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The ATB Framework: quantifying and classifying epistemic strategies in tangible problem-solving tasks. (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Esteves, A., Bakker, S., Antle, A., May, A., Warren, J., & Oakley, I. (2015, January). The ATB Framework: quantifying and classifying epistemic strategies in tangible problem-solving tasks. Presented at 9th International Conference on Tangible, Embedded and Embodied Interaction

In task performance, pragmatic actions refer to behaviors that make direct progress, while epistemic actions involve altering the world so that cognitive processes are faster, more reliable or less taxing. Epistemic actions are frequently presented a... Read More about The ATB Framework: quantifying and classifying epistemic strategies in tangible problem-solving tasks..

Orbits: gaze Interaction for smart watches using smooth pursuit eye movements. (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Esteves, A., Velloso, E., Bulling, A., & Gellersen, H. (2015, November). Orbits: gaze Interaction for smart watches using smooth pursuit eye movements. Presented at 28th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software & Technology

We introduce Orbits, a novel gaze interaction technique that enables hands-free input on smart watches. The technique relies on moving controls to leverage the smooth pursuit movements of the eyes and detect whether and at which control the user is l... Read More about Orbits: gaze Interaction for smart watches using smooth pursuit eye movements..

How does Term-time Paid Work Affect Higher Education Students’ Studies, and What can be Done to Minimise any Negative Effects? (2015)
Journal Article
McGregor, I. P. (2015). How does Term-time Paid Work Affect Higher Education Students’ Studies, and What can be Done to Minimise any Negative Effects?. Journal of Perspectives in Applied Academic Practice, 3(2), 3-14. https://doi.org/10.14297/jpaap.v3i2.127

This study aims to investigate the effects of term-time paid work on undergraduate students’ studies and what can be done to minimise any negative effects. Two studies were conducted; the first to establish the extent of students taking on paid work... Read More about How does Term-time Paid Work Affect Higher Education Students’ Studies, and What can be Done to Minimise any Negative Effects?.

Designing digital urban interactions industry landscape and market analysis. (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Zaffiro, G., Melissa, B., Brynskov, M., & Smyth, M. (2015). Designing digital urban interactions industry landscape and market analysis. In 13th International Conference on e-Society 2015 (249-254)

Urban Interaction Design addresses the question of how we, as physical beings, will interact with the technologically augmented, data-rich urban environments that increasingly characterize cities. As an emergent field very little analysis has been co... Read More about Designing digital urban interactions industry landscape and market analysis..

User experience (UX) design for medical personnel and patients (2014)
Book Chapter
Mival, O., & Benyon, D. (2015). User experience (UX) design for medical personnel and patients. In S. Fricker, C. Thuemmler, & A. Gavras (Eds.), Requirements Engineering for Digital Health and Care (117-131). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09798-5_6

UX design is concerned with all the issues that go into providing an engaging and enjoyable experience for people in both the short and longer term. This is more than mere functionality and includes aesthetics, pleasure, and emotional engagement in t... Read More about User experience (UX) design for medical personnel and patients.

Making places: visualization, interaction and experience in urban space (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Smyth, M., Trigueiros, P., Helgason, I., Coelho, A., Gallacher, S., Burrows, A., Wunderlich, F., & Penha, R. (2014, October). Making places: visualization, interaction and experience in urban space. Presented at 8th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction Fun, Fast, Foundational - NordiCHI '14, Helsinki, Finland

Preface to the focus section: Making places: visualization, interaction and experience in urban space Cities are exciting and people continue to be drawn to urban areas because of the choices that cities offer in all areas of economic and social... Read More about Making places: visualization, interaction and experience in urban space.

Design and development of Auralization room at Edinburgh Napier University (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Prokofieva, E., Luciani, C., & McGregor, I. (2014, April). Design and development of Auralization room at Edinburgh Napier University. Presented at 136th International AES Convention, Berlin, Germany

The auralization room was designed as a joint project between School of Engineering and Built Environment and the School of Computing of Edinburgh Napier University. The interior acoustic design specialists conducted the acoustic design of the aurali... Read More about Design and development of Auralization room at Edinburgh Napier University.

Rich Picture: The Role of the Facilitator (2014)
Journal Article
Berg, T. (2015). Rich Picture: The Role of the Facilitator. Systemic Practice and Action Research, 28(1), 67-77. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11213-014-9318-z

Information Systems for complex situations often fail to adequately deliver quality and suitability. One reason for this failure is an inability to identify comprehensive user requirements. Seldom do all stakeholders, especially those ‘invisible’ or... Read More about Rich Picture: The Role of the Facilitator.

Designing blended spaces: historical echoes, testing a framework for digital tourism. (2014)
Journal Article
Ayan, S., & Benyon, D. (2014). Designing blended spaces: historical echoes, testing a framework for digital tourism. International Journal of Architectonic, Spatial, and Environmental Design, 7(2), 1-12

This work relates heavily to blended space theory and the trajectories approach previously done in this field. Imaz and Benyon have introduced the ideas of conceptual blending to analyze developments in HCI and software engineering. Benford explains... Read More about Designing blended spaces: historical echoes, testing a framework for digital tourism..

Spaces of Interaction, places for experience. (2014)
Book
Benyon, D. (2014). Spaces of Interaction, places for experience. Morgan & Claypool Publishers. https://doi.org/10.2200/S00595ED1V01Y201409HCI022

Spaces of Interaction, Places for Experience is a book about Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), interaction design (ID) and user experience (UX) in the age of ubiquitous computing. The book explores interaction and experience through the different spa... Read More about Spaces of Interaction, places for experience..

IoT for a shock warning system
Preprint / Working Paper
Brogan, J., Thuemmler, C., Mival, O., & Fricker, S. (2014). IoT for a shock warning system

This technical paper details the interdependencies between Internet of Things (IoT) and latest Future Internet (FI) technology, demonstrated by using the example of a smart connected health (SCH) use case, for the monitoring and prevention of shock i... Read More about IoT for a shock warning system.

Evaluating the Perceived Similarity Between Audio-Visual Features Using Corpus-Based Concatenative Synthesis. (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Tsiros, A. (2014). Evaluating the Perceived Similarity Between Audio-Visual Features Using Corpus-Based Concatenative Synthesis. In Proceedings of the Internation Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

This paper presents the findings of two exploratory studies. In these studies participants performed a series of image-sound association and detection tasks. The aim of the studies was to investigate the perceived similarity and the effectiveness of... Read More about Evaluating the Perceived Similarity Between Audio-Visual Features Using Corpus-Based Concatenative Synthesis..

From urban space to future place. (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Helgason, I., Jensen, L., Rosenbak, S., Skrinjar, L., Smyth, M., Streinzer, A., …Wouters, N. (2013). From urban space to future place.

How the UrbanIxD summer school applied critical design & design fiction to future urban technologies. Produced in collaboration with the Book Sprints for ICT Research FP7 project. http://issuu.com/urbanixd/docs/from_urban_space_to_future_place

Workshop on engaging the human-computer interaction community with public policymaking internationally. (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Lazar, J., Barbosa, S., Gulliksen, J., McEwan, T., Normand, L. M., Palanque, P., Prates, R., Tsai, J., Winckler, M., & Wulf, V. (2013, April). Workshop on engaging the human-computer interaction community with public policymaking internationally. Presented at 2013 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

There is an increasing interest in the intersection of human-computer interaction and public policy. This day-long workshop will examine successes and challenges related to public policy and human computer interaction, in order to provide a forum to... Read More about Workshop on engaging the human-computer interaction community with public policymaking internationally..

Commercial Competency and computing students: using the Skills Framework for the Information Age in higher education. (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McEwan, T. (2013). Commercial Competency and computing students: using the Skills Framework for the Information Age in higher education. In Frontiers in Education Conference, 2013 IEEE (286-292). https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE.2013.6684833

Commercial acumen has emerged recently as a third aspect of employability which employers expect from computing graduates, in addition to technical capability and "soft skills" (or similar terms like transferable skills). Our experience has been that... Read More about Commercial Competency and computing students: using the Skills Framework for the Information Age in higher education..

Young people’s perceptions of computing careers. (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McEwan, T., & McConnell, A. (2013). Young people’s perceptions of computing careers. In Frontiers in Education Conference, 2013 IEEE (1597-1603). https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE.2013.6685108

Recruitment into computing-related undergraduate degree courses is challenging in several countries. This is despite employers reporting skills shortages, and the sector generally offering better salaries than for graduates of more popular courses. T... Read More about Young people’s perceptions of computing careers..

UrbanixD: designing human interactions in the networked city (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Smyth, M., Helgason, I., Brynskov, M., Mitrovic, I., & Zaffiro, G. (2013, April). UrbanixD: designing human interactions in the networked city. Presented at CHI '13 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Interaction Design, in an urban context, is an increasingly important field of research. City populations are currently in a state of rapid flux. Conurbations are fast becoming a hybrid of the physical environment and the digital datasphere. How we,... Read More about UrbanixD: designing human interactions in the networked city.

The dimensions and complexities of audio-visual association. (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Tsiros, A. (2013). The dimensions and complexities of audio-visual association. In Electronic Workshops in Computing (eWiC)

This paper draws on literature from psychology, neuroscience, linguistics, and philosophy to portray a cross-modal conception of auditory and visual phenomena focusing on the similarities in form, structure, and function and exploring the links to pe... Read More about The dimensions and complexities of audio-visual association..