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University of Derby (UoD)

University of Derby (UoD). Education, Health & Sciences. Derbyshire Business School. Arts, Design & Technology. UoD College Buxton. Business Development Unit. Applied Vision Research Institute. UoD became a University in 1993 ~ 24,500 students ~ 16,700 higher education

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University of Derby (UoD)

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  1. University of Derby (UoD) Education, Health & Sciences Derbyshire Business School Arts, Design & Technology UoD College Buxton Business Development Unit Applied Vision Research Institute • UoD became a University in 1993 • ~ 24,500 students • ~ 16,700 higher education • ~ 7,800 further education • Widening participation (> 50% students > 21 years) • elearning

  2. Applied Vision Research Institute - UoD • Established in 2003 • Research & Consultancy • Small ~ 15 staff, ~11 research students • Dedicated Research Institute • All work is externally funded • ‘The’ major external research and consultancy group in the University • Generate >25% of University’s external research funding

  3. Other Non-COGAIN Research Areas • Breast cancer –national assessment & training programme, visual search, ergonomics, digital systems, computer aids • Cervical cancer – ergonomics, visual search; colour image standards • Driving – new technology, visual search • Medical errors – search, labelling, colour • Colour science, imaging • Usability testing, HCI

  4. Interest in COGAIN • Very varied • Basic interest in saccadic eye movements • especially as a control system • Development of hardware and software, testing, ergonomics of final systems

  5. Involvement with Eye Movements • Various eye movement systems (ASL 4000, 504, 501; Tobii, Smarteye, DPI, several others) • ~ 30 years in applied eye movement research • Dedicated eye movement labs. • Range of vision/ergonomic/colour imaging/imaging projects • Main interests: • medical imaging, scene perception, driving, real world scenarios etc.

  6. e.g. National Gallery Experiment • The ?? largest eye movement experiment • Ran for three months • 110,000 people saw it • 9,884 took part • 5,446 successfully completed whole experiment • ‘Rather large’ data set • Developing new data visualisation/ analyses approaches

  7. COGAIN related projects • ART (Attention Responsive Technology) funded by ESRC (UK). 3 year project 2004-2007. Developing new communication/control methods for the disadvantaged. • EPAULETS(Enhanced Perceptual Anti-terrorism Universal Luggage Examination Training System) funded by EPSRC (UK). 3 year project 2004-2007. Training aspect of the project is related.

  8. Main UoD COGAIN staff Prof. Alastair Gale Dr. Guowei Hong Dr. Fangmin Shi Mr. Kevin Purdy

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