Future Cities: people

Dr Iadh Ounis

  • Dr Ounis has been working on the SMART project. SMART supports the development of information services for 'smart cities' by enabling the collection and combination of large social and sensor streams and making them searchable in real-time. 

Dr Marilyn McGee-Lennon
Prof Stephen Brewster

  • The development of telemedicine and healthcare related prototypes through large scale projects such as the MultiMemoHome (MMH) project.
  • The development of a scalable support model capable of sustaining independent living at home through the introduction of technologies providing telecare, telehealth and (possibly) home energy management systems. 

Prof Marian Scott
Dr Peter Craigmile

  • Their research involves developing statistical methods and models for massive datasets; including those generated in cities by a large network of sensors.

Dr Vonu Thakuriah

  • Dr Thakuriah has a research interest in Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS). This involves building safe and sustainable transportation services that are reliable and cost-effective, and which address the needs of diverse populations in terms of seamless access to jobs, healthcare, social opportunities and so on.  

Prof Rod Murray-Smith

  • Research into using mobile phone applications to explore new ways of navigating around the city (pedestrian and or public transport), and in ways of letting groups of people meet up.

Dr Matthew Chalmers

  • Dr Chalmers research examines ways in which mobile and ubiquitous computing can improve the health of a community by encouraging long-term behavioural change via games and apps. He also works with tourism bodies in Scotland to explore the ways in which mobile applications can improve the experience of their events

Prof Peter Triantafillou

  • Prof Triantafillou  focuses on the management of big data and finding new ways to help people access information and draw useful intelligence from it.