Abstract:

Today, we are moving faster than ever towards Weiser’s seminal vision of technology being woven into the fabric of our everyday lives. Not only have we adopted mobile, and more recently, wearable technologies that we depend on almost every hour of our waking lives, there is an internet, and more recently, an Internet of Things, that connects each and every one of us. The unique combination of these emerging technologies offer an opportunity to fundamentally change the way in which we learn and share knowledge with one another. In this talk, I will outline my research in the areas of interaction for wearables and the Internet of Things, and discuss how these technologies can be leveraged for the learning and performance of real-world physical tasks and activities.

Bio:

Tovi Grossman is a Sr. Principal Research Scientist at Autodesk Research, located in downtown Toronto. Dr. Grossman’s research is in HCI, focusing on input and interaction with new technologies. In particular, he has been exploring how emerging technologies, such as wearables and the Internet of Things, can be leveraged to enhance learning and knowledge sharing for both software applications and real-world physical tasks. Dr. Grossman received a Ph.D. in Human-Computer Interaction from the Department of Computer Science at the University of Toronto. He has over 80 peer-reviewed journal and conference publications. Nine of these publications have received best paper awards and nominations at the ACM UIST and CHI conferences. He has also served as the Technical Program Co-Chair for the ACM CHI 2014 Conference, and the Program Co-Chair for the ACM UIST 2015 Conference.