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Employment (5)

Edinburgh Napier University: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, GB

2015 to present | Associate Professor (Computing)
Employment
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Michael Smyth

Edinburgh Napier University: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, GB

2008 to 2015 | Reader (Computing)
Employment
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Michael Smyth

Edinburgh Napier University: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, GB

2002-08-01 to 2008-08-01 | Senior Lecturer (Computing)
Employment
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Michael Smyth

Edinburgh Napier University: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, GB

1995-04-01 to 2002-09-01 | Lecturer (Computing)
Employment
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Michael Smyth

Loughborough University: Loughborough, Leicestershire, GB

1987-04-01 to 1995-03-01 | Research Associate (Computer Science)
Employment
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Michael Smyth

Education and qualifications (3)

Loughborough University: Loughborough, Leicestershire, GB

1993 to 2001 | PhD (Computer Science)
Education
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Michael Smyth

Queen's University Belfast: Belfast, GB

1983 to 1984 | PG Dip (Computing)
Education
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Michael Smyth

Queen's University Belfast: Belfast, GB

1979 to 1983 | B.A. (Hons) (Psychology)
Education
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Michael Smyth

Professional activities (5)

Higher Education Academy: York, GB

2020 to present | Associate Fellow
Membership
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Michael Smyth

The University of Edinburgh: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, GB

2018 to present | Visiting Academic (Design Informatics)
Invited position
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Michael Smyth

Association for Computing Machinery: New York, NY, US

2014 to present | SIGCHI Member
Membership
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Michael Smyth

Association for Computing Machinery: New York, NY, US

2017 | Recognition of Service Award
Distinction
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Michael Smyth

Design and Art Direction: London, GB

2005 | Second Prize (Tutor) in the Interactive Design category
Distinction
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Michael Smyth

Funding (11)

Creative Informatics

2018-10 to 2023-03 | Grant
Arts and Humanities Research Council (Salford, GB)
Part of GRANT_NUMBER: AH/S002782/1
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Michael Smyth

SpeculativeEDU: Speculative Design Educational Resource Toolkit

2018 to 2021 | Grant
European Commission (Brussels, GB)
Part of GRANT_NUMBER: 2018-1-HR01-KA203-047427
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Michael Smyth

MAZI: A DIY network toolkit for location based collective awareness

2016 to 2018 | Grant
European Commission (Brussels, GB)
Part of GRANT_NUMBER: IST 687983
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Michael Smyth

UrbanIxD :: Designing Human Interactions in the Networked City

2013 to 2015 | Grant
European Commission (Brussels, GB)
Part of GRANT_NUMBER: IST 323687
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Michael Smyth

Interaction Design – Research and Education Workshop

2009 to 2009 | Grant
British Council (London, GB)
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Michael Smyth

Product Design Network

2007 to 2007 | Grant
Arts and Humanities Research Council (Salford, GB)
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Michael Smyth

PEACH

2006 to 2009 | Grant
European Commission (Brussels, GB)
Part of GRANT_NUMBER:

IST 033909

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Michael Smyth

Ensemble

2006 to 2006 | Grant
Arts and Humanities Research Council (Salford, GB)
Part of GRANT_NUMBER:

112551

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Michael Smyth

BENOGO – Being There Without Going

2002 to 2005 | Grant
European Commission (Brussels, GB)
Part of GRANT_NUMBER:

IST 2001_39184

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Michael Smyth

Systematic generic support for User Interfaces to Database Systems (Teallach) Project

1996 to 1999 | Grant
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (Salford, GB)
Part of GRANT_NUMBER:

GR/L02708

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Michael Smyth

Multimedia Environments for Mobiles

1995 to 1998 | Grant
European Commission (Brussels , GB)
Part of GRANT_NUMBER:

ACTS A054

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Michael Smyth

Works (44)

Digital and data literacy

2024-04-08 | Book chapter
Contributors: Nicola Osborne; Ingi Helgason; Susan Lechelt; Lucia Michielin; Inge Panneels; Caroline Parkinson; Michael Smyth; Jen Ross; Yasmin Sulaiman; Katherine Warren
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Digital Skills for the Creative Practitioner: Supporting Informal Learning of Technologies for Creativity

Extended Abstracts of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
2023-04-19 | Conference paper | Author
Funded by GRANT_NUMBER:

AH/S002782/1

Contributors: Ingi Helgason; Michael Smyth; Inge Panneels; Susan Lechelt; Jonas Frich; Eric Rawn; Bronnie McCarthy
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Michael Smyth
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Speculating Futures in an Age of Nostalgia

Cumulus Conference Proceedings Series
2023-04-12 | Conference paper
Contributors: Michael Smyth
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Michael Smyth

The value of mass-digitised cultural heritage content in creative contexts

Big Data and Society
2021 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85104257697

Part of ISSN: 20539517
Contributors: Terras, M.; Coleman, S.; Drost, S.; Elsden, C.; Helgason, I.; Lechelt, S.; Osborne, N.; Panneels, I.; Pegado, B.; Schafer, B. et al.
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Michael Smyth via Scopus - Elsevier

Speculative and Critical Design: approaches and influences in education

Interaction Design and Architecture(s)
2021-12-20 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2283-2998
Contributors: Ingi Helgason; Enrique Encinas; Ivica Mitrovic; Michael Smyth
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Michael Smyth

Echoes of Futures Past - Speculations and Fictions from History

Beyond Speculative Design: Past-Present-Future
2021-08-02 | Book chapter
Contributors: Michael Smyth; James Auger; Ingi Helgason
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Michael Smyth

Ethnographic fictions: Research for speculative design

DIS 2020 Companion - Companion Publication of the 2020 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference
2020 | Conference paper
EID:

2-s2.0-85090139720

Contributors: Helgason, I.; Smyth, M.
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Michael Smyth via Scopus - Elsevier

Speculative and critical design in education: Practice and perspectives

DIS 2020 Companion - Companion Publication of the 2020 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference
2020 | Conference paper
EID:

2-s2.0-85090152589

Contributors: Helgason, I.; Smyth, M.; Encinas, E.; Mitrović, I.
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Michael Smyth via Scopus - Elsevier

DIY community WiFi networks: Insights on participatory design

Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings
2019 | Conference paper
EID:

2-s2.0-85067280831

Contributors: Smyth, M.; Helgason, I.
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Michael Smyth via Scopus - Elsevier

How can we balance research, participation and innovation as HCI researchers?

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series
2019 | Conference paper
EID:

2-s2.0-85076812497

Contributors: Lechelt, S.; Elsden, C.; Speed, C.; Helgason, I.; Panneels, I.; Smyth, M.; Terras, M.
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Michael Smyth via Scopus - Elsevier

UrbanixD: From ethnography to speculative design fictions for the hybrid city

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series
2019 | Conference paper
EID:

2-s2.0-85076820357

Contributors: Stals, S.; Smyth, M.; Mival, O.
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Michael Smyth via Scopus - Elsevier

Democratic participation through crocheted memes

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series
2018 | Conference paper
EID:

2-s2.0-85051497211

Contributors: Taylor-Smith, E.; Smith, C.F.; Smyth, M.
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Michael Smyth via Scopus - Elsevier

Maker movements, do-it-yourself cultures and participatory design: Implications for HCI research

Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings
2018 | Conference paper
EID:

2-s2.0-85052016091

Contributors: Smyth, M.; Helgason, I.; Kresin, F.; Balestrini, M.; Unteidig, A.B.; Lawson, S.; Gaved, M.; Taylor, N.; Auger, J.; Hansen, L.K. et al.
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Michael Smyth via Scopus - Elsevier

Real-time communication between dispersed work groups via speech and drawing

Computer-Supported Cooperative Work
2018 | Book chapter
EID:

2-s2.0-85082891313

Contributors: Scrivener, S.A.R.; Clark, S.; Clarke, A.; Connolly, J.; Garner, S.; Palmén, H.; Smyth, M.; Schappo, A.
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Michael Smyth via Scopus - Elsevier

DIS 2017 technical program chairs' welcome

DIS 2017 - Proceedings of the 2017 ACM Conference on Designing Interactive Systems
2017 | Conference paper
EID:

2-s2.0-85023204948

Contributors: Smyth, M.; Dalsgaard, P.
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Michael Smyth via Scopus - Elsevier

DIS 2017 technical program chairs' welcome

DIS 2017 Companion - Proceedings of the 2017 ACM Conference on Designing Interactive Systems
2017 | Conference paper
EID:

2-s2.0-85022230330

Contributors: Smyth, M.; Dalsgaard, P.
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Michael Smyth via Scopus - Elsevier

Exploring people's emotional bond with places in the city: A pilot study

DIS 2017 Companion - Proceedings of the 2017 ACM Conference on Designing Interactive Systems
2017 | Conference paper
EID:

2-s2.0-85022194830

Contributors: Stals, S.; Smyth, M.; Mival, O.
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Michael Smyth via Scopus - Elsevier

Making and Unfinishedness: Designing Toolkits for Negotiation

Design Journal
2017 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85052023282

Part of ISSN: 14606925
Contributors: Smyth, M.; Helgason, I.
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Michael Smyth via Scopus - Elsevier

A market analysis of urban interaction design

Communications in Computer and Information Science
2015 | Book
EID:

2-s2.0-84945898883

Part of ISSN: 18650929
Contributors: Zaffiro, G.; Bracuto, M.; Brynskov, M.; Smyth, M.
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Michael Smyth via Scopus - Elsevier

City | data | future: Envisioning interactions in hybrid urban space

C and C 2015 - Proceedings of the 2015 ACM SIGCHI Conference on Creativity and Cognition
2015 | Conference paper
EID:

2-s2.0-84962110325

Contributors: Smyth, M.; Helgason, I.; Mitrović, I.
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Michael Smyth via Scopus - Elsevier

Patterns of place: An integrated approach for the design and evaluation of real and virtual environments

Immersed in Media: Telepresence Theory, Measurement and Technology
2015 | Book chapter
EID:

2-s2.0-84944524124

Contributors: Smyth, M.; Benyon, D.; McCall, R.; O’Neill, S.; Carroll, F.
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Michael Smyth via Scopus - Elsevier

Preface: Making Places: Visualization, Interaction and Experience in Urban Space

Interaction Design and Architecture(s)
2015 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84955564967

Part of ISSN: 22832998 18269745
Contributors: Trigueiros, P.; Smyth, M.; Helgason, I.; Gallacher, S.
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Michael Smyth via Scopus - Elsevier

Digital Blur: Creative Practice at the Boundaries of Architecture, Design and Art edited by Paul Rodgers and Michael Smyth

The Design Journal
2015-04 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1460-6925
Contributors: Kevin Smith
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Making places: Visualization, interaction and experience in urban space

Proceedings of the NordiCHI 2014: The 8th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction: Fun, Fast, Foundational
2014 | Conference paper
EID:

2-s2.0-84911377504

Contributors: Smyth, M.; Trigueiros, P.; Helgason, I.; Coelho, A.; Gallacher, S.; Burrows, A.; Wunderlich, F.; Penha, R.
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Michael Smyth via Scopus - Elsevier

Walking & talking: Probing the urban lived experience

Proceedings of the NordiCHI 2014: The 8th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction: Fun, Fast, Foundational
2014 | Conference paper
EID:

2-s2.0-84911418673

Contributors: Stals, S.; Smyth, M.; IJsselsteijn, W.
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Michael Smyth via Scopus - Elsevier

Tangible possibilities-envisioning interactions in public space

Digital Creativity
2013 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84878652874

Part of ISSN: 14626268 17443806
Contributors: Smyth, M.; Helgason, I.
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Michael Smyth via Scopus - Elsevier

UrbanIxD:: Designing Human Interactions in the Networked City

Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings
2013 | Conference paper
EID:

2-s2.0-85040709210

Contributors: Smyth, M.; Helgason, I.; Brynskov, M.; Mitrovic, I.; Zaffiro, G.
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Michael Smyth via Scopus - Elsevier

Sketching concatenative synthesis: Searching for audiovisual isomorphisms in reduced modes

Proceedings of the 9th Sound and Music Computing Conference, SMC 2012
2012 | Conference paper
EID:

2-s2.0-84905179373

Contributors: Tsiros, A.; Leplâtre, G.; Smyth, M.
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Michael Smyth via Scopus - Elsevier

Critical design :: Is it just designers doing ethnography or does it offer something more for interaction design?

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
2011 | Book
EID:

2-s2.0-80052808954

Part of ISSN: 03029743 16113349
Contributors: Smyth, M.; Speed, C.; Brynskov, M.
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Michael Smyth via Scopus - Elsevier

Imagining urban interactions: Strategies for exploring future design landscapes

Proceedings of HCI 2011 - 25th BCS Conference on Human Computer Interaction
2011 | Conference paper
EID:

2-s2.0-84878663133

Contributors: Smyth, M.; Helgason, I.
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Michael Smyth via Scopus - Elsevier

The city in cinema: How popular culture can influence research agendas

Procedia Computer Science
2011 | Conference paper
EID:

2-s2.0-84856475312

Part of ISSN: 18770509
Contributors: Smyth, M.; Helgason, I.; Mitrovic, I.; Zaffiro, G.
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Michael Smyth via Scopus - Elsevier

Informing the design of the future urban landscape

DIS 2010 - Proceedings of the 8th ACM Conference on Designing Interactive Systems
2010 | Conference paper
EID:

2-s2.0-78149330620

Contributors: Smyth, M.; Helgason, I.
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Michael Smyth via Scopus - Elsevier

Introduction to the special section innovative interactions, papers from create10 dialogues in interaction design: Complexity, hybridity and the relationship between research and practice

Digital Creativity
2010 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-79957636284

Part of ISSN: 14626268 17443806
Contributors: Smyth, M.
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Michael Smyth via Scopus - Elsevier

Towards a new disciplinary framework for contemporary design practice

DS 59: Proceedings of E and PDE 2009, the 11th Engineering and Product Design Education Conference - Creating a Better World
2009 | Conference paper
EID:

2-s2.0-84859233891

Contributors: Dykes, T.H.; Rodgers, P.A.; Smyth, M.
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Product Scotland: Bringing designers, anthropologists, artists and engineers together

DS 46: Proceedings of E and PDE 2008, the 10th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education
2008 | Conference paper
EID:

2-s2.0-84859229263

Contributors: Rodgers, P.A.; Rogers, J.; Anusas, M.; Milton, A.; Pengelly, J.; Whittet, C.; Marshall, J.; Titley, W.; Colvin, A.; Smyth, M. et al.
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Supporting design communities: Designers' perspectives

DS 38: Proceedings of E and DPE 2006, the 8th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education
2006 | Conference paper
EID:

2-s2.0-84859244074

Contributors: Joel, S.; Smyth, M.; Rodgers, P.
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Michael Smyth via Scopus - Elsevier

The place probe: Exploring a sense of place in real and virtual environments

Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments
2006 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-33845313314

Part of ISSN: 10547460 15313263
Contributors: Benyon, D.; Smyth, M.; O'Neill, S.; McCall, R.; Carroll, F.
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Michael Smyth via Scopus - Elsevier

Responsive environments, place and presence

PsychNology Journal
2005 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-33845301494

Part of ISSN: 17207525
Contributors: McCall, R.; O'Neill, S.; Carroll, F.; Benyon, D.; Smyth, M.
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Michael Smyth via Scopus - Elsevier

Design tools as agents of disclosure

Knowledge-Based Systems
2000 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-0034140948

Part of ISSN: 09507051
Contributors: Smyth, M.
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Michael Smyth via Scopus - Elsevier

Framework for engineering metaphor at the user interface

Interacting with Computers
2000 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-0034502082

Part of ISSN: 09535438
Contributors: Alty, J.L.; Knott, R.P.; Anderson, B.; Smyth, M.
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Michael Smyth via Scopus - Elsevier

Supporting design through the strategic use of shape grammars

Knowledge-Based Systems
2000 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-0034318752

Part of ISSN: 09507051
Contributors: Smyth, M.; Edmonds, E.
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Michael Smyth via Scopus - Elsevier

Teallach: A model-based user interface development environment for object databases

Proceedings - User Interfaces to Data Intensive Systems, UIDIS 1999
1999 | Conference paper
EID:

2-s2.0-85013567541

Contributors: Griffiths, T.; Barclay, P.J.; McKirdy, J.; Paton, N.W.; Gray, P.D.; Kennedy, J.; Cooper, R.; Goble, C.A.; West, A.; Smyth, M.
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Michael Smyth via Scopus - Elsevier

A co-operative computer based on the principles of human co-operation

International Journal of Man-Machine Studies
1993 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-0012315010

Part of ISSN: 00207373
Contributors: Clarke, A.A.; Smyth, M.G.G.
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Michael Smyth via Scopus - Elsevier

Designing at a distance via real-time designer-to-designer interaction

Design Studies
1993 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-0001124127

Part of ISSN: 0142694X
Contributors: Scrivener, S.A.R.; Harris, D.; Clark, S.M.; Rockoff, T.; Smyth, M.
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Michael Smyth via Scopus - Elsevier