[chisigmail] April SA-CHI meeting - 28 April

[Karen Hughes]

Sorry for those who are receiving this twice but I wanted to get the
word out there...

Thanks
Karen Hughes
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Saab Systems
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-----Original Message-----
From: calder at csem.flinders.edu.au [mailto:calder at csem.flinders.edu.au]
On Behalf Of Paul Calder
Sent: Tuesday, 21 April 2009 1:40 PM
To: SA-CHI at infoeng.flinders.edu.au
Subject: April SA-CHI meeting

Fellow SA-CHI enthusiasts:

Hear are the details for the April SA-CHI meeting.  Please distribute  
this information through your local networks to those you think may be  
interested.

Paul Calder

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What:        SA-CHI Meeting
When:	      Tuesday 28 April, from 5:30 for a 5:45 start, finishing
around 6:45
Where:       Centrelink Useability Centre, Level 1 South side,
	191 Pulteney St, Adelaide (corner Pulteney and Flinders)
	The building is a secure area, so you will need someone to admit
you to the Centre.  Take the southern lift from the entry lobby to level
1. The Usability Lab waiting area is to the right as you leave the lift.
Speaker:   Paul Gardner-Stephen, Flinders University

Title: Would You Believe Shoe Phones Could Improve Remote Medical
Supervision?

Abstract:
Many of the technologies that underlie the field of espionage or have
been depicted in science fiction are beginning to become practical for
everyday application.  One of the best known examples is the shoe phone,
popularised by the Get Smart television series and a recent  
feature film.
This talk will give a brief history of the shoe phone to date, including
the development of several fully functional shoe phones by the
presenter.  It will also outline potential medical applications for shoe
phone technology as a form of mobile computing and personal  
area networking.
The Flinders Shoe Phone has been featured on ABC TV News and recently
appeared on the "New Inventors" program on ABC TV. The video from both
programs is available on YouTube:

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ewkRDJbB4Q 
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COpTlD2WIVE 

Bio:
Dr. Paul Gardner-Stephen studied computer science (BSc) and
bioinformatics (PhD) at Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia. He is
now a post doctoral fellow in bioinformatics, embedded systems designer,
and systems and network administrator at Flinders University.  His
approach to research is to consider unorthodox solutions to big
problems, whether in aged care (the shoe phone), gene discovery (the
hardware-inspired DASH and SPAC algorithms), or the security and
scalability of distributed on-line communities (survivable network
services and the content addressed network environment).

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SA-CHI is a group of South Australians from both industry and academia
who are interested in the field of Computer-Human Interaction.  We come
from a wide variety of organisations and are involved with a wide range
of aspects of CHI. We are (loosely) affiliated with CHISIG, the  
Computer Human Interfaces Special Interest Group of the Human Factors
and Ergonomics Society of Australia.

The group meets monthly, on the last Tuesday of the month, to discuss
CHI-related matters and usually with an invited speaker.  The meetings
are informal and open to all.

To subscribe to the SA-CHI email list, contact Paul Calder
<paul.calder at flinders.edu.au>.