Software Engineering
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Senior Lecturer
External Examiner, MSc Advanced Computer Science, MSc Computer Science and MSc Information Systems, University of Chester (2020/21 - present).
External Examiner, Computing subject modules, University of Portsmouth (2019/20 - present).
External Examiner, BSc (Hons) Computer Science and BEng and MEng Mechatronics and Robotics, University of Hull (2018/19 - present)
External Examiner, MEng Computer Science and MEng Mathematics and Computer Science, Leeds Beckett University (2014/15 - 2018/19)
Visiting Professor in the Faculty of Arts, Science and Technology at Wrexham Glyndŵr University (UK).
Guest Editor, Special Issue on Accessibility, Inclusion, and Rehabilitation Using Information Technologies, Journal of Healthcare Engineering, Hindawi.
Guest Editor, Special Issue on Sound in Immersion and Emotion, Journal of the Audio Engineering Society, AES.
Current Teaching Activities
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Recent Publications
Journals
Cunningham, S., Brill, M., Whalley, J.H., Read, R., Anderson, G., Edwards, S., & Picking, R. (2019). “Assessing Wellbeing in People Living with Dementia Using Reminiscence Music with a Mobile App (Memory Tracks): A Mixed Methods Cohort Study”. Journal of Healthcare Engineering, vol. 2019, Article ID 8924273, Hindawi.
Cunningham, S., & McGregor, I. (2019). “Subjective Evaluation of Music Compressed with the ACER Codec Compared to AAC, MP3, and Uncompressed PCM”. International Journal of Digital Multimedia Broadcasting, vol. 2019. Article ID 8265301. Hindawi.
Cunningham, S., Berry, D., Earnshaw, R.A., Excell, P.S., & Thompson, E. (2017). “Examples of the Impact of Collaboration in Creative and Technological Practices”. International Journal of Art, Culture and Design Technologies (IJACDT), Vol.6, No. 2, IGI Global.
McGregor, I. & Cunningham, S. (2015). “Comparative Evaluation of Radio and Audio Logo Sound Designs”. Journal of the Audio Engineering Society, Vol. 63, No. 11, pp. 1 - 13.
Weinel, J. Cunningham, S. Roberts, N. Roberts, S., & Griffiths, D. (2015). “EEG as a Controller for Psychedelic Visual Music in an Immersive Dome Environment” [in English and Spanish]. Sonic Ideas/Ideas Sonicas, 7(14). Mexican Center for Music and Sonic Arts (CMMAS).
Weinel, J., Cunningham, S., Griffiths, D., Roberts, S., & Picking, R. (2014). “Affective Audio”, Leonardo Music Journal, Vol. 24, MIT Press.
Conferences
Cunningham, S., Weinel, J. & Picking, R. (2018). High-Level Analysis of Audio Features for Identifying Emotional Valence in Human Singing. Proceedings of the Audio Mostly 2018 on Sound in Immersion and Emotion (AM 2018), Glyndwr University, Wrexham, UK.
Davies, S., Cunningham, S. & Picking, R. (2017). A Comparison of Audio Models for Virtual Reality Video. Proceedings of the 2017 International Conference on CYBERWORLDS, University of Chester, UK.
Owens, S. & Cunningham, S. (2017). “More cowbell”: Measuring Beat Consistency with respect to Tempo and Metronome Variations. Proceedings of Audio Mostly 2017 (AM 2017), Queen Mary University of London, London, UK.
Books / Book Chapters
Sung A., Leong K., Cunningham S. (2020). “Emerging Technologies in Education for Sustainable Development”. In: Leal Filho W., Azul A., Brandli L., Özuyar P., Wall T. (eds) Partnerships for the Goals. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer.
Weinel, J. & Cunningham, S. (2019). Designing Game Audio Based on Avatar-Centred Subjectivity. In M. Filimowicz (Ed.), Foundations in Sound Design for Interactive Media. Routledge.
Cunningham, S., Nicholls, S. & Owens, S., (2017). “The Development of New Technology in Creative Music Applications”, in Earnshaw, R.A. (ed.) Art, Design and Technology: Collaboration and Implementation. Springer.
Cunningham, S., Weinel, J. & Picking, R. (2016). “In-Game Intoxication: Demonstrating the Evaluation of the Audio Experience of Games with a Focus on Altered States of Consciousness”, in Garcia-Ruiz, M.A. (ed.), Games User Research: A Case Study Approach. CRC Press.
Performances and Artistic Work
Cunningham, S. (2017). euphoria<dysphoria(Friday) (6:17). Fixed stereo electroacoustic.. OUA Electroacoustic Music Festival, 17th – 18th November 2017, Osaka University of Arts, Japan.
Cunningham, S. (2017). LSD No. 1 (1:10). Fixed stereo electroacoustic. Étude de l’objet: Bilder und Klangbilder”, Kurt-Tucholsky-Literaturmuseum, 14th June 2017, Rheinsberg, Germany.
Cunningham, S. (2017). LSD No. 1 (1:10). Fixed stereo electroacoustic. Concert of Electroacoustic Miniatures, 24th March 2017, The Fishbowl, Vancouver, Canada.
Cunningham, S. (2016). Noise without Noise (5:59). Fixed stereo electroacoustic. New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival, June 5-7, 2016, National Sawdust Arts Center, New York City, NY, USA.
Cunningham, S. (2015). LSD No. 1 (1:10). Fixed stereo electroacoustic. Concert of Electroacoustic Miniatures, 28th November 2015, XXII Festival Internacional de Arte Sonoro y Música Electroacústica “Punto de Encuentro”, Medialab-Prado, Madrid, Spain.
Weinel, J., Cunningham, S. (2021) 'Practice-led and Interdisciplinary Research: Investigating Affective Sound Design.' In Filimowicz, M. (ed.) Doing Research in Sound Design. Focal Press,
Cunningham, S., Henry, J., Weinel, J. (2020) 'Augmenting Virtual Spaces: Affective Feedback in Computer Games.' In Earnshaw, R., Liggett, S., Excell, P., Thalmann, D. (ed.) Technology, Design and the Arts - Opportunities and Challenges. Springer,
Sung, A., Leong, K., Cunningham, S. (2020) 'Emerging Technologies in Education for Sustainable Development.' Partnerships for the Goals. Springer Nature,
Cunningham, S., Weinel, J. (2019) 'Designing Game Audio Based on Avatar Centred-Subjectivity.' In Filimowicz, M. (ed.) Foundations in Sound Design for Interactive Media: A Multidisciplinary Approach. CRC Press,
Cunningham, S., Weinel, J. (2018) 'Deep Subjectivity and Empathy in Virtual Reality: A Case Study on the Autism TMI Virtual Reality Experience.' In Filimowicz, M., Tzankova, V. (ed.) New Directions in Third Wave Human-Computer Interaction: Volume 1 - Technologies. Springer, pp. 183-203.
Cunningham, S., Owens, S., Nicholls, S. (2017) 'The Development of New Technology in Creative Music Applications.' In Earnshaw, R. (ed.) Art, Design and Technology: Collaboration and Implementation. Springer,
Cunningham, S., Weinel, J., Picking, R. (2016) 'In-Game Intoxication: Demonstrating the Evaluation of the Audio Experience of Games with a Focus on Altered States of Consciousness.' In Garcia-Ruiz, M.A. (ed.) Games User Research A Case Study Approach. AK Peters,
Weinel, J., Cunningham, S., Picking, R., Williams, L. (2015) 'Holophonor.' Recent Advances in Ambient Intelligence and Context-Aware Computing. IGI Global, pp. 143-154.
Weinel, J., Cunningham, S., Picking, R., Williams, L. (2015) 'Holophonor.' Recent Advances in Ambient Intelligence and Context-Aware Computing. IGI Global, pp. 248-261.
Weinel, J., Cunningham, S., Williams, L., Picking, R. (2014) 'Holophonor: On the Future Technology of Visual Music.' In Curran, K. (ed.) Recent Advances in Ambient Intelligence and Context-Aware Computing. Information Science Reference,
Weinel, J., Cunningham, S., Williams, L., Picking, R. (2014) 'Holophonor: Designing the Visual Music Instruments of the Future.' In Curran, K. (ed.) Recent Advances in Ambient Intelligence and Context-Aware Computing. Information Science Reference,
Griffiths, D., Cunningham, S., Weinel, J., Picking, R. (2021) 'A multi-genre model for music emotion recognition using linear regressors.' Journal of New Music Research, 50(4) pp. 355-372.
Cunningham, S., McGregor, I. (2021) 'Evaluating use of the Doppler Effect to Enhance Auditory Alerts.' International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, 37(11) pp. 1074-1087.
Pike, J., Picking, R., Cunningham, S. (2020) 'Robot companion cats for people at home with dementia: a qualitative case study on companotics.' Dementia, 20(4) pp. 1300-1318.
Cunningham, S., Ridley, H., Weinel, J., Picking, R. (2020) 'Supervised machine learning for audio emotion recognition.' Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, 25(4) pp. 637-650.
Jaume-i-Capó, A., González-Cid, Y., Brooks, A.L., Cunningham, S. (2020) 'Accessibility, Inclusion, and Rehabilitation Using Information Technologies.' Journal of Healthcare Engineering, 2020pp. 1-2.
Cunningham, S., Brill, M., Whalley, J.H., Read, R., Anderson, G., Edwards, S., Picking, R. (2019) 'Assessing Wellbeing in People Living with Dementia Using Reminiscence Music with a Mobile App (Memory Tracks): A Mixed Methods Cohort Study.' Journal of Healthcare Engineering, 2019pp. 1-10.
Cunningham, S., McGregor, I. (2019) 'Subjective Evaluation of Music Compressed with the ACER Codec Compared to AAC, MP3, and Uncompressed PCM.' International Journal of Digital Multimedia Broadcasting, 2019pp. 1-16.
Cunningham, S., Earnshaw, R.A., Berry, D., Excell, P.S., Thompson, E. (2017) 'Examples of the Impact of Collaboration in Creative and Technological Practices.' International Journal of Art, Culture and Design Technologies, 6(2) pp. 55-79.
McGregor, I., Cunningham, S. (2015) 'Comparative Evaluation of Radio and Audio Logo Sound Designs.' AES: Journal of the Audio Engineering Society, 63(11) pp. 876-888.
Weinel, J., Cunningham, S., Griffiths, D., Roberts, S., Picking, R. (2014) 'Affective Audio.' Leonardo Music Journal, 24pp. 17-20.
Cunningham, S., Grout, V. (2014) 'Data reduction of audio by exploiting musical repetition.' Multimedia Tools and Applications, 72(3) pp. 2299-2320.
Cunningham, S., Picking, R. (2012) 'Sounds Relaxing—Looks Cool.' International Journal of Ambient Computing and Intelligence, 4(1) pp. 40-53.
Cunningham, S., McGregor, I.P. (2022) 'Manipulating Foley Footsteps and Character Realism to Influence Audience Perceptions of a 3D Animated Walk Cycle.' pp. 113-120.
McIntosh, T.H., Weinel, J., Cunningham, S. (2022) 'Lundheim: Exploring Affective Audio Techniques in an Action-Adventure Video Game.' pp. 155-158.
Jadowski, R., Cunningham, S. (2022) 'Statistical models for predicting results in professional League of Legends.' 2/12/2021 - 3/12/2021. Wölfel, M., Bernhardt, J., Thiel, S. (ed.) Springer, pp. 138-152.
Davies, L., Vagapov, Y., Grout, V., Cunningham, S., Anuchin, A. (2021) 'Review of Air Traffic Management Systems for UAV Integration into Urban Airspace.' In 28th International Workshop on Electric Drives: Improving Reliability of Electric Drives (IWED). Moscow, Russia, 27/1/2021 - 29/1/2021. IEEE,
Sheen, K.A., Griffiths, J., Wilson, D., Cunningham, S. (2021) 'A Novel Pandemic Delivery Pattern for a New Digital User Experience Degree Apprenticeship.' In International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics. 276. New York City (online), 25/7/2021 - 29/7/2021. Springer,
Lawton, M., Cunningham, S., Convery, I. (2020) 'Nature soundscapes: An audio augmented reality experience.' In Proceedings of the 15th International Audio Mostly Conference (AM'20). Graz, Austria, 15/9/2020 - 17/9/2020. The Association for Computing Machinery, pp. 85-92.
Cunningham, S., Ridley, H., Weinel, J., Picking, R. (2019) 'Audio emotion recognition using machine learning to support sound design.' In Audio Mostly. Nottingham, UK, 18/9/2019 - 20/9/2019. Association for Computing Machinery, pp. 116-123.
Cunningham, S. (2019) 'Communicating Auditory Impairments Using Electroacoustic Composition.' In Proceedings of EVA London 2019. London, UK, 8/7/2019 - 11/7/2019. BCS Learning & Development, pp. 336-341.
Schwarz, D., Cunningham, S., Smith, R.W. (2019) 'Towards a New Paradigm for Intuitive Theatrical Lighting Control.' In Proceedings of EVA London 2019. London, UK, 8/7/2019 - 11/7/2019. BCS Learning & Development, pp. 360-367.
Cunningham, S., Weinel, J., Picking, R. (2018) 'High-level analysis of audio features for identifying emotional valence in human singing.'
Nicholls, S., Cunningham, S., Picking, R. (2018) 'Collaborative artificial intelligence in music production.'
Owens, S., Cunningham, S. (2018) 'Auditory masking and the precedence effect in studies of musical timekeeping.'
Davies, S., Cunningham, S., Picking, R. (2017) 'A Comparison of Audio Models for Virtual Reality Video.' In Cyberworlds 2017. Chester, UK, 20/9/2017 - 22/9/2017. IEEE,
Kanev, A., Cunningham, S., Valery, T. (2017) 'Application of formal grammar in text mining and construction of an ontology.' pp. 53-57.
Picking, R., Cunningham, S., Houlden, N., Grout, V., Oram, D., Mayers, J. (2017) 'Foreword.' pp. i-ii.
Suprun, D., Cunningham, S. (2017) 'Image matching principles in photometrical transformations.' pp. 81-85.
Kiselev, B., Yakutenko, V., Yuriev, M., Zhelbakov, I., Cunningham, S. (2017) 'A knowledge representation model for massive open online course platforms.' pp. 169-172.
Weinel, J., Cunningham, S. (2017) 'Simulating auditory hallucinations in a video game: Three prototype mechanisms.' Part F131930.
Owens, S., Cunningham, S. (2017) 'More Cowbell: Measuring Beat Consistency With Respect To Tempo And Metronome Variations.' In 12th International Audio Mostly Conference on Augmented and Participatory Sound and Music Experiences. London, UK, 23/8/2017 - 26/8/2017. ACM,
Cunningham, S., Weinel, J. (2016) 'The sound of the smell (and taste) of my shoes too: Mapping the senses using emotion as a medium.' 04-06-October-2016. pp. 28-33.
Cunningham, S., Berry, D., Earnshaw, R.A., Excell, P.S., Thompson, E. (2016) 'Multi-disciplinary Creativity and Collaboration: Utilizing Crowd-Accelerated Innovation and the Internet.' pp. 271-277.
Cunningham, S., Houlden, N., Davies, J., Grout, V., Picking, R. (2016) 'Investigating environmental causes of TCP retransmission and flags in wireless networks.' pp. 37-41.
Davies, S., Cunningham, S., Wright, M. (2015) 'Immersive RGB+D zoetropic projection for Touchscreens and HMDs/Wearables.' 24-25-November-2015.
Griffiths, D., Cunningham, S., Weinel, J. (2015) 'A self-report study that gauges perceived and induced emotion with music.' pp. 239-244.
Earnshaw, R.A., Liggett, S., Cunningham, S., Thompson, E., Excell, P.S., Heald, K. (2015) 'Models for research in art, design, and the creative industries.' pp. 509-513.
Cunningham, S., Weinel, J. (2015) 'Second screen comes to the silver screen: A technology feasibility study regarding mobile technologies in the cinema.' pp. 228-232.
Weinel, J., Cunningham, S. (2015) 'Second Screen comes to the Silver Screen.' pp. 121-124.
Weinel, J., Cunningham, S., Roberts, N., Griffiths, D., Roberts, S. (2015) 'Quake Delirium EEG.' pp. 335-338.
Cunningham, S., Weinel, J., Griffiths, D. (2014) 'ACERemix: A tool for glitch music remix production and performance.' 2014-October.
Weinel, J., Cunningham, S., Griffiths, D. (2014) 'Sound through the rabbit hole: Sound design based on reports of auditory hallucination.' 2014-October.
Weinel, J., Griffiths, D., Cunningham, S. (2014) 'Easter eggs: Hidden tracks and messages in musical mediums.' pp. 140-147.
Roberts, D., Picking, R., Picking, L., Cunningham, S., Mukhopadhyay, S. (2013) 'Lifeline+: 'Teleholism' for end-of-life care.' pp. 371-374.
Griffiths, D., Cunningham, S., Weinel, J. (2013) 'Automatic music playlist generation using affective computing technologies.' pp. 177-183.
Earnshaw, R.A., Cunningham, S., Excell, P.S. (2013) 'The future of media: Dynamic content transformation and distribution.' pp. 66-73.
Cunningham, S., Caulder, S., Grout, V. (2008) 'Saturday night or fever? context aware music playlists.' pp. 64-71.
Senior Lecturer, Department of Computing and Mathematics, Manchester Metropolitan University
Reader in Audio and Affective Computing, Faculty of Arts, Science and Technology, Wrexham Glyndŵr University
Head of Department, Creative Industries, Media and Technology, Wrexham Glyndŵr University
Lecturer / Senior Lecturer, Department of Computing, Wrexham Glyndŵr University