Applied Informatics is one of the largest subject groups in the School of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment with over 35 full time staff and a growing PhD community. We host a range of undergraduate degree and MSc programmes that align with our staff’s broad range of research interests. These include Assistive and Inclusive Technologies, Communities and Creative practices, Digital Media, Experience Design, Education and Widening Participation, Human-Computer Interaction, Human-Robot Interaction, Responsible AI, Participation, Social Informatics, Sound Design, User Experience. We have an active research community that publishes in international and world leading journals or conferences.
Funded
Playing in the Past: Investigating User Experience Design in Historical Games (Funded)
Supervisor – Dr Iain Donald
Investigating digital approaches to creating meaningful experiences of place (Funded)
Supervisor – Dr Tanis Grandison
People Supervising Robots and A.I. Systems (Funded)
Supervisor – Dr Jamy Li
Multimodal Applications for Cognitive Differences (Funded)
Supervisor – Dr John McGowan
Supervisor – Dr Ashley Morton
Social Credit Systems to support Ecological Citizenship (Funded)
Supervisor – Inge Panneels
Supervisor – Rachel Salzano
DDSP in Procedural Audio Sound Effects (Funded)
Supervisor – Dr Rod Selfridge
Equally Safe Sound Design (Funded)
Supervisor – Dr Rod Selfridge
Effective online and offline engagement for student societies, associations, and unions (Funded)
Supervisor – Dr Ella Taylor Smith
Intelligent Social Autonomous Assistive Companions (Funded)
Supervisor – Dr John Paul Vargheese
Self Funded
A user centred approach to online system support (Self funded)
Supervisor – Dr David Brazier
Creative Digital Interpretations of Cultural Assets and Archives (Self funded)
Supervisor – Dr Ingi Helgason
Human Computer Interaction (Self funded)
Supervisor – Dr Iain McGregor
Remix Culture and AI tools for Creativity (Self funded)
Supervisor – Dr Michael Smyth
Coping with Social Robots and Artificial Intelligence in the Context of Care (Self funded)
Supervisor – Dr Emilia Sobolewska
Designing and Personalisation of Social Robots (Self funded)
Supervisor – Dr Emilia Sobolewska