1. Howell Istance Ambient Assisted Living Group hoi@dmu.ac.uk
Areas of interest:
Enabling Ambient Assisted Living
Work aimed at users with profound disabilities and elderly users
Based on attention sensitive technology
Real-World attentive interface
Reacts or helps based on your attention
Using eye gaze monitoring and control
You look at what interests you
Most natural way of determining attention and intent
Observe human behaviour toward devices in real-time and react on user intentions
Enabling ambient control design, simulation and assessment
Safe simulation in large scale immersive multi-user virtual environments
Particular interest in human factors of interfaces and systems
For disabled and elderly users
Differing physical and cognitive abilities
Interest in coupling eye gaze to Brain Computer Interaction
Brain patterns can be monitored and linked to gaze and facial responses
Gives attention and intention to facilitate effortless control
ICT Challenge 7:
Independent living and inclusion Information Day

2. Howell Istance Ambient Assisted Living Group hoi@dmu.ac.uk
Project areas of interest:
Assisted Home Control
Domotic home
Safe, simple and controllable
Passive safety monitoring
Active interaction control
All via novel attentive techniques such as
Eye gaze control and gaze attention monitoring
Brain-computer or other modality intention monitoring
Designed with and for people with profound disabilities and elderly people
Presents simple non-confusing interfaces based on context
Context based interfaces projected onto objects – simple and effective
Focus on placing the needs of the user first
User-centred, user driven design and evaluation
ICT Challenge 7:
Independent living and inclusion Information Day

3. Howell Istance Ambient Assisted Living Group hoi@dmu.ac.uk
Project areas of interest:
Assisted Personal Mobility Control
Attention aware mobility
Scooter and wheelchair
Novel multimodal interaction and control such as eye gaze
Passively monitors user gaze attention
Gives intended path
Allows safety monitoring of hazards
Allows override if not attentive
Actively assists navigation control
Safe, simple and controllable
Gives essential Personal Autonomy that is Enabling and Empowering
Enables Independent Living and Active Ageing
Interest in coupling eye gaze to Brain Computer Interaction
Designed for disabled and elderly users
ICT Challenge 7:
Independent living and inclusion Information Day