Dr Jamie A. Ward
A large part of my my research is on the topic of human activity recognition using wearable and body-worn sensors. This topic formed the basis of my doctoral work at ETH Zürich, Switzerland and also my postdoctoral work at Lancaster, UK. While at Lancaster I was awarded the Marie Curie Research Fellowship for my work on Multi-Modal Activity Recognition for Interactive Environments ('MARIE'). Around the same time I helped to introduce and develop the research topic of Eye-Based Activity Recognition ('EAR’) .
From mid-2010 I took a planned five-year career-break to re-train and work as an actor. Since my return to research I have been investigating wearable sensing to study collaborative activities of people working in groups. Of particular interest to me is the idea of using theatre as a laboratory: the rich resources of actors and theatrical spaces provide new opportunities to use ubiquitous sensing to explore unusual activities and collaborations that are otherwise difficult to study in-situ or 'in the wild'.
In 2018, in collaboration with London-based Flute Theatre, I began a project investigating the use of wearable sensing to learn more about the interpersonal-synchrony between actors and autistic children during special interactive theatrical performances. This work, with help from a European Research Council (ERC) proof-of-concept grant (SocSensors), is currently being developed to bring our findings with wearable technology and autism into the classroom.
My work on exploring social interaction using theatre and wearable sensing, is joint funded by the Royal Society, the British Academy, and the Royal Academy of Engineering with generous support from the Leverhulme Trust, as part of the 2020 APEX award. In addition to this, I am also co-investigator on a 5-year ERC project researching the neuroscience of live performance (NeuroLive).
From mid-2010 I took a planned five-year career-break to re-train and work as an actor. Since my return to research I have been investigating wearable sensing to study collaborative activities of people working in groups. Of particular interest to me is the idea of using theatre as a laboratory: the rich resources of actors and theatrical spaces provide new opportunities to use ubiquitous sensing to explore unusual activities and collaborations that are otherwise difficult to study in-situ or 'in the wild'.
In 2018, in collaboration with London-based Flute Theatre, I began a project investigating the use of wearable sensing to learn more about the interpersonal-synchrony between actors and autistic children during special interactive theatrical performances. This work, with help from a European Research Council (ERC) proof-of-concept grant (SocSensors), is currently being developed to bring our findings with wearable technology and autism into the classroom.
My work on exploring social interaction using theatre and wearable sensing, is joint funded by the Royal Society, the British Academy, and the Royal Academy of Engineering with generous support from the Leverhulme Trust, as part of the 2020 APEX award. In addition to this, I am also co-investigator on a 5-year ERC project researching the neuroscience of live performance (NeuroLive).
Positions held
Senior Lecturer, Department of Computing, Goldsmiths University of London.
Visiting Associate Professor, Keio University, Graduate School of Media and Design (KMD)
Research Associate, Institute for Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London (UCL). Antonia Hamilton's Lab (Social Neuroscience)
Visiting Research Associate, Computing Department, Goldsmiths University of London.
Visiting Research Associate, DFKI, German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence, Kaiserslautern. Embedded Intelligence Group
Senior Consultant, LiveTree Ltd.,UK
Marie Curie Research Fellow & Research Associate, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK. School of Computing, Embedded Interactive Systems
Lead Design Engineer, ETH Zürich & University of Zürich, Switzerland. Collegium Helveticum
Postdoctoral Researcher & Research Assistant, ETH Zürich, Switzerland. Institute for Electronics, Wearable Computing Laboratory
Analog Circuit Designer, NewLogic AG (now Wipro), Austria
Visiting Associate Professor, Keio University, Graduate School of Media and Design (KMD)
Research Associate, Institute for Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London (UCL). Antonia Hamilton's Lab (Social Neuroscience)
Visiting Research Associate, Computing Department, Goldsmiths University of London.
Visiting Research Associate, DFKI, German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence, Kaiserslautern. Embedded Intelligence Group
Senior Consultant, LiveTree Ltd.,UK
Marie Curie Research Fellow & Research Associate, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK. School of Computing, Embedded Interactive Systems
Lead Design Engineer, ETH Zürich & University of Zürich, Switzerland. Collegium Helveticum
Postdoctoral Researcher & Research Assistant, ETH Zürich, Switzerland. Institute for Electronics, Wearable Computing Laboratory
Analog Circuit Designer, NewLogic AG (now Wipro), Austria
qualifications
Dr. sc. ETH, Institute for Electronics, Federal Institute of Technology, Zürich, Switzerland, 2006
BEng (Hons) in Computer Science and Electronics (2:1), University of Edinburgh, Scotland, 2000
National Certificate in Professional Acting, Drama Studio London, 2011
BEng (Hons) in Computer Science and Electronics (2:1), University of Edinburgh, Scotland, 2000
National Certificate in Professional Acting, Drama Studio London, 2011