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Daniela Petrelli and Nick Dulake secure funding to study human-interaction with generative AI

17/10/2023

Professor Daniela Petrelli (ADMRC) and Nick Dulake (Design Futures) have secured EU funding to study human-interaction with generative AI. They will work with AI researchers in Munich to develop a new interactive installation for the Deutches Museum. Petrelli and Dulake have secured funding from the EU Humaine AU Net to explore generative AI and human creativity. Generative AI creates text, […]

“Users, participants, co-designers or just pesky humans? On the challenges of human centred research in Human-Computer Interaction” – Professor Luigina Ciolfi Inaugural Lecture – Wednesday 30 January 2019

22/01/2019

A main aspiration of HCI is to be human- and user-centred in its approach to creating novel digital interactions. But how do we engage, involve and encourage end users to participate in HCI? The field has tackled this challenge in many ways. Notably, Participatory Design has been widely adopted in order for users and stakeholders to become active part of […]

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Researcher Blog by Professor Luigina Ciolfi: Presenting at ECSCW 2018

02/07/2018

Professor Luigina Ciolfi at ECSCW2018 (Image courtesy of Luigina Ciolfi)

About the author Luigina Ciolfi is Professor of Human Centred Computing in the Computing and Communication Research Centre (CCRC) within C3RI. Luigina’s research is located at the intersection of computing, social science and design in the fields of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Computer-Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) and cultural heritage technologies. Professor Luigina Ciolfi recently presented a paper written by herself and fellow Sheffield […]

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Tuesday 20 February 2018 – Lunchtime seminar with Carmelo Ardito and Giuseppe Desolda (University of Bari)

04/02/2018

Composite promotional image for C3RI Lunchtime seminar featuring University of Bari visiting speakers

Speakers: Carmelo Ardito (Assistant Professor) and Giuseppe Desolda (Research Fellow) of the Interaction, Visualisation, Usability and UX Lab, University of Bari, Italy. Title: Empowering Cultural Heritage Experts to Design Smart Environments Hosted by: Professor Daniela Petrelli The growing availability of computer technologies like smartphones, interactive displays and smart objects is stimulating Human-Computer Interaction researchers to investigate how non-technical users can […]

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Tuesday 05 December 2017 – Lunchtime Seminar with Dr Uta Hinrichs (University of St Andrews)

22/11/2017

Speaker: Dr Uta Hinrichs Title: Visualisation as a Process Hosted by: Professor Luigina Ciolfi Building visualisations has become a process that a wide variety of people engage in independent of their background. It is hard to imagine any discipline that does not use any types of visualisation as part of their practice or research. In parallel, a variety of visualisation […]

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Researcher Blog: ECSCW2017 – stories from the Student Volunteer Team

04/10/2017

About the authors This blog post on the ECSCW conference was co-authored by three PhD students: Caroline Claisse, Ghayda Al Juwaiser and Eleonora Mencarini. Caroline Claisse is doctoral candidate in C3RI in her 3rd year pursuing a practice-led PhD investigating the potential of embedded technologies and tangible interaction for engaging with heritage. Caroline’s supervisory team are Professor Daniela Petrelli (Director of Studies), Professor Luigina […]

Researcher Blog by Professor Luigina Ciolfi on Cultural Heritage and Digital Technologies

13/09/2017

Cultural heritage and digital technologies workshop

About the author Luigina Ciolfi is Professor of Human Centred Computing in the Computing and Communication Research Centre (CCRC) within C3RI. Luigina’s research is located at the intersection of computing, social science and design in the fields of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Computer-Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) and cultural heritage technologies. In this post Luigina turns her attention to the outcomes of her research […]

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Wednesday 17 May 2017 – Lunchtime Seminar with Prof Stephen Brewster (University of Glasgow)

08/05/2017

Speaker: Professor Stephen Brewster, University of Glasgow Title: Multimodal interaction: Making the most of human capabilities in HCI Stephen Brewster is a Professor of Human-Computer Interaction in the School of Computing Science at the University of Glasgow, UK. He runs the internationally leading Multimodal Interaction Group. His research focuses on multimodal HCI, or using multiple sensory modalities and control mechanisms (particularly […]

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Wednesday 11 January 2017 – Lunchtime seminar with Prof Antonella De Angeli (Computer Science, University of Lincoln & University of Trento)

11/01/2017

Speaker: Professor Antonella De Angeli (University of Lincoln, School of Computer Science & University of Trento (Italy), Department of Information Engineering and Computer Science) Title: Public Design in interAction Spaces – A Case Study on Dyslexia Awareness Antonella De Angeli is Professor of Human-Computer Interaction at the University of Lincoln and Associate Professor at the University of Trento (Italy). Antonella […]

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