Rachel Horrel

Rachel Horrell is a PhD researcher specialising in accessible music technology, delving into ways to innovate new technologies that cater to musicians who are partially sighted or blind. Holding a Research Masters in Computer Music, she designed a brain-computer music interface for composing via the

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Ben Payne

Ben is a PhD researcher in the fields of computer music and immersive social music making. His research is concerned with the development of new interactive digital audio systems for immersive composition and performance. In addition to this, he has worked both creatively and technically

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Alex Carr

Alexandra Carr is an award winning designer-maker and doctoral researcher in Digital Art and Technology within the School of Art, Design and Architecture at the University of Plymouth. Her research explores the roles of creative thinking and material experimentation within collaborative design development, investigating the

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Dr Benjamin Pothier

Dr Benjamin Pothier is an interdisciplinary artist, film director, executive producer, professional explorer and researcher born in France in 1973. Before joining i-DAT as an Alumni Research Fellow in 2023 he had spent 7 years conducting his PhD research worldwide under the supervision of the

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Gus Cummins

Gus Cummins is an artist and researcher with specific interest in epilepsy, a condition he has had for three decades. He has undergone multiple brain operations, preceded by EEG scans, and he currently uses the EEG data to generate sonic art.

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Yaojiong (Joseph) Yu

Yaojiong (Joseph) Yu is a PhD researcher in i-DAT on the CODEX International Postgraduate Research Network. He has been professionally involved in the User Experience Design, Service Design, and Industrial Design since 2018. Before coming to Plymouth, he worked as a senior UX designer in

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Mike Carne

Mike is a PhD student researching how character design effects parasocial relationships with video game characters and hopes to teach upcoming designers how they can shape the industry through better representation and design. He is also striving to make representation and design a more accessible

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Matt Holmes

Matt is a narrative-driven Designer, Maker, Creative Technologist, and Researcher, working across the boundaries of analogue and digital in the processes of making. Often found lightly covered in sawdust or printing ink (usually both), pencil behind his ear, negotiating/arguing with some form of digital fabrication

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Dylan Yamada-Rice

Dylan Yamada-Rice is an artist and researcher specialising in storytelling and play. She works in a range of media including drawing, Virtual Reality and game engines. Dylan studied Japanese Art History, semiotics and social science research methods before moving into experimental design. She obtained a

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Lana Pericic

Lana is a PhD candidate and an Associate Lecturer at the University of Plymouth teaching on the undergraduate course BA/BSc Digital Media Design. The role consists of delivering lectures and workshops across a variety of modules and providing tutorial sessions to help improve student’s work.

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