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Professor Martin Halvey is a leading academic in the Department of Computer & Information Sciences at the University of Strathclyde, serving as Head of Department. His expertise lies in information retrieval (IR), human-computer interaction (HCI), and multimodal interaction, with a focus on innovative technologies for search and information access. He teaches modules across faculties, including information retrieval, machine learning, big data, and business analysis.
- Education: PhD in Computer Science from University College Dublin (2007), BSc from University College Dublin (2003)
His research emphasizes novel uses of multimodal technology to enhance search experiences, particularly in areas like conversational agents, driver awareness systems, and user effort evaluation. Key projects include the DoSSIER initiative for domain-specific information systems and studies on thermal feedback in mobile devices.
Publications span topics such as conversational breakdown recovery, search result ranking, and user experience in automated vehicles. His work has been recognized with awards like the Best Paper Award at ACM CUI 2024 and the CSTG Mark Resnick Best Paper Award.
- Professional Activities: Organized workshops on Applied AI, presented on AI’s role in discovery, and served as an external examiner for computing programs.
- Grants/Projects: Principal Investigator on projects like EmergeAdapt TDL QuickStart and co-investigator on EU-funded DoSSIER.
Labs/Teams: Active in the Scottish Informatics and Computing Science Alliance (SICSA) and Strathclyde iSchool.
