HCI Freaks

These are the freaks that usually inhabit the HCI Lab. As you can see we're not a very pretty sight (except for Dilbert of course).

Official HCI Freaks

Colin Blackett (blackett@cs.waikato.ac.nz)
Well what can I say. Colin was definitely not the quietest person in the lab.
He is still officially supposed to be in the lab, but has taken off to
London to start his PhD. His unoffical time-wasting while he was at uni
involved IRC and other chat hosts. He takes particular pride in annoying
Masood. aka The Secretary, Black Blackett
Michael Chester (chester@cs.waikato.ac.nz)
A tall lad is our Michael. He spends most of his time talking to various
people on the phone, and a bit of his time working on RVN (a tool
developed by Dr. Matt Humphry, that is used to visualise data). I'm
buggered if I know what else he is actually up to. aka the big guy
Wallace Chigona (wmgc@cs.waikato.ac.nz)
Wallace is a Malawian student that is also playing about with Matt's
RVN tool. He is doing his MSc and hopes to eventually get a PhD. aka the
big married black guy
Dilbert
Dilbert (our Esteemed Leader, and don't you dare refer to him as anything
else! ) excels at his work (in his own special way), and is highly respected
by other members ofthe lab. He provides great amusement to all. aka our
Esteemed Leader
Simon Gianoutsos (gianouts@cs.waikato.ac.nz)
Smart-assed comments are his specialty. Obsessed with Dibert, Simon
occasionally gets some work done inbetween morning tea, lunch,
and afternoon tea. He is currently finishing off his MCMS, and will
by heading off to work a Ernst and Young in Auckland in March. aka
Simple Simon, Dilbert freek, Seemon
Masood Massodian (masood@cs.waikato.ac.nz)
Having submitted his DPhil thesis, Masood continues to plague the rest
of the HCI lab. Masood is a self-proclaimed sex symbol, and the rest of
the lab take great delight in downsizing him whenever possible. aka The
Emperor, Cucumber Cumbumbian, Sex Symbol (or so he says) (symbol
of disaster)
Alvin Yeo (awy@cs.waikato.ac.nz)
You've got to be quick to catch this guy. Alvin darts in and out of the lab
with a cheerful grin on his face all day long. He can't seem to keep still!
Alvin's on study leave from Malaysia and is doing his DPhil on multi-
cultural user interfaces. aka Mr Happy, Yo!

Unofficial HCI Freaks

Gordon Paynter (gwp@cs.waikato.ac.nz)
If caviar was cheaper I'm sure Gordon wouldbe into it. Gordon is
obsessed with anything that is black, and usually is only found in black
attire. However, he has been known to occasionally wear different
colours in the summer. Gordon is doing a DPhil on Generalisation of
PBD systems, so will be around for a while yet.
Bryce Utting (butting@cs.waikato.ac.nz)
Given one word to describe Bryce it would have to be "strange". You just
have to see his holey jandals to understand this. Bryce is one of those
students that just linger around at University for years and years, getting a
couple of degrees as they go. Bryce collects all the junk that the University
does not want anymore, such as a PDP-11, HP9000, Apricot, ... Bryce is
supposedly doing research about cinematic interfaces (or something like
that). aka the guy with lots of hair, butting

Official Ex-HCI Lab members, but still Freaks

Hilary Davy (hdavy@deloitte.co.nz)
Yes, we used to have a female in our lab! Hilary is the one that was
always giggling away for no particular reason whatsoever. Hilary is now a
consultant (?) for Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu in Auckland. aka Hils,
Hilariously, Giggling Girty
Rodger McNab (rjmcnab@cs.waikato.ac.nz)
Rodger used to sing to his computer, and needless to say he had a couple
of monitors die on him. The rumour has it that they could not handle the
singing any more.Rodger has migrated to the Digital Library project as a
full-time researcher.

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