The Human in the Machine

In this episode we are joined by Dr Hannah Pelikan from Liköping University. Hannah talks to us about her work on human-robot interaction, specifically how sound can be interpreted and used in robot design.

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Dr Pelikan's papers are available on Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=7ud3OXMAAAAJ&hl=en

We;re back after a little break to recharge the batteries and munch a few Easter eggs along the way. Here we are joined by Dr Sandy Gould, Senior Lecturer at Cardiff University who talks to us about his work on the human side of research, crowdsourcing platforms, monitoring and political economy.

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In this episode Dr Camille Nadal from Trinity College Dublin joins us for a chat after her talk on technology acceptance in mental healthcare (available in a previous episode). We talk about technology acceptance models, the case of mental healthcare technology acceptance and the role that clients and clinicians have in this.

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Dr Nadal's Google Scholar page: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=R3WH6wgAAAAJ&hl=en

In this episode I chat with Professor Andrew Howes (University of Exeter) about his work on collaborative AI and user modelling. We touch on a lot of areas including the role of modelling in HCI, trust and what collaborative AI might be like in the future.

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This episode is all about technology acceptance and healthcare technologies. We are joined by Dr Camille Nadal from Trinity College Dublin a leading researcher in the area of HCI and healthcare technology. Camille is a member of the ADAPT Centre and has won Best Paper awards at ACM CHI for her groundbreaking work on merging theory with practice in engaging designers with technology acceptance models.

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Links:

Camille's Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=R3WH6wgAAAAJ&hl=en

TAC Toolkit: http://ehealthacceptancedesign.com/

This one is a must listen for all those wondering how to crack the problem of collaborative AI. We were joined here in Dublin last week by Prof. Andrew Howes from the University of Exeter.

Andrew is a great friend of ours and is a world authority on cognition, decision making and computational modelling and how this can be used in HCI to better understand people and design better systems.

In this episode Andrew talks to us about his recent work on collaborative AI and how computational modelling approaches can be applied to lead us towards AI systems that work with us.

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Links:

Andrew's Google Scholar profile: https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=iswtssoAAAAJ&hl=en

Andrew's paper with Antti Oulasvirta and Jussi Jokinen on computational rationality as a theory of interaction (mentioned in the talk): https://acris.aalto.fi/ws/portalfiles/portal/85706590/Oulasvirta_Computational_rationality_as_theory_of_interaction_CHI.pdf

In this episode I’m chatting with Prof. Lewis Chuang from Chemnitz University of Technology in Germany, based on his talk in Part 1.

Our conversation goes through talking about the role of psychological science in HCI, the use of psychological concepts and the reflection of where we need to be to ensure human-technology partnership.

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Useful links:

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ztt1ZHsAAAAJ&hl=en

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We’ve got a real treat for you this episode. We’re speaking to Prof. Lewis Chuang from Chemnitz University of Technology in Germany. In Part 1, Lewis talks to us about the merging of humans and technology, whilst reflecting philosophically on how perspectives of the purpose of technology are changing and need to change.

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In this episode I chat with Dr Diego Garailde about his research, more of which you can hear in Part 1.

Here we chat about how devices are changing to help us focus more, how we can apply his work to the big behaviour change problems of our time around climate change and health as well as how his research can help us change our behaviours.

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Diego's papers can be found at: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=Qfas7WgAAAAJ

This week we are joined by Dr Diego Garialde from University College Dublin's School of Computer Science. Diego is a leading expert in applying decision making theories to understand why we behave the way we do and how design can influence our decisions. His talk broaches the subjects of gamification, decision making theories, motivation and habit formation, whilst also giving us an insight into how social media uses these techniques to influence our decisions and behaviour. Diego has been Associate Chair for the ACM CHI Understanding People Committee and has recently been awarded a Marie Curie Fellowship to continue his work in the area of decision making and digital interactions.