Statistics for HCI – second edition A new edition of Stats of HCI in prep for 2026 including new chapters on Empirical and Simulation Methods, Big Data and AI.

Yay, the new edition of Statistics for HCI has been sent to Springer !  All on track to be published in first half of 2026. New chapters on big data, AI and computation heavy stats. Post-its in marked up 1st ed made me feel like a PhD student in a viva again :-/

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Explaining ourselves - people, computers and AI As humans we constantly act and speak so that implicitly or explicitly we make our intentions more understandable by others. This talk explores a number of ways in which this can also be possible in o...

Explaining Ourselves - people, computers and AI – slides of talk at University of Bath on Wednesday. Exploring the rich space of communications between humans, AI and plain old computers. From epistemic interaction and coherent XAI to explainable user interfaces (XUI)

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Personal data sovereignty -- anonymisation and aggregation is not enough Data that has been anonymised and aggregated it is often regarded as safe and outside privacy laws, but as todays news shows this is not the case, it can still violate personal data sovereignty.

Personal Data Sovereignty — anonymisation and aggregation is not enough. Today's news emphasises that big computation and data mean we need to look further than standard ideas of privacy.
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Yesterday I finished the first draft text of "Human–Computer Interaction the Basics", a short overview of HCI for the @routledgebooks 'the Basics' series. Loads of work still to do, but a milestone. Draft ToC at: basics.hcibook.com

Why AI? In some ways AI is just another technology we still need to understand users and their contexts, and match the appropriate technology with user needs even if that sometimes means not using technology ...

Notes and slides for "Why AI?" my keynote yesterday at the Wales User Experience Research Summit 2025. Thanks to Admiral for organising a wonderful day.
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Yikes, ACM tells porkies about DOIs! We just encountered this problem when verifying references for my upcoming AI for HCI book.

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A walk around the unspoilt coastline of Wales Twelve years ago, I walked one thousand miles around the entire periphery of Wales. One might imagine unspoilt coastline and mediaeval castles, but the coast is also the historic industrial heart of t...

Slides available from "A walk around the unspoilt coastline of Wales" my talk about the rich heritage of human activity around the periphery of Wales. Part of a meeting of the strategic research network Heritage Practice Communities in a Digitized World.
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another year another Tiree Ultra Finished 2025 Tiree Ultramarathon and the toughest weather yet, 50mph (80kph) winds at some points of the day and wind flung hail that stung every bit of exposed flesh.  However the spirit of the day,...

Finished 2025 Tiree Ultramarathon and the toughest weather yet, 50mph (80kph) winds at some points of the day and wind flung hail that stung every bit of exposed flesh. However the spirit of the day, as ever, was wonderful.
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Reflections The challenge The first day was clearly going to be the biggest personal challenge, a marathon length run over the mountain pass between Brecon and Merthyr.  I hadn't realised how anxious about it I h...

Last post about 65-for-65. Having now turned 65 I've written some reflections on the experience: 70 miles running in five days through spectacular Welsh mountains and valleys and over £1300 raised for @cancerresearchuk.org ‬ - thank you so much to all who contributed.
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Crime and Policing Bill: counter-terrorism and national security factsheet

In the UK looking suspicious is illegal: "it an offence to wear any uniform, or wear, carry or display an article ... in a way which would arouse reasonable suspicion that the individual is a supporter or member of a proscribed organisation." www.gov.uk/government/p...

Alan in front of Aberaeron horse statue

Finished 65 for 65. Day 5 Aberaeron - Llanerchaeron loop 6.5 miles, so total of just over 70 miles in 5 days, averaging a half marathon a day, but heavily front loaded.

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Alan runs 65 miles at 65 for Cancer Research UK Help Alan Dix raise money to support Cancer Research UK

About to set out for Day 5, the last day. Five miles from Aberaeron to Llanarchaeron and back, but only a mile of that needed to reach 65 miles! Set to be heatwave today, but will be finished well before the heat of the day sets in.

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Alan runs 65 miles at 65 for Cancer Research UK Help Alan Dix raise money to support Cancer Research UK

Just setting off for Day 4, finishing off Taff Trail and then a loop around the Cardiff Bay Trail. Approx 9 or 10 miles. Hoping to get breakfast at the Senedd when I finish :)

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Alan runs 65 miles at 65 for Cancer Research UK Help Alan Dix raise money to support Cancer Research UK

Getting ready for Day 3 of 65-for-65. Shorter day, about 10 miles from Pontypridd to Llandaff, including popping up to Castell Coch, one of the small wonders of Wales. Short walk and train to get to start. Hoping to get finished before it is too hot!

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Alan runs 65 miles at 65 for Cancer Research UK Help Alan Dix raise money to support Cancer Research UK

Just getting ready to set off for day 2 of 65-for-65 now. Shorter run today about 14 miles Merthyr to Pontypridd.
A bit of a drive and then train journey to get to start, so my first tweet on @ alanwalkswales won't be for a couple of hours.

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Alan runs 65 miles at 65 for Cancer Research UK Help Alan Dix raise money to support Cancer Research UK

Packing my bag at Brecon ... just 27 miles or so to Merthyr Tydfil ...

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Alan runs 65 miles at 65 for Cancer Research UK Help Alan Dix raise money to support Cancer Research UK

A day to go before my 65 for 65 run starts. Weather looks a bit miserable for Sunday (marathon over the mountains) I'll look just like the picture! After that much better. Many thanks to everyone who has donated so far, I've pushed target up to £1065.
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Welcome to Britain 2025: where a musician's words cause more outrage than the murder and horror in Gaza | Owen Jones The issue of what happened at Glastonbury is obscuring the outrage about real bombs and actual death, and I think that is deliberate, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

Welcome to Britain 2025: where a musician's words cause more outrage than the murder and horror in Gaza | Owen Jones

Alan runs 65 miles at 65 for Cancer Research UK Help Alan Dix raise money to support Cancer Research UK

In just over a week (6-10 July) I'm 65 miles leading up to my 65th birthday. I'm collecting for Cancer Research as cancer has touched several family and friends recently. The multi-day run starts with a marathon distance over the Brecon Beacons mountains.

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Enabling the Digital Artisan Digital technology seems to lead inexorably towards the concentration of power into a tiny number of vast corporations. As physical manufacture is increasingly digital and AI-based, will the same hap...

See slides and notes of "Enabling the Digital Artisan" my talk at ICOCI earlier today. Unhindered technology  always favours the big and powerful - can radical digital and AI technology empower thesmall?
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Taylor and Francis Grup stabd with copy of Artificial Intelligence book on display

AI Book 2e at the AI Summit London :) alandix.com/aibook/secon...

Artificial Intelligence: Humans at the Heart of Algorithms An authoritative and accessible one-stop resource, the first edition of An Introduction to Artificial Intelligence presented one of the first comprehensive examinations of AI. Designed to provide an u...

Just a week to go! "Artificial Intelligence
humans at the heart of algorithms" is due out on 16th June ...
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Retiring today! Today is my last day at Cardiff Met. I won't be idle; "Introduction to AI" is due out in June and other books in the way, but it is a change of pace and focus. To mark my retirement and turning 65 ...

Today is my last day at Cardiff Met.   I won't be idle; "Introduction to AI" is due out in June and other books in the way, but a change of pace and focus. To mark this and turning 65 I will run 65 miles in a week in July in aid of Cancer Research UK. 
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AI Changes Everything Is AI just another technology, or does it fundamentally change the way we live and think? Every technology has a direct impact with micro-ethical consequences, some good, some bad. However more pro...

Detailed notes now complete of "AI Changes Everything" the talk I gave a few weeks ago at the final event of the British Council UK-Saudi Challenge Fund project Data Fusion Dynamics. (~8000 words, 72 refs)
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Who's choice? Making decisions with and about Artificial Intelligence In many areas it already seems that AI is in charge. Can we design ways for humans and AI to work together that retain essential human autonomy and responsibility, whilst also allowing AI to work to i...

Slides of my talk "Who's choice? Making decisions with and about Artificial Intelligence" online. Thanks to all at Keele University for a great welcome last week at their Digital & AI Revolution week.
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Human-centre design & sustainability are the two topics for the Wednesday… | Keele Digital Society Institute (DSI) Human-centre design & sustainability are the two topics for the Wednesday (May 14) of our Digital Revolution week with invited talks from Alan Dix, Dr Andrew Crossland (GivEnergy) and Peter Matthe...

Looking forward to taking part in Keele's Digital & AI Revolution week, I'll be talking about "Who's choice? Making decisions with and about Artificial Intelligence"
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AI Changes Everything Is AI just another technology, or does it fundamentally change the way we live and think? Every technology has a direct impact with micro-ethical consequences, some good, some bad. However more pro...

AI Changes Everything – slides available of recent talk as part of the final event of Data Fusion Dynamics: A Collaborative UK-Saudi Initiative in Cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence, at Cardiff Metropolitan University. alandix.com/academic/tal...

Infant intimations of infinite regress Can chance childhood thoughts shape the whole life? Maybe a lifetime studying the nuanced complexity of humanity alongside the elusive simplicity of mathematics comes down to The Woodentops.

Can chance childhood thoughts shape a whole life? Maybe a lifetime studying the nuanced complexity of humanity alongside the elusive simplicity of mathematics comes down to The Woodentops.
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UK creating ‘murder prediction’ tool to identify people most likely to kill Exclusive: Algorithms allegedly being used to study data of thousands of people, in project critics say is ‘chilling and dystopian’

Two ways to use predictive #AI: (i) understand ways to help people avoid crime; (ii) further stigmatize those already weakest in society. We do have a choice.

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AI Book glossary complete! The AI glossary is complete -1229 entries in all, ready for the publication of the AI book in June. This a resource in its own right and interlinks with the book as hybrid digital/physical media. Find...

The AI glossary is complete, 1229 entries ready for the publication of my new edition of the AI book in June. A resource in its own right and with the book a hybrid digital/physical media. Find more about the glossary and how it was made:
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