ITEE seminar: Professor Peter Thomas, 10.00AM, Mon 01 Sep 2003

Appliance Design - a new discipline for pervasive computing

Speaker: Professor Peter Thomas, University College London, Brunel University London

When: 10.00AM, Monday 01 Sep 2003

Venue: 78-420

Host: Michael Docherty

Abstract:

  This seminar will look at the emerging area of appliance design as
  an extension to current work in ubicomp, consumer experience design
  and traditional HCI. The seminar will outline basic assumptions,
  intellectual roots, current status and possible futures. A briefing
  paper will be available as background Biography:

Biography:

  Peter Thomas is currently visiting Professor at University College
  London http://www.uclic.ucl.ac.uk and Associate Professor at Brunel
  University, London.

  Peter was appointed as Professor of Information Management at the
  age of 32, and after establishing the first word’s first research
  centre in the human factors of mobile and personal communications in
  Bristol UK, was founding Director of an A$15m research institute in
  Victoria Australia funded by the Federal and State governments and
  multinational IT&C companies http://www.iii.rmit.edu.au. He has
  undertaken numerous research and consultancy projects, generating
  over £6.0 million in research and development funds and publishing
  over 150 international scientific publications.

  He is editor-in-chief of the international journal Personal and
  Ubiquitous Computing http://www.personal-ubicomp.com and has written
  extensively for the popular press on topics including internet
  security, mobile systems and future computing. He is Director of two
  government-funded networks in future internet appliances
  http://www.appliancedesign.org and interactive television
  http://www.itv-network.org and is leading an UK government funded
  initiative building collaborations with India in ubiquitous and
  pervasive computing. He is Director of the Appliance Design series
  of international events which are building a global community around
  new technology design philosophies
  http://www.appliancedesign.org/1ad

  Peter has consulted for government and multinational businesses in
  sectors including task management, financial services,
  telecommunications, publishing, media and education, providing
  services including futures research, strategic planning, marketing
  and communications strategy, training and technology development.

  Peter studied at Leeds, Cambridge and Hull Universities and has a
  first degree in Linguistics and a doctorate in Computing. He is a
  Chartered Engineer, a Fellow of the British Computer Society, and a
  Fellow of the Institute of Electrical Engineers.

Contact:

Michael Docherty, seminar host (mjdoc@uq.edu.au)
or Guido Governatori (ITEE seminar co-ordinator) (guido@itee.uq.edu.au)

ITEE seminar web page: http://www.itee.uq.edu.au/~seminar

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