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Creative Informatics: how data driven innovation has transformed the creative workplace (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Panneels, I., & Patrick-Thomson, H. (2024, September). Creative Informatics: how data driven innovation has transformed the creative workplace. Presented at The 4th Transdisciplinary Workplace Research (TWR) Conference, Edinburgh, UK

The creative economy is powered by a workforce with a high proportion of freelancers and SMEs. This paper reflects on new ways of working, accelerated by the digital pivot of the creative workplace caused by the global pandemic. Whilst the impact of... Read More about Creative Informatics: how data driven innovation has transformed the creative workplace.

Pedagogical Approaches in Music and Audio Education for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students (2024)
Journal Article
Cheng, L., & Mcgregor, I. (online). Pedagogical Approaches in Music and Audio Education for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students. Organised Sound, https://doi.org/10.1017/s1355771824000074

Learning about music, sound or audio can present significant challenges for individuals who are deaf and hard of hearing (DHH). Given the advancements in technology and the increasing emphasis on equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) in education,... Read More about Pedagogical Approaches in Music and Audio Education for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students.

In Our Hands- Nepali Nature Inspired Climate Solutions In The Anthropocene (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Paneels, I., Phillips, R., Dhakal, S., Chitrakar, A., & Chitrakar, S. (2024, September). In Our Hands- Nepali Nature Inspired Climate Solutions In The Anthropocene. Presented at IOTA, Bentley, Perth, Western Australia

This paper considers material based making practices as found in the traditional handicraft, contemporary crafts practices and design innovation communities in Nepal. Using case studies from the Road to COP26 Innovation Programme and In Our Hands pro... Read More about In Our Hands- Nepali Nature Inspired Climate Solutions In The Anthropocene.

PEMS: People Experience of Mountain Soundscapes (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Di Donato, B., & McGregor, I. (2024, June). PEMS: People Experience of Mountain Soundscapes. Paper presented at Forum Alpinum 2024, Kranjska Gora, Slovenia

This research delves into the intricate relationship between mountain auditory environments and the mountaineering experience, shedding light on the influence of individual sounds and overall soundscapes. While existing studies acknowledge the positi... Read More about PEMS: People Experience of Mountain Soundscapes.

Audience perceptions of Foley footsteps and 3D realism designed to convey walker characteristics (2024)
Journal Article
Cunningham, S., & McGregor, I. (2024). Audience perceptions of Foley footsteps and 3D realism designed to convey walker characteristics. Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, 28(5), 779-799. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00779-024-01819-3

Foley artistry is an essential part of the audio post-production process for film, television, games, and animation. By extension, it is as crucial in emergent media such as virtual, mixed, and augmented reality. Footsteps are a core activity that a... Read More about Audience perceptions of Foley footsteps and 3D realism designed to convey walker characteristics.

Scottish Mountain Soundscapes (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Di Donato, B., & McGregor, I. (2024, June). Scottish Mountain Soundscapes. Presented at Invited seminar at UniMont, University of Milan, Edolo, Italy

Mountain environments provide an immersive auditory experience shaped by natural forces and human interactions. This seminar presents results from an ongoing project that delves into people’s experiences of mountain soundscapes, with a focus on the i... Read More about Scottish Mountain Soundscapes.

Materialising data – getting to grips with slippery concepts (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Smyth, M., Panneels, I., McDonald, C., & Helgason, I. (2024, May). Materialising data – getting to grips with slippery concepts. Presented at P/references of Design. Cumulus Budapest 2024, Budapest, Hungary

Data is ubiquitous in the 21st century, we voraciously create and consume it, it can be the driver of innovation and the lens through which we view the world. But data is a slippery, shapeshifting material that can take a myriad of forms which makes... Read More about Materialising data – getting to grips with slippery concepts.

The digital Foley: what Foley artists say about using audio synthesis (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Di Donato, B., & McGregor, I. (2024, April). The digital Foley: what Foley artists say about using audio synthesis. Presented at 2024 AES 6th International Conference on Audio for Games, Tokyo, Japan

Foley is a sound production technique where organicity and authenticity in sound creation are key to fostering creativity. Audio synthesis, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Interaction Design (IXD) have been explored by the community to investigate t... Read More about The digital Foley: what Foley artists say about using audio synthesis.

An End-to-End Musical Instrument System That Translates Electromyogram Biosignals to Synthesized Sound (2024)
Journal Article
Tanaka, A., Visi, F., Di Donato, B., Klang, M., & Zbyszyński, M. (2024). An End-to-End Musical Instrument System That Translates Electromyogram Biosignals to Synthesized Sound. Computer Music Journal, 47(1), 64-84. https://doi.org/10.1162/comj_a_00672

This article presents a custom system combining hardware and sortware that sense physiological signals of the performer's body resulting from muscle contraction and translates them to computer-synthesized sound. Our goal was to build upon the history... Read More about An End-to-End Musical Instrument System That Translates Electromyogram Biosignals to Synthesized Sound.

Data-driven innovation for sustainable practice in the creative economy (2024)
Book Chapter
Panneels, I., Lechelt, S., Schmidt, A., & Coşkun, A. (2024). Data-driven innovation for sustainable practice in the creative economy. In Data Driven Innovation in the Creative Industries (243-266). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003365891-11

Can data-driven innovation support the shift towards a more sustainable future? In this chapter, we present case studies from eight European cities to demonstrate how the creative sector is moving towards economic models that expand beyond the notion... Read More about Data-driven innovation for sustainable practice in the creative economy.

Building an Embodied Musicking Dataset for co-creative music-making (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Vear, C., Poltronieri, F., Di Donato, B., Zhang, Y., Benerradi, J., Hutchinson, S., Turowski, P., Shell, J., & Malekmohamadi, H. (2024, April). Building an Embodied Musicking Dataset for co-creative music-making. Presented at Evostar 2024: The Leading European Event on Bio‑Inspired Computation, Aberystwyth, Wales, United Kingdom

In this paper, we present our findings of the design, development and deployment of a proof-of-concept dataset that captures some of the physiological, musicological, and psychological aspects of embodied musicking. After outlining the conceptual ele... Read More about Building an Embodied Musicking Dataset for co-creative music-making.

Hearing Abilities Assessment (2024)
Patent
McGregor, I. (2024). Hearing Abilities Assessment. W O 2024/041821 A1. World Intellectual Property Organization International Bureau

A method for assessing hearing abilities of a human person having two ears, the method comprising: - providing two audio signals to two respective ear speakers at a person's corresponding ears; - measuring at least one value of at least one parameter... Read More about Hearing Abilities Assessment.

The Lions’ Gate Permaculture Garden (2024)
Newspaper / Magazine
Egan, C. (2024). The Lions’ Gate Permaculture Garden

Callum Egan explains how his academic community transformed The Lions’ Gate at Napier University, Edinburgh, into a series of permaculture gardens to create a healthier, nature-focused form of educational workplace

Assessing the Impacts of Advanced Heating Controls in UK Households: A Comparative Study and Systematic Review (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Morton, A. (2023, November). Assessing the Impacts of Advanced Heating Controls in UK Households: A Comparative Study and Systematic Review. Presented at Behave 2023: The 7th European Conference on Behaviour Change for Energy Efficiency, Maastrich, The Netherlands

With climate change presenting unprecedented challenges globally, the need for effective, and sustainable, energy transition measures have become increasingly paramount. The domestic sector, whilst responsible for a substantial share of energy consum... Read More about Assessing the Impacts of Advanced Heating Controls in UK Households: A Comparative Study and Systematic Review.

Investigation into Stress Triggers in Autistic Adults for the Development of Technological Self-Interventions (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McGowan, J. J., & Mcgregor, I. P. (2023, October). Investigation into Stress Triggers in Autistic Adults for the Development of Technological Self-Interventions. Presented at The 25th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility, New York, United States

Adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) face daily challenges dealing with stress, for example, at work, or in public spaces, which can be overwhelming in terms of coping with sensory overload. Technological interventions have been created in orde... Read More about Investigation into Stress Triggers in Autistic Adults for the Development of Technological Self-Interventions.

Future Tense - The Challenge of Imagining Alternative Futures (2023)
Book Chapter
Smyth, M. (2023). Future Tense - The Challenge of Imagining Alternative Futures. In Designing in Coexistence – Reflections on Systemic Change (77-88). Croatian Architects’ Association

So why is it so difficult to imagine futures? Not the futures set in galaxies far far away, but the ones connected to the present that lie tantalisingly just beyond the horizon. Futures still tethered to variants of today’s infrastructure. This essay... Read More about Future Tense - The Challenge of Imagining Alternative Futures.

FASS: Firefighter Audio Safety Systems (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Elliot, A., & McGregor, I. (2023, August). FASS: Firefighter Audio Safety Systems. Presented at AM '23: Audio Mostly 2023, Edinburgh

A series of auditory cues were designed to assist firefighters with navigation and general safety in a fire emergency. Firefighters must maintain situational awareness at all times and this can be lost with disorientation, which is one of the main ca... Read More about FASS: Firefighter Audio Safety Systems.

Towards a Framework of Aesthetics in Sonic Interaction (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cunningham, S., McGregor, I., Weinel, J., Darby, J., & Stockman, T. (2023, August). Towards a Framework of Aesthetics in Sonic Interaction. Presented at AM '23: Audio Mostly 2023, Edinburgh

As interaction design has advanced, increased attention has been directed to the role that aesthetics play in shaping factors of user experience. Historically stemming from philosophy and the arts, aesthetics in interaction design has gravitated towa... Read More about Towards a Framework of Aesthetics in Sonic Interaction.

Remote Acoustic Soundscape evaluation using Ambisonic recordings (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Di Donato, B., & McGregor, I. (2023, September). Remote Acoustic Soundscape evaluation using Ambisonic recordings. Paper presented at Basic Auditory Science 2023, London, UK

The Acoustic Soundscape ISO standard has been used in previous work to assess the soundscape during soundwalks. This approach has different results and contributions to the field. However, there are several challenges to this approach, such as logist... Read More about Remote Acoustic Soundscape evaluation using Ambisonic recordings.