Gilbert Cockton, University of Sunderland, UK

Gilbert Cockton is Research Chair in HCI and Chair of Interactive Digital Media in the School of Computing and Technology at the University of Sunderland in the North-East of England.  He currently directs NITRO, a £3.6M collaboration between four universities that provides access to expertise and facilities for regional digital companies.  NITRO is the main university contribution to CODEWORKS, the regional centre of excellence in digital technology and media. 

Gilbert has published over 100 articles, chapters and books on user interface design and specification, software architecture, development methods, contextual design, usability evaluation and accessibility.  He has been active in the HCI professional and scientific communities for almost 20 years.  He is currently Chair of the British HCI Group, represents the UK on IFIP TC13, and is a member of SIGCHI's Conference Management Committee. Gilbert recently stepped down as Deputy Editor of the leading HCI journal Interacting with Computers.  He co-chaired CHI 2003 with Panu Korhonen of Nokia and was chair for HCI 2000.  He is a Fellow of the British Computer Society and the UK's Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures & Commerce.