Ann Riordan
Main Office, Department of Digital Humanities,
Rm 2.22 O'Rahilly Building, University College Cork
+353 (0)21 490 2359
a.riordan@ucc.ie
Dr Tracey Mehigan is a Lecturer at the Department of Digital Arts and Humanities. Before joining UCC, she was an Assistant Professor and Principal Investigator at the School of Computing, Dublin City University.
Tracey holds a PhD in Computer Science and an MSc in Multimedia Technology, both from UCC. Her background is in business management and computer science and her research is centred on Human Computer Interaction (HCI). Her main research focus is on the improvement of user interaction, user experience and inclusion in smart systems. She is particularly interested in Artificial Intelligence for educational systems (AIEd) for adaptive and personalised user systems, biometric-based user behaviour analysis, AI-based user modelling and Affective Computing.
Through her research, she has worked across a number of European, SFI and Enterprise Ireland funded projects in the areas of digital retail, intelligent education systems, eHealth, smart buildings and accessible systems,
most recently acting
as Principal Investigator on the EU Erasmus Plus, Inclusive Method basedon the Perception of Accessibility and Compliance Testing project. She has collaborated with Irish and European based academics, industry partners and leading Irish research centres including IVI, ASSERT and the Insight SFI Centre for Data Analytics. She has authored a number of academic articles, journal papers and book chapters and has presented her work at international conferences. Tracey is a member of SIGCHI Ireland, ILTA (Irish Learning and Technology Association), and the Interaction Design, E-learning and Speech (IDEAS) Research Group University College Cork, she is also an associate member of the Psychological Society of Ireland (PSI).
Emer Yip is an arts manager, curator and freelance project manager based in Cork city. A graduate of University of Galway (English & Archaeology) and UCC (Computer Science & Project Management),
Emer worked as a field archaeologist and site photographer in Co. Clare before relocating to San Francisco, California where she co-founded an artist collective and cultural venue in the city while working as a lab technician in the commercial photography industry.
Emer has held senior administrative roles with several notable Irish arts organisations including Sample-Studios, Cork International Film Festival, Corcadorca Theatre Company and STAMP Festival of Creativity, and was the recipient of an Arts Council Agility Award for visual art in 2021. She was a core member of the management team behind the Kerrygold Ballymaloe Literary Festival of Food & Wine and currently manages the Cork International Film Festival culinary cinema strand.
