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Professor in Computing in the School of Science and Engineering, University of Dundee, working in the field of Augmentative and Alternate Communication (AAC).

Dundee, Scotland
Joined September 2010
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I am honoured to have been invited to deliver the Margaret Harris Lecture on Religion - 3rd Oct at Dundee Uni. Register now - buff.ly/44M9lQo
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I have been invited to be part of a panel at SXSW - a conference and associated festivals that celebrate tech, film, music, education, and culture - alongside GitHub, an open-source platform for software developers. Please vote for us on panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote/13… website. Thanks!
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justgiving.com/team/AnnaluSu… update... Video 1: my creep onto the bow sprit - thanks to Lois and Ian: youtu.be/2iSk4z6w_FA Video 2: my climb up the rigging to the main mast platform - thanks to Tom and Ann, with John and Mike in support: youtu.be/Bscdtyj4pOE
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Five sleeps and I board the Tenacious for my second crazy adventure. Thanks again to everyboard who is sponsoring me justgiving.com/team/AnnaluSu… . We board the Tenacious on Saturday. You can track the ship at jst.org.uk/ship-tracking/
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I have begun to organise myself for the Tall Ships. Kit list set up ... travel documents printed off ... 9 pages of nautical terms. Thanks to everyone - exceeded original target of £4,000. Please share justgiving.com/team/AnnaluSu… @dundeeuni @DundeeAAC @UoDComputing
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Annalu Waller retweeted
#TechAbility2023 is starting to book up. To attend the discussion forum, book early! techability.org.uk/techabili… Keynote from AT legend @usabilitydoc. Presentations from @ShamimaAkhtar @uoy_tel @treloars @thepacecentre @Jisc @RohanSlaughter @AmbitiousCol
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I jumped! And survived! Thanks to everyone who has sponsored me so far. If you have not, please help me EXCEED my target by sponsoring me at justgiving.com/team/AnnaluSu… for Brae Riding, Capability Scotland and @Comm_Matters. @dundeeuni @DundeeAAC @UoDComputing
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I did it and survived. Amazing! The first few minutes were scary " but thereafter quite spiritual - so quiet and awesome. Kayleigh my instructor is awesome. Video to follow but some photos of James and me getting briefed meantime. justgiving.com/team/AnnaluSu…
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justgiving.com/team/AnnaluSu… 15 hours to go and beginning to feel the adrenalin kicking in. I am leaving my cousin's at 8am tomorrow morning to meet my nephews at skydivelangar.co.uk/ at 8.45 to get prepared to skydive at 10 am. Early night me thinks!
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justgiving.com/team/AnnaluSu… Thank you all so much for your support! So far, we have raised over £2,500 in total for my three charities. Let's try to reach £3,000 by the time I jump on Monday. Weather looks good and despite being scared, I am looking forward to the adrenalin rush.
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justgiving.com/team/AnnaluSu… UPDATE 3: Wow...amazing...over £2,000 raised. My thanks to EVERYONE. I spent Thursday with trustees visiting the location of our proposed inclusive living project (see oicp.capability.scot/ ). So exciting but daunting as we seek £££
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justgiving.com/team/AnnaluSu… UPDATE 2: Over £1,000 raised in less than a week. My thanks to EVERYONE who is sponsoring me to be absolutely crazy. I am in desperate need for more courage having just been sent a video of Henry club skydiving (see attached).... WHAT AM I DOING???
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I am about to embark on a sumer of madness, raising money by doing a sky dive and crewing a tall ship! Please help me boost my courage by sponsoring me at justgiving.com/team/AnnaluSu….
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Proud to have played a small part in advocating physio for adults with CP. Please retweet to get the word out. @mistermunroltd @CapabilityScot @Comm_Matters
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Really proud to be part of @UoDComputing - only one of 5 UK Computing departments to have a clean sweep of "world-leading" or "internationally excellent" research!
Our entire Computer Science & Informatics #REF2021 submission was rated “world-leading” or “internationally excellent” (a distinction shared only with Birmingham, Bristol, Imperial, and Oxford)
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You can now watch my keynote "Inclusive AI: Designing for Diversity" delivered at the 2022 #ScotAISummit. Check it out👇 lnkd.in/ecEw3CbY
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About to speak at the CIISE Congress in Bilbao, Spain.
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Having a great time #AAATE2019 Loads of AAC technology. Such a change since my first AAATE conference in 1989! Fantastic to see use centred design and usability at the forefront
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Attending #AAATE2019 with Rolf Black, Chris Norrie & Kathleen from @DundeeAAC . Chris talking at 3pm today!
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