Programme Committee

Peter Wright, University of York, UK
John McCarthy, University College Cork, Ireland
Mark Blythe, University of York, UK
Richard Coyne, University of Edinburgh, UK
Kirsten Boehner, Cornell University, USA
Liam Bannon, University of Limerick, Ireland
Luigina Ciolfi, University of Limerick, Ireland
Patrizia Marti, University of Siena, Italy

Organizer's Backgrounds

Peter Wright is a Reader in the Department of Computer Science, University of York UK. He has a research background in Applied Cognitive Science. He has developed new approaches to modeling interaction in work contexts including the development of models of interaction based on the principles of distributed cognition and evaluation methods for use by practitioners including cooperative evaluation. Most recently he has been involved in developing a theoretical framework for analysing user experience inspired by film, literary and aesthetic theories.

John McCarthy is a senior lecturer in the Department of Applied Psychology, University College Cork. He has more than 10 years research and consultancy, addressing people’s experience of and adaptation to technology in work, educational, and social settings including papers examining nurses resistance to new technology and the ways in which a variety of health professionals make sense of information, and the cooperative activity of ambulance control staff. With Peter Wright he is co-author the MIT Press book Technology as Experience

Richard Coyne is Professor in the Department of Architecture, University of Edinburgh and has a background in Architecture, design and multimedia. His major research areas are design and multimedia, computer-aided design, design theory and philosophy of information technology. He has published numerous research papers and books on his research including the MIT press books, ‘Designing information technology in the postmodern age’ and ‘Technoromantacism’.

Kirsten Boehner has a background in communication and psychology and is studying for a PhD In the Department of Communication Science, University of Cornell. Her current research on the design, use and effect of technology for creative expression, is concerned with ambient systems for new museum experiences and techniques and methods for designing for a sense of place.

Mark Blythe is a Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Computer Science, University of York, UK. He is an ethnographer with a background in literary and cultural studies. He has developed new methods and techniques for investigating the home as a unique design environment and has co-edited the book “Funology: From Usability to Enjoyment”.