Tom Rodden
is Professor of Interactive Systems at the Mixed Reality Laboratory (MRL) at
the University of Nottingham and Director of
Equator. Prof Rodden’s
research focuses on the development of new technologies to support users within
the real world and new forms of interactive technology that emerge from mixing
physical and digital interaction. This is a multi-disciplinary endeavour
bringing together researchers in behavioural and social sciences and those
involved in systems engineering, network infrastructures and interactive
systems design. This ranges from those with a background in anthropology to
those with training in art&design and embrace
technologists from software development to the construction of novel
hardware. He has published widely in the areas of Computer Supported
Cooperative Work (CSCW), HCI and Ubiquitous computing. Since 2001 he has been director
of the Equator IRC that brings together 8 different research institutes in the UK. The Equator
IRC is a six-year programme of research to explore new technologies that
interweave the physical and digital worlds supported by the UK's
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).