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Martin Porcheron

PhD

Senior UX Researcher

Martin has nine years of experience conducting user research with portable and novel technologies across multiple settings, including homes, health, and public settings. He has completed projects on how to improve the experience of using voice-based technologies for people with low-language proficiency in and has recently been working on the integration and evaluation of new Machine Learning technologies in various parts of the UK health service. Martin holds a PhD from the University of Nottingham, where he remains a Visiting Researcher.

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Something unique about you summed up in one sentence:

My love for citrus fruits-the more sour, the better!

Your favorite city in the world is...and why?

Melbourne, Australia, due to a mixture of family and being able to have fantastic coffee wherever you go!

In your spare time (or if you had spare time), you would absolutely do this:

I really want to read more fiction

Favorite food?

It's a toss-up between a burger and a burrito

You cannot start the day without doing this...

Coffee and my phone!

Your ultimate celebrity dinner party guest list (MAX 4) would include...

Madonna, Patricia Routledge, and Betty White

What superpower would you most want?

To own a stopwatch that has the ability to pause time for everyone else

Long-term personal or professional goal?

To hit those gym goals

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5 takeaways for human factors practitioners from the HFES Health Care Symposium FDA workshops

Apr 5, 2018

Healthcare symposium provides clarity for interpretation of FDA guidance documents related to human factors engineering.

In-vehicle UX research: Here’s one recommendation that hasn’t changed in 10 years

Feb 26, 2018

I found myself discussing what can be done to increase the extent to which voice recognition systems are seen as a benefit rather than an annoyance with the research sponsors, and I said the same things as I said 10 years ago… improve the system to support and recognize more natural speech patterns.

The future of fan engagement: How do you measure goosebumps?

Feb 19, 2018

One of the CES presentations I attended was a panel in the sports technology track called, The Future of Fan Engagement. The panel discussed cutting-edge research in the sports tech market and perspectives on the relationship between emergent media technologies and...