Animal-Computer Interactions Panel

The Bristol Interaction Group is a Human-Computer Interaction research group within the School of Computer Science at the University of Bristol (UK):biglab.co.uk

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Animal-Computer Interactions Panel with Fay Clark, Stuart Gray, Ilyena Hirskyj-Douglas, and Patricia Pons Tomás. Moderator: Daniel Bennett 

Bios:Fay Clark: Fay is a UK-based academic who is interested in the mental processes of animals. Fay looks for connections between animal cognition, behaviour and affective state. Fay&#x27;s work can best be described as experimental psychology with a comparative emphasis; developing cognitive task and cognitive challenge apparatuses to test cognitive skills, and/or provide enrichment. There is also a human twist; even though she specialises in the study of nonhuman animals Fay draws heavily from human principles. Most of Fay&#x27;s research takes place on animals housed in zoos (including traditional zoos, aquariums, safari parks and sanctuaries) and research centres. Stuart Gray: Dr Stuart Gray is a researcher at the University of Bristol&#x27;s Department of Computer Science within the field of Human-Computer Interaction. Stuart joined the University of Bristol in 2017 after completing his PhD at the University of Edinburgh, where he undertook research in the field of serious games for children&#x27;s health and wellbeing. He has subsequently undertaken research at the University of Bristol in this area through a series of academic-industry secondments that have focused upon using games and play for behaviour change. Since 2017, Stuart has worked closely with Okko Health, a Bristol-based start-up who are revolutionising hospital eye care with the development of digital benchmarking and monitoring technologies. Moving away from children, Stuart was a key member of a project which aimed to support the cognitive enrichment of gorillas in captivity through the design of innovative games.Ilyena Hirskyj-Douglas: Ilyena is a Lecturer at The University of Glasgow running an Animal-Computer Interaction group. Day-to-day she works co-designing, building and testing novel technologies for animals from screen and internet systems for dogs to bespoke music and screen systems for monkeys. During her research, Ilyena has established several methods of researching with animals and computers, theories around co-design and animal-centered design, and is currently interested in how we can build systems for choice and autonomy. Patricia Pons Tomás: Patricia Pons has a PhD in ACI &amp; HCI and currently works as a researcher at Instituto Tecnológico de Informática in Valencia (Spain). Her PhD focused on the study of playful interactive systems for animals and children that allow to improve their well-being. She received the Award for Young Researchers in Computer Science 2019 from the Spanish Computer Science Scientific Society (SCIE) and Fundación BBVA for her doctoral thesis. She was selected to participate as a young researcher in the Heidelberg Laureate Forum 2019, an event that brings together promising researchers with Turing Awards in Computer Science. She was also awarded an Endeavor Research Fellowship from the Australian Government to undertake a research stay at the Microsoft Research Centre for Social NUI in 2016. Patricia has given talks at events such as TEDx, Ignite or Google Women Techmakers, and is actively involved in initiatives to promote the role of women in the tech sector, such as ACM-W UPV or Systers Spain.Moderator, Daniel Bennett: Daniel Bennett is an EPSRC PhD Researcher in HCI at the University of Bristol. His research focuses on collaboration and communication in VR and AR, and on building interfaces for these technologies which foster a sense of agency, control and reflection in their users. Prior to joining BIG, Daniel had an academic background in Philosophy. He worked for several years in healthcare information systems before completing his MSc in computer science at Bristol. Daniel is also active as a musician, having performed across the UK and Europe, composed for theatre and art exhibitions, and curated event series for venues and galleries including Bristol&#x27;s Arnolfini and Southampton&#x27;s John Hansard.

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