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Applied Vision Research Institute• UoD became a University in 1993

• ~ 24,500 students• ~ 16,700 higher education• ~ 7,800 further education

• Widening participation (> 50% students > 21 years) • elearning

Applied Vision Research Institute - UoD

• Established in 2003• Research & Consultancy• Small ~ 15 staff, ~11 research students• Dedicated Research Institute• All work is externally funded• ‘The’ major external research and consultancy group

in the University• Generate >25% of University’s external research

funding

Other Non-COGAIN Research Areas

• Breast cancer –national assessment & training programme, visual search, ergonomics, digital systems, computer aids

• Cervical cancer – ergonomics, visual search; colour image standards

• Driving – new technology, visual search• Medical errors – search, labelling, colour• Colour science, imaging• Usability testing, HCI

Interest in COGAIN

• Very varied

• Basic interest in saccadic eye movements – especially as a control system

• Development of hardware and software, testing, ergonomics of final systems

Involvement with Eye Movements

• Various eye movement systems (ASL 4000, 504, 501; Tobii, Smarteye, DPI, several others)

• ~ 30 years in applied eye movement research• Dedicated eye movement labs.• Range of vision/ergonomic/colour imaging/imaging

projects• Main interests:

– medical imaging, scene perception, driving, real world scenarios etc.

e.g. National Gallery Experiment

• The ?? largest eye movement experiment• Ran for three months• 110,000 people saw it• 9,884 took part• 5,446 successfully completed whole experiment• ‘Rather large’ data set• Developing new data visualisation/ analyses

approaches

COGAIN related projects

• ART (Attention Responsive Technology) funded by ESRC (UK). 3 year project 2004-2007. Developing new communication/control methods for the disadvantaged.

• EPAULETS(Enhanced Perceptual Anti-terrorism Universal Luggage Examination Training System) funded by EPSRC (UK). 3 year project 2004-2007. Training aspect of the project is related.

Prof. Alastair Gale Dr. Guowei Hong

Dr. Fangmin Shi Mr. Kevin Purdy

Main UoD COGAIN staff