Waller, Annalu

Personal profile

Research

Annalu Waller has worked in the field of Augmentative and Alternate Communication (AAC) since 1985, designing communication systems for and with nonspeaking individuals. She established the first AAC assessment and training centre in South Africa in 1987 before coming to Dundee in 1989. Her PhD developed narrative technology support for adults with acquired dysphasia following stroke. Her primary research areas are human computer interaction, natural language processing, personal narrative and assistive technology. In particular, she focuses on empowering end users, including disabled adults and children, by involving them in the design and use of technology. She manages a number of interdisciplinary research projects with industry and practitioners from rehabilitation engineering, special education, speech and language therapy, nursing and dentistry. She is on the editorial boards of several academic journals and sits on the boards of a number of national and international organisations representing disabled people. Annalu leads the AAC Research Group in the School of Computing which seeks to develop technology with and for people with limited or no speech.

Teaching

Annalu has over 25 years of teaching experience during which she has taught introductory programming (Pascal, C, Java); Database Systems; Human Computer Interaction and aspects of Assistive Technology to a variety of undergraduate, postgraduate and professional students. Her teaching philosophy stems from a desire to enable students to reach their individual potential and to equip them as future leaders.

Education/Academic qualification

Doctor of Philosophy, University of Dundee

Master of Science, University of Cape Town

Bachelor of Science, University of Cape Town

Keywords

QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science

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Projects 2013 2022

1 Not started
2 Finished
2 Active

What We Dream Comes to Fruition: Diversity, Artificial Intelligence and Science Fiction

Devarenne, N. & Waller, A.

14/01/19 → 13/01/22

Project: Research

ACE-LP - Augmenting Communication Using Environmental Data to Drive Language Prediction (Joint with University of Cambridge)

McKenna, S., Waller, A. & Zhang, J.

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council

1/02/16 → 31/01/20

Project: Research

Giving People a Voice - Telling The Story

Black, R. & Waller, A.

Project: Research

Training Task Switching to Decrease Temper Outbursts in People with PWS

Waller, A.

19/11/14 → 18/11/15

Project: Research

Stories at the Dentist

Freeman, R. & Waller, A.

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council

1/01/13 → 30/09/14

Project: Research

Research Output 1992 2019

1282 Citations
17 h-Index
33 Article
22 Conference contribution
13 Paper
8 Chapter
23 More

1 Citation (Scopus)

46 Downloads (Pure)

Developing a Task Switching Training Game for Children With a Rare Genetic Syndrome Linked to Intellectual Disability

Robb, N., Waller, A. & Woodcock, K. A., 1 Apr 2019, In : Simulation and Gaming. 50, 2, p. 160-179 20 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Open Access

File

Software design

Switches

Intellectual disability

Evaluation

Serious games

8 Downloads (Pure)

Expecting the Unexpected in Participatory Design

Constantin, A., Korte, J., Fails, J. A., Alexandru, C. A., Dragomir, M., Pain, H., Good, J., Garzotto, F., Eriksson, E. & Waller, A., 2 May 2019, CHI EA 2019 - Extended Abstracts of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems: Extended Abstracts of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. New York: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), p. 1-4 4 p. SIG07. (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Open Access

File

Pushing the Boundaries of Participatory Design with Children with Special Needs

Constantin, A., Korte, J., Falis, J. A., Good, J., Alexandru, C. A., Dragomir, M., Pain, H., Hourcade, J. P., Eriksson, E., Waller, A. & Garzotto, F., 12 Jun 2019, IDC '19: Proceedings of the 18th ACM International Conference on Interaction Design and Children. New York: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), p. 697-705 9 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

best practice

lack

experience

Group

2 Citations (Scopus)

67 Downloads (Pure)

Telling Tales: Unlocking the Potential of AAC Technologies

Waller, A., Mar 2019, In : International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders. 54, 2, p. 159-169 11 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate

Open Access

File

alternative technology

communication technology

Communication

Technology

communication

100 Downloads (Pure)

Blending Human and Artificial Intelligence to Support Autistic Children’s Social Communication Skills

Porayska-Pomsta, K., Alcorn, A., Avramides, K., Beale, S., Bernardini, S., Foster, M-E., Frauenberger, C., Good, J., Guldberg, K., Keay-Bright, W., Kossyvaki, L., Lemon, O., Mademtzi, M., Menzies, R., Pain, H., Rajendran, G., Waller, A., Wass, S. & Smith, T. J., Dec 2018, In : ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction. 25, 6, 35 p., 35.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Open Access

File

Artificial intelligence

Communication

Intelligent virtual agents