Y!RB Brain Jam: A CHI2007 Sampler

Thinking of going to CHI2007? Maybe you simply can't make it to CHI2007?

This week's Brain Jam will give you a taste of the best of the upcoming CHI conference, in a mini-workshop with a number of guests presenting their CHI work. Starting at 2pm, and ending with refreshments!

Schedule (subject to change):

2:00pm Justin Weisz (Carnegie Mellon) - Watching Together: Integrating Text Chat with Video Technology

2:30pm Andrea Tartaro (Northwestern) - Authorable Virtual Peers for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders

3:00pm Frank Bentley (Motorola Labs) - Sharing Motion Information with Close Family and Friends

3:30pm-3:45pm Break

3:45pm Sean White (Columbia) - Designing a Mobile User Interface for Automated Species Identification (CHI2007 Best Note Award)

4:15pm Manu Kumar (Stanford) - EyePoint: Practical Pointing and Selection Using Gaze and Keyboard

4:45pm Tico Ballagas (RWTH Aachen) - iStuff Mobile: Rapidly Prototyping New Mobile Phone Interfaces for Ubiquitous Computing"

5:15pm Beer, snacks and conversation!