| Post: | Senior Lecturer |
| Location: | Chichester 3 3R347/8 |
| Email: | G.Mcallister@sussex.ac.uk |
| Telephone numbers | |
| Internal: | 7267 |
| UK: | (01273) 877267 |
| International: | +44 1273 877267 |
Biography
Sep 2007 - Present - Senior Lecturer in Human-Computer Interaction, University of Sussex.
Feb 2002 - Sep 2007 - Lecturer in Music Technology, Sonic Arts Research Centre, Queen's University Belfast.
July 1999 - Feb 2002 - Senior Software Engineer at Nortel Networks.
Sep 1996 - July 1999 - PhD in Computer Graphics, University of Ulster.
Sep 1992 - Sep 1996 - BEng Software Engineering, University of Ulster.
Community & Business
I am Director of Vertical Slice, the first UK company to focus specifically on video game usability.
I am also an Apple Distinguished Educator.
Research
Video Games
My research in the area of video games focuses on measuring and improving the usability and user experience of video games. By working with video games companies it is intended that the developed methodologies are both relevant and accurate.
Accessibility
I am interested in how blind and visually impaired people gain access to online digital information, in particular using multimodal approaches. Current research is in understanding the challenges of making 3D worlds accessible.
Current Grants
January 2010 - January 2011: Broadening participation in Computer Science by promoting Human-Computer Interaction in High Schools. Funded by Google
External Activities
From November 2007 - October 2011, I am external examiner for the FdSc Enterprise in Computer Games Technology at Somerset College of Arts and Technology.
Teaching
In the Autumn Term of 2009 I will be teaching Human Computer Interaction.
Publications
2010
McAllister, G. and White, G. R., Video Game Development and User Experience, book chapter to appear in Evaluating User Experience in Games, edited by Bernhaupt, published by Springer. To appear March 2010.
2009
White, G. Harley, D, Axelrod, L, McAllister, G., Fitzpatrick, G., Wii Gaming for Older Players: From Motivation to Appropriation, and Usability to User Experience, DiGRA 2009.
2008
McAllister, G., New Problems in Accessibility: Seeing in 3D, CHArt, 2008.
White, G., McAllister, G. and Fitzpatrick, G., Toward Accessible 3D Virtual Environments for the Blind and Visually Impaired, Digital Interactive Media in Entertainment and Arts, 2008.
Murphy, E., Kuber, R., McAllister, G., Strain, P. and Yu, W., An Empirical Investigation into the Difficulties Experienced by Visually Impaired Internet Users, Journal of Universal Access in the Information Society, 2008.
2007
Kuber, R., Yu, W. and McAllister, G., Towards Developing Assistive Haptic Feedback for Visually Impaired Internet Users, CHI, San Jose, 2007.
Tan, C. C., Yu, W., and McAllister, G., An Adaptive and Adaptable Approach to Enhance Web Graphics Accessibility for Visually Impaired People, CHI, San jose, USA, 2007.
Strain, P., McAllister, G., Murphy, E., Kuber, R. and Yu, W., A Grid-based Extension to an Assistive Multimodal Interface, CHI, San Jose, 2007.
Kuber, R., Yu, W. and McAllister, G., A Non-Visual Approach To Improving Collaboration Between Blind And Sighted Internet Users. HCI International, Beijing, China, 2007.
2006
Fyans, C., and McAllister, G., Creating Games with Feeling, CGames '06, Dublin, 2006.
Mullan, E., and McAllister, G., The Real Guitar Hero, CGames '06, Dublin 2006.
Share, C., and McAllister, G., Real-Time Simulation of Sound Source Occlusion, SIGMAP 2006.
Murphy, E., Pirhonen, A., McAllister, G. and Yu, W., A Semiotic Approach to the Design of Non-Speech Sounds, Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (4129) 2006.
McAllister, G., Staiano, J. and Yu, W., Creating Accessible Bitmapped Graphs for the Internet, Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (4129) 2006.
Tan, C. C., Yu, W., and McAllister, G., Developing an ENABLED adaptive architecture to enhance Internet accessibility for visually impaired people, International Conference Series on Disability, Virtual Reality and Associated Technologies (ICDVRAT) 2006.
Tan, C. C., Yu, W., and McAllister, G., Enhancing Web accessibility through an adaptive system, British HCI 2006.
Yu, W., Kuber, R., Murphy, E., Strain, P. and McAllister, G., A Novel Multimodal Interface for Improving Visually Impaired People's Web Accessibility, Springer Journal of Virtual Reality Special Issue on Haptic Interfaces and Application, 2006.
2005
McAllister, G., Revolutionizing Audio in Computer Games (Invited Paper), The First International Symposium on Game's Science, Art, Education and Application, Taiwan, 2005.
Strain, P. and McAllister, G., Enhancing Web Accessibility for the Visually Impaired using RSS, HCI 2005.
McAllister, G., Taylor, P.S. and Rodgers, M., iLearn: An Audio Indexing Plug-in for Education, International Computer Music Conference 2005.
Yu, W., McAllister, G., Strain, P., Kuber, R. and Murphy, E., Assistive Multimodal Interfaces for Improving Web Accessibility, CHI Haptic Workshop, 2005.
Yu, W., McAllister, G., Strain, P., Kuber, R. and Murphy, E., Improving Web Accessibility Using Content-Aware Plug-ins, CHI 2005.
Tan, C. C., Yu, W., and McAllister, G., ENABLED adaptive architecture to improve Internet accessibility, Proc. 2nd Intl. Conf. on Enactive Interfaces, Genoa, Italy 2005.
Kuber, R., Yu, W., Strain, P., Murphy, E. and McAllister, G., Assistive Multimodal Interfaces for Improving Visually Impaired People\\\\'s Access to the Web, World Haptics Conference, 2005.
Yu, W., McAllister, G., Murphy, E. and Kuber, R., Developing Multi-modal Interfaces for Visually Impaired People to Access the Internet, HCI International 2005.
2004
McAllister, G., Alcorn, M. and Strain, P., Interactive Performance with Wireless PDAs, International Computer Music Conference, 2004.
McAllister, G. and Shortt, G., Interactive Music Education with Wireless PDAs, International Association for Development of Advances in Technology, 2004.
Rebelo, P. and McAllister, G., Sonic Constructs: Robotics and the Residue of Sound, 16th Annual Conference on Systems Research, Informatics, and Cybernetics, 2004.
Yu, W., McAllister, G. and Dodds, G., Multi-modal Interfaces for Visually Impaired People to Access the Internet, User Interfaces for All, 2004.
McAllister, G., Taylor, P.S. and McCaffrey, J., Multi-modal Feedback of Long Distance Running Performance with PDAs, IT and Sport, 2004.
2003
McAllister, G. and Anagnostopoulou, C., The Pedagogy of Computer Programming in Music Technology Pathways, 1st Leeds Music Technology Education Conference, Leeds College of Music, 2003.