GIST video
An overview of our GIST Research Section from the previous Section Head, Professor Steve Brewster.
What is GIST?
Seminar Series
PhD Scholarships
Several PhD scholarships are available for starting in the 2025/2026 academic year, with a final application deadline of 31 January 2025.
RESEARCH GROUPS IN GIST
Multimodal Interaction Group
The MIG group is led by Stephen Brewster. Find out more about our research into audio and haptic feedback, gesture and pressure input, accessibility, mobility, in-car and in-home interfaces, extended reality, novel interaction techniques, and more!
Future Immersion Interaction Group
The Future Immersion Interaction Group is led by Julie Williamson. Find out more about our research focus on the social future of extended reality and immersive technologies.
Care Computing Group
The Care Computing Group is led by Xianghua (Sharon) Ding. Find out more about our research on interactive and collaborative computing to empower people, transform care, and enhance wellbeing.
Animal-Computer Interaction Group
The ACI group is led by Ilyena Hirskyj-Douglas. Find our more about our research exploring the design of technology tailored for animal usage.
Behavioural-AI Lab
The Behavioural AI lab is led by Marwa Mahmoud. Find out more about our research into multimodal behavioural modelling combining visual AI and multimodal perception.
Social AI Group
The Social AI group is made up of many academics. Find out more about our research into AI technologies for detecting, interpreting, and generating human-centric social and emotional phenomena.
Human Interactions With Artificial Intelligence Group
The HIWA group is led by Simone Stumpf.
Secure and Privacy RespectIng Ubiquitous Systems Lab
The SIRIUS Lab is led by Mohamed Khamis.
Find out more about our research into secure and privacy respectIng ubiquitous systems.