be accessible to the majority of the
department.

Submissions should strictly follow the IEEE 2-column LaTeX format
(http:www.computer.org/portal/web/cscps/formatting) and be submitted
as PDFs. The name of the authors should be included in the submitted PDF.
Submissions have to follow these guidelines or will be rejected.

Submissions should be made to http://mamet.cs.ucsb.edu/.

Acceptances to GSWC will come in the form of:

- Proceedings: Your abstract will appear in the workshop proceedings
(this is applicable to all accepted papers).
 - Presentation: You will be further selected to do a presentation on
your abstract.
- Poster: Your poster will be displayed with an opportunity to discuss
your work during the formal poster session.

Cash prizes have already been secured and will be awarded for best
abstract, presentation, and poster!

As usual, the GSWC will be followed by the CS Fall BBQ.

GSWC is designed to bring you the experience of attending and presenting at
a top-tier conference in computer science. Participate in order to gain
critical skills in showing your research. Practice makes perfect, and where
better to do so than in our
supportive environment :)

Additionally, GSWC adopts a theme each year and invites discussion on
that theme from both an academic perspective and an industry
perspective. We invite a keynote speaker, and have members of the industry
to serve on a panel to discuss that
topic, followed by Q&A. Over the last years GSWC has established as a great
venue for interaction with industry and looking for internships. The theme
of this year's workshop will be announced in the next months. Submitted
abstract can pertain any topic in computer science, and do not need to be
relevant to the workshop's theme.

For further info on the schedule and layout of previous GSWC's, visit
last year's page: http://gswc.cs.ucsb.edu/2012/

I know you're all busy doing research,
but the GSWC is an excellent opportunity to get your research
out in front of the entire department. What are you waiting to submit?

Gianluca Stringhini
Chair

Mariya Zheleva
Vice Chair

_______________________________________________
grads maillist  -  grads at lists.cs.ucsb.edu
https://lists.cs.ucsb.edu/mailman/listinfo/grads




-- 
Saiph Savage
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From mturk at cs.ucsb.edu  Wed Jun  5 18:01:38 2013
From: mturk at cs.ucsb.edu (Matthew Turk)
Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2013 18:01:38 -0700
Subject: [4eyes] Lab meeting Friday
Message-ID: <1f3901ce6251$662d2230$32876690$@cs.ucsb.edu>

We'll have a lab meeting on Friday at 2pm. Janne Heikkila (visiting this
month from Oulu, Finland) will give an informal presentation on research in
his group, and we'll also introduce our second Finnish visitor for the
summer, Jari Hannuksela (also from Oulu).

 

Let me know if there are other agenda items.

 

                Matthew

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From kim at mat.ucsb.edu  Thu Jun  6 06:34:16 2013
From: kim at mat.ucsb.edu (Theodore Kim)
Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2013 06:34:16 -0700
Subject: [4eyes] Invitation to 200C presentations
Message-ID: <CA+EUdf1=0qh74D2x7TpfGQcTundcXvkPOqN5oM8PsW481tKnHQ@mail.gmail.com>

Good morning,

You are all cordially invited to the final project presentations for MAT
200C: Pattern Formation, today at 2 PM in the Systemics Lab. The
presentation schedule is below.

You can see a preview of what to expect on our Tumblr,
http://mat200c-2013.tumblr.com/, which everybody has been contributing to
over the course of the quarter.

Hope to see you there!
TK

=================

2:00 Evan Crook
Title: Sound Points

2:10 Hannah Wolfe
Title: DLA Mesh

2:20 Jon Arne Pedersen
Title: Fractal Chaos

2:30 Aaron Demby Jones
Title: Mobius Dynamics

2:40 Torgeir Lien
Title:  Interactive fireplace

2:50 Sterling Crispin
Title: Morphogens

3:00 David Gordon
Title: Scatter

3:10 Solen Dicicco
Title: In Vitro

3:20 Scott Wilson
Title: Turbulent Sound

3:30 Geir Turtum
Title: ???

3:40 Elliott Wobler
Title: Quadracosm

3:50 Maria Polyakova
Title: Sound Cave
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From kim at mat.ucsb.edu  Thu Jun  6 06:41:43 2013
From: kim at mat.ucsb.edu (Theodore Kim)
Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2013 06:41:43 -0700
Subject: [4eyes] Windows 8, PowerPoint 2013
Message-ID: <CA+EUdf3_rWfmgAZGWq-kiwziTHMpcJXnMzHMH3jeJj+4y-6WNA@mail.gmail.com>

Does anybody have a Windows 8 system with PowerPoint 2013 installed? If so,
can I use it to test some slides sometime in the next week?

Thanks,
Ted
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From vfragoso at cs.ucsb.edu  Fri Jun  7 09:02:15 2013
From: vfragoso at cs.ucsb.edu (Victor Fragoso)
Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2013 09:02:15 -0700
Subject: [4eyes] Kintinuous project
Message-ID: <0149E758-8E0A-40CB-94A3-A9CDF9152573@cs.ucsb.edu>

Hi all,

I came across this project, which I think is relevant to several projects in the lab.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3yYjaLmiqU&feature=share

Best,

-- Victor Fragoso






From mturk at cs.ucsb.edu  Tue Jun 11 15:34:04 2013
From: mturk at cs.ucsb.edu (Matthew Turk)
Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2013 15:34:04 -0700
Subject: [4eyes] FW: [faculty] Fwd: End of Year Show Photos
In-Reply-To: <DE993DEB-02F0-4324-88F5-7AE7CC4ADE82@create.ucsb.edu>
References: <CAF+9_hYH60VL6rky5h8dU+=ARQ_BeR6MLxwms=KN4HYYBvqLQA@mail.gmail.com>
	<DE993DEB-02F0-4324-88F5-7AE7CC4ADE82@create.ucsb.edu>
Message-ID: <04d801ce66f3$c7001300$55003900$@cs.ucsb.edu>

FYI

 

From: faculty-bounces at mat.ucsb.edu [mailto:faculty-bounces at mat.ucsb.edu] On
Behalf Of Matt Wright
Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2013 3:25 PM
To: MAT Faculty
Cc: Robert Miller
Subject: [faculty] Fwd: End of Year Show Photos

 

Forwarded by request:c https://www.dropbox.com/sh/bipocbchq8qql12/ser6KWCXuy

 

-Matt

 

 

Begin forwarded message:





From: Rob Miller <milrober at gmail.com>

Date: June 11, 2013 2:00:13 PM PDT

To: Matt Wright <matt at create.ucsb.edu>

Subject: End of Year Show Photos


Hi Matt,

Could you forward this to the Faculty List?

<https://www.dropbox.com/sh/bipocbchq8qql12/ser6KWCXuy>

Thanks,

--Rob M.

 

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From saiphcita at gmail.com  Wed Jun 12 09:33:10 2013
From: saiphcita at gmail.com (Saiph Savage)
Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2013 09:33:10 -0700
Subject: [4eyes] Impact on cognition when driving and doing voice-based
	interactions
Message-ID: <CAGEqvmJ6yZj-ffqOdT6r=EzWxRcddFghZ0NO3T-GedpxVbfBGg@mail.gmail.com>

Interesting work on cognitive sensing from the University of Utah that
found that  brain-voice-computer interaction is significantly dangerous to
driving:

*?They tested participants under three separate conditions: as they looked
at computers, operated a driving simulator or drove a specially
instrumented 2010 Subaru Outback through a residential neighborhood in Salt
Lake City. In each of the three experiments, using voice-recognition
software proved more distracting than talking on a phone (though less
distracting than solving the math and memory problems).?*



http://www.latimes.com/news/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-hands-free-phone-driving-aaa-20130612,0,2347448.story
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From mturk at cs.ucsb.edu  Wed Jun 12 09:38:22 2013
From: mturk at cs.ucsb.edu (Matthew Turk)
Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2013 09:38:22 -0700
Subject: [4eyes] Impact on cognition when driving and doing voice-based
	interactions
In-Reply-To: <CAGEqvmJ6yZj-ffqOdT6r=EzWxRcddFghZ0NO3T-GedpxVbfBGg@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAGEqvmJ6yZj-ffqOdT6r=EzWxRcddFghZ0NO3T-GedpxVbfBGg@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <007201ce678b$40ebbfb0$c2c33f10$@cs.ucsb.edu>

I guess I really need to stop solving math problems while driving..

 

From: Ilab-users [mailto:ilab-users-bounces at lists.cs.ucsb.edu] On Behalf Of
Saiph Savage
Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2013 9:33 AM
To: Four Eyes Lab
Subject: [4eyes] Impact on cognition when driving and doing voice-based
interactions

 

Interesting work on cognitive sensing from the University of Utah that found
that  brain-voice-computer interaction is significantly dangerous to
driving: 

"They tested participants under three separate conditions: as they looked at
computers, operated a driving simulator or drove a specially instrumented
2010 Subaru Outback through a residential neighborhood in Salt Lake City. In
each of the three experiments, using voice-recognition software proved more
distracting than talking on a phone (though less distracting than solving
the math and memory problems)."

 

http://www.latimes.com/news/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-hands-free-phone-dr
iving-aaa-20130612,0,2347448.story

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From mturk at cs.ucsb.edu  Thu Jun 13 22:43:55 2013
From: mturk at cs.ucsb.edu (Matthew Turk)
Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2013 22:43:55 -0700
Subject: [4eyes] No lab meeting
Message-ID: <004801ce68c2$28d07fa0$7a717ee0$@cs.ucsb.edu>

There will not be a lab meeting this week.

 

To everyone heading away for an internship (or already gone), have a great
summer!

 

            Matthew

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From sgauglitz at cs.ucsb.edu  Fri Jun 14 09:19:27 2013
From: sgauglitz at cs.ucsb.edu (Steffen Gauglitz)
Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2013 09:19:27 -0700
Subject: [4eyes] Fwd: Fwd: Full-time opening at Intel Labs
In-Reply-To: <CAPVNGBtS5NiBQmcVbH60-fwjvk+XLH4UH3PDJyPPbNeQ-XVgXg@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAPVNGBtS5NiBQmcVbH60-fwjvk+XLH4UH3PDJyPPbNeQ-XVgXg@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <51BB428F.9090706@cs.ucsb.edu>

FYI

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	Fwd: Full-time opening at Intel Labs
...

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: *Lei Yang* <leiyang.ucsb at gmail.com <mailto:leiyang.ucsb at gmail.com>>

Our group is hiring a researcher in computer vision (especially object
recognition) and machine learning field. The job description is:
http://jobs.intel.com/job/Hillsboro-Sr_-Research-Scientist-Job-OR-97006/2505377/ 

If you guys know anyone in this field who is interested, please help to
forward the resume/CV. Thank you.

Best,
Lei


From holl at cs.ucsb.edu  Sat Jun 15 01:41:26 2013
From: holl at cs.ucsb.edu (Tobias Hollerer)
Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2013 10:41:26 +0200
Subject: [4eyes] [Translist] vr/ar kickstarters
In-Reply-To: <CAPCKEchaZOxnPrJaZOEx_C0AmGNv4MzOgv6Y5UMMFtUHHVF3bw@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAPCKEchaZOxnPrJaZOEx_C0AmGNv4MzOgv6Y5UMMFtUHHVF3bw@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <51BC28B6.4050603@cs.ucsb.edu>


I've been at a research meeting with VR and AR researchers for this past 
week, and this is indeed a new trend, after the perceived success of the 
Oculus Rift.
A few people discussed a kickstarter project for developing and selling 
affordable human avatars:

> Specifically, we have been talking locally about trying to get funding 
> to build a set of open source avatars that can be used in experiments, 
> games, teaching, etc. I think many of us are beholden to Havok and 
> their RocketBox avatars, but the prices are steep and we can't share 
> our experiments because any users would need to license the avatars 
> themselves. 

In terms of HW technologies, these are truly exciting times for VR/AR 
researchers. IEEE VR had many more young people this year. And with 
affordable technologies such as the following, it has never been easier 
to get started:

Oculus Rift

Leap Motion Sensor
RAZER Hydra, cheap magnetic motion tracking 
(http://www.razerzone.com/gaming-controllers/razer-hydra)

Available as limited devkits only for now:
New Kinect 
(http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/new-kinect-can-track-you-so-well-you-may-not-6C10287970)

M100 Vuzix (Google glass competitor, expected to cost under $500)


Cheers,

     Tobias


On 6/15/2013 6:30 AM, Tim Wood wrote:
> move awkwardly:
> http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1944625487/omni-move-naturally-in-your-favorite-game
>
> http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/551975293/meta-the-most-advanced-augmented-reality-interface
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Translist mailing list
> Translist at mat.ucsb.edu
> http://lists.create.ucsb.edu/mailman/listinfo/translist

-- 
Tobias Hollerer
Professor, Department of Computer Science
University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-5110

holl at cs.ucsb.edu, Office: (805)284-9395, Fax: (805)893-8553

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From wakefield at mat.ucsb.edu  Sat Jun 15 19:48:39 2013
From: wakefield at mat.ucsb.edu (Graham Wakefield)
Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2013 11:48:39 +0900
Subject: [4eyes] [Translist] vr/ar kickstarters
In-Reply-To: <51BC28B6.4050603@cs.ucsb.edu>
References: <CAPCKEchaZOxnPrJaZOEx_C0AmGNv4MzOgv6Y5UMMFtUHHVF3bw@mail.gmail.com>
	<51BC28B6.4050603@cs.ucsb.edu>
Message-ID: <88D30DF1-2B40-4193-AA7B-B72EC0DDE774@mat.ucsb.edu>

I received an Oculus Rift dev kit a couple of weeks ago, maybe it would be useful to share the first impressions (and impressions of some of the MATians who came to visit for NIME). 

The package is very generous (every adapter you could imagine needing). 
The device itself is surprisingly light. It is fairly comfortable (like a gentle version of a snorkel). The cable is perhaps a little short however. 
The head tracking latency is very low. However the current dev kit only tracks orientation, not translation. I understand that translation will be included soon (if it hasn't already). 
The resolution is not high, but actually surprisingly acceptable (maybe because I'm older and remember arcade-level resolutions?). I understand that the commercial version will be higher. 
Looking up and down is pretty cool. There is an instant desire to jump of cliffs and overhangs. Your neck gets tired.
The SDK seems well designed and is updated frequently. OSX is now supported, but I don't know if a laptop would be powerful enough?

The biggest issue is motion sickness. Certain movements (head orientation) corroborate between vestibular sense and visual input. Other movements (translation, mouse/keyboard/joystick navigation) do not. This seems to be physically confusing for some people (others don't seem to mind). 
Projects need to render at extremely high frame-rates and be carefully designed to make sure head-tracking data is as recent as possible (several articles online about how to do this). Delays between vestibular and visual input are instant headache inducers. You need a good GPU and a good programmer.
For me the most disorienting aspect was navigation. Nearly all the demos I tried appeared to be built on the Unity engine, and incorporated mouse/keyboard/joystick navigation. So to look around a little, you can turn your head; but to change direction you need to use a device, which does not match vestibular/proprioceptive senses. I was happily exploring several demo projects for an hour or so, but afterward felt physically sick for several hours. 
Those treadmills make a lot of sense.


On Jun 15, 2013, at 5:41 PM, Tobias Hollerer <holl at cs.ucsb.edu> wrote:

> 
> I've been at a research meeting with VR and AR researchers for this past week, and this is indeed a new trend, after the perceived success of the Oculus Rift.
> A few people discussed a kickstarter project for developing and selling affordable human avatars: 
> 
>> Specifically, we have been talking locally about trying to get funding to build a set of open source avatars that can be used in experiments, games, teaching, etc. I think many of us are beholden to Havok and their RocketBox avatars, but the prices are steep and we can't share our experiments because any users would need to license the avatars themselves.
> 
> In terms of HW technologies, these are truly exciting times for VR/AR researchers. IEEE VR had many more young people this year. And with affordable technologies such as the following, it has never been easier to get started: 
> 
> Oculus Rift
> Leap Motion Sensor
> RAZER Hydra, cheap magnetic motion tracking (http://www.razerzone.com/gaming-controllers/razer-hydra)
> Available as limited devkits only for now:
> New Kinect (http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/new-kinect-can-track-you-so-well-you-may-not-6C10287970)
> M100 Vuzix (Google glass competitor, expected to cost under $500)
> 
> Cheers,
> 
>     Tobias
> 
> 
> On 6/15/2013 6:30 AM, Tim Wood wrote:
>> move awkwardly:
>>   http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1944625487/omni-move-naturally-in-your-favorite-game
>> 
>> http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/551975293/meta-the-most-advanced-augmented-reality-interface
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> _______________________________________________
>> Translist mailing list
>> 
>> Translist at mat.ucsb.edu
>> http://lists.create.ucsb.edu/mailman/listinfo/translist
> 
> -- 
> Tobias Hollerer
> Professor, Department of Computer Science
> University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-5110
> 
> 
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From mturk at cs.ucsb.edu  Tue Jun 18 17:54:33 2013
From: mturk at cs.ucsb.edu (Matthew Turk)
Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:54:33 -0700
Subject: [4eyes] Laptop available
Message-ID: <009001ce6c87$904133a0$b0c39ae0$@cs.ucsb.edu>

In case anyone needs a laptop, my old Thinkpad X60s (Windows 7 Pro) is
available. It's still a decent machine, even if it's held together by
masking tape.

 

                Matthew

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From mturk at cs.ucsb.edu  Thu Jun 20 09:05:07 2013
From: mturk at cs.ucsb.edu (Matthew Turk)
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2013 09:05:07 -0700
Subject: [4eyes] FW: [COE #52965] [UCSB-OIT #506586] Vulnerabilities Found
	on 128.111.28.109
In-Reply-To: <201306201533.r5KFXqhU017703@rt.engr.ucsb.edu>
References: <201306201533.r5KFXqhU017703@rt.engr.ucsb.edu>
Message-ID: <007801ce6dcf$ef21f140$cd65d3c0$@cs.ucsb.edu>

We've been notified that there's a vulnerability in a lab machine, IP
address 128.111.28.109. Please check to see if this is your machine. The
problem is with Dropbear SSH, which needs to be upgraded to version 2012.55
or later.

And please let me know if this is your machine, so I'll know it's being
fixed.

Thanks,
	Matthew

-----Original Message-----
From: Todd Atkins via RT [mailto:vsc at oit.ucsb.edu] 
Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2013 4:07 PM
To: support at cs.ucsb.edu
Subject: [UCSB-OIT #506586] Vulnerabilities Found on 128.111.28.109

Greetings:

Our vulnerability scanner has found a potentially vulnerable host on your
network.  You should consider taking the recommended actions mentioned in
this report in order to reduce the chances of this host being abused by an
attacker.  If you believe any part of this report to be incorrect, please
let us know so that we can work to improve our reporting accuracy.

Here is information about the vulnerabilities that were found:

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

IP : 128.111.28.109
Name : ilab-109.cs.ucsb.edu
Scan Time : Tue Jun 18 20:32:53 2013
Service : ssh (22/tcp)
Plugin ID : 58183
Synopsis :

The remote host is affected by a remote code execution vulnerability.

Description :

According to its self-reported banner, the remote host is running a version
of Dropbear SSH before 2012.55.  As such, it reportedly contains a flaw that
might allow an attacker to run arbitrary code on the remote host with root
privileges if they are authenticated using a public key and command
restriction is enforced. 

Note that Nessus has not tried to exploit this vulnerability but instead has
relied solely on the version in the service&#039;s banner. 

Note also, in cases where the host is running ESXi 4.0 or ESXi 4.1, VMware
states in their KB article id 2037316 that this is a false positive since
administrative access is required to login via SSH so there are no
privileges to be gained by exploiting this issue.  That is true only in a
default setup, not one in which SSH access has been enabled for non-root
users.

See also :

https://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/CHANGES
https://secure.ucc.asn.au/hg/dropbear/rev/818108bf7749
https://www.mantor.org/~northox/misc/CVE-2012-0920.html
http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2037316

Solution :

Upgrade to the Dropbear SSH 2012.55 or later.

CVSS Base Score : 8.5
(CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
CVSS Temporal Score : 6.3
(CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C)
Public Exploit Available : false

Plugin output :

Version source    : SSH-2.0-dropbear_0.52
  Installed version : 0.52
  Fixed version     : 2012.55

CVE : CVE-2012-0920
BID : 52159
Other references : OSVDB:79590
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++


--
E. Todd Atkins
Office of Information Technology
University of California, Santa Barbara

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From jodmail at gmail.com  Thu Jun 20 10:09:40 2013
From: jodmail at gmail.com (John O'Donovan)
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2013 10:09:40 -0700
Subject: [4eyes] FW: [COE #52965] [UCSB-OIT #506586] Vulnerabilities
 Found on 128.111.28.109
In-Reply-To: <007801ce6dcf$ef21f140$cd65d3c0$@cs.ucsb.edu>
References: <201306201533.r5KFXqhU017703@rt.engr.ucsb.edu>
	<007801ce6dcf$ef21f140$cd65d3c0$@cs.ucsb.edu>
Message-ID: <CAJbhtm5kBoS4s53utEd_FRdrFku2x26LkaHORcSnyVeR11LTeg@mail.gmail.com>

This seems to be one of the trailer machines, but .109 is not in the list
that I collected.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AmkIbfHWlKK7dDRObWxtdFlHZU1hY3BJN0NNM0xMRkE&usp=sharing

Is anyone using the machine under the center desk at the back wall of the
trailer (Ai's old desk)?   This machine is currently turned on and might be
the problem.  If nobody gets back to me I am going to turn it off.

Thanks,
-John



On 20 June 2013 09:05, Matthew Turk <mturk at cs.ucsb.edu> wrote:

> We've been notified that there's a vulnerability in a lab machine, IP
> address 128.111.28.109. Please check to see if this is your machine. The
> problem is with Dropbear SSH, which needs to be upgraded to version 2012.55
> or later.
>
> And please let me know if this is your machine, so I'll know it's being
> fixed.
>
> Thanks,
>         Matthew
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Todd Atkins via RT [mailto:vsc at oit.ucsb.edu]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2013 4:07 PM
> To: support at cs.ucsb.edu
> Subject: [UCSB-OIT #506586] Vulnerabilities Found on 128.111.28.109
>
> Greetings:
>
> Our vulnerability scanner has found a potentially vulnerable host on your
> network.  You should consider taking the recommended actions mentioned in
> this report in order to reduce the chances of this host being abused by an
> attacker.  If you believe any part of this report to be incorrect, please
> let us know so that we can work to improve our reporting accuracy.
>
> Here is information about the vulnerabilities that were found:
>
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>
> IP : 128.111.28.109
> Name : ilab-109.cs.ucsb.edu
> Scan Time : Tue Jun 18 20:32:53 2013
> Service : ssh (22/tcp)
> Plugin ID : 58183
> Synopsis :
>
> The remote host is affected by a remote code execution vulnerability.
>
> Description :
>
> According to its self-reported banner, the remote host is running a version
> of Dropbear SSH before 2012.55.  As such, it reportedly contains a flaw
> that
> might allow an attacker to run arbitrary code on the remote host with root
> privileges if they are authenticated using a public key and command
> restriction is enforced.
>
> Note that Nessus has not tried to exploit this vulnerability but instead
> has
> relied solely on the version in the service&#039;s banner.
>
> Note also, in cases where the host is running ESXi 4.0 or ESXi 4.1, VMware
> states in their KB article id 2037316 that this is a false positive since
> administrative access is required to login via SSH so there are no
> privileges to be gained by exploiting this issue.  That is true only in a
> default setup, not one in which SSH access has been enabled for non-root
> users.
>
> See also :
>
> https://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/CHANGES
> https://secure.ucc.asn.au/hg/dropbear/rev/818108bf7749
> https://www.mantor.org/~northox/misc/CVE-2012-0920.html
> http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2037316
>
> Solution :
>
> Upgrade to the Dropbear SSH 2012.55 or later.
>
> CVSS Base Score : 8.5
> (CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
> CVSS Temporal Score : 6.3
> (CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C)
> Public Exploit Available : false
>
> Plugin output :
>
> Version source    : SSH-2.0-dropbear_0.52
>   Installed version : 0.52
>   Fixed version     : 2012.55
>
> CVE : CVE-2012-0920
> BID : 52159
> Other references : OSVDB:79590
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>
>
> --
> E. Todd Atkins
> Office of Information Technology
> University of California, Santa Barbara
>
> **********************************************************************
> The NOC's list of network contacts is used to determine who should receive
> email such as this.  Please direct any requests for changes to this list of
> network contacts to noc at ucsb.edu.
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>
>
>
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>



-- 
John O'Donovan
Research Scientist
Department of Computer Science
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From mturk at cs.ucsb.edu  Fri Jun 21 09:06:44 2013
From: mturk at cs.ucsb.edu (Matthew Turk)
Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2013 09:06:44 -0700
Subject: [4eyes] Seeing the human pulse
Message-ID: <009301ce6e99$537c9bd0$fa75d370$@cs.ucsb.edu>

I found this interesting (to be presented at CVPR next week):
http://people.csail.mit.edu/balakg/pulsefromheadmotion.html

 

Simple idea, executed well. It's similar to - and complementary to - the
SIGGRAPH 2012 work by Bill Freeman and colleagues that can estimate heart
rate from video of a person's face based on color changes
(http://people.csail.mit.edu/billf/www/papers/vidmag.pdf). (Implemented on
the new Kinect, by the way.)

 

                Matthew

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From domagoj at cs.ucsb.edu  Sun Jun 23 22:50:21 2013
From: domagoj at cs.ucsb.edu (Domagoj)
Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2013 22:50:21 -0700
Subject: [4eyes] Megastereo: Constructing High-Resolution Stereo Panoramas
Message-ID: <51C7DE1D.80403@cs.ucsb.edu>

Not sure if people know of this already, it's pretty relevant to the 
lab. Disney Research has made some nice improvements on omnistereo 
panoramas, to be presented at CVPR.

Project page with video and PDF of paper:
http://www.disneyresearch.com/project/megastereo/

- Domagoj

From garrettcarrollthomas at yahoo.com  Wed Jun 26 20:54:07 2013
From: garrettcarrollthomas at yahoo.com (Garrett Thomas)
Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2013 20:54:07 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [4eyes] Research Opportunities
Message-ID: <1372305247.99110.YahooMailNeo@web163503.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>

Hi,
My name is Garrett Thomas and I am going to be a fourth year mathematical science major. I have taken cs16 and cs24 here at UCSB and symbolic programing and also?artificial?intelligence while I was abroad this past year at Trinity College Dublin in Ireland. I really enjoyed and am interested in?artificial?intelligence. I was wondering if anyone had any research?opportunities this summer. I am not looking for pay. Please let me know.
Thank you,
Garrett Thomas?
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From cmsweeney at cs.ucsb.edu  Thu Jun 27 12:37:26 2013
From: cmsweeney at cs.ucsb.edu (Chris Sweeney)
Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2013 12:37:26 -0700
Subject: [4eyes] CVPR Papers online
Message-ID: <CAB_h4O7i6QMWznq8mJ-MRddXu96xQMDMnGYNzfMv8USg2yYWfw@mail.gmail.com>

All of the CVPR papers are on the web:
http://www.cv-foundation.org/openaccess/CVPR2013.py

There are more than a few papers that the lab will find interesting. I'm
sure Victor and Matthew can comment more since they are there, but one of
particular relevance is
SLAM++<http://www.cv-foundation.org/openaccess/content_cvpr_2013/papers/Salas-Moreno_SLAM_Simultaneous_Localisation_2013_CVPR_paper.pdf>

Chris
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From sgauglitz at cs.ucsb.edu  Fri Jun 28 10:36:39 2013
From: sgauglitz at cs.ucsb.edu (Steffen Gauglitz)
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2013 10:36:39 -0700
Subject: [4eyes] Fwd: [grads] The GSWC submission deadline is one week away!
In-Reply-To: <CAPBVOq-yE_7JKhHmv4yz6joqamH0-YUenoZow==p9Jf80kYpVw@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAPBVOq-yE_7JKhHmv4yz6joqamH0-YUenoZow==p9Jf80kYpVw@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <51CDC9A7.3010109@cs.ucsb.edu>

Folks,

Could you please let me know if you have submitted or are planning to 
submit to GSWC? This is a great opportunity to practice presentations 
and present research (including to the incoming class of grad students). 
The lab has traditionally had a pretty strong presence, and I think it 
would be great to keep that up...

Thanks,
  Steffen


-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	[grads] The GSWC submission deadline is one week away!
Date: 	Fri, 28 Jun 2013 10:30:25 -0700
From: 	Gianluca Stringhini <gianluca at cs.ucsb.edu>
To: 	grads at cs.ucsb.edu



Hello grads,
The Graduate Student Workshop on Computing (GSWC) deadline is in one
week (July 5). Now it is the ideal time to submit your awesome work!
Don't be shy, it is a great occasion to showcase your research to the
department and your possible future employers, and to win cash prices! ;)

Here is the call for papers, for those who missed it:

Hello everyone!

Just like every year around this time, we would like to announce
the--Call for Papers--for this year's Graduate Student Workshop on
Computing (GSWC) 2013 which will be held on Friday, October 4th.

The DEADLINE for submission is JULY 5th.

For those of you who are new to GSWC, it is a workshop sponsored by
the Computer Science Department where graduate students showcase their
research work. This entails not only publishing an abstract of your
current research in the workshop proceeding, but also potentially
presenting your work to your fellow graduate students, faculty, and
guests from industry (either through a presentation or poster
depending on the quality of your abstract). We are also looking for
representation from nearby universities, in the hope to create an
environment in which graduate students can get to know each other, learn
about new projects, and exchange cool research ideas.

Graduate students are called to submit a 2-PAGE ABSTRACT describing
recent and continuing work. Work in all areas of computing are
welcome, and your abstract should be accessible to the majority of the
department.

Submissions should strictly follow the IEEE 2-column LaTeX format
(http:www.computer.org/portal/web/cscps/formatting
<http://www.computer.org/portal/web/cscps/formatting>) and be submitted
as PDFs. The name of the authors should be included in the submitted PDF.
Submissions have to follow these guidelines or will be rejected.

Submissions should be made to http://mamet.cs.ucsb.edu/.

Acceptances to GSWC will come in the form of:

- Proceedings: Your abstract will appear in the workshop proceedings
(this is applicable to all accepted papers).
- Presentation: You will be further selected to do a presentation on
your abstract.
- Poster: Your poster will be displayed with an opportunity to discuss
your work during the formal poster session.

Cash prizes have already been secured and will be awarded for best
abstract, presentation, and poster!

As usual, the GSWC will be followed by the CS Fall BBQ.

GSWC is designed to bring you the experience of attending and presenting
at a top-tier conference in computer science. Participate in order to
gain critical skills in showing your research. Practice makes perfect,
and where better to do so than in our
supportive environment :)

Additionally, GSWC adopts a theme each year and invites discussion on
that theme from both an academic perspective and an industry
perspective. We invite a keynote speaker, and have members of the
industry to serve on a panel to discuss that
topic, followed by Q&A. Over the last years GSWC has established as a
great venue for interaction with industry and looking for internships.
The theme of this year's workshop will be announced in the next months.
Submitted abstract can pertain any topic in computer science, and do not
need to be relevant to the workshop's theme.

For further info on the schedule and layout of previous GSWC's, visit
last year's page: http://gswc.cs.ucsb.edu/2012/
<http://gswc.cs.ucsb.edu/2012/>

I know you're all busy doing research,
but the GSWC is an excellent opportunity to get your research
out in front of the entire department. What are you waiting to submit?

Gianluca Stringhini
Chair

Mariya Zheleva
Vice Chair

-- 
Gianluca


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From domagoj at cs.ucsb.edu  Sun Jun 30 15:34:05 2013
From: domagoj at cs.ucsb.edu (Domagoj)
Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2013 15:34:05 -0700
Subject: [4eyes] Google program to borrow Street View equipment
Message-ID: <51D0B25D.6060008@cs.ucsb.edu>

Something interesting for those working with outdoor models and 
panoramas. Google is offering to lend their backpack-based Street View 
equipment.

Trekker description: 
http://www.google.com/help/maps/streetview/learn/cars-trikes-and-more.html#trekker

Application form: http://goo.gl/SJjB8

- Domagoj

