What is GIST?

GIST is an inter-disciplinary Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) research group based at the University of Glasgow investigating all aspects of interactive systems focusing on ubiquitous computing, multimodal interaction, visualisation and modelling. The main research topics and sub-groups (and academics leading them) are:

• Multimodal Interaction Group (Stephen Brewster)
• Social Ubiquitous Mobile Group (Matthew Chalmers)
• Interactive Teaching and Technology (Quintin Cutts)
• Technology for Learning and Teaching (Steve Draper)
• Software, Technology, Tools and Methods (Phil Gray)
• Glasgow Accident Analysis Group (Chris Johnson)
• Dynamics and Interaction (Rod Murray-Smith)
• Diagram Evaluation (Helen Purchase)
• Graphical Authentification and Email Usage (Karen Renaud)

Search our key areas:

• Mobile, wireless and ubiquitous computing
• Interactive system architectures
• Multimodal interaction (haptics, earcons and 3D sound)
• Interfaces for blind, visually impaired people and older people
• Home care systems
• Collaborative filtering visualisation and information retrieval
• Accident analysis and safety critical systems
• User modelling and pattern recognition
• Theories of information representation
• Web authentification, Dynahand, email stress
• Electronic Voting Systems, Schools Computing

Our research has a strong focus on users as well as computing science, therefore the group is multi-disciplinary with members drawn from the Departments of Computing Science, Psychology, Community Health and Music. We also have strong links with other universities and companies, such as the Universities of Strathclyde, Nottingham, Grenoble and Toulouse, plus Nokia, NASA, Microsoft and IBM.

More Information

Seminars
PhD's and jobs available

If you would like to be added to the GIST mailing list, to be kept informed of our seminar series please add your name and email here . If you have any other questions or comments please email the GIST Coordinators Graham Wilson and Ross McLachlan here.

Glasgow Interactive Systems Group
Department of Computing Science
University of Glasgow
Glasgow, G12 8QQ, UK
(c) University of Glasgow, 2009