Annalu Waller
@usabilitydoc
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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
I am honoured to have been invited to deliver the Margaret Harris Lecture on Religion - 3rd Oct at Dundee Uni. Register now -
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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 website. Thanks!.
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update. Video 1: my creep onto the bow sprit - thanks to Lois and Ian: Video 2: my climb up the rigging to the main mast platform - thanks to Tom and Ann, with John and Mike in support:
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Five sleeps and I board the Tenacious for my second crazy adventure. Thanks again to everyboard who is sponsoring me . We board the Tenacious on Saturday. You can track the ship at
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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 @dundeeuni @DundeeAAC @UoDComputing.
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RT @Tech_Ability1: #TechAbility2023 is starting to book up. To attend the discussion forum, book early! Keynote fro….
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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 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.
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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 at 8.45 to get prepared to skydive at 10 am. Early night me thinks!.
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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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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 ). So exciting but daunting as we seek £££.
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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
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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.
We are excited to launch our animation ‘Improving physio services for adults with CP’ follow the link - 3 other inclusive versions to follow #PhysioForAdultsWithCP #ACPPLD @mistermunroltd @upmovement_cp radicalresearchingCP@gmail.com.
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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👇.
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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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