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Dr. Sile O'Modhrainemail: sile@media.mit.edu phone: +353 (0)1 474 2844 fax: +353 (0)1 474 2809 bio: Dr. M. Sile O'Modhrain recently completed a postdoctoral research position in the Program in Media Arts and Sciences at the MIT Media Lab. Her research interests focus on human-computer interaction, especially interfaces incorporating haptic and auditory feedback. A more complete biography is available on the main Media Lab Europe pages. |
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Mike Bennettemail: mike.bennett@medialabeurope.org phone: +353 (0)1 474 2841 fax: +353 (0)1 474 2809 bio: Mike Bennett is extremely interested in Human-Computer Interaction and Interaction Design. He has carried out research on Information Visualization, Auditory Displays and Haptics - especially the fusion of all three. More details can be found on his lab biography or his personal website. |
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Dr. Georg Esslemail: georg@mle.media.mit.edu phone: +353 (0)1 474 2836 fax: +353 (0)1 474 2809 web: www.mle.ie/~georg bio: Georg Essl is a currently a postdoctoral researcher. Before joining Media Lab Europe, he was Assistant Professor at the University of Florida. In 2002 he finished his Ph.D. in Computer Science at Princeton University with Perry Cook. His research interests include sound synthesis of musical instruments based on efficient physical simulation, design of new interfaces for artistic (usually musical) expression with much emphasis on haptics, and multi- and cross-modal technologies including graphics, sound and touch. Further details about his work can be found on his web-page. |
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Stephen Hughesemail: steveh@mle.media.mit.edu phone: +353 (0)1 474 2864 fax: +353 (0)1 474 2809 bio: Stephen Hughes recieved his Bsc(Eng) from TCD in 1998, but has been working as an electronic design engineer since 1993 in both SMPS and Audio industries. He is also involved in computer music (composotion and hardware), and DJ's professionally in several nightclubs. He has recently completed the design and production of a professional audio mixing console with his own spare time and resources, which has met great acclaim from many audio industry professionals. He has a patent pending on a particular feature of the mixing console. |
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Lily Shirvaneeemail: Lily.Shirvanee@medialabeurope.org phone: +353 (0)1 474 2880 fax: +353 (0)1 474 2809 bio: Coming soon! |
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| Previous Group Members |
Dr. Ian Oakleyemail: ian@mle.media.mit.edu web: www.mle.ie/~ian bio: Ian graduated from the University of Glasgow with a first class joint honours degree in Computing Science and Psychology, and was awarded the class prize in Computing Science. In 1998 he began his PhD, focusing on the use of haptics as a modality for interaction. During the next three years he brought his psychology skills to bear on the issues involved in a diverse set of haptic domains. These ranged from the development of guidelines for the design of usable haptic displays of complex information, to evaluating the affect that communication through touch exerts on subjective feelings of presence and connectedness among users of distributed collaborative systems. He joined the Palpable Machines group at MIT Media Lab Europe as a research associate in November 2001. He left for greener pastures in November 2004. |
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Jussi Angeslevaemail: jussi@mle.media.mit.edu web: www.mle.ie/~jussi bio: Jussi Ängeslevä was born in Finland and studied his BA in Audio Visual Media Culture at the University of Lapland. Simultaneously, he worked at the university’s research center concentrating on Group Virtual Reality and merging synthetic and physical spaces. After co-founding a new media consultancy Prosopon Ltd. he took place at the Royal College of Art in London graduating from Interaction Design in the summer 2002. Jussi’s interest lies in designing digital systems with strong physical presence, systems where much of the meaning flows directly from the embodied interaction, its feel and touch, smell and texture, weight and dimensions. The digital content is to be matched with contingent physical manifestation that makes the interaction instantly meaningful and intuitive. His work has been exhibited internationally at events and venues such as Siggraph’99 (US), Kiasma Museum of Modern Art (Finland), Art Basel (Switzerland), Museum De Serralves (Portugal), International Browserday (Netherlands) over the last 4 years. In 2002 Jussi has been awarded the RSA student award and The Lattice Group Award. He left Media Lab Europe in September 2004 and now lives in Berlin, where he tolds a teaching position and works as a design consultant. |
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Andy Bradyemail: andy@mle.media.mit.edu bio: Andy Brady is a toy maker, artist and inventor. He is involved in building the physical interfaces for the Palpable Machines group. His mechanical/ workshop skills were taught to him by Sam Mackenzie, his granddad, himself an inventor/ engineer. Andy’s work in toy design strives to impart the principles of physics through the fun of play. Where children get to perform an action (pull a lever, turn a handle etc.) and see the reaction caused. A central focus of this work is to educate through the sense of touch. His artistic pursuits focus on kinetic sculpture and installations based on the themes of circus, carnival and sideshow. Over the last 10 years he has worked in the areas of sales and marketing, television production, heavy industrial lifting equipment, woodworking and surveillance. Andy left the group in the summer of 2004, and is seeking an artist-in-residency within Ireland. |
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Cormac Cannonemail: cormac@media.mit.edu bio: Cormac is an electronic engineer and musician. A graduate of NUI, Galway, he was awarded a first class honours degree in Electronic Engineering in 2000 for which he was presented with the class prize and selected as a recipient of the IEE award. He subsequently spent a year working as a DSP development engineer with Massana Ltd., a fabless semiconductor company specialising in solutions for the communications industry, before joining MIT MediaLabEurope as a research fellow in October of 2001. He has been playing Irish traditional music on tin-whistle and uilleann pipes from an early age, has toured in Europe and further afield and performs regularly in Ireland. His main professional experience has been in digital design, but he has recently begun to explore an interest in signal processing and the creation and control of physical synthesis models of musical instruments. Cormac left the group the autumn of 2003 to persue a Masters degree in music performance. |
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Brian McDonaldemail: solid@media.mit.edu bio: In 1994 Brian McDonald began an electrical and electronic degree course in Dublin Institute of Technology. The following year he joined industry as an analogue design engineer with a custom electronics design company based in Dublin. After spending 3 years in this role he returned to Dublin Institute of Technology to complete his degree and graduated with a first class honours degree in 2001. His main experience is in low level analogue design but has also an interest in biomedical applications, digital audio and sensors. He joined MIT Media Lab Europe in July 2001 as a research fellow and worked with the Mindgames and Palpable Machines groups. Brian left the lab in spring 2002 to travel. |
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