Roderick Murray-Smith

Roderick Murray-Smith received a BEng in Information Engineering and a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Strathclyde in 1990 and 1994, respectively. He has held positions at Daimler Benz Research, MIT, the Technical University of Denmark, Nokia, the Hamilton Institute, and is now Professor of Computing Science in the School of Computing Science in the University of Glasgow. His research interests include machine learning, mobile human-computer interaction, uncertainty in interaction design and sensor-based interaction.

Publications

Notification Display Choice for Smartphone Users: Investigating the Impact of Notification Displays on a Typing Task
Notification Display Choice for Smartphone Users: Investigating the Impact of Notification Displays on a Typing Task
Lauren Norrie, Roderick Murray-Smith. © 2019. 22 pages.
Notification displays have the potential to make smartphone notifications easier to manage when a user is committed to a primary task. The authors investigate the impact of...
Investigating UI Displacements in an Adaptive Mobile Homescreen
Investigating UI Displacements in an Adaptive Mobile Homescreen
Lauren Norrie, Roderick Murray-Smith. © 2016. 17 pages.
The authors present a system that adapts application shortcuts (apps) on the homescreen of an Android smartphone, and investigate the effect of UI displacements that are caused...
A Model-Based Approach to Analysis and Calibration of Sensor-Based Human Interaction Loops
A Model-Based Approach to Analysis and Calibration of Sensor-Based Human Interaction Loops
Parisa Eslambolchilar, Roderick Murray-Smith. © 2012. 24 pages.
The dynamic systems approach to the design of continuous interaction allows designers to use analytical tools such as state-space modeling and Bode diagrams to simulate and...
Instrumented Usability Analysis for Mobile Devices
Instrumented Usability Analysis for Mobile Devices
Andrew Crossan, Roderick Murray-Smith, Stephen Brewster, Bojan Musizza. © 2011. 19 pages.
Instrumented usability analysis involves the use of sensors during a usability study which provide observations from which the evaluator can infer details of the context of use...
Empowering People Rather Than Connecting Them
Empowering People Rather Than Connecting Them
Roderick Murray-Smith. © 2011. 8 pages.
This article discusses the consequences for the fundamentals of interaction design given the introduction of mobile devices with increased sensing capability. Location-aware...
A Model-Based Approach to Analysis and Calibration of Sensor-Based Human Interaction Loops
A Model-Based Approach to Analysis and Calibration of Sensor-Based Human Interaction Loops
Parisa Eslambolchilar, Roderick Murray-Smith. © 2010. 25 pages.
The dynamic systems approach to the design of continuous interaction allows designers to use analytical tools such as state-space modeling and Bode diagrams to simulate and...
Instrumented Usability Analysis for Mobile Devices
Instrumented Usability Analysis for Mobile Devices
Andrew Crossan, Roderick Murray-Smith, Stephen Brewster, Bojan Musizza. © 2009. 19 pages.
Instrumented usability analysis involves the use of sensors during a usability study which provide observations from which the evaluator can infer details of the context of use...
Empowering People Rather Than Connecting Them
Empowering People Rather Than Connecting Them
Roderick Murray-Smith. © 2009. 11 pages.
This article discusses the consequences for the fundamentals of interaction design given the introduction of mobile devices with increased sensing capability. Location-aware...
Model-Based Target Sonification in Small Screen Devices: Perception and Action
Model-Based Target Sonification in Small Screen Devices: Perception and Action
Parisa Eslambolchilar, Andrew Crossan, Roderick Murray-Smith, Sara Dalzel-Job, Frank Pollick. © 2008. 29 pages.
In this work, we investigate the use of audio and haptic feedback to augment the display of a mobile device controlled by tilt input. The questions we answer in this work are...
Instrumented Usability Analysis for Mobile Devices
Instrumented Usability Analysis for Mobile Devices
Andrew Crossan, Roderick Murray-Smith, Stephen Brewster, Bojan Musizza. © 2008. 18 pages.
Instrumented usability analysis involves the use of sensors during a usability study which provide observations from which the evaluator can infer details of the context of use...