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Workplace soundscape mapping: a trial of Macaulay and Crerar’s method

Conference Proceeding
McGregor, I., Crerar, A., Benyon, D., & LePlâtre, G. (2006)
Workplace soundscape mapping: a trial of Macaulay and Crerar’s method. In Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Auditory Display (ICAD2006)
This paper describes a trial of Macaulay and Crerar’s method of mapping a workplace soundscape to assess its fitness as a basis for an extended soundscape mapping method. Twel...

Sound and soundscape classification: Establishing key auditory dimensions and their relative importance

Conference Proceeding
McGregor, I., LePlâtre, G., Crerar, A., & Benyon, D. (2006)
Sound and soundscape classification: Establishing key auditory dimensions and their relative importance
This paper investigates soundscape classification by using two different forms of data gathering and two different populations. The first method involves a questionnaire compl...

Preface: The Bigger Picture

Conference Proceeding
(2005)
Preface: The Bigger Picture. In T. McEwan, J. Gulliksen, & D. Benyon (Eds.), Preface: The Bigger Picture
This volume contains the full papers presented at HCI 2005, the 19th Annual Conference of the British HCI Group, a specialist group of the BCS. The conference has become the p...

Using ERMIA for the Evaluation of a Theorem Prover Interface

Conference Proceeding
Jackson, M., Benyon, D., & Lowe, H. (2004)
Using ERMIA for the Evaluation of a Theorem Prover Interface. In R. Backhouse (Ed.), Proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on User Interfaces for Theorem Provers, 104-111
ERMIA (Entity-Relationship Modelling of Information Artefacts) provides an extension to entity-relationship modelling techniques to provide a structural representation of the ...

Probing the sense of place.

Conference Proceeding
O'Neill, S., McCall, R., Smyth, M., & Benyon, D. (2004)
Probing the sense of place. In Presence 2004
This paper describes the application and results of two studies using a qualitative tool designed to examine sense of place in relation to presence research in the BENOGO proj...

A method for designing virtual places.

Conference Proceeding
McCall, R., O'Neill, S., Benyon, D., Smyth, M., & Carroll, F. (2004)
A method for designing virtual places. In Presence 2004 (305-312
This paper discusses our experiences of using a range of methods and techniques to measure the sense of place in real and virtual environments. The paper presents a discussion...

Personification technologies: developing artificial companions for older people.

Conference Proceeding
Mival, O., Cringean, S., & Benyon, D. (2004)
Personification technologies: developing artificial companions for older people. In CHI 2004 conference proceedings : Connect
This paper reports on the work of the UTOPIA project, a consortium of four Scottish universities concerned with technology issues for older people, focusing specifically on ar...

An investigation into virtual representations of real places.

Conference Proceeding
Arnspang, J., Benyon, D., Fahle, M., Granum, E., Madsen, C., Pajdla, T., …Weinshall, D. (2002)
An investigation into virtual representations of real places. In Proc. Fifth Annual International Workshop on Presence, 66-78
The paper describes the main themes of a recently funded research project under the European Communitys Future and Emerging Technologies Presence initiative. The aim of the re...

Soundfields and soundscapes: reifying auditory communities

Conference Proceeding
McGregor, I., Crerar, A., Benyon, D., & Macaulay, C. (2002)
Soundfields and soundscapes: reifying auditory communities. In Proceedings of the 2002 International Conference on Auditory Display, Kyoto, Japan, July 2-5, 2002 (290-294
This paper reports progress towards mapping workplace soundscapes. In order to design auditory interfaces that integrate effectively with workplace environments, we need a det...

Investigating ubiquitous computing in the home.

Conference Proceeding
Baillie, L., & Benyon, D. (2000)
Investigating ubiquitous computing in the home. In Workshop on Ubiquitous Computing in the Home, 16-33
In this paper, we describe a series of workshops which were carried out in homes of five families in Scotland. The aim of the workshops was to explore the requirements that pe...