Dan Jackson
Senior Research Associate
ⓘ From mid-October 2024, I'll no longer be at Newcastle University. To contact me, please see: danjackson.dev/contact.
I am a Senior Research Associate within the School of Computing at Newcastle University. Based in Open Lab, a cross-disciplinary research environment, I collaborate on the development of research systems and prototypes, engineering solutions for projects that use a diverse range of technologies.
My primary research interests are with human-computer interaction with a focus on the areas of ubiquitous/pervasive computing and technologies that support health and wellbeing. After graduating in 2001 with an MEng in Computer Systems and Software Engineering from the University of York, I worked for several years at Lexicle Ltd., where I helped to produce a state-of-the-art web-based 3D embodied conversational agent, and have provided consultancy in ubiquitous computing and computer vision.
Findings from a Longitudinal Situated Display Deployment
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Choice-Point: Challenging perpetrators of domestic violence with interactive storytelling
IDEA-FAST: Identifying digital endpoints for fatigue and sleep for people living with chronic conditions
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Journeycam: Exploring experiences of accessibility and mobility among powered wheelchair users
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Intake24: A 24-hour dietary recall system
Ambient Kitchen
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2024
Evaluation of walking activity and gait to identify physical and mental fatigue in neurodegenerative and immune disorders: preliminary insights from the IDEA-FAST feasibility study
2024 – Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation
2023
Can wrist-worn devices and a smartphone application influence arm activity in children with Unilateral Cerebral Palsy? A proof-of-concept study
2023 – British Paediatric Neurology Association, Annual Meeting
Can wrist-worn devices and a smartphone application influence arm activity in children with hemiplegia? A proof of concept study
2023 – Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences
Identification of Fatigue and Sleepiness in Immune and Neurodegenerative Disorders from Measures of Real-World Gait Variability
2023 – 45th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBC)
2022
Wrist-Worn Devices to Encourage Affected Upper Limb Movement in Unilateral Cerebral Palsy: Participatory Design Workshops
2022 – Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences
2021
Deep learning-based automated speech detection as a marker of social functioning in late-life depression
2021 – Psychological Medicine
Patient-centred measurement of recovery from day-case surgery using wrist worn accelerometers: a pilot and feasibility study
2021 – Anaesthesia
Sustaining a networked community resource: Findings from a longitudinal situated display deployment
2021 – CHI '21: Proceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
2020
Choice-Point: Fostering Awareness and Choice with Perpetrators in Domestic Violence Interventions
2020 – CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Wrist-worn devices to improve arm movement in hemiplegic cerebral palsy: participatory design workshops
2020 – RCPCH Conference
2019
Developing technology to enhance learning interpersonal skills in counsellor education
2019 – British Journal of Guidance and Counselling
Feasibility of communication training for parents of preschool children with motor disorders with remote coaching using smartphone apps
2019 – International Journal of Language and Communication
Feasibility of parent communication training with remote coaching using smartphone apps
2019 – International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders
Behavioural intervention for weight loss maintenance vs. standard weight advice in adults with obesity: a randomised controlled trial in the UK (NULevel Trial)
2019 – PLoS Medicine
JourneyCam: Exploring Experiences of Accessibility and Mobility among Powered Wheelchair Users through Video and Data
2019 – Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2019)
2018
Wristband accelerometers to motivate arm exercise after stroke (WAVES): Activity data from a pilot randomised controlled trial
2018 – 12th World Congress of the International Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine
Proceedings of SRR: Wristband accelerometers to motivate arm exercise after stroke (WAVES): A pilot randomized controlled trial
2018 – The Society of Research in Rehabilitation 40th Anniversary and Winter Meeting
2017
A study of wrist-worn activity measurement as a potential real-world biomarker for late-life depression
2017 – Psychological Medicine
Iterative Development of an Online Dietary Recall Tool: INTAKE24
2017 – Nutrients
Large scale population assessment of physical activity using wrist worn accelerometers: The UK biobank study
2017 – PLoS ONE
Prototyping Ubiquitous Imaging Surfaces
2017 – 2017 Conference on Designing Interactive Systems
Understanding the Therapeutic Coaching Needs for Mothers of Children with Cerebral Palsy
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2016
Challenges for Designing new Technology for Health and Wellbeing in a Complex Mental Healthcare Context
2016 – ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2016
A study of wrist-worn activity measurement as a potential real-world biomarker for late life depression
2016 – 18th Annual Conference of the International Society for Bipolar Disorders & 8th Biennial Conference of the International Society for Affective Disorders
Wristband Accelerometers to motiVate arm Exercise after Stroke (WAVES): study protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial
2016 – Trials
2015
Can a kitchen teach languages? Linking theory and practice in the design of context-aware language learning environments
2015 – Smart Learning Environments
Iterative development of an online dietary recall tool, INTAKE24
2015 – Proceedings of the Nutrition Society
Designing for and with People with Parkinson's: A Focus on Exergaming
2015 – 33rd Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
The NULevel trial of a scalable, technology-assisted weight loss maintenance intervention for obese adults after clinically significant weight loss: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
2015 – Trials
CueS: cueing for upper limb rehabilitation in stroke
2015 – British HCI '15 2015 British HCI Conference
CueS: Cueing for Upper Limb Rehabilitation in Stroke
2015 – 2015 British HCI Conference
2014
Relational approach to knowledge engineering for POMDP-based assistance systems as a translation, of a psychological model
2014 – International Journal of Approximate Reasoning
Kitchen as Classroom: Shifting perspectives in the design and evaluation of new technologies for learning
2014 – British Educational Research Association Annual Conference 2014
Accuracy of the Microsoft Kinect sensor for measuring movement in people with Parkinson’s disease
2014 – Gait and Posture
Retraining function in people with Parkinson’s disease using the Microsoft kinect: game design and pilot testing
2014 – Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation
Occupancy Monitoring using Environmental & Context Sensors and a Hierarchical Analysis Framework
2014 – BuildSys '14 Proceedings of the 1st ACM Conference on Embedded Systems for Energy-Efficient Buildings
RedTag: automatic content metadata capture for cameras
2014 – TVX '14 Proceedings of the 2014 ACM International Conference on Interactive Experiences for TV and Online Video
Panopticon as an eLearning support search tool
2014 – CHI '14 Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Augmenting the servicescape with ubiquitous interactive surfaces: Fibreshelf technology
2014 – AMA SERVSIG International Service Research Conference
The French digital kitchen: Implementing task-based language teaching beyond the classroom
2014 – Computational Linguistics: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications
2013
FoodBoard: Surface Contact Imaging for Food Recognition
2013 – ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing (UbiComp)
The Break-Time Barometer: An Exploratory System for Workplace Break-time Social Awareness
2013 – ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing (UbiComp)
Panopticon: A Parallel Video Overview System
2013 – 26th ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST)
Touchbugs: Actuated Tangibles on Multi-touch Tables
2013 – CHI' 13 SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
2012
Can a kitchen teach me French?: Using digital technology to learn French language and cuisine
2012 – Francophonie
The French Kitchen: Task-Based Learning in an Instrumented Kitchen
2012 – 14th International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing (Ubicomp)
Panopticon: A Parallel Video Overview Technique
2012 – School of Computing Science Technical Report Series
2011
Distributed Event Processing For Activity Recognition
2011 – School of Computing Science Technical Report Series
Towards a pervasive kitchen infrastructure for measuring cooking competence
2011 – International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare (PervasiveHealth'11)
N-backer: An auditory n-back task with automatic scoring of spoken responses
2011 – Behavior Research Methods
Distributed event processing for activity recognition
2011 – DEBS '11 Proceedings of the 5th ACM international conference on Distributed event-based system
2009
Keeping In Touch Everyday (KITE) project: developing assistive technologies with people with dementia and their carers to promote independence
2009 – International Psychogeriatrics
Smart Phone Interaction with Registered Displays
2009 – IEEE Pervasive Computing
AMUC: Associated Motion Capture User Categories
2009 – Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
Design and Prototype of a Device to Engage Cognitively Disabled Older Adults in Visual Artwork
2009 – Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Pervasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments
FiberSense – Multi-touch Fibre Optic Sensing on Non-Planar Surfaces
2009 – School of Computing Science Technical Report Series
ePAD: Engaging Platform for Art Development
2009 – IJCAI'09 Workshop on Assisted Cognition (best paper)
IBookmark: Locative texts and place-based authoring
2009 – 27th Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Design and prototype of a device to engage cognitively disabled older adults in visual artwork
2009 – ACM International Conference Proceeding Series
The IRIS network of excellence: Future directions in interactive storytelling
2009 – Interactive Storytelling: Second Joint International Conference on Interactive Digital Storytelling
FiberBoard - Compact multi-touch display using channeled light
2009 – The ACM International Conference on Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces (ITS)
2008
Enhancing privacy in public spaces through crossmodal displays
2008 – Social Science Computer Review
Display registration for device interaction a proof of principle prototype
2008 – 3rd International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications (VISAPP)
2007
Data Services for Associated Motion Capture User Categories. AHRC/EPSRC E-Science Demonstrator EP/E005624/1
2007 – Newcastle University
Crossmodal Ambient Displays
2007 – People and Computers XX - Engage. Proceedings of HCI 2006
Enhancing privacy in public spaces through crossmodal displays
2007 – School of Computing Science Technical Report Series
Mobile Devices in Crossmodal Interfaces
2007 – School of Computing Science Technical Report Series
CROSSBOARD: Crossmodal Access of Dense Public Displays
2007 – School of Computing Science Technical Report Series
2006
LEXICLECS: A Real-world Architecture for the Synthesis of Spontaneous Gesture
2006 – Computer Animation and Social Agents
Enhancing privacy in public spaces through crossmodal displays
2006 – Pervasive: Workshop on Privacy, Trust and Identity Issues for Ambient Intelligence
Mobile Devices in Crossmodal Interfaces
2006 – Pervasive: Workshop on Pervasive Mobile Interaction Devices (PERMID)
Future Traveller Information Systems: Impacts on Modal Shift
2006 – ASK IT Conference
Crossmodal Attention in Public-Private Displays
2006 – International Conference on Pervasive Services (ICPS)
CrossBoard: Crossmodal Access of Dense Public Displays
2006 – 1st International Workshop on Multimodal and Pervasive Services (MAPS '06)