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Dr Dominic Furniss
Researcher Co-Investigator on CHI+MEDLocation:University College London Telephone: +44 20 7679 7085 (x 37085) LinkedIn: Dominic Furniss Twitter: @DomFurniss & @FaintSignals |
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News
- MARCH 2012: My UCL Bitesized Lecture on 9th March went really well: The Comedy of (Human) Error and Resilience
- JAN 2012: Off to IHI to present on DiCoT and Medical Equipment Libraries
- JULY 2011: I've won a Provost Teaching Award! Photos and video of the ceremony can be found here.
- MAY 2011: My Microwave Racing video wins 'best thought piece' at the CHI 2011 video showcase and gets tied 3rd place in HFES video competition!
- APRIL 2011: Recorded my Bright Club Podcast (No. 39) with the articulate and funny duo @steve_x and @thisisdavid! Subscribe! or here for normal download.
- MARCH 2011: My UCL BrightClub comedy set went really well, and I raised over £300 for Red Nose Day.
- MARCH 2011: I presented my DiCoT work at the Houses of Parliament on 14th March as part of SET for BRITAIN and met Rt Hon Frank Dobson, David Evennett MP, and Dave O'Neill the Chief Exec of IEHF
- FEB 2011: I have a full paper, workshop paper and video accepted to CHI.
- JAN 2011: My paper 'A Resilience Markers Framework for Small Teams' has gone to print in Reliability Engineering and System Safety 96 (1), 2-10.
- NOV 2010: The film my MSc students have made has been an amazing success. It was featured on UCL's home page, and the front page of World Usability Day. It has around 2000 views to date. Why Buttons Go Bad.
- AUG 2010: I have finished my course in Short Documentary and Ethnographic Film-Making course. My final film can be viewed here: Man-machine Nightmares.
Notices
- ErrorDiary is a Twitter feed of amusing everyday errors. If you're lecturing on Human Error you can use this as a resource, or you can follow it just for fun! Please join and contribute. Originally started by @FaintSignals. A small excerpt can be found here.
Overview
I am interested in investigating the design and use of artefacts, tools and methods 'in context'. Research in this area poses challenges in how one should deal with the complexities of context, i.e. how one should choose focus, gather data, do analysis and present findings.
I have developed DiCoT as a tool for engaging with context from a Distributed Cognition perspective. I have also led work on developing a framework for observing resilience strategies in context. Distributed Cognition and Resilience Engineering are frameworks that interest me greatly.
My PhD engaged with the issue of why HCI and Human Factors practitioners choose to use the methods they do. Broadly, the results were an elaboration and articulation of 'It depends...' - a popular phrase used by those who have to manage the nuances of the real world projects to maximise results through different constraints and potentials. Extensive experience in Grounded Theory throughout this project also gave me practical experience in adapting methods for research needs.
Past projects have engaged with the London Ambulance Service Control Room, a Nuclear Power Plant in Sweden, and I am now looking at medical devices in various contexts in hospitals.
