Our research on ubiquitous computing mixes theory, user experience design and system design. Initially formed within the Equator interdisciplinary research collaboration, the group is set within the U. Glasgow HCI group, GIST, which is the most cited UK university HCI group, and 12th among all institutions worldwide. Most of our work is EPSRC-funded, in the Equator, Augmented Stadium, Contextual Software and Homework projects. Other recent work has been funded by Kodak and by CONACYT, the Mexican national research council.

We are focusing on making the process of evaluating and improving ubicomp systems quicker, more social and more tightly linked with ongoing use. We are collaborating with football fans, studying them but also designing a suite of applications for them, on iPhones and using 3G and mobile ad hoc networks:

• FanPhoto: text, photo and video sharing
• TopFan: identify and ‘certifying’ events of importance
• Flexbook: making and sharing apps, using dynamically shared software components
• Predictor: a match result predictor game, using both 3G and ad hoc networking for comms between phones

Similarly, we are using mobile multiplayer games both as objects of study in themselves, and as vehicles for new tools and approaches:

• EyeSpy: a game with by-products in the form of geotagged photos
• Feeding Yoshi: a seamful game, based on urban wifi access points
• Hungry Yoshi: a iPhone variant on the previous for large-scale use
• World Cup Predictor: A variant of the Predictor for large-scale use

You can find links to some of our press coverage here, and images here.