Open Lab
Open Lab
Our group was established in 2008. It's led by Prof. Dave Kirk and has a core team of around 80 researchers.
Our work focuses on the experience-centred design of digital technology, human-computer interaction (HCI) and applied challenges in ubiquitous computing.
Many members of the group originate from disciplines outside computer science, including:
- psychology
- electronic engineering
- sociology
- clinical sciences
- education
- design
- fine art
Visit our group website for more information.
Staff
Dr Serdar Abaci
Research Associate
Email: serdar.abaci@ncl.ac.uk
Dalya Al-Shahrabi
Research Software Engineer
Emily Barker
Communications Officer (Open Lab)
Dr Simon Bowen
Senior Research Associate
Email: simon.bowen@ncl.ac.uk
Luis Carvalho
Research Assistant
Email: luis.carvalho@ncl.ac.uk
David Chatting
Visiting Researcher
Andrew Coates
Operations Assistant
Dr Clara Crivellaro
Research Fellow
Email: clara.crivellaro@ncl.ac.uk
Linnea Groot
Research Assistant
Email: linnea.groot@ncl.ac.uk
Dr Yu Guan
Lecturer
Email: yu.guan@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 191 20 84642
Bingzhang Hu
Research Assistant
Dan Jackson
Senior Research Associate
Email: dan.jackson@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 191 208 4630
Dr Ahmed Kharrufa
Lecturer in Human-Computer Interaction
Email: ahmed.kharrufa@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 191 208 3695
Professor Dave Kirk
Prof of Human Computer Interaction
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 20 84630
Dr Karim Ladha
Senior Research Associate
Email: karim.ladha@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 191 208 4632
Dr Yang Long
MRC Innovation Fellow
Professor Andrew Monk
Visiting Professor
Email: andrew.monk@ncl.ac.uk
Dr Kyle Montague
Lecturer
Email: kyle.montague@ncl.ac.uk
Dr Tom Nappey
Research Associate
Daniel Parry
Digital Content Creator
Ivan Poliakov
Senior Research Associate
Email: ivan.poliakov@ncl.ac.uk
Rachel Pattinson
CDT Manager (Digital Civics)
Email: rachel.pattinson@ncl.ac.uk
Dr Jan Smeddinck
Lecturer
Email: jan.smeddinck@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 191 208 4642
Dr Austin Toombs
Visiting Researcher
Professor John Vines
Visiting Researcher
Dr Vasilis Vlachokyriakos
Lecturer
Email: vasilis.vlachokyriakos1@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 7508442767
Professor Peter Wright
Prof of Social Computing
Email: p.c.wright@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 191 208 4630
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Centre for Doctoral Training in Digital Civics
Project Leader(s): Prof. Dave Kirk
Project Dates: From April 2014 to April 2022 -
Colorectal Cancer Screening Prevention Endoscopy And Early Diagnosis Project (COLO-SPEED)
Project Leader(s): Prof. Colin Rees
Project Dates: From June 2019 to June 2024 -
DERC: Digital Economy Research Centre
Project Leader(s): Prof. David Kirk
Project Dates: From November 2015 to October 2020 -
Design and initial evaluation of an autism-specific health check for use with autistic adults in NHS Primary Care
Project Leader(s): Prof. Jeremy Parr
Project Dates: From Jan 2019 to Jan 2021 -
Sunblock - Distributed Ledgers and Decentralised Energy in Sub Saharan Africa
Project Leader(s): Dr. Jamie Cross (University of Edinburgh)
Project Dates: From February 2018 to February 2020 -
Enabling Ongoingness: Content Creation & Consumption In The New Digital Age
Project Leader(s): Prof. Jayne Wallace (Northumbria) -
Engaging NHS workforce in real-time: listening, understanding and responding to what matters most to our staff
Project Leader(s): Jenny Johnstone (Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust)
Project Dates: From February 2019 to February 2020 -
EPSRC NetworkPlus on Social Justice through the Digital Economy
Project Leader(s): Dr. Clara Crivellaro
Project Dates: From July 2018 to July 2021 -
H2020 gE.CO Living Lab
Project Leader(s):
Project Dates: From February 2019 to February 2022
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A Catalyst for Automated Capture and Analysis of Behaviour and Performance Changes in Pigs for Early Detection of Health and Welfare Problems
Project Leader(s): Dr. Thomas Ploetz
Project Dates: From October 2014 to March 2018 -
ACCEL-O-SURG
Project Leader(s): Prof. Patrick Olivier
Project Dates: From November 2010 to July 2011 -
AEGIS - Assisting The Elderly and Disabled Generation Using a Behaviour Modelling Intelligent System
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Project Dates: From April 2010 to June 2011 -
Ageing in Place and the Impact of Emerging Technologies on the Lives of Older People.
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Project Dates: From September 2011 to August 2012 -
AMUC: Asscocitaed motion capture user categories
Project Leader(s): Sally Jane Norman - Culture Lab -
Automated Screening for Pig Pathologies at Abattoir
Project Leader(s):
Project Dates: From March 2014 to February 2017 -
Automatic Assessment of Problem Behaviour
Project Leader(s):
Project Dates: From January 2013 -
Balance@Home - Exploring Home-Based Support Systems for Promotion of Food and Nutritional Knowledge
Project Leader(s): Prof. Patrick Olivier
Project Dates: From April 2009 to March 2013 -
Balance@Home - Food, Nutritional Knowledge & Personal Choice
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BESPOKE - Increasing Social Inclusion through Community Journalism and Bespoke Design
Project Leader(s): Prof. Patrick Olivier
Project Dates: From April 2009 to June 2011 -
Cinehack
Project Leader(s):
Project Dates: From August 2014 -
Contested Common Land: environmental governance, law and sustainable land management
Project Leader(s): Prof. Chris Rodgers - Newcastle Law School
Project Dates: From February 2007 to May 2010 -
CuRAtOR - Challenging online feaR And OtheRing
Project Leader(s):
Project Dates: From August 2014 to August 2017 -
Design for Dialogue: Interaction Design in Interdisciplinary Research
Project Leader(s): Dr. Abigail Durrant
Project Dates: From April 2014 to December 2016 -
Design Your Own Future: Supporting Networked Design Expertise
Project Leader(s): Dr. Dave Kirk (PI)
Project Dates: From September 2015 to February 2017 -
Designing Technology to Support Mental Wellbeing
Project Leader(s): Prof. Patrick Olivier, Prof. Peter Wright, Dr. Thomas Meyer (Institute of Neuroscience)
Project Dates: From October 2011 to October 2014 -
Digital Economy "Research in the Wild": Language Learning in the Wild
Project Leader(s): Prof. Paul Seedhouse - Education, Communication & Language Sciences
Project Dates: From June 2010 to February 2012 -
Digital Economy "Research in the Wild": New Approaches to banking for the older old
Project Leader(s):
Project Dates: From May 2010 to April 2012 -
Digital Originals
Project Leader(s):
Project Dates: From January 2012 to July 2013 -
Digital Personhood: Charting the Digital Lifespan
Project Leader(s): Dr. Abigail Durrant
Project Dates: From August 2013 to September 2016 -
Embodied Selves in Transition: Disabled Young Bodies
Project Leader(s): Dr. Janice McLaughlin – Geography, Politics and Sociology
Project Dates: From March 2011 to February 2013 -
Enabling Simple Public Voting and Consultation in Local Communities
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Project Dates: From July 2011 to June 2012 -
Energy reduction through Promoting Sustainable Living
Project Leader(s):
Project Dates: From November 2012 to March 2013 -
Family Rituals 2.0
Project Leader(s): Dr. Dave Kirk (Reader in Cultural Computing)
Project Dates: From April 2013 to September 2015 -
Google Glass for people with Parkinson’s
Project Leader(s):
Project Dates: From August 2013 -
IAA Phase 2 - SAM-CLOUD: Secure farm Animal Monitoring in the CLOUD
Project Leader(s): Dr. Thomas Ploetz
Project Dates: From August 2016 to March 2017 -
IAA: Towards Automated Behaviour Monitoring in Commercial Farm Settings
Project Leader(s): Dr. Thomas Ploetz
Project Dates: From January 2016 to June 2016 -
IRIS - Integrating Research in Interactive Storytelling
Project Leader(s): Prof. Patrick Olivier
Project Dates: From January 2009 to December 2011 -
KITE: Keeping in touch every day
Project Leader(s): Prof. Patrick Olivier
Project Dates: From July 2007 to February 2009 -
LanCook - Learning European Languages in a Digital Kitchen
Project Leader(s):
Project Dates: From December 2011 to November 2014 -
Landscapes of Cross-Generational Engagement
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Project Dates: From April 2010 to December 2010 -
Livewell - Development of interventions to enhance health and wellbeing in later life
Project Leader(s): Prof. John Mathers (IAH: Institute for Ageing & Health).
Project Dates: From March 2010 to February 2015 -
Loneliness in the Digital Age
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Project Dates: From September 2014 to August 2017 -
MAPP-MAL - Multidisciplinary Approach to Prototype for Prevention of Malnutrition in Older People
Project Leader(s): Prof. Paula Moynihan - Institute for Ageing & Health
Project Dates: From October 2008 to September 2011 -
Microsoft PhD Studentship
Project Leader(s): Prof. Patrick Olivier
Project Dates: From October 2010 to September 2012 -
Monitoring Devices in Old Age Depression
Project Leader(s):
Project Dates: From January 2012 to July 2014 -
My Great North Run
Project Leader(s): Prof. Patrick Olivier
Project Dates: From March 2010 to October 2010 -
MyPlace: Mobility and Place for the Age-friendly City Environment
Project Leader(s): Prof. Peter Wright (PI)
Project Dates: From March 2014 to March 2017 -
NERVE: North East Regional Visualisation Enviroment
Project Leader(s): Phil James – Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Prof. Patrick Olivier
Project Dates: From October 2005 to September 2007 -
OASIS - Open Architecture for Accessible Services Integration and Standardisation
Project Leader(s): Prof. Patrick Olivier
Project Dates: From January 2008 to December 2011 -
Out of Bounds
Project Leader(s): Dr. James Procter (English Lit, Language & Linguistics)
Project Dates: From December 2015 to November 2016 -
PATINA - Personal Architectonics of Interfaces to Artefacts
Project Leader(s):
Project Dates: From October 2010 to October 2013 -
Persuasive Dialogue
Project Leader(s):
Project Dates: From August 2005 to July 2008 -
Real-time Visualisation of a Shared Geo-spatial Model
Project Leader(s): Mr. Philip James
Project Dates: From October 2005 to September 2007 -
SALT - Designing Scalable Assistive Technologies and Services
Project Leader(s):
Project Dates: From July 2011 to June 2014 -
SAVE ME - System and Actions to support Disaster Mitigation and Evacuation
Project Leader(s): Prof. Philip Blythe
Project Dates: From October 2009 to September 2012 -
School in the Cloud web platform
Project Leader(s):
Project Dates: From January 2015 -
SiDE - Social Inclusion through the Digital Economy
Project Leader(s): Prof. Paul Watson
Project Dates: From October 2009 to September 2015 -
SMART2: Self-management and Rehabilitation Technologies
Project Leader(s):
Project Dates: From January 2008 to December 2011 -
Sponsored Research Agreement
Project Leader(s): Prof. Patrick Olivier
Project Dates: From August 2005 to July 2008