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***  Everyone is welcome to attend.


                     Ottawa ACM/SIGCHI November Meeting
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Date:       Wednesday, November 16, 1994

Time:       19:00 - 21:00

Place:      BNR Skyline  (Formerly "Meriline", Merivale & Baseline)
            Tower 5 (west side of complex)
            1st Floor, Rose Room
            Building faces Baseline Rd. on north side

Speaker:    Dr. Marceli Wein
            Senior Research Officer
            Institute for Information Technology
            National Research Council of Canada

Topic:      Context in User Interfaces


                          About the Talk
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Interaction with a computer system involves the issuing of commands, 
either as a sequence of point-and-click operations in window-oriented 
interfaces or as lines of text in traditional (command-line) 
interfaces. Decisions that users make are based on their understanding 
of the current state or context and of some desired goal. How do users 
know what the context is? What happens when they lose that 
information? Knowledge of the context is fundamental to the ease of 
use as well as to the comfort and satisfaction level in working with a 
particular system. In window-oriented interfaces the context is 
directly visible as the state of the window system, while in 
command-line interfaces the knowledge is derived by deduction -- by 
observing the history of previously issued commands.  This 
presentation will discuss the role context plays in user interfaces, 
how it is presented to the user.  The talk will illustrate with 
examples some of the ways context is treated in commercial software.

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                          Up Coming Meetings
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December 14 - CRC Research on Network Services and Interface Design 
              (Andrew Patrick)

January 18  - Prototyping Tools 
              (We need volunteer presenters.  See below.)

February 16 - System Models in the Real World for Real People
              (Sonia D. Bot)

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                    Ottawa ACM/SIGCHI Scholarship
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The Ottawa ACM/SIGCHI now has a scholarship in place, valued 
at $75 (cost of text books for HCI course).  Nominations for 
the Ottawa ACM/SIGCHI Scholarship are always welcome (contact 
Peter Szmyt).  The nominee must be a student with a strong 
interest in HCI, and intends on pursuing further studies 
and/or a career in HCI.  Original HCI work and/or special 
projects are given high consideration.  The student must be a 
speaker at a monthly Ottawa ACM/SIGCHI meeting.

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                           January Meeting
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Topic:    Prototyping Tools

Speakers: We're looking for people who have used prototyping tools for 
          design purposes.

          "But I'm not a public speaker!" Don't worry, you won't be
          alone.  Others will be sharing their experiences.

          "But I don't have anything intelligent to say!" Of course you
          do.   You have used the tool and many others have not. You 
          have the knowledge of experience.

          "But I don't know what to say!" Some of the questions you 
          could answer include:
              What did you want to accomplish with the tool?
              How long did it take you to do it?
              What comprimises did you make?
              How satisfied were you with the end result?

          "But I don't have the time to prepare!" Don't worry, the 
          intent is to have an informal sharing of experiences.

          As an added bonus, students can qualify for the Ottawa SIGCHI
          scholarship.

          If you have used a prototyping tool, please let someone on the
          executive know your name, the tool you used and how much time
          you'll need to talk about your experience.

Contact:  Peter Szmyt    (613)228-5100 x4029 
                         75470.420@CompuServe.com

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For further information contact:
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Chair:       Peter Szmyt    (613)228-5100 x4029 
                            75470.420@CompuServe.com

Treasurer &  Alan Frank     (613)763-2553
Memberships:                afrank@bnr.ca       

Technical    Sonia D. Bot   (613)763-4992
Advisor:                    sdbot@bnr.ca

Volunteers:  Kevin Burr     burr@bnr.ca
             Arnold Smith   arnold@ai.iit.nrc.ca
             Marceli Wein   wein@iit.nrc.ca