[chisigmail] IDG Seminar: Peter Benda - Understanding Informational and Social Activity in Mobile Computing

[Nilma Perera]

(apologies for cross posting)

**** Please note that there are two interesting seminars this Friday; the
IDG seminar  by Peter Benda and the Information Systems departmental seminar
by Prof. Margot Brereton. Please read on for more details *****

You are cordially invited to the IDG Seminar ...


PRESENTER:  Peter Benda

TITLE:   
"YourtextmessagesarethetackiestpiecesofmotivationalcrapiveeverreadIwanna
quitbutyourenothelping": Understanding Informational and Social Activity in
Mobile Computing


VENUE: University of Melbourne, IDEA LAB, level 4, 111 Barry Street,
Carlton

DATE and TIME: Friday 10th October  2008, 3-4 pm
 

ABSTRACT:
In this seminar, Peter will present some of the ideas he is working with in
developing his PhD topic. In particular, he is seeking to gain an
understanding on the commonality between the two sets of studies he has been
involved in and teasing out some of the commonalities and tensions between
the eQuit work and Nokia work. Is the commonality best pulled through an
examination of support and social support in particular? Can the notion of
ambient social presence be used to understand the role of phatic exchanges
in informationally-oriented interactions, as well as the role of
informational exchanges in phatic interactions?

BIO:
Peter Benda is currently research fellow / sessional lecturer in the
Department of Information Systems. His main project is "Maximising the
effectiveness of interactive automated programs for smoking cessation". He
has also worked on a Nokia-funded project on intergenerational play. These
two projects form the empirical basis of Peter's proposed PhD work. Prior to
joining the department in 2006, Peter worked for Sensis as manager of the
HCI team (1999-2004) and then at Telstra as a User-Centred Design Research
Leader..

Please forward to others if interested. All are Welcome.
http://www.dis.unimelb.edu.au/research/groups/interactiondesign/seminars.htm
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DIS SEMINAR SERIES 2008

Speaker:        Prof Margot Brereton
        Queensland University of Technology

Topic:  Margot works in the area of interest to those in the Interaction
Design group.  She is still finalizing the topic for her presentation.

Date:   Friday 10 October 2008

Time:   11.15 am

Venue:  Alan Gilbert Theatre 2, Level 1 Corner Grattan & Barry Street,
Carlton

Abstract to follow soon



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Nilma Perera
PhD candidate 
Interaction Design Group
Department of Information Systems
The University of Melbourne
VIC 3010
   




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