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Seminar: ‘Designing trusted and engaging forms of peer to peer healthcare’ by Pam Briggs

The School of Computer Science are delighted to welcome Pam Briggs from Northumbria University, Newcastle who will deliver her talk on Trust and Engagement. Abstract: Patients now generate a significant amount of online material about health.  This raises questions about how we should design websites featuring patient knowledge and experience in order to ensure those … Seminar: ‘Designing trusted and engaging forms of peer to peer healthcare’ by Pam Briggs

Official Opening: Interaction Lab

Dean of Science, Professor Al Dearle officially opened the new Interaction Lab earlier today. The lab is situated within the John Honey building within the School of Computer Science and houses the research talents of both SACHI and Open Virtual Worlds. The Dean of Science, Professor Aaron Quigley Chair of HCI, current staff and students, … Official Opening: Interaction Lab

Welcome to Dr Uta Hinrichs

We are delighted to welcome Dr Uta Hinrichs as a new lecturer in Computer Science. Uta has been a postdoctoral research fellow with SACHI since 2012 and she now co-leads SACHI along with her colleagues. Prior to joining the University of St Andrews, Uta studied in the University of Calgary in Canada. Her PhD combined … Welcome to Dr Uta Hinrichs

June 2nd, Seminar by John Stasko: “New Approaches for Information Visualization: Rethinking Existing Notions”

The School of Computer Science welcomes the opportunity to hear from Professor John Stasko of Georgia Tech,who will be delivering his talk on “New Approaches for Information Visualization: Rethinking Existing Notions” remotely. Abstract: As the field of information visualization matures, researchers are able to reflect on, and perhaps even question,     some long-accepted notions from the … June 2nd, Seminar by John Stasko: “New Approaches for Information Visualization: Rethinking Existing Notions”

June 26, Andruid Kerne, The Future of Human Expression: Ideation − Play − Body-based Interaction

Speaker: Andruid Kerne, Texas A&M, USA Date/Time: 2-3pm June 26, 2015 Location: CS1.33a, University of St Andrews   Andruid is research scientist-artist investigating how people experience personal expression, creative ideation, and social engagement. He develops and evaluates expressive interfaces, computational architectures, and distributed systems that support creative processes of knowledge production and interpersonal communication. For … June 26, Andruid Kerne, The Future of Human Expression: Ideation − Play − Body-based Interaction

May 19, Tom Rodden, On lions, impala, and bigraphs: modelling interactions in Ubiquitous Computing.

Speaker: Tom Rodden, University of Nottingham Date/Time: 2-3pm May 19, 2015 Location: CS1.33a, University of St Andrews As ubiquitous systems have moved out of the lab and into the world the need to think more systematically about how there are realised has grown. This talk will present intradisciplinary work I have been engaged in with … May 19, Tom Rodden, On lions, impala, and bigraphs: modelling interactions in Ubiquitous Computing.

May 8th, Workshop, Sketching and Constructing Visualisations

A hands-on introduction to data literacy This will be a hands-on workshop where we will conduct exercises on data characterisation, visualisation data sketching, and constructive visualisation. There will be several short talks on basic data visualisation concepts, discussions, sketching sessions and constructive visualisation sessions. In this workshop you employ the basic visual variables to construct … May 8th, Workshop, Sketching and Constructing Visualisations

June 16th, seminar by Gavin Doherty: Technologies for mental health: designing for engagement

The School of Computer Science welcomes Dr Gavin Doherty, Trinity College Dublin to give his talk on ‘Technologies for mental health: designing for engagement’. Abstract: Mental illness is one of the greatest social and economic challenges facing our society. The talk will consider at some of the different ways in which technology (and HCI research) … June 16th, seminar by Gavin Doherty: Technologies for mental health: designing for engagement

April 28th, seminar by Mel Woods: Future Cities: Co-creating Future City Design Fictions in the Wild

The School of Computer Science welcomes Mel Woods from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, University of Dundee. Abstract: Blue heritage plaques pepper the UK landscape expounding officially validated narratives celebrating past events, people, and buildings. This seminar will discuss a novel method that draws on this specific cultural context to generate reflective, nano-stories, … April 28th, seminar by Mel Woods: Future Cities: Co-creating Future City Design Fictions in the Wild

LitLong launches from AHRC funded project

The Palimpsest project involving the University of St Andrews’ SACHI group collaborating with the University of Edinburgh’s English literature and text-mining group launched LitLong Edinburgh on 30th march 2015. Lit Long: Edinburgh features a range of maps and accessible visualisations, which enable users to interact with Edinburgh’s literature in a variety of ways, exploring the … LitLong launches from AHRC funded project