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A brief introduction to ... Assistive robotics for independent living (2016)
Journal Article
Caleb-Solly, P. (2016). A brief introduction to ... Assistive robotics for independent living. Perspectives in Public Health, 136(2), 70-72. https://doi.org/10.1177/1757913915627445

Assistive technologies are important tools for helping older people to live independently. Praminda Caleb-Solly, Associate Professor in Independent Living Systems at Bristol Robotics Laboratory (BRL) and Institute of Bio Sensing Technologies, Univers... Read More about A brief introduction to ... Assistive robotics for independent living.

Person-environment interaction (2016)
Book Chapter
Caleb-Solly, P. (2016). Person-environment interaction. In F. Florez-Revuelta, & A. Andre (Eds.), Active and Assisted Living: Technologies and Applications (143-162). IET. https://doi.org/10.1049/PBHE006E_ch8

This chapter presents an overview of human-computer interaction and design issues for person-environment interaction that are applied in Ambient Assisted Living (AAL), with consideration of the accessibility needs of people with age-related physical... Read More about Person-environment interaction.

The efficacy of “busyness” as a measure for behaviour pattern analysis using unlabelled sensor data: A case study (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Fiorini, L., Caleb-Solly, P., Tsanaka, A., Cavallo, F., Dario, P., & Melhuish, C. (2015, November). The efficacy of “busyness” as a measure for behaviour pattern analysis using unlabelled sensor data: A case study. Paper presented at IET International Conference on Technologies for Active and Assisted Living (TechAAL), London, UK

The integration of Internet of Things (IoT) into our daily lives has the potential to significantly improve the quality of life and well-being of citizens, especially older adults who want to continue to live independently in their own home. In order... Read More about The efficacy of “busyness” as a measure for behaviour pattern analysis using unlabelled sensor data: A case study.

Mental health app design – a journey from concept to completion (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Topham, P., Caleb-Solly, P., Matthews, P., Farmer, A., & Mash, C. (2015, August). Mental health app design – a journey from concept to completion. Paper presented at MobileHCI2015: 17th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services, Copenhagen, Denmark

The development of a mental health app, one with significant potential for impacting on and transforming peoples’ lives, requires a diligent approach for integrating and delivering clinical expertise which is to be used by a vulnerable user group. T... Read More about Mental health app design – a journey from concept to completion.

Knowledge and attitudes of small builders toward sustainable homes in the UK (2015)
Journal Article
Sun, M., Geelhoed, E., Caleb-Solly, P., & Morrell, A. (2015). Knowledge and attitudes of small builders toward sustainable homes in the UK. Journal of Green Building, 10(2), 215-233. https://doi.org/10.3992/jgb.10.2.215

© 2015, College Publishing. All rights reserved. Residential homes account for the largest share of carbon emissions in the UK. Making new homes and existing ones more sustainable is essential to achieving the legally binding target of 80% reduction... Read More about Knowledge and attitudes of small builders toward sustainable homes in the UK.

A mobile Location-Based Situated Learning Framework for Supporting Critical Thinking: A Requirements Analysis Study (2014)
Book Chapter
Alnuaim, A., Caleb-Solly, P., & Perry, C. (2014). A mobile Location-Based Situated Learning Framework for Supporting Critical Thinking: A Requirements Analysis Study. In D. G. Sampson, D. Ifenthaler, J. M. Spector, & P. Isaias (Eds.), Digital Systems for Open Access to Formal and Informal Learning (139-158). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02264-2_10

© 2014, Springer International Publishing Switzerland. All rights reserved. This chapter presents the requirements work carried out as part of developing an intervention to improve students’ analysis and critical thinking skills using location-based... Read More about A mobile Location-Based Situated Learning Framework for Supporting Critical Thinking: A Requirements Analysis Study.

Evaluating the effectiveness of a mobile location-based intervention for improving human-computer interaction students' understanding of context for design (2014)
Journal Article
Alnuaim, A., Caleb-Solly, P., & Perry, C. (2014). Evaluating the effectiveness of a mobile location-based intervention for improving human-computer interaction students' understanding of context for design. International Journal of Mobile Human Computer Interaction, 6(3), 16-31. https://doi.org/10.4018/ijmhci.2014070102

Copyright © 2014, IGI Global. With the ubiquity of interactive computer-based systems, designers are challenged to ensure the effectiveness and efficiency of their designs for a variety of different environments and user activities. To achieve this,... Read More about Evaluating the effectiveness of a mobile location-based intervention for improving human-computer interaction students' understanding of context for design.

A mixed-method approach to evoke creative and holistic thinking about robots in a home environment (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Van Den Heuvel, H., Caleb-Solly, P., Dogramadzi, S., Ellender, D., & Fear, T. (2014). A mixed-method approach to evoke creative and holistic thinking about robots in a home environment. In Proceedings of the 2014 ACM/IEEE international conference on Human-robot interaction - HRI '14 (374-381). https://doi.org/10.1145/2559636.2559681

Discovering older adults' perceptions and expectations of domestic care service robots are vital in informing the design and development of new technologies to ensure acceptability and usability. This paper identifies issues that were elicited from o... Read More about A mixed-method approach to evoke creative and holistic thinking about robots in a home environment.

A mobile location-based situated learning framework for supporting critical thinking – A requirements analysis study (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Alnuaim, A., Caleb-Solly, P., & Perry, C. (2012, October). A mobile location-based situated learning framework for supporting critical thinking – A requirements analysis study. Paper presented at IADIS International Conference on Cognition and Exploratory Learning in Digital Age (CELDA 2012), Madrid, Spain

This paper presents the requirements work carried out as part of developing an intervention to improve students’ critical thinking skills using location-based mobile learning. The research emerged from seeking to identify ways of getting Interactio... Read More about A mobile location-based situated learning framework for supporting critical thinking – A requirements analysis study.

Location-based mobile learning for higher education students - devloping an application to support critical thinking (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Alnuaim, A., Caleb-Solly, P., & Perry, C. (2012, October). Location-based mobile learning for higher education students - devloping an application to support critical thinking. Paper presented at The 11th International Conference on Mobile and Contextual Learning 2012, Helsinki, Finland

The increasing adoption of smart phones and tablets has opened up many opportunities for the use of new technologies in ways that can benefit. The challenge is to try and match the technology to educational activities that can be adapted to students’... Read More about Location-based mobile learning for higher education students - devloping an application to support critical thinking.

Exploring the complexity of understanding, managing and marketing codes for sustainability in the current economic climate-issues for the small builder (2012)
Journal Article
Geelhoed, E., Morrell, A., Caleb-Solly, P., & Sun, M. (2012). Exploring the complexity of understanding, managing and marketing codes for sustainability in the current economic climate-issues for the small builder. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27509-8_5

In the UK the Code for Sustainable Homes (CSH) is set to become mandatory in 2016. However current attitudinal research highlights unwillingness within the major construction industry although there is some promising research regarding occupier aware... Read More about Exploring the complexity of understanding, managing and marketing codes for sustainability in the current economic climate-issues for the small builder.

"Maybe it becomes a buddy, but do not call it a robot" - Seamless cooperation between companion robotics and smart homes (2011)
Journal Article
Van Den Heuvel, H., Huijnen, C., Badii, A., Heuvel, H., Caleb-Solly, P., & Thiemert, D. (2011). "Maybe it becomes a buddy, but do not call it a robot" - Seamless cooperation between companion robotics and smart homes. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, 7040 LNCS, 324-329. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-25167-2_44

This paper describes the findings arising from ongoing qualitative usability evaluation studies on mobile companion robotics in smart home environments from two research projects focused on socio-technical innovation to support independent living (Co... Read More about "Maybe it becomes a buddy, but do not call it a robot" - Seamless cooperation between companion robotics and smart homes.

Cameras as cultural probes in requirements gathering - Exploring their potential in supporting the design of assistive technology (2011)
Journal Article
Caleb-Solly, P., Flind, A., & Vargheese, J. P. (2011). Cameras as cultural probes in requirements gathering - Exploring their potential in supporting the design of assistive technology. https://doi.org/10.1109/CBMS.2011.5999158

A pre-requisite for a human-centred design approach to technology development is gaining an intimate understanding of not only the people for whom the technology is being designed, but also the contexts within which they will be using it. This paper... Read More about Cameras as cultural probes in requirements gathering - Exploring their potential in supporting the design of assistive technology.

"Maybe it becomes a buddy, but do not call it a robot”: Seamless cooperation between companion robotics and smart homes (2011)
Book Chapter
Huijnen, C., Badii, A., van den Heuvel, H., Caleb-Solly, P., & Thiemert, D. (2011). "Maybe it becomes a buddy, but do not call it a robot”: Seamless cooperation between companion robotics and smart homes. In D. V. Keyson, M. L. Maher, N. Streitz, A. Cheok, J. C. Augusto, R. Wichert, …B. J. A. Kröse (Eds.), Ambient Intelligence (324-329). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-25167-2_44

MOBISERV: An integrated intelligent home environment for the provision of health, nutrition and mobility services to the elderly (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Nani, M., Caleb-Solly, P., Dogramadzi, S., Fear, T., & van den Heuvel, H. (2010, September). MOBISERV: An integrated intelligent home environment for the provision of health, nutrition and mobility services to the elderly. Paper presented at 4th Companion Robotics Workshop in Brussels, Brussels

Life expectancy increases and the wish to prolong independent living remains strong. To stay as independent as possible gives satisfaction to the individual and reduces costs for society. With advances in information and communication technologies, s... Read More about MOBISERV: An integrated intelligent home environment for the provision of health, nutrition and mobility services to the elderly.

User-centric image segmentation using an interactive parameter adaptation tool (2010)
Journal Article
Pauplin, O., Caleb-Solly, P., & Smith, J. (2010). User-centric image segmentation using an interactive parameter adaptation tool. Pattern Recognition, 43(2), 519-529. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.patcog.2009.03.007

Creating successful machine vision systems often begins a process of developing customised reliable image segmentation algorithms for the detection, and possibly categorisation of regions of interest within images. This can require significant invest... Read More about User-centric image segmentation using an interactive parameter adaptation tool.