Dr Tom Griffiths - @TG-AT.bsky.social

Inspired by the passion of @dundeeuni Educational Assistive Technology MSc students for improving lives of disabled people through their work. Extraordinary stories of impact through globally unique learning. Thanks to Annalu Waller and her great team.

🚨Delighted to announce the publication of the first article from my PhD! Huge thanks to my co-authors @DanHayesPhD @TG_AT @steven_bloch @MT_Clarke @UCLLangCog @RCSLTResearch @ubeldtp open access 📎 doi.org/10.1007/s40474…

[5/5] This paper discusses use of #AI in a clinical setting, concluding that utility and safety evaluations must consider the whole workflow, not just accuracy metrics in isolation. However human-AI inter-operation shows great promise for improving #cancer #radiotherapy workflows

[4/5] Blinded review showed gold standard clinician contours were not rated more highly than the AI-generated contours by independent reviewers. Crucially, when artificial errors were introduced into the system, clinical reviewers could spot these in the vast majority of cases.

[3/5] Our paper describes the extensive clinical evaluation and risk assessment undertaken - demonstrating improved overall workflow speed, accuracy comparable with highly skilled clinicians and existing software.

[2/5] #Contouring in radiotherapy is the process of "drawing round" all the organs at risk adjacent to a tumour - the bits you don't want to "zap" with nasty radiation. Our study showed that #AI can be used to do this faster than clinicians alone, who then review the contours.

🔖PUBLICATION DAY! [1/5] Exploring use of Deep-Learning #AI models in #Radiotherapy for #cancer - our model, trained on a curated dataset, saved significant time vs clinicians alone as part of a clinical workflow, with better accuracy and error correction: clinicaloncologyonline.net/article/S0936-…

Full Fee Scholarship for our #AssistiveTechnology MSc closes on 8th November, one month today. Please share! Interested in #MScEduAT please email MScEduAT@dundee.ac.uk with any questions you have. Scholarship webpage with full details linked below: dundee.ac.uk/scholarships/m…

Great to see @UoDComputing in the @GuardianEdu top five UK universities for #Computing this year - a fantastic achievement reflecting the hard work of all colleagues. See all our opportunities and courses here: dundee.ac.uk/computing

Says it all, really… @usabilitydoc @Comm_Matters #CM2024conf

@jemarshall13 @comm_ntherapy @HealthRI_MMU Congratulations Julie, and thank you for all your amazing work over the years, and for all the numerous times I've reached for one of your papers! All the best with your future adventures and endeavours!

Today, I'm leaving MMU after almost 23 great yrs. Thx to all my lovely MMU colleagues & friends. Looking forward to working as Prof Emerita with my PhD students, with @comm_ntherapy, doing more of all things international SLT & having new adventures! @HealthRI_MMU

Having previously been part of a similar scheme led by Anna, I cannot recommend this highly enough - you'll learn so much & have a great time doing it! Be great to see some rehab engineering stories - please share! @ipemnews @ZoeClarke77 @resmagcouncil @SwanseabayNHS @CV_UHB

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Whilst you're all trying for #Oasis #OasisLive2025 tickets tomorrow (😎😳), why not have a read of my first academic publication (from a previous life) "A Semiotic Analysis of the Music of #Britpop: A Phrase Book for Signification in Popular Music" 😅 - researchgate.net/publication/29…

We're thrilled to have @usabilitydoc as our Keynote Speaker. A pioneer in #AAC development from @dundeeuni she's been innovating since 1985. Her keynote: Empowerment: Taking Risks, Expanding Horizons, Realising Potential, is a must see! Come join us in September #CM2024conf

@saranda_bek @RohanSlaughter @usabilitydoc @EmeraldHSC Thank you! 🤗 Hope you like it - feels like an important topic right now and hopefully we’ll see more papers in this area soon…!

@TG_AT @RohanSlaughter @usabilitydoc @EmeraldHSC Congrats Tom and coauthors! 👏 What an interesting and timely topic, looking forward to reading the paper!🤓

🔖PUBLICATION DAY! New paper from myself, @RohanSlaughter & @usabilitydoc "Use of artificial intelligence (#AI) in augmentative and alternative communication (#AAC): community consultation on risks, benefits & the need for a code of practice" @EmeraldHSC emerald.com/insight/conten…

We hope that this paper will contribute to this important and ongoing discussion in the fields of #AAC #AugComm and #AssistiveTechnology - there is huge potential here but the field must be careful about implementation.

Paper reports on a consultation at @Comm_Matters conference 2023 on the use, risks, benefits and ethics of integrating AI into #AAC #AugComm systems - opportunities for rate enhancement & novel utterance generation should be balanced against risks of bias, ownership & authorship