Outputs (29)

Generative AI for Supporting Cultural Learning and Reflection: A Study on Technology User Acceptance (2025)
Journal Article
Iddamalgoda, C., Ng, K. H., & Koleva, B. (2025). Generative AI for Supporting Cultural Learning and Reflection: A Study on Technology User Acceptance. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, https://doi.org/10.1080/10447318.2025.2505777

This study examines user acceptance of generative AI in cultural heritage contexts through a Reflection Story Generator deployed at an interactive exhibition in Malacca, a UNESCO World Heritage site. Using the AI Technology Acceptance Model (AI-TAM),... Read More about Generative AI for Supporting Cultural Learning and Reflection: A Study on Technology User Acceptance.

Savouring Slow Gifts: Reflection from the Field Study of Hybrid Gifting (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kwon, H., David Benford, S., & Koleva, B. (2025, April). Savouring Slow Gifts: Reflection from the Field Study of Hybrid Gifting. Presented at CHI 2025: CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Yokohama, Japan

Despite the prevalence of digital gifting, designing meaningful and emotionally engaging digital gifts remains a challenge. One promising approach is Hybrid gifting, which combines digital and physical elements to improve the perceived value of gifts... Read More about Savouring Slow Gifts: Reflection from the Field Study of Hybrid Gifting.

Insights Into Legacy: Issues of Handover from a Partner-Initiated Project (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Thorn, E., Spence, J., Koleva, B., & Benford, S. D. (2024, May). Insights Into Legacy: Issues of Handover from a Partner-Initiated Project. Presented at CHI '24: CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Honolulu HI USA

We report on a six-year collaboration with a small community organisation to develop and deploy a permanent physical / digital locative media experience as part on an ongoing community regeneration project. We describe how this unfolded over four pha... Read More about Insights Into Legacy: Issues of Handover from a Partner-Initiated Project.

Gifting the Past in the Present: An Exploration of Evoking Nostalgia through Hybrid Gifts (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Gibson, R., Koleva, B., Flintham, M., & Winklhofer, H. (2023, July). Gifting the Past in the Present: An Exploration of Evoking Nostalgia through Hybrid Gifts. Presented at DIS '23 2023 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference, Pittsburgh, USA

This study focuses on the hybrid gifting model, where both physical and digital objects combine to create a single gift. For this in-the-world study, we turn to nostalgic emotions. We aimed to uncover if hybrid gifting can facilitate nostalgic experi... Read More about Gifting the Past in the Present: An Exploration of Evoking Nostalgia through Hybrid Gifts.

“It’s not just for the Past but it’s for the Here and Now”: Gift-Giver Perspectives on the Memory Machine to Gift Digital Memories (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Gibson, R., Babbage, C. M., Wagner, H. G., Price, D. J., Martindale, S., Chadborn, N. H., Ito-Jaeger, S., Darzentas, D. P., Webb, H., Jacobs, R., Atabey, A., Koleva, B., Flintham, M., Winklhofer, H., Urquhart, L. D., & Perez Vallejos, E. (2023, July). “It’s not just for the Past but it’s for the Here and Now”: Gift-Giver Perspectives on the Memory Machine to Gift Digital Memories. Presented at DIS '23: Designing Interactive Systems Conference, Pittsburgh, USA

We present the design of the Memory Machine (MeMa), a technology probe that can store, contextualise, and document media to represent memories. We accumulate vast physical and digital possessions throughout our lives, making it difficult to distingui... Read More about “It’s not just for the Past but it’s for the Here and Now”: Gift-Giver Perspectives on the Memory Machine to Gift Digital Memories.

Revisiting the Digital Plumber: Modifying the Installation Process of an Established Commercial IoT Alarm System (2023)
Journal Article
Castle-Green, T., Reeves, S., Fischer, J. E., & Koleva, B. (2023). Revisiting the Digital Plumber: Modifying the Installation Process of an Established Commercial IoT Alarm System. Computer Supported Cooperative Work, 32(3), 607-643. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10606-022-09455-2

The ‘digital plumber’ is a conceptualisation in ubicomp research that describes the work of installing and maintaining IoT devices. But an important and often understated element of commercial IoT solutions is their long-term socio-technical infrastr... Read More about Revisiting the Digital Plumber: Modifying the Installation Process of an Established Commercial IoT Alarm System.

"More Than a cliché": Experiencing Hybrid Gifting in the Wild (2023)
Journal Article
Spence, J., Koleva, B., Benford, S., Darzentas, D., Flintham, M., Glover, K., Wagner, H., Gibson, R., & Thorn, E. C. (2023). "More Than a cliché": Experiencing Hybrid Gifting in the Wild. ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction, 30(4), Article 55. https://doi.org/10.1145/3577015

Gifting is socially and economically important. Studies of gifting physical objects have revealed motivations, values, and the tensions between them, while HCI research has revealed weaknesses of digital gifting and explored possibilities of hybrid g... Read More about "More Than a cliché": Experiencing Hybrid Gifting in the Wild.

Seeing with New Eyes: Designing for In-the-Wild Museum Gifting (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Spence, J., Bedwell, B., Coleman, M., Benford, S., Koleva, B. N., Adams, M., Farr, J. R., Tandavanitj, N., & Løvlie, A. S. (2019, May). Seeing with New Eyes: Designing for In-the-Wild Museum Gifting. Presented at CHI '19: CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Glasgow, Scotland, UK

This paper presents the GIFT smartphone app, an artist-led Research through Design project benefitting from a three-day in-the-wild deployment. The app takes as its premise the generative potential of combining the contexts of gifting and museum visi... Read More about Seeing with New Eyes: Designing for In-the-Wild Museum Gifting.

Breaching the Future: Understanding Human Challenges of Autonomous Systems for the Home (2019)
Journal Article
Nilsson, T., Crabtree, A., Fischer, J., & Koleva, B. (2019). Breaching the Future: Understanding Human Challenges of Autonomous Systems for the Home. Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, 23(2), 287–307. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00779-019-01210-7

The domestic environment is a key area for the design and deployment of autonomous systems. Yet research indicates their adoption is already being hampered by a variety of critical issues including trust, privacy and security. This paper explores how... Read More about Breaching the Future: Understanding Human Challenges of Autonomous Systems for the Home.

Cinema-going trajectories in the digital age (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Styliari, T. C., Kefalidou, G., & Koleva, B. Cinema-going trajectories in the digital age. Presented at 32nd Human Computer Interaction Conference

The activity of cinema-going constantly evolves and gradually integrates the use of digital data and platforms to become more engaging for the audiences. Combining methods from the fields of Human Computer Interaction and Film Studies, we conducted t... Read More about Cinema-going trajectories in the digital age.