Staff Profile

I am a Senior Research Associate within the School of Computing at Newcastle University. Based in Open Lab, a cross-disciplinary research environment, I collaborate on the development of research systems and prototypes, engineering solutions for projects that use a diverse range of technologies. My primary research interests are with human-computer interaction with a focus on the areas of ubiquitous/pervasive computing and technologies that support health and wellbeing.  After graduating in 2001 with an MEng in Computer Systems and Software Engineering from the University of York, I worked for several years at Lexicle Ltd., where I helped to produce a state-of-the-art web-based 3D embodied conversational agent, and have provided consultancy in ubiquitous computing and computer vision.

My research is in the areas of ubiquitous computing and technologies that support health and wellbeing. I helped to establish the Open Movement platform, whose AX3 device has been widely used in movement research and population studies. This has underpinned my recent work focussed 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.

For more information on specific research, see: Open Lab - Dan Jackson, Google Scholar - Dan Jackson.

• Articles

  • Hinchliffe C, Rehman RZU, Pinaud C, Branco D, Jackson D, Ahmaniemi T, Guerreiro T, Chatterjee M, Manyakov NV, Pandis I, Davies K, Macrae V, Aufenberg S, Paulides E, Hildesheim H, Kudelka J, Emmert K, Van Gassen G, Rochester L, van der Woude CJ, Reilmann R, Maetzler W, Ng W-F, Del Din S. 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. Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2024, 21, 94.
  • 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 AP. Can wrist-worn devices and a smartphone application influence arm activity in children with hemiplegia? A proof of concept study. Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences 2023, 3, 1060191.
  • Basu AP, Brown R, Pearse JE, Jackson D, Edmonds G, Guan Y. Wrist-Worn Devices to Encourage Affected Upper Limb Movement in Unilateral Cerebral Palsy: Participatory Design Workshops. Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences 2022, 3, 1021760.
  • Ratcliffe AM, Zhai B, Guan Y, Jackson DG, Sneyd JR, Minto G, Howell S, Miller F, Retief JL, Webster DA, Veeralakshmanan P, Graterol JF, Kotwinski DP, Maxwell S, Parish B, Spinney S. Patient-centred measurement of recovery from day-case surgery using wrist worn accelerometers: a pilot and feasibility study. Anaesthesia 2021, 76(6), 785-797.
  • Little B, Alshabrawy O, Stow D, Ferrier IN, McNaney R, Jackson DG, Ladha K, Ladha C, Ploetz T, Bacardit J, Olivier P, Gallagher P, OBrien JT. Deep learning-based automated speech detection as a marker of social functioning in late-life depression. Psychological Medicine 2021, 51(9), 1441-1450.
  • Stockwell K, Alabdulqader E, Jackson D, Basu A, Olivier P, Pennington L. Feasibility of parent communication training with remote coaching using smartphone apps. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders 2019, 54(2), 265-280.
  • Stockwell C, Alabdulqader E, Jackson D, Basu A, Olivier P, Pennington L. Feasibility of communication training for parents of preschool children with motor disorders with remote coaching using smartphone apps. International Journal of Language and Communication 2019, 54(2), 265-280.
  • Murphy D, Slovak P, Thieme A, Jackson D, Olivier P, Fitzpatrick G. Developing technology to enhance learning interpersonal skills in counsellor education. British Journal of Guidance and Counselling 2019, 47(3), 328-341.
  • Sniehotta FF, Evans EH, Sainsbury K, Adamson A, Batterham A, Becker F, Brown H, Dombrowski SU, Jackson D, Howell D, Ladha K, McColl E, Olivier P, Rothman AJ, Steel A, Vale L, Vieira R, White M, Wright PC, Araújo-Soares V. Behavioural intervention for weight loss maintenance vs. standard weight advice in adults with obesity: a randomised controlled trial in the UK (NULevel Trial). PLoS Medicine 2019, 16(5), e1002793.
  • Doherty A, Jackson D, Hammerla N, Plötz T, Olivier P, Granat MH, White T, Van Hees VT, Trenell MI, Owen CG, Preece SJ, Gillions R, Sheard S, Peakman T, Brage S, Wareham NJ. Large scale population assessment of physical activity using wrist worn accelerometers: The UK biobank study. PLoS ONE 2017, 12(2), e0169649.
  • Simpson E, Bradley J, Poliakov I, Jackson D, Olivier P, Adamson AJ, Foster E. Iterative Development of an Online Dietary Recall Tool: INTAKE24. Nutrients 2017, 9(2), 1-14.
  • O'Brien JT, Gallagher P, Stow D, Hammerla N, Ploetz T, Firbank M, Ladha C, Ladha K, Jackson D, McNaney R, Ferrier IN, Olivier P. A study of wrist-worn activity measurement as a potential real-world biomarker for late-life depression. Psychological Medicine 2017, 47(1), 93-102.
  • Moore SA, Da Silva R, Balaam M, Brkic L, Jackson D, Jamieson D, Ploetz T, Rodgers H, Shaw L, van Wijck F, Price C. Wristband Accelerometers to motiVate arm Exercise after Stroke (WAVES): study protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial. Trials 2016, 17, 508.
  • Evans EH, AraujoSoares V, Adamson AJ, Batterham AM, Brown H, Campbell M, Dombrowski SU, Guest A, Jackson D, Kwasnicka D, Ladha K, McColl E, Olivier P, Rothman AJ, Sainsbury K, Steel AJ, Steen IN, Vale L, White M, Wright P, Sniehotta FF. 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. Trials 2015, 16, 421.
  • Simpson E, Delve J, Poliakov I, Foster E, Jackson D, Comber R, Olivier P, Adamson A. Iterative development of an online dietary recall tool, INTAKE24. Proceedings of the Nutrition Society 2015, 74(OCE1), E117-E117.
  • Preston A, Balaam M, Seedhouse P, Rafiev A, Jackson D, Olivier P. Can a kitchen teach languages? Linking theory and practice in the design of context-aware language learning environments. Smart Learning Environments 2015, 2(9).
  • Galna B, Jackson D, Schofield G, McNaney R, Webster M, Barry G, Mhiripiri D, Balaam M, Olivier P, Rochester L. Retraining function in people with Parkinson’s disease using the Microsoft kinect: game design and pilot testing. Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2014, 11(60), 1-12.
  • Grzes M, Hoey J, Khan SS, Mihailidis A, Czarnuch S, Jackson D, Monk A. Relational approach to knowledge engineering for POMDP-based assistance systems as a translation, of a psychological model. International Journal of Approximate Reasoning 2014, 55(1), 36-58.
  • Galna B, Barry G, Jackson D, Mhiripiri D, Olivier P, Rochester L. Accuracy of the Microsoft Kinect sensor for measuring movement in people with Parkinson’s disease. Gait and Posture 2014, 39(4), 1062–1068.
  • Preston A, Seedhouse P, Olivier P, Jackson D, Heslop P, Wagner J, Ploetz T, Ali S. Can a kitchen teach me French?: Using digital technology to learn French language and cuisine. Francophonie 2012, 46, 3-10.
  • Monk A, Jackson D, Nielsen D, Jefferies E, Olivier P. N-backer: An auditory n-back task with automatic scoring of spoken responses. Behavior Research Methods 2011, 43(3), 888-896.
  • Pears N, Jackson DG, Olivier P. Smart Phone Interaction with Registered Displays. IEEE Pervasive Computing 2009, 8(2), 14-21.
  • Robinson L, Brittain KR, Lindsay S, Jackson D, Olivier P. Keeping In Touch Everyday (KITE) project: developing assistive technologies with people with dementia and their carers to promote independence. International Psychogeriatrics 2009, 21(3), 494-502.
  • Norman SJ, Lawson SEM, Olivier P, Watson P, Chan AMA, Dade-Robertson M, Dunphy P, Green D, Hiden H, Hook J, Jackson DG. AMUC: Associated Motion Capture User Categories. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 2009, 367(1898), 2771-2780.
  • Cao H, Olivier P, Jackson D. Enhancing privacy in public spaces through crossmodal displays. Social Science Computer Review 2008, 26(1), 87-102.

• Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstracts)

  • Hinchliffe C, Rehman RZU, Branco D, Jackson D, Ahmaniemi T, Guerreiro T, Chatterjee M, Manyakov NV, Pandis I, Davies K, Macrae V, Aufenberg S, Paulides E, Hildesheim H, Kudelka J, Emmert K, Van Gassen G, Rochester L, van der Woude CJ, Reilmann R, Maetzler W, Ng WF, Del Din S, IDEA-FAST Consortium. Identification of Fatigue and Sleepiness in Immune and Neurodegenerative Disorders from Measures of Real-World Gait Variability. In: 45th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBC). 2023, Sydney, Australia: IEEE.
  • Turner A, Jackson D, Officer E, Edmonds G, Boyne-Nelson C, Zielinska Z, Dinraj D, Blickwedel J, Nappey T, Rapley T, Cadwgan J, Turpin H, Pearse JE, Basu AP. Can wrist-worn devices and a smartphone application influence arm activity in children with Unilateral Cerebral Palsy? A proof-of-concept study. In: British Paediatric Neurology Association, Annual Meeting. 2023, Edinburgh: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
  • Nicholson S, Crivellaro C, Clear AK, Jackson D, Comber R, Vlachokyriakos V, Olivier P. Sustaining a networked community resource: Findings from a longitudinal situated display deployment. In: CHI '21: Proceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. 2021, Yokohama, Japan: ACM.
  • Brown R, Pearse J, Edmonds G, Nappey T, Ladha K, Jackson D, Guan Y, Basu A. Wrist-worn devices to improve arm movement in hemiplegic cerebral palsy: participatory design workshops. In: RCPCH Conference. 2020, Online.
  • Bellini R, Forrest S, Westmarland N, Jackson D, Smeddinck JD. Choice-Point: Fostering Awareness and Choice with Perpetrators in Domestic Violence Interventions. In: CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. 2020, Honolulu, HI, USA: Association for Computing Machinery.
  • Rodger S, Jackson D, Vines J, McLaughlin J, Wright P. JourneyCam: Exploring Experiences of Accessibility and Mobility among Powered Wheelchair Users through Video and Data. In: Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2019). 2019, Glasgow, UK: ACM.
  • Da Silva R, Rodgers H, Shaw L, van Wijck F, Moore SA, Jackson D, Francis R, Sutcliffe L, Balaam M, Ploetz T, Brkic L, Price CI. Wristband accelerometers to motivate arm exercise after stroke (WAVES): Activity data from a pilot randomised controlled trial. In: 12th World Congress of the International Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine. 2018, Paris: Elsevier Masson SAS.
  • Da Silva RH, Moore SA, Van Wijck F, Shaw L, Rodgers H, Jackson D, Balaam M, Sutcliffe L, Brkic L, Ploetz T, Price CI. Proceedings of SRR: Wristband accelerometers to motivate arm exercise after stroke (WAVES): A pilot randomized controlled trial. In: The Society of Research in Rehabilitation 40th Anniversary and Winter Meeting. 2018, Bristol, UK: SAGE Publications Ltd.
  • Montague K, Jackson D, Brühwiler T, Bartindale T, Wilkinson G, Olivier P, Hilliges O, Ploetz T. Prototyping Ubiquitous Imaging Surfaces. In: 2017 Conference on Designing Interactive Systems. 2017, Edinburgh, United Kingdom: ACM.
  • Thieme A, McCarthy J, Johnson P, Wallace J, Lindley S, Ladha K, Jackson D, Nowacka D, Rafiev A, Ladha C, Nappey T, Kipling M, Wright P, Meyer TD, Olivier P. Challenges for Designing new Technology for Health and Wellbeing in a Complex Mental Healthcare Context. In: ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2016. 2016, San Jose, CA, USA: ACM.
  • O'Brien J, Gallagher P, Stow D, Hammerla N, Ploetz T, Firbank M, Ladha C, Ladha K, Jackson D, McNaney R, Ferrier N, Olivier P. A study of wrist-worn activity measurement as a potential real-world biomarker for late life depression. In: 18th Annual Conference of the International Society for Bipolar Disorders & 8th Biennial Conference of the International Society for Affective Disorders. 2016, Amsterdam, Netherlands: Wiley-Blackwell.
  • McNaney R, Balaam M, Holden A, Schofield G, Jackson D, Webster M, Galna B, Barry G, Rochester L, Olivier P. Designing for and with People with Parkinson's: A Focus on Exergaming. In: 33rd Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. 2015, Seoul, Republic of Korea: ACM.
  • Holden A, McNaney R, Balaam M, Thompson R, Hammerla N, Ploetz T, Jackson D, Price C, Brkic L, Olivier P. CueS: Cueing for Upper Limb Rehabilitation in Stroke. In: 2015 British HCI Conference. 2015, Lincoln, UK: Association for Computing Machinery.
  • Holden A, McNaney R, Balaam M, Thompson R, Hammerla N, Ploetz T, Jackson D, Price C, Brkic L, Olivier P. CueS: cueing for upper limb rehabilitation in stroke. In: British HCI '15 2015 British HCI Conference. 2015, Lincoln, UK: ACM.
  • Preston A, Seedhouse P, Balaam M, Rafiev A, Jackson D, Olivier P. Kitchen as Classroom: Shifting perspectives in the design and evaluation of new technologies for learning. In: British Educational Research Association Annual Conference 2014. 2014, London.
  • Willems K, Lauriers R, Schoening J, Krueger A, Jackson D, Ploetz T, Olivier P. Augmenting the servicescape with ubiquitous interactive surfaces: Fibreshelf technology. In: AMA SERVSIG International Service Research Conference. 2014, Thessaloniki, Greece.
  • Nowacka D, Ladha K, Hammerla NY, Jackson D, Ladha C, Rukzio E, Olivier P. Touchbugs: Actuated Tangibles on Multi-touch Tables. In: CHI' 13 SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. 2013, Paris, France: ACM.
  • Kirkham R, Mellor S, Green D, Lin J, Ladha K, Ladha C, Jackson D, Olivier P, Wright P, Ploetz T. The Break-Time Barometer: An Exploratory System for Workplace Break-time Social Awareness. In: ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing (UbiComp). 2013, Zurich, Switzerland: Association for Computing Machinery.
  • Jackson D, Nicholson J, Stoeckigt G, Wrobel R, Thieme A, Olivier P. Panopticon: A Parallel Video Overview System. In: 26th ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST). 2013, St Andrews, UK. In Press.
  • Pham C, Jackson D, Schoening J, Bartindale T, Ploetz T, Olivier P. FoodBoard: Surface Contact Imaging for Food Recognition. In: ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing (UbiComp). 2013, Zurich, Switzerland: ACM.
  • Hooper C, Preston A, Balaam M, Seedhouse P, Jackson D, Pham C, Ladha C, Ladha K, Ploetz T, Olivier P. The French Kitchen: Task-Based Learning in an Instrumented Kitchen. In: 14th International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing (Ubicomp). 2012, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA: ACM.
  • Wagner J, van Halteren A, Hoonhout J, Ploetz T, Pham C, Moynihan P, Jackson D, Ladha C, Ladha K, Olivier P. Towards a pervasive kitchen infrastructure for measuring cooking competence. In: International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare (PervasiveHealth'11). 2011, Dublin, Ireland: IEEE.
  • Suresh V, Ezhilchelvan P, Watson P, Pham C, Jackson D, Olivier P. Distributed event processing for activity recognition. In: DEBS '11 Proceedings of the 5th ACM international conference on Distributed event-based system. 2011, New York, NY, USA: ACM.
  • Cavazza M, Champagnat R, Leonardi R, Charles F, Porteous J, Donikian S, Christie M, Pépin N, Spierling U, Hoffmann S, Szilas N, Axelrad M, Richle U, Vorderer P, Roth C, Vermeulen I, Klimmt C, André E, Bee N, Endrass B, Kurdyukova K, Leichtenstern K, Petta P, Rank S, Olivier P, Schofield G, Jackson D. The IRIS network of excellence: Future directions in interactive storytelling. In: Interactive Storytelling: Second Joint International Conference on Interactive Digital Storytelling. 2009, Guimarães, Portugal: Springer.
  • Schöning J, Jackson D, Bartindale T, Krüger A, Olivier P, Kitson J. IBookmark: Locative texts and place-based authoring. In: 27th Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. 2009, Boston, Massachusetts, USA: ACM Press.
  • Schöning J, Bartindale T, Olivier P et al. iBookmark: Locative Texts and Place-based Authoring. In: CHI 2009: Digital Life, New World. The 27th Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. 2009, Boston, Massachusetts, USA: ACM.
  • Jackson D, Bartindale T, Olivier P. FiberBoard - Compact multi-touch display using channeled light. In: The ACM International Conference on Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces (ITS). 2009, Banff, Alberta, Canada: ACM Press.
  • Hoey J, Blunsden S, Richards B, Burns J, Bartindale T, Jackson D, Olivier P, Boder J, Mihailidis A. ePAD: Engaging Platform for Art Development. In: IJCAI'09 Workshop on Assisted Cognition (best paper). 2009, Pasadena, California, USA.
  • Blunsden S, Richards B, Bartindale T, Jackson D, Olivier P. Design and Prototype of a Device to Engage Cognitively Disabled Older Adults in Visual Artwork. In: Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Pervasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments. 2009, Corfu, Greece: ACM.
  • Blunsden S, Richards B, Bartindale T, Jackson D, Olivier P, Boger J, Mihailidis A, Hoey J. Design and prototype of a device to engage cognitively disabled older adults in visual artwork. In: ACM International Conference Proceeding Series. 2009, Corfu, Greece: ACM Press.
  • Pears N, Olivier P, Jackson D. Display registration for device interaction a proof of principle prototype. In: 3rd International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications (VISAPP). 2008, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal: INSTICC.
  • Olivier P, Cao H, Gilroy SW, Jackson DG. Crossmodal Ambient Displays. In: People and Computers XX - Engage. Proceedings of HCI 2006. 2007, London, UK: Springer.
  • Cao H, Olivier P, Jackson DG, Armstrong A. Mobile Devices in Crossmodal Interfaces. In: Pervasive: Workshop on Pervasive Mobile Interaction Devices (PERMID). 2006, Dublin, Ireland.
  • Olivier P, Jackson DG, Wiggins C. LEXICLECS: A Real-world Architecture for the Synthesis of Spontaneous Gesture. In: Computer Animation and Social Agents. 2006, Geneva, Switzerland: Computer Graphics Society (CGS).
  • Guo AW, Blythe PT, Olivier P, Singh P, Ha HN, Jackson DG, James P. Future Traveller Information Systems: Impacts on Modal Shift. In: ASK IT Conference. 2006, Nice, France.
  • Cao H, Olivier P, Jackson DG, Armstrong A, Huang L. Enhancing privacy in public spaces through crossmodal displays. In: Pervasive: Workshop on Privacy, Trust and Identity Issues for Ambient Intelligence. 2006, Dublin, Ireland.
  • Olivier P, Gilroy SW, Cao H, Jackson DG, Kray C. Crossmodal Attention in Public-Private Displays. In: International Conference on Pervasive Services (ICPS). 2006, Lyon, France: IEEE.
  • Gilroy SW, Olivier PL, Cao H, Jackson DG, Kray C, Lin D. CrossBoard: Crossmodal Access of Dense Public Displays. In: 1st International Workshop on Multimodal and Pervasive Services (MAPS '06). 2006, Lyon, France.

• Reports

  • Alabdulqader E, Stockwell K, Montague K, Jackson D, Balaam M, Monk A, Olivier P, Pennington L. Understanding the Therapeutic Coaching Needs for Mothers of Children with Cerebral Palsy. 2017.
  • Jackson D, Olivier P. Panopticon: A Parallel Video Overview Technique. Newcastle upon Tyne: School of Computing Science, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 2012. School of Computing Science Technical Report Series 1362.
  • Suresh V, Ezhilchelvan P, Watson P, Pham C, Jackson D, Olivier P. Distributed Event Processing For Activity Recognition. Newcastle upon Tyne: School of Computing Science, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 2011. School of Computing Science Technical Report Series 1258.
  • Bartindale T, Jackson D, Olivier P. FiberSense – Multi-touch Fibre Optic Sensing on Non-Planar Surfaces. Newcastle upon Tyne: School of Computing Science, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 2009. School of Computing Science Technical Report Series 1175.
  • Cao H, Olivier P, Jackson D, Armstrong A. Mobile Devices in Crossmodal Interfaces. Newcastle upon Tyne: School of Computing Science, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 2007. School of Computing Science Technical Report Series 1004.
  • Cao H, Olivier P, Jackson D, Armstrong A, Huang L. Enhancing privacy in public spaces through crossmodal displays. Newcastle upon Tyne: School of Computing Science, The University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 2007. School of Computing Science Technical Report Series 1003.
  • Norman SJ, Lawson S, Olivier P, Watson P, Chan A, Dade-Robertson M, Dunphy P, Green D, Hiden H, Hook J, Jackson D. Data Services for Associated Motion Capture User Categories. AHRC/EPSRC E-Science Demonstrator EP/E005624/1. AHESSC website: Newcastle University, 2007. AHRC/EPSRC E-Science Demonstrator EP/E005624/1.
  • Gilroy SW, Olivier P, Cao H, Jackson D, Kray C, Lin D. CROSSBOARD: Crossmodal Access of Dense Public Displays. Newcastle upon Tyne: School of Computing Science, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 2007. School of Computing Science Technical Report Series 1005.