{"id":321,"date":"2016-01-25T14:31:38","date_gmt":"2016-01-25T21:31:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/namahyar\/?page_id=321"},"modified":"2025-04-14T19:19:02","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T23:19:02","slug":"talks","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/nmahyar\/talks\/","title":{"rendered":"Talks, Panels, Seminars, & Workshops"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Invited Talks, Panels, Seminars, & Workshops<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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Community-Centered Computing for Collective Action and Societal Impact<\/strong>
Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence, Department of Human-Computer Interaction, Feb 4, 2025.
Inria Bordeaux, Bivwac team, Jan 24, 2025.
University of Southern Denmark, Metaverse Lab, Jan 20, 2025.
Telecom Paris, Economics and Social Sciences Department, Jan 16, 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reimagining Data Visualization: From Civic Engagement to Inclusion and Critical Reflection<\/strong>
Inria Saclay, AVIZ team, December 6, 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Building Human-Centered Technologies to Democratize Data and Drive Social Impact<\/strong>
Keynote Talk<\/strong>, Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering (CIVILENG 2024), Rome, Italy, October 23-25, 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Middle Miocene climate informs near future warming<\/strong>
Harvard Seminar, Harvard Radcliffe Institute, Oct 17-18, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Harnessing Data for Social Impact: Empowering Communities through Visualization & Social Computing<\/strong>
University of Virginia, Computer Science, Distinguished Seminar<\/strong>, Oct 11 2024.
UC Berkeley BID HCI Speaker Series, Jan 16, 2024
Stanford Human-Computer Interaction Seminar, Jan 12, 2024
University of British Columbia, Dec 7, 2023
CMU HCI Seminar Series, Nov 17, 2023
Boston College, Data Visualization Course (Nam Wook Kim), Nov 6, 2023
University of Victoria, Data Visualization Course (Charles Perin), Oct 12, 2023
MIT CSAIL HCI Seminar Series, Oct 3, 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rising Tides: Integrating Situated Visualization, Augmented Reality, and Public-Participation Technology to Create an Accessible Platform for Localized Climate Change Visualization and Discourse<\/strong>
Radcliffe Institute at Harvard, Fellow presentation, December 13, 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Data Visualization for Effective Science Communication with Diverse Audience<\/strong>
Co-led with Ali Sarvghad
Organized by University of Massachusetts Center for Clinical and Translational Science (UMCCTS) with the UMass Amherst Public Engagement Project. May 8, 2023
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Human-Centered Computing for Addressing Complex Sociotechnical Problems<\/strong>
Concordia University, Department of Computer Science, March 27, 2023
University of Maryland College Park, iSchool, February 21, 2023
Virginia Tech, Department of Computer Science, January 31, 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Designing and Building Tools for Fostering Equity and Inclusion in Civic Decision-Making<\/strong>
Joint talk with Ali Sarvghad
University College London, Interaction Centre (UCLIC), December 14, 2022 \"\" Video<\/a>
City, University of London, School of Science and Technology, December 8, 2022
SIGCHI Paris Talk, December 5, 2022
UNC Chapel Hill, November 14, 2022 Event<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Social Computing and Visualization Tools for Empowering the Public<\/strong>
Tableau Research, August 04, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Panel on “Connecting Science and Art for Effective Community Engagement”<\/strong>
Engineers and Scientists Acting Locally (ESAL), Invited panelist, May 19, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Social Computing and Visualization Tools for Empowering the Public<\/strong>
Technology & Social Behavior (TSB) Speaker Series, Northwestern University, April 21, 2022
Computer Science Colloquium Series, Tufts University, April 7, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Building Equitable Social Computing and Visualization Tools for Democratizing Public Participation<\/strong>
Information + Visualization Public Talk Series, UCLAB Potsdam, Nov 23, 2021 \"\" Video<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Towards Reducing Social Inequality in Local-level Public Participation by Giving Voice to Marginalized Populations<\/strong>
Institute of Diversity Sciences, UMass Amherst, Nov 23, 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Building Equitable Social Computing and Visualization Tools for Democratizing Public Participation<\/strong>
ATLAS Colloquium Series, University of Colorado Boulder, 2021 \"\" Video<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Looking to the Past to Visualize the Present: Revisiting W.E.B. Du Bois\u2019 Abolitionist Visualizations<\/strong>
CICS Community Discussion on Antiracism, UMass Amherst, 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Social Computing and Visualization for Democratizing Public Participation<\/strong>
Ontario Tech University, Department of Computer Science, October 25, 2019
University of Toronto, Department of Computer Science, October 26, 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Community-Centered Urban Design at Scale<\/strong>
Erv Zube Lecture Series 2019, Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning, UMass Amherst, September 3, 2019 \"\" Video<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Computing for Collective innovation in Urban Design<\/b>
Data Science Research Symposium, UMass Amherst, April 24, 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Social Computing and Visualization to Increase Participation and Collective Innovation<\/strong>
Outstanding Achievement & Advocacy Awards Banquet, UMass Amherst, April 5, 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Social Computing to Enhance Public Engagement in Urban Design at Scale<\/strong>
University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Computer Science, February 1, 2018
San Jose State University, Department of Computer Science, February 6, 2018
Virginia Tech, Department of Computer Science, February 12, 2018 \"\" Slides<\/a>
New Jersey Institute of Technology, Department of Informatics, February 20, 2018
University of Massachusetts Amherst, College of Information and Computer Science, March 2018
WPI, Computer Science Colloquium, January 11, 2019
CS Women Lunch Series, UMass Amherst, February 20, 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Collective Innovation for Business and Civics<\/strong>
Game Changers Series: Collaboratory for Downtown Innovation, January 25, 2017 \"\" Slides<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Large Interactive Surfaces for Collaboratively Exploring & Driving Meaning from Complex Data<\/strong>
School of Arts and Interactive Technology, Simon Fraser University, March 16, 2016 \"\" Slides<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Designing Collaborative Visual Analytics Tools: From Supporting Experts to Engaging the Public<\/strong>
Autodesk Research, May 17, 2016 \"\" Slides<\/a>
York University, May 16, 2016  \"\" Slides<\/a>
Microsoft Research, Redmond, February 18, 2016 \"\" Slides<\/a> | \"\" Video<\/a>
University Washington Bothell, February 9, 2016 \"\" Slides<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

From Desktops to Tabletops: Opportunities & Challenges<\/strong>
University Washington Bothell, February 8, 2016 \"\" Slides<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Technology for Design: A Road Map<\/strong>
Boston University, January 27, 2016 \"\" Slides<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Supporting Team Communication and Coordination in Visual Analytics<\/strong>
University of British Columbia, April 2, 2014 \"\" Slides<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Conference & Workshop Presentations<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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Reimagining Data Visualization to Address Sustainability Goals<\/strong>
VISions of the Future Workshop at IEEE VIS, Florida, USA, October 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Harnessing Visualization for Climate Action and Sustainable Future<\/strong>
Vis4Climate+sustainability Workshop at IEEE VIS, Florida, USA, October 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CommunityClick-Virtual: Multi-Modal Interactions for Enhancing Participation in Virtual Meetings<\/strong>
IEEE VIS, Melbourne, Australia, October 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unveiling Insights: Surfacing Fine-Grained Discourse Acts in Short Free-Form Public Input Text through Visual Analytics<\/strong>
IEEE VIS, Melbourne, Australia, October 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bridging the Divide: Promoting Serendipitous Discovery of Opposing Viewpoints with Visual Analytics in Social Media<\/strong>
IEEE VIS, Melbourne, Australia, October 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Civic Data Deluge: Understanding the Challenges of Analyzing Large-Scale Community Input<\/strong>
ACM Designing Interactive Systems (DIS), San Diego, June 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CommunityCrit: Inviting the Public to Improve and Evaluate Urban Design Ideas through Micro-Activities<\/strong>
ACM Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2018), Montreal, CA \"\" Video<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Social Computing to Improve Public Engagement in Urban Planning<\/strong>
Innovations in Participatory Democracy Conference 2018, Phoenix, AZ, March 8-10th, 2018<\/p>\n\n\n\n

UD Co-Spaces: A Table-Centred Multi-Display Environment for Public Engagement in Urban Design Charrettes<\/strong>
Interactive Surfaces and Spaces, ISS 16, Niagara Falls, CA \"\" Slides<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Towards a Taxonomy for Evaluating User Engagement in Information Visualization<\/strong>
IEEE VIS 2015, Workshop on Personal Visualization: Exploring Everyday Life, Chicago \"\" Slides<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Collaboration Technology for Stakeholder Engagement in Urban Planning<\/strong>
CSCW 2015, Information Technology and City Life Workshop,  Vancouver, BC \"\" Slides<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Supporting Communication and Coordination in Collaborative Sensemaking<\/strong>
IEEE VAST 2014, Paris, France \"\" Slides<\/a> | \"\" Video<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CLIP: A Visual Thinking Space to Support Collaborative Sensensemaking and Reasoning<\/strong>
GRAND 2014, Ottawa, CA \"\" Slides<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Observations of Record-Keeping in Co-located Collaborative Analysis<\/strong>
HICS 2013, Hawaii, Maui \"\" Slides<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Roles of Notes in Co-located Collaborative Visualization<\/strong>
IEEE VisWeek 2009, Workshop on Collaborative Visualization on Interactive Surfaces (CoVis 2009),  Atlantic City \"\" Slides<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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