Nick Bryan-Kinns lectures on Graphical User Interface design at Queen Mary, University of London. His research focuses on exploring the nature of mutually engaging interaction, in particular, group music making. He is particularly interested in researching and developing new forms of engaging interaction which is accessible and enticing for the general public.

Bryan-Kinns’ recent projects include EPSRC funded grants on exploring mutual engagement through the design of novel shared musical instruments, and commercialisation of mobile music collaboration for teens. He was involved with the development of several pieces of interactive art including the world’s first live 3D spatial audio composition driven by real-time movement. He was recently involved in two EPSRC funded networks focussing on the art-computer cross over and designing for the 21st century, and was co-chair of the BCS-HCI conference in 2006. He is currently a coinvestigator on the EPSRC funded Centre for Digital Music Platform Grant at Queen Mary. In 1998 he was awarded a PhD in Human Computer Interaction from the University of London.

Website: www.dcs.qmul.ac.uk/~nickbk

Email: nickbk AT dcs.qmul.ac.uk