What I’m Up To

Attended The Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour Conference and watched my PhD student give an invited talk!
Dec’25
Presented our *award-winning* paper at ACM ACI’25 on Cat-Tablet Interactions for Cat Cafes
Dec’25
TEDx Talk features on TED YouTube
Nov’25
Interviewed for ABC Radio Science Show
Sept’25
Invited talk at Highlands and Islands Glasgow School of Art
Oct’25
Gave a Lecture for the Hmm on the Animal Internet
Sept’25
Featured in Risks on Horizon EU Science and Knolwedge Report
Sept’25
BBC Radio 4 and BBC Wales Interview about my British Science Talk
Sept’25
Featured in BBC, Finanical Times
Sept’25
Award Lecture at British Science Festival
Sep’25
Graduated Teaching Degree!!!!
July’25
Featured in Sunday Post Lemur Lounge
June’25
SISCA Supervisor Nomination
June’25
Keynote at Busan Content Market
May’25
Falkirk Council Wild Science Childrens Event
May’25
Featured in BrainPlay Magazine
March’24
TEDx Manchester Talk
March’25
Featured in Lemmikkilinnut Kaijuli ry
January’25
Guest Lecture in Northeastern University
January’25
Quoted in the News as an expert
December’24
Hosted ACI’24
December’24
Manchester Met Zoo Research Day Speaker
November’24
Won Glasgow University Impact Award
September’24
Zoo Tech Install at Blair Drummond, July’24
EAZA TalkJuly’24
Keynote, June’24
Radio Interview Data Skeptic June’24
BBC Radio 4 InterviewJune’24
Dogs Trust Invited Talk
June, 24
CHI Presentations in Hawaii
May’24
In the News for Parrot TechMay’24
In the News for Lemur Tech
April’24
Invited Talk at Zoo Research, Conservation, and Biodiversity, April 2024
NYT Article, March 2024
Speaking at the Future of Animal-Computer Interaction Panel at ACI’23, December 2023
Paper Award at ISS
Nov’23
Giraffe Tech in the news
Nov’23
Giraffe Interactive Surfaces and Spaces (ISS) Paper Talk Nov’23
Bill Gaver Visit, Sept’23
Exoticscon Workshop and Keynote USA, Sept’23
Lecture at Melbourne Zoo on Primate-Tech, July’23
Lecture Melbourne University, Australia July ’23
Workshop at Glasgows Science Festival, June ’23
New York Times Article, May ’23
CHI Talk in Germany on Parrot Tech, May’23
Group Photo – me, Alana (Intern) and Vilma (RA), November’22

Ilyena Hirskyj-Douglas

ilyena.hirskyj-douglas@glasgow.ac.uk