Work

My primary area of work relates to human factors in computing, this predominantly relates to areas such as virtual and augmented reality and (semi)-autonomous vehicles. I started working in virtual reality in about 2001, and from about 2006 onwards this work was extended to augmented reality. These days the main focus of my work in augmented reality focuses on areas related to training for and management of CBRN (chemical, radiological, biological and nuclear) incidents. My work is largely funded by the European Commission (under the Horizon 2020 programme) and by the Luxembourg National Research Fund (FNR).

In addition to the above another area of interest has been applying simple behaviour change techniques to reduce traffic congestion and to assist people who are energy poor. A recently completed project STEP-IN looked at these approaches coupled with advice and small scale refurbishment schemes to help reduce energy poverty in three European countries. Despite being somewhat to the side of my normal augmented reality work, the STEP-IN project remains the most rewarding project I have worked on to date.