Steve Benford
I am
Professor of Collaborative Computing and Head of the School of Computer Science at The University of Nottingham. I am also
a member of the Mixed Reality Laboratory
and of Horizon.
Teaching
I am currently the module convenor for: G52HCI Human Computer Interaction for
undergraduate students. The module web site with the schedule, handouts and
background materials is here.
I will
also be giving some lectures on the Ubiquitous Computing (G64UBI) and User
Interface Design (G64UID) modules.
I’m afraid that I’ve now signed up my quotas of MSc student projects for summer 2010 and 3rd year undergraduate projects for the 2010-11 session and have no more supervision slots available.
Research
My research addresses advanced interaction and
communication technologies for rich and dynamic social interaction. Specific
areas of interest include: mixed reality, augmented reality, virtual reality,
physical interfaces, distributed systems and their application to entertainment
and education.
- A summary of major research themes and key
papers to download
- A page of papers, presentations and videos related to
my new conceptual
framework on trajectories through interactive user experiences
- A broader listing of my publications can be obtained via
CSB - The Collection of Computer Science Bibliographies
- Feel free to download research
project videos for use in research and teaching.
Contact
e-mail: sdb@cs.nott.ac.uk
Tel: +44
(115) 951 4203
Fax: +44
(115) 951 4254
Paper-mail:
Steve
Benford
Department
of Computer Science
Jubilee
Campus
NG8 1BB
Directions
I am in
room C32 (front of second-floor, middle-wing) of the Computer Science building on
the Jubilee Campus (please note that this us not the main campus).
Biography
Steve
Benford is Professor of Collaborative Computing in the Mixed Reality Laboratory
at Nottingham where he explores novel interaction and communication
technologies for rich and dynamic social interaction, focusing on the potential
of ubiquitous computing to enhance the creative industries. He is Directing the
EPSRC funded Doctoral Training Centre in Ubiquitous Computing for the Digital
Economy, leading the EPSRC Platform grant in the Widespread Adoption of
Ubiquitous Computing, Directing the Creator Digital Economy Cluster, and is
also Head of the School of the Computer Science. He received best paper awards
at CHI 2005 and CHI 2009, won the 2003 Prix Ars Elctronica for Interactive Art,
the 2007 Nokia Mindtrek award for innovative applications of ubiquitous
computing, and has received four BAFTA nominations.
Music
In my spare time, I play guitar with Moose Malloy, guitar and banjo with Phil Langran and his band, and guitar and tenor banjo with the Big Jig Ceilidh Band. Feel free to listen to some guitar pieces at www.myspace.com/stevebenford.