Professor Anne H. Anderson, MA, Ph.D, O.B.E
Vice Principal, University of Dundee
Director, People at the Centre of Information and Communication Technologies ( PACCIT ) programme. Professor Anne Anderson is a psychologist interested in human communication and the impacts of new information and communication technologies. In 2000 she was appointed director of the People at the Centre of Information and Communication Technologies (PACCIT) programme. This is a £7 million LINK programme funded by ESRC, EPSRC and the DTI and seeks to build research collaborations between the universities and industry. In 2002 she was awarded an O.B.E for services to social science.
Title: Putting people @ the Centre of Communication Technologies ( PACCIT) In this talk I'll outline the aims of the PACCIT research programme: to support research and development of IT systems and products which are designed to suit the needs and abilities of users and which are appropriate for their context of use. The way that the Project @pple exemplified much of what we wanted to achieve in PACCIT will be discussed, including the way the team tackled inclusive and accessible design, and the collaboration between university, industry and voluntary sector partners. The implications of @pple and PACCIT research more broadly will be discussed.