OR

Browse By

Dr Stephen Snow

Research Fellow -Interaction Design

School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering
Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology
s.snow@uq.edu.au

Overview

I am a Research Fellow and researcher working at the Redback Technologies Research Centre. My research sits at the intersection between people and technology: human-computer interaction (HCI). Presently, this involves mixed methods research into domestic energy consumption and the co-design of energy visualisations and in-home displays. I have previously coordinated the undergraduate HCI module: Interaction Design at the University of Southampton and researched the design of technology for indoor air quality awareness, family finances, and energy literacy. On weekdays I can be found attempting to untangle the web of human factors that complicate the use of technology. More importantly, how technologies in these domains can be designed to be more responsive to human needs.

More information is available on my personal website.

Research Impacts

Two part report commissioned and prepared for the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Over 30 peer reviewed journal and conference articles published- Google Scholar.

Grants:

(a) Wyeth, P (P.I) Sitbon, L., Drew, S., Zhang, J., Snow, S. (Awarded 2015) “Framing authentic assessment of service learning within an information technology curriculum. [Australian] Office of Learning and Teaching ($40,000)- A collaboration with colleagues at QUT, procuring funding for the development of QUT’s Service Learning delivery in Computer Science modules.

(b) Marsh, R., Britto, M., Stein, S., Snow, S., Costigan, G. (Awarded 2017) “The Atlantic Hurricane Season 2017: Context, Impacts and Long-term Recovery”. Southampton Marine and Maritime Institute (SMMI) (£8,800)- Secured seed funding to investigate the potential role of technology in building community resilience in communities affected by the 2017 hurricane season.

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Queensland University of Technology

Publications

  • Conference Publication: Design jam as a pedagogy: teaching design thinking to computer science students at scale

    Snow, Stephen, Filipczuk, Dorota, Viller, Stephen and Gomer, Richard (2020). Design jam as a pedagogy: teaching design thinking to computer science students at scale. In: Proceedings of the 31st Australian Conference on Human-Computer-Interaction. OZCHI’19, Fremantle, WA, Australia, (128-137). 2-5 December 2019. doi:10.1145/3369457.3369468

  • Conference Publication: Where are they now?: Revisiting energy use feedback a decade after deployment

    Snow, Stephen, Viller, Stephen, Glencross, Mashhuda and Horrocks, Neil (2020). Where are they now?: Revisiting energy use feedback a decade after deployment. In: Proceedings of the 31st Australian Conference on Human-Computer-Interaction. OZCHI’19, Fremantle, WA, Australia, (397-401). 2-5 December 2019. doi:10.1145/3369457.3369501

  • Book Chapter: Towards a Taxonomy of Video for HCI Education

    Steve Snow, University of Queensland, Maguire, Joseph, Evans, Chris, Vasilchenko, Anna, Dix, Alan, Wilde, Adriana, University of Glasgow, UCL Interaction Center (UCLiC), Newcastle University, Swansea University and University of Southampton (2019). Towards a Taxonomy of Video for HCI Education. In Trends and good practices in research and teaching. A Spanish-English collaboration () : Editorial Octaedro.doi:10.36006/16184-02

View all Publications

Supervision

  • Accounting for design - How design drives value to a company's bottom -line.

    Doctor Philosophy

View all Supervision

Publications

Book Chapter

  • Towards a Taxonomy of Video for HCI Education

    Steve Snow, University of Queensland, Maguire, Joseph, Evans, Chris, Vasilchenko, Anna, Dix, Alan, Wilde, Adriana, University of Glasgow, UCL Interaction Center (UCLiC), Newcastle University, Swansea University and University of Southampton (2019). Towards a Taxonomy of Video for HCI Education. In Trends and good practices in research and teaching. A Spanish-English collaboration () : Editorial Octaedro.doi:10.36006/16184-02

Journal Article

Conference Publication

  • Design jam as a pedagogy: teaching design thinking to computer science students at scale

    Snow, Stephen, Filipczuk, Dorota, Viller, Stephen and Gomer, Richard (2020). Design jam as a pedagogy: teaching design thinking to computer science students at scale. In: Proceedings of the 31st Australian Conference on Human-Computer-Interaction. OZCHI’19, Fremantle, WA, Australia, (128-137). 2-5 December 2019. doi:10.1145/3369457.3369468

  • Where are they now?: Revisiting energy use feedback a decade after deployment

    Snow, Stephen, Viller, Stephen, Glencross, Mashhuda and Horrocks, Neil (2020). Where are they now?: Revisiting energy use feedback a decade after deployment. In: Proceedings of the 31st Australian Conference on Human-Computer-Interaction. OZCHI’19, Fremantle, WA, Australia, (397-401). 2-5 December 2019. doi:10.1145/3369457.3369501

  • Performance by design: supporting decisions around indoor air quality in offices

    Steve Snow, Oakley, Michael and schraefel, m.c. (2019). Performance by design: supporting decisions around indoor air quality in offices. In: Proceedings of the 2019 on Designing Interactive Systems Conference (DIS '19). Designing Interactive Systems Conference (DIS '19), San Diego, CA, United States, (99-111). 23-28 June 2019.doi:10.1145/3322276.3322372

  • Using a game to explore notions of responsibility for cyber security in organisations

    Filipczuk, Dorota, Mason, Charles and Snow, Stephen (2019). Using a game to explore notions of responsibility for cyber security in organisations. In: Proceeding of the CHI EA '19 Extended Abstracts of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, (LBW0267). 4-9 May 2019. doi:10.1145/3290607.3312846

  • Video coursework: Opportunity and challenge for HCI education

    Vasilchenko, Anna, Wilde, Adriana, Steve Snow, Balaam, Madeline and Devlin, Marie (2018). Video coursework: Opportunity and challenge for HCI education. In: AVI 2018 - Proceedings of the 2018 International Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces. 14th International Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces, AVI 2018, Grosseto, , (). May 29, 2018-June 1, 2018.doi:10.1145/3206505.3206596

  • Ubiquitous mobile sensing: Behaviour, mood, and environment

    Visuri, Aku, Asare, Kennedy Opoku, Kuosmanen, Elina, Nishiyama, Yuuki, Ferreira, Denzil, Sarsenbayeva, Zhanna, Goncalves, Jorge, Van Berkel, Niels, Wadley, Greg, Kostakos, Vassilis, Clinch, Sarah, Matthews, Oludamilare, Harper, Simon, Jenkins, Amy, Snow, Stephen and Schraefel, M. C. (2018). Ubiquitous mobile sensing: Behaviour, mood, and environment. In: UbiComp/ISWC 2018 - Adjunct Proceedings of the 2018 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing and Proceedings of the 2018 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers. UbiComp '18, Singapore, (1140-1143). 8 - 12 October, 2018. doi:10.1145/3267305.3274142

  • Log it while it's hot: designing human interaction with smart thermostats for shared work environments

    Snow, Stephen, Auffenberg, Frederik and Schraefel, M. C. (2017). Log it while it's hot: designing human interaction with smart thermostats for shared work environments. In: ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2017), Denver, CO, United States, (1595-1606). 6-11 May 2017. doi:10.1145/3025453.3025578

  • Analysing wireless EEG based functional connectivity measures with respect to change in environmental factors

    Biswas, Dwaipayan, Bono, Valentina, Scott-South, Michael, Chatterjee, Shre, Soska, Anna, Snow, Steve, Noakes, Catherine, Barlow, Janet F., Maharatna, Koushik and Schraefel, M. C. (2016). Analysing wireless EEG based functional connectivity measures with respect to change in environmental factors. In: Proceedings of the 3rd IEEE EMBS International Conference on Biomedical and Health Informatics (BHI 2016). 3rd IEEE EMBS International Conference on Biomedical and Health Informatics (BHI 2016), Las Vegas, NV, United States, (599-602). 24-27 February 2016. doi:10.1109/BHI.2016.7455969

  • Building connections: Technology design for living on a low income

    Snow, Stephen, Vyas, Dhaval, Lyle, Peter, Mallett, Miranda and Brereton, Margot (2016). Building connections: Technology design for living on a low income. In: 14th Participatory Design Conference, Aarhus, Denmark, (1-4). 15 - 19 August 2016. doi:10.1145/2948076.2948091

  • Crowd-sourcing thermal (dis)comfort

    Snow, Stephen, Auffenberg, Frederik and Schraefel, M. C. (2016). Crowd-sourcing thermal (dis)comfort. In: Proceedings of the 30th International BCS Human Computer Interaction Conference, HCI 2016. 30th International BCS Human Computer Interaction Conference, HCI 2016, Poole, United Kingdom, (). 11-15 July 2016 .

  • Keep calm and carry on: Exploring the social determinants of indoor environment quality

    Snow, Stephen, Soska, Anna, Chatterjee, Shre Kumar and Schraefel, M. C. (2016). Keep calm and carry on: Exploring the social determinants of indoor environment quality. In: CHI EA '16 Proceedings of the 2016 CHI Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems. CHI EA '16 , San Jose, CA, United States, (1476-1482). 7 - 12 May, 2016. doi:10.1145/2851581.2892490

  • Social organization of household finance: understanding artful financial systems in the home

    Vyas, Dhaval, Snow, Stephen, Roe, Paul and Brereton, Margot (2016). Social organization of household finance: understanding artful financial systems in the home. In: Proceedings of the 19th ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing, CSCW 2016. 19th ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing, CSCW 2016, San Francisco, CA, United States, (1777-1789). 27 February - 2 March 2016. doi:10.1145/2818048.2819937

  • Being thrifty on a $100K wage: Austerity in family finances

    Vyas, Dhaval, Snow, Stephen, Brereton, Margot, Dulleck, Uwe and Boyen, Xavier (2015). Being thrifty on a $100K wage: Austerity in family finances. In: Dan Cosley, CSCW 2015 - Proceedings of the 2015 ACM International Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing. 2015 ACM International Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing, CSCW 2015, Vancouver, BC, Canada, (167-170). 14-18, 2015. doi:10.1145/2685553.2698998

  • Bringing the farmer perspective to agricultural robots

    Redhead, Fiona, Snow, Steve, Vyas, Dhaval, Bawden, Owen, Russell, Ray, Perez, Tristan and Brereton, Margot (2015). Bringing the farmer perspective to agricultural robots. In: CHI 2015 - Extended Abstracts Publication of the 33rd Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems: Crossings. 33rd Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI EA 2015, Seoul, South Korea, (1067-1072). 18-23 April 2015. doi:10.1145/2702613.2732894

  • Commentary

    Snow, Stephen (2015). Commentary. In: CHI EA '15: Proceedings of the 33rd Annual ACM Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems. CHI '15: CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Seoul Republic of Korea , (). April, 2015. doi:10.1145/2702613.2732513

  • Designing for collections: Building histories, sharing the spectacle

    Snow, Stephen, McMahon, Bronte, McKenzie, Sally, Radke, Kenneth, Verlaat, Ivy and Buys, Laurie (2015). Designing for collections: Building histories, sharing the spectacle. In: OzCHI '15 Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Australian Special Interest Group for Computer Human Interaction. OzCHI '15, Parkville, VIC, Australia, (299-303). 7 - 10 December, 2015. doi:10.1145/2838739.2838798

  • Exploring motivations of young adults to participate in physical activities

    Capel, Tara, Schnittert, Johanna Frederike, Snow, Stephen and Vyas, Dhaval (2015). Exploring motivations of young adults to participate in physical activities. In: Bo Begole, CHI 2015 - Extended Abstracts Publication of the 33rd Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems: Crossings. 33rd Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI EA 2015, Seoul, Korea, (1409-1414). 18 -23 April, 2015. doi:10.1145/2702613.2732800

  • Fixing the alignment: an exploration of budgeting practices in the home

    Snow, Stephen and Vyas, Dhaval (2015). Fixing the alignment: an exploration of budgeting practices in the home. In: CHI 2015 - Extended Abstracts Publication of the 33rd Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems: Crossings. 33rd Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI EA 2015, Seoul, South Korea, (2271-2276). 18-23 April 2015. doi:10.1145/2702613.2732808

  • Fostering collaboration in the management of family finances

    Snow, Stephen and Vyas, Dhaval (2015). Fostering collaboration in the management of family finances. In: OzCHI 2015: Being Human - Conference Proceedings. 27th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference, OzCHI 2015, Parkville, VIC, Australia, (380-387). 7-10 December 2015. doi:10.1145/2838739.2838746

  • More than just food: field visits to an emergency relief centre

    Vyas, Dhaval, Snow, Stephen and Mallett, Miranda (2015). More than just food: field visits to an emergency relief centre. In: Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Australian Special Interest Group for Computer Human Interaction on - OzCHI '15. OzChi'15: Annual Meeting of the Australian Special Interest Group for Computer Human Interaction, Parkville, VIC, Australia, (). 7-10 December 2015. doi:10.1145/2838739.2838787

  • Prototyping the self-authored video interview: Challenges and opportunities

    Snow, Stephen, Rittenbruch, Markus and Brereton, Margot (2015). Prototyping the self-authored video interview: Challenges and opportunities. In: Human-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2015 - 15th IFIP TC 13 International Conference, Proceedings. 15th IFIP TC 13 International Conference on Human–Computer Interaction, INTERACT 2015, Bamberg, Germany, (150-158). 14 - 18 September 2015. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-22668-2_13

  • Privacy in the new era of visible and sharable energy-use information

    Snow, Stephen, Radke, Kenneth, Vyas, Dhaval and Brereton, Margot (2014). Privacy in the new era of visible and sharable energy-use information. In: Tuck Leong, Proceedings of the 26th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference, OzCHI 2014. 26th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference, OzCHI 2014, Sydney, NSW, Australia, (342-351). 2 - 5, December, 2014. doi:10.1145/2686612.2686664

  • Curiosity to cupboard: self reported disengagement with energy use feedback over time

    Snow, Stephen, Buys, Laurie, Roe, Paul and Brereton, Margot (2013). Curiosity to cupboard: self reported disengagement with energy use feedback over time. In: Proceedings of the 25th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference: Augmentation, Application, Innovation, Collaboration (OzCHI 2013). 25th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference (ozCHI'19), Adelaide, SA, Australia, (245-254). 25-29 November 2013. doi:10.1145/2541016.2541025

  • Towards engaged consumption: new sources of inspiration for eco-feedback design

    Snow, Stephen and Brereton, Margot (2013). Towards engaged consumption: new sources of inspiration for eco-feedback design. In: Paula Kotzé, Gary Marsden, Gitte Lindgaard, Janet Wesson and Marco Winckler, Proceedings of the 14th IFIP TC 13 International Conference (INTERACT 2013). 14th IFIP TC 13 International Conference, Cape Town, South Africa, (117-124). 2-6 September 2013. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-40498-6_8

PhD and MPhil Supervision

Current Supervision

  • Accounting for design - How design drives value to a company's bottom -line.

    Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor

    Other advisors:

For Media assistance please contact The Office of Marketing and Communications, (07) 3365 1120

Links

ORCID: 0000-0002-8408-0153

Scopus ID: 55841572100

Google Scholar ID: DEXXz9EAAAAJ

Unit Links
Other Media
Social Media

Related Resources

Similar Staff
Researchers in Associated Units
Fields of Research