Gareth Young

    National Centre for Geocomputation (NCG), Social Sciences Institute (MUSSI)

    Iontas Builiding

    Biography

    Dr Gareth W. Young is a multidiscipline postdoctoral researcher on the Building City Dashboards project at the National Centre for Geocomputation (NCG), Maynooth University. He is currently responsible for assessing the design effectiveness of dashboard tools and examining alternative and multimodal platforms.

    His previous research focussed on User-Centred Design methodologies for Digital Musical Instruments (DMIs) and the evaluation of haptic feedback for DMI interactions by applying both quantitative and qualitative design evaluation methodologies.

    Gareth is a graduate of the Digital Arts and Humanities Structured Doctor of Philosophy programme delivered at University College Cork, Ireland (2016). He received his Master of Science degree in Music Technology from Dundalk Institute of Technology (2009), and his Bachelor of Engineering undergraduate honours degree in Sound and Broadcast Engineering from Glyndwr University (2008).

    You can read more about his creative work, musical outputs, and academic publications at www.GarethYoung.org

    Research Interests

    Human-Computer Interaction, Haptics, Virtual Reality, Multimodal Interactions, Interaction Design, Human Performance Measurement, Interaction Modeling, Interaction Devices and Techniques, Music Technology, Computer Music, Electroacoustic Music, New Musical Interfaces, Digital Musical Instruments.

    Book Chapter

    Year Publication
    2018 G. W. Young, D. Murphy, and J. Weeter (2018) 'A Functional Analysis of Haptic Feedback in Digital Musical Instrument Interactions' In: Musical Haptics; Springer Series on Touch and Haptic Systems. Cham : Springer. [Link] https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-58316-7
    2016 G. W. Young, A. Kehoe, and D. Murphy. (2016) 'Usability Testing of Video Game Controllers: A Case Study' In: Games User Research: A Case Study Approach. Boca Raton : A K Peters/CRC Press. [Link] [DOI]

    Peer Reviewed Journal

    Year Publication
    2016 G. W. Young, D. Murphy, J. Weeter. (2016) 'Haptics in Music: The Effects of Vibrotactile Stimulus in Low Frequency Auditory Difference Detection Tasks'. IEEE Transactions on Haptics, 10 (1):135-139. [Link] [DOI]

    Conference Publication

    Year Publication
    2018 G. W. Young, S. Mannion, S. Wentworth (2018) Sound and Music Computing . In: Anastasia Georgaki; Areti Andreopoulou eds. Evoking Places from Spaces: The application of multimodal narrative techniques in the creation of U-Modified Limassol, Cyprus, 04/07/2018- 06/07/2018 [Link] [DOI] [Full-Text]
    2017 G. W. Young, D. Murphy, and J. Weeter (2017) New Interfaces for Musical Expression A Qualitative Analysis of Haptic Feedback in Music Focused Exercises Aalborg University Copenhagen, Denmark, 15/05/2017- 19/05/2017 [Link] [Full-Text]
    2017 G. W. Young, J. Naji, M. Charlton, C. Brunsdon, R. Kitchin (2017) ISU Talks #05: Future Cities Future Cities and Multimodalities: how multimodal technologies can improve smart-citizen engagement with city dashboards [Link] [Full-Text]
    2016 G. W. Young and Katie Crowley (2016) MusTWork . In: Róisín Loughran and James McDermott eds. The Design of Tangible Digital Musical Instruments University College Dublin, 10/06/2016- 10/06/2016 [Link] [DOI]
    2015 G. W. Young, D. Murphy, and J. Weeter. (2015) Sound and Music Computing Vibrotactile Discrimination of Pure and Complex Waveforms Maynooth, 26/07/2016- 01/08/2015 [Link] http://smcnetwork.org/system/files/SMC2015_submission_26.pdf
    2015 G. W. Young and D. Murphy (2015) Computer Music Multidisciplinary Research HCI Models for Digital Musical Instruments: Methodologies for Rigorous Testing of Digital Musical Instruments Plymouth, 16/06/2015- 19/06/2015 [Link] [DOI]
    2015 G. W. Young and D. Murphy (2015) Computer Music Multidisciplinary Research Digital Musical Instrument Analysis: The Haptic Bowl Plymouth, 16/06/2015- 19/06/2015 [Link] [DOI]
    2013 G. W. Young, D. Murphy, J. Weeter (2013) Digital Audio Effects Audio-Tactile Glove Maynooth, 02/09/2013- 05/09/2013 [Link] [DOI]

    Other Journal

    Year Publication
    2012 G. W. Young (2012) 'Twenty-first century music technology' Irisleabhar Mhá Nuad, . [Link] http://www.worldcat.org/title/digital-arts-humanities-scholarly-reflections/oclc/811018867?referer=brief_results

    Conference Contribution

    Year Publication
    2018 G. W. Young; S. Stehle; E. Tiri; B. Yazgi-Walsh (2018) VR Conference 2018 Formative Research on Learning Experiences in Virtual Environments: Exploring geomorphological concepts in virtual reality Swansea University, .
    2018 G. W. Young; S. Stehle; E. Tiri; B. Yazgi-Walsh (2018) iHCI 2018 - ACM SIGCHI Chapter Ireland Formative Research on Learning Experiences in Virtual Environments: Exploring geomorphological concepts in virtual reality Limerick University, .
    2018 G. W. Young (2018) iHCI 2018 - ACM SIGCHI Chapter Ireland A User Analysis of Web-based City Dashboards” Limerick University, .
    2018 G. W. Young (2018) iHCI 2018 - ACM SIGCHI Chapter Ireland A Functional Analysis of Haptic Feedback in Digital Musical Instrument Interactions Limerick University, .
    2017 G. W. Young (2017) iHCI 2017 - ACM SIGCHI Chapter Ireland “A Qualitative Analysis of Haptic Feedback in Music Focused Exercises.” University College Dublin, .
    2016 G. W. Young (2016) EuroHaptics Musical haptics: use and relevance of haptic feedback in musical practice London, .
    2016 G. W. Young (2016) iHCI 2016 - ACM SIGCHI Chapter Ireland Usability Testing of Video Game Controllers: A case study.” Cork, .
    2016 G. W. Young (2016) Picteilín Creative Media Conference Usability Testing of Video Game Controllers Dundalk, .
    2015 G. W. Young, S. Mannion, and S. Wentworth (2015) Digital Research in the Humanities and Arts Fixed media installation Dublin, 01/09/2015-03/09/2015.
    2015 G. W. Young and S. Mannion (2015) Interrogations into Music Experimentation Live Performance (Music) Coventry, 18/10/2014-19/10/2014.
    2014 Directed and composed by J. Weeter and D. Foott (2014) FUAIM Futures: Electronic Music club Live Performance (Music) Cork, 21/03/2014-.
    2014 Directed and composed by J. Weeter (2014) Sonic Vigil Sound Art Festival Live Performance (Music) Cork, 02/05/2014-04/05/2014.
    2014 Directed and composed by J. Weeter and D. Foott (2014) International Computer Music Conference joint with the 11th Sound and Music Computing Conference Live Performance (Music) Athens, 11/09/2014-14/09/2014.
    2013 G. W. Young and J. C. O’Sullivan (2013) Hilltown New Music Festival Fixed Media Performance Hilltown, 20/07/2013-21/07/2013.
    2013 G. W. Young (2013) Interrogations into Music Experimentation The AUDIO-TACTILE GLOVE: Assistive Technology for the Deaf or Hard of Hearing (Adaptive and Assistive Technologies Symposium) Coventry, .
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    Teaching Interests

    MD217 - Human-Computer Interaction (Semester 1; 2018).