Dan Jackson

My research is in the areas of human-computer interaction, ubiquitous computing, and technologies that support health and wellbeing; with a recent focus on the application of artificial intelligence to these fields. I co-founded the Open Movement platform (openmovement.dev), whose AX3 and AX6 devices have been widely used in movement research and population studies. This has underpinned my work on movement sensing with wearable computing, including projects supporting people with conditions such as Parkinson's and stroke. More broadly in health and wellbeing, my projects have included systems to support exergaming and safe walking for people with degenerative conditions, video coaching, reflection within counselling, population weight-loss, and nutrition. Previous work includes sensor-instrumented environments that assist their users, for education or additional support. More widely my research has involved novel interaction technologies with media, mobile devices, tabletop surfaces, telepresence and virtual/augmented environments.

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• KaraokAI: Exploring the Potential of AI-Generated Karaoke for Academic Conferences and Research Experiences. Carter, A., Al-Shahrabi, D., Imoukhuede, W., Scott, L., Jackson, D., Talhouk, R., Piedade, P., Montague, K. Proceedings of the Extended Abstracts of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2025.
• Synchronisation of multiple unconnected inertial measurement units using software correction. Galna, B., Wood, E., Griffiths, S., Jackson, D., Rivadella, A., Spears, I. Journal of biomechanics 183, 112632
• Evaluation of walking activity and gait to identify physical and mental fatigue in neurodegenerative and immune disorders: preliminary insights from the IDEA-FAST feasibility study. Hinchliffe, C., Rehman, R., Pinaud, C., Branco, D., Jackson, D., Ahmaniemi, T., Guerreiro, T., Chatterjee, M., Manyakov, N.V., Pandis, I. Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 21 (1), 94, BioMed Central London, 2024.
• Identification of Fatigue and Sleepiness in Immune and Neurodegenerative Disorders from Measures of Real-World Gait Variability. Hinchliffe, C., Rehman, R., Branco, D., Jackson, D., Ahmaniemi, T., Guerreiro, T., Chatterjee, M., Manyakov, N., Pandis, I., Davies, K., Macrae, V., Aufenberg, S., Paulides, E., Hildesheim, H., Kudelka, J., Emmert, K., Van Gassen, G. Rochester, L., van der Woude, C., Reilmann, R., Maetzler, W., Ng, W., Del Din, S., IDEA-FAST Consortium. 45th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBC), 2023.
• A protocol for the evaluation of a wearable device for monitoring of symptoms, and cueing for the management of drooling, in people with Parkinson’s disease. Dismore, L., Montague, K., Carvalho, L., Guerreiro, T., Jackson, D., Guan, Y., Walker, R. Plos one 18 (2), 2023.
• Can wrist-worn devices and a smartphone application influence arm activity in children with unilateral cerebral palsy? A proof-of-concept study. Turner, A., Jackson, D., Officer, E., Boyne-Nelson, C., Zielinska, Z., Dinraj, D., Blickwedel, J., Nappey, T., Rapley, T., Turpin, H., Cadwgan, J., Pearse, J., Basu, A. Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences, Volume 3, 2023.
• Wrist-Worn devices to encourage affected upper limb movement in unilateral cerebral palsy: Participatory design workshops. Brown, R., Pearse, J., Nappey, T., Jackson, D., Edmonds, G., Guan, Y., Basu, A. Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences, Volume 3, 2022.
• Understanding the Therapeutic Coaching Needs of Mothers of Children with Cerebral Palsy. Alabdulqader, E., Stockwell, K., Montague, K., Jackson, D., Monk, A., Pennington, L., McNaney, R., Lindsay, S., Wu, L., Olivier, P. Designing Interactive Systems Conference. 2022.
• Impact of reduced sampling rate on accelerometer-based physical activity monitoring and machine learning activity classification. Small, S., Khalid, S., Dhiman, P., Chan, S., Jackson, D., Doherty, A., Price, A. Journal for the Measurement of Physical Behaviour 4 (4). 2021.
• Participatory action research and open source hardware appropriation for large scale in-the-wild studies. Carvalho, L., Jackson, D., Guerreiro, T., Guan, Y., Montague, K. Adjunct Proceedings of the 2021 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing and Proceedings of the 2021 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers. 2021.
• Deep learning-based automated speech detection as a marker of social functioning in late-life depression. Little, B., Alshabrawy, O., Stow, D., Ferrier, I., McNaney, R., Jackson, D., Ladha, K., Ladha, C., Ploetz, T., Bacardit, J., Olivier, P., Gallagher, P., O'Brien, J. Psychological medicine 51 (9), 1441-1450. 2021.
• Patient‐centred measurement of recovery from day‐case surgery using wrist worn accelerometers: a pilot and feasibility study. Ratcliffe, A., Zhai, B., Guan, Y., Jackson, D., Sneyd, J., Minto, G., Howell, S., Miller, F., Retief, J., Webster, D., Veeralakshmanan, P., Graterol, J., Kotwinski, D., Maxwell, S., Parish, B., Spinney, S. Anaesthesia 76 (6), 785-797. 2021.
• Sustaining a networked community resource: Findings from a longitudinal situated display deployment. Nicholson, S., Crivellaro, C., Clear, A., Jackson, D., Comber, R., Vlachokyriakos, V., Olivier, P. Proceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. 2021.
• Choice-Point: Fostering Awareness and Choice with Perpetrators in Domestic Violence Interventions. Bellini, R., Forrest, S., Westmarland, N., Jackson, D., Smeddinck, J. Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. 2020.
• An evaluation of the effectiveness and acceptability of a new technology system to support psychotherapy helping skills training. Murphy, D., Liao, F., Slovak, P., Holle, L-M., Jackson, D., Olivier, P., Fitzpatrick, G. Counselling and Psychotherapy Research, 2019.
• Showboater: Insight into sustainable rural community display networks from a longitudinal study. Nicholson, S., Jackson, D., Clear, A., Olivier, P. Proceedings of the 8th ACM International Symposium on Pervasive Displays - PerDis '19: 2019.
• Behavioural intervention for weight loss maintenance versus standard weight advice in adults with obesity: A randomised controlled trial in the UK (NULevel Trial). Sniehotta, F.F., Evans, E.H., Sainsbury, K., Adamson, A., Batterham, A., Becker, F., Brown, H., Dombrowski, S.U., Jackson, D., Howell, D., Ladha, K., McColl, E., Olivier, P., Rothman, A.J., Steel, A., Vale, L., Vieira, R., White, M., Wright, P., Araujo-Soares, V. PLoS medicine 16 (5), e1002793. 2019.
• Developing technology to enhance learning interpersonal skills in counsellor education. Murphy, D., Slovak, P., Thieme, A., Jackson, D., Olivier, P., Fitzpatrick, G. British Journal of Guidance and Counselling 47 (3), 328-341. 2019.
• The Feasibility and Acceptability of using a Novel Wrist Worn Cueing Device to Self-Manage Drooling Problems in People with Parkinson's Disease: a Pilot Study. McNaney, R., Miller, N., Vines, J., Olivier, P., Ladha, K., Jackson, D., Walker, R. Journal of Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies Engineering. 2019.
• Weaving the Topics of CHI: Using Citation Network Analysis to Explore Emerging Trends. Lee, C., Garbett, A., Wang, J., Hu, B., Jackson, D. Extended Abstracts of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. 2019.
• JourneyCam: Exploring Experiences of Accessibility and Mobility among Powered Wheelchair Users through Video and Data. Rodger, S., D Jackson, D., Vines, J., McLaughlin, J., Wright, P. Proceedings of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Systems. 2019.
• Feasibility of parent communication training with remote coaching using smartphone apps. Stockwell, K., Alabdulqader, E., Jackson, D., Basu, A., Olivier, P., Pennington, L. International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders 54 (2), 265-280. 2019.
• Wristband accelerometers to motivate arm exercise after stroke (WAVES): Activity data from a pilot randomised controlled trial. Da Silva, R., Rodgers, H., Shaw, L., van Wijck, F., Moore, S.A., Jackson, D., Francis, R., Sutcliffe, L., Balaam, M., Ploetz, T., Brick, L., Price, C. Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine 61, e31, 2018.
• Prompting arm activity after stroke: A clinical proof of concept study of wrist-worn accelerometers with a vibrating alert function. Da-Silva, R., van Wijck, F., Shaw, L., Rodgers, H., Balaam, M., Brkic, L., Ploetz, T., Jackson, D., Ladha, K., Price, C. Journal of Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies Engineering, Volume 5, 2018.
• Developing technology to enhance learning interpersonal skills in counsellor education. Murphy, D., Slovak, P., Thieme, A., Jackson, D., Olivier, P., & Fitzpatrick, G. British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 1-14, 2017.
• Prototyping Ubiquitous Imaging Surfaces. Montague K., Jackson D., Bruhwiler T., Bartindale T., Wilkinson G., Olivier P., Hilliges O., Ploetz T. In Proceedings of the 2017 Conference on Designing Interactive Systems 2017 Jun 10 (pp. 203-207). ACM.
• Iterative development of an online dietary recall tool, INTAKE24. Simpson, E., Bradley, J., Poliakov, I., Jackson, D., Olivier, P., Adamson, A., Foster, E. Nutrients 2017.
• Large Scale Population Assessment of Physical Activity Using Wrist Worn Accelerometers: The UK Biobank Study. Doherty, A., Jackson, D., Hammerla, N., Ploetz, T., Olivier, P., et al. PLOS ONE. February 1, 2017.
• A study of wrist-worn activity measurement as a potential real-world biomarker for late-life depression. O'Brien, J.T., Gallagher, P., Stow, D., Hammerla, N., Ploetz, T., Firbank, M., Ladha, C., Ladha, K., Jackson, D., McNaney, R. and Ferrier, I.N. Psychological Medicine, 47(1), p.93, 2017.
• Wristband Accelerometers to motiVate arm Exercise after Stroke (WAVES): study protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial. S. Moore, R. Da Silva, M. Balaam, L. Brkic, D. Jackson, D. Jamieson, T. Ploetz, H. Rodgers, L. Shaw, F. van Wijck, C. Price. Trials 2016, 17:508.
• Challenges for Designing new Technology for Health and Wellbeing in a Complex Mental Healthcare Context. Thieme, A., McCarthy, J., Johnson, P., Phillips, S., Wallace, J., Lindley, S., Ladha, K., Jackson, D., Nowacka, D., Rafiev, A. and Ladha, C. (2016). In Proceedings of the 2016 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 2136-2149). ACM.
• The NULevel trial of a scalable, technology-assisted weight loss maintenance intervention for obese adults after clinically significant weight loss: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Evans, E.H., Araujo-Soares, V., Adamson, A., Batterham, A.M., Brown, H., Campbell, M., Dombrowski, S.U., Guest, A., Jackson, D., Kwasnicka, D. and Ladha, K. (2015). Trials, 16(1), p.1.
• CueS: cueing for upper limb rehabilitation in stroke. Holden, A., McNaney, R., Balaam, M., Thompson, R., Hammerla, N., Ploetz, T., Jackson, D., Price, C., Brkic, L. and Olivier, P. (2015). In Proceedings of the 2015 British HCI Conference (pp. 18-25). ACM.
• Can a kitchen teach languages? Linking theory and practice in the design of context-aware language learning environments. Preston, A., Balaam, M., Seedhouse, P., Kurhila, S., Kotilainen, L., Rafiev, A., Jackson, D. and Olivier, P. (2015). Smart Learning Environments, 2(1), 9.
• Designing for and with People with Parkinson's: A Focus on Exergaming. McNaney, R., Balaam, M., Holden, A., Schofield, G., Jackson, D., Webster, M., Galna, B., Barry, G., Rochester, L., Olivier, P. (2015, April). In Proceedings of the 33rd Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 501-510). ACM.
• Occupancy Monitoring using Environmental & Context Sensors and a Hierarchical Analysis Framework. Khan, A., Nicholson, J., Mellor, S., Jackson, D., Ladha, K., Ladha, C., Hand, J., Clarke, J., Olivier, P., Ploetz, T. In Proc. ACM International Conference on Embedded Systems For Energy-Efficient Buildings (BuildSys 2014).
• RedTag: automatic content metadata capture for cameras. Bartindale, T., Jackson, D., Ladha, K., Mellor, S., Olivier, P., Wright, P. In Proc. ACM International Conference on Interactive Experiences for TV and Online Video 2014, p. 19-22.
• Augmenting the servicescape with ubiquitous interactive surfaces: Fibreshelf technology. Williems, K., Lauriers, R., Schoening, J., Krueger, A., Jackson, D., Ploetz, T., Olivier, P. Proceedings of AMA Servsig 2014.
• Retraining function in people with Parkinson's disease using the Microsoft kinect: game design and pilot testing. Galna, B., Jackson, D., Schofield, G., McNaney, R., Webster, M., Barry, G., Mhiripiri, D., Balaam, M., Olivier, P., Rochester, L. Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 11(60)
• Accuracy of the Microsoft Kinect sensor for measuring movement in people with Parkinson's disease. Galna, B., Barry, G., Jackson, D., Mhiripiri, D., Olivier, P., Rochester, L. Gait & Posture 39(4) p. 1062-1068.
• Panopticon as an eLearning Support Search Tool. Nicholson, J., Huber, M., Jackson, D., Olivier, P. In Proc. CHI 2014, p. 1221-1224.
• Relational approach to knowledge engineering for POMDP-based assistance systems as a translation of a psychological model. Grzes, M., Hoey, J., Khan, S.S., Mihailidis, A., Czarnuch, S., Jackson, D., Monk, A. International Journal of Approximate Reasoning, 55(1), p. 36-58.
• Panopticon: A Parallel Video Overview System. Jackson, D., Nicholson, J., Stoeckigt, G., Wrobel, R., Thieme, A., Olivier, P. In Proc. UIST 2013.
• FoodBoard: Surface Contact Imaging for Food Recognition. Pham, C., Schoening, J., Jackson, D., Bartindale, T., Ploetz, T., Olivier, P. In Proc. Ubicomp 2013.
• The Break-Time Barometer - An Exploratory System for Workplace Break-time Social Awareness. Kirkham, R., Mellor, S., Green, D., Lin, J., Ladha, K., Ladha, C., Jackson, D., Olivier, P., Wright, P., Ploetz, T. In Proc. Ubicomp 2013.
• Touchbugs: Actuated Tangibles on Multi-Touch Tables. Nowacka, D., Ladha, K., Hammerla, N.Y., Jackson, D., Ladha, C., Rukzio, E., Olivier, P. Proc. CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2013.
• The French Digital Kitchen: Implementing Task-Based Language Learning beyond the Classroom. Seedhouse, P., Preston, A., Olivier, P., Jackson, D., Heslop, P., Ploetz, T., Balaam, M., Ali, S. International Journal of Computer Assisted Language Learning and Teaching, January-March 2013, Vol. 3, No. 1., pp.50-72.
• Can a kitchen teach me French?: Using digital technology to learn French language and cuisine. Preston, A., Seedhouse, P., Olivier, P., Jackson, D., Heslop, P., Wagner, J., Ploetz, T., Ali, S. Francophonie 2012, issue 46.
• The French Kitchen: Task-Based Learning in an Instrumented Kitchen. Hooper, C., Preston, A., Balaam, M., Seedhouse, P., Pham, C., Jackson, D., Ploetz, T., Olivier, P. In Proc Int Conf Ubiquitous Comp UbiComp 2012.
• Telematic Dinner Party: Designing for Togetherness through Play and Performance. Barden, P., Comber, R., Green, D., Jackson, D., Ladha, C., Bartindale, T., Bryan-Kinns, N., Stockman, T., Olivier, P. In Proc ACM Conference on Designing Interactive Systems DIS 2012.
• Empathy, Participatory Design and People with Dementia. Lindsay, S., Brittain, K., Jackson, D., Ladha, C., Ladha, K., Olivier, P. In Proc 2012 ACM annual conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), p. 521 (2012).
• Engaging Older People using Participatory Design. Lindsay S., Jackson, D., Schofield, G., Olivier, P. In Proc 2012 ACM annual conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), p. 1199-1208 (2012).
• Learning French in a Digital Kitchen. Seedhouse, P., Ali, S., Jackson, D., Ploetz, T., Olivier, P. In Proc Int Conf Europ Assoc for ComputerAssisted Language Learning (2011).
• Distributed Event Processing For Activity Recognition. Suresh, V., Ezhilchelvan, P., Watson, P., Pham, C., Jackson, D., Oliver, P. In Proc. ACM DEBS Conference on Distributed Event-Based Systems (2011).
• Towards a Pervasive Kitchen Infrastructure for Measuring Cooking Competence. Wagner, J., van Halteren, A., Hoonhout, J., Ploetz, T., Pham, C., Moynihan, P., Jackson, D., Ladha, C., Ladha, K., Olivier, P. In Proc. ICST Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare (2011).
• Cueing Swallowing in Parkinson's Disease. McNaney, R., Lindsay, S., Ladha, K., Ladha, C., Schofield, G., Ploetz, T., Hammerla, N., Jackson, D., Walker, R., Miller, N., Olivier, P. In Proc. ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (2011).
• Mobile Device and Intelligent Display Interaction via Scale-Invariant Image Feature Matching. Herbert, L., Pears, N. E., Jackson, D. and Olivier, P. 1st Int. Conf. Pervasive and Embedded Computing and Communication Systems (PECCS 2011).
• N-backer: An auditory n-back task with automatic scoring of spoken responses. Monk, A.F., Jackson, D., Nielsen, D., Jefferies, E. and Olivier, P. In Behavior Research Methods (2011).
• Rapid specification and automated generation of prompting systems to assist people with dementia. Hoey, J., Plotz, T., Jackson, D., Monk, A., Pham, C., Olivier, P. Pervasive and Mobile Computing (2010).
• Design and Prototype of a Device to Engage Cognitively Disabled Older Adults in Visual Artwork. Blunsden, S., Richards, B, Bartindale, T., Jackson, D., Olivier, P., Boder, J., Mihailidis, A. and Hoey, J. Workshop on Affect & Behaviour Related Assistance in the Support of the Elderly, PETRA-09, Corfu, Greece, 2009.
• FiberBoard — Compact Multi-Touch Display Using Channeled Light. Jackson, D., Bartindale, T. and Olivier, P. In Proceedings of Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces 2009, Banff, Canada 2009.
• Keeping In Touch Everyday: Developing assistive technologies with people with dementia and their carers to promote independence. Robinson, A., Brittain, K., Lindsay, S., Jackson, D., and Olivier, P. International Psychogeriatrics, vol. 21, pp. 494-502, 2009.
• AMUC: Associated Motion Capture User Categories. Norman, S-J., Dade-Roberston, M., Lawson, S., Chan, A., Olivier, P., Hook, J., Dunphy, P., Jackson, D.G. and Watson, P. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A, vol. 367, pp. 2771-2780, 2009.
• Smartphone Interaction with Registered Displays. Pears, N., Jackson, D.G. and Olivier, P. IEEE Pervasive Computing, April-June, pp. 2-9, 2009.
• ePAD: Engaging Platform for Art Development. Hoey, J. Blunsden, S., Richards, B, Burns, J. Bartindale, T., Jackson, D., Olivier, P., Boder, J., Mihailidis, A. IJCAI.09 Workshop on Assisted Cognition, Pasadena, California, USA
• iBookmark: Locative Texts and Place-based Authoring. Sch�J., Bartindale, T., Olivier, P., Jackson, D., Kr�nd Kitson, J. 2009.In Proceedings of the 27th international Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems (Boston, MA, USA, April 04 - 09, 2009). CHI EA '09. ACM, New York, NY, 3775-3780.
• Enhancing Privacy in Public Spaces through Crossmodal Displays. Cao, H., P. Olivier, and D.G. Jackson. Social Science Computer Review, vol. 26, no. 1, Spring 2008.
• Display Registration for Device Interaction: a Proof of Principle Prototype. Pears, N., P. Olivier and D.G. Jackson. VISAPP 2008: Proceedings of Computer Vision Theory and Applications, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal, January 22-25, 2008.
• Digital Jewellery and Family Relationships. J. Wallace, D. Jackson, C. Ladha, P. Olivier, A Monk, M. Blythe, and P. Wright. Workshop on the Family and Communication Technologies, Newcastle, UK, 2007.
• Crossmodal Ambient Displays. P. Olivier, H. Cao, S.W. Gilroy and D.G. Jackson. British Computer Society HCI: Engage, Queen Mary College, University of London, UK. 2006.
• CROSSBOARD: Crossmodal Access of Dense Public Displays. S.W. Gilroy, P.L. Olivier, H. Cao, D.G. Jackson, C. Kray and D. Lin. In: International Workshop on Multimodal and Pervasive Services (MAPS06), Lyon, France, 2006 (extended for Social Science Computer Review).
• Crossmodal Attention in Public-Private Displays. P. Olivier, S.W. Gilroy, H. Cao, D.G. Jackson and C. Kray, In: IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Services (ICPS06), Lyon, France 2006.
• Mobile Devices in Crossmodal Interfaces. H. Cao, P. Olivier, D.G. Jackson, A. Armstrong. In: Pervasive: Workshop on Pervasive Mobile Interaction Devices (PERMID), Dublin, Ireland, 2006.
• A Real-world Architecture for the Synthesis of Spontaneous Gesture. P. Olivier, D.G. Jackson and C. Wiggins. In: Proceedings of 19th annual conference on Computer Animation and Social Agents (CASA), Geneva, Switzerland, 2006.

Links

• Old Newcastle CS Page
• Old Open Lab Page
• Personal website for development
• Old personal website