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My research and My favourite student project. Alistair Edwards http://www-users.cs.york.ac.uk/~alistair. My research. From this…. To this. Novel forms of human-computer interaction. Forms of interaction. Speech Non-speech sounds Tactile Haptic
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My research andMy favourite student project Alistair Edwards http://www-users.cs.york.ac.uk/~alistair
My research From this… To this Novel forms of human-computer interaction
Forms of interaction • Speech • Non-speech sounds • Tactile • Haptic • Often inspired by users with particular needs • blind • older…
Research projects • CreST • The Creative Speech Network • Interactive tactile maps • Nickey Nazatul • Mobile technology for older people • Sonification
Research proposals • Smalltalk • a hybrid communicator for older people • An ultra-context-aware communication aid • MAT • A Musical Aptitude Test
My favourite student project • Psychophysics of touch and non-verbal characterisation of physical objects • Theodoros Georgiou, 2012 • Chosen because • haptics is exciting • Theo is a recent HCIT graduate and staying on • some useful results • - a publication?
Experiments • 1. Do people use fruit and vegetable descriptions of simulated objects? • No • 2. Can people replicate texture of real objects on the Omni? • No …well, sort-of
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