Academic Members
Prof. Lynne Baillie
THEODOROS GEORGIOU- Assistant Prof
THEODOROS GEORGIOU- Assistant Prof
Prof. Lynne Baillie has a PhD and MSc in Computing. She is currently the Director of the Interactive and Trustworthy Technologies Research Group at Heriot-Watt University. She was a Senior Researcher at the Telecommunications Research Centre in Vienna (FTW) from December 2002 - December 2008. She has been successfully involved in the user
Prof. Lynne Baillie has a PhD and MSc in Computing. She is currently the Director of the Interactive and Trustworthy Technologies Research Group at Heriot-Watt University. She was a Senior Researcher at the Telecommunications Research Centre in Vienna (FTW) from December 2002 - December 2008. She has been successfully involved in the user centered design of home, mobile and rehabilitation technologies for over fifteen years.
She has a strong track record over 15 years in research management and leadership at a senior level in two countries (Austria and UK). She has been awarded grants from prestigious research councils (MRC/EPSRC, FFG), international companies (Orange, Telecom Austria, Alcatel-Lucent, Siemens, Microsoft), charities (Heritage Lottery Fund, CHSS, Paths to Health, Calman), and Governments (local, national and EU). She has over a 100 peer reviewed scientific papers in her specialist area.
THEODOROS GEORGIOU- Assistant Prof
THEODOROS GEORGIOU- Assistant Prof
THEODOROS GEORGIOU- Assistant Prof
Dr Theodoros Georgiou s an expert in Human-Computer Interaction, with experience in designing, implementing, and testing lightweight wearable, holdable, and ambient technologies aiming to monitor and assist various aspects of a person’s health and wellbeing.
Senior Researchers
DR Sheung Chi Chan
DR Sheung Chi Chan
DR Sheung Chi Chan
DR Shenando stals
DR Sheung Chi Chan
DR Sheung Chi Chan
Dr Shenando Stals is a Research Associate on the SECRIOUS project and lecturer in the field of Human-Computer Interaction. He is originally from The Netherlands, where he obtained a BSc in Technical Informatics, and a MSc in Human-Technology Interaction from the Eindhoven University of Technology. As part of his MSc, he came to Edinburgh
Dr Shenando Stals is a Research Associate on the SECRIOUS project and lecturer in the field of Human-Computer Interaction. He is originally from The Netherlands, where he obtained a BSc in Technical Informatics, and a MSc in Human-Technology Interaction from the Eindhoven University of Technology. As part of his MSc, he came to Edinburgh as an Erasmus exchange student, fell in love with the city, and never left. He obtained a PhD in Urban Interaction Design (Computing) from Edinburgh Napier University, investigating the emotional person-place relationships of citizens with personally meaningful places in the urban environment, and using design fictions to envision how this could inform the design of technological devices and services for the hybrid city of the (near) future. His research interests include UX design, HCI, affective computing, serious games, and speculative design.
Researchers
Emilyann Nault
Emilyann Nault
Emilyann Nault
Emilyann is a third-year PhD student in the Robotics and Autonomous Systems Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) programme. As someone with a background in Computer Science and Neuroscience, she is interested in how socially assistive robots and other techological interventions (i.e. sensory feedback devices) can be used as a tool to improv
Emilyann is a third-year PhD student in the Robotics and Autonomous Systems Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) programme. As someone with a background in Computer Science and Neuroscience, she is interested in how socially assistive robots and other techological interventions (i.e. sensory feedback devices) can be used as a tool to improve access and engagement to cognitive rehabilitation.
Martin K Ross
Emilyann Nault
Emilyann Nault
Martin is a fourth-year PhD student at Heriot-Watt University, working under the supervision of Frank Broz and Lynne Baillie. His research interests include motivation through human-robot interaction and real-world reinforcement learning.
Isobel Voysey
Emilyann Nault
Isobel Voysey
Isobel is a 2nd year Edinburgh Centre for Robotics with a research project developing a minimal animal/animate soft robot for use in animal cruelty prevention and animal-assisted interventions with vulnerable children.
Carl Bettosi
Emilyann Nault
Isobel Voysey
Carl is a 1st year Edinburgh Centre for Robotics student researching the use of Socially Assistive Robots to aid physical recovery after injury/illness, specifically in hospital environments. Carl has a BSc (Hons) in Computer Science and MSc in Artificial Intelligence from Heriot-Watt University. His main research interests are in HRI, Machine Learning and all things digital health.
Public Engagement Co-Ordinator
DR Laura Whyte
Laura completed a PhD in astrophysics at the University of Nottingham in 2004. After a brief stint in adult education, Laura retrained to teach secondary school in 2006. Several enjoyable years of teaching teenagers Maths, Physics, and Astronomy were followed by a move to Chicago to work at the Alder Planetarium as an educator and web-dev
Laura completed a PhD in astrophysics at the University of Nottingham in 2004. After a brief stint in adult education, Laura retrained to teach secondary school in 2006. Several enjoyable years of teaching teenagers Maths, Physics, and Astronomy were followed by a move to Chicago to work at the Alder Planetarium as an educator and web-developer for the Zooniverse, the world's largest and most popular online citizen science project. Laura was eventually promoted to run the Zooniverse team alongside the Adler’s Teen Programs and Hack Day portfolio. She has recently joined the ITT group to work on Public Engagement for the SECRIOUS project.
research Technician
Matthew O'Hara
I am a Third-year Graduate Apprentice for Heriot-Watt University studying honors degree Software Development for business, while also working under the management of Prof. Lynne Baillie and Prof. Yvan Petillot. My work is based around programming, presenting and engineering demonstrations of robots tailored to research, with an end goal of Robotic/Computer Engineering.
associate members
Dr Frank Boz - Assistant Prof (delft University of Technology).
Dr Frank Boz - Assistant Prof (delft University of Technology).
Dr Frank Boz - Assistant Prof (delft University of Technology).
PRof Katrin Lohan - heriot watt/ Buchs FHO, Switzerland
Dr Frank Boz - Assistant Prof (delft University of Technology).
Dr Frank Boz - Assistant Prof (delft University of Technology).
SEAN PATERSON
Dr Frank Boz - Assistant Prof (delft University of Technology).
DR ROSELINE ANTAI
DR ROSELINE ANTAI
Dr Frank Boz - Assistant Prof (delft University of Technology).
DR ROSELINE ANTAI
Dr Roseline Antai holds a Ph.D. and M.Sc in Computer Science from the University Of Essex, United Kingdom. Her postgraduate research focused on Natural Language Processing, and in particular, Text classification and Sentiment Analysis. She has worked on the implementation of Machine Learning algorithms in Text analysis, and Health Informa
Dr Roseline Antai holds a Ph.D. and M.Sc in Computer Science from the University Of Essex, United Kingdom. Her postgraduate research focused on Natural Language Processing, and in particular, Text classification and Sentiment Analysis. She has worked on the implementation of Machine Learning algorithms in Text analysis, and Health Informatics. Her present project under the supervision of Prof. Lynne Baillie and Prof. David Corne, focuses on Predictive Analytics, as it applies to Decision making in Construction.