Open Blab Podcast

Today we're sharing the From Newcastle podcast, where Open Lab's Emily Barker talks with Dr Ahmed Kharrufa, senior lecturer in human-computer interaction in Open Lab and Dr Tiago Sousa Garcia, from the research software engineer team at Newcastle University. Learn about the rapid rise of artificial intelligence, how AI can be used as a tool in education and how we can address concerns around safety and privacy for children and young people using AI. You can find out more about Ahmed’s research and follow him on twitter @ankharrufa. Learn about fascinating topics with the Kinnu app. You can find out more about Tiago’s research and on his website follow him on twitter @tiagosousagarci. Kickstart your children’s creative writing experiments with the Creativity Engine. Other useful links: Seven Stories: https://www.sevenstories.org.uk/ Newcastle University Humanities Research Institute: https://www.ncl.ac.uk/nuhri/ Find FromNewcastle podcast and on twitter @FromNCLPodcast

We sat down to chat with two students from our MSc in Human Computer Interaction Diksha Sharma and Joseph Hutchinson. Diksha is currently about to finish the course and Joseph graduated last year, and is currently doing a PhD in Open Lab. Interested in studying HCI? Then this honest chat will give you everything you need to know about doing an Masters in HCI from the highs to the struggles. Learn about the cool things our students made on the course, how they balanced it with life and work and what life beyond the Masters can look like.

When our institution’s websites are unable to pass basic accessibility tests what does that mean for digital inclusion? In this conversation we bring together two Adams and a Richard - Open Lab PhD student Adam Parnaby, Adam Hill from Sunderland Software City and Richard Boggie from VONNE - to talk about how we need to change the way we think about digital inclusion, and begin to consider if the gaps in knowledge lie with the digitally excluded or the people designing digital? Links: Understanding Digital Exclusion in North Tyneside IPPR North Research North East LEP Research Hassel Inclusion Difference North East Inclusion North Good Things Foundation Digital Poverty Alliance Thrive by Design

Welcome to the first podcast from Open Lab, an interaction design and human-computer-interaction design lab based in the School of Computing in Newcastle University. As an HCI lab we have been attending CHI for a number of years, and we decided to sit down with a few of our PhD students and Early Career Researchers who are presenting at CHI to talk about their work, what they are looking forward to, and if they have any tips for CHI newcomers.