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Vicki Hanson named in ABI Women of Vision awards

Prof Vicki Hanson, SiDE Dundee lead and Co-I for the Accessibility work on SiDE has been named as one of the 2013 Anita Borg Institute 'Women of Vision' in the category of Social Impact. The non-profit Anita Borg Institute focuses on the advancement of women in computer science and engineering. Read More

CEx Launch event

The AHRC Creative exchange hub was launched at Culture Lab on 23rd February. Read More
date: 05.03.2012

Sebastian Stein awarded best student paper at DE2012 conference

We are pleased to announce that SiDE PhD Student, Sebastian Stein has been awarded best student paper at this year’s Digital Economy All Hands conference. His paper, co-authored with Stephen McKenna is entitled Towards Recognizing Food Preparation Activities in Situational Support Systems. Read More
date: 01.11.2012

Telling Tales of Engagement

SiDE’s Transport team have been awarded £10,000 by the Digital Economy funding stream to further support their work with older drivers.  Read More
date: 01.11.2012

Top 25 most powerful women engineers

Prof Vicki Hanson has been named as one of the 25 most powerful women engineers in tech, by Business Insider. Read More
date: 05.03.2013

  • Cloud Computing featured in THES - Paul Watson is featured in the Times Higher, discussing the potential of Cloud Computing and its applications.

  • Telling Tales of Technology website launched - The Telling Tales of Technology website has launched which illustrates the work being undertaken by Marianne Dee at SiDE’s Dundee spoke. Marianne has been working to gather older people’s experiences of technology.

  • Marianne Dee Tells Tales of Technology - Marianne Dee was nominated for best paper at this year’s Digital Economy All Hands conference for her paper on older people’s experiences of technology.

  • Cognitive Usability paper at DE2012 - Mike Crabb, SiDE PhD student at Dundee, presented his latest research findings at the DE2012 conference in Aberdeen. The paper, co-authored by Prof Vicki Hanson and Andy Cobley considers the use of human factors to influence future online usability requirements. 

  • A Good Death paper at DE2012 - Angela Abbott presented an update on her research on ‘A Good Death’ in conjunction with Home Group and Science City, at this year’s Digital Economy All Hands conference in Aberdeen.

  • RIBA Award for Lesley McIntyre -   Accessibility researcher, Dr Lesley McIntyre, has been awarded a research trust award by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) for her project entitled:Selwyn Goldsmith (1932-2011) and the Architectural Model of Disability: A Retrospective of the Man and the Model. 

  • Liz Robson speaks at Net Assets Seminar - Liz Robson was asked to present the findings of the SiDE Society perspective's research into harnessing digital technologies to engage young people.

  • Music in the household paper at DE All Hands - Tuck Leong, senior Design RA and Pete Wright Design lead presented their Music in the Household Paper at the Digital Economy All Hands Meeting in November.

  • SiDE user event - Elder's Council AGM - The Newcastle and Dundee User pools are at the core of all our research and we recruit through a number of different agencies including charities, community organisation and specialist user groups such as the Elder’s council of Newcastle.

  • Users needed for touch-screen project - All of our research depends on asking people to take part in a variety of different ways because without input from users we would never know how useful, useable or relevant the work is.

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