Alumni and guests are invited to join us in CPH 3681 for an exciting look at the future of the Department of Management Science and Engineering. Hear about where our research is taking us and get an exclusive preview of our upcoming large-scale renovation in CPH, which will transform our classrooms, student collaborative spaces, and more. It's also a wonderful opportunity to reconnect with faculty and hear firsthand from current students about life in the department today.
The Department's name changed in 2023 - read the full story.
Please note:
There are no physical tickets needed to attend this event. Once your registration is completed, you will be added to the guest list. Please check in at the door when you arrive at the event location.
Host
Mark Hancock
Professor and Chair, Department of Management Science and Engineering, University of Waterloo
Mark Hancock is the chair of the Department of Management Science and Engineering and a professor at the University of Waterloo. He is also cross-appointed in the Department of Systems Design Engineering and the David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science.
His research goal is to design, develop and evaluate technology that can support new ways of interacting with computers and information. A central part of this goal is his interest in providing the ability for richer and faster interaction through the use of one's body, hands, and fingers. The demand for effective interaction is increasing in response to the recent surge in commercial and research hardware that supports the sensing of more and more information about human movement in and around the surfaces ubiquitous in our everyday environment. While this technology has made it possible to interact in interesting and new ways, and even to carry this technology with us everywhere that we go, we have only begun to scratch the surface of what is possible and tend to rely on simple interaction, such as buttons and menus to interact with these new devices. His primary motivation is to harness some of the richness of interaction that is possible with our hands and bodies in how we interact with computers. In his research, he considers the fundamental nature of human movement and perception to help inform the design of interaction for new media.
Read the message from the department chair.
Also, learn about the new name of the department.