Appliance Design - a new discipline for pervasive computing
Speaker: Professor Peter Thomas, University College London, Brunel University London
When: 2003-09-01 10:00:00
Venue: 78-420
Host: Michael Docherty
Abstract:This seminar will look at the emerging area of appliance design as
an extension to current work in ubicomp, consumer experience design
and traditional HCI. The seminar will outline basic assumptions,
intellectual roots, current status and possible futures. A briefing
paper will be available as background Biography:
Biography:Peter Thomas is currently visiting Professor at University College
London http://www.uclic.ucl.ac.uk and Associate Professor at Brunel
University, London.
Peter was appointed as Professor of Information Management at the
age of 32, and after establishing the first word’s first research
centre in the human factors of mobile and personal communications in
Bristol UK, was founding Director of an A$15m research institute in
Victoria Australia funded by the Federal and State governments and
multinational IT&C companies http://www.iii.rmit.edu.au. He has
undertaken numerous research and consultancy projects, generating
over £6.0 million in research and development funds and publishing
over 150 international scientific publications.
He is editor-in-chief of the international journal Personal and
Ubiquitous Computing http://www.personal-ubicomp.com and has written
extensively for the popular press on topics including internet
security, mobile systems and future computing. He is Director of two
government-funded networks in future internet appliances
http://www.appliancedesign.org and interactive television
http://www.itv-network.org and is leading an UK government funded
initiative building collaborations with India in ubiquitous and
pervasive computing. He is Director of the Appliance Design series
of international events which are building a global community around
new technology design philosophies
http://www.appliancedesign.org/1ad
Peter has consulted for government and multinational businesses in
sectors including task management, financial services,
telecommunications, publishing, media and education, providing
services including futures research, strategic planning, marketing
and communications strategy, training and technology development.
Peter studied at Leeds, Cambridge and Hull Universities and has a
first degree in Linguistics and a doctorate in Computing. He is a
Chartered Engineer, a Fellow of the British Computer Society, and a
Fellow of the Institute of Electrical Engineers.
Type: ITEE Seminar
Contact:Michael Docherty, seminar host (mjdoc@uq.edu.au)
or Guido Governatori (ITEE seminar co-ordinator)
(guido@itee.uq.edu.au)