How randomness changes your life? From the uncertainty about the weather to the choices we make at the supermarket, chance is constantly affecting our lives. But if we could have more data and develop more precise models and algorithms, could…
YouTube Video Recommendations during 2018 Ontario Elections.
What videos does YouTube recommend about Ontario party leaders? In the first study of its kind, we have identified the most recommended videos by YouTube for the pre-writ period from April 3 to May 8, 2018. Data was collected through…
Research Map of the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
The Office of the Vice President (Research) and the Kule Institute for Advanced Study are collaborating to develop a picture of the richness and variety of social sciences, humanities and fine arts (SSHA) research at the University of Alberta. To…
$ynesthetic @wareness: Perceiving Air Quality Through Visual and Audio Inputs
Our contemporary society is constantly pursuing different ways to improve and enhance urban systems, particularly in a big metropolis. Efficiency is the ultimate goal in the urban fabric in which regulatory laws delimit and prescribe how the city should be…
Human Spatial Movement
As an inherent human condition, mobility brings together communicative, technological, geographical, economic, cultural, and social forces that transform the surrounding space. In fact, space only becomes social meaningful through human agency and activities, such as walking and the desire to…
Wrkflux
Following our work on visual interactive workflow, our current phase of the project focused on the creation and customization of workflows. While in the previous version we used a pre-defined workflow structure, the new version, which we called Wrkflux, allows users to create and design their own workflows. By adding this functionality, we are looking for other forms that workflows can be used, such as management processes, editorial processes, personal organization, mind mapping, and even for board game prototypes.