All Outputs (96)

Fostering Trust and Acceptance of a Collision Avoidance System through Retrospective Feedback (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Large, D., Khan, J., & Burnett, G. (2018). Fostering Trust and Acceptance of a Collision Avoidance System through Retrospective Feedback. In Proceedings of the 6th Humanist Conference

A simulator study explored the effects of providing retrospective feedback on drivers’ acceptance of a collision avoidance system (CAS) following a false activation. Sixteen experienced drivers undertook two drives, each lasting approximately 20 minu... Read More about Fostering Trust and Acceptance of a Collision Avoidance System through Retrospective Feedback.

Dynamics of charcoal alteration in a tropical biome: a biochar-based study (2018)
Journal Article
Ascough, P., Bird, M., Meredith, W., Snape, C. E., Large, D., Tilston, E., …Shen, L. (2018). Dynamics of charcoal alteration in a tropical biome: a biochar-based study. Frontiers in Earth Science, 6, Article 61. https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2018.00061

Pyrogenic carbon (PyC) is a polyaromatic residue of the incomplete combustion of biomass or fossil fuels. There is a growing recognition that PyC forms an important part of carbon budgets, due to production rates of 116–385 Tg C yr, and the size and... Read More about Dynamics of charcoal alteration in a tropical biome: a biochar-based study.

Towards a predictive model of driver acceptance of active collision avoidance systems (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Large, D., Banks, V., Burnett, G., & Harvey, C. (2018). Towards a predictive model of driver acceptance of active collision avoidance systems. In Proceedings of 7th Transport Research Arena TRA 2018, April 16 - 19, 2018, Vienna, Austria. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1222174

Drivers’ acceptance of advanced-driver-assistance-systems (ADAS), such as pedestrian alert systems (PAS), is vital if the full benefits are to be realised. However, the adoption and continued use of such technology is not only contingent on the syste... Read More about Towards a predictive model of driver acceptance of active collision avoidance systems.

Driven to discussion: engaging drivers in conversation with a digital assistant as a countermeasure to passive task-related fatigue (2018)
Journal Article
Large, D. R., Burnett, G., Antrobus, V., & Skrypchuk, L. (2018). Driven to discussion: engaging drivers in conversation with a digital assistant as a countermeasure to passive task-related fatigue. IET Intelligent Transport Systems, 12(6), 420-426. https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-its.2017.0201

Using a Wizard-of-Oz approach, we explored the effectiveness of engaging drivers in conversation with a digital assistant as an operational strategy to combat the symptoms of passive task-related fatigue. Twenty participants undertook two 30-minute d... Read More about Driven to discussion: engaging drivers in conversation with a digital assistant as a countermeasure to passive task-related fatigue.

SHRIMP zircon U–Pb ages from coal beds across the Permian–Triassic boundary, eastern Yunnan, southwestern China (2018)
Journal Article
Wang, J., Shao, L.-Y., Wang, H., Spiro, B., & Large, D. (2018). SHRIMP zircon U–Pb ages from coal beds across the Permian–Triassic boundary, eastern Yunnan, southwestern China. Journal of Palaeogeography, 7(2), 117-129. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jop.2018.01.002

The first SHRIMP zircon U–Pb ages from coal beds close to the end-Permian mass extinction are reported from the C1 coal seam in the Yantang Mine in Laibin Town, Xuanwei County, eastern Yunnan Province. Zircons were extracted from kaolinite claystone... Read More about SHRIMP zircon U–Pb ages from coal beds across the Permian–Triassic boundary, eastern Yunnan, southwestern China.

Exploring the relationship between false alarms and driver acceptance of a pedestrian alert system during simulated driving (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Large, D. R., Harvey, C., Burnett, G., Merenda, C., Leong, S., & Gabbard, J. (2017, October). Exploring the relationship between false alarms and driver acceptance of a pedestrian alert system during simulated driving. Paper presented at The Road Safety and Simulation conference, The Hague, The Netherlands

n-vehicle pedestrian-alert-systems (PASs) can be prone to ‘false positive’ declarations, with the likelihood of false interventions increasing as time-to-collision (TTC) extends. A high number of false alarms can annoy drivers and lead to poor acc... Read More about Exploring the relationship between false alarms and driver acceptance of a pedestrian alert system during simulated driving.

Design Implications of Drivers’ Engagement with Secondary Activities During Highly-Automated Driving – A Longitudinal Simulator Study (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Large, D. R., Burnett, G. E., Morris, A., Muthumani, A., & Matthias, R. (2017). Design Implications of Drivers’ Engagement with Secondary Activities During Highly-Automated Driving – A Longitudinal Simulator Study.

Highly-automated vehicles will provide the freedom for drivers to engage in secondary activities while the vehicle is in control. However, little is known regarding the nature of activities that drivers will undertake, and how these may impact driver... Read More about Design Implications of Drivers’ Engagement with Secondary Activities During Highly-Automated Driving – A Longitudinal Simulator Study.

Putting the Joy in Driving: Investigating the Use of a Joystick as an Alternative to Traditional Controls within Future Autonomous Vehicles (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Large, D. R., Banks, V., Burnett, G. E., & Margaritis, N. (2017). Putting the Joy in Driving: Investigating the Use of a Joystick as an Alternative to Traditional Controls within Future Autonomous Vehicles. In AutomotiveUI '17: Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications (31-39). https://doi.org/10.1145/3122986.3122996

Unencumbered by the need to provide permanent manual control, future autonomous vehicles may be absent of traditional driving elements, such as a steering wheel and foot-pedals. While this provides additional space/comfort for drivers, an alternative... Read More about Putting the Joy in Driving: Investigating the Use of a Joystick as an Alternative to Traditional Controls within Future Autonomous Vehicles.

Capturing cultural differences between UK and Malaysian drivers to inform the design of in-vehicle navigation systems (2017)
Journal Article
Large, D. R., Burnett, G., & Mohd-Hasni, Y. (in press). Capturing cultural differences between UK and Malaysian drivers to inform the design of in-vehicle navigation systems

Attending to cultural diversity is important for products and technology intended for global placement, such as automobiles, yet many products (and associated interfaces) lack genuine cultural differentiation. For example, in-vehicle navigation syste... Read More about Capturing cultural differences between UK and Malaysian drivers to inform the design of in-vehicle navigation systems.

A Longitudinal Simulator Study to Explore Drivers’ Behaviour During Highly-Automated Driving (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Large, D. R., Burnett, G., Morris, A., Muthumani, A., & Matthias, R. (2017). A Longitudinal Simulator Study to Explore Drivers’ Behaviour During Highly-Automated Driving. In N. A. Stanton (Ed.), Advances in Human Aspects of Transportation : Proceedings of the AHFE 2017 International Conference on Human Factors in Transportation, July 17−21, 2017, The Westin Bonaventure Hotel, Los Angeles, California, USA7 (583-594). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60441-1_57

Six experienced drivers each undertook five 30-min journeys (portrayed as ‘daily commutes’ i.e. one on each of five consecutive weekdays) in a medium-fidelity driving-simulator engineered to mimic a highly-automated vehicle. Participants were encoura... Read More about A Longitudinal Simulator Study to Explore Drivers’ Behaviour During Highly-Automated Driving.

Augmenting landmarks during the head-up provision of in-vehicle navigation advice (2017)
Journal Article
Large, D. R., Burnett, G., & Bolton, A. (2017). Augmenting landmarks during the head-up provision of in-vehicle navigation advice. International Journal of Mobile Human Computer Interaction, 19(2), 18-38. https://doi.org/10.4018/IJMHCI.2017040102

The use of landmarks during the provision of directions can greatly improve drivers’ route-following performance. However, the successful integration of landmarks within in-vehicle navigation systems is predicated on the acquisition and deployment of... Read More about Augmenting landmarks during the head-up provision of in-vehicle navigation advice.

Train driving simulator studies: can novice drivers deliver the goods? (2017)
Journal Article
Large, D. R., Golightly, D., & Taylor, E. (2017). Train driving simulator studies: can novice drivers deliver the goods?. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit, https://doi.org/10.1177/0954409717704260

Early research suggests that, in a simulated train-driving environment, unskilled, novice drivers may exhibit comparable behaviour and performance to experienced, professional train drivers after receiving only minimal, task-specific training. Howeve... Read More about Train driving simulator studies: can novice drivers deliver the goods?.

Steering the conversation: a linguistic exploration of natural language interactions with a digital assistant during simulated driving (2017)
Journal Article
Large, D. R., Clark, L., Quandt, A., Burnett, G., & Skrychuk, L. (in press). Steering the conversation: a linguistic exploration of natural language interactions with a digital assistant during simulated driving. Applied Ergonomics, 63, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apergo.2017.04.003

Given the proliferation of ‘intelligent’ and ‘socially-aware’ digital assistants embodying everyday mobile technology – and the undeniable logic that utilising voice-activated controls and interfaces in cars reduces the visual and manual distraction... Read More about Steering the conversation: a linguistic exploration of natural language interactions with a digital assistant during simulated driving.

Developing predictive equations to model the visual demand of in-vehicle touchscreen HMIs (2017)
Journal Article
Large, D. R., Burnett, G., Crundall, E., van Loon, E., Eren, A. L., & Skrypchuk, L. (2018). Developing predictive equations to model the visual demand of in-vehicle touchscreen HMIs. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, 34(1), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1080/10447318.2017.1306940

Touchscreen HMIs are commonly employed as the primary control interface and touch-point of vehicles. However, there has been very little theoretical work to model the demand associated with such devices in the automotive domain. Instead, touchscreen... Read More about Developing predictive equations to model the visual demand of in-vehicle touchscreen HMIs.

Stimulating Conversation: Engaging Drivers in Natural Language Interactions with an Autonomous Digital Driving Assistant to Counteract Passive Task-Related Fatigue (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Large, D., Burnett, G., Antrobus, V., & Skrypchuk, L. (2017). Stimulating Conversation: Engaging Drivers in Natural Language Interactions with an Autonomous Digital Driving Assistant to Counteract Passive Task-Related Fatigue.

Engaging in conversation has been shown to be an effective countermeasure to passive task-related fatigue. To investigate the effectiveness of a digital assistant to fulfil the role of conversational partner in counteracting driver fatigue, twenty pa... Read More about Stimulating Conversation: Engaging Drivers in Natural Language Interactions with an Autonomous Digital Driving Assistant to Counteract Passive Task-Related Fatigue.

A predictive model of the visual demand associated with in-vehicle touchscreens (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Large, D., Burnett, G., Crundall, E., van Loon, E., Eren, A., & Skrypchuk, L. (2017). A predictive model of the visual demand associated with in-vehicle touchscreens.

Touchscreen-HMIs are increasingly popular within vehicles. Understanding the likely visual demand of new designs is therefore important but typically requires time-consuming and costly testing with functioning prototypes. Theoretical modelling allows... Read More about A predictive model of the visual demand associated with in-vehicle touchscreens.

Exploring the Behaviour of Distracted Drivers during Different Levels of Automation in Driving (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Large, D., Banks, V., Burnett, G., Baverstock, S., & Skrypchuk, L. (2017). Exploring the Behaviour of Distracted Drivers during Different Levels of Automation in Driving.

Increased levels of automation in driving can reduce drivers’ situation-awareness and cause erratic changes to workload and skills degradation following prolonged exposure. In addition, drivers (particularly those who are vulnerable to the onset of b... Read More about Exploring the Behaviour of Distracted Drivers during Different Levels of Automation in Driving.

Twist It, Touch It, Push It, Swipe It: Evaluating Secondary Input Devices for Use with an Automotive Touchscreen HMI (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Large, D. R., Burnett, G., Crundall, E., Lawson, G., & Skrypchuk, L. (2016). Twist It, Touch It, Push It, Swipe It: Evaluating Secondary Input Devices for Use with an Automotive Touchscreen HMI. In Automotive'UI 16: Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications (161-168). https://doi.org/10.1145/3003715.3005459

Touchscreen Human-Machine Interfaces (HMIs) inherently demand some visual attention. By employing a secondary device, to work in unison with a touchscreen, some of this demand may be alleviated. In a medium-fidelity driving simulator, twenty-four dri... Read More about Twist It, Touch It, Push It, Swipe It: Evaluating Secondary Input Devices for Use with an Automotive Touchscreen HMI.

Assessing Cognitive Demand during Natural Language Interactions with a Digital Driving Assistant (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Large, D. R., Burnett, G., Anyasodo, B., & Skrypchuk, L. (2016). Assessing Cognitive Demand during Natural Language Interactions with a Digital Driving Assistant. In Automotive'UI 16: Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications (67-74). https://doi.org/10.1145/3003715.3005408

Given the proliferation of digital assistants in everyday mobile technology, it appears inevitable that next generation vehicles will be embodied by similar agents, offering engaging, natural language interactions. However, speech can be cognitively... Read More about Assessing Cognitive Demand during Natural Language Interactions with a Digital Driving Assistant.

Quality not quantity: organic matter composition controls of CO₂and CH₄fluxes in neotropical peat profiles (2016)
Journal Article
Hoyos-Santillan, J., Lomax, B. H., Large, D., Turner, B. L., Boom, A., Lopez, O. R., & Sjögersten, S. (2016). Quality not quantity: organic matter composition controls of CO₂and CH₄fluxes in neotropical peat profiles. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 103, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2016.08.017

Tropical peatlands represent an important source of carbon dioxide (CO₂) and methane (CH₄) to the atmosphere. However, we do not know where in the peat profile these gases are produced and how controlling factors, such as substrate quality, which can... Read More about Quality not quantity: organic matter composition controls of CO₂and CH₄fluxes in neotropical peat profiles.