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Designing Prosocial More-Than-Human Rhetoric within Experiential Futures (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Coulton, P., Stead, M., Pilling, M., Crabtree, A., Chamberlain, A., & Sailaja, N. (2024, October). Designing Prosocial More-Than-Human Rhetoric within Experiential Futures. Presented at Mindtrek 2024, Tampere, Finland

While prosocial behaviour is often described as behaviour intended to help and benefit others, it is primarily considered through an anthropocentric lens in that the others in question are principally humans. In this research, we consider designed sy... Read More about Designing Prosocial More-Than-Human Rhetoric within Experiential Futures.

Responsibility and Regulation: Exploring Social Measures of Trust in Medical AI (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McGarry, G., Crabtree, A., Chamberlain, A., & Urquhart, L. D. (2024, September). Responsibility and Regulation: Exploring Social Measures of Trust in Medical AI. Presented at Second International Symposium on Trustworthy Autonomous Systems (TAS ’24), Austin, Texas, USA

This paper explores expert accounts of autonomous systems (AS) development in the medical device domain (MD) involving applications of artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and other algorithmic and mathematical modelling techniques. W... Read More about Responsibility and Regulation: Exploring Social Measures of Trust in Medical AI.

AI and the iterable epistopics of risk (2024)
Journal Article
Crabtree, A., McGarry, G., & Urquhart, L. (2024). AI and the iterable epistopics of risk. AI & Society, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00146-024-02021-y

The risks AI presents to society are broadly understood to be manageable through ‘general calculus’, i.e., general frameworks designed to enable those involved in the development of AI to apprehend and manage risk, such as AI impact assessments, ethi... Read More about AI and the iterable epistopics of risk.

Making of an Adaptive Podcast that Engenders Trust through Data Negotiability (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Sailaja, N., Crabtree, A., Lodge, T., Chamberlain, A., Coulton, P., Pilling, M., & Forrester, I. (2024, June). Making of an Adaptive Podcast that Engenders Trust through Data Negotiability. Presented at IMX 2024 - Proceedings of the 2024 ACM International Conference on Interactive Media Experiences, Stockholm, Sweden

As novel media experiences turn towards audience personal data for enhancement, a range of socio-technical challenges that confront their adoption into the everyday lives of audiences are simultaneously surfaced. Podcasts, being the latest member of... Read More about Making of an Adaptive Podcast that Engenders Trust through Data Negotiability.

Sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors (SGLT2) in frail or older people with type 2 diabetes and heart failure: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2024)
Journal Article
Aldafas, R., Crabtree, T., Alkharaiji, M., Vinogradova, Y., & Idris, I. (2024). Sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors (SGLT2) in frail or older people with type 2 diabetes and heart failure: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Age and Ageing, 53(1), Article afad254. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afad254

Objective: Sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors (SGLT2Is) reduce cardio-metabolic and renal outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) but their efficacy and safety in older or frail individuals remains unclear. Methods: We searched PubMed,... Read More about Sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors (SGLT2) in frail or older people with type 2 diabetes and heart failure: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Towards a master narrative for trust in autonomous systems: Trust as a distributed concern (2022)
Journal Article
Lindley, J., Green, D. P., McGarry, G., Pilling, F., Coulton, P., & Crabtree, A. (2023). Towards a master narrative for trust in autonomous systems: Trust as a distributed concern. Journal of Responsible Technology, 13, 100057. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrt.2022.100057


In this paper we present findings of research into Trust, specifically within the context of Autonomous Systems. The research is based upon an exploratory workshop attended by domain experts from academia and industry. The aim of t... Read More about Towards a master narrative for trust in autonomous systems: Trust as a distributed concern.

The cardboard box study: understanding collaborative data management in the connected home (2021)
Journal Article
Kilic, D., Crabtree, A., McGarry, G., & Goulden, M. (2022). The cardboard box study: understanding collaborative data management in the connected home. Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, 26(1), 155-176. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00779-021-01655-9

The home is a site marked by the increasing collection and use of personal data, whether online or from connected devices. This trend is accompanied by new data protection regulation and the development of privacy enhancing technologies (PETs) that s... Read More about The cardboard box study: understanding collaborative data management in the connected home.

The Meaning in "the Mix": Using Ethnography to Inform the Design of Intelligent Tools in the Context of Music Production (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McGarry, G., Chamberlain, A., Crabtree, A., & Greenhalgh, C. (2021). The Meaning in "the Mix": Using Ethnography to Inform the Design of Intelligent Tools in the Context of Music Production. In AM '21: Audio Mostly 2021 (40-47). https://doi.org/10.1145/3478384.3478406

In this paper we report on two ethnographic studies of professional music producers at work in their respective studio settings, to underpin the design of intelligent tools and platforms in this domain. The studies are part of a body of work that exp... Read More about The Meaning in "the Mix": Using Ethnography to Inform the Design of Intelligent Tools in the Context of Music Production.

Placing AI in the Creative Industries: The Case for Intelligent Music Production (2021)
Book Chapter
McGarry, G., Chamberlain, A., Crabtree, A., & Greenhalgh, C. (2021). Placing AI in the Creative Industries: The Case for Intelligent Music Production. . Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-78635-9_72

The digital transformation of the recording industry is one of the most well-known in recent times, with the Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) making new methods of music production available to amateurs and professionals in almost any setting beyond t... Read More about Placing AI in the Creative Industries: The Case for Intelligent Music Production.

Visions, Values, and Videos: Revisiting Envisionings in Service of UbiComp Design for the Home (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Nilsson, T., Fischer, J. E., Crabtree, A., Goulden, M., Spence, J., & Costanza, E. (2020). Visions, Values, and Videos: Revisiting Envisionings in Service of UbiComp Design for the Home. In DIS '20: Proceedings of the 2020 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference (827–839). https://doi.org/10.1145/3357236.3395476

UbiComp has been envisioned to bring about a future dominated by calm computing technologies making our everyday lives ever more convenient. Yet the same vision has also attracted criticism for encouraging a solitary and passive lifestyle. The aim of... Read More about Visions, Values, and Videos: Revisiting Envisionings in Service of UbiComp Design for the Home.

Probing IoT-based consumer services: 'insights' from the connected shower (2019)
Journal Article
Crabtree, A., Hyland, L., Colley, J., Flintham, M., Fischer, J. E., & Kwon, H. (2020). Probing IoT-based consumer services: 'insights' from the connected shower. Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, 24, 595–611. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00779-019-01303-3

This paper presents findings from the deployment of a technology probe-the connected shower-and implications for the development of 'living services' or autonomous context-aware consumer-oriented IoT services that exploit sensing to gain consumer 'in... Read More about Probing IoT-based consumer services: 'insights' from the connected shower.

Research ‘In the Wild’ (2019)
Book Chapter
Chamberlain, A., & Crabtree, A. (2020). Research ‘In the Wild’. In A. Chamberlain, & A. Crabtree (Eds.), Into the Wild: Beyond the Design Research Lab (1-6). Cham: Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-18020-1_1

Over recent years the term `in the wild' has increasingly appeared in publications within the field of Human Computer Interaction (HCI). The phrase has become synonymous with a range of approaches that focus upon carrying out research-based studies r... Read More about Research ‘In the Wild’.

The Living Room of the Future (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Sailaja, N., Colley, J., Crabtree, A., Gradinar, A., Coulton, P., Forrester, I., …Stenton, P. (2019). The Living Room of the Future. In TVX '19: Proceedings of the 2019 ACM International Conference on Interactive Experiences for TV and Online Video (95-107). https://doi.org/10.1145/3317697.3323360

Emergent media services are turning towards the use of audience data to deliver more personalised and immersive experiences. We present the Living Room of The Future (LRoTF), an embodied design fiction built to both showcase future adaptive physicall... Read More about The Living Room of the Future.

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.

Explicating the challenges of providing novel media experiences driven by user personal data (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Sailaja, N., Crabtree, A., McAuley, D., & Stenton, P. (2018, June). Explicating the challenges of providing novel media experiences driven by user personal data. Presented at ACM International Conference on Interactive Experiences for Television and Online Video, Seoul, Republic of Korea

The turn towards personal data to drive novel media experiences has resulted in a shift in the priorities and challenges associated with media creation and dissemination. This paper takes up the challenge of explicating this novel and dynamic scenari... Read More about Explicating the challenges of providing novel media experiences driven by user personal data.

Object Based Media, the IoT and Databox (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Colley, J. A., & Crabtree, A. (2018). Object Based Media, the IoT and Databox. In Living in the Internet of Things: Cybersecurity of the IoT - 2018 ( 1-6). https://doi.org/10.1049/cp.2018.0034

All rights reserved. In this paper, we report on the potential for the Internet of Things (IoT) to drive new immersive media experiences. We introduce Object Based Media (OBM) and the Databox platform as a means of driving this turn to the IoT and ne... Read More about Object Based Media, the IoT and Databox.

“What do you want for dinner?”: need anticipation and the design of proactive technologies for the home (2018)
Journal Article
Hyland, L., Crabtree, A., Fischer, J. E., Colley, J., & Fuentes, C. (in press). “What do you want for dinner?”: need anticipation and the design of proactive technologies for the home. Computer Supported Cooperative Work, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10606-018-9314-4

This paper examines ‘the routine shop’ as part of a project that is exploring automation and autonomy in the Internet of Things. In particular we explicate the ‘work’ involved in anticipating need using an ethnomethodological analysis that makes visi... Read More about “What do you want for dinner?”: need anticipation and the design of proactive technologies for the home.

Learning from the Veg Box: Designing Unpredictability in Agency Delegation (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Verame, J. K. M., Costanza, E., Fischer, J. E., Crabtree, A., Ramchurn, S. D., Rodden, T., & Jennings, N. R. (2018). Learning from the Veg Box: Designing Unpredictability in Agency Delegation. In CHI '18: Proceedings of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (1-13). https://doi.org/10.1145/3173574.3174021

The Internet of Things (IoT) promises to enable applications that foster a more efficient, sustainable, and healthy way of life. If end-users are to take full advantage of these developments we foresee the need for future IoT systems and services to... Read More about Learning from the Veg Box: Designing Unpredictability in Agency Delegation.