Dr Corina Sas

Senior Lecturer

Research Overview

My research interests include human-computer interaction, interaction design, user experience, designing tools and interactive systems to support high level skill acquisition and training such as creative and reflective thinking in design, autobiographical reasoning, emotional processing and spatial cognition. This work explores and integrates wearable bio sensors, lifelogging technologies and virtual reality. Analytical orientations: ethnographic and experimental studies, design thinking and design rationale.

Profile

Dr Corina Sas has been a lecturer in the School of Computing and Communications since 2004. Prior to joining Computing Department she was a scholar reading for a PhD in Computer Science at the University College Dublin, Ireland. Her previous studies include a MA in Industrial and Organisational Psychology from the Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania, a BSc in Mathematics and Computer Science and a BA in Psychology, from the "Lucian Blaga" University of Sibiu, Romania, where she also worked as Assistant Professor.

Corina has co-authored over 60 peer-reviewed publications on topics such interaction design, user experience, cognitive and computational models, as well as design education. Dr Sas has been an active member of the HCI community, acting as general co-chair of the 21st British HCI conference in 2007, as well as co-chair of several CHI workshops (2006, 2008, 2009, 2010).

Research Grants

CaTalyST - Citizens Transforming Society: Tools for Change

Role: Co-InvestigatorDates: 01/11/2011 – 31/10/2014Website: http://www.catalystproject.org.uk/

Sav-e - Sustainable Added Value e-chain

Role: Pirncipal InvestigatorDates: 01/11/2011 – 31/10/2014

Mobile Technologies for Supporting Reflective Design Practices

Role: Principal InvestigatorDates: 1.09.2012– 31.08.2013

DESIRE - Creative Design for Innovation in Science and Technology

Role: Principal InvestigatorDates: 01/09/2009 – 31/08/2012Website: http://www.desirenetwork.eu/

Tracking and modelling movement patterns in public spaces

Role: Principal InvestigatorDates: 2006-2007

Developing Virtual Environment Architecture

Role: Principal InvestigatorDates: 2005

External Roles

Member of the Executive Committee of the British HCI group for British Computer Society: promoting the education and practice of HCI and supporting HCI people in industry and academia, contributing to the development of programme of events, overseeing the group budget and liaising with the BCS financial officer.

Career Details

Academic qualifications

Ph.D. Computer Science, 2004

B.Sc. Mathematics and Computer Science, 1998 (1^st Class Hons)

M.A. Industrial and Organisational Psychology, 1997

B.Sc. Psychology, 1996 (1^st Class Hons)

Employment

Senior Lecturer in HCI, School of Computing and Communications, Lancaster University, 2010 - present

Lecturer in HCI, School of Computing and Communications, Lancaster University, 2004-2010

RA/PhD student, Department of Computer Science, University College Dublin, 2000-2004

Teaching Assistant, Department of Informatics/Department of Psychology, Lucian Blaga University, 1996 – 2000

Current Teaching

CSc200 Group Project Supervision

CSc252 HCI

CSc255 CS Innovation (Deliv)

CSM56 Collaborative Design Project

SCC120 Fundamentals of CS

SCC140 Creative Technology

Research Interests

My research focuses on investigating, designing and evaluating technologies which aim to make a difference in people’s lives. I see technology as a means to an end, either for studying and understanding human behaviour, or as a tool for supporting people to reach their potential. More specifically, I am investigating high level skills acquisition and training. For this, particular areas of interest are designing methods and tools to explore and train creative problem solving in the design process. I am also interested in reflective thinking and design practice and how wearable sensors and lifelogging technologies can assist this. The interest in autobiographical reasoning exploits the findings from memory technology and narrative psychology to support people to develop cohesive self-narratives. Not at least, a long-term interest from my PhD studies is exploring the role of virtual environments in acquiring and assessing spatial skills and strategies.

My Role

Director of Teaching

Professional Role

Editorial board member of the Open Virtual Reality Journal (Bentham Science Publishers)

Associated Chair/Senior PC member of key conferences in my field: ACM CHI, ACM DIS, ACM IDC, HCI, IEEE SMC, IEEE ICIA, HCI, Interact

Longstanding and current member of the Executive Committee of the British HCI group, and past chair of the HCI conference

PhD Supervision Interests

I am interested in supervising PhD projects in HCI-related areas, particularly those pertaining to my research interests.

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Exploring consumer experiences as rites of passage
Coman, A., Sas, C. 27/05/2016 In: Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Brasov. 9, 58, 10 p.
Journal article

Impact of video summary viewing on episodic memory recall: design guidelines for video summarizations
Viet Le, H., Clinch, S., Sas, C., Dingler, T., Henze, N., Davies, N.A.J. 7/05/2016 In: CHI '16 Proceedings of the 2016 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. New York : ACM p. 4793-4805. 13 p.
Paper

Designing personal grief rituals: an analysis of symbolic objects and actions
Sas, C., Coman, A. 19/04/2016 In: Death Studies.
Journal article

Design for rituals of letting go: an embodiment perspective on disposal practices informed by grief therapy
Sas, C., Whittaker, S., Zimmerman, J. 16/04/2016 In: ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction.
Journal article

Exploring Motivations for the Use of Bitcoin Technology
Khairuddin, I.E., Sas, C., Clinch, S., Davies, N.A.J. 8/02/2016 In: CHI'16 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems .
Paper

Life review in end of life care: a practitioner’s perspective
Sas, C., Ren, S., Coman, A., Clinch, S., Davies, N.A.J. 8/02/2016 In: CHI'16 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems .
Paper

Exploring trust in Bitcoin technology: a framework for HCI research
Sas, C., Khairuddin, I.E. 7/12/2015 In: OzCHI '15 Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Australian Special Interest Group for Computer Human Interaction. New York : ACM p. 338-342. 5 p.
Paper

MeditAid: a wearable adaptive neurofeedback-based system for training mindfulness state
Sas, C., Chopra, R. 10/2015 In: Personal and Ubiquitous Computing. 19, 7, p. 1169-1182. 14 p.
Journal article

Select and apply: understanding how users act upon objects across devices
Simeone, A., Chong, M.K., Sas, C., Gellersen, H. 08/2015 In: Personal and Ubiquitous Computing. 19, 5-6, p. 881-896. 16 p.
Journal article

Security and privacy implications of pervasive memory augmentation
Davies, N., Friday, A., Clinch, S., Sas, C., Langheinrich, M., Ward, G., Schmidt, A. 01/2015 In: IEEE Pervasive Computing. 14, 1, p. 44-53. 10 p.
Journal article

Self-defining memory cues: creative expression and emotional meaning
Sas, C., Challioner, S., Clarke, C., Wilson, R., Coman, A., Clinch, S., Harding, M., Davies, N. 2015 In: CHI EA '15 Proceedings of the 33rd Annual ACM Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems. New York : ACM p. 2013-2018. 6 p.
Paper

Generating implications for design through design research
Sas, C., Whittaker, S., Dow, S., Forlizzi, J., Zimmerman, J. 2014 In: CHI '14 Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. New York : ACM p. 1971-1980. 10 p.
Paper

VibeRate: an affective wearable tool for creative design
Giannoulis, S., Sas, C. 3/10/2013 In: ACII 2013 5th biannual Humaine Association Conference on Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction (ACII 2013). Piscataway, N.J. : IEEE p. 594-599. 6 p.
Paper

AffectCam: arousal- augmented sensecam for richer recall of episodic memories
Sas, C., Fratczak, T., Rees, M., Gellersen, H., Kalnikaitė, V., Coman, A., Höök, K. 2013 In: CHI '13 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA '13). New York : ACM p. 1041-1046. 6 p.
Paper

Design for forgetting: disposing of digital possessions after a breakup
Sas, C., Whittaker, S. 2013 In: Proceedings of the 2013 ACM annual conference on Human factors in computing systems (CHI '13). New York : ACM p. 1823-1832. 10 p.
Paper

Personal clipboards for individual copy-and-paste on shared multi-user surfaces
Schmidt, D., Sas, C., Gellersen, H. 2013 In: CHI '13 Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. New York : ACM p. 3335-3344. 10 p.
Paper

Introduction to this special issue on designing for personal memories: past, present and future
van den Hoven, E., Sas, C., Whittaker, S. 13/04/2012 In: Human-Computer Interaction. 27, 1-2, 12 p.
Editorial

Appropriation and creative use: linking user studies and design
Salovaara, A., Hook, K., Cheverst, K., Twidale, M., Chalmers, M., Sas, C. 2011
Other chapter contribution

Designing for reflection on personal experience
Sas, C., Dix, A. 2011 In: International Journal of Human-Computer Studies. 69, 5, 2 p.
Editorial

Image schemata in animated metaphors for insight problem solving
Luchian, E., Sas, C. 2011 In: C&C '11 Proceedings of the 8th ACM conference on Creativity and cognition. New York : ACM Press p. 369-370. 2 p.
Paper

Do emotions matter in creative design?
Sas, C., Zhang, C. 2010 In: DIS '10 Proceedings of the 8th ACM Conference on Designing Interactive Systems. New York : ACM Press p. 372-375. 4 p.
Paper

Investigating Emotions in Creative Design
Sas, C., Zhang, C. 2010 In: DESIRE '10 Proceedings of the 1st DESIRE Network Conference on Creativity and Innovation in Design. Lancaster : Desire Network p. 138-149. 12 p.
Paper

Investigating visual analogies for visual insight problems
Sas, C., Luchian, E., Ball, L. 2010 In: DESIRE '10 Proceedings of the 1st DESIRE Network Conference on Creativity and Innovation in Design. Lancaster : Desire Network p. 90-100. 11 p.
Paper

A meta-analysis on the correlation between measurements of spatial tasks and standardized tests of environmental spatial abilities
Sas, C., Mohd Noor, N. 2009 In: Cognitive Processing. 10, 2, p. 297-301. 5 p.
Journal article

Designing for reflection on experience
Sas, C., Dix, A. 2009 In: CHI EA '09 Proceedings of the 27th international conference extended abstracts on Human factors in computing systems. New York : ACM Press 4 p.
Paper

Dramaturgical Capitalization of Positive Emotions: The Answer for Facebook Success?
Sas, C., Dix, A., Hart, J., Ronghui, S. 2009 In: BCS-HCI '09 Proceedings of the 23rd British HCI Group Annual Conference on People and Computers: Celebrating People and Technology. Swindon : British Computer Society p. 120-129. 10 p.
Paper

Emotional Experience on Facebook Site
Sas, C., Dix, A., Hart, J., Ronghui, S. 2009 In: CHI EA '09 Proceedings of the 27th international conference extended abstracts on Human factors in computing systems. New York : ACM Press p. 4345-4350. 6 p.
Paper

Research Knowledge Transfer through Business-Driven Student Assignment
Sas, C. 2009 In: Education and Training. 51, 8/9, p. 707-717. 11 p.
Journal article

Understanding and Supporting Technical Creativity
Sas, C., Dix, A. 2009
Conference paper

Business-driven assignment for teaching HCI
Sas, C., Dix, A. 2008 In: Interaction Design & Architecture(s). Scuola IaD p. 83-89. 7 p.
Paper

Designing and evaluating mobile phone-based interaction with public displays
Sas, C., Dix, A. 2008 In: CHI EA '08 CHI '08 extended abstracts on Human factors in computing systems. New York : ACM Press p. 3941-3944. 4 p.
Paper

Enhancing Creativity in Interaction Design: Alternative Design Brief
Sas, C., Dix, A. 2008 In: Creativity and HCI: From experience to design in education. Springer Verlag p. 175-188. 14 p.
Chapter

Exploring the facebook experience: a new approach to usability
Hart, J., Ridley, C., Taher, F., Sas, C., Dix, A. 2008 In: NordiCHI '08 Proceedings of the 5th Nordic conference on Human-computer interaction: building bridges. New York : ACM Press p. 471-474. 4 p.
Paper

Reading with Mobile Phone & Large Display
Gostner, R., Gellersen, H., Kray, C., Sas, C. 2008
Conference paper

Sociality, Physicality and Spatiality: touching private and public displays
Dix, A., Sas, C., Ramduny-Ellis, D., Gill, S., Hare, J. 2008
Conference paper

A typology of course of motion in simulated environments based on Bézier curve analysis
Sas, C., Schmidt, N. 10/2007 In: Knowledge and Information Systems . 13, 2, p. 173-196. 24 p.
Journal article

People and Computers XXI - HCI... but not as we know it: Proceedings of HCI.
Ball, L.J., Sasse, A., Sas, C., Ormerod, T.C., Dix, A., Bagnall, P., McEwan, T. 09/2007 In: People and Computers. 1
Journal article

Being Present – Being Mindful
Sas, C. 2007
Poster

Breaking the Campus Bubble: Informed, Engaged, Connected.
Day, N., Sas, C., Dix, A., Motoko, T., Bevan, C., Clare, D. 2007 In: BCS-HCI '07 Proceedings of the 21st British HCI Group Annual Conference on People and Computers: HCI...but not as we know it. p. 133-136. 4 p.
Paper

Engaging Higher Education Institution in regional development: A case study for Human Computer Interaction discipline.
Sas, C. 2007
Conference paper

HCI and Creative Problem-Solving at Lancaster
Ormerod, T., Ball, L., Dix, A., Sas, C. 2007 In: BCS-HCI '07 21st British HCI Group Annual Conference on People and Computers. p. 191-192. 2 p.
Paper

People and Computers XXI - HCI... but not as we know it: Proceedings of HCI 2007.
Ball, L., Sasse, A., Sas, C., Ormerod, T., Dix, A., Bagnall, P., McEwan, T. 2007 Swindon : The British Computer Society.
Book

Exploring the Design Space
Sas, C., Dix, A. 06/2006
Other

Why bad ideas are a good idea
Dix, A., Sas, C., Gomes da Silva, P., McKnight, L., Ormerod, T., Twidale, M. 03/2006
Conference paper

Public ubiquitous computing systems: lessons from the e-campus display deployments
Storz, O., Friday, A., Davies, N., Finney, J., Sas, C., Sheridan, J. 01/2006 In: IEEE Pervasive Computing. 5, 3, p. 40-47. 8 p.
Journal article

As useful as a bicycle to a fish: exploration versus constraint in creativity
McKnight, L., Ormerod, T.C., Sas, C., Dix, A. 2006
Conference paper

Capturing and sharing war memories
Sas, C., Dix, A., Davies, N., Friday, A. 2006
Conference paper

Designing for Collective Remembering
Sas, C., Dix, A. 2006
Other

Human Factors of Wayfinding in Navigation
Montello, D., Sas, C. 2006 In: International Encyclopedia of Ergonomics and Human Factors. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, Ltd. p. 2003-2008. 6 p.
Chapter

Learning Approaches for Teaching Interaction Design
Sas, C. 2006
Conference paper

Sharing Control of Dispersed Situated Displays between Nomadic and Residential Users
Kray, C., Cheverst, K., Fitton, D., Sas, C., Patterson, J., Rouncefield, M., Stahl, C. 2006 In: MobileHCI '06 Proceedings of the 8th conference on Human-computer interaction with mobile devices and services. p. 61-68. 8 p.
Paper

Sharing control of dispersed situated displays between nand residential users
Kray, C., Cheverst, K., Fitton, D., Sas, C., Patterson, J., Rouncefield, M., Stahl, C. 2006 In: MobileHCI '06: Proceedings of the 8th conference on Human-computer interaction with mobile devices and services. New York : ACM p. 61-68. 8 p.
Paper

A hybrid model for capturing implicit spatial knowledge
Sas, C. 09/2005 In: TAMODIA '05 Proceedings of the 4th international workshop on Task models and diagrams. ACM p. 49-54. 6 p.
Paper

Exploring Issues of User Model Transparency and Proactive Behaviour in an Office Environment Control System.
Cheverst, K., Byun, H.E., Fitton, D., Sas, C., Kray, C., Villar, N. 08/2005 In: User Modeling and User-Adapted Interaction. 15, 3-4, p. 235-273. 39 p.
Journal article

Virtual environment trajectory analysis: a basis for navigational assistance and scene adaptivity
Sas, C., O'Hare, G., Reilly, R. 07/2005 In: Future Generation Computer Systems. 21, 7, p. 1157-1166. 10 p.
Journal article

Exploring Bluetooth based Mobile Phone Interaction with the Hermes Photo Display
Cheverst, K., Dix, A., Fitton, D., Kray, C., Rouncefield, M., Sas, C., Sheridan, J., Saslis-Lagoudakis, G. 01/2005 In: MobileHCI '05 Proceedings of the 7th international conference on Human computer interaction with mobile devices & services. p. 47 - 54 . 8 p.
Paper

Mobile Agents for Mobile Tourists: A User Evaluation of Gulliver's Genie
O'Grady, M., O'Hare, G., Sas, C. 01/2005 In: Interacting with Computers. 17, 4, p. 342-366. 25 p.
Journal article

Sense of Presence
Sas, C. 2005 In: Encyclopedia of Human Computer Interaction. Idea Group p. 511-517. 7 p.
Chapter

Presence and task performance: an approach in the light of cognitive style
Sas, C., O'Hare, G., Reilly, R. 02/2004 In: Cognition, Technology and Work. 6, 1, p. 53-56. 4 p.
Journal article

A Performance Analysis of Movement Patterns
Sas, C., O'Hare, G., Reilly, R. 01/2004 In: Scientific Visualisation and Human-Machine Interaction in a Problem-Solving Environment.. Springer-Verlag. p. 984-991. 8 p.
Chapter

Individual differences in virtual environments
Sas, C. 01/2004 In: Scientific Visualisation and Human-Machine Interaction in a Problem-Solving Environment.. Springer-Verlag p. 1047-1054. 8 p.
Chapter

Software Usability: A Comparison Between Two Tree-Structured Data Transformation Languages
Schmidt, N., Sas, C. 2004 In: NordiCHI '04 Proceedings of the third Nordic conference on Human-computer interaction. ACM p. 145-148. 4 p.
Paper

User Model of Navigation
Sas, C. 2004 In: Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Springer Verlag p. 379-388. 10 p.
Chapter

Presence equation: an investigation into cognitive factor underlying presence
Sas, C., O'Hare, G. 10/2003 In: Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments. 12, 5, p. 523-537. 15 p.
Journal article

A Connectionist Model of Spatial Knowledge Acquisition in a Virtual Environment
Sas, C., Reilly, R., O'Hare, G. 2003
Conference paper

Electronic Navigation – Some Design Issues
Sas, C., O'Grady, M., O'Hare, G. 2003 In: Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Human Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services (MobileHCI'03). Springer Verlag p. 471-475. 5 p.
Chapter

Impact of Cognitive Style upon Sense of Presence
Sas, C., O'Hare, G. 2003
Conference paper

Modeling user navigation
Sas, C., Reilly, R., O'Hare, G., Marian, I., Mangina, E. 2003 In: WSEAS Transactions on Systems. 12, 5, p. 582-588. 7 p.
Journal article

On-line trajectory classification
Sas, C., O'Hare, G., Reilly, R. 2003 In: International Conference on Computational Science, Workshop on Scientific Visualisation and Human-Machine Interaction in a Problem-Solving Environment.. Springer Verlag p. 1035-1044. 10 p.
Chapter

Presence and Individual Differences in Virtual Environment: Usability Study.
Sas, C., O'Hare, G. 2002
Conference paper

A Systems Approach to Communication Process: Case Study within an Online Community
Sas, C., Schmidt, N., Patel, A. 2001
Conference paper

Agent mediation and management of virtual communities: a redefinition of the traditional community concept
O'Hare, G., Sas, C., Byrne, C. 2001
Conference paper

Virtual Reality in Surgery: Between Satisfaction and Stress
Sas, C., Reilly, R., O'Hare, G. 2001 In: Virtual Reality. Cognitive Foundations, Technological Issues, and Philosophical Implications. Frankfurt/M : Peter Lang Verlag p. 99-111. 13 p.
Chapter

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