Alan Chamberlain
Senior Research Fellow - Mixed Reality Lab, Faculty of Science
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Biography
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Dr Alan Chamberlain is currently a Senior Research Fellow in the Mixed Reality Lab at Nottingham. He has published numerous papers on many aspects of Human Computer Interaction and has successfully obtained funding for research projects. He is currently interested in the development of systems in real world settings (Research in the Wild) . His main research interests are listed below.
Expertise Summary
Research interests
His research interests relate to real-world problems as articulated by various communities of practice and relate to Human Computer Interaction, Ethnography, Action Research, Participatory Design, Rural Aspects of Computing, and User Engagement in order to develop networks of people that are able to involve themselves in the practices of innovation and design.
Research Summary
Current Projects
Bridging the Urban Rural Divide (BURD) - Scaling the Rural Enterprise, Co-investigator (Researcher), 2011 - 2014. Value £1,773,310 (full cost) (5 Million awarded to Nottingham).
Bridging the Rural Divide· - EPSRC EP/I001816/1, Recognised Researcher (Named), 2010 - 2012. Value £935,000 (full cost).
Recent Publications
CHAMBERLAIN, ALAN, OPPERMANN, LEIF, FLINTHAM, MARTIN, BENFORD, STEVE, TOLMIE, PETER, ADAMS, MATT, FARR, JU ROW, TANDAVANITJ, NICK, MARSHALL, JOE and RODDEN, TOM, 2011. Locating experience: touring a pervasive performance Personal Ubiquitous Computing. 15, 717-730 ROWLAND, DUNCAN, PORTER, DAN, GIBSON, MEL, WALKER, KEVIN, UNDERWOOD, JOSHUA, LUCKIN, ROSE, SMITH, HILARY, FITZPATRICK, GERALDINE, GOOD, JUDITH, WALKER, BRENDAN, CHAMBERLAIN, ALAN, RENNICK EGGLESTONE, STEFAN, MARSHALL, JOE, SCHN`ADELBACH, HOLGER and BENFORD, STEVE, 2010. Sequential art for science and CHI In: Proceedings of the 28th of the international conference extended abstracts on Human factors in computing systems. 2651-2660 ROWLAND, DUNCAN, FLINTHAM, MARTIN, OPPERMANN, LEIF, MARSHALL, JOE, CHAMBERLAIN, ALAN, KOLEVA, BORIANA, BENFORD, STEVE and PEREZ, CITLALI, 2009. Ubikequitous computing: designing interactive experiences for cyclists In: Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services. 21:1-21:11 KANJO, EIMAN, BENFORD, STEVE, PAXTON, MARK, CHAMBERLAIN, ALAN, FRASER, DANAE STANTON, WOODGATE, DAWN, CRELLIN, DAVID and WOOLARD, ADRAIN, 2008. MobGeoSen: facilitating personal geosensor data collection and visualization using mobile phones Personal Ubiquitous Comput.. 12, 599-607
Past Research
Lead Proposer
Convergence: Interdisciplinary Interpretations of People, Place and Pervasive Media, Troubadour Award (PI), Awarded from the grant: EPSRC Reference: EP/H024867/1 - Towards Pervasive Media
Performative Aspects of Pervasive Computing (PI) - Awarded from the grant: EPSRC Reference: EP/F013442/1 - UBICOMP Grand Challenge Award
Nano Histories (PI) - Awarded from the grant EPSRC Reference: EP/E018580 - Bridging the Gaps between Mathematics, ICT and Engineering
Rural Ubiquitous Computing(PI) - Awarded from the grant: EPSRC Reference: EP/F03038X/1 - The Challenge of Widespread Ubiquitous Computing
Co-Written/Named
Riders Have Spoken: Designing and Evaluating an Archive for Replaying Interactive Performances - AHRC "Beyond Text Programme" Recognised Researcher (Named), 2010 - 2011. Value £12877.56 (full cost)
Research Council Involvement
2010 Bridging the Urban Rural Divide (RCUK/EPSRC) - Funding/Future Direction Workshop (Selected Member) Birmingham UK
2011 Early Career Meeting (EPSRC) Nottingham UK