Month: January 2020

Philippe Palanque (University of Toulouse): Harnessing Usability, UX and Dependability for Interactions in Safety Critical Contexts

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Abstract: Innovation and creativity are the research drivers of the Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) community which is currently investing a vast amount of resources in the design and evaluation of “new” user interfaces and interaction techniques, leaving the correct functioning of these interfaces at the discretion of the helpless developers. In the area of formal methods … Philippe Palanque (University of Toulouse): Harnessing Usability, UX and Dependability for Interactions in Safety Critical Contexts

PhD viva success: Teng Yu

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Congratulations to Teng Yu, who successfully defended his thesis in December. He is pictured with supervisor Dr John Thompson, external examiner Dr Jeremy Singer from the University of Glasgow and Internal examiner Prof Al Dearle.

PhD viva success: David Symons

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Congratulations to David Symons, who successfully defended his thesis in December. Internal examiner was Dr Kasim Terzic and Prof Gregory O’Hare from University College Dublin acted as external examiner.

PhD viva success: Michael Pitcher

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Congratulations to Michael Pitcher, who successfully defended his thesis today. He is pictured with Dr Ruth Bowness, Internal examiner Prof Tom Kelsey, external examiner Professor Marc Lipman from University College London and Supervisor Prof Simon Dobson. Michael’s thesis was co-supervised by Prof Stephen Gillespie from the School of Medicine.

Blindness seminar

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The medical school is holding a Seminar on Wednesday 8th January @1400-1530 New tools and methods to prevent blindness. Seminar room 1, Medical and Biological Sciences Building Dr. Andrew Blaikie, St Andrews Arclight Project Dr. Craig Robertson, CEO Epipole Ltd Hand held fundus cameras Prof Congdon, Queen’s University Belfast Overview of Global Ophthalmology