Dr Linda Hurcombe (PI)
Department of Archaeology
University of Exeter
Experimental archaeology; prehistoric bast fibre textiles.
Dr Mark Paterson (CI)
Department of Geography
University of Exeter
Touch, haptics and the human-computer interface.
Prof Stephen Brewster (CI)
Department of Computing Science
University of Glasgow
Multimodal human-computer interaction; Senses in Touch II exhibit, Hunterian Museum, Glasgow; Touch Me exhibit, V&A Museum, London.
Prof Chris Gosden
School of Archaeology
University of Oxford
Honorary Curator, Pitt Rivers Museum; the long-term history of creativity, intelligence, the emotions, and aesthetics.
Dr Sile O'Modhrain
Sonic Arts Research Centre
Queens University, Belfast
Human-computer interfaces with haptic and auditory feedback under gestural control.
Dr Ian Summers
School of Physics
University of Exeter
Tactile interfaces; HAPTEX project on virtual textiles; ENACTIVE network on multimodal interfaces; Touch the Future public exhibit, Grenoble, 2007.
Other key participants
| Prof Darwin Caldwell Director, Department of Robotics Italian Institute of Technology, Genova |
Robotics and haptics; Visiting Professor at Universities of Bangor, Manchester and Sheffield. |
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| Dr Martin Cooper National Conservation Centre, Liverpool |
Laser scanning and modelling of artefacts; haptic displays. |
| Dr John Gill Royal National Institute of Blind People |
RNIB Chief Scientist |
| Prof Janis Jefferies & Prof Robert Zimmer Department of Computing Goldsmiths College |
Digital production in art-based textiles; digital access to art and artefacts, including haptic interfaces. |
| Prof. Lise Bender Jørgensen Department of Archaeology NTNU, Trondheim |
Prehistoric textiles in Europe. |
| Brian McCarthy TechniTex |
Knowledge Transfer Organisation for Technical Textiles (Part of ‘Materials’ KTN) |
| Dr Alison Sheridan Archaeology Department National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh |
Head of Early Prehistory. |
| Ann-Marie Shillito Edinburgh College of Art |
Design with haptic interfaces (Tacitus project). |
| Dr Martin White Department of Informatics University of Sussex |
Digital heritage; multimodal interfaces; virtual handling. |