Dr Dave Cameron

BSc (Sheffield), MSc (Sheffield), PhD (Sheffield)

School of Information, Journalism and Communication

Lecturer in Human-Computer Interaction

Dave Cameron
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d.s.cameron@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 2644
Room C228, The Wave

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Dr Dave Cameron
School of Information, Journalism and Communication
Room C228
The Wave
2 Whitham Road
Sheffield
S10 2AH
Profile

Before joining the School of Information, Journalism and Communication, I trained and worked as a researcher in psychology at Sheffield. I completed my undergraduate and masters degrees in Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience at the Department of Psychology and continued on to complete my PhD, creating a computational model of emotions and their spread across networks. I worked for five years at the Department of Psychology, on a variety of research projects in social, health, and developmental psychology. I started working with Sheffield Robotics in 2014 researching Human-Robot Interaction and developed an interest in people's emotional experiences in their interactions with technology. I joined the School as a Lecturer in 2018

University Responsibilities

  • Module Coordinator: User Interface Design and Human-Computer Interaction
Research interests

My research examines users’ experiences in their interaction with technology, particularly in terms of the user and autonomous systems as two agents in collaborative work towards shared goals.

This work includes exploring children’s understandings of humanoids and social robots, and their beliefs regarding animacy in robots (Expressive Agents Symbiotic Education and Learning project). I also lead the HCI component of the ROBO-GUIDE project. This work includes the designing of a mobile robotic tour guide, understanding users’ responses to robots operating in public spaces, and evaluating users' responses to robots that make errors. I have recently begun evaluating a new graphical language designed to facilitate effective and safe human-robot collaborative working.

My background in psychology includes researching the impact positive emotions can have on health behaviours, online interventions to improve health behaviours. For my PhD, I created a computational model of emotion regulation in a control theory framework, and conducted computer simulations of emotions dissipating through social networks, reflecting real-life spread of emotions.

Publications

Journal articles

  • Al-Tamimi A-K, Hewitt L, Cameron D, Salem M & Moemeni A (2025) . Applied Sciences, 15(15).
  • Cameron D, Collins EC, de Saille S, Eimontaite I, Greenwood A & Law J (2024) . International Journal of Social Robotics, 16(6), 1405-1418.
  • Cox A, Cameron D, Checco A, Herrick T, Mawson M & Steadman-Jones R (2023) . Higher Education Research and Development, 42(3), 559-573.
  • de Saille S, Greenwood A, Law J, Ball M, Levine M, Vallejos EP, Ritchie C & Cameron D (2022) . Journal of Responsible Technology, 12.
  • de Saille S, Kipnis E, Potter S, Cameron D, Webb CJR, Winter P, O’Neill P, Gold R, Halliwell K, Alboul L , Bell AJ et al (2022) . Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 9.
  • Eimontaite I, Cameron D, Rolph J, Mokaram S, Aitken JM, Gwilt I & Law J (2022) . Sustainability, 14(6).
  • Goddard M, Davies Z, Guenat S, Ferguson M, Fisher J, Akanni A, Ahjokoski T, Anderson P, Angeoletto F, Antoniou C , Bates A et al (2021) . Nature Ecology and Evolution, 5(2), 219-230.
  • Cameron D, de Saille S, Collins E, Aitken J, Cheung H, Chua A, Loh EJ & Law J (2021) . Computers in Human Behavior, 114.
  • Goodley D, Cameron D, Liddiard K, Parry R, Runswick-Cole K, Whitburn B & Wong ME (2020) . Canadian Journal of Disability Studies, 9(5), 515-549.
  • Blakey E, Matthews D, Cragg L, Buck J, Cameron D, Higgins B, Pepper L, Ridley E, Sullivan E & Carroll DJ (2020) . Child Development, 91(5), 1594-1614.
  • Eimontaite I, Gwilt I, Cameron D, Aitken J, Rolph J, Mokaram S & Law J (2019) . The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 100(1-4), 55-73.
  • Cameron D, Millings A, Fernando S, Collins EC, Moore RK, Sharkey A, Evers V & Prescott A (2018) . Connection Science, 30(4), 343-361.
  • Norman P, Cameron D, Epton T, Webb TL, Harris PR, Millings A & Sheeran P (2018) . British Journal of Health Psychology, 23(1), 108-127.
  • Cameron DS, Bertenshaw EJ & Sheeran P (2017) . Psychology and Health, 33(2), 258-274.
  • Thomas C, Breeze P, Strong M, Brennan A, Norman P, Cameron D & Epton T (2016) . Journal of Public Health & Epidemiology, 8(10), 191-203.
  • Cameron D, Epton T, Norman P, Sheeran P, Harris PR, Webb TL, Julious SA, Brennan A, Thomas C, Petroczi A , Naughton D et al (2015) . Trials, 16(1).
  • Cameron DS, Bertenshaw EJ & Sheeran P (2015) . Health Psychology Review, 9(3), 345-365.

Book chapters

  • Cheung HC, Cameron D, Lucas A & Prescott T (2024) In Balogh R, Obdržálek D & Fislake F (Ed.), Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems (pp. 188-199). Springer Nature Switzerland
  • Zhao M, Harvey M, Cameron D, Hopfgartner F & Gillet VJ (2023) In Sserwanga I, Goulding A, Moulaison-Sandy H, Du JT, Soares AL, Hessami V & Frank RD (Ed.), Lecture Notes in Computer Science (pp. 303-311). Springer Nature Switzerland
  • Stratton A, Cameron D, Ker D, O’Connor T, Johal B & Clopotel A (2021) , Lecture Notes in Computer Science (pp. 225-230). Springer International Publishing
  • Cameron D & Webb TL (2020) , Encyclopedia of Behavioral Medicine (pp. 2006-2008). Springer International Publishing
  • Cameron D & Webb TL (2020) , Encyclopedia of Behavioral Medicine (pp. 2003-2005). Springer International Publishing
  • Cameron D & Webb TL (2020) , Encyclopedia of Behavioral Medicine (pp. 1994-1996). Springer International Publishing
  • Cameron D (2012) Why are we told: never go to sleep angry? In Totterdell P & Niven K (Ed.), Should I Strap A Battery To My Head? (And Other Questions ¾Ã²Ý¸£Àû Emotion)
  • Niven K, Totterdell PA, Holman D & Cameron D (2012) Emotional labor at the unit-level In Grandey A, Diefendorff J & Rupp DE (Ed.), Emotional Labor in the 21st Century: Diverse Perspectives on Emotion Regulation at Work Routledge Academic

Conference proceedings

  • Zhao M, Harvey M, Cameron D & Hopfgartner F (2024) . CHIIR '24: Proceedings of the 2024 Conference on Human Information Interaction and Retrieval, Vol. 2024 (pp 97-107). Sheffield, United Kingdom, 10 March 2024 - 10 March 2024.
  • de Saille S, Cameron D & Sharkey A (2022) . CHI EA '22: CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Extended Abstracts (pp 1-7). New Orleans, LA, USA, 29 April 2022 - 29 April 2022.
  • Collins EC & Cameron D (2021) Learning from unstructured child-robot interactions. 30th IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication. Virtual conference, 8 August 2021 - 8 August 2021.
  • Hopfgartner F, Harvey M, Rutter S, Mazumdar S, Cameron D, Checco A, Bentley C, Zhang Z & Clough P (2021) . Information Science Trends 2021: Information Science Research During COVID-19 and Post-Pandemic Opportunities. Virtual conference, 9 June 2021 - 9 June 2021.
  • Cameron D, O'Connor T, Stratton A, Johal B, Clopotel A, Shyldkrot Y & Ker D (2020) Collaboration checklist for creative robots. 12th International Conference on Social Robotics. Online conference, 14 November 2020 - 14 November 2020.
  • Cameron D, Sarda Gou M & Sbaffi L (2020) Trust in robot-mediated health information. 29th IEEE International Conference on Robot & Human Interactive Communication (Ro-Man2020) : Workshop on Trust, Acceptance and Social Cues in Human-Robot Interaction (SCRITA). Virtual conference, 31 August 2020 - 31 August 2020.
  • Bates J, Cameron D, Checco A, Clough PD, Hopfgartner F, Mazumdar S, Sbaffi L, Stordy P & de León ADLV (2020) . FAT* '20: Proceedings of the 2020 Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency (pp 425-435). Barcelona, Spain, 27 January 2020 - 27 January 2020.
  • (2018) . UK-RAS Conference for PhD and Early Career Researchers Proceedings
  • Penders J, Wang J, Bhowmil D, Di Nuovo A, Soranzo A, Rolph J, Popa I, Varrasi S, Lucas A, Conti D , Young J et al (2018) . Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems, Vol. 10965 (pp 468-470). Bristol, UK, 25 July 2018 - 25 July 2018.
  • Holmes A, Sherwani A, Kok E, Ghattas F, Pisanelli G, Wen X, Aitken J, Eimontaite I, Sabo C & Cameron D (2018) . Proceedings of the 19th Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems (TAROS) Conference, Vol. LNAI 1 (pp 462-464). Bristol, UK, 25 July 2018 - 25 July 2018.
  • Eimontaite I, Gwilt I, Cameron D, Aitken J, Rolph J, Mokaram S & Law J (2018) . Human Friendly Robotics, Vol. 7 (pp 139-149). Napoli, Italy, 6 November 2017 - 6 November 2017.
  • Eimontaite I, Gwilt I, Cameron D, Aitken J, Rolph J, Mokaram S & Law J (2018) . UK-RAS Conference : ‘Robots Working For & Among Us’ Proceedings (pp 83-86). Bristol, UK, 12 December 2017 - 12 December 2017.
  • Mokaram S, Aitken JM, Martinez-Hernandez U, Eimontaite I, Cameron D, Rolph J, Gwilt I, McAree O & Law J (2017) . IFAC-PapersOnLine (pp 15859-15864). Toulouse, France
  • Cameron D, Fernando S, Cowles-Naja E, Perkins A, Collins E, Millings A, Szollosy M, Moore R, Sharkey A & Prescott A (2017) . Proceedings of the 18th Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems (TAROS) Conference, Vol. 10454 (pp 290-299). University of Surrey, Guildford
  • Cameron D, Fernando S, Collins EC, Millings A, Szollosy M, Moore R, Sharkey A & Prescott A (2017) . Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 10384 (pp 73-85). Stanford University, California
  • Eimontaite I, Gwilt I, Cameron D, Aitken JM, Rolph J, Mokaram S & Law J (2016) . Advances in Ergonomics of Manufacturing: Managing the Enterprise of the Future, Vol. 490 (pp 229-240). Walt Disney World®, Florida, USA
  • Aitken J, Boorman L, Cameron D, Collins E, Chua A, Fernando S, Martinez-Hernandez U, Mcaree O & Law J (2016) ROBO-GUIDE - Lessons from an Interdisciplinary Project. Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium of Engineering Education. University of Sheffield, 14 July 2016 - 14 July 2016.
  • Reidsma D, Charisi V, Davison D, Wijnen F, van der Meij J, Evers V, Cameron D, Fernando S, Moore R, Prescott T , Mazzei D et al (2016) . Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 9793 (pp 297-306). Edinburgh, UK, 19 July 2016 - 19 July 2016.
  • Vouloutsi V, Blancas M, Zucca R, Omedas P, Reidsma D, Davison D, Charisi V, Wijnen F, van der Meij J, Evers V , Cameron D et al (2016) . Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 9793 (pp 353-364). Edinburgh, UK, 19 July 2016 - 19 July 2016.
  • Cameron D, Collins EC, Cheung H, Chua A, Aitken JM & Law J (2016) . Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems, Vol. 9793 (pp 409-412). Edinburgh, UK
  • Cameron D, Fernando S, Millings A, Szollosy M, Collins EC, Moore R, Sharkey A & Prescott A (2016) . Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems, Vol. 9793 (pp 413-417). Edinburgh, UK
  • Cameron D, Fernando S, Millings A, Szollosy M, Collins E, Moore R, Sharkey A & Prescott A (2016) . Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems, Vol. 9716 (pp 33-39). Sheffield, UK, 28 June 2016 - 28 June 2016.
  • Cameron D, Loh EJ, Collins EC, Aitken JM & Law J (2016) Robot-stated limitations but not intentions promote user assistance. 5th International Symposium on New Frontiers in Human-Robot Interaction. Sheffield, UK, 5 April 2016 - 5 April 2016.
  • Aitken JM, McAree O, Boorman L, Cameron D, Chua A, Collins EC, Fernando S, Law J & Martinez-Hernandez U (2015) . USES 2015 - The University of Sheffield Engineering Symposium. The Octagon Centre, University of Sheffield, 24 June 2015 - 24 June 2015.
  • Law J, Aitken J, Boorman L, Cameron D, Chua A, Collins E, Fernando S, Martinez Hernandez U & McAree O (2015) . Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 9287 (pp 149-154)
  • McAree O, Aitken J, Boorman L, Cameron D, Chua A, Collins E, Fernando S, Law J & Martinez Hernandez U (2015) . 2015 European Conference on Mobile Robots (ECMR). Lincoln, UK, 2 September 2015 - 2 September 2015.
  • Cameron D, Collins E, Chua A, Fernando S, McAree O, Martinez Hernandez U, Aitken J, Boorman L & Law J (2015) . Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems, Vol. 9222 (pp 354-358)
  • Cameron D, Fernando S, Millings A, Moore R, Sharkey A & Prescott T (2015) . Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems, Vol. 9222 (pp 348-353). Barcelona, Spain
  • Cameron D, Fernando S, Collins E, Millings A, Moore R, Sharkey A, Evers V & Prescott T (2015) Presence of life-like robot expressions influences children's enjoyment of human-robot interactions in the field. Proceedings of the AISB Convention 2015. Canterbury, UK
  • Cameron D, Totterdell P & Niven K (2014) Understanding affect regulation in dyads through a computational model of affect regulation dynamics. Consortium of European Research on Emotion. Berlin
  • Cameron D (2013) Ever changing moods: A new understanding of affect regulation dynamics through representation in computational models. iCog Cognitive Science Conference
  • Cameron D, Totterdell P & Niven K (2012) Changing what we want to feel: Predictions arising from a computational model of affect regulation dynamics. Consortium of European Research on Emotion. Canterbury
  • Cameron D, Totterdell P, Holman D & Bennet S (2009) Control theory model of emotion regulation: A dynamic model of emotion. Proceedings of;. Thessaloniki, Greece, 7 October 2009 - 7 October 2009.
  • Cameron D & Collins EC () User, robot, deployer : a new model for measuring trust in HRI. 30th IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN) workshop on Trust, Acceptance and Social Cues in Human-Robot Interaction (SCRITA 2021). Virtual conference, 12 August 2021 - 12 August 2021.
  • Cameron D & Collins EC () Children's reasoning on robots and gender. 12th International Conference on Social Robotics. Online conference, 14 November 2020 - 14 November 2020.
  • Cameron D, Aitken J, Collins E, Boorman L, Chua A, Fernando S, McAree O, Martinez Hernandez U & Law J () Framing Factors: The Importance of Context and the Individual in Understanding Trust in Human-Robot Interaction. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) 2015. Hamburg, Germany

Posters

  • Cameron D, Bertenshaw E & Sheeran P (2015) Positive affect promotes pursuit of physical activity goals. 14th Meeting of International Society for Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity (ISBNPA).
  • Norman P, Cameron D, Epton T, Sheeran P, Webb T, Julious S, Brennan A, Meier P, Kruger J, Naughton D & Petroczi A (2014) A theory-based online health behaviour intervention for new university students: One-month follow-up data. 28th Conference of the European Health Psychology Society.
  • Fernando S, Collins E, Millings A, Cameron D, Sharkey A, Duff A, Moore RK, Veschure PFMJ & Prescott T (2014) Optimising robot personalities for symbiotic interaction. Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems: Third international conference, Living Machines.

Dictionary or encyclopaedia entries

  • Cameron D & Webb TL (2020) . In Encyclopedia of Behavioral Medicine Springer New York.
  • Cameron D & Webb TL (2020) . In Encyclopedia of Behavioral Medicine Springer New York.
  • Cameron D & Webb TL (2020) . In Encyclopedia of Behavioral Medicine Springer New York.
  • Cameron D & Webb T (2013) . In Encyclopedia of Behavioral Medicine Springer New York.
  • Cameron D & Webb T (2013) . In Encyclopedia of Behavioral Medicine Springer New York.

Preprints

  • Cameron D, Collins E, de Saille S & Law J (2023) , arXiv.
  • Zhao M, Harvey M, Cameron D, Hopfgartner F & Gillet VJ (2023) , arXiv.
  • Wright B, Collins E & Cameron D (2022) When Robots Interact with Groups, Where Does the Trust Reside?.
  • Fernando S, Moore RK, Cameron D, Collins EC, Millings A, Sharkey AJ & Prescott TJ (2016) , arXiv.
  • Cameron D, Fernando S, Collins E, Millings A, Moore R, Sharkey A & Prescott T (2016) , arXiv.
  • Cameron D, Loh EJ, Chua A, Collins E, Aitken JM & Law J (2016) , arXiv.
Teaching interests

My primary area of teaching is Human-Computer Interaction. I use a range of teaching methods to promote student engagement in learning, and aim to connect students' learning with their real-life experiences in HCI.

I have received a number of teaching grants including a £7,000 grant to work collaboratively across the Science and Engineering Faculties leading students in evaluating novel interfaces for mobile robot control.

Teaching activities

INF216 - Responsible Data Science Lab 1

INF6340 - Research Methods Dissertation and Prep

INF6430 - User-Centred Design and Human-Computer Interaction 

INF6545 - Research Methods Dissertation and Prep 

Professional activities and memberships

Journal and conference reviewing

Journal Reviewing:

  • International Journal of Social Robotics
  • International Journal of Human-Computer Studies
  • IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics
  • Scientific Reports
  • Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Conference Reviewing:

  • HRI 2017
  • AAATE 2017