Gamers' Audio Preferences invited talk (Sony IE)
Apr 10, 2024
Location Remote (online via Teams) Description This invited talk will discuss the results of a survey on gamers' audio preferences, and how auditory selective attention could be used to improve engagement with gamers. How gamers listen to games, engage with and experience video games are main topics that will be covered. People Ethan Robson Research Areas Acoustics
Interaction designResearch Centres/Groups Centre for Interaction Design URL https://www.linkedin.com/in/ethanrobsonaudio/
Events (37)
Meeting with Bikeplus
Feb 28, 2017
Description Achille met Antonia Roberts, Director of Bikeplus (http://www.carplus.org.uk/projects/bikeplus/), to discuss possible research collaborations. People Achille Fonzone Research Areas Smart mobility
Transport policyThemes Culture and Communities Research Centres/Groups Transport Research Innovation Centre
Public transport: from provision to operations
Jan 16, 2017
Location Glassroom, Merchiston Campus, 10 Colinton Road, Edinburgh, EH10 5DT. Description The Transport Research Institute of Edinburgh Napier University is hosting a seminar on public transport, featuring Nigel Wilson- Professor at MIT, George Lowder-CEO of Transport for Edinburgh, and Tom Rye, Jonathan Cowie and Achille Fonzone from Napier. Please find the programme and the topics of the presentations below.
The seminar will take place in the Glassroom of Edinburgh Napier University, 10 Colinton Road, EH10 5DT at 3pm on 16 January 2017. Please confirm your participation by registering at the following link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/public-transport-from-provision-to-operations-tickets-30218187412.
Programme
15:00 - 15.05: Iain McIntosh, ENU, Welcome.
15.05 - 15.15: George Lowder, TfE, The importance of enhancing public transport for Edinburgh.
15.15 - 16:00: Nigel Wilson, MIT, Using Automated Data Sources to improve the performance of Public Transport Systems: a framework and applications.
16:00 - 16:25: Tom Rye, ENU, Recent TRI research on public transport.
16:25 - 16:50: Achille Fonzone, ENU, Determining Fare Structures - Evidence and recommendations from a qualitative survey among transport authorities.
16:50 - 17:15: Jonathan Cowie, ENU, Consumer Sovereignty in the British rail industry.
17:15 - 18:00: Drinks and nibbles (Apex above the café)People Achille Fonzone
Jonathan CowieThemes AI and Technologies
Culture and CommunitiesResearch Centres/Groups Transport Research Innovation Centre
European Metropolitan Transport Authorities
May 12, 2016
Location Budapest Description Dr Achille Fonzone participated in the meeting of the European Metropolitan Transport Authorities (http://emta.com/) in Budapest on 12.5.16. Prof Jan-Dirk Schmoecker from Kyoto University and Dr Fonzone presented and discussed the first results of their research on public transport fare structure. The survey highlights that public transport authorities are generally concerned with the “fairness” of their fares. However “fair fare” has different meanings in different contexts. The research attracted the interest of the very qualified audience, including representatives of the main transport authorities in Europe and members of the consortium of CIPTEC - Collective Innovation for Public Transport in European Cities (http://ciptec.eu/). Prof Schmoecker and Dr Fonzone are now discussing with EMTA further developments of the work. For more information, please contact Dr Fonzone at a.fonzone@napier.ac.uk. People Achille Fonzone Research Areas Transport policy Themes AI and Technologies Research Centres/Groups Transport Research Innovation Centre
Invitation to meeting at Department for Transport’s Science Advisory Council (SAC)
Apr 29, 2016
Description Dr Achille Fonzone deputised for Prof Tom Rye at a meeting of the Department for Transport’s Science Advisory Council (SAC) on 29 April 2016. The Council, chaired by Professor Lord Mair, provides strategic level scientific advice and challenge to the department. Dr Fonzone was invited to discuss on behalf of Universities Transport Study Group (http://www.utsg.net/web/) how DfT can enhance its collaboration with Universities to generate the evidence needed for sound transport policy. People Achille Fonzone Research Centres/Groups Transport Research Innovation Centre
3rd BiVi: Biological Visualisation Conference and Training Workshop
Apr 20, 2017
Location Craiglockhart Campus
219 Colinton Road
Edinburgh
EH14 1DJDescription The Biological Visualisation Community's 3rd Annual Meeting takes place at Craiglockhart Campus in Edinburgh on 20th-21st April 2017.
This two day meeting comprises one day with 3 keynotes, 7 talks on biological data visualisation as well as lightning talks, posters and demos. The second day involves hands-on training workshops.
The talks and training include information visualisation across the whole spectrum of biological data types. This is a meeting of interest to anybody working in biomedical science as well as developers of visualisation techniques.
The keynote speakers are:
- Jean-luc Doumont: The Three Laws of Communication
- Marc Streit: From Visual Exploration of Biomedical Data to Storytelling and Back Again
- Bang Wong: Art and Science: A partnership catalyzing discovery in biomedicine
Registration is £50.
We also have student bursaries available for research degree students to cover the costs of attending.People Jessie Kennedy
Alan CannonResearch Areas Information visualisation
Immunology and infection
Microbiology and Biotechnology
Cancer and drug designThemes AI and Technologies
HealthResearch Centres/Groups Centre for Algorithms, Visualisation and Evolving Systems URL http://bivi.co/event/3rd-bivi-annual-meeting
School of Computing PhD Workshop Series - Final Event
Oct 31, 2018
Location 16:00 in CoRe44 (room C44) Merchiston Campus Description Please join us for the closing event of the PhD masterclass. As a reminder, PhD masterclass was a seminar series run last semester to promote knowledge and skills exchange between students. For this closing event, there will be 4 short talks on:
How can students take a step towards research impact?
Lindsey Middleton
How to simplify reality ? An introduction to the purposes and approaches of modelling
Cedric Perret
Why statistics matter
Sean McKeown
Visualising your results and other tricks with R
Andreas Steyven
The seminar starts at 4pm in C44 and it is followed by a social gathering (including a lot of food).
All students and staff welcome.People Sean McKeown
Andreas SteyvenResearch Areas Information science Themes AI and Technologies Research Centres/Groups Centre for Algorithms, Visualisation and Evolving Systems
Centre for Social Informatics
Time Management in Research - School of Computing PhD Workshop Series
Mar 7, 2018
Location CORE 44, room C44 Merchiston Campus Description The presentation will discuss concepts, tips and common issues of time management, focussing on tackling long-term projects, maintaining motivation and achieving a good work/life balance.
Juanjo Mata De Acuna, studied Computer Engineering in Spain and came to Napier to study the Msc on Advanced Security and Digital Forensics. Currently he works as a KTP associate with Edinburgh Napier and Satisnet, researching on how to improve the way that computer security training is delivered on e-learning and virtual platforms.People Andreas Steyven Themes AI and Technologies
10 reasons why I should learn about HPC - School of Computing PhD Workshop Series
Feb 7, 2018
Location CORE44, room C44 Merchiston Campus Description High Performance Computing (HPC) is a fundamental technology used in
solving scientific problems. Many of the grand challenges of science
depend on simulations and models run on HPC facilities to make progress;
for example: protein folding, the search for the Higgs boson, and
developing nuclear fusion. In this talk, several key concepts about HPC
will be introduced. In addition, we will also talk about ARCHER, the
latest UK National Supercomputing Service, and how to make the most of
it by requesting ARCHER time or attending training courses, among others.
Speaker: Dr Juan Rodriguez Herrera (EPCC)
I joined EPCC as an Applications Developer in December 2015 after
completing a PhD in Computer Science at the University of Almeria
(Spain). At EPCC, I am currently involved in the NEXTGenIO project (an
EC H2020 project about the I/O challenge for the Exascale), and the Farr
Institute of Health Informatics Research. I am also one of the ARCHER
Helpdesk team. Occasionally I collaborate in teaching ARCHER training
courses as well as Software Carpentry and Data Carpentry workshops.People Andreas Steyven Research Areas Information science Themes AI and Technologies Research Centres/Groups Centre for Algorithms, Visualisation and Evolving Systems
beX Learning Week 2019
Feb 18, 2019
Location Edinburgh, Glasgow, Falkland, Boat of Garten and Alness Description The following activities will take place over the course of the learning week:
- Visiting CCG(OSM) one of the most advanced offsite construction fabricators in the UK. For those that don’t know CCG they were a delivery partners in the Commonwealth Games Athletes Village and recently constructed the tallest timber building in Scotland from Cross Laminated Timber. CCG invested £12M setting up this state of the art facility and they will provide us with an in-depth insight in to their operations including an access all areas factory and site tour. You’ll get the chance to meet and hear from Calum Murray a director of CCG, the Structural Timber Association and Offsite Solutions Scotland.
- Mass Timber Evening Seminar introduction the topic of mass timber construction including a series of case study talks from the Centre for Offsite Construction + Innovative Structures. Case studies will include the American Hardwood Export Council "Multi-Ply" Project, Carbon Dynamic Dyson Project and CCG Yoker Project.
- The Falkland Palace (a former Scottish royal palace) and Estate tour with follow on collaborative workshop with the GSD students. Ninian Stewart who is the Hereditary Keeper of Falkland Palace and co-founder of the Falkland Centre for Stewardship and Guy Wat from the Scottish Forest and Timber Technologies Industry Leadership Group will host us for the day. This visit provides a unique opportunity to understand the modern day challenges of running a sustainable estate as well as an in-depth insight into their current project portfolio of investment including the creation of a sustainable community of off-grid ‘tiny houses’ utilising a design for manufacture and assembly and disassembly approach (DfMA+D).
- BSW Saw Mill and Carbon Dynamic tours. BSW were founded in 1848 and are the largest saw miller operator in the UK with additional facilities in Eastern Europe. Dave Mills their head of production at Boat of Garten will host and provide an in-depth insight in to how logs are felled, selected, processed and graded for structural applications. Carbon Dynamic is a modular construction start-up, this visit will demonstrate how volumetric construction components are formed and as well as showcase how cutting edge technologies such as Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality are being utilised in the construction sector.
- Mutual Placemaking Workshop. This final day collaboration will see Edinburgh Napier University beX and Harvard GSD students collaborate via a design thinking workshop. The knowledge and understanding derived from the week will be combined with an interdisciplinary approach to determine sustainable solutions for an actual vacant site in the centre of Edinburgh. This material will be captured such that it can be showcased at the Holz Forum UK exhibition on the 9th and 10th of May. This workshop is strategic and linked to the Scottish Government backed Task Force for Vacant and Derelict land being led by the Scottish Land Commission and Scottish Environmental Protection Agency.People Robert Hairstans
Wojciech Plowas
Andrew LivingstoneResearch Areas Offsite construction and Innovative Structures Themes Culture and Communities Research Centres/Groups Institute for Sustainable Construction URL www.napier.ac.uk/beX