For alumnus Jerry Evans, every job is a custom job. “The shape of a person’s limb is as unique as their signature,” he says. “You can’t meet this need with mass production.” After graduating fromContinue reading
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The Makerspace: Our Way of Adding Visibility and Usability to Technology
Different technologies have always shaped the ways human beings live their lives. The electric light illuminated homes and businesses, starting in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and now one could not imagine a home orContinue reading
KMDI Alumni Matt McPherson Builds Digital Humans
Would-be entrepreneurs enrolled in a business of software course at the University of Toronto are being asked to play God in the digital realm. The theme for the course, offered by the department of computerContinue reading
Kara Brisson-Boivin on Use, Understand, Create: Cultivating Digital Literacy In Young Canadians
Dr. Kara Brisson-Boivin, Director of Research at MediaSmarts and Adjunct Research Professor at Carleton University spoke about cultivating digital literary in Young Canadians as part of the KMDI-Semaphore Speaker Series. Her talk highlights how MediaSmartsContinue reading
Interview with Visiting Student on VideoGame Culture and his Research at Semaphore Labs
Hi Augusto Schmitt. How was your experience here as a Visiting International Phd Student from Brazil. What did you find beneficial about working at U of Toronto? My time as a visiting student in TorontoContinue reading
How Does Social Media Affect Teenage Female Athletes?
There are teenagers everywhere. They sit in the bleachers, damp in layered clothes, munching on dried mango and Cliff bars. It’s the final session of our three-day swim meet and these adolescent female athletes haveContinue reading
A look at the posters of the Fall 2017 Poster Session
The Knowledge Media Design Institute’s bi-annual poster session occurred on December 6th at Hart House. Groups of students presented innovative new ideas to a panel of judges and a winning poster from each course wasContinue reading
Fall 2017 Poster Session Largest Ever for KMDI, Features Innovative Ideas
The Knowledge Media Design Institute hosted its bi-annual poster session on December 6th at Hart House. The event has come a long way over the years and has grown considerably since its inception with the most recentContinue reading
KMDI Tea Talk
All are welcome! Take a break and drop by for a chat, warm beverage, and sweet treat. Kelly (interim KMDI Director) and Laura (interim KMDI Coordinator) will be there to host the gathering. When: Wednesdays, 4:00Continue reading
KMD Job Spotlight: Customer Experience at Tangerine Bank
Meet David McDonald, a CX Innovation Senior Manager at Tangerine, and a customer experience guru. David, a former U of T grad, has an abundance of knowledge on designing for consumers and providing theContinue reading
A Trip out West for Brain Awareness Week
by Mark Chignell, KMDI Director, Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Brain Awareness Week is a “worldwide celebration of the brain that brings together scientists, families, schools and communities”. This yearContinue reading
KMDI YouTube Channel
Did you miss a past talk or would you like to re-visit a favourite presenter or topic? KMDI is pleased to invite you to view recordings of many past guest speakers and student seminar presentationsContinue reading
Call for Presenters – Graduate Student Seminars | Mondays
Feel like sharing your research? Interested in hearing feedback? How about a friendly audience to practice a presentation or design pitch? All iSchool and KMD Collaborative Program students are invited to present during our KMDI GraduateContinue reading
Call for presenters – KMDI Student Seminars | Mondays
Feel like sharing your research? Interested in hearing feedback? How about a friendly audience to practice a presentation or design pitch? All iSchool and KMD Collaborative Program students are invited to present during our weekly KMDIContinue reading
KMDI Talk – Dr. Margaret-Anne (Peggy) Storey: How Social Media Shape a Participatory Culture in Software Engineering
November 4, 2015 How Social Media Shape a Participatory Culture in Software Engineering Abstract: Software developers rely on media to communicate, learn, collaborate and network with others. Over just the past few years, social mediaContinue reading
{Interesting Reads} Improving Spoken Document Retrieval by Unsupervised Language Model Adaptation [contd.]
KMDI is made up of a community of interdisciplinary studies. We engage with the community around us to advance the study and creation of knowledge media. Every so often we will share a link to anContinue reading
Call for Submissions – KMDI Spring Poster Session
Here’s your chance to gain exposure for your research and to win a $500 prize for the winning poster! We are pleased to announce the KMDI Spring Poster Session and End-of-Year Party will be heldContinue reading
The Faculty Who Inspire: Dr. Matt Ratto
The KMDI faculty is not short of great research minds. Dr. Matt Ratto continues to direct and lead research that “crosses boundaries between the digital and physical world.” Dr. Ratto received his PhD from theContinue reading
{Interesting Reads} Editorial on Knowledge translation
KMDI is made up of a community of interdisciplinary studies. We engage with the community around us to advance the study and creation of knowledge media. Every so often we will share a link to anContinue reading
iSchool/KMDI Talk Recording of Dr. Mia Consalvo: Playing (as) a better me: Choice, moral affordances and video games
January 21, 2016 Playing (as) a better me me: Choice, moral affordances and video games ABSTRACT: “This talk is an exploration of players’ understandings of games that offer moral dilemmas, in order to explore player choiceContinue reading