{"id":1744,"date":"2016-03-29T08:28:26","date_gmt":"2016-03-29T08:28:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.macs.hw.ac.uk\/texturelab\/?page_id=1744"},"modified":"2018-05-30T16:09:32","modified_gmt":"2018-05-30T16:09:32","slug":"pierre-le-bras","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.macs.hw.ac.uk\/texturelab\/people\/pierre-le-bras\/","title":{"rendered":"Texturelab Edinburgh \u2013 People \u2013 Pierre Le Bras"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float: left;\">\n<h1 style=\"margin-bottom: 0;\">Pierre Le Bras<\/h1>\n<h2>BSc (Hons)<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"float: right;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 30px; text-align: right;\">Texture Lab \/ Strategic Futures Laboratory,<br \/>\nSchool of Mathematical and Computer Science,<br \/>\nHeriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, EH14 4AS<br \/>\npl196 at hw dot ac dot uk<br \/>\n+44 (0)131 451 4166<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/uk.linkedin.com\/in\/plebras\">LinkedIn profile<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/plebras.github.io\/\">Website<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\n\n<ul>\n\t\n\n<li><a href=\"#Posters\">Conferences and Publications<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\t\n\n<li><a href=\"#Research\">Research Interests<\/a>\n\n\n<ul>\n\t\n\n<li><a href=\"#WellSorted\">Well Sorted<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\t\n\n<li><a href=\"#Gloss\">Binocular Vision and Gloss<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\t\n\n<li><a href=\"#Wiimote\">Wiimote Tracking<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\t\n\n<li><a href=\"#Surface\">Surface\/Fabric Properties<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\t\n\n<li><a href=\"#Reaction\">Reaction-Diffusion Patterns<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<\/li>\n\n\n\t\n\n<li><a href=\"#Extras\">Extras<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<\/ul>\n\n --><\/p>\n<h1><a name=\"Posters\"><\/a>Conferences and Publications<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dl.acm.org\/citation.cfm?id=3173978\">Improving User Confidence in Concept Maps: Exploring Data Driven Explanations<\/a>\n<ul>\n<ul>Pierre Le Bras, David A. Robb, Thomas S. Methven, Stefano Padilla, Mike J. Chantler<\/ul>\n<ul>In Proceedings of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. ACM, 2018.<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/link.springer.com\/chapter\/10.1007\/978-3-662-49674-9_37\">Developing and Debugging Proof Strategies by Tinkering<\/a>\n<ul>\n<ul>Yuhui Lin, Pierre Le Bras, and Gudmund Grov<\/ul>\n<ul>In International Conference on Tools and Algorithms for the Construction and Analysis of Systems, pp. 573-579. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2016.<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1><a name=\"Research\"><\/a>Research Interests<\/h1>\n<p>My research interests are a mixture of Data Science, Human-Computer Interaction, and Machine Learning. In particular, I investigates user confidence and trust in automated systems, i.e. explainable AI. My Ph.D. research focuses on user confidence in automated topic map visualisation. In particular, I have implemented and analysed the effects of data-driven explanations when used to improve user confidence. My investigations led me to draw out confidence-driven usability recommendations.<\/p>\n<h1><a name=\"Extras\"><\/a>Projects<\/h1>\n<h2><a name=\"Tinker\"><\/a>9 Years of Uk and EU Research<\/h2>\n<p>Using the Topic Hex Map application I developed for my research, we produced an overview of British and European funded research in the UK.<br \/>\nWebsite : <a href=\"http:\/\/strategicfutures.org\/hexmaps\/ukeutopics\/2017-01\/\">strategicfutures.org\/hexmaps\/ukeutopics\/2017-01\/<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><a name=\"Tinker\"><\/a>Tinker<\/h2>\n<p>I have been involved in the Tinker project since my last year of undergraduate studies.<br \/>\nTinker is a tool enabling Proof Strategies to be represented as graphs (called PSGraphs) and works on top of Theorem Provers (e.g. Isabelle, ProofPower).<br \/>\nMy main work was to re-create an interface that would allow more functionalities with PSGraphs such as hierarchies and a better communication protocol between the interface and the Theorem Provers.<br \/>\nWebsite : <a href=\"http:\/\/ggrov.github.io\/tinker\/\">ggrov.github.io\/tinker<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pierre Le Bras BSc (Hons) Texture Lab \/ Strategic Futures Laboratory, School of Mathematical and Computer Science, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, EH14 4AS pl196 at hw dot ac dot uk +44 (0)131 451 4166 LinkedIn profile, Website Conferences and Publications Improving &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macs.hw.ac.uk\/texturelab\/people\/pierre-le-bras\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":12,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macs.hw.ac.uk\/texturelab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1744"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macs.hw.ac.uk\/texturelab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macs.hw.ac.uk\/texturelab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macs.hw.ac.uk\/texturelab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macs.hw.ac.uk\/texturelab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1744"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/www.macs.hw.ac.uk\/texturelab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1744\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2155,"href":"https:\/\/www.macs.hw.ac.uk\/texturelab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1744\/revisions\/2155"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macs.hw.ac.uk\/texturelab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macs.hw.ac.uk\/texturelab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}