Media

Along with teaching and research publications, communicating research to a wider audience is an important aspect of ensuring impact from what we do in academia. This page his links to some of the news or media items about my research or where I’ve been quoted.

Note, the PDF files here are for reference only as such news items have a tendency to disappear over time. I’ve been interviewed and quoted over 60 times in the media.


April 8, 2004 Computerworld Smart Net drops PCs, keyboard and mouse (PDF)

  1. September 11, 2004 ABC Radio “The Buzz” Reminiscing (PDF)
  2. October 19, 2004 Sydney Morning Herald (Australia) Research centres yield results
  3. October 2005, UCD News (Ireland) UCD to host 4th International PERVASIVE Computing Conference (PDF)
  4. May 2005, UCD Research News (Ireland) UCD Hosts International Pervasive Computing Conference in Dublin
  5. May 2006, DCU Computing News (Ireland) ODCSSS: Dublin Summer School which offers adventures in computing (PDF)
  6. July/August 2006, Automotive Software – opportunities for Irish graduates,  Technology Ireland, Issue 3, Vol 37  
  7. July 2007, ERCIM News (Europe) Science Foundation Ireland funded Online Dublin Computer Science Summer School (PDF
  8. April 23, 2008 UCD News (Ireland) Irish technology breakthrough released to global research community
  9. April, 2008 TRIL Centre develops research platform to aid independent living (PDF)
    November 11, 2008 UCD Research News (Ireland) TRIL Centre develops research platform to aid independent living
  10. May 28, 2009 Silicon Republic (Ireland) TED comes to Ireland  (PDF)
  11. June 18, 2009 Silicon Republic (Ireland) Tech summer school encourages industry collaboration (PDF)
  12. June 19, 2009 Irish Times (Ireland) Talking shop’s Irish stall opens (PDF)
  13. July 2009, UCD Research News (Ireland) Computer Science Summer School to promote research skills and industry collaboration
  14. August 20, 2009 Irish Independent (Ireland) Science is something worth talking about, isn’t that right TED? also Silicon Republic (PDF)
  15. January 2010, Professor Adds New Dimension To Education (Australia), Professor Adds New Dimension To Education (PDF)
  16. March 2010, UTAS HITLab raises importance of technology for healthy ageing (PDF)
  17. June 18, 2010, No-Limits for TEDxTasmania – a Tassie-first event (PDF)
  18. January 17, 2013 Cold cash for fast IT friendships (PDF)
  19. March 18, 2013 ‘Diff Displays’ Computer Program Can Tell When You Aren’t Looking At Your Screen (PDF) Huffpost, Daily Mail etc. 
  20. April 2, 2013 Software Makes Multiple Screens Less Distracting (PDF)
  21. June 04, 2013, The Story of Google Maps (PDF)
  22. Oct 3, 2013, Scientists to take a look into future at St Andrews conference (PDF)
  23. Oct 3, 2013, Disney and Microsoft at cutting edge at University of St Andrews (PDF)
  24. Nov 15, 2013, Edinburgh apps designed to make city life easier (PDF)
  25. Mar 20, 2014 VisitScotland Bid Fund generates over £100m in two years (PDF)
  26. Mar 26, 2014,  Charting the growth of Britain’s taste for tea (PDF)
  27. Jan 21, 2014, Are phablets really here to stay? – Technology & Science – CBC News  (PDF)
  28. Apr 22, 2014 ‘Big data’ innovation centre set to add over 300 jobs and £150m to Scottish economy (PDF)
  29. Autumn 2014, The DataLab (PDF)
  30. 2015, Classroom coders: students dash to develop the computer science bug
  31. 2015, Not Apple or Google: Why the future of wearable technology lies in academia
  32. 2016, 300 academics sign open letter to PM over ‘xenophobia’
  33. 2016, Android Headlines
  34. 2016, Wareable: WatchMI wants to bring new gesture controls to existing smartwatches
  35. 2016, Android Police: Researchers in UK develop amazing new way to interact with
  36. 2016, Android Wear devices
  37. 2016, Engadget: WatchMI: Touchscreen-Interaktionen auf SmartWatches die Spass machen
  38. 2016, Silicon India
  39. 2016, India Today
  40. 2016, Now you can play Angry Birds using a touch-sensitive second skin
  41. 2016, Computing
  42. 2016, SlashGear
  43. 2017, This smartphone app plays smooth jazz when you put it on the sofa TechRadar 5 Sep
  44. 2017, New app could make your phone learn its exact location ETTelecom.com 5 Sep
  45. 2017, You might never have to search for your phone again thanks to SpeCam  Android Authority (blog) 7 Sep
  46. 2017, SpeCam Helps Phones To ‘See’ Surfaces & Respond With Actions Android Headlines 6 Sep
  47. 2017, Scots researchers make phone that uses AI to detect different surfaces  The Scotsman 7 Sep
  48. 2017, New technology allows smartphone to recognise surfaces  FutureScot (blog) 6 Sep
  49. 2017, New app could make your phone detect its exact location AZERTAC News 8 Sep
  50. 2017, TechCrunch: Tilt gesture keyboard could hold promise for typing in VR
  51. 2017, Fast Co.Design: Why Don’t More UIs Use Accelerometers?
  52. 2017, prosthetic knowledge: SWiM: Shape Writing in Motion
  53. 2017, NewAtlas: Researchers create an app that makes you tilt and roll to type
  54. 2017, The Scotsman: SWiM: an evolution in one-handed texting
  55. 2017, Fife Today: Could this be the future of phone messaging?
  56. 2018, Coding is the new alphabet … but are your kids prepared?
  57. 2018, Times:App developers urged to cure phone ‘blindness’
  58. 2018, Change blindness—mobile phone users miss vital information
  59. 2019, How you could control your world with just your fingertips
  60. 2019, Google’s radar-sensing tech could make any object smart
  61. 2019, Google Project Soli will make every object smart
  62. 2019, CHIuXiD 2019: 5th International HCI and UX Conference
  63. 2023, Irish Medical Times, Irish Prof proffers vision of tech healthcare
  64. 2023, Silicon Republic, The role AI will play in augmenting future healthcare
  65. 2023, ABC Canberra, Artificial Intelligence is everywhere, but what does it actually mean.
  66. 2023, Silicon Republic, How AI is being used to make progress in health research. https://www.siliconrepublic.com/machines/ai-artificial-intelligence-health-research-ireland