Retirement of a distinguished researcher - Prof. Upali S. Amarasinghe

Research as the Researcher ’ s

When we were given the challenge of expressing our views of research as the researcher‟s story, we intended to talk primarily about the ways in which our personal lives mediated our research work. While this remains one of the aspects of what we want to share, in our negotiations and conversations about writing this column we became aware of what brought us together to write a common article on...

Prof. U. S. Nayak M.S., M.Ch., F.R.A.C.S.

Born in Vijayawada, to Dr. U.V Nayak, Professor of Anatomy at MMC, and Mrs. Sanjeevi Bai, Dr. Nayak graduated in medicine from MMC in 1954 and went on to pursue post‐graduation in general surgery from another prestigious institute, Stanley Medical College in 1959. He was the first batch pupil along with Dr. Mathangi Ramakrishnan, when the legendary Prof. C R Sunderarajan started the first M.Ch....

Henry S. Kaplan Distinguished Scientist Award

The International Association for Radiation Research established in 1985 the Henry S. Kaplan Distinguished Scientist Award. The award, which is presented every four years at the International Congress of Radiation Research, consists of a medal, a certificate and a cash prize. A plenary session is designated for the award ceremony, including a lecture by the awardee. Previous recipients of this ...

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Designing with Vulnerable Children : A Researcher ’ s Perspective

In this chapter, the authors consider a researcher’s perspective in projects involving design of assistive technologies for and with children who have moderate to severe limitations, such as cognitive impairments, impulse control issues, strongly reduced vision, or speech problems. The secondary objective is to introduce the concept of vulnerability in such complex design contexts, exploring it...