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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
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
KMDI-Semaphore Speaker Series – David Gauntlett
Abstract: The internet was meant to take us to a bright and beautiful place. That didn’t really work out as intended. The tools that enable people to share creative work, exchange ideas and foster inspirationContinue reading
{Interesting Reads} Digital Zombies – the Reanimation of our Digital Selves
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
REWIND | KMDI Speaker Series: Jacquelyn Burkell
November 13, 2017 Unpacking Social Media Privacy: Toward a More Nuanced Understanding Abstract Conceptions of privacy expectation and privacy practices of social media users are notoriously simple, ranging from bald statements that people “don’t care”Continue reading
KMDI Speaker Series – HCI in the Age of Ubiquitous Computing
Abstract How do we understand human-computer interaction (HCI) in an age of ubiquitous computing? As the build environment is increasingly embedded with computational affordances, the ability to identify civic subjects—their location, preferences, secrets—has become trivialContinue reading
KMDI Year in Review
KMDI has had a busy year, as usual! Here’s a recap of what happened in the 2016-2017 academic year. Fall 2016 poster session The 7th bi-annual KMDI poster session took place on Dec.Continue reading
KMDI Seminar – Rehabilitation Technologies: Why are they not yet disruptive?
This event is co-hosted by HFIG, IATS and MIVE / CEAL Guest Speaker: Patrice L. (Tamar) Weiss, PhD, OT (Department of Occupational Therapy, University of Haifa) Abstract “Disruptive innovation” leads to technologies that invigorate an existing approach toContinue reading
KMDI Speaker Series – Design Constraints of Driving: Communication and Entertainment vs Distraction and Mortality
This event is jointly sponsored by KMDI and the Human Factors Interest Group (HFIG) Guest Speaker: Professor Jeff K. Caird, University of Calgary Abstract Driving is an orchestration of many different tasks performed toContinue reading
Introducing Dr. Olivier St-Cyr
The fall semester is less than two months away and KMDI is excited to announce the addition of new iSchool/KMDI faculty member, Dr. Olivier St-Cyr. St-Cyr completed his PhD at U of T and has specializedContinue reading
PhD Student Seminar – Of Accuracy and Aesthetics: Staging realities through the performance of Big Data
KMD Collaborative Program PhD Student Seminar PRESENTER: Richard Windeyer \ Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies When: Monday, February 22, 2016 \ 3:30 – 4:00 PM Where: Room 728, Bissell Building, 140 St. George Street *Join us afterwardsContinue reading
The Faculty who Inspire KMDI: Dr. Kelly Lyons
Engaging and transformative works from minds like Dr. Kelly Lyons, inspire the direction and evolution of KMDI. Dr. Lyons is an associate professor at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Information, holds a cross appointmentContinue reading
KMDI Speaker Series presents Dr. Margaret-Anne Storey || Wednesday, November 4, 2015
NEW Date and Location! Join us Wednesday, November 4th for the third installment of our speaker series: HOW SOCIAL MEDIA SHAPE A PARTICIPATORY CULTURE IN SOFTWARE ENGINEERING, a talk by Dr. Margaret-Anne (Peggy) Storey, a Visiting ScientistContinue reading
The Faculty Who Inspire KMDI: Dr. Jeffrey Boase
In line with its interdisciplinary status within the University of Toronto’s iSchool, KMDI continues to evolve and improve with the addition of innovative faculty members. Dr. Jeffrey Boase, who joined the faculty earlier this year,Continue reading
KMDI Talk – Dr. Pourang Irani: Big Data & Ubiquitous Analytics
March 18, 2015 Big Data & Ubiquitous Analytics ABSTRACT: Data is growing at an alarming rate. This growth is spurred by an increasingly diverse array of sources, such as embedded sensors, video cameras, social mediaContinue reading
KMDI Speaker Series: Dr. Pourang Irani
Dr. Pourang Irani will present examples from work in our lab on Ubiquitous Analytics, and open up to a discussion of potential projects that can fall under this umbrella of research activity. Ubiquitous Analytics involves the development of interactive and visualization tools for exploring information “anywhere” and “anytime”
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The Knowledge Media Design Institute (KMDI) is a multidisciplinary research institute based out of the Faculty of Information at the University of Toronto. It is dedicated to exploring the complex relationships between information, technology andContinue reading
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We offer several courses in Knowledge Media Design, from fundamental concepts to practices in a variety of contexts. KMD 1001H Theory and Methods in Knowledge Media Design(Next offering: Fall 2024). KMD 1002H Applications in KnowledgeContinue reading
Join us for the Franklin Lecture with McKenzie Wark, March 25, 2024
The hype around AI writing challenges traditional notions of authorship. But what if an author is not the originator of the text? Through the upcoming Franklin Lecture, writer and scholar McKenzie Wark will discuss whetherContinue reading