Investor Pitches, Launching Information Ventures June 18, 2015, 6:30pm-8:30pm Bissell 728, 140 St. George Street Toronto It’s time for final presentations again. Please join us for the final business pitches for students in the LaunchingContinue reading
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KMDI Spring Poster Session – Submission Details
KMDI is once again hosting it’s bi-annual KMDI Student Poster Session on Wednesday April 8th, 2015 in room 728 of the Bissell Building. We invite all students currently enrolled in KMD Collaborative Program courses orContinue reading
KMDI Talk / iSchool Colloquium Presentation: Dr. Anatoliy Gruzd: Research with Social Media Data – Data Stewardship & Ethical Considerations
Feb.11, 2015 Research with Social Media Data – Data Stewardship & Ethical Considerations Abstract: Social media data is a rich source of behavioural data that can reveal how we connect and interact with each other online inContinue reading
KMDI Talk – Dr. Katharina Reinecke: LabintheWild: Conducting Large-Scale, Uncompensated Online Experiments Around the World
LabintheWild: Conducting Large-Scale, Uncompensated Online Experiments Around the World Abstract: An estimated 95% of research findings in psychology, behavioral economics, and related fields are based on studies with student samples from Western and industrialized countries.Continue reading
KMDI Talk: Cosmin Munteanu : Dude, Where’s My Interface?
Sept. 14, 2014 Dude, where’s my interface?: How natural interactions and new media are helping us forget about the traditional interface Abstract: Humans’ natural abilities have allowed us to interact with the surrounding environment inContinue reading
Join the KMDI Events Committee!
KMDI is seeking student volunteers to join it’s events committee in 2015. The responsibility of this committee is to organize and coordinate events for KMD students as well as the KMDI community at large. WeContinue reading
KMDI Poster Session Winners
On December 1, 2014 KMDI Celebrated it’s annual poster session! This year the KMDI Award for Course-Based Research in Knowledge Media Design was presented to Terry Johnston, Jeanne Xie, Maryam Merrikhpour, and Heather Birch for theirContinue reading
Get Your Bot On! Robotics Hackathon Positronic: Robots and Brains November 14-16, 2014
In partnership with the Ontario Science Centre 770 Don Mills Avenue, Toronto www.getyourboton.com, @GetYourBotOn Registration closes Nov 7, 2014 If you always wanted to build a robot then we have an awesome weekend for you! GetContinue reading
KMD CP Winter Registration (2015)
Winter registration for KMD Collaborative Program students opens on Monday October 27 at 12:00pm. We are excited to be offering two courses in the winter session; KMD2002: Technologies for Knowledge Media with Dr. Steve SzigetiContinue reading
Workshop Series Spots Open
Information Services and KMDI are piloting an initiative to connect professionals and researchers with our current students and our development opportunities by a opening a few spaces within selected workshops to non-iSchoolers or non-KMD students forContinue reading
Internship Opportunity!
Get Your Bot On! Robotics Hackathon Internship Positions Available Immediately – Various http://www.getyourboton.com/?page_id=538 Get Your Bot On! is a not-for-profit organization that produces robotics hackathons. Robots are increasingly a part of our everyday lives andContinue reading
KMD CP Poster Session – April 17th, 2014
We are once again inviting students to participate in the spring 2014 KMDI Poster Session. Students are invited to present their work in KMD for their chance to win the KMDI Award for Course-Based ResearchContinue reading
KMD Workshops – 2014
Introduction to platform game design: DIY and experimental approaches to game authorship Febraury 8th 2014, 11:00am – 5:00pm This workshop consists of hands-on instruction and group work using Game Salad and/or Twine game design software.Continue reading
Celebrations and Awards
On Wednesday December 11, 2013 KMDI Celebrated it’s annual Holiday Party and Poster Session. It was a wonderful evening bringing together faculty, students and alumni. This Fall we also celebrate our most recent KMD CollaborativeContinue reading
KMD CP Students Utilize Toronto’s Open Data
The KMD1001 class has partnered with the City of Toronto to provide experiences that compliment their academic work and opportunities, and to build their professional networks. Co-taught by Dr Steve Szigeti and Ryan Kealey, theContinue reading
KMDI Award for Course-Based Research in Knowledge Media Design
This year at the KMDI Holiday Party and Poster Session the Institute along with the Collaborative Program have introduced an award for best poster. The award will be given to the best student poster (individualContinue reading
Nina Czegledy takes SPLICE on the Road
KMDI would like to congratulate KMDI Fellow Nina Czegledy, for the amazing success of her traveling exhibit SPLICE: At the Intersection of Art and Medicine. Currently on display at the Pratt Manhattan Gallery in NewContinue reading
KMDI Speaker Series
1) Friday September 20, 12:00 – 1:00pm: ELENI STROULIA Eleni Stroulia is a Professor and NSERC/AITF Industrial Research Chair on Service Systems Management (w. support from IBM) with the Department of Computing Science at theContinue reading
Workshop Series
KMDI/iSchool/Semaphore Workshop Series **All workshops are eligible to KMD Collaborative Program students only** Design Basics This workshop explores the basic principles of graphic design as they apply in both academic and non-academic contexts. We willContinue reading