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Biography
Michael joined the University of Dundee as a Lecturer in 2018, having previously completed his PhD and RA positions at the same institution between 2010-2015. He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Authority (FHEA), the Royal Society of the Arts (FRSA), a Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) and a Certified Scrum Master (CSM). His expertise lies in qualitative research analysis, understanding user needs, and web development technologies. His research interests fall into three main areas:
- Immersive Technology Interface Design
- Accessibility of Digital Media Artefacts
- Games Accessibility and Testing
His research has been supported by funding from Scottish Funding Council (through Interface Innovation Vouchers), the Scottish Informatics and Computer Science Alliance, and the Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland.
Academic Service and Leadership Summary
Michael holds a number of local, national, and international research leadership positions with this including:
- Co-lead for the UX at Dundee research group,
- Leads the Human Centred Computing Research Cluster within School of Science and Engineering
- Co-lead for the SICSA Human Computer Interaction Research Theme
- Lead for Mixed Reality Accessibility Guideline Development within the W3C Accessibility Guidelines Working Group WCAG3 Task Force.
In addition to his leadership positions he also supports Program Committees within a range of high-quality academic conferences including ACM Conference in Computer Human Interaction (ACM-CHI), ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ACM-ASSETS), and ACM Conference in Interactive Media Experiences (ACM-IMX).
Michael is engaged in the organisation of academic conferences and workshops with this including ACM Conference in Interactive Media Experiences (2021 Accessibility Chair), HCI Camp – Research Methods Summer School (2019 Event Chair, Scottish Informatics and Computer Science Alliance Conference (2019 Poster Chair, 2018 General Chair), and SICSA HCI Doctoral Consortium (2018 Event Chair).
Education Summary
Michael teaches within the Discipline of Computing in the School of Science and Engineering. His main teaching responsibilities are within:
- AC11002 – WWW Authoring
- AC31007 – Agile Software Development
Supporting his teaching activities, he is a GitHub Campus Advisor and an Amazon Web Services (AWS) Campus Expert where he supports students and staff in using technologies related to web development. He has received internal awards for his teaching practice (SSEN Best Assessment and Feedback 2020, SSEN Staff Member of the Year 2020) and has previously supported local primary schools in teaching computer science through CodeClub and Hour of Code Activities.
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Adaptive Subtitles: Preferences and Trade-Offs in Real-Time Media Adaption
Gorman, B. M., Crabb, M. & Armstrong, M., 6 May 2021, CHI 2021 - Proceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems: Making Waves, Combining Strengths. Association for Computing Machinery, p. 1-11 11 p. 733. (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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Challenges in designing inclusive immersive technologies
Geerts, D., Vatavu, R-D., Burova, A., Vinayagamoorthy, V., Mott, M., Crabb, M. & Gerling, K., Dec 2021, Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia, MUM 2021. New York: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), p. 182-185 4 p. (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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Graphic Novel Subtitles: Requirement Elicitation and System Implementation
Crabb, M. & Gourlay, A., 21 Jun 2021, ACM International Conference on Interactive Media Experiences (IMX ’21). p. 228-232 5 p. (IMX 2021 - Proceedings of the 2021 ACM International Conference on Interactive Media Experiences).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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“I’m Doing the Best I Can.”: Understanding Technology Literate Older Adults’ Account Management Strategies
Abraham, M., Crabb, M. & Radomirović, S., 8 Oct 2021, 11th International Workshop in Socio-Technical Aspects in Security and Trust. 22 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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Household Surface Interactions: Understanding User Input Preferences and Perceived Home Experiences
Tigwell, G. W. & Crabb, M., Apr 2020, CHI '20: Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. New York: Association for Computing Machinery, 14 p. 3376856Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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Prizes
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Honorable Mention Award - Developing Accessible Services: Understanding Current Knowledge and Areas for Future Support
Crabb, Michael (Recipient), 2019
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Staff Member of the Year, SSEN Learning and Teaching Awards.
Crabb, Michael (Recipient), 2021
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Best Advisor or Personal Tutor, DUSA Student Led Teaching Awards.
Crabb, Michael (Recipient), 2021
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Best Assessment and Feedback, SSEN Learning and Teaching Awards.
Crabb, Michael (Recipient), 2021
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Innovation in Teaching Award, SSEN Learning and Teaching Awards.
Crabb, Michael (Recipient), 2021
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Activities
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The 13th ACM Conference on Creativity and Cognition (Event)
Michael Crabb (Editorial board member)
2021Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Publication peer-review
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The 2021 ACM Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play (Event)
Michael Crabb (Editorial board member)
2021Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Publication peer-review
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23rd International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (Event)
Michael Crabb (Editorial board member)
2021Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial activity
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ACM International Conference on Interactive Media Experience
Michael Crabb (Participant)
2021Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
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ACM Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction (External organisation)
Michael Crabb (Chair)
2021Activity: Membership types › Membership of committee