Dr L Crearie, Prof K Dahal
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Competition Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)
About the Project
Project Ref: PHDEC1713. This project will examine how usefulness in application development can be achieved through the combination utility and usability with the objective of aiding developers in creating useful Augmented Reality applications. Various factors that may affect the end user’s perception of utility, usability and usefulness will also be examined, namely the type of application, the novelty factor of the technology used and the cost of hardware required to access the application. To accurately measure changes in utility and usability and the corresponding change in usefulness a number of applications based on mLearning, mHealth, entertainment and games will be designed and implemented with clearly defined features and usability design. During the implementation of these applications any changes required in the development process to accommodate usability design will also be recorded so that the produced guidelines can better inform developers of the implications of incorporating both utility and usability in their development process.
Testing of the applications to identify their utility, usability and usefulness will be done through a variety of common HCI testing techniques such as cognitive walkthroughs and heuristic evaluations as well as questionnaires. The evaluation of the results of these tests will make use of fuzzy sets to allow the results from different tests to considered together and produce values of utility, usability and usefulness for a version of an application which can then be examined to identify the effects changes in utility and usefulness have on usability.
If this research project is funded the initial research will allow the research team to apply for research grants in the subject area.
Funding Notes
UWS is an inspiring, vibrant place to study with a growing research community; an important aspect of which is its outstanding and committed research students.
Successful candidates will receive an annual stipend (currently £14,553) per annum for three years and payment of tuition fees (current value £4200). Applicants are advised that funding will be considered as part of a competitive round and there is no guarantee that it will be awarded. Successful applicants will be expected to contribute up to 6 hours/week to UWS’ academic related activities.
References
Studentships are open to Home/EU candidates with a first degree in a relevant discipline. Non-EU students can apply, but will not receive the stipend and will be required to pay fees.
How to apply:
Postgraduate Degree by Research Applications should be completed online at
http://www.uws.ac.uk/research/graduate-school/prospective-students/
Applications without all relevant documents will not be considered. Please quote the Project Reference Number.
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