Daniel Wigdor, University of Toronto

Research

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Latest funding

Fostering Person-Centric User Experiences and Interaction On, Across, and in the Spaces Between Devices in Fragmented Digital Landscapes
NSERC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$123,000
NSERC - Facebook Industrial Research Chair in Human-Machine Interaction
NSERC · 2018 · Principal investigator
$104,000
NSERC - Facebook Industrial Research Chair in Human-Machine Interaction
NSERC · 2018 · Principal investigator
$416,000

All 9 grants and awards

No publications available.

Fostering Person-Centric User Experiences and Interaction On, Across, and in the Spaces Between Devices in Fragmented Digital Landscapes

Principal investigatorNSERC2022Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Wigdor, Daniel

Keywords: human-computer interaction; internet-of-things; society of devices; cross-device computing; developer tools; user experience; software toolkit; virtual reality; augmented reality; mixed reality

$123,000

NSERC - Facebook Industrial Research Chair in Human-Machine Interaction

Principal investigatorNSERC2018Industrial Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Wigdor, Daniel

$104,000

NSERC - Facebook Industrial Research Chair in Human-Machine Interaction

Principal investigatorNSERC2018Industrial Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Wigdor, Daniel

$416,000

Enabling and Leveraging whole-chassis sensing in VR, AR, and Handhelds

Principal investigatorNSERC2017Collaborative Research and Development Grants

Principal investigators: Wigdor, Daniel

$514,992

Enabling a Symphony of Devices

Principal investigatorNSERC2016Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Wigdor, Daniel

$276,000

OS enhancement for zero-latency UI response

Principal investigatorNSERC2014Collaborative Research and Development Grants

Principal investigators: Wigdor, Daniel

$265,208

Real Virtuality: making the virtual, physical

Principal investigatorNSERC2014Collaborative Research and Development Grants

Principal investigators: Wigdor, Daniel

$180,000

User interface feedforward and feedback supporting and enabling body tracking technologies

Principal investigatorNSERC2011Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Wigdor, Daniel

$170,000

User interface feedforward and feedback supporting and enabling body tracking technologies

Principal investigatorNSERC2011Discovery Grants Program - Accelerator Supplements

Principal investigators: Wigdor, Daniel

$120,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student Dear Professor Wigdor, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your NSERC-funded project "Fostering Person-Centric User Experiences and Interaction On, Across, and in the Spaces Between Devices in Fragmented Digital Landscapes" (2022), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]