John Bigham

 Taught  Network Programming to Telecoms and E-Commerce  Information Systems Management to E-Commerce  Middleware to IOT  Have developed Web Applications + Phone Apps  Apps E.g. for Anaesthetists - around 3000 downloads 180RMB !  Developing an App for the Royal College of Intensive Care  Software to track people indoors  Worked on distributed and cooperative algorithms, wireless networks and reasoning under uncertainty  Interested in projects  Machine to Machine communications, Web & Phone Applications, Distributed Systems, Home Automation, Artificial Intelligence  All working together  Particularly applied to health care

 Design of voice interaction is different from other forms of interaction  Tools : Google Home or Amazon Echo  In the home as a support for  depressed people  patients in rehabilitation  Managing their assigned goals  Assisting in identification of activities  Interacting with motivational and other supportive Apps  Help from a psychiatrist available  Other applications of interest also

 Build on work of a previous student  Move forward to develop and use of location based information to support and encourage depressed people  Help from a psychiatrist available Server : Raspberry pi : Beacon equipment

Long Range low energy communication No GSM/3G/4G, No WiFiLow bandwidth commication  No electricity  Little sun  Want to communicate over a long distance  Use Pis or Arduinos + e.g. XRF  Build, and experiment on distance, battery life and reliability 5

 Use of neuro-evolution to support learning of behaviours  E.g. association of oral commands or comments to agreed goals and services  Build a teaching aid for Anaesthetists  Various standard but infrequent procedures  Support from a consultant anaesthetist in design and data  On phone  Use of embedded publish subscribe technology to allow one to many and many to many communications  E.g. Embedded in an app for depression  Of course listen to your ideas in building up a project proposal