Pradipta Biswas

I am a Research Associate at the Engineering Design Centre and Trinity Hall College of University of Cambridge. I have completed PhD in Computer Science at the Rainbow Group of University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory in 2010. I was awarded a Gates-Cambridge Scholarship in 2006. I previously undertook a first degree in Information Technology at the University of Kalyani and a master degree at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur. Currently I am member of British Computer Society and Royal Society of Medicine.

My research aims to make the interfaces of modern digital devices (like computers, televisions, mobile phones and so on) more accessible to elderly users and people with different ranges of abilities. I work on developing user models that will help to reflect problems faced by people with different range of abilities. Currently I am working on the GUIDE project, which is a medium scale focused research project on an EU FP7, Accessible and Assistive Information and Communication Technologies grant: “GUIDE – Gentle User Interfaces for Disabled and Elderly citizens". The project also involves partners at France, Germany, Spain and Portugal and aims to develop accessible, adaptable and multi-modal digital TV interfaces.