Professor Peter Gregor

Background information

After gaining B.Sc and M.A. degrees in Psychology, Peter Gregor worked for many years in Community Education, where he was extensively involved in promoting empowerment of disadvantaged groups of all ages and ability levels. He also managed major community-based facilities, with a view to encouraging and facilitating maximum community involvement. During this period, his interest in the use of computers and information technology to benefit individuals and communities grew stronger, leading to his studying for and gaining the degree of Ph.D. in Computer Science. His research involved an investigation of the use of computers to aid interpersonal communication.

Since 1991 he has been a taught computing at the University of Dundee, teaching Human Computer Interaction, Usability Engineering and computer programming. His research interests include communication aids for disability, computer-aided learning and the use of computers to facilitate interpersonal communication. Current projects include developing and evaluating computer software which provides facilities for individual dyslexic users to configure the computer environment so that screen based text is more readable, and looking at ways for life scientists to access and use information from large, complex image datasets.

Peter has spoken at many conferences and symposia. Research which he has been involved in has led to several commercial products, including Chatterbox, a program for use with primary school children and Predictability, a predictive word processing system. He has managed research projects with a value which is in excess of £1,000,000.

When he's not busy with his academic work at Dundee, he enjoys life with his family, cooking, photography and keeping his V8 MGBGT on the road. The first and the last of these enjoyments are not always compatible.

Email: pgregor[at]computing.dundee.ac.uk

Telephone: 01382 384152

Fax: 01382 385509