[Ltg] HAIL Seminar (26th February): Dr Alastair Weakley, University of Technology, Sydney

[Andrew Lampert]

                      H.A.I.L. Seminar series
                          CSIRO ICT Centre
                   http://www.ict.csiro.au/HAIL/


Title:          Embedding Expert Users in the Interaction Design Process

Speaker:        Dr Alastair Weakley
                Senior Research Assistant
                Australasian CRC for Interaction Design
                Creativity & Cognition Studios
                University of Technology, Sydney

Date:           Tuesday 26th February 2008 at 11am

Location:       CSIRO ICT Centre,
                Building E6B, Macquarie University.

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Abstract

This presentation will describe an approach to interaction design that evolved from having a group of expert users as clients to being a participatory interaction design project. We will detail the user- centred design and development of an application with pliable interaction that enables the search, display and filtering of email data beyond the standard functionalities available in conventional email software. We will describe how one of the expert users adopted the role of "embedded researcher" while working as part of a team of interaction designers outside of the users' organizational environment. This process is part of an iterative cycle of interaction design emerging from the Virtual Communities project at the Australasian Co-operative Research Centre for Interaction Design (ACID).

Short resume

Initially trained in Design & Technology at Loughborough University, Alastair worked for 11 years in industry as a product designer. He returned to the University in 2000, gaining an MSc in Information Technology and joined CCRS in 2002 as a research associate.

Since arriving at University of Technology, Sydney in the Spring of 2003, he has been pursuing full-time PhD research submitting his PhD in 2006. The subject of the investigation is broadly concerned with the provision of Web-based support for groups of people engaged in creative work. Alastair's early investigations in this area centred around the concept of an online scrapbook aimed at assisting its users in assembling, organizing and sharing useful resources. A system was developed as part of Alastair's MSc project and future work will build on the experiences gained while developing and testing that prototype. Since submitting his PhD, Alastair has worked as a Senior Research Assistant for the Creativity and Cognition Studios at the University of Technology, Sydney.


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