Research publications: Recent submissions
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Review of Current Knowledge : Smart Meters and Domestic Water Usage
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Monitoring and profiling the characteristics of Novel Psychoactive Substances and their consumers in the context of the EU-MADNESS project
(Expert-Quality Congress & Travel Agency Ltd., 2015-06)The EC-funded EU-MADNESS project runs from April 2014 to March 2016, and involves 12 centres in five countries. The project’s objective is to develop integrated monitoring and profiling of Novel Psychoactive Substances ... -
Less than zero : Ursula Huws on when capitalism quit caring for workers
(2013-08-15)The Cold War’s end and the internet’s rise freed employers to go global, leaving workers worldwide wobbling, says Ursula Huws -
Negotiation Models for Mobile Tactile Interaction
(Springer Nature, 2014)With the recent introduction of mass-market mobile phones with touch-sensitive displays, location, bearing and motion sensing, we are on the cusp of significant progress in a highly interactive mobile social networking. ... -
Information-theoretic characterization of uncertainty in manual control
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2013-12-01)We present a novel approach for quantifying the impact of uncertainty in manual control, based on information and control theories and utilizing the information-theoretic capacity of empowerment, a task-independent universal ... -
Squeeze vs. tilt : A comparative study using continuous tactile feedback
(ACM Press, 2011-06-08)This paper presents an investigation into the performance of squeezing as a manipulative interaction technique in comparison to tilting with an aim to answer two questions: is squeezing an effective input technique for ... -
Designing and evaluating multimodal interaction for mobile contexts
(ACM Press, 2008-12)In this paper we report on our experience on the design and evaluation of multimodal user interfaces in various contexts. We introduce a novel combination of existing design and evaluation methods in the form of a 5-step ... -
"Can we work this out?" : An evaluation of remote collaborative interaction in a mobile shared environment
(ACM Press, 2011-10-27)We describe a novel dynamic method for collaborative virtual environments designed for mobile devices and evaluated in a mobile context. Participants interacted in pairs remotely and through touch while walking in three ... -
Introduction: Between Texts and Cities
(2015-06-24)This issue of Writing Visual Culture springs from the seminar Texts+Cities: From the 1970s to the Present, which Michael Heilgemeir and I organised at the University of Hertfordshire, in January 2014. The seminar and this ... -
Executive Remuneration Benchmarking Method
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Directors’ Excessive Pay and Shareholder Derivative Action
(2015)Directors’ pay emerged as a contentious issue in the UK in the early 1990s, beginning with the privatisation of some utility companies. The directors of privatised utility companies (e.g. Mr Brown, the then CEO of British ... -
Is the Law Doing Enough to Curb Excessive Directors’ Pay?
(2015)Reflects on whether existing powers given to shareholders by the Companies Act 2006 to control directors' excessive pay are adequate, or whether further reforms are needed. Highlights the grey areas surrounding the requirement ... -
Turnhout: het standbeeld van Pieter Corbeels
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The Crafty Linotyper
(2005)In the autumn of 1936, the Swiss designer and pioneer of photo-graphics Herbert Matter arrived in New York as the official tour photographer for the Zurich-based dance company Trudi Schoop. Marking the end of a two-month ... -
Previous Arrangements
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Martine Klimas
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Life Class
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Olympic Pictograms
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Projects Project
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Rapid transit
(2010)Massimo Vignelli's design for the New York City subway map has become a classic piece of graphic design on a par with Harry Beck's London Underground map. Kerry William Purcell met up with Vignelli in New York to discuss ...