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y-rogers Prof Yvonne Rogers
PhD, Professor and
Director of UCLIC
y.rogers(at)ucl.ac.uk
+44 (0)20 7679 7843 (x37843)
Research: Interaction Design and Ubiquitous Computing: focusing on augmenting and extending everyday learning and work activities with a diversity of novel technologies. Ubiquitous learning, graphical interfaces, public visualisations and behavioural change.
a-blandford Prof Ann Blandford
MA(Cantab) PhD FBCS CEng
Professor
a.blandford(at)ucl.ac.uk
+44 (0)20 7679 0688 (x30688)
Research: Interaction design for healthcare; human error and cognitive resilience; sensemaking, information visualisation and visual analytics; information interaction and digital libraries; situated interaction; Distributed Cognition; models, methods and theories for system evaluation.
r-benedyk Rachel Benedyk
FErgSoc
Lecturer and MSc Programme Director
r.benedyk(at)ucl.ac.uk
+44 (0)20 7679 0685 (x30685)
Research: The use of technology by critical populations; accessibility; application of workspace design ergonomics to products and spaces; risk ergonomics.
n-berthouze Nadia Berthouze
PhD, Senior Lecturer
n.berthouze(at)ucl.ac.uk
+44 (0)20 7679 0690 (x30690)
Research: The design of technology that can sense its users' affective experience and can support, regulate or amplify it. Body movement and hedonic touch in the areas of computer game, pain rehabilitation and product design appreciation.
j-bird Jon Bird
PhD, Senior Research Associate, Teaching Fellow and MSc Project Coordinator
jon.bird(at)ucl.ac.uk
+44 (0)20 7679 0691 (x30691)
Research: My research interests include understanding how people interact with tools, methods, artefacts and other people 'in context' from a qualitative perspective.
d-brumby Duncan Brumby
PhD, Senior Lecturer and MSc Admissions Tutor
brumby(at)cs.ucl.ac.uk
+44 (0)20 7679 0689 (x30689)
Research: My research seeks to understand how people interact with technology systems, focusing on how we find things on the web and use our mobile devices on the move.
a-cox Anna Cox
PhD, Senior Lecturer, Chair of Board of Examiners and PhD Admissions Tutor
anna.cox(at)ucl.ac.uk
+44 (0)20 7679 0687 (x30687)
Research: Cognitive Science applied to HCI: human error, games immersion, visual search, exploratory behaviour. Research methods for HCI.
j-dowell John Dowell
PhD,
Senior Lecturer
j.dowell(at)cs.ucl.ac.uk
+44 (0)20 7679 3048 (x33048)
Research: My research investigates the human factors of interactive systems. It is exploring the fundamental processes and structures involved in users’ interactions with digital systems and other technologies. It is also developing innovative and effective user interfaces that enable users to learn and discover, to solve problems and to make better decisions.
r-fleck Rowanne Fleck
PhD,
Research Associate/Lecturer
r.fleck(at)ucl.ac.uk
+44 (0)20 7679 2867 (x32867)
Research: User studies of ubiquitous computing applications and environments; the concept of embodied interaction and how it can be applied to the design and evaluation of technologies that extend and augment individual human capabilities.
p-marshall Paul Marshall
DPhil,
Lecturer
paul.marshall(at)ucl.ac.uk
+44 (0)20 7679 1395
(x31395)
Research: User studies of ubiquitous computing applications and environments; the concept of embodied interaction and how it can be applied to the design and evaluation of technologies that extend and augment individual human capabilities.

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Louise Gaynor
PhD

UCLIC Manager
l.gaynor(at)ucl.ac.uk
+44 (0)20 7679 0686 (x30686)

Role: Financial management of UCLIC, HR and staff support, PA to Yvonne Rogers, organising UCLIC events and publicity, liaising with parent bodies in Psychology and Computer Science.
j-brodie Jo Brodie
MSc
CHI+MED Public Engagement Co-ordinator
jo.brodie(at)ucl.ac.uk
now based at QMUL
Role: Preparing information and publicity materials in relation to the CHI+MED project, organising events for relevant stakeholders and the public, maintenance of the project website.
r-beattie Romy Beattie
MA
UCLIC MSc Teaching Administrator
r.beattie(at)ucl.ac.uk
+44 (0)20 7679 2816 (x32816)
Role: MA, UCLIC Teaching Administrator - Role: Management of student recruitment, admissions, organising student events, preparing course documentation and providing student support.
r-young Richard Young
PhD
CHI+MED Project Manager & Visiting Professor
r.m.young(at)ucl.ac.uk
+44 (0)20 7679 0698 (x30698)
Research: The role of cognitive architectures in the cognitive modelling of people's performance and exploratory learning of complex tasks.
h-aung Hane Aung
PhD, Research Associate
m.aung(at)ucl.ac.uk
+44 (0)20 7679 0684 (x30684)
Research: Development of machine learning, feature extraction and data fusion approaches for multi modal human movement analysis.  Particular areas of investigation include rehabilitation systems in medicine and energy harvesting in defence.
j-back Jonathan Back
PhD, Research Associate
j.back(at)cs.ucl.ac.uk
+44 (0)20 7679 0644 (x30644)
Research: Understanding human error associated with the use of interactive medical devices. Aggregated knowledge of resilience across safety-critical domains; identification of workarounds developed to avoid error; findings of controlled experiments, which enable systematic patterns of error to be predicted.
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Sacha Brostoff
PhD
s.brostoff(at)ucl.ac.uk

(based at PassiveSystems Ltd, Newbury)

Research: Investigating users’ requirements for, experiences and understanding of home heating controls, and persuasive and supportive technology for domestic energy saving.
d-furniss Dominic Furniss
PhD, Research Associate
d.furniss(at)cs.ucl.ac.uk
+44 (0)20 7679 7085 (x37085)
Research: My research interests include understanding how people interact with tools, methods, artefacts and other people 'in context' from a qualitative perspective.
h-griffin Harry Griffin
PhD, Research Associate
harry.griffin(at)ucl.ac.uk
+44 (0)20 7679 4491 (x34491)
Research: Face and body perception and its relationship to action. I'm currently working on ILHAIRE, an EU project investigating laughter, how it is perceived and its many meanings and uses in social interactions.
j-iacovides Jo Iacovides
Research Associate
i.iacovides(at)ucl.ac.uk
+44 (0)20 7679 2769 (x32769)
Research: I am currently working on the CHI+MED project - my research is focused on understanding errors and exploring how learning and involvement come together in practice in digital games.
c-jennett Charlene Jennett
PhD
charlene.jennett(at)ucl.ac.uk
+44 (0)20 7679 0692 (x30692)

sl-lim Soo Ling Lim
Research Associate
sooling.lim(at)cs.ucl.ac.uk
+44 (0)20 7679 0683 (x30683)
Research: Persuasive technology, requirements elicitation, agent-based simulation, mobile app ecosystems, software engineering
s-makri Stephann Makri
PhD, Research Associate
s.makri(at)ucl.ac.uk
+44 (0)20 7679 0696 (x30696)
Research: Gaining a detailed understanding of how people obtain, interpret and use information in the context of their work and feeding this understanding into the design and evaluation of electronic information resources.
s-pontis Sheila Pontis
PhD, Research Associate
s.pontis(at)ucl.ac.uk
+44 (0)20 7679 7980 (x37980)
Research: Working on understanding how people make sense of large data sets through interactive information visualisations, and exploring which tools could be developed to assist visual sensemaking.
a-t-jimenez Ana Tajadura-Jimenez
PhD, Research Fellow
a.tajadura(at)ucl.ac.uk
+44 (0)20 7679 0697 (x30697)
Research: Self-perception, embodiment, human multisensory perception and emotion in everyday contexts and new media technologies. Audio-based applications that can improve body-image, self-esteem, movement patterns and social interactions to support wellbeing and rehabilitation for people with movement impairments. Embodied psychoacoustics. Auditory-induced emotion. Presence.
c-vincent Chris Vincent
PhD, Research Associate
c.vincent(at)ucl.ac.uk
+44 (0)20 7679 0694 (x30694)
Research: Interdisciplinary investigation of human behavior in relation to work and technology. Understanding information processing in complex, dynamic systems. Developing models that contribute towards the design and use of equipment.

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s-afzal Shakil Afzal
BSc, Research Student
shakil.afzal.09(at)ucl.ac.uk
+44 (0)20 7679 0429 (x30429)
Research: Background in Computer Science. Interests are Affective Computing, Computer Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL) and HCI with particular focus on representations of group emotion in virtual learning environments.
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Eddie Capstick
MSc, Research Student
e.capstick(at)ucl.ac.uk

+44 (0)20 7679 0429 (x30429)

Research: The role of social gaming in immersion and game addiction.
a-douglass-bonner Alex Douglass-Bonner
MSc, Research Student
alexandra.douglass-bonner.10(at)ucl.ac.uk
+44 (0)20 7679 7217 (x37217)
Research: Technology in health-care, particularly in chronic pain; serious games in health and education.
a-eftychiou Alexandros Eftychiou
MSc, Research Student
a.eftyhiou(at)ucl.ac.uk
+44 (0) 20 7679 0693 (x30693)
Research: I am interested in automation, decision aiding and visualization in the user interfaces of safety critical systems.
a-eveleigh Alexandra Eveleigh
MA, Research Student
alexandra.eveleigh.09(at)ucl.ac.uk
+44 (0) 20 7679 1133 (x51133)
 
d-fozzati Daniel Fozzati
MSc, Research Student
daniel.fozzati.11(at)ucl.ac.uk
+44 (0) 20 7679 0693 (x30693)
Research: Adaptive User Interfaces, Technological Interruptions and Metaphysics. Current focus on researching how mobile devices can be designed to be contextually aware of their social and environmental surroundings.
s-gould Sandy Gould
BSc, Research Student
s.gould(at)cs.ucl.ac.uk
+44 (0)20 7679 0695 (x30695)
Research: I'm interested the strategies people use to avoid, detect and recover from errors. I am also interested in visual representations, and would like to examine further the extent to which they can be used to help mitigate
error.
d-harrison Danny Harrison
MSc, Research Student
daniel.harrison(at)ucl.ac.uk
+44 (0) 20 7679 0443 (x30443)
Research: I'm interested in methods to encourage increased walking and cycling in London, using public displays and personal devices. I enjoy creating both physical and software prototypes, and conducting in the wild research.
s-ibrahim.jpg Siti Ibrahim
M.IT, Research Student
siti.ibrahim(at)ucl.ac.uk
+44 (0)20 7679 0411 (x30411)
Research: Affective computing/engineering; emotion and appraisal theories; psychophysiological computing; digital library interface design.
r-johnson Rose Johnson
MSc, Research Student
rose.johnson.11(at)ucl.ac.uk
+44 (0)20 7679 0693 (x30693)
Research: Real-time feedback to aid learning motor-skills: focusing on how different modalities of feedback can be employed to help people learn the violin. In particular how feedback is perceived and understood in real-time - while the student is playing.
a-kamsin Amirrudin Kamsin
MSc, Research Student
a.kamsin(at)ucl.ac.uk
+44 (0)20 7679 0492 (x30492)
Research: I am interested to study how busy people prioritise their time and how to design tools to support it.
h-tovar Hugo Lopez Tovar
MSc, Research Student
h.tovar.11(at)ucl.ac.uk
+44 (0) 20 7679 0052 (x30052)
 
p-noble Paul Noble
MSc, Research Student
paul.noble.10(at)ucl.ac.uk
+44 (0)20 7679 1023 (x51023)
 
a-okane Aisling O'Kane
MSc, Research Student
a.okane(at)cs.ucl.ac.uk
+44 (0)20 7679 0695 (x30695)
Research: Bridging the gap between HCI and human factors engineering in  healthcare safety. Value sensitive design and experience oriented design for patients and caregivers.
k-parker Katie Parker
MSc, Research Student
katie.parker.11(at)ucl.ac.uk
+44 (0)20 7679 0411 (x30411)
 
a-rajkomar Atish Rajkomar
MSc, Research Student
atish.rajkomar.09(at)ucl.ac.uk
+44 (0) 20 7679 0363 (x30363)
Research: Situated use of interactive medical devices, particularly in the home and other settings outside the hospital; Theories and methods for studying interactions in context: Distributed Cognition; Resource-based interaction strategies.
s-renouf Sarah Renouf
MSc, Research Student
s.renouf(at)ucl.ac.uk
+44 (0) 20 7679 7358 (x37358)
Research: My main research interests are using the web for developing and evaluating interventions for changing and managing health behaviours. Currently working with Down Your Drink, a website developed to help people manage risky alcohol consumption, using qualitative methods to explore people’s experiences with the website.
b-romera-paredes Bernadino Romera Paredes
MSc, Research Student
bernardino.paredes.09(at)ucl.ac.uk
+44 (0) 20 7679 4492 (x34492)
Research: My main research interests are matrix completion/collaborative filtering problems and mult-task learning and I am very interested in other topics within the machine learning field, such as Data Mining and Information Retrieval, Bayesian Probabilistic Models, Machine Vision, Active Learning, Markov Decision Processes (Reinforcement Learning) using Monte Carlo Methods and Temporal-Difference Learning.
e-simaitiene Elena Simaitiene
MRes, Research Student
elena.simaitiene.10(at)ucl.ac.uk
+44 (0) 20 7679 0429 (x30429)
 
a-singh Aneesha Singh
MSc, Research Student
aneesha.singh.10(at)ucl.ac.uk
+44 (0)20 7679 0683 (x30683)
Research: I am a research student studying Adaptive Systems and Persuasive Computing. I'm interested in investigating affective technologies to create an adaptive system that reacts to, motivates and encourages the user.
k-stawarz Katarzyna Stawarz
MSc, Research Student
katarzyna.stawarz.10(at)ucl.ac.uk
+44 (0) 20 7679 2175 (x32175)
Research: Currently working with the CHI+MED project researching how technology can help people remember their medication. Research interests include medication adherence, prospective memory, habit and routine building, forgetting.
s-wiseman

Sarah Wiseman

MSc, Demonstrator
sarah.wiseman.10(at)ucl.ac.uk
+44 (0)20 7679 7849
(x37849)

Research: My research is focused on human error, specifically errors whilst entering numbers. I am looking at how mental encoding of number affects the errors we make. I'm also researching how layout of input device and interruptions or attention splitting can affect the errors we make.

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m-ballantine Malcolm Ballantine
Honorary Senior Lecturer
malcolm(at)par.co.uk
s-buchanan George Buchanan
Honorary Senior Lecturer
George.Buchanan.1(at)city.ac.uk
p-cairns Paul Cairns
Honorary Senior Lecturer
pcairns(at)cs.york.ac.uk
p-curzon Paul Curzon
Honorary Senior Lecturer
pc(at)dcs.qmul.ac.uk
s-faisal Sarah Faisal
PhD, Honorary Research Associate
s.faisal(at)cs.ucl.ac.uk
t-green Prof Thomas Green
Visiting Professor at UCLIC
University of Leeds
Member of the CHI Academy
greenery(at)ntlworld.com
m-harrison Prof Michael Harrison
Visiting Professor at UCLIC
Michael.Harrison(at)newcastle.ac.uk
h-meng Hongying Meng
PhD, Honorary Research Associate
hongying.meng(at)brunel.ac.uk
p-newman Prof. William Newman
Visiting Professor at UCLIC
Member of the CHI Academy
wmn(at)pobox.com
r-proctor Prof. Rob Procter
Visiting Professor at UCLIC
rob.procter(at)manchester.ac.uk
r-ruksenas Dr Rimvydas Ruksenas
Honorary Research Associate
imvydas(at)dcs.qmul.ac.uk
a-sutcliffe Prof. Alistair Sutcliffe
Visiting Professor
alistair.sutcliffe(at)mbs.ac.uk
h-thimbleby Prof. Harold Thimbleby
Visiting Professor at UCLIC
University of Wales Swansea
harold(at)thimbleby.net

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