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Ahmed Shalabi 

Research Student
School of Computing Engineering and the Built Environment

  A.Shalabi@napier.ac.uk

  

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Dr Alan Cannon 

Research Fellow
School of Computing Engineering and the Built Environment

 0131 455 2437

  A.Cannon@napier.ac.uk

  

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Prof Elizabeth Anne McKay FRCOT, FHEA

Professor
School of Health and Social Care

 0131 455 2782

  E.McKay@napier.ac.uk

   

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Dr Ashley Morton FHEA, PhD, MRes, MSc, MChem

Lecturer
School of Computing Engineering and the Built Environment

 0131 455 2408

  A.Morton@napier.ac.uk

  

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Prof Austyn Snowden 

Professor
School of Health and Social Care

 0131 455 2965

  A.Snowden@napier.ac.uk

   

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Mr Callum Egan 

Research Technician
School of Computing Engineering and the Built Environment

 0131 455 2790

  callum.egan@napier.ac.uk

   

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Dr Claire Kydonaki 

Lecturer
School of Health and Social Care

 0131 455 2732

  C.Kydonaki@napier.ac.uk

  

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Dr David Brazier 

Lecturer
School of Computing Engineering and the Built Environment

 0131 455 2723

  D.Brazier@napier.ac.uk

   

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Dr Dimitra Gkatzia 

Associate Professor
School of Computing Engineering and the Built Environment

 0131 455 2793

  D.Gkatzia@napier.ac.uk

   

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Dr Dimitri Darzentas 

Lecturer
School of Computing Engineering and the Built Environment

 0131 455 4799

  D.Darzentas@napier.ac.uk

  

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Servitization Through VR Serious Games: From Manufacturing to Consumer Electronics

Conference Proceeding
Charissis, V., Khan, M. S., & Harrison, D. K. (2022)
Servitization Through VR Serious Games: From Manufacturing to Consumer Electronics. In HCI International 2022 - Late Breaking Papers. Interaction in New Media, Learning and Games (545-555). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-22131-6_40
The provision of services instead of the actual products is becoming a major area of interest for the products provision companies involved in the manufacturing, electronics a...

Speculative and Critical Design: approaches and influences in education

Journal Article
Helgason, I., Encinas, E., Mitrovic, I., & Smyth, M. (2022)
Speculative and Critical Design: approaches and influences in education. Interaction Design and Architecture(s) IxDetA, 5-7. https://doi.org/10.55612/s-5002-051-001psi
As guest editors of this special edition we are delighted to present this selection of papers responding to our call about Speculative and Critical Design in education. The re...

“He’s adorable and I want to take him home”. Trust Perceptions Before and After First-Time Encounters with Social Robots

Conference Proceeding
Sobolewska, E., Vanderschantz, N., & Bitcon, F. (2021)
“He’s adorable and I want to take him home”. Trust Perceptions Before and After First-Time Encounters with Social Robots. In Proceedings of the BCS 34th British HCI Conference 2021 (324-328). https://doi.org/10.14236/ewic/hci2021.35
For users who have not interacted with a robot their perceptions are shaped by society, inculturation, and popular media. With the steady increase of robots in workplaces, dur...

“I would call them, it seems faster”. The state of Telemedicine in Scotland.

Conference Proceeding
Sfakakis, G., & Sobolewska, E. (2021)
“I would call them, it seems faster”. The state of Telemedicine in Scotland. In Proceedings of the BCS 34th British HCI Conference 2021 (220-225). https://doi.org/10.14236/ewic/hci2021.23
The novel Coronavirus pandemic has affected the way people interact with others and services. Online re-mote solutions have been proposed for most interactions including healt...

Supporting and enhancing student agency in feedback processes: using a novel feedback tool in the creative industries

Presentation / Conference
Cochrane, R., & Firth, R. (2021, June)
Supporting and enhancing student agency in feedback processes: using a novel feedback tool in the creative industries. Paper presented at Assessment in Higher Education (AHE) Conference 2020, Manchester
This paper focuses on students’ use of a novel programme-focused feedback tool we have developed and utilised across Product Design at Edinburgh Napier University. In the cont...

Sound Design

Book
McGregor, I. (2020)
Sound Design. (3rd
This book explores the underlying principles of sound design for linear and interactive media, and specifically how they apply to theatre, radio and film. The focus of the tex...

Diabetes research: at Edinburgh Napier University's School of Computing

Digital Artefact
Ryan, B., & Webster, G. (2020)
Diabetes research: at Edinburgh Napier University's School of Computing. [Blog]
This 'Diabetes Research' blog is initially about the seed-project 'Information Avoidance and diabetes'. This project is an initial investigation of how and why people with dia...

The effectiveness of cognitive-behavioural interventions at increasing adherence to physical activity in mental health populations: a systematic review

Journal Article
Snowden, A., Peddie, N., & Westbury, T. (2021)
The effectiveness of cognitive-behavioural interventions at increasing adherence to physical activity in mental health populations: a systematic review. Advances in Mental Health, 19(1), 94-112. https://doi.org/10.1080/18387357.2019.1684829
Objective: There is growing global evidence for stark inequalities in the physical health status and life-expectancy of people with a mental health diagnosis. In most cases, p...

Development of a design tool to optimise acceptance of exoskeletons by older adults

Thesis
Shore, L. (2019)
Development of a design tool to optimise acceptance of exoskeletons by older adults. (Dissertation). University of Limerick, Ireland. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2757643
Older adults may have some prior use and knowledge of technology, but may also express or experience the digital divide, whereby the pace of emerging technology can present ch...

Wattom: Ambient Eco-feedback with Mid-air Input

Conference Proceeding
Esteves, A., Quintal, F., Caires, F., Baptista, V., & Mendes, P. (2019)
Wattom: Ambient Eco-feedback with Mid-air Input. In 2019 5th Experiment International Conference (exp.at'19)https://doi.org/10.1109/EXPAT.2019.8876565
This paper presents Wattom, a highly interactive ambient eco-feedback smart plug that aims to promote a more sustainable use of electricity in the home. This paper describes o...

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Visualisation of Metadata in 2D/3D Digital Cuneiform Artefacts

2022 - 2023
Cuneiform is an ancient writing system that was first used in around 3400 BC (Finkel & Taylor, 2015). Distinguished by its 3D imprinted, wedge-shaped reed marks on clay tablets, cuneiform script is o...
Funder: Arts & Humanities Research Council | Value: £4,909

Care Homes Appreciative Inquiry into Retention

2022 - 2024
This proposal is for a programme of work that will involve both research and collaborative appreciative inquiry led quality improvement in Lothian care homes, targeted at improving the retention of hi...
Funder: NHS Lothian | Value: £100,327

The Sound Beneath Our Feet

2022 - 2022
This project will develop an immersive audio installation in which to experience sonified seismic data from volcanic activity. The environment will foster new ways of experiencing data from both scien...
Funder: Arts & Humanities Research Council | Value: £4,915

Co-produced career guidance intervention for people living with dementia

2021 - 2023
Project, led by Dr Louise Ritchie of the University of the West of Scotland and Co-investigators (Prof Debbie Tolson and Emma Bolger of University of the Westof Scotland, Dr Valerie Egdell and Katie B...
Funder: Alzheimer Society

Justice Analytical Services Call For Proposals - Domestic Abuse and Child Welfare Hearings Research

2018 - 2022
This research proposes to specifically examine the points of articulation (and dislocation) between civil and criminal law in domestic abuse cases through a specific focus on child contact proceedings...
Funder: Scottish Government | Value: £12,200

Creative Informatics: Data Driven Innovation for the Creative Industries

2018 - 2024
Data Driven Innovation (DDI) is transforming society and the economy. DDI is defined as the challenge to make effective use of data to shape, develop and deliver innovative products and services to co...
Funder: Arts & Humanities Research Council | Value: £1,046,469

Walks & Waterfalls Innovation Voucher

2018 - 2018
Walks and Waterfalls is a multi-channel interactive project intended to design and roadmap a blended experience between a fine art photography book, a mobile augmented reality app and physical locatio...
Funder: Scottish Funding Council | Value: £5,000

ENSEMBLE Performing Together Apart: Enhancing Immersive Multi-Location Co-Performance in Real Time

2018 - 2018
The feeling of being immersed within a live performance by an ensemble of world class musicians can be a deeply engaging and highly valued cultural experience for audiences as well as for the performe...
Funder: Arts & Humanities Research Council | Value: £58,268

Information for Action on Climate Change

2017 - 2019
The challenge that climate change poses to humanity and the natural environment is critical and well documented. Faced with such an unprecedented challenge, three responses are needed: drastic cuts in...
Funder: V. Kann Rasmussen Foundation | Value: £3,120

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Adaptive video game sound based on inherent skill level utilising selective attention

2022 - 2025
In video games, selective attention can be utilised to increase a player’s engagement by adapting the sound design ...
Mr. Ethan Robson | Director of Studies: Dr Iain McGregor | Second Supervisor: Dr Balandino Di Donato

Improving presence through selective attention and psycho-acoustic led auditory feedback for multi-user virtual reality application

2022 - date
Steven McSeveney | Director of Studies: Prof Kenny Mitchell | Second Supervisor: Dr Babis Koniaris

An examination of how meaningful participation by the adult at risk is facilitated by adult protection professionals within the adult protection case conference (APCC)

2021 - date
Mrs Kate Fennell | Director of Studies: Professor Jill Stavert | Second Supervisor: Dr Natasha Spassiani

An adaptive mixing framework for a personalised listening experience.

2021 - date
Ahmed Shalabi | Director of Studies: Dr Iain McGregor | Second Supervisor: Dr Linda Shore

Illuminating the importance of craftsmanship in compassionate caring and facilitating its development in student nurses

2020 - 2021
This thesis provides a critical reflection on my original contributions to knowle...
Dr Liz Adamson | Director of Studies: Prof Kay Sambell | Second Supervisor: Dr Brian Williams

Comfort, health, and wellbeing of teachers and the impact/effect/influence of their work-indoor environment

2019 - date
Natalie Bain-Reguis | Director of Studies: Dr Andrew Smith | Second Supervisor: Prof Caroline Hollins-Martin

UrbanIxD: Exploring human interactions for the hybrid city

2015 - 2022
With the vision of ubiquitous computing becoming increasingly realized, a new technological layer in the form of sensors, urban screens, smart...
Shenando Stals | Director of Studies: Dr Michael Smyth | Second Supervisor: Dr Oli Mival

Real-time 3D graphic augmentation of music therapy sessions for people on the autism spectrum

2015 - 2019
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a lifelong neurodevelopmental disorder that can affect people in a number...
Dr John McGowan | Director of Studies: Dr Gregory Leplatre | Second Supervisor: Dr Iain McGregor

Getting stuck and getting help: How children access support when using technology

2015 - date
Ms Fiona Stewart | Director of Studies: Dr Tom Flint | Second Supervisor: Dr Gemma Webster

Complex pleasures: designing optional interactions for public spaces

2008 - 2017
This research will investigate the nature of interactions between people and experience-oriented technologies such as new-media artw...
Dr Ingi Helgason | Director of Studies: Dr Michael Smyth

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Augusto Esteves will be delivering a seminar at the University of Bath

22 November 2017
Augusto Esteves has been invited by the HCI group at the University of Bath to deliver a seminar on his work on motion matching input for the Internet-of-Things (IoT). Abstract: Motion matching is a...

WaveTrace awarded by Design United and the Dutch Design Week

20 October 2017
WaveTrace, a project that was internally funded, was awarded with an additional 5000€ from Design United, to prepare an exhibition at the acclaimed Dutch Design Week. This work was done in collaborati...

Augusto Esteves was featured in The Conversation and EconoTimes

9 October 2017
The articles cover the work published at ICMI '17, exploring the use of head-mounted displays as opera glasses, with the goal of delivering an egalitarian user experience during live events. Links bel...

Augusto Esteves has been accepted as Fellow of the RSA

17 August 2017
The Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA) is a London-based, British organisation committed to finding practical solutions to social challenges. Founded in 1754 ...

Emilia Sobolewska - Best Paper Award at British HCI 2017

4 July 2017
Work titled "Tailoring Methodological Bricolage to Investigate Non-Discretionary use of digital technology" by Emilia Sobolewska awarded Best Paper at British HCI 2017 Conference

Augusto presented a demo of his work at the SICSA DEMOfest'16

11 November 2016
SICSA DEMOfest is the annual technology showcase of leading Informatics and Computer Science research from Scottish Universities and it creates an environment for industry partners and academics to co...

Augusto was invited by Prsma to join Lisbon's Web Summit'16

7 November 2016
Augusto joined 53,056 tech CEOs, founders, startups, investors and political leaders driving change across the world in Lisbon for the Web Summit. Over 2,000 of the world’s leading media attended. Tog...

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Acoustics versus Psychoacoustics in Mixed Reality

Zoom
13 December 2022

Lunchtime UX: Alex Nogues

Webex
25 March 2021

Lunchtime UX: Joseph Emmi

Webex
25 February 2021

Lunchtime UX: Ricky Callaghan

Webex
11 February 2021

UX Spring Special

School of Computing, Merchiston Campus, Edinburgh Napier University; The Whitespace, Norloch House, 36 King's Stables Road
7 April 2019 - 11 April 2019

CI Studio event

Glassroom, Edinburgh Napier University, Merchiston Campus 10 Colinton Road Edinburgh EH10 5DT
3 April 2019

UX Scotland Presentation

Edinburgh, Scotland
12 June 2018 - 14 June 2018

Building Socially Intelligent Software - School of Computing Seminar Series

CORE 44, Merchiston Campus
12 January 2018

SICSA HCI All Hands Meeting

The Glass Room Merchiston Campus Edinburgh Napier University Edinburgh EH10 5DT
12 December 2017

Using Design Thinking

Edinburgh Napier University
15 November 2017