Fernando Loizides
Dr Fernando Loizides is a Reader (Associate Professor) at Cardiff University UK and holds an honorary Professorship at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. Fernando is also an option holder and investor in several start-ups. He collaborates with Google, researching and developing emerging cutting-edge technologies for accessibility and decision-making. He has led national and international teams in creating emerging interactive technologies, used for commercial and academic purposes. His discoveries in areas of accessibility have enabled people with mild and severe disabilities to regain independence in living and are currently being used worldwide; one commercial application of which won him and the team he was leading the award for most impactful innovation. He has commercialised products in Virtual Reality and Internet of Things Technologies as well as mobile applications for information interaction and discovery. His research and development won several international awards for ground-breaking advancements in technology and received awards for innovation and sustained development of the international scientific community. He has collaborated/worked with many SMEs, creating and testing their prototypes and supporting them from pre-revenue to self-sustaining profitable states. His work in user experience and human-computer interaction and data science has been published in world-leading journals and presented in world-leading scientific conferences. He has also given invited talks internationally, trained 1000s of students from GCSE level to PhD and published cutting-edge work on novel teaching methodologies. He has collaborated/worked with companies such as Microsoft, Fujitsu, Dyson, Admiral, and Nokia.
Chra Abdoulqadir
Chra Abdoulqadir is a Teaching Associate and Postgraduate Research student at the School of Computer Science and Informatics, Cardiff University. She is involved in many modules due to her high competence in the majority of the modules provided. These include HCI and UX, databases and machine learning, DevOps, Emerging Technologies, etc. She has more than 5 years of industry experience as a software engineer and more than 2 years of experience as a GCSE and A-Levels instructor. Her current research is on enhancing accessibility in mobile games.
Santiago Hoyos
Santiago Hoyos is an accomplished audio engineer and researcher with an MSc in Audio & Music Technology from the University of York and a BE in Sound Engineering from Universidad San Buenaventura. His research projects include MIDI development and acoustic scattering for virtual applications with Sony Interactive Entertainment. With nearly a decade of experience in audio, he has worked on diverse projects, including music, podcasts, and radio. His academic and practical expertise underscores his commitment to advancing audio technology.