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Chloe Lei

Teaching and Research Librarian, Engineering and Computer Science
Concordia University Library
Participates in 1 Session

Sessions in which Chloe Lei participates

Thursday 22 February, 2024

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
1:45 PM
1:45 PM - 2:30 PM | 45 minutes
Virtual

We’re drowning in apps, notifications, news and comments: how do you recognize authentic content shared on your social media feeds versus what is fabricated? It’s not always easy!This session will discuss some of the technology that is used to create misleading content like deepfakes, but also simply clickbait or tricks to take over your attention. We’ll suggest some ways of recognizing and thinking critically about digital content. We will conclude with an open discussion about how di...

Sessions in which Chloe Lei attends

Thursday 22 February, 2024

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
9:00 AM
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM | 30 minutes
In-person

Don’t miss the meet and greet gathering and plenary session!   Join us for the meet and greet gathering and plenary session on Thursday, February 22nd taking place at Concordia’s John Molson Building, 9th floor. Take the opportunity to network with attendees and presenters.

9:30 AM
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM | 30 minutes
HybridIn-person

Concordia University's Associate Vice-President of IITS and Chief Information Officer, Philippe Delisle and Concordia’s University Librarian, Amy Buckland, will kick off the first day of the Digital Skill-Share Days event on February 22nd with the plenary session. Join us to learn more about the Digital Skill-Share Days event and how you can benefit from this collaborative learning environment, and what this exchange of ideas can bring to your daily wo...

10:00 AM
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM | 45 minutes
In-personHybrid

This session is an invitation for collective insight into the interplay between humans and technology. Dive into how people, culture, and technology collectively shape our experiences and drive our community. Engage in an exploration of how we can apply a system's thinking approach to enrich our work at Concordia.

Paul Fournier

Keynote speaker
11:15 AM
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM | 45 minutes
Virtual

This session will provide quick tricks for batch data cleaning in Excel and an overview of formulas and functionalities that provide a big impact on data visualization and manipulation minimal efforts. Time will also be provided at the end for discussion and interactive problem solving to attendees' current Excel challenges.

3:15 PM
3:15 PM - 4:10 PM | 55 minutes
Virtual

As digital technology continues to impact everyday life, it is important to build an individual awareness of the risks that the digital age pose to the social and environmental systems that support human and planetary health. This session will explain the concept of Digital Sustainability - including understanding the negative impacts of digitalization, and exploring how digital tools can accelerate sustainable development and address challenges like climate change. The session will provide a...

Friday 23 February, 2024

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
9:15 AM
9:15 AM - 9:55 AM | 40 minutes
Virtual

In this presentation, I will explore some of the ways we use AI (especially generative AI) in the office, and the implications of this, focusing on equity and diversity.

10:15 AM
10:15 AM - 11:00 AM | 45 minutes
Virtual

This workshop offers a theoretical exploration of process and lean management strategies. Discussions will focus on understanding key principles to enhance operational efficiency. Join us for an informative session aimed at providing a theoretical framework for implementing effective process and lean management strategies.

10:15 AM - 11:10 AM | 55 minutes
Virtual

Have you heard about Generative AI (e.g., ChatGPT) but are not sure how to interact with these tools? This session will provide an introductory overview of "prompt engineering": the process of crafting and structuring text to effectively communicate with generative AI models. Core concepts and best practices of prompt engineering will also be discussed. Live demos will be used to demonstrate various prompting techniques while exploring text generating AI tools like ChatGPT (and/or Perplexity)...

11:15 AM
11:15 AM - 12:10 PM | 55 minutes
Virtual

In this dynamic digitalized world, it is pretty essential to understand and properly address our "digital identities". Better awareness of that may help us to take better decisions on privacy and security.For example, in recent times at Concordia community, we have often been impacted by scam attempts through e-mails or other ways. While systems and policies are always trying to protect us from such risks, our awareness can safeguard us best.Hence, proposing a session on "digita...

Azfar Adib

Presenter
1:00 PM
1:00 PM - 1:55 PM | 55 minutes
Virtual

SaaS based development become an essential technology asset for incremental and agile development to achieve business values by leveraging open computing technologies and AI services. This session will share basic principles in design SaaS and associated practices on architecture design of microservices, and data transformation pipelines.

Yan Liu

Presenter

Zerui Wang

Presenter
1:00 PM - 1:55 PM | 55 minutes
BeginnerIntermediateVirtual Events

Are you tired of Doodle and and Xoyondo meeting polls?  Do you want to use something that integrates seamlessly into your Outlook and shows you who's available and when?  Do you want to create customized appointment booking links that automatically take into account your availabilities?  Are you someone who manages a busy person's calendar?  If so, this is the session for you!In this session I will be demonstrating Outlook Scheduling Polls and MS Bookings pages to g...

2:00 PM
2:00 PM - 2:25 PM | 25 minutes
Virtual

Manufacturers of immersive technology hardware have begun to include Mixed Reality capabilities in their next generation of products. Whereas Virtual Reality offered fully immersive (and virtual) environments, Mixed Reality blends the Virtual with Reality, offering the learners access to both simultaneously. In this session, we will dive into the implications for education and learning contexts.

Ping Ng

Presenter
3:00 PM
3:00 PM - 3:45 PM | 45 minutes
Virtual

STEM courses are popular but may face limitations in online learning environments. In particular, learners with visual impairments (VI) often struggle since screen readers rarely describe equations or chemical formulas accurately by default.Moreover, alt text is virtually nonexistent in university courses & popular media, especially for charts & graphs.What does the research say about this topic?How does theory work in practice?This workshop will share t...

3:00 PM - 3:25 PM | 25 minutes
Virtual

Powerpoint is a tool used by many of us in our day to day work, but there can be so much more to it than putting text and images on the slide. In this short, beginner-friendly session, we will explore a few additional features that can help spice up your future presentations... and unlock your creative powers through the use case of creating an interactive game in Powerpoint, because why not?

Ping Ng

Presenter
3:45 PM
3:45 PM - 4:30 PM | 45 minutes
Virtual

I will explain the main technologies and mechanisms related to 3D printing, go over some of the pros and cons, give a glimpse of the future and give ideas on how to implement it for home, business and education.