Kenton O'Hara
Professor of Human-Computer Interaction.
My work is associated with BIG::AI, BIG::Everyday & BIG::Health.
I have a broad interest in understanding interactions between humans and digital technologies, and using this to develop new technologies that usefully transform social and work practices.
Most recently, the focus of the research has been in the application of AI and digital technolpogies in healthcare settings to help reduce clinical burden and improve patient outcomes. This has included AI applications in computational pathology, medical image analysis in surgery, radiotherapy planning, personal health monitoring in chronic care sysyems and predictive analytics in hospital care. The research adopts a socio-technical perspective and considers the interaction of ML based systems, clinical stakeholders and patients to achieve effective outcomes in a responsible and ethical manner.
Beyond healthcare settings, I have broader interests in the future of hybrid work and how AI and digital technology are transforming the landscape of work across a variety of industries. In particular the research seeks to explore these shifts and their implications by developing new systems that can be evaluated in real world contexts.
Collaborators
Doctoral Students
Faculty
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Oussama Metatla
Associate Professor of HCI and co-director of BIG -
Paul Marshall
Associate Professor of Human Computer Interaction -
Aisling O'Kane
Associate Professor of Human-Computer Interaction for Health
Researchers
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Elaine Czech
Research Associate
Recent Publications
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Framing Machine Learning Opportunities for Hypotension Prediction in Perioperative Care: A Socio-technical Perspective: Socio-technical perspectives on hypotension prediction
Pratik Ghosh, Karen Posner, Stephanie Hyland, Wil Cleve, Melissa Bristow, Dustin Long, Konstantina Palla, Bala Nair, Christine Fong, Ronald Pauldine, Monica Vavilala & Kenton O'Hara
ACM Trans. Comput.-Hum. Interact., 2023. -
Proxemics Beyond Proximity: Designing for Flexible Social Interaction Through Cross-Device Interaction
Jens Grønbæk, Mille Knudsen, Kenton O'Hara, Peter Krogh, Jo Vermeulen & Marianne Petersen
Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2020. -
Exploring the Potential for Technology to Improve Cystic Fibrosis Care Provision: Patient and Professional Perspectives
Sunil Rodger & Kenton O'Hara
Proc. ACM Hum.-Comput. Interact., 2019. -
Text in Talk: Lightweight Messages in Co-Present Interaction
Barry Brown, Kenton O'hara, Moira Mcgregor & Donald Mcmillan
ACM Trans. Comput.-Hum. Interact., 2018. -
Let's Talk About Race: Identity, Chatbots, and AI
Ari Schlesinger, Kenton O'Hara & Alex Taylor
Proceedings of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2018.