Dr Serengul Smith
Course Leader
Department: Computing and Multimedia Technology
Contact
- Telephone: +44 (0)20 8411 6747
- E-mail: s.smith@mdx.ac.uk
Qualifications
BSc, MSc, PGCert HE and PhD
Research Interests
- Application of AI/Machine Learning in Adaptive Hypertext/Hypermedia systems
- User modelling and universal access
- Cross-cultural issues on interface design
Research Supervision:
Director of Studies
- Jainaba Jagne: Integrating cultural and social factors of the shopping metaphor, in the context of indigenous users, into eCommerce interface design
Second Supervisor
- Ioannis Doumanis: Evaluating Humanoid Animated Agents in Mobile Guide Applications
- Marian Tuedor: Using interactive multimedia software to articulate reading skills in children age 4-8 with Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and severe learning disabilities (SLD)
Teaching Interests
- Module Leader - CMT2321 - Principles of Human Computer Interaction
- Module Leader - CMT3320 - Interactive Design Project
- Module Leader - CMT2200 - HCI: Users, Tasks and Designs (Module Leader)
Biography
Positions:
- Course Leader - IT, Multimedia Computing and Interactive System Design
- Senior Lecturer
- University Teaching Fellow
Personal Web Page:
http://www.cs.mdx.ac.uk/staffpages/serengul/
Publications:
- Jagne J., A. Serengul Smith-Atakan (2006). Cross-cultural interface design strategy, Universal Access in the Information Society archive Volume 5, Issue 3 pages 299 - 305, ISSN:1615-5289. Jagne J., Duncker-Gassen E., Smith-Atakan S., Curzon P. (2006). Cross-cultural system design strategu: avoiding problem in usability evaluation, IADIS International Conference WWW/Internet.
- Jagne J., Serengul Smith, Paul Curzon and Bob Fields, (2006) "Integrating social and cultural variances into international eCommerce interface design" Volume 2 Proceedings of HCI 2006.
- Jagne J., Serengul Smith, Elke Duncker, Paul Curzon (2005) "Cross-Cultural Factors of Physical-Shopping and eShopping" To be presented at HCI International.
- Adams. R, Smith-Atakan, A. S. (2005) "Methods for Universal Access Technology" To be presented at HCI International.Research.
- Adams. R, Smith-Atakan, A. S. (2005) "Emerging Research Methods for Universal Access" To be presented at HCI International.Research.
- Jagne J., Serengul Guven Smith, Elke Duncker and Paul Curzon (2004) Cross-cultural Interface Design Strategy. Middlesex University Interaction Design Centre Technical Report: IDC-TR-2004-006. February 2004.
- Smith, A.S.G. and Blandford, (2003). ML Tutor: An Application of Machine Learning Algorithms for an Adaptive Web-based Information System. International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education, IJAIED Vol. 13, 2003.
- Smith S.G, Abeysinghe G.K. (2002). How easy are graphical notations to understand and produce? The proceedings of the 6th World Multiconference on Systemics, Cybernetics an Informatics, Vol XI, Computer Science II, pages 256-261.
- Smith Guven A. S. (2000). Application of Machine Learning Algorithms in Adaptive Web-based Information Systems, CS-00-01, School of Computing Science Technical Report Series. ISSN 1462-0871.
- Smith Guven S (1999). "MLTutor: A Web-based educational adaptive hypertext system" Proceedings of IEE Colloquium on Lost in the Web - Navigation on the Internet, November 1999, IEE Savoy Place, London.
- Smith Guven S, Blandford A. (1998). "MLTutor: A Symbolic Multi-Algorithmic Approach to Leaner Profiling in WWW-Based Educational Hypertext System" European Conference on Machine Learning, ECML'98 Workshop: Learning in Humans and Machines, April 1998, Chemnitz.
- Smith Guven S and Blandford A. (1998). "An adaptive WWW-based Educational Hypertext System using Symbolic Machine Learning" Proceedings of Third Middlesex University Conference on Research in Technology, April 1998, ISSSN 1462-0871, Middlesex University.



