Nigel Davies

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#1119

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Mnemosyne - Supporting Reminiscence for Individuals with Dementia in Residential Care Settings

Reminiscence is known to play an important part in helping to mitigate the effects of dementia. Within the HCI community, work has typically focused on supporting reminiscence at an individual or social level but less attention has been given to supporting reminiscence in residential care settings. This lack of resear…

CHI '215th+ AuthorContext-Aware Computing +2

A Right Time to Give: Beyond Saving Time in Automated Conditional Donations

Smart Donations is a blockchain-based platform that offers users ‘contracts’ that donate funds to certain causes in response to real-world events e.g., whenever an earthquake is detected or an activist tweets about refugees. We designed Smart donations with Oxfam Australia, trialed it for 8-weeks with 86 people, recor…

CHI '203rd AuthorContext-Aware Computing +1

Foundations for Designing Public Interactive Displays that Provide Value to Users

Public interactive displays (PID) are a promising technology for providing information and collecting feedback in public spaces. Research on PIDs has shown that, like all public displays, their efficacy is reduced by display blindness. Rather than increase the visual attention-grabbing nature of PIDs, we propose that…

CHI '202nd AuthorHonorable MentionMixed Reality Workspaces +2

Supporting Stimulation Needs in Dementia Care through Wall-Sized Displays

Beside reminiscing, the increasing cognitive decline in dementia can also be addressed through sensory stimulation allowing the immediate, nonverbal engagement with the world through one's senses. Much HCI work has prioritized cognitive stimulation for reminiscing or personhood often on small screens, while less resea…

CHI '19CorrespondingPrivacy by Design & User Control +1

Should I Agree? Delegating Consent Decisions Beyond the Individual

Obtaining meaningful user consent is increasingly problematic in a world of numerous, heterogeneous digital services. Current approaches (e.g. agreeing to Terms and Conditions) are rooted in the idea of individual control despite growing evidence that users do not (or cannot) exercise such control in informed ways. We…

CSCW '19CorrespondingCollaboration and work practice

Maintainer perspectives on data-driven transport asset management and the future role of the Internet-of-Things

In this paper we present fieldwork findings from engagements with a cooperative group of strategic and operations transport maintainers, responsible for the maintenance of drainage infrastructure to mitigate the risk and impact of flooding on the network. Through transport maintainer perspectives from rail and highway…

CHI '194th AuthorPrivacy by Design & User Control +1

Programmable Donations: Exploring Escrow-Based Conditional Giving

This paper reports on a co-speculative interview study with charitable donors to explore the future of programmable, conditional and data-driven donations. Responding to the rapid emergence of blockchain-based and AI-supported financial technologies, we specifically examine the potential of automated, third-party 'esc…

CHI '18CorrespondingPublic Transit & Trip Planning +1

Transforming Last-mile Logistics: Opportunities for more Sustainable Deliveries

Road congestion, air pollution and sustainability are increasingly important in major cities. We look to understand how last-mile deliveries in the parcel sector are impacting our roads. Using formative field work and quantitative analysis of consignment manifests and location data, we identify how the effectiveness o…

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