I joined the Computer Science department at Aston University as a lecturer and designer/manager of the Aston Interactive Media (AIM) Lab in June, 2009. I am also an Adjunct Professor with the Faculty of Interdisciplinary Studies at the University of New Brunswick, Canada. For almost 7 years prior to moving to Aston University, I worked as a Research Officer with the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) where I designed and managed a state-of-the-art mobile human computer interaction evaluation lab within the NRC facility.
I obtained a B.Sc. (Hons) in Software Engineering from Glasgow University in 1996, from where I also later graduated with a Ph.D. in HCI in 2001. Both during and subsequent to my Ph.D. term, I worked as a research assistant within the Department of Computer Science at Glasgow University.
My research activities cover many aspects of human computer interaction. Most recently I have been focussing on trust in e-Commerce and on mobile human computer interaction design and associated evaluation techniques. I have a keen interest in using mobile technologies in novel capacities (e.g., as assistive devices) and in designing novel interaction techniques for mobile technologies. I have an ongoing research interest in audio feedback design and how we can use audio feedback to enhance or completely replace visual-based I/O, especially in non-standard contexts of use (e.g., motor racing). I have an interest in decision support systems. I am an academic supervisor within the Aston Formula Student team at Aston University, where I happily combine my love of motor sport and research interests.
I am always interested to hear from well-qualified students who are dedicated to pursuing a Ph.D. in a research area aligned with my interests. Students with strong backgrounds in computer science, human-computer interaction, and/or psychology and who have empathy with users and excellent communication skills are encouraged to contact me.
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Plant, W., Lumsden, J., & Nabney, I.T., (2011), The Mosaic Test: Benchmarking Colour-based Image Retrieval Systems Using Image Mosaics, in Proceedings of the 1st European Workshop on Human-Computer Interaction and Information Retrieval (EuroHCIR), Newcastle, UK, 4 July.
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Munteanu, C., Molyneaux, H., McDonald, D., Lumsden, J., Leung, R., Fournier, H., and Maitland., J., (2011), “Showing Off” Your Mobile Device: Adult Literacy Learning in the Classroom and Beyond, in the Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Service (MobileHCI’2011), Aug. 30 – Sept. 2nd, Stockholm, Sweden
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Lumsden, J., Langton, N., and Kondratova, I., (2010), Bringing the High Seas into the Lab to Evaluate Speech Input Feasibility: A Case Study, in SiMPE – 5th Workshop on Speech in Mobile and Pervasive Environments (part of ACM MobileHCI’2010), Lisbon, Portugal, 7 Sept.
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Fournier, H., Leung, R., D'Amours, D., McDonald, D., & Maitland, J., (2010), ALEX - Supporting Low-Literacy Adults Through Mobile Computing, in Proceedings of the ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI'2010) Workshop on Design to Read, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, 10-15 April
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Duffett-Leger, D., and Lumsden, J., (2010), An Argument for Using Participatory Approaches for the Design of Online Health Interventions Targeted at Young Women, in Proceedings of the BCS Health Conference 2010 (HC2010), Birmingham, UK, April 27-29
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Lumsden, J., (2009), Triggering Trust: To What Extent Does the Question Influence the Answer When Evaluating the Perceived Importance of Trust Triggers?, in Proceedings of British HCI 2009 (HCI'09), Cambridge, UK, 1-5 Sept., 214-223
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Lumsden, J., & Durling, S., (2008), Speech Recognition Use in Healthcare Applications, in Proceedings of the First International Workshop on Mobile Collaborations for Hospital-based Health Care (MoCoHe'2008) as part of the proceedings of the 6th International ACM Conference on Advances in Mobile Computing and Multimedia, 24-26 November, Linz, Austria, 473-478
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Lumsden, J., and MacLean, R., (2008), A Comparison of Pseudo-Paper and Paper Prototyping Methods for Mobile Evaluations, in Proceedings of the International Workshop on MObile and NEtworking Technologies for social applications (MONET'2008), part of the LNCS OnTheMove (OTM) Federated Conferences and Workshops, 9-14 November, Monterrey, Mexico, 538-547
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Lumsden, J., Durling, S., & Kondratova, I., (2008), A Comparison of Microphone and Speech Recognition Engine Efficacy for Mobile Data Entry, in Proceedings of the International Workshop on MObile and NEtworking Technologies for social applications (MONET'2008), part of the LNCS OnTheMove (OTM) Federated Conferences and Workshops, 9-14 November, Monterrey, Mexico, 519-527
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Lumsden, J., & Drost, P., (2008), A Comparison of the Impact of Avoidance Cues in Hazard Avoidance During Evaluation of Text Entry, in Proceedings of the British HCI (HCI'08), Liverpool, UK, 1-5 Sept., Vol. II: pp. 57-60
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Lumsden, J., Langton, N., & Kondratova, I., (2008), Evaluating the Appropriateness of Speech Input in Marine Applications: A Field Evaluation, in Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Mobile HCI (Mobile HCI'08), Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2-5 Sept., pp. 343-346
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Duffett-Leger, L., and Lumsden, J., (2008), Online Health Promotion Interventions: A "Health Check", in Proceedings of the 2008 IEEE Symposium on Technology and Society (ISTAS'08), Fredericton, Canada, June 26-28
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Lumsden, J., Kondratova, I., and Durling, S., (2007), Investigating Microphone Efficacy for Facilitation of Mobile Speech-Based Data Entry, in Proceedings of the British HCI'2007 Conference, Lancaster, UK, 3-7 Sept, pp. 89-98 (Winner: Best Paper Award 2007)
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Crease, M., Lumsden, J., and Longworth, B., (2007), A Technique for Incorporating Dynamic Paths in Lab-Based Mobile Evaluations, in Proceedings of the British HCI'2007 Conference, Lancaster, UK, 3-7 Sept, pp. 99-108
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Cooper, A. and Lumsden, J. (2007), Would the Best Candidate Please Step Forward: Reflections on the Pros and Cons of Different Support Mechanisms for Online-Questionnaire Design, in Proceedings of the 18th Annual International Conference of the Information Resources Management Association (IRMA'2007), Vancouver, Canada, 18-23 May, pp. 127-131, (Winner: Best Paper Award 2007)
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Lumsden, J., Kondratova, I., and Langton, N., (2006), Bringing A Construction Site Into The Lab: A Context-Relevant Lab-Based Evaluation Of A Multimodal Mobile Application, in Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on Multimodal and Pervasive Services (MAPS'2006), 29 June, Lyon, France, pp. 62-68
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Lumsden, J. and MacKay, L., (2006), How Does Personality Affect Trust in B2C e-Commerce, in Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Electronic Commerce (ICEC'2006), 14 - 16 August, Fredericton, Canada, pp. 471-481
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Leung, R., Lumsden, J., and Fritz, J., (2006), Accommodating Special Needs Users in the Evaluation of an m-Learning Application: A Case Study, in Proceedings of the IADIS Mobile Learning 2006 Conference, Dublin, 14 - 16 July, pp. 177-184
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Flinn, S., and Lumsden, J., (2005), User Perceptions of Privacy and Security on the Web, in Proceedings of the Third Annual Conference on Privacy, Security and Trust (PST 2005), St. Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada, October 12-14, pp. 15-26
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Lumsden, J., Flinn, S., Anderson, M., and Morgan, W., (2005), What Difference do Guidelines Make? An Observational Study of Online-Questionnaire Design Guidelines Put to Practical Use, in Proceedings of HCI 2005 - People and Computers XIX, 5th - 9th September 2005, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, pp. 69-83
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Lumsden, J., Leung, R., and Fritz, J., (2005), Designing a Mobile Transcriber Application for Adult Literacy Education: A Case Study, in Proceedings of the IADIS International Conference on Mobile Learning 2005, 28th - 30th June, Qawra, Malta, pp. 16 – 23
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Lumsden, J. and Morgan, W., (2005), Online-Questionnaire Design: Establishing Guidelines and Evaluating Existing Support, in Proceedings of the 16th Annual International Conference of the Information Resources Management Association (IRMA'2005), San Diego, California, USA, 15-18 May, pp. 407 – 410
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Lumsden, J., & Gammell, A., (2004), Mobile Note Taking: Investigating the Efficacy of Mobile Text Entry, in Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Human Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services (Mobile HCI’2004), 13th – 16th September, Glasgow, Scotland, pp. 156-167
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Lumsden, J. (2004), Evaluating the Evaluator: Modelling Systematic Data Analysis Strategies for Software Selection, in Proceedings of the 2004 Information Resources Management Association Conference - IRMA'2004, 23rd - 26th May, New Orleans, USA, pp. 97-100
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Brewster, S., Lumsden, J., Bell, M., Hall, M., & Tasker, S., (2003), Multimodal ‘Eyes-Free’ Interaction Techniques for Wearable Devices, in Proceedings of CHI’2003, pp. 473 – 480, 5th – 10th April, Fort Lauderdale, USA
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Lumsden, J., (2002), Selecting the 'Invisible' User Interface Development Tool, in Proceedings of People and Computers XVI – Memorable Yet Invisible: Human Computer Interaction 2002 (HCI'2002), 4th - 6th Sept., London, U.K., pp. 365 - 380
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Lumsden, J., Brewster, S.A., Crease, M., & Gray, P.D, (2002), Guidelines for Audio-Enhancement of Graphical User Interface Widgets, in Electronic Proceedings of People and Computers XVI – Memorable Yet Invisible: Human Computer Interaction 2002 (HCI'2002), 4th - 6th Sept., London, U.K.
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McKirdy, J., Gray, P., (2000), SUIT - Context Sensitive Evaluation of User Interface Development Tools, in Proceedings of DSVIS'2000, Limerick, Ireland, June 5-6 2000
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