Building a responsible innovation toolkit as project legacy (2023)
Journal Article
Stahl, B. C., & Bitsch, L. (2023). Building a responsible innovation toolkit as project legacy. Frontiers in Research Metrics and Analytics, 8, Article 1112106. https://doi.org/10.3389/frma.2023.1112106

This article explores whether and in what way it is possible to employ toolkits for responsible research and innovation (RRI toolkits) as mechanisms for ensuring the legacy of RRI in research projects. Based on a review of the concept of responsible... Read More about Building a responsible innovation toolkit as project legacy.

ScoutWav: Two-Step Fine-Tuning on Self-Supervised Automatic Speech Recognition for Low-Resource Environments (2022)
Conference Proceeding
Fatehi, K., Torres, M. T., & Kucukyilmaz, A. (2022). ScoutWav: Two-Step Fine-Tuning on Self-Supervised Automatic Speech Recognition for Low-Resource Environments. In Proceedings of Interspeech 2022 (3523-3527). https://doi.org/10.21437/Interspeech.2022-10270

Recent improvements in Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) systems obtain extraordinary results. However, there are specific domains where training data can be either limited or not representative enough, which are known as Low-Resource Environments (... Read More about ScoutWav: Two-Step Fine-Tuning on Self-Supervised Automatic Speech Recognition for Low-Resource Environments.

Nottingham Robotic Mobility Assistant (NoRMA): An Affordable DIY Robotic Wheelchair Platform (2022)
Conference Proceeding
Brand, L. C., & Kucukyilmaz, A. (2022). Nottingham Robotic Mobility Assistant (NoRMA): An Affordable DIY Robotic Wheelchair Platform. In UKRAS22 Conference “Robotics for Unconstrained Environments” Proceedings. https://doi.org/10.31256/Kv8Ps6P

A significant portion of the population requires a wheelchair to improve mobility, independence, and dignity but not all users are able to use a traditional manual one. Powered wheelchairs offer a more effortless experience but still present difficul... Read More about Nottingham Robotic Mobility Assistant (NoRMA): An Affordable DIY Robotic Wheelchair Platform.

A confirmatory factorial analysis of the Chatbot Usability Scale: a multilanguage validation (2022)
Journal Article
Borsci, S., Schmettow, M., Malizia, A., Chamberlain, A., & van der Velde, F. (2022). A confirmatory factorial analysis of the Chatbot Usability Scale: a multilanguage validation. Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00779-022-01690-0

The Bot Usability Scale (BUS) is a standardised tool to assess and compare the satisfaction of users after interacting with chatbots to support the development of usable conversational systems. The English version of the 15-item BUS scale (BUS-15) wa... Read More about A confirmatory factorial analysis of the Chatbot Usability Scale: a multilanguage validation.

DCMS Response To Call Connected Tech Smart Or Sinister Horizon (2022)
Other
McAuley, D., Crabtree, A., Piskopani, A. M., Chen, J., & Urquhart, L. DCMS Response To Call Connected Tech Smart Or Sinister Horizon

Mediated Visits: Longitudinal Domestic Dwelling with Mobile Robotic Telepresence (2022)
Conference Proceeding
Boudouraki, A., Reeves, S., Fischer, J. E., & Rintel, S. (2022). Mediated Visits: Longitudinal Domestic Dwelling with Mobile Robotic Telepresence. . https://doi.org/10.1145/3491102.3517640

Mobile Robotic Telepresence (MRP) systems are remotely controlled, mobile videoconferencing devices that allow the remote user to move independently and have a physical presence in the environment. This paper presents a longitudinal study of MRP use... Read More about Mediated Visits: Longitudinal Domestic Dwelling with Mobile Robotic Telepresence.

Demonstrating Interaction: The Case of Assistive Technology (2022)
Journal Article
Reyes-Cruz, G., Fischer, J. E., & Reeves, S. (2022). Demonstrating Interaction: The Case of Assistive Technology. ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction, 29(5), 1-37. https://doi.org/10.1145/3514236

Technology "demos"have become a staple in technology design practice, especially for showcasing prototypes or systems. However, demonstrations are also commonplace and multifaceted phenomena in everyday life, and thus have found their way into empiri... Read More about Demonstrating Interaction: The Case of Assistive Technology.

Response to the call for evidence on The right to privacy: digital data (2022)
Other
McAuley, D., Piskopani, A., Portillo, V., Webb, H., & Wagner, H. Response to the call for evidence on The right to privacy: digital data

Response to the Government’s ‘Data: A New Direction’ Consultation (2021)
Other
Chen, J., Dove, E., Edwards, L., Koene, A., McAuley, D., Piskopani, A., & Urquhart, L. Response to the Government’s ‘Data: A New Direction’ Consultation

This submission aims to address a selection of questions formulated in the government’s ‘Data: A New Direction’ consultation document by presenting findings and views based primarily on research undertaken by us, although we have also drawn on public... Read More about Response to the Government’s ‘Data: A New Direction’ Consultation.

Response to the Open Consultation Call : Audience protection standards on Video-on-Demand Services (2021)
Other
Sailaja, N., McAuley, D., & Webb, H. Response to the Open Consultation Call : Audience protection standards on Video-on-Demand Services. [Response to Open Consultation Call]

Public health messaging by political leaders: a corpus linguistic analysis of COVID-19 speeches delivered by Boris Johnson (2021)
Report
McClaughlin, E., Nichele, E., Adolphs, S., Barnard, P., Clos, J., Knight, D., …Lang, A. (2021). Public health messaging by political leaders: a corpus linguistic analysis of COVID-19 speeches delivered by Boris Johnson. Nottingham: UKRI/AHRC

This study analyses the language of speeches about COVID-19 delivered by Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom between 3rd March 2020 and 5th April 2021. We use transcribed speeches to construct a digitised body of texts called a... Read More about Public health messaging by political leaders: a corpus linguistic analysis of COVID-19 speeches delivered by Boris Johnson.

Response to the Law Commissions’ Consultation Paper Automated Vehicle – A regulatory framework for automated vehicles (2021)
Other
Chen, J., Ramchurn, S., McAuley, D., Burnett, G., Hyde, R., & Hawkey, D. Response to the Law Commissions’ Consultation Paper Automated Vehicle – A regulatory framework for automated vehicles

Response To The Competition And Markets Authority Call For Information: Algorithms, Competition and Consumer Harm (2021)
Other
McAuley, D., Norman, T., Cartwright, P., Hyde, R., Perez Vallejos, E., Gerding, E., …Chen, J. Response To The Competition And Markets Authority Call For Information: Algorithms, Competition and Consumer Harm

Response to Consultation on the National Data Strategy (2020)
Other
McAuley, D., Edwards, L., & Chen, J. Response to Consultation on the National Data Strategy

Response to ICO consultation on the draft Statutory Guidance on Regulatory Actions (2020)
Other
McAuley, D., Koene, A., & Chen, J. (2020). Response to ICO consultation on the draft Statutory Guidance on Regulatory Actions

Preventive digital mental health interventions for children and young people: a review of the design and reporting of research (2020)
Journal Article
Bergin, A. D., Vallejos, E. P., Davies, E. B., Daley, D., Ford, T., Harold, G., …Hollis, C. (2020). Preventive digital mental health interventions for children and young people: a review of the design and reporting of research. npj Digital Medicine, 3(1), Article 133. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41746-020-00339-7

Digital health interventions (DHIs) have frequently been highlighted as one way to respond to increasing levels of mental health problems in children and young people. Whilst many are developed to address existing mental health problems, there is als... Read More about Preventive digital mental health interventions for children and young people: a review of the design and reporting of research.

Response to Call for Views: Proposals for Regulating Consumer Smart Product Cyber Security (2020)
Other
McAuley, D., Haddadi, H., Urquhart, L., & Chen, J. Response to Call for Views: Proposals for Regulating Consumer Smart Product Cyber Security

Response To the Royal Society Call For Evidence: Technologies for Spreading and Detecting Misinformation (2020)
Other
McAuley, D., Koene, A., & Chen, J. Response To the Royal Society Call For Evidence: Technologies for Spreading and Detecting Misinformation

Response to the Call for evidence: The future of Public Service Broadcasting Specific Response to “Looking ahead“ (2020)
Report
Sailaja, N., & Mcauley, D. (2020). Response to the Call for evidence: The future of Public Service Broadcasting Specific Response to “Looking ahead“. England, United Kingdom: EPSRC

Soma Design and Sensory Misalignment (2020)
Conference Proceeding
Tennent, P., Marshall, J., Tsaknaki, V., Windlin, C., Höök, K., & Alfaras, M. (2020). Soma Design and Sensory Misalignment. In CHI '20: Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (1-12). https://doi.org/10.1145/3313831.3376812

We report on a workshop bringing together researchers working in soma design and sensory misalignment. Creating experiences that make use of sensory misalignment has become increasingly common, often associated with virtual reality research. However,... Read More about Soma Design and Sensory Misalignment.