Dr GLYN LAWSON

Towards Using the Critical Decision Method for Studying Visualisation-Based Decision-Making (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hermawati, S., Cibulski, L., & Lawson, G. (2021, April). Towards Using the Critical Decision Method for Studying Visualisation-Based Decision-Making. Presented at Ergonomics & Human Factors 2021, Online

Visualisations provide significant support for effective reasoning and decision-making processes. Its value mainly lies in its ability to turn raw data into actionable insights that lead to a decision. This requires appropriate visual representations... Read More about Towards Using the Critical Decision Method for Studying Visualisation-Based Decision-Making.

The heat is on: exploring user behaviour in a multisensory virtual environment for fire evacuation (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Shaw, E., Roper, T., Nilsson, T., Lawson, G., Cobb, S. V., & Miller, D. (2019, May). The heat is on: exploring user behaviour in a multisensory virtual environment for fire evacuation. Presented at 2019 ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (SIG CHI 2019), Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

Understanding validity of user behaviour in Virtual Environments (VEs) is critical as they are increasingly being used for serious Health and Safety applications such as predicting human behaviour and training in hazardous situations. This paper pres... Read More about The heat is on: exploring user behaviour in a multisensory virtual environment for fire evacuation.

Variability of human behaviour in outdoor public spaces, associated with the thermal environment (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Waldron, J. A., Lawson, G., Robinson, D., & Cobb, S. Variability of human behaviour in outdoor public spaces, associated with the thermal environment. Presented at 33rd International Conference on Passive and Low Energy Architecture

This paper presents part of the outcomes of a programme of research into the influence of the thermal environment on human behaviour in an outdoor public seating area. The research was conducted during one month in summer, autumn and winter of 2015 a... Read More about Variability of human behaviour in outdoor public spaces, associated with the thermal environment.

Development of a low-cost multimodal VR system for engineering design (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Roper, T., Lawson, G., & Abdullah, C. (2017, June). Development of a low-cost multimodal VR system for engineering design. Presented at 2017 ACM Conference on Designing Interactive Systems, Edinburgh, UK

Virtual Reality technologies are available at a lower cost than ever before. However, such systems are developed mainly for the consumer market, and inaccuracies in spatial judgements may make them unsuitable for specific applications like Engineerin... Read More about Development of a low-cost multimodal VR system for engineering design.

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, October). Twist It, Touch It, Push It, Swipe It: Evaluating Secondary Input Devices for Use with an Automotive Touchscreen HMI. Presented at 8th International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

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.

Multimodal “sensory illusions” for improving spatial awareness in virtual environments (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Lawson, G., Roper, T., & Abdullah, C. (2016, September). Multimodal “sensory illusions” for improving spatial awareness in virtual environments. Presented at European Conference on Cognitive Ergonomics 2016

Inaccurate judgement of distances in virtual environments (VEs) restricts their usefulness for engineering development, in which engineers must have a good understanding of the spaces they are designing. Multimodal feedback can improve depth percept... Read More about Multimodal “sensory illusions” for improving spatial awareness in virtual environments.

A study of unidirectional swipe gestures on in-vehicle touch screens (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Burnett, G., Crundall, E., Large, D., Lawson, G., & Skrypchuk, L. (2013, October). A study of unidirectional swipe gestures on in-vehicle touch screens. Presented at The 5th International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications , Eindhoven, Netherlands

Touch screens are increasingly used within modern vehicles, providing the potential for a range of gestures to facilitate interaction under divided attention conditions. This paper describes a study aiming to understand how drivers naturally make swi... Read More about A study of unidirectional swipe gestures on in-vehicle touch screens.

Tailored scenarios: a low-cost online method to elicit perceptions on designs using real relationships (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Coughlan, T., Brown, M., Lawson, G., Mortier, R., Houghton, R., & Goulden, M. Tailored scenarios: a low-cost online method to elicit perceptions on designs using real relationships. Presented at ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2013

This paper describes the on-going development of a method to elicit perceptions of design ideas for social technologies, through automatically tailoring scenarios presented in online surveys using information gathered from respondents. The work has b... Read More about Tailored scenarios: a low-cost online method to elicit perceptions on designs using real relationships.

Development of a technique for predicting the human response to an emergency situation (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Lawson, G., Sharples, S., Clarke, D., & Cobb, S. Development of a technique for predicting the human response to an emergency situation. Presented at HCI International 2009

This paper presents development work on a new approach for predicting the human response to an emergency situation. The study builds upon an initial investigation in which 20 participants were asked to predict what actions they would take in the even... Read More about Development of a technique for predicting the human response to an emergency situation.

Predicting the human response to an emergency (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Lawson, G., Sharples, S., Cobb, S., & Clarke, D. Predicting the human response to an emergency. Presented at Contemporary Ergonomics 2009

This paper presents a case study of an approach for predicting the human response to a domestic fire, using a combination of a talk-through technique (Kirwan and Ainsworth, 1992) and sequential analysis (Bakeman and Gottman, 1986). 20 participants we... Read More about Predicting the human response to an emergency.

Living with the user: design drama for dementia care through responsive scripted experiences in the home
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Coughlan, T., Brown, M., Lawson, G., McAuley, D., Baurley, S., Tsai, A., Koppe, T., Elliott, M., Green, S., & Martin, J. L. Living with the user: design drama for dementia care through responsive scripted experiences in the home. Presented at ACM UbiComp '14

Participation in forms of drama and narrative can provoke empathy and creativity in user-centred design processes. In this paper, we expand upon existing methods to explore the potential for responsive scripted experiences that are delivered through... Read More about Living with the user: design drama for dementia care through responsive scripted experiences in the home.

Deception and self-awareness
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Lawson, G., Stedmon, A., Zhang, C., Eubanks, D., & Frumkin, L. Deception and self-awareness. Presented at HCII 2011

This paper presents a study conducted for the Shades of Grey EPSRC research project (EP/H02302X/1), which aims to develop a suite of interventions for identifying terrorist activities. The study investigated the body movements demonstrated by partici... Read More about Deception and self-awareness.

Dr GLYN LAWSON's Outputs (13)