d:Tech NYC

Dec. 9th d:Tech Seminar feat. Dr. Jessica J. Tran (Thomson Reuters) Abstract: Mobile sign language video communication has the potential to be more accessible and affordable if the current recommended video transmission standard of 25 frames per second at 100 kilobits per second (kbps) as prescribed in the International Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-…

Nov. 4th d:Tech Seminar feat. Sam Slover (NYU ITP) Abstract: The world is awash with new data, but how can we take the next step and make it truly meaningful to people? Put differently, instead of giving people yet more data and visualizations to interpret, how can we personalize this data to provide the simple insights and advice people really care…

d:Tech Seminar feat. Kyle Rector (University of Washington) Abstract: People who are blind or low-vision may have a harder time participating in exercise classes due to inaccessibility, travel difficulties, or lack of experience. They are more likely to be obese and to report poor, fair, or worsening health. One recent trend to increase exercise activity is…

d:Tech NYC Seminar: Steven Feiner (Columbia University) Seeing Through Augmented Reality: Tue 7/8/14 at 12.20pm. Follow us live at http://goo.gl/JFhxK6

d:Tech NYC Seminar Reminder: Steven Feiner (Columbia University): Tue 7/8/14 Steven Feiner, Ph.D., Professor at Columbia University and Director of the Computer Graphics and User Interfaces LabWebsite

d:Tech NYC Seminar: Steven Feiner (Columbia University) Seeing Through Augmented Reality: Tue 7/8/14 at 12.20pm. Follow us live at http://goo.gl/JFhxK6

d:Tech NYC Seminar: Steven Feiner (Columbia University): Tue 7/8/14 Steven Feiner, Ph.D., Professor at Columbia University and Director of the Computer Graphics and User Interfaces LabWebsite

d:Tech NYC Seminar: Priya Narasimhan, Ph.D., Professor at Carnegie Mellon University and CEO & Founder of YinzCam, Inc. -- YinzCam: Providing Scalable, Automated Mobile Experiences to Sports Fans - Tue 7/1/14 - You will be able to join us live at: http://bit.ly/1x6KUbB

d:Tech NYC Seminar Reminder: Priya Narasimhan (YinzCam & Carnegie Mellon University): Tue 7/1/14 YinzCam, Inc., a company that works with 85+ professional sports teams and venues, including those within the NFL, NBA, NHL, NRL (Australia), CFL, and more. YinzCam develops the sports apps of these teams and venues, offering a unique in-stadium live mobile mobile experience, comprised of automated…

d:Tech NYC Seminar: Priya Narasimhan (YinzCam & Carnegie Mellon University) - YinzCam: Providing Scalable, Automated Mobile Experiences to Sports Fans: Tue 7/1/14

d:Tech NYC Seminar: Priya Narasimhan (YinzCam & Carnegie Mellon University): Tue 7/1/14 YinzCam, Inc., a company that works with 85+ professional sports teams and venues, including those within the NFL, NBA, NHL, NRL (Australia), CFL, and more. YinzCam develops the sports apps of these teams and venues, offering a unique in-stadium live mobile mobile experience, comprised of automated…

d:Tech NYC Seminar: Daniel Fallman, Ph.D., Professor at Umeå University and Interactive Institute, Sweden: Videos, Models, Concepts: The Elements of Designing Sustainable Interactions with Industry: Tue 6/24/14

d:Tech NYC Seminar Reminder: Daniel Fallman (Umeå University): Tue 6/24/14 Highly automated industries such as car manufacturing plants and paper mills are complex, technically advanced, and in many other ways challenging environments—not least so from the perspective of interaction design and human-computer interaction. Over the last 15 years, I have been involved in a lo…

d:Tech NYC Seminar: Daniel Fallman, Ph.D., Professor at Umeå University and Interactive Institute, Sweden: Videos, Models, Concepts: The Elements of Designing Sustainable Interactions with Industry: Tue 6/24/14

d:Tech NYC Seminar: Daniel Fallman (Umeå University): Tue 6/24/14 Highly automated industries such as car manufacturing plants and paper mills are complex, technically advanced, and in many other ways challenging environments—not least so from the perspective of interaction design and human-computer interaction. Over the last 15 years, I have been involved in a lo…

d:Tech NYC Seminar: Oded Nov, Professor, Department of Technology Management & Innovation (NYU Poly) on Personal opinions and social influence: Tue 6/17/14

d:Tech NYC Seminar Reminder: Oded Nov (NYU): Tue 6/17/14 Personal opinions and social influence: how the attributes of social signals and users’ personality affect users’ rating

d:Tech NYC Seminar: Oded Nov, Professor, Department of Technology Management & Innovation (NYU Poly) on Personal opinions and social influence: Tue 6/17/14

d:Tech NYC Seminar: Oded Nov (NYU): Tue 6/17/14 Personal opinions and social influence: how the attributes of social signals and users’ personality affect users’ rating

d:Tech NYC Seminar: Rob Reeder, User Experience Researcher, (Google): Do security warnings actually help users stay safe online? Yes. - Tue 6/10/14

d:Tech NYC Seminar Reminder: Rob Reeder, User Experience Researcher, (Google): Tue 6/10/14 At a former job, an influential product designer once told me that "99% of users click through security warnings without reading them." His claim was that it doesn't matter how we design warnings, because users will always ignore them. Since I was responsible for designing these warnings to help use…

d:Tech NYC Seminar: Rob Reeder, User Experience Researcher, (Google) - Do security warnings actually help users stay safe online? Yes. - Tue 6/10/14

d:Tech NYC Seminar: Rob Reeder, User Experience Researcher, (Google): Tue 6/10/14 At a former job, an influential product designer once told me that "99% of users click through security warnings without reading them." His claim was that it doesn't matter how we design warnings, because users will always ignore them. Since I was responsible for designing these warnings to help use…

d:Tech NYC Seminar : Guy Laufer ( Worldgroup) - Digital Isn’t Magic: Tue 6/3/14

d:Tech NYC Seminar Reminder: Guy Laufer (McCann Worldgroup): Tue 6/3/14 When Guy joined in 2006 DDB Tel Aviv a traditional advertising agency he quickly realized that the customer has changed and that digital is an essential channel and a primary way to communicate brand messages. This led him to join McCann Israel’s digital creative department, as the first Digital Art…

d:Tech NYC Seminar: Guy Laufer, Global Digital Learning Director, (McCann Worldgroup) - Digital Isn’t Magic: Tue 6/3/14

d:Tech NYC Seminar: Guy Laufer (McCann Worldgroup): Tue 6/3/14 When Guy joined in 2006 DDB Tel Aviv a traditional advertising agency he quickly realized that the customer has changed and that digital is an essential channel and a primary way to communicate brand messages. This led him to join McCann Israel’s digital creative department, as the first Digital Art…

d:Tech NYC Seminar: Bonnie John (IBM Research): Cognitive Crash Dummies for User Interface Design: Tue 5/27/14

d:Tech NYC Seminar Reminder: Bonnie John (IBM Research): Tue 5/27/14 Crash dummies in the auto industry save lives by testing the physical safety of automobiles before they are brought to market, "Cognitive Crash Dummies" save time, money, and potentially even lives, by allowing computer-based system designers to test their design ideas before implementing those idea…

d:Tech NYC Seminar: Bonnie John (IBM Research) - Cognitive Crash Dummies for User Interface Design: Tue 5/27/14

d:Tech NYC Seminar: Bonnie John (IBM Research): Tue 5/27/14 Crash dummies in the auto industry save lives by testing the physical safety of automobiles before they are brought to market, "Cognitive Crash Dummies" save time, money, and potentially even lives, by allowing computer-based system designers to test their design ideas before implementing those idea…

d:Tech NYC Seminar: Asi Burak, President of Games for Change & Faculty at SVA Design for Social Innovation: With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility: Tue 5/20/14

d:Tech NYC Seminar Reminder: Asi Burak (Games for Change & SVA): Tue 5/20/14 The talk will address the power of digital games as a maturing medium and a largely untapped voice "for good". It will make an impassioned case for games for social impact and learning, with an overview of the latest trends and core challenges. Burak will share some case studies and success stories…

d:Tech NYC Seminar: Asi Burak, President of Games for Change & Faculty at SVA Design for Social Innovation: With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility: Tue 5/20/14

d:Tech NYC Seminar: Asi Burak (Games for Change & SVA): Tue 5/20/14 The talk will address the power of digital games as a maturing medium and a largely untapped voice "for good". It will make an impassioned case for games for social impact and learning, with an overview of the latest trends and core challenges. Burak will share some case studies and success stories…

d:Tech NYC Seminar: Jon Troutman, Co-founder + Design Director (Canary): Backwards Product Design: How Crowdfunding Changes the Product Development Process: Tue 5/13/14

d:Tech NYC Seminar Reminder: Jon Troutman (Canary): Tue 5/13/14 In recent years crowdfunding platforms (like Indiegogo and Kickstarter) have made it easier for designers and makers to market their ideas, fund their projects, and build communities that rally together in support of a common goal. In 2013, NYC-based hardware startup Canary launched a campaign to ma…

d:Tech NYC Seminar: Jon Troutman, Co-founder + Design Director (Canary): Backwards Product Design: How Crowdfunding Changes the Product Development Process: Tue 5/13/14

d:Tech NYC Seminar: Jon Troutman (Canary): Tue 5/13/14 In recent years crowdfunding platforms (like Indiegogo and Kickstarter) have made it easier for designers and makers to market their ideas, fund their projects, and build communities that rally together in support of a common goal. In 2013, NYC-based hardware startup Canary launched a campaign to ma…

d:Tech NYC Seminar: Randy Hunt, Creative Director (Etsy): Learning Data-Informed Design: Tue 5/6/14

d:Tech NYC Seminar: Randy Hunt, Creative Director (Etsy): Tue 5/6/14 In 2010, Randy joined Etsy's very small design team, which lead to a four-and-a-half year journey of learning to work with analysts, data engineers, user researchers, and market research to inform design decisions, while integrating product design into the development process. Randy will share highl…

d:Tech NYC Seminar: Randy Hunt, Creative Director (Etsy) - Learning Data-Informed Design: Tue 5/6/14

d:Tech NYC Seminar: Randy Hunt, Creative Director (Etsy): Tue 5/6/14 In 2010, Randy joined Etsy's very small design team, which lead to a four-and-a-half year journey of learning to work with analysts, data engineers, user researchers, and market research to inform design decisions, while integrating product design into the development process. Randy will share highl…