Michael Smyth is a Reader in the Centre for Interaction Design, Edinburgh Napier University, UK. He has worked in the fields of Human Computer Interaction and Interaction Design since 1987 and during that period has published over 50 academic papers in refereed journals, books and conferences. In addition he has had interactive installations exhibited at both UK and international conferences and arts & design festivals. He is co-editor of the book entitled Digital Blur: creative practice at the boundaries of architecture, design and art, Libri Publishing.
Ingi Helgason is studying towards a PhD in Interaction Design at Edinburgh Napier University, where she also works as a lecturer in interactive media design, and a researcher in the field of pervasive computing.
With a background in graphic and visual communication, her research interests focus on investigating interactions with new-media art installations, and technology-mediated social interactions in public and urban spaces. Her current teaching covers contextual design, and technology design and innovation. An active member of the executive committee of the Create series of IxD conferences, Ingi has recently joined the program committee of the BCS HCI conference for 2012. She is one of the organisers of This Happened Edinburgh, a series of events focusing on the stories behind interaction design.
