Future Cities

Uncategorized : Organizing Committee

Michael Smyth
Edinburgh Napier University
Edinburgh, EH10 5DT, UK
m.smyth@napier.ac.uk

Michael Smyth PhD. Reader and the Coordinator of the UrbanIxD project that is funded under the EU FP7 programme and is part of the FET Open initiative. He is co-editor of the book entitled “Digital Blur: creative practice at the boundaries of architecture, design and art”.

 

Paula Trigueiros
UMinho / FEUP
R Roberto Frias
Porto, PORTUGAL
paula.trigueiros@arquitectura.uminho.pt

Paula Trigueiros. Ph.D.  Design Lecturer at Universidade do Minho - Portugal. She cooperates as a researcher at Future Cities Project in Art and Design areas. Dipl. in Architecture and Master on Urban Planning, her research interests are inclusive design, interfaces and technologies, accessibility and public transports. She conducted experimental work on Music and Architecture.

 

Ingi Helgason
Edinburgh Napier University
Edinburgh, EH10 5DT, UK
i.helgason@napier.ac.uk

Ingi Helgason. MSc. Researcher and lecturer in interaction design, and technology innovation. She is studying for a PhD on optional interactions with publicly-sited installations, and is an organiser of This Happened Edinburgh events

 

António Coelho
FEUP / INESC TEC
R Roberto Frias
Porto, PORTUGAL
acoelho@fe.up.pt

António Coelho. Senior researcher at INESC Porto and Assistant Professor at the Department of Informatics Engineering of the FEUP. His work includes the areas of Computer Graphics, Serious Games and Geospatial Systems. Director of the Master in Multimedia and vice-director of the Doctoral Program in Digital Media, both at the University of Porto.

 

Sarah Gallacher
ICRI-Cities,
University College London,
London, UK
s.gallacher@ucl.ac.uk

Sarah Gallacher. UCL researcher at ICRI – Sustainable and Connected Cities. Her research interests include crowdsensing and playful technologies for public engagement in urban spaces. Her work includes the design and development of physical computing prototypes and “in the wild” evaluations in city environments.

 

Alison Burrows
SPHERE IRC
Merchant Venturers Building
Bristol BS8 1UB, UK
alison.burrows@bristol.ac.uk

Alison Burrows. Postdoctoral researcher in User-Centered Design for the SPHERE-IRC, and part of the Interaction and Graphics Group at the University of Bristol. Her research focuses on inclusive design, user experience, technology and healthcare.

 

Filipa Wunderlich
Bartlett School of Planning
University College London
London, UK
f.wunderlich@ucl.ac.uk

Filipa Wunderlich. BAMus, Dipl Arch, PhD. Lecturer of Urban Design at the Bartlett School of Planning, UCL. Her research focuses on the analysis and design of urban places, in particular, on the understanding and integration of temporal and sensorial attributes into new methods of analysis and delivery of new urban spaces.

 

Rui Penha
FEUP - R Roberto Frias.
Porto, PORTUGAL
ruipenha@fe.up.pt

Rui Penha. Composer and performer of live electroacoustic music. He has a deep interest on music technology, both in software programming and the development of new interfaces for musical expression. He was the founding curator of Digitópia @ Casa da Música and teaches in several portuguese universities (FEUP, DeCA-UA, ESMAE).

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