[4eyes] Now: Colloquium: Aakar Gupta Monday, February 10th HFH 1132 3:30 PM

[Tobias Hollerer]

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    *Colloquium*
    *Aakar Gupta*
    *Monday, February 10, 2020*
    *HFH 1132 3:30 PM*

    /Host: Tobias Hollerer/

    _Title_: Extending Human Expressivity for Ubiquitous and Immersive
    Computing Interactions

    _Abstract_:

    Computing is increasingly embedded in objects on us and around us.
    And we are increasingly embedded in digital environments. These
    computing environments limit old but enable new input-output
    affordances. Utilizing these affordances requires us to move beyond
    traditional ways of expressing human intention. In this talk I argue
    that expanding the utilization of human capabilities is the path
    forward to realizing the imminent interaction challenges of
    ubiquitous and immersive computing. Through a series of projects, I
    will show how novel interactions can be built by expanding the use
    of human tactile and kinesthetic abilities for wearable and mixed
    reality devices. I will further talk about the implications of this
    approach for building interactions for accessibility.

    _Bio_:

    Aakar Gupta is a postdoctoral research scientist at Facebook Reality
    Labs, Redmond. His work focuses on building interactive technologies
    that create a synergy between human capabilities and computing
    affordances. His research has resulted in multiple publications at
    CHI and UIST, the premiere HCI conferences, including two Honorable
    Mention Awards at CHI. Prior to joining Facebook, he was a
    postdoctoral fellow at the University of Waterloo. He completed his
    PhD from the University of Toronto in 2017, and his Master’s from
    the University of Toronto in 2012. He has collaborated with multiple
    industrial and institutional labs including internship stints at IBM
    Research, INRIA, France, and Microsoft Research. His research can be
    accessed at https://www.aakargupta.com
    <https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.aakargupta.com/&sa=D&ust=1581177315096000&usg=AOvVaw2hwE4_N1GgGB370dq8dfST>



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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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