People

University of Glasgow

Prof Stephen Brewster (Principal Investigator)

Stephen leads the Multimodal Interaction section of the Glasgow Interactive Systems Group and has over 150 publications. Stephen's work is in the area of multimodal human-computer interaction, aiming in particular to improve the use of sound, touch, and smell in HCI. He has done fundamental work on the use of Earcons (non-speech audio icons), with projects ranging from interfaces for visually impaired people to mobile phones. His current research studies the use of multimodal interfaces for mobile computing, where lack of screen space means audio and tactile displays become important. Stephen led the Glasgow part of the UTOPIA project, which conducted a large-scale study of older people's attitudes to technology and developed a mobile multimodal navigation aid for older adults. He was also co-investigator on the MATCH project.

Dr Marilyn McGee-Lennon (Researcher Co-Investigator)

Marilyn is a senior research fellow with a BSc in psychology and a PhD in computer science. Marilyn has over 10 years of teaching and research experience in the field of HCI. Her expertise includes multimodal interaction and user-centred design & evaluation. Marilyn specialises in health care and home care systems, and was recently a Research Fellow on the MATCH project, conducting user-based studies of home care technology and designing multimodal interfaces suitable for home care. She is one of the most experienced researchers in user-centred multimodal interaction in the UK, and one of few with any knowledge of multimodal design for home care settings. Marilyn lives in Glasgow with her husband Peter and enjoys live music, playing netball, watching football, and Las Vegas.

Philip Gray (Co-Investigator)

Philip is a senior lecturer in the Computing Science Department at Glasgow University. His specialties include software architecture, visualisation and user interface development tools. Philip has recently focused on interaction techniques for mobile and ubiquitous systems. He is the principal investigator at Glasgow for the MATCH Project, focusing on adaptive interaction techniques for home care systems, and the OpenInterface Project, developing tools for the prototyping and evaluation of multimodal interfaces. When he isn't thinking about multimodal interaction, Philip dreams of cycling, sunny weather and southern France.

Julie R. Williamson (Research Assistant)

Julie is a Research Assistant in the Glasgow Interactive Systems Group (GIST) at the University of Glasgow. Her research considers the user experience of multimodal interactions in a variety of settings, focusing on mobile and public interaction. Her interests revolve around user-centred design of multimodal technologies, in particular subjective individual perception of usability, social acceptability and performativity in interaction.

David Warnock (PhD Student)

David is a full-time postgraduate student at the University of Glasgow with an MSci in Software Engineering. David's Master's Thesis concerned advanced scheduling in heterogeneous processor architectures. David will focus on the multimodal interaction aspect of the MMH project. If he ever has any spare time, David likes to spend it tinkering with computer hardware and developing websites.

University of Edinburgh

Dr Maria Wolters (Researcher Co-Investigator)

Maria is a senior research fellow at the Centre for Speech Technology Research at the University of Edinburgh. The goal of her research is to improve the accessibility and functionality of voice-based interaction. Maria studied at the University of Bonn, where she attained an MSc in Computer Science in 1997 and a PhD in Communication Research and Phonetics in 2001. She went on to join the University of Newcastle and Queen Margaret University as a clinical phonetician, before moving to the University of Edinburgh in late 2004. She is currently a research fellow on the MATCH project. Maria is married with a son and daughter, whom she homes will one day be trilingual in German, English, and Scottish Gaelic.

Prof Steve Renals (Co-Investigator)

Steve is director of the Centre for Speech Technology Research at the University of Edinburgh with over 150 peer-reviewed publications. His research interests are signal-based approaches to human communication, in particular spoken language processing and machine learning approaches to modelling multimodal data. Steve is an associate editor of IEEE Signal Processing Letters and a former member of the IEEE Technical Committee on Machine Learning and Signal Processing. He is one of the Edinburgh MATCH project primary investigators.

Karl Isaac (PhD Student)

Karl is a student in the Centre for Speech Technology Research at the University of Edinburgh. Karl holds a BSc in Software Engineering and an MSc in Mobile Computing. Karl's research will focus on the synthetic speech aspects of the MMH project. In his spare time, Karl likes spending time with his four children, preferably somewhere warm and sunny.

Queen Margaret University (QMU) Edinburgh

Pauline Campbell (Co-Investigator)

Pauline is a Lecturer in Audiovestibular Science at QMU. Previously she was a Paediatric Audiologist & Research Scientist at Great Ormond Street Hospital carrying out research in neuro-otological disorders. Her research focuses on electrophysiological measurements in sensorimotor disorders and central auditory processing dysfunction in children and older people. She is the principal investigator on several projects including the Development of Neuromarkers in Communication Disorders.

Christine DePlacido (Co-Investigator)

Christine is a Senior Lecturer and Programme Leader in audiology at QMU. Prior to becoming a lecturer at QMU she was a principal audiological scientist and head of Audiology services for Fife.She holds a Diploma in Humanistic Counselling and is a registered hearing aid dispenser. Christine is the Chair of the Scottish Section of the British Society of Audiology. She conducts qualitative research into the experience of hearing loss. Christine lives in Dalgety Bay in Fife with her husband Pete and her dog Ben.