Finnish Seminar for Human Animal Studies

In April I will be presenting and running a panel at the Finnish seminar for Human Animal Studies in Helsinki (Finland) with Heli Väätäjä from Tampere University. We would like to invite you to attend, join in and ask lots questions as we explore the ides of participation, consent and empowerment in Animal-Computer Interaction! You … Continue reading Finnish Seminar for Human Animal Studies →

ACI 2018: Connectedness & Well-being

In the fifth year of the annual Animal Computer Interaction Conference, this years program from the outset had a distinctive animal behaviour feel. The conference started with two workshops - one ran by myself, Charlotte Robinson & Patricia Pons on Participation in ACI and one by Fiona French and Valerie Hare et al. who held a … Continue reading ACI 2018: Connectedness & Well-being →

International Conference on Animal Computer Interaction (ACI) 2016

After 3 years of ACI conferences, this was the first year ACI has branched out forming its own conference supported by ACM. With two workshops over the first day, full and short papers, extended abstracts and posters this year’s ACI2016 conference brought out the experts in the new and upcoming field of animal computing. This … Continue reading International Conference on Animal Computer Interaction (ACI) 2016 →

AHCI ACE’14

The First International Congress on Animal Human Computer Interaction On the 11th of November, the Advanced Computer Entertainment (ACE’14) Conference took place in Funchal (Madeira) hosting the first international conference on Animal Computer Interaction (ACI). Unlike previous ACI gatherings, this one played host to a mixing pot of ideas and frameworks which aimed to put formats into a … Continue reading AHCI ACE’14 →

HCI 2016: Using Behavioural Information to Help Owners Gather Requirements from their Dogs’ Responses to Media Technology

Yesterday I presented my full paper at HCI 2016, in Brighton! What is the paper on? The paper is in the field of Animal Computer Interaction (ACI), which is how animals and humans are involved in technology. My paper looked at how to gather requirements and evaluations from dogs: their feedback. This can be a challenge with non-verbal … Continue reading HCI 2016: Using Behavioural Information to Help Owners Gather Requirements from their Dogs’ Responses to Media Technology →

Where HCI meets ACI

CALL FOR POSITION PAPERSWorkshop at NordiCHI'16 NordiCHI Workshop description: http://www.nordichi2016.org/program/workshops/ Workshop Website: https://hcimeetsaciblog.wordpress.com/ Important Dates: Deadline for workshop papers: 25th August, 2016Notification of acceptance: 2nd September, 2016Workshop date: 23rd October, 2016 This one-day workshop at NordiCHI'16 aims to examine the interactions and the space between HCI (Human Computer Interaction) and ACI (Animal Computer Interaction) focusing on … Continue reading Where HCI meets ACI →