Dr Daniel Woo

Research Expertise
Dr Woo is an early career researcher experienced in both pure and applied/commercial research and development projects. Woo's research to date focuses on the design and evaluation of user interfaces employing frameworks such as Norman's three component concept to map contiguities in the designer's, user's and the interactive system's respective modelling of a particular interface system. The designer's mental model may, depending on the interface platform and its actual implementation, give rise to a user mental model that is different from the designer's. The application of this research has been largely in the area of speech and telephone technologies. In 2001, Woo advocated the need for HCI research activity and successfully applied for UNSW Research Infrastructure Block Grant funding to equip a new laboratory. The HCI laboratory has provided a significant platform to initiate new research collaborations in technology usability, with its multipurpose design also facilitating speech and audio research. Through the early adoption and identification of specific technologies, Woo has developed applications and consulted on projects including mobile inspection systems, text-to-speech for GSM telephone applications and speech recognition applications. Woo was a member of the Speech Communication Research Group at the National Acoustics Laboratories, Australia (1991-1994). In addition Woo has been an early adopter of technologies and has helped organisations to migrate new technologies into their core business. Examples include Newton, QuickTime VR, Portable Document Format and FireWire video technologies applications in the building industry (Building Consultancy Pty. Ltd.). Early experience with PC-based telephone hardware from Dialogic and Parity Software’s VOS enabled Woo to provide technical consultancy for interactive voice response systems and other computer-telephone applications (Vocom Systems Pty. Ltd.).

Qualifications
Ph.D. (Engineering) The University of New South Wales, 1999
Bachelor of Science (Computer Science), The University of New South Wales, 1989
Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical) (Hons I), The University of New South Wales, 1991

Current Appointment
Lecturer, School of Computer Science and Engineering, The University of New South Wales.

Publications
Significant Publications (1999-2004)
1. Woo, D.T. and Pepper, B. "Technology for Voice Studies." Proceedings of Speech Science and Technology. The National Institute of Dramatic Art, 2002. Melbourne, Australia. Eds. Bow, C. Melbourne: Australian Speech Science and Technology Association Inc., 2002. 355 – 36.
2. Woo, D. "Evolving the Learning and Research Experience in Human Computer Interaction." Proceedings of the Apple University Consortium Conference. Eds. Smythe, N. Apple Computer Australia, Sydney, 2003. http://auc.uow.edu.au/conf/conf03/papers/AUC_DV2003_Woo.pdf. Sydney: Apple Computer Australia, 2003. 25.1-25.10.
3. Woo, D. "Building Speech Interactivity." Proceedings of the Apple University Consortium Conference. Wollongong Australia, 25-28 April. Eds. Harper, B. and Oliver, R. Sydney: Apple Computer Australia, 2000. 19.1-19.11.
4. Woo, D.T. and Mori, J. "Accessibility: A Tool for Usability Evaluation." APCHI 2004, Rotorua, New Zealand, June/July 2004. Eds. Masoodian,M., Jones, S. and Rogers, B. Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer, 2004. 531-539.
5. Mori, J., Ngan, E., Haines, R., and Woo, D. "User-Centred Design Meets Mac OS X: A Collaborative Project Between Computer Science and Engineering and Chemistry." Apple University Consortium Academic and Developers Conference Digital Voyages 2003. Ed. Smythe, N. http://auc.uow.edu.au/conf/conf03/papers/AUC_DV2003_Mori2.pdf, Canberra: Australian National University; Sydney: Apple Computer Australia, 2003. 19.1-19.14.
Exhibition Technology
6. Helyer, N., Woo, D., Rizos, C., and Mariette, N. "Syren: Sonic Cartography Becomes Audio Reality." International Symposium on Electronic Art, August 2004. Helsinki, Finland.

Career-best Publications
1. Woo, D. "Designing Text to Speech with TTS Discover X." Proceedings of The Apple University Consortium Conference. Ed. Smythe, N. www://auc.ouw.edu.au/conf/conf03/papers/AUC_DV2003_Woo2. Sydney: Apple Computer Australia, 2003. 26.1-26.9.
2. Mori, J. and Woo, D. "COAR: An Objective-C Framework for Usability Data Collection." Proceedings of the Apple University Consortium Conference, Digital Voyages 2003, Ed. Smythe, N. Sydney:AppleComputerSociety, 2003. http://auc.uow.edu.au/conf/conf03/papers/AUC_DV2003_Mori.pdf
3. Woo, D. "Desktop Speech Technology: A MacOS Perspective." Proceedings of AVIOS 2000. San Jose USA, 23-24 May 2000 Ed. Basson, S. San Jose: Applied Voice I/O Society, 2000. 39-50.
4. Woo, D. "Building Speech Interactivity." Proceedings of the Apple University
Consortium Conference. Wollongong Australia, 25-28 Apr. 2000. Eds. Harper, B. and Oliver, R. Sydney: Apple Computer Australia, Sydney, 2000. 1-19.