Outputs (8)

Motivational Effects of Immersive Media on Adolescents’ Engagement in Cantonese Opera (2020)
Book Chapter
Cheng, L., & Leung, B.-W. (2020). Motivational Effects of Immersive Media on Adolescents’ Engagement in Cantonese Opera. In W. W. Ma, K.-W. Tong, & W. Bo Anna Tso (Eds.), Learning Environment and Design: Current and Future Impacts (213-226). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-8167-0_13

Recent advancements in communication and computer technology have made available and affordable the immersive technology necessary for broader applications beyond industrial use. Facing growing competition from the emergence of new media as an attrac... Read More about Motivational Effects of Immersive Media on Adolescents’ Engagement in Cantonese Opera.

Sound Design (2020)
Book
McGregor, I. (2020). Sound Design. (3rd)

This book explores the underlying principles of sound design for linear and interactive media, and specifically how they apply to theatre, radio and film. The focus of the text is about how to design effective sound so that audiences' experiences are... Read More about Sound Design.

Creative Informatics Guide for Online Events (2020)
Preprint / Working Paper
Elsden, C., Chan, K., Erskine, P., Helgason, I., Lechelt, S., Osborne, N., Panneels, I., Smyth, M., Warren, K., Terras, M., & Speed, C. Creative Informatics Guide for Online Events

Creative Informatics is a research and development programme based in Edinburgh, which aims to bring the city’s world-class creative industries and tech sector together. We are a collaboration between University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh Napier Univers... Read More about Creative Informatics Guide for Online Events.

Ethnographic Fictions: Research for Speculative Design (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Helgason, I., & Smyth, M. (2020, July). Ethnographic Fictions: Research for Speculative Design. Presented at DIS '20: Designing Interactive Systems Conference 2020, Eindhoven Netherlands

Ethnographically informed research that investigates people's lived experiences, emotions, attitudes and behaviours inevitably draws primarily on current and past situations. Design practice is naturally concerned with using research to inform the cr... Read More about Ethnographic Fictions: Research for Speculative Design.

Speculative and Critical Design in Education: Practice and Perspectives (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Helgason, I., Smyth, M., Encinas, E., & Mitrović, I. (2020, July). Speculative and Critical Design in Education: Practice and Perspectives. Presented at DIS '20: Designing Interactive Systems Conference 2020, Eindhoven Netherlands

This full-day, interdisciplinary workshop will address the use of Speculative and Critical Design (SCD), Design Fiction, and related practices, including those that use provocation, ambiguity and activism, within undergraduate, postgraduate and profe... Read More about Speculative and Critical Design in Education: Practice and Perspectives.

Hasten Slowly: Developing an interactive sustainability storytelling chair (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Egan, C., O'Dowd, A., & Fyffe, N. (2020, June). Hasten Slowly: Developing an interactive sustainability storytelling chair. Presented at 7th International Conference on ICT for Sustainability (ICT 4 S 2020 ), Bristol

Responding to the climate crisis and a considerable downturn in planetary well-being due to human consumption patterns, The Lions' Gate, on-campus, urban, permaculture-inspired, interactive community gardens project aims to affect changes in attitude... Read More about Hasten Slowly: Developing an interactive sustainability storytelling chair.

Machine-Learning Methods for Computational Science and Engineering (2020)
Journal Article
Frank, M., Drikakis, D., & Charissis, V. (2020). Machine-Learning Methods for Computational Science and Engineering. Computation, 8(1), Article 15. https://doi.org/10.3390/computation8010015

The re-kindled fascination in machine learning (ML), observed over the last few decades, has also percolated into natural sciences and engineering. ML algorithms are now used in scientific computing, as well as in data-mining and processing. In this... Read More about Machine-Learning Methods for Computational Science and Engineering.

A Probabilistic Design Reuse Index for Engineering Designs (2020)
Journal Article
Vasantha, G., Corney, J., Stuart, S., Sherlock, A., Quigley, J., & Purves, D. (2020). A Probabilistic Design Reuse Index for Engineering Designs. Journal of Mechanical Design, 142(10), Article 101401. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4046435

Many companies offer a range of related products that are constructed using similar components and processes. This enables them to meet customer expectations of product variety while minimising the overheads (e.g. development and manufacturing costs)... Read More about A Probabilistic Design Reuse Index for Engineering Designs.