I have been based largely at HCRC since October 1993, when I was seconded from the Department of Architecture. I continue to be the Director of EdCAAD (the Edinburgh Computer Aided Architectural Design research unit).
My principal current research focus is an investigation of the paradigm of "Vicarious Learning". This takes the form of two projects, collaborative between HCRC and Glasgow Caledonian University. My most recent other activities have centred around two main themes:
My general research interests are as described here in relation to the Centre for Cognitive Science.
In July 1995, I organised a workshop called IMMI-1, all about intelligent multimedia. Information about this, and on-line versions of all the extended abstracts, can be found by following the link. The final version of the Proceedings, to be published by AAAI Press in the form of a CD-ROM and associated Web site, is nearing completion.
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