Dr. Simon Harper

School of Computer Science, University of Manchester, 2.44 Kilburn Building, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, UK.
Tel: +44 161 275 0599; Fax: +44 161 275 6204
Email: simon.harper@manchester.ac.uk
Web: http://homepages.cs.manchester.ac.uk/~sharper

Interests

Dr. Simon Harper's research interests include investigating ways of augmenting Web accessibility using hypermedia and document engineering techniques in combination with semantics and transcoding. His primary research interest lies at the intersection between information and users; and addresses the problems inherent in accessing large, heterogeneous, non-linear information sources with limited, or no, vision.

Current projects

RIAM: Reciprocal Interoperability between the Accessible and Mobile Webs

Single Structured Accessibility Stream for Web 2.0 Access Technologies (SASWAT)

Publications

Yesilada, Y., Jay, C., Stevens, R. & Harper, S. (2008) Validating the use and role of visual elements of web pages in navigation with an eye-tracking study. Proceedings of 17th International World Wide Web Conference, Beijing, China, 21-25 April 2008.

Harper, S., Goble, C. & Stevens, R. (2005) Augmenting the mobility of profoundly blind web travellers. In: Tudhope, D. & Cunliffe, D. et al. eds New Review of Hypermedia and Multimedia, 11(1), 103-128, June 2005.

Harper, S., Pettitt, S. & Goble, C. (2003) Sentinel: towards an ambient mobility network. Disability and Rehabilitation, 253(16), 940-947, August 2003.