About
Dr Tom Owen is a Lecturer in Human Computer Interaction, Swansea University.
Dr Tom Owen
Lecturer in Human Computer Interaction
Computer Science
Office - 221
Second Floor
Computational Foundry
Bay Campus
Second Floor
Computational Foundry
Bay Campus
Available For Postgraduate Supervision
Publications
Research Highlights
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Nielsen, E., Owen, T., Roach, M., & Dix, A. (2023). Simulating the Rare Disease Diagnostic Journey. In Alan Dix, Marco Winckler, Matt Jones (Ed.), Companion Proceedings of the 2023 ACM SIGCHI Symposium on Engineering Interactive Computing Systems (pp. 79-81). ACM.
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Nielsen, E., Owen, T., Roach, M., & Dix, A. (2023). A Patient Centred Approach to Rare Disease Technology. In Albrecht Schmidt, Kaisa Vaananen (Ed.), Extended Abstracts of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 1-7). ACM.
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Nielsen, E., Owen, T., Roach, M., & Dix, A. (2024). Synthetic Patient Perspective Data for the Curation and Evaluation of Rare Disease Patient-Facing Technology. In Editors: Xianghua Xie, Iain Styles, Gibin Powathil, Marco Ceccarelli (Ed.), Lecture Notes in Computer Science (pp. 330-343). Springer Nature Switzerland
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Clark, R., Owen, T., Jones, M., Porcheron, M., & Wardle, P. (2023). It Works Better When I Do That: Interaction and Communication In Radiology Departments. In Proceedings of the 41st ACM International Conference on Design of Communication (pp. 55-62). ACM.
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Pearson, J., Bailey, G., Robinson, S., Jones, M., Owen, T., Zhang, C., Reitmaier, T., Steer, C., Carter, A., Sahoo, D., & Raju, D. (2022). Can’t Touch This: Rethinking Public Technology in a COVID-19 Era. In CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing SystemsACM.
All Research
Journal Articles
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Baptista De Lima, C., Walton, S., & Owen, T. (2022). A critical outlook at augmented reality and its adoption in education. Computers and Education Open, 3, 100103
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Jones, M., Jones, M., Denisova, A., Mitchell, S., & Owen, T. (2019). Acceptability of a Plasticity-Focused Serious Game Intervention for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: User Requirements Analysis. JMIR Serious Games, 7(2), e11909
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Sun, N., Rau, P., Li, Y., Owen, T., & Thimbleby, H. (2016). Design and evaluation of a mobile phone-based health intervention for patients with hypertensive condition. Computers in Human Behavior, 63, 98-105.
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Blandford, A., Berndt, E., Catchpole, K., Furniss, D., Mayer, A., Mentis, H., O’Kane, A., Owen, T., Rajkomar, A., & Randell, R. (2015). Strategies for conducting situated studies of technology use in hospitals. Cognition, Technology & Work, 17(4), 489-502.
Book Chapters
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Nielsen, E., Owen, T., Roach, M., & Dix, A. (2024). Synthetic Patient Perspective Data for the Curation and Evaluation of Rare Disease Patient-Facing Technology. In Editors: Xianghua Xie, Iain Styles, Gibin Powathil, Marco Ceccarelli (Ed.), Lecture Notes in Computer Science (pp. 330-343). Springer Nature Switzerland
Conference Contributions
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Clark, R., Owen, T., Jones, M., Porcheron, M., & Wardle, P. (2023). It Works Better When I Do That: Interaction and Communication In Radiology Departments. In Proceedings of the 41st ACM International Conference on Design of Communication (pp. 55-62). ACM.
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Nielsen, E., Owen, T., Roach, M., & Dix, A. (2023). Simulating the Rare Disease Diagnostic Journey. In Alan Dix, Marco Winckler, Matt Jones (Ed.), Companion Proceedings of the 2023 ACM SIGCHI Symposium on Engineering Interactive Computing Systems (pp. 79-81). ACM.
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Nielsen, E., Owen, T., Roach, M., & Dix, A. (2023). A Patient Centred Approach to Rare Disease Technology. In Albrecht Schmidt, Kaisa Vaananen (Ed.), Extended Abstracts of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 1-7). ACM.
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Pearson, J., Bailey, G., Robinson, S., Jones, M., Owen, T., Zhang, C., Reitmaier, T., Steer, C., Carter, A., Sahoo, D., & Raju, D. (2022). Can’t Touch This: Rethinking Public Technology in a COVID-19 Era. In CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing SystemsACM.
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Seunarine, K., Raju, D., Thomas, G., Thomas, S., Pockett, A., Reitmaier, T., Steer, C., Owen, T., Meena, Y., Robinson, S., Pearson, J., Carnie, M., Sahoo, D., & Jones, M. (2022). Light-In-Light-Out (Li-Lo) Displays: Harvesting and Manipulating Light to Provide Novel Forms of Communication. In CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, New Orleans LA USA 29 April 2022- 5 May 2022 (pp. 1-15). ACM.
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Owen, T., Pearson, J., Thimbleby, H., & Buchanan, G. (2015). ConCap: Designing to Empower Individual Reflection on Chronic Conditions using Mobile Apps. In Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services (pp. 105-114). MobileHCI '15.
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Pearson, J., Owen, T., Thimbleby, H., & Buchanan, G. (2012). Co-reading: investigating collaborative group reading. (pp. 325
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Owen, T. (2012). Understanding user requirements in take-home diabetes management technologies.SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa39921
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Owen, T. (2011). Don't let me down: using contextual information to aid diabetics.
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Owen, T., Buchanan, G., Eslambolchilar, P., Loizides, F., & Owen, T. (2010). Supporting Early Document Navigation with Semantic Zooming. In ICADL"10, June 2010, Gold Coast, Australia, ACM
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Buchanan, G. & Owen, T. (2008). Improving navigation interaction in digital documents.
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Buchanan, G. & Owen, T. (2008). Improving skim reading for document triage.
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Owen, T. (n.d.) "That Would Have Been Bad": How Radiologists Interact with Voice User Interface Systems When Authoring Reports. In CSCW25SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa69407
Supervision
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Predicting Academic Progress in Secondary School Students: How Can AI Help Identify Students Who Need Assistance? (current)
PhDOther supervisor: Dr Sofya Lyakhova -
To what extent may educational technological tools better how anti-social behaviour is addressed and understood in England and Wales. (current)
PhDOther supervisor: Dr Julian Hough -
Exploring personalised virtual reality experiences using real-time user-tracking data in application to loneliness interventions (current)
PhDOther supervisor: Prof Simon Robinson -
Looking Behind the Locked Door - Exploring Collaborative Problem-Solving Skills in a Digital Escape Room Game for Social Work Education (current)
PhDOther supervisor: Dr Zoe Clegg -
Investigations of Device Use In Radiology Departments (current)
PhDOther supervisor: Prof Matt JonesOther supervisor: Prof Xianghua Xie -
Enhancing Employability for Individuals with Cognitive Health Conditions: Barriers, Social Context, and Codesigned Assistive Technologies (current)
PhDOther supervisor: Prof Jeremy Tree -
Beyond Rare Disease Patients: Exploring Machine Learning Interventions To Support People Experiencing a Diagnostic Odyssey (awarded 2024)
PhDOther supervisor: Dr Matt Roach -
An Exploration into the Usage of Augmented Reality Hardware Within Educational Institutions. (current)
PhDOther supervisor: Prof Gibin PowathilOther supervisor: Dr Sean Walton
Taught Modules
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CSC306 Writing Mobile Apps
This module will introduce students to developing well-designed and functional apps for mobile devices. Special emphasis is placed on general design paradigms for mobile devices, taking into account limitations such as battery life, limited memory and low user attention compared with desktop computers.
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CSC410 MSci Computer Science Project Research Methods
This module will introduce students to some fundamental research methodologies and good practice in research. They will undertake background research including a literature review and specify the aims of their MSci final year project, and produce a plan for their proposed research.
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CSCM04 Software Team Project
The aim of this module is to provide students with the opportunity to apply their specialised knowledge to a realistic problem, and gain practical experience of the processes involved in the team-based production of software.
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CSCM94 Software Engineering Principles
Students will be introduced to the principles of software development and the main professional issues associated with its practice. They will also develop a significant piece of software in teams.
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CSGM04 Mobile Application Development
This module will introduce students to developing well-designed and functional apps for mobile devices. Special emphasis is placed on general design paradigms for mobile devices, taking into account limitations such as battery life, limited memory and low user attention compared with desktop computers.
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CSP400 Software Delivery Project
This module introduces students to product-driven software development. The project will be linked with industry via the Computer Science Department's Industrial Liaison Office. The project will employ specification and coding standards; and software engineering tools where appropriate. These will be those employed by the industrial organisation involved where possible. If these are inappropriate (for example, not sufficiently developed to meet the required standards), the Department's own standards and software engineering tools will be employed.
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CSP420 MSci Computer Science Project
This module is the research based Level 7 project for MSci Computer Science students. It consists of a substantial written dissertation which usually involves both a research component and the implementation of a tool/software system.