More info The Sinhalese language (which falls into the family of Indo-Aryan languages) is spoken, read and written by over 22 million users worldwide (and by almost all the citizens of Sri Lanka). The language itself is very rich and complex – with over 60 base characters + 13 vowel variations for each, and also … Sinhalese Text Entry Research by Shyam Reyal, University of St. Andrews
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The relationship between multimodal exhibits and museum visitors experience, engaging with a topic, social engagement and engagement with the exhibit itself. More info
The Role of the Software Architect in Industry Eoin Woods is a professional software architect and amateur software architecture researcher, having spent over 20 years in software engineering practice and contributed a number of papers and a co-authored book to the research literature on software architecture. In this talk, he will discuss how the two … School Seminar by Eoin Woods
An Overview of the AspeKT Project – Turning Academic Excellence into Gold Abstract The talk will give an overview of the major elements of the AspeKT project a 3 year program funded by Scottish Enterprise and the Scottish Funding Council dedicated to improving the flow of ideas between the research excellence and talent pool produced … Seminar, An Overview of the AspeKT Project – Turning Academic Excellence into Gold by Colin Adams
Abstract: In this talk I will present some of the work being done in the new Inference, Dynamics, and Interaction group, at the University of Glasgow. In particular, we are interested in using probabilistic inference to improve interaction technology on handheld devices (particularly with touch screens). I will show how we are using sequential Monte-Carlo … Autonomy handover and rich interaction on mobile devices by Simon Rodgers
In recent years, mobile phones have evolved from simple communication devices to sophisticated personal computers enabling anytime, anywhereaccess to a wealth of information. Understanding the types of information needs that occur while mobile and how these needs are addressed is crucial in order to design and develop novel services that are tailored to mobile users. … A large-scale study of information needs by Karen Church
Programme dls_sem2 12 Yaeger An overview of ALife in general, some of the research–including neuroscience, genetic algorithms, information theory, and animal cognition–leading to my incremental, evolved approach to AI, and the work I (and others) have done in this area. Slides: Lecture 1 Lecture 2 Lecture 3 Venue: UCH (Upper College Hall)
Professor Simon Dobson, School of Computer Science, will deliver his Inaugural Lecture “The computer is the new microscope” in the Lecture Theatre, Medical and Biological Sciences Building, on Wednesday 7 December 2011 at 5.15 p.m. PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF VENUE. The Princpal will take the Chair and the Dean of Science will give the vote … Inaugural Lecture: The computer is the new microscope by Professor Simon Dobson
Title: Multimodal mobile interaction – making the most of our users’ capabilities Mobile user interfaces are commonly based on techniques developed for desktop computers in the 1970s, often including buttons, sliders, windows and progress bars. These can be hard to use on the move which then limits the way we use our devices and the … Multimodal mobile interaction – making the most of our users’ capabilities by Stephen Brewster, University of Glasgow