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Dr Nick Bryan-Kinns, BSc MSc PhD AKC FRSA CEng FBCS PGCAP FHEA MACM

Nick

Reader in Interaction Design

Email: n.bryan-kinns@qmul.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 20 7882 7845
Room Number: Engineering, Eng 405
Website: http://www.eecs.qmul.ac.uk/~nickbk
Office Hours: Wednesday 14:30-16:30

Teaching

Interactive Digital Multimedia Techniques (Postgraduate)

This is a Master's level course in developing real-time interactive digital media systems. The course will focus on graphics and sound programming, with a secondary emphasis on basic electronic hardware design for sensors and human-computer interfaces. The course will employ widely-used development environments including Arduino, Processing Max/MSP and Jitter, Processing. Course material will be delivered through a combination of lectures, interactive lab sessions, and individual/group exercises (both in and out of class). Generally speaking, each class period will consist of a combination of lecture and interactive lab session.

Research

Research Interests:

Bryan-Kinns is a Reader in Interaction Design and Director of the EPSRC+AHRC Media and Arts Technology Centre for Doctoral Training at Queen Mary, University of London. He is Director of EECS International Joint Ventures and was a Visiting Professor of Interaction Design at Hunan University, China. Bryan-Kinns is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, Fellow of the British Computer Society, and leads the Sonic Interaction Design Lab in the Centre for Digital Music. Bryan-Kinns has published award winning international journal and conference papers on his extensively funded user experience research on participatory design, collaboration, mutual engagement, interactive art, cross-modal interaction, and tangible interfaces. Awards include winner of the AT&T and NYU Connect Ability Challenge 2015, and winner of QM Public Engagement Awards 2015 and 2017. His research is reported in publications such as the New Scientist, and media outlets such as BBC, and exhibited at venues such as the Science Museum, London. Bryan-Kinns was Deputy Dean for Science and Engineering at Queen Mary University of London and held a Royal Academy of Engineering Industrial Secondment in recognition of his work on commercialising academic research. He is a Z-Kubator Development Programme Mentor, Zurich University of the Arts, and was a panel member for the National Science Foundation?s CreativeIT funding panel, and provided expert consultation for the European Commission?s funding of Creativity and ICT. He was Chair of the Steering Committee for the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) Creativity and Cognition Conference series and was the founding chair of the ACM Creativity, Cognition and Art Community. He chaired the ACM Creativity and Cognition conference 2009, and co-chaired the British Computer Society (BCS) international HCI conference 2006. Dr. Bryan-Kinns is a recipient of the ACM and BCS Recognition of Service Awards. In 1998 he was awarded a Ph.D. in Human Computer Interaction from the University of London.


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Publications

  • Men L, Bryan-Kinns N (2019). LeMo: Exploring virtual space for collaborative creativity. nameOfConference
  • Deacon T, Bryan-Kinns N, Healey PGT et al. (2019). Shaping sounds: The role of gesture in collaborative spatial music composition. nameOfConference
  • Nonnis A, Bryan-Kinns NN (2019). Mazi: a Tangible Toy for Collaborative Play between Children with Autism. IDC '19
  • Nonnis A, Bryan-Kinns N (2019). Mazi: Tangible technologies as a channel for collaborative play. nameOfConference
  • Heitlinger S, Bryan-Kinns N, Comber R (2019). The right to the sustainable smart city. nameOfConference
  • Wang W, Bryan-Kinns N, Sheridan JG (2019). On the role of in-situ making and evaluation in designing across cultures. nameOfConference
  • Men L, Bryan-Kinns N (2018). LeMo: Supporting Collaborative Music Making in Virtual Reality. nameOfConference
  • Goodman L, Bryan-Kinns N, Wu Y et al. (2018). WEAR Sustain Network: Ethical and Sustainable Technology Innovation in Wearables and Etextiles. nameOfConference
  • Hu Y, Du X, Bryan-Kinns N et al. (2018). Identifying divergent design thinking through the observable behavior of service design novices. nameOfConference
  • Heitlinger S, Bryan-Kinns N, Comber R (2018). Connected seeds and sensors: Co-designing internet of things for sustainable smart cities with urban food-growing communities. nameOfConference
  • Wu Y, Bryan-Kinns N (2018). Musicking with an interactive musical system: The effects of task motivation and user interface mode on non-musicians’ creative engagement. nameOfConference
  • Bryan-Kinns N, Wang W, Ji T (2018). Exploring interactivity and co-creation in rural China. nameOfConference
  • BIN SMA, BRYAN-KINNS N, MCPHERSON AP (2018). Risky business: Disfluency as a design strategy. New Interfaces for Musical Expression
  • Baker C, Ranaivoson H, Greinke B et al. (2018). Wear: Wearable technologists engage with artists for responsible innovation: Processes and progress. nameOfConference
  • STOCKMAN AG, METATLA O (2018). “I Hear You”: Understanding Awareness Information Exchange in an Audio-only Workspace. Proceedings of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems.
  • Bengler B, Martin F, Bryan-Kinns N (2018). Collidoscope. nameOfConference
  • Milo A, Bryan-Kinns N, Reiss JD (2018). Graphical research tools for acoustic design training: Capturing perception in architectural settings. nameOfConference
  • Bengler B, Martin F, Bryan-Kinns N et al. (2017). Demo hour. nameOfConference
  • Bin SMA, Bryan-Kinns N, McPherson A (2017). Hands where we can see them! Investigating the impact of gesture size on audience perception. International Computer Music Conference
  • BIN SMA, MORREALE F, BRYAN-KINNS N et al. (2017). In-the-moment and beyond: Combining post-hoc and real time data for the study of audience perception of electronic music performance. ACM Interact 2017
  • Wu Y, Bryan-Kinns N (2017). Supporting non-musicians' creative engagement with musical interfaces. nameOfConference
  • Men L, Bryan-Kinns N, Hassard AS et al. (2017). The impact of transitions on user experience in virtual reality. IEEE VR 2017
  • Wu Y, Zhang L, Bryan-Kinns N et al. (2017). Open Symphony: Creative Participation for Audiences of Live Music Performances. nameOfConference
  • Wu Y, Bryan-Kinns N, Wang W et al. (2017). Designing a cross-cultural interactive music box through meaning construction. nameOfConference
  • Tez HE, Bryan-Kinns N (2017). Exploring the effect of interface constraints on live collaborative music improvisation.. nameOfConference
  • Milo A, Bryan-Kinns N, Reiss J (2017). Influences of a key on soundwalk exploration with a textile sonic map. nameOfConference
  • Pan J, Bryan-Kinns N, Dong H (2017). Mobile Technology Adoption Among Older People - An Exploratory Study in the UK.. nameOfConference
  • Mazzoni A, Bryan-Kinns N (2016). Mood Glove: A haptic wearable prototype system to enhance mood music in film. nameOfConference
  • Metatla O, Martin F, Parkinson A et al. (2016). Audio-haptic interfaces for digital audio workstations: A participatory design approach. nameOfConference
  • KNECHT KG, Bryan-Kinns N, Shoop K (2016). Usability and Design of Personal Wearable and Portable Devices for Thermal Comfort. British HCI 2016
  • BIN SMA, MCPHERSON AP, BRYAN-KINNS N (2016). Skip the Pre-Concert Demo: How Technical Familiarity and Musical Style Affect Audience Response. New Interfaces for Musical Expression
  • Mazzoni A, Bryan-Kinns N (2016). Moody: Haptic sensations to enhance mood in film music. nameOfConference
  • Hayes K, BARTHET M, Wu Y et al. (2016). A Participatory Live Music Performance with the Open Symphony System. ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI): Interactivity
  • England D, Latulipe C, Bryan-Kinns N et al. (2016). Art.CHI II: Digital art in a post-digital world. nameOfConference
  • Metatla O, Bryan-Kinns N, Stockman T et al. (2016). Sonification of reference markers for auditory graphs: effects on non-visual estimation tasks. nameOfConference
  • Wang W, Bryan-Kinns N, Ji T (2016). Using community engagement to drive co-creation in rural China. nameOfConference
  • Metatla O, Martin F, Parkinson A et al. (2016). Audio-haptic interfaces for digital audio workstations.. nameOfConference
  • Metatla O, Correia N, Martin F et al. (2016). Tap the ShapeTones: Exploring the Effects of Crossmodal Congruence in an Audio-Visual Interface. nameOfConference
  • Shoop K, Knecht K, Bryan-Kinns N (2016). Usability and design of personal wearable and portable devices for thermal comfort in shared work environments. nameOfConference
  • Mazzoni A, Bryan-Kinns N (2015). How does it feel like? An exploratory study of a prototype system to convey emotion through haptic wearable devices. nameOfConference
  • Morgan E, Gunes H, Bryan-Kinns N (2015). Using affective and behavioural sensors to explore aspects of collaborative music making. nameOfConference
  • Feng F, Stockman T, Bryan-Kinns N et al. (2015). An investigation into the comprehension of map information presented in audio. nameOfConference
  • KNECHT KG, Bryan-Kinns N, Shoop K (2015). Assessing Comfort in Open-Plan Offices on Campus – Which Comfort Parameters Matter?. 11th Biennial Conference on Environmental Psychology 2015
  • Bengler B, Bryan-Kinns N (2015). "i could play here for hours.." (thinks the visitor and leaves) why people disengage from public interactives. nameOfConference
  • McDonald S, Kirk D, Bryan-Kinns N (2015). Nature bot: Experiencing nature in the built environment. nameOfConference
  • Metatla O, Bryan-Kinns N, Stockman T et al. (2015). Designing with and for people living with visual impairments: audio-tactile mock-ups, audio diaries and participatory prototyping. nameOfConference
  • Mazzoni A, Bryan-Kinns N (2015). How Does It Feel Like? An Exploratory Study of a Prototype System to Convey Emotion through Haptic Wearable Devices.. nameOfConference
  • Metatla O, Bryan-Kinns N, Stockman T et al. (2015). Sonification of reference markers for auditory graphs: Effects on non-visual point estimation tasks.. nameOfConference
  • Morgan E, Gunes H, Bryan-Kinns N (2015). The LuminUs: Providing musicians with visual feedback on the gaze and body motion of their co-performers. nameOfConference
  • Bengler B, Bryan-Kinns N (2014). Polymetros. nameOfConference
  • Kim S, Kim J, Lee S et al. (2014). Demo hour. nameOfConference
  • England D, Candy L, Spence J et al. (2014). Art and interaction SIG: Cataloging the digital arts. nameOfConference
  • England D, Edmonds E, Spence J et al. (2014). Curating the digital: Spaces for art and interaction. nameOfConference
  • Bengler B, Bryan-Kinns N (2014). In the Wild: Evaluating Collaborative Interactive Musical Experiences in Public Settings. nameOfConference
  • Morgan E, Gunes H, Bryan-Kinns N (2014). Instrumenting the Interaction: Affective and Psychophysiological Features of Live Collaborative Musical Improvisation. nameOfConference
  • Bryan-Kinns N (2014). Mutual Engagement in Digitally Mediated Public Art. nameOfConference
  • Metatla O, Martin F, Stockman T et al. (2014). Non-visual menu navigation: The effect of an audio-tactile display. nameOfConference
  • Diao H, Zhou Y, Harte CA et al. (2014). Sketch-Based Musical Composition and Performance.. nameOfConference
  • Heitlinger S, Bryan-Kinns N, Jefferies J (2014). The talking plants: An interactive system for grassroots urban food-growing communities. nameOfConference
  • England D, Bryan-Kinns N (2013). Preface. nameOfConference
  • Metatla O, Bryan-Kinns N, Stockman T et al. (2013). Activity theory as a tool for identifying design patterns in cross-modal collaborative interaction. nameOfConference
  • Meckin D, Bryan-Kinns N (2013). MoosikMasheens: Music, motion and narrative with young people who have complex needs. nameOfConference
  • Heitlinger S, Bryan-Kinns N (2013). Understanding performative behaviour within content-rich Digital Live Art. nameOfConference
  • BRYAN-KINNS N, Fencott R (2013). Computer Musicking: HCI, CSCW and Collaborative Digital Musical Interaction.. nameOfConference
  • Bengler B, Bryan-Kinns N (2013). Designing collaborative musical experiences for broad audiences.. nameOfConference
  • Morgan E, Gunes H, Bryan-Kinns N (2013). Measuring Affect for the Study and Enhancement of Co-Present Creative Collaboration. Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction (ACII'13)
  • Bryan-Kinns N (2013). Mutual engagement and collocation with shared representations. nameOfConference
  • Heitlinger S, Bryan-Kinns N, Jefferies J (2013). Sustainable HCI for grassroots urban food-growing communities. nameOfConference
  • Murray-Browne T, Mainstone D, Bryan-Kinns N et al. (2013). The serendiptichord: Reflections on the collaborative design process between artist and researcher. nameOfConference
  • Heitlinger S, Bryan-Kinns N, Jefferies J (2013). UbiComp for grassroots urban food-growing communities.. nameOfConference
  • Heitlinger S, Bryan-Kinns N (2013). Understanding performative behaviour within content-rich Digital Live Art. nameOfConference
  • Barden P, Comber R, Bryan-Kinns N et al. (2012). The telematic dinner party. nameOfConference
  • Barden P, Comber R, Green D et al. (2012). Telematic dinner party: Designing for togetherness through play and performance. nameOfConference
  • England D, Fantauzzacoffin J, Bryan-Kinns N et al. (2012). Digital art: Evaluation, appreciation, critique (invited SIG). nameOfConference
  • Metatla O, Bryan-Kinns N, Stockman T (2012). Interactive hierarchy-based auditory displays for accessing and manipulating relational diagrams. nameOfConference
  • Fencott R, Bryan-Kinns N (2012). Audio delivery and territoriality in collaborative digital musical interaction.. nameOfConference
  • Bryan-Kinns N (2012). Mutual engagement and collocation with shared representations. nameOfConference
  • Martin F, T S, Bryan-Kinns N et al. (2012). Supporting Cross-modal Collaboration in the Workplace. HCI 2012 - People and Computers XXVI
  • Heitlinger S, Bryan-Kinns N, Stockman T et al. (2012). The Talking Quilt - Augmenting domestic objects for communal meaning-making.. nameOfConference
  • STOCKMAN AG, Bryan-Kinns N, Metatla O (2012). The effects of Using Headphones and Speakers on Collaboration in an Audio-only Workspace. nameOfConference
  • Bryan-Kinns N, Sheridan JG (2012). Visualising mutual engagement.. nameOfConference
  • England D, Bryan-Kinns N, Edmonds E et al. (2011). Digital arts and interaction. nameOfConference
  • Sheridan JG, Marshall J, Bryan-Kinns N et al. (2011). Graffito: Crowd-based performative interaction at festivals. nameOfConference
  • Bryan-Kinns N (2011). Annotating Distributed Scores for Mutual Engagement in Daisyphone and Beyond. nameOfConference
  • England D, Edmonds EA, Sheridan JG et al. (2011). Digital arts and interaction (invited).. nameOfConference
  • Metatla O, BRYAN-KINNS N, Stockman T (2011). Interactive Hierarchy-Based Auditory Displays for Accessing and Manipulating Relational Diagrams. nameOfConference
  • Bryan-Kinns N (2011). Mutual Engagement in Social Music Making. nameOfConference
  • Browne TM, Mainstone D, Bryan-Kinns N et al. (2011). The Medium is the Message: Composing Instruments and Performing Mappings.. nameOfConference
  • Edmonds E, Bryan-Kinns N (2010). Editorial. nameOfConference
  • Murray-Browne T, Mainstone D, Bryan-Kinns N et al. (2010). The Serendiptichord: A wearable instrument for contemporary dance performance. nameOfConference
  • Fencott R, Bryan-Kinns N (2010). Hey Man, You're Invading my Personal Space ! Privacy and Awareness in Collaborative Music.. nameOfConference
  • Bryan-Kinns N, Fencott R, Metatla O et al. (2010). Interactional Sound and Music: Listening to CSCW, Sonification, and Sound Art.. nameOfConference
  • Marshall J, Airantzis D, Angus A et al. (2010). SENSORY THREADS. nameOfConference
  • Edmonds E, Bryan-Kinns N (2010). Special Issue: Creativity and Cognition. nameOfConference
  • Stowell D, Robertson A, Bryan-Kinns N et al. (2009). Evaluation of live human-computer music-making: Quantitative and qualitative approaches. nameOfConference
  • Bryan-Kinns N (2009). Everyday Creativity. nameOfConference
  • BRYAN-KINNS N, Hamilton F (2009). Identifying Mutual Engagement. nameOfConference
  • (2009). Proceedings of the 7th Conference on Creativity & Cognition, Berkeley, California, USA, October 26-30, 2009. nameOfConference
  • Bryan-Kinns N, Airantzis D, Angus A et al. (2009). Sensory Threads: Perceiving the Imperceptible. nameOfConference
  • Fencott R, Bryan-Kinns N (2009). Sensory threads: Sonifying imperceptible phenomena in the wild. nameOfConference
  • Metatla OB-KN, Stockman T (2008). Comparing Interaction Strategies for Constructing Diagrams in an Audio-only Interface. nameOfConference
  • Robertson A, Plumbley MD, BRYAN-KINNS N (2008). A Turing Test for B-Keeper: Evaluating an Interactive Real-Time Beat-Tracker. New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME'08)
  • Robertson A, Plumbley MD, Bryan-Kinns N (2008). A Turing Test for B-Keeper: Evaluating an Interactive.. nameOfConference
  • Metatla O, Bryan-Kinns N, Stockman T (2008). Comparing interaction strategies for constructing diagrams in an audio-only interface.. nameOfConference
  • Metatla O, BRYAN-KINNS N, Stockman T (2008). Constructing Relational Diagrams in Audio: The Multiple Perspective Hierarchical Approach. ASSETS 2008
  • Metatla O, Bryan-Kinns N, Stockman T (2008). Constructing relational diagrams in audio: the multiple perspective hierarchical approach.. nameOfConference
  • Sheridan JG, BRYAN-KINNS N (2008). Designing for Performative Tangible Interaction. nameOfConference
  • Stowell D, Plumbley MD, Bryan-Kinns N (2008). Discourse analysis evaluation method for expressive musical interfaces. 8th International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME 2008)
  • Thiebaut J-B, Healey PGT, BRYAN-KINNS N (2008). Drawing Electroacoustic Music. International Computer Music Conference (ICMC)
  • Thiebaut J-B, Abdallah S, Robertson A et al. (2008). Real Time Gesture Learning and Recognition: Towards Automatic Categorization. New Interfaces for Music Expression (NIME)
  • McEwan T, Bryan-Kinns N, England D et al. (2007). A conference panel - But not as we know it!. nameOfConference
  • BRYAN-KINNS N, Sheridan GJ, Bayliss A (2007). The interior life of iPoi: Objects that entice witting transitions in performative behaviour. nameOfConference
  • BRYAN-KINNS N, Healey P, Leach J (2007). Exploring Mutual Engagement in Creative Collaborations. 6th Creativity & Cognition Conference, Jurys Hotel, Washington, USA, June 13-15 2007
  • Metatla O, BRYAN-KINNS N, Stockman T (2007). Auditory External Representation: Exploring and Evaluating the Design and Learnability of an Auditory UML Diagram. ICAD 2007
  • Bryan-Kinns N, Healey PGT, Papworth D et al. (2007). Cues to common knowledge. nameOfConference
  • Sheridan JG, BRYAN-KINNS N (2007). Encouraging Witting Participation and Performance in Digital Live Art. HCI 2007
  • Metatla O, BRYAN-KINNS N, Stockman T (2007). Using Hierarchies to Support Non-Visual Access to Relational Diagrams. HCI 2007
  • Metatla O, Bryan-Kinns N, Stockman T (2007). Using hierarchies to support non-visual access to relational diagrams.. nameOfConference
  • Nabavian S, BRYAN-KINNS N (2006). Analysing Group Creativity: A Distributed Cognitive Study of Joint Music Composition. Cognitive Science
  • BRYAN-KINNS N, Healey PGT (2006). Decay in Collaborative Music Making. NIME 2006
  • Bryan-Kinns N, Healey PGT, Lee J (2005). Persistence in web based collaborations. nameOfConference
  • BOURGUET M, Bryan-Kinns N, Plaha M (2005). Computer Assisted Learning for Young Bilinguals. nameOfConference
  • Healey PGT, Leach J, BRYAN-KINNS N (2005). Inter-Play: Understanding Group Music Improvisation as a Form of Everyday Interaction. Less is More — Simple Computing in an Age of Complexity
  • Pearmain A, LALMAS M, Bryan-Kinns N (2005). Personalised Enriched Broadcast Experience. nameOfConference
  • BRYAN-KINNS N (2004). Daisyphone: The Design and Impact of a Novel Environment for Remote Group Music Improvisation. Proceedings of Designing Interactive Systems (DIS 2004) , Cambridge, Mass, USA 1-4 August 2004
  • BRYAN-KINNS N, Healey P (2004). "Daisyphone: Support for Remote Music Collaboration". Proceedings of International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME 04)
  • BRYAN-KINNS N, Broadbent P (2004). Anthropomorphizing mass communication. nameOfConference
  • BRYAN-KINNS N (2004). Mobile group music improvisation. Proceedings of International Engagability and Design (IDEC)
  • BRYAN-KINNS N, Healey P, Thirlwell M (2003). "Gudar A Novel Group Music Instrument". Proceedings of IFIP TC 13 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (INTERACT' 03)
  • BRYAN-KINNS N, Healey P, Leach J et al. (2003). Designing for Group Creativity. Supplementary Proceedings of HCI International 2003
  • BRYAN-KINNS N, Healey P, Thirlwell M (2003). Graphical Representation for Musical Improvisation. Proc of 2nd International Workshop on Interactive Graphical Communication
  • BRYAN-KINNS N, Chong M, Broadbent P (2003). The Evolution of Mass Communication in the Interactive World. Proceedings of HCI 2003, Volume 2
  • BRYAN-KINNS N, Hamilton F (2002). One for all and all for one? Case studies of prototypes in commercial projects. NORDICHI 2002
  • BRYAN-KINNS N, Stelmaszewska H, Blandford A (2001). Use of Multiple Digital Libraries: A Case Study. Proceedings of the First ACM/IEEE-CS Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL'01), Roanoke, Virginia, United States
  • BRYAN-KINNS N, Hamilton F, Lif M et al. (2001). Prototypes - Representations with Political Agenda. nameOfConference
  • Blandford A, Stelmaszewska H, Bryan-Kinns N (2001). Use of multiple digital libraries: A case study. nameOfConference
  • BRYAN-KINNS N (2000). A Framework for Supporting Reuse in Hypermedia. nameOfConference
  • Healey PGT, Bryan-Kinns N (2000). Analysing asynchronous collaboration. nameOfConference
  • BRYAN-KINNS N (2000). VCMF: A Framework for Video Content Modelling. nameOfConference
  • Kindberg T, BRYAN-KINNS N, Makwana R (1999). Supporting the Shared Care of Diabetic Patients. ACM GROUP 99
  • BRYAN-KINNS N (1998). A Framework for Modelling Video Content. nameOfConference
  • BRYAN-KINNS N (1998). Modelling Video in Hypermedia. Euromedia 98
  • Bin SA, Bryan-Kinns N, MCPHERSON A (publicationYear). Skip the Pre-Concert Demo: How Technical Familiarity and Musical Style Affect Audience Response. New Interfaces for Musical Expression