Edwin Blake

Edwin Blake is a professor in Computer Science at the University of Cape Town. His work focuses on the relations of people to computers in the context of a developing country.

His schooling and undergraduate education was obtained in South Africa. He read for a PhD in Computer Science at Queen Mary College, London University. He was subsequently senior researcher in the Department of Interactive Systems at the Centre for Mathematics and
Computer Science (CWI) in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

His recent research focus has been on Information and Communications Technology for Development and User Experience as applied to Games and Virtual Environments. His research outputs range from reflections on ICT policy issues to effective interaction design.