Dr Dave Cameron
BSc (Sheffield), MSc (Sheffield), PhD (Sheffield)
School of Information, Journalism and Communication
Lecturer in Human-Computer Interaction
d.s.cameron@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 2644
+44 114 222 2644
Room C228, The Wave
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Dr Dave Cameron
School of Information, Journalism and Communication
Room C228
The Wave
2 Whitham Road
Sheffield
S10 2AH
School of Information, Journalism and Communication
Room C228
The Wave
2 Whitham Road
Sheffield
S10 2AH
- Profile
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Before joining the School of Information, Journalism and Communication, I trained and worked as a researcher in psychology at Sheffield. I completed my undergraduate and masters degrees in Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience at the Department of Psychology and continued on to complete my PhD, creating a computational model of emotions and their spread across networks. I worked for five years at the Department of Psychology, on a variety of research projects in social, health, and developmental psychology. I started working with Sheffield Robotics in 2014 researching Human-Robot Interaction and developed an interest in people's emotional experiences in their interactions with technology. I joined the School as a Lecturer in 2018
University Responsibilities
- Module Coordinator: User Interface Design and Human-Computer Interaction
- Research interests
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My research examines users’ experiences in their interaction with technology, particularly in terms of the user and autonomous systems as two agents in collaborative work towards shared goals.
This work includes exploring children’s understandings of humanoids and social robots, and their beliefs regarding animacy in robots (Expressive Agents Symbiotic Education and Learning project). I also lead the HCI component of the ROBO-GUIDE project. This work includes the designing of a mobile robotic tour guide, understanding users’ responses to robots operating in public spaces, and evaluating users' responses to robots that make errors. I have recently begun evaluating a new graphical language designed to facilitate effective and safe human-robot collaborative working.
My background in psychology includes researching the impact positive emotions can have on health behaviours, online interventions to improve health behaviours. For my PhD, I created a computational model of emotion regulation in a control theory framework, and conducted computer simulations of emotions dissipating through social networks, reflecting real-life spread of emotions.
- Publications
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Journal articles
- Challenges of integrating assistive technologies and robots with embodied intelligence in the homes of older people living with frailty. Applied Sciences, 15(15). View this article in WRRO
- The social triad model: considering the deployer in a novel approach to trust in human–robot interaction. International Journal of Social Robotics, 16(6), 1405-1418. View this article in WRRO
- Criteria of quality in fiction-based research to promote debate about the use of AI and robots in Higher Education. Higher Education Research and Development, 42(3), 559-573. View this article in WRRO
- Using LEGO® SERIOUS® Play with stakeholders for RRI. Journal of Responsible Technology, 12. View this article in WRRO
- Improving inclusivity in robotics design : an exploration of methods for upstream co-creation. Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 9. View this article in WRRO
- Dynamic graphical instructions result in improved attitudes and decreased task completion time in human–robot co-working : an experimental manufacturing study. Sustainability, 14(6).
- A global horizon scan of the future impacts of robotics and autonomous systems on urban ecosystems. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 5(2), 219-230. View this article in WRRO
- The effect of social-cognitive recovery strategies on likability, capability and trust in social robots. Computers in Human Behavior, 114. View this article in WRRO
- Rebooting inclusive education? New technologies and disabled people. Canadian Journal of Disability Studies, 9(5), 515-549.
- The role of executive functions in socioeconomic attainment gaps : results from a randomized controlled trial. Child Development, 91(5), 1594-1614. View this article in WRRO
- Language-free graphical signage improves human performance and reduces anxiety when working collaboratively with robots. The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 100(1-4), 55-73. View this article in WRRO
- The effects of robot facial emotional expressions and gender on child-robot interaction in a field study. Connection Science, 30(4), 343-361. View this article in WRRO
- A randomized controlled trial of a brief online intervention to reduce alcohol consumption in new university students: combining self-affirmation, theory of planned behaviour messages, and implementation intentions.. British Journal of Health Psychology, 23(1), 108-127. View this article in WRRO
- Positive affect and physical activity: testing effects on goal setting, activation, prioritization, and attainment. Psychology and Health, 33(2), 258-274. View this article in WRRO
- The cost-effectiveness of an updated theory-based online health behavior intervention for new university students: U@Uni2. Journal of Public Health & Epidemiology, 8(10), 191-203. View this article in WRRO
- A theory-based online health behaviour intervention for new university students (U@Uni: LifeGuide): Results from a repeat randomized controlled trial. Trials, 16(1).
- The impact of positive affect on health cognitions and behaviours: a meta-analysis of the experimental evidence. Health Psychology Review, 9(3), 345-365. View this article in WRRO
Book chapters
- Effects of summer robotics activities in libraries on children’s interest in robotics and STEM career In Balogh R, Obdržálek D & Fislake F (Ed.), Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems (pp. 188-199). Springer Nature Switzerland View this article in WRRO
- An analysis of classification approaches for hit song prediction using engineered metadata features with lyrics and audio features In Sserwanga I, Goulding A, Moulaison-Sandy H, Du JT, Soares AL, Hessami V & Frank RD (Ed.), Lecture Notes in Computer Science (pp. 303-311). Springer Nature Switzerland View this article in WRRO
- Supporting Museums and Robot Theatre Using Quando - an Event First, Visual Block Toolset, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (pp. 225-230). Springer International Publishing
- Self-Regulatory Fatigue, Encyclopedia of Behavioral Medicine (pp. 2006-2008). Springer International Publishing
- Self-Regulatory Capacity, Encyclopedia of Behavioral Medicine (pp. 2003-2005). Springer International Publishing
- Self-Monitoring, Encyclopedia of Behavioral Medicine (pp. 1994-1996). Springer International Publishing
- Why are we told: never go to sleep angry? In Totterdell P & Niven K (Ed.), Should I Strap A Battery To My Head? (And Other Questions About Emotion)
- Emotional labor at the unit-level In Grandey A, Diefendorff J & Rupp DE (Ed.), Emotional Labor in the 21st Century: Diverse Perspectives on Emotion Regulation at Work Routledge Academic
Conference proceedings
- The effect of simulated contextual factors on recipe rating and nutritional intake behaviour. CHIIR '24: Proceedings of the 2024 Conference on Human Information Interaction and Retrieval, Vol. 2024 (pp 97-107). Sheffield, United Kingdom, 10 March 2024 - 10 March 2024. View this article in WRRO
- LEGO® Serious Play® in HRI research : results of a pilot imagining robotic care. CHI EA '22: CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Extended Abstracts (pp 1-7). New Orleans, LA, USA, 29 April 2022 - 29 April 2022. View this article in WRRO
- Learning from unstructured child-robot interactions. 30th IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication. Virtual conference, 8 August 2021 - 8 August 2021. View this article in WRRO
- Conducting Information Science research during pandemics : experience and reflections of the Information Retrieval Research Group in Sheffield. Information Science Trends 2021: Information Science Research During COVID-19 and Post-Pandemic Opportunities. Virtual conference, 9 June 2021 - 9 June 2021. View this article in WRRO
- Collaboration checklist for creative robots. 12th International Conference on Social Robotics. Online conference, 14 November 2020 - 14 November 2020. View this article in WRRO
- Trust in robot-mediated health information. 29th IEEE International Conference on Robot & Human Interactive Communication (Ro-Man2020) : Workshop on Trust, Acceptance and Social Cues in Human-Robot Interaction (SCRITA). Virtual conference, 31 August 2020 - 31 August 2020. View this article in WRRO
- Integrating FATE/critical data studies into data science curricula : where are we going and how do we get there?. FAT* '20: Proceedings of the 2020 Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency (pp 425-435). Barcelona, Spain, 27 January 2020 - 27 January 2020. View this article in WRRO
- UK-RAS Conference: Robots Working For and Among Us Proceedings. UK-RAS Conference for PhD and Early Career Researchers Proceedings
- Robots claiming space: Gauging public reaction using computer vision techniques. Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems, Vol. 10965 (pp 468-470). Bristol, UK, 25 July 2018 - 25 July 2018. View this article in WRRO
- Intuitive Interfaces in Human-Robot Interaction. Proceedings of the 19th Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems (TAROS) Conference, Vol. LNAI 1 (pp 462-464). Bristol, UK, 25 July 2018 - 25 July 2018. View this article in WRRO
- Dynamic Graphical Signage Improves Response Time and Decreases Negative Attitudes towards Robots in Human-Robot Co-working. Human Friendly Robotics, Vol. 7 (pp 139-149). Napoli, Italy, 6 November 2017 - 6 November 2017. View this article in WRRO
- Graphical Signage Decreases Negative Attitudes towards Robots and Robot Anxiety in Human-Robot Co-working. UK-RAS Conference : ‘Robots Working For & Among Us’ Proceedings (pp 83-86). Bristol, UK, 12 December 2017 - 12 December 2017. View this article in WRRO
- A ROS-integrated API for the KUKA LBR iiwa collaborative robot. IFAC-PapersOnLine (pp 15859-15864). Toulouse, France View this article in WRRO
- Children's age influences their use of biological and mechanical questions towards a humanoid. Proceedings of the 18th Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems (TAROS) Conference, Vol. 10454 (pp 290-299). University of Surrey, Guildford View this article in WRRO
- You made him be alive: Children’s perceptions of animacy in a humanoid robot. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 10384 (pp 73-85). Stanford University, California View this article in WRRO
- Assessing Graphical Robot Aids for Interactive Co-working. Advances in Ergonomics of Manufacturing: Managing the Enterprise of the Future, Vol. 490 (pp 229-240). Walt Disney World®, Florida, USA View this article in WRRO
- ROBO-GUIDE - Lessons from an Interdisciplinary Project. Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium of Engineering Education. University of Sheffield, 14 July 2016 - 14 July 2016. View this article in WRRO
- The EASEL project: Towards educational human-robot symbiotic interaction. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 9793 (pp 297-306). Edinburgh, UK, 19 July 2016 - 19 July 2016. View this article in WRRO
- Towards a synthetic tutor assistant: The EASEL project and its architecture. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 9793 (pp 353-364). Edinburgh, UK, 19 July 2016 - 19 July 2016. View this article in WRRO
- Don’t Worry, We’ll Get There: Developing Robot Personalities to Maintain User Interaction After Robot Error. Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems, Vol. 9793 (pp 409-412). Edinburgh, UK View this article in WRRO
- Designing robot personalities for human-robot symbiotic interaction in an educational context. Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems, Vol. 9793 (pp 413-417). Edinburgh, UK View this article in WRRO
- Congratulations, It’s a Boy! Bench-Marking Children’s Perceptions of the Robokind Zeno-R25. Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems, Vol. 9716 (pp 33-39). Sheffield, UK, 28 June 2016 - 28 June 2016. View this article in WRRO
- Robot-stated limitations but not intentions promote user assistance. 5th International Symposium on New Frontiers in Human-Robot Interaction. Sheffield, UK, 5 April 2016 - 5 April 2016. View this article in WRRO
- Safety and Verification for a Mobile Guide Robot. USES 2015 - The University of Sheffield Engineering Symposium. The Octagon Centre, University of Sheffield, 24 June 2015 - 24 June 2015. View this article in WRRO
- ROBO-GUIDE: Towards Safe, Reliable, Trustworthy, and Natural Behaviours in Robotic Assistants. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 9287 (pp 149-154) View this article in WRRO
- Floor Determination in the Operation of a Lift by a Mobile Guide Robot. 2015 European Conference on Mobile Robots (ECMR). Lincoln, UK, 2 September 2015 - 2 September 2015. View this article in WRRO
- Help! I Can’t Reach the Buttons: Facilitating Helping Behaviors Towards Robots.. Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems, Vol. 9222 (pp 354-358) View this article in WRRO
- Children's Age Influences Their Perceptions of a Humanoid Robot as Being Like a Person or Machine. Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems, Vol. 9222 (pp 348-353). Barcelona, Spain View this article in WRRO
- Presence of life-like robot expressions influences children's enjoyment of human-robot interactions in the field. Proceedings of the AISB Convention 2015. Canterbury, UK View this article in WRRO
- Understanding affect regulation in dyads through a computational model of affect regulation dynamics. Consortium of European Research on Emotion. Berlin
- Ever changing moods: A new understanding of affect regulation dynamics through representation in computational models. iCog Cognitive Science Conference
- Changing what we want to feel: Predictions arising from a computational model of affect regulation dynamics. Consortium of European Research on Emotion. Canterbury
- Control theory model of emotion regulation: A dynamic model of emotion. Proceedings of;. Thessaloniki, Greece, 7 October 2009 - 7 October 2009. View this article in WRRO
- User, robot, deployer : a new model for measuring trust in HRI. 30th IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN) workshop on Trust, Acceptance and Social Cues in Human-Robot Interaction (SCRITA 2021). Virtual conference, 12 August 2021 - 12 August 2021. View this article in WRRO
- Children's reasoning on robots and gender. 12th International Conference on Social Robotics. Online conference, 14 November 2020 - 14 November 2020. View this article in WRRO
- Framing Factors: The Importance of Context and the Individual in Understanding Trust in Human-Robot Interaction. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) 2015. Hamburg, Germany View this article in WRRO
Posters
- Positive affect promotes pursuit of physical activity goals. 14th Meeting of International Society for Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity (ISBNPA).
- A theory-based online health behaviour intervention for new university students: One-month follow-up data. 28th Conference of the European Health Psychology Society.
- Optimising robot personalities for symbiotic interaction. Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems: Third international conference, Living Machines.
Dictionary or encyclopaedia entries
- Self-Regulatory Fatigue. In Encyclopedia of Behavioral Medicine Springer New York.
- Self-Monitoring. In Encyclopedia of Behavioral Medicine Springer New York.
- Self-Regulatory Capacity. In Encyclopedia of Behavioral Medicine Springer New York.
- Self-Regulatory Capacity. In Encyclopedia of Behavioral Medicine Springer New York.
- Self-Regulatory Fatigue. In Encyclopedia of Behavioral Medicine Springer New York.
Preprints
- The Social Triad model of Human-Robot Interaction, arXiv.
- An Analysis of Classification Approaches for Hit Song Prediction using Engineered Metadata Features with Lyrics and Audio Features, arXiv.
- When Robots Interact with Groups, Where Does the Trust Reside?.
- Automatic recognition of child speech for robotic applications in noisy environments, arXiv.
- Impact of robot responsiveness and adult involvement on children's social behaviours in human-robot interaction, arXiv.
- Robot-stated limitations but not intentions promote user assistance, arXiv.
- Challenges of integrating assistive technologies and robots with embodied intelligence in the homes of older people living with frailty. Applied Sciences, 15(15). View this article in WRRO
- Teaching interests
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My primary area of teaching is Human-Computer Interaction. I use a range of teaching methods to promote student engagement in learning, and aim to connect students' learning with their real-life experiences in HCI.
I have received a number of teaching grants including a £7,000 grant to work collaboratively across the Science and Engineering Faculties leading students in evaluating novel interfaces for mobile robot control.
- Teaching activities
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INF216 - Responsible Data Science Lab 1
INF6340 - Research Methods Dissertation and Prep
INF6430 - User-Centred Design and Human-Computer Interaction
INF6545 - Research Methods Dissertation and Prep
- Professional activities and memberships
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Journal and conference reviewing
Journal Reviewing:
- International Journal of Social Robotics
- International Journal of Human-Computer Studies
- IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics
- Scientific Reports
- Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease
Conference Reviewing:
- HRI 2017
- AAATE 2017