About us
CapCHI (Capital Human-Computer Interaction) is a social and professional community of design, user experience (UX), and human-computer interaction (HCI) enthusiasts, researchers, students, engineers, and educators from in and around Ottawa. We are also an Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction (SIGCHI).
From September to May, we meet every third Tuesday of the month.
Our meetups come in many different shapes and sizes. We invite speakers to give talks, organize panels and showcases, provide space for networking and socializing activities, and sometimes even go on fun fieldtrips.
We are looking forward to meeting you!
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Someone stuffed AI into your product - Now what?
Impact Hub Ottawa (7th Floor), 123 Slater Street (7th floor), Ottawa, ON, CAThe Event
It's the moment every UX person dreads: AI hype hits your product roadmap, and suddenly there's a chatbot nobody asked for popping up in your app.AI features often get shipped without the user testing they desperately need. So what do you do when you inherit a product or service that needs a UX reality check? Generic usability heuristics weren't built for LLMs, probabilistic outputs, or collaborative interactions.
Join us for a practical, hands-on session where you'll learn a specialized heuristic framework designed specifically for evaluating AI applications. Then test it out on a real LLM-powered chatbot.
About Julia Milner
Julia Milner is a Principal UX Research consultant at Emids, specializing in AI applications in the healthcare domain. She has worked with clients ranging from startups to established global companies. Previously, she worked at Statistics Canada and Engineers Without Borders. She’s a proud grad of the Human-Centred Design program at Algonquin College (RIP) and studied Architecture at the University of Calgary.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
About The Venue
Impact Hub Ottawa is situated on the 7th floor of a high-rise building and at 7pm the entry doors on the ground floor/street level lock automatically. If you arrive late, please send a message to +1-613-655-2238 for entry.Water, tea and coffee are provided for free, but food will not be available. You are welcome to bring your own snack. No alcoholic beverages please. If you like to head out for a drink afterwards, there are various options near by to do so.
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Our Sponsors
We are extremely grateful to these organizations for their generous support of CapCHI and the local design, HCI and UX community.Design Centered Co.
We use design to enable organizations deliver value by focusing on opportunities that align with their purpose, understand the people they aim to serve, and define processes that are sustainable and impact focused.DFFRNT
We’re an exceptional team of highly experienced behavioural researchers and design strategists. We apply a fundamental understanding of human behaviour, strategic design and human-computer interaction to deliver product and service design value.Jumping Elephants
A full-service, consulting group based in Ottawa and specializing in user-centred solutions design and business process management for the public and private sector.Nokia
At Nokia, we create technology that helps the world act together. We put the world’s people, machines, and devices in sync to create a more sustainable, productive, and accessible future.33 attendees
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