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Haptics, Affective Computing, Vibrotactile, Emotional Resonance, Thermal Attacks
United Kingdom

Biography

My research interests are affective computing, affective touch and human computer interaction.

Activities

Employment (3)

University of Glasgow: Glasgow, GB

(SCHOOL OF COMPUTING SCIENCE)
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University of Glasgow

University of Glasgow: Glasgow, Scotland, GB

2022-11-01 to 2023-12-15 | Research Associate (School of Computing Science)
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Shaun Macdonald

University of Glasgow: Glasgow, Scotland, GB

2021-09-01 to 2023-01-31 | Research Assistant (School of Psychology)
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Education and qualifications (2)

University of Glasgow: Glasgow, Scotland, GB

2018-10-01 to 2023-04-01 | PhD in Human Computer Interaction (School of Computing Science)
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University of Glasgow: Glasgow, Scotland, GB

2014-09-01 to 2018-06-01 | Bachelors Degree in Computing Science (2:1) (School of Computing Science)
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Works (15)

Perspectives on DeepFakes for Privacy: Comparing Perceptions of Photo Owners and Obfuscated Individuals towards DeepFake Versus Traditional Privacy-Enhancing Obfuscation

2024-12 | Conference paper
Contributors: Mohamed Khamis; Rebecca Panskus; Habiba Farzand; Marija Mumm; Shaun Macdonald; Karola Marky
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Soothing Sensations: Enhancing Interactions with a Socially Assistive Robot through Vibrotactile Heartbeats

2024 33rd IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (ROMAN)
2024-08-26 | Conference paper | Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing - review & editing, Software, Resources
Contributors: Jacqueline Borgstedt; Shaun Macdonald; Karola Marky; Frank E. Pollick; Stephen A. Brewster; Shaun Macdonald
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"Pikachu would electrocute people who are misbehaving": Expert, Guardian and Child Perspectives on Automated Embodied Moderators for Safeguarding Children in Social Virtual Reality

2024-05-11 | Conference paper
Contributors: Cristina Fiani; Robin Bretin; Shaun Alexander Macdonald; Mohamed Khamis; Mark Mcgill
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Beyond Aesthetics: Evaluating Response Widgets for Reliability & Construct Validity of Scale Questionnaires

2024-05-11 | Conference paper
Contributors: Habiba Farzand; David Al Baiaty Suarez; Thomas Goodge; Shaun Alexander Macdonald; Karola Marky; Mohamed Khamis; Paul Cairns
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Prototyping and Evaluation of Emotionally Resonant Vibrotactile Comfort Objects as a Calming Social Anxiety Intervention

ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction
2024-02-16 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1073-0516
Part of ISSN: 1557-7325
Contributors: Shaun Macdonald; Euan Freeman; Frank Pollick; Stephen Brewster
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In the Quest to Protect Users from Side-Channel Attacks – A User-Centred Design Space to Mitigate Thermal Attacks on Public Payment Terminals

USENIX Security Symposium
2023 | Conference paper
Contributors: Karola Marky; Shaun Macdonald; Yasmeen Abdrabou; Mohamed Khamis
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Increasing Heart Rate and Anxiety Level with Vibrotactile and Audio Presentation of Fast Heartbeat

2023-10-09 | Conference paper
Contributors: Ruoqi Wang; Haifeng Zhang; Shaun Alexander Macdonald; Patrizia Di Campli San Vito
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Change Policy or Users ? Mitigating the Security Risks of Thermal Attacks

[CHI '23 Workshop]CHI '23 Designing Technology and Policy Simultaneously Workshop
2023-04 | Conference paper
Contributors: Shaun Alexander Macdonald; Habiba Farzand; Norah Alotaibi; Md Shafiqul Islam; Mohamed Khamis
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Keep it Real: Investigating Driver-Cyclist Interaction in Real-World Traffic

2023-04-19 | Conference paper
Contributors: Ammar Al-Taie; Yasmeen Abdrabou; Shaun Alexander Macdonald; Frank Pollick; Stephen Anthony Brewster
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Investigating emotionally resonant vibrations as a calming intervention for people with social anxiety

University of Glasgow
2023-04-06 | Dissertation/Thesis
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Conducting and Mitigating Portable Thermal Imaging Attacks on User Authentication using AI-driven Methods

2023-03-12 | Conference paper
Contributors: Shaun Alexander Macdonald; Norah Mohsen T Alotaibi; Md Shafiqul Islam; Mohamed Khamis
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The Impact of Thermal Cues on Affective Responses to Emotionally Resonant Vibrations

2022-11-07 | Conference paper
Contributors: Shaun Alexander Macdonald; Frank Pollick; Stephen Anthony Brewster
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User Preferences for Calming Affective Haptic Stimuli in Social Settings

ICMI 2021 - Proceedings of the 2021 International Conference on Multimodal Interaction
2021 | Conference paper
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2-s2.0-85118981278

Contributors: MacDonald, S.A.; Freeman, E.; Brewster, S.; Pollick, F.
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Eliciting Emotion with Vibrotactile Stimuli Evocative of Real-World Sensations

ICMI 2020 - Proceedings of the 2020 International Conference on Multimodal Interaction
2020 | Conference paper
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2-s2.0-85096658244

Contributors: MacDonald, S.A.; Brewster, S.; Pollick, F.
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Gamification of a to-do list with emotional reinforcement

Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings
2019 | Conference paper
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Contributors: Macdonald, S.A.; Brewster, S.
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Peer review (2 reviews for 1 publication/grant)

Review activity for International journal of human-computer studies. (2)