Bill Gaver

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Bill Gaver

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  • 2024

    More Samples of One: Weaving First-Person Perspectives into Mainstream HCI Research

    Gamboa, M., Núñez-Pacheco, C., Homewood, S., Lucero, A., Beuthel, J. M., Desjardins, A., Helms, K., Gaver, W., Höök, K. & Forlano, L., 1 Jul 2024, DIS '24 Companion: Companion Publication of the 2024 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference. Vallgårda, A., Jönsson, L., Fritsch, J., Alaoui, S. F. & Le Dantec, C. A. (eds.). New York, United States: ACM, p. 364-367 4 p. (Designing Interactive Systems Conference).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

    1 Citation (Scopus)
  • 2022

    Emergence as a Feature of Practice-based Design Research

    Gaver, W., Gall Krogh, P., Boucher, A. & Chatting, D., 13 Jun 2022, DIS 2022 - Proceedings of the 2022 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference: Digital Wellbeing. Mueller, F., Greuter, S., Khot, R. A., Sweetser, P. & Obrist, M. (eds.). New York, USA: ACM, p. 517-526 10 p.

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    57 Citations (Scopus)
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  • Yo–Yo Machines: Self-Build Devices that Support Social Connections During the Pandemic

    Gaver, B., Boucher, A., Brown, D., Chatting, D., Matsuda, N., Ovalle Piedra, L., Sheen, A. & Vanis, M., 29 Apr 2022, CHI 2022 - Proceedings of the 2022 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Barbosa, S., Lampe, C., Appert, C., Shamma, D. A., Drucker, S., Williamson, J. & Yatani, K. (eds.). New York, US: ACM, p. 1-17 17 p. 458. (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings).

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  • 2020

    RtD in Situ: Discussing the domains and impact of design research

    Jenkins, T., Odom, W., Pierce, J., Andersen, K., Boucher, A., Chatting, D. & Gaver, W., 6 Jul 2020, DIS 2020 Companion - Companion Publication of the 2020 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference. New York, NY, United States: ACM, p. 401-404 4 p. (DIS 2020 Companion - Companion Publication of the 2020 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

    3 Citations (Scopus)

  • Strategies for annotating portfolios: Mapping designs for new domains

    Culén, A. L., Børsting, J. & Gaver, W., 6 Jul 2020, DIS 2020 - Proceedings of the 2020 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference. ACM

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

    16 Citations (Scopus)
  • 2019

    Design and Deploying Tools to ‘Actively Engaging Nature’: The My Naturewatch Project as an Agent for Engagement

    Phillips, R., Abbas-Nazari, A., Tooze, J., Gaver, W., Boucher, A., Ovalle, L., Sheen, A., Brown, D., Matsuda, N. & Vanis, M., 8 Jun 2019, HCII 2019: Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population. Design for the Elderly and Technology Acceptance. Cham, Switzerland: Springer, p. 513-531 19 p.

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    4 Citations (Scopus)

  • Doing things with research through design: With what, whom, and towards what ends?

    Anderson, K., Chatting, D., Devendorf, L., Jenkins, T., Pierce, J., Boucher, A., Desjardins, A., Gaver, W., Odom, W. & Vallgårda, A., 2 May 2019, CHI EA 2019 - Extended Abstracts of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. New York, NY, United States: ACM, p. 1-8 8 p. 3299011. (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

    5 Citations (Scopus)

  • My Naturewatch Camera: Disseminating Practice Research with a Cheap and Easy DIY Design

    Gaver, W., Boucher, A., Vanis, M., Sheen, A., Brown, D., Ovalle Piedra, L., Matsuda, N., Abbas-Nazari, A. & Phillips, R., 2 May 2019, CHI '19: Proceedings of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. New York: ACM, p. 1-13 13 p. 302

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    43 Citations (Scopus)
  • 2018

    Build, Customise and Use your very own ProbeTools Camera

    Boucher, A., Brown, D., Ovalle, L., Sheen, A., Vanis, M., Gaver, W. & Matsuda, N., 1 Sept 2018, Ace Hotel Workshop.

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  • My Naturewatch Workshop: At School Report, BBC STEM Careers Event, London. July 2018

    Gaver, W., Boucher, A., Vanis, M., Sheen, A., Brown, D., Ovalle, L., Matsuda, N., Abbas-Nazari, A. & Phillips, R., 3 Jul 2018, BBC School Report. London, UK: BBC

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  • My Naturewatch Workshop: At School Report, BBC STEM Careers Event, Bristol. November 2018

    Gaver, W., Boucher, A., Vanis, M., Sheen, A., Brown, D., Ovalle, L., Matsuda, N., Abbas-Nazari, A. & Phillips, R., 28 Nov 2018, BBC STEM Careers Event, School Report. Bristol, UK: BBC

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  • My Naturewatch Workshop: At School Report, BBC STEM Careers Event, London. October 2018

    Gaver, W., Boucher, A., Vanis, M., Sheen, A., Brown, D., Ovalle, L., Matsuda, N., Abbas-Nazari, A. & Phillips, R., 5 Oct 2018, BBC STEM Careers Event, School Report. London, UK: BBC

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  • TaskCam: Designing and Testing an Open Tool for Cultural Probes Studies

    Boucher, A., Brown, D., Ovalle, L., Sheen, A., Vanis, M., Odom, W., Oogjes, D. & Gaver, W., 19 Apr 2018, CHI '18: Proceedings of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. New York: ACM, p. 1-12 12 p. 71

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    27 Citations (Scopus)

  • TaskCam

    Boucher, A., Brown, D., Ovalle, L., Sheen, A., Vanis, M. & Gaver, W., 20 Apr 2018, CHI EA '18 Extended Abstracts of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. D111 ed. New York, NY, United States: ACM, p. 1-4 4 p. D111

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    2 Citations (Scopus)
  • 2017

    Designing and making the datacatchers: Batch producing location-Aware mobile devices

    Boucher, A. & Gaver, W., 20 Mar 2017, TEI 2017 - Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction. New York, NY, United States: ACM, p. 243-251 9 p. (TEI 2017 - Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction).

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    13 Citations (Scopus)
  • 2016

    The datacatcher: Batch deployment and documentation of 130 location-aware, mobile devices that put sociopolitically-relevant big data in people's hands: Polyphonic interpretation at scale

    Gaver, W., Boucher, A., Jarvis, N., Cameron, D., Hauenstein, M., Pennington, S., Bowers, J., Pike, J., Beitra, R. & Ovalle, L., 7 May 2016, CHI 2016 - Proceedings, 34th Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. New York, NY, United States: ACM, p. 1597-1607 11 p. (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

    40 Citations (Scopus)
  • 2015

    Energy babble: Mixing environmentally-oriented internet content to engage community groups

    Gaver, W., Michael, M., Kerridge, T., Wilkie, A., Boucher, A., Ovalle, L. & Plummer-Fernandez, M., 18 Apr 2015, CHI 2015 - Proceedings of the 33rd Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems: Crossings. New York, NY, United States: ACM, p. 1115-1124 10 p. (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings; vol. 2015-April).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

    49 Citations (Scopus)

  • Expanding and refining design and criticality in HCI

    Pierce, J., Sengers, P., Hirsch, T., Jenkins, T., Gaver, W. & Disalvo, C., 18 Apr 2015, CHI '15: Proceedings of the 33rd Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. New York, NY, United States: ACM, p. 2083-2092 10 p. (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings; vol. 2015-April).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

    105 Citations (Scopus)
  • 2013

    Indoor Weather Stations: Investigating a ludic approach to environmental HCI through batch prototyping

    Gaver, W. W., Bowers, J., Boehner, K., Boucher, A., Cameron, D. W. T., Hauenstein, M., Jarvis, N. & Pennington, S., 27 Apr 2013, CHI 2013: Changing Perspectives, Conference Proceedings - The 31st Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. New York, NY, United States: ACM, p. 3451-3460 10 p. (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

    81 Citations (Scopus)
  • 2012

    The humanities and/in HCI

    Bardzell, J., Bardzell, S., DiSalvo, C., Gaver, W. & Sengers, P., 5 May 2012, CHI EA '12: CHI '12 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems. New York, NY, United States: ACM, p. 1135-1138 4 p. (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

    13 Citations (Scopus)

  • What should we expect from research through design?

    Gaver, W., 5 May 2012, Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings. ACM

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  • 2011

    Making Spaces: How Design Workbooks Work

    Gaver, W., 7 May 2011, Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. New York, NY, USA: ACM, p. 1551–1560 (CHI '11).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

    141 Citations (Scopus)

  • The photostroller: Supporting diverse care home residents in engaging with the world

    Gaver, W., Boucher, A., Bowers, J., Blythe, M., Jarvis, N., Cameron, D., Kerridge, T., Wilkie, A., Phillips, R. & Wright, P., 7 May 2011, CHI 2011 conference proceedings and extended abstracts, Vancouver, BC, USA, May 7 - 12, 2011 ; the 29th Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. New York: ACM, p. 1757–1766

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    73 Citations (Scopus)
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  • 2010

    Age and experience: ludic engagement in a residential care setting

    Blythe, M., Wright, P. C., Bowers, J. M., Boucher, A., Jarvis, N., Reynolds, P. & Gaver, B., 16 Aug 2010, DIS '10: Proceedings of the 8th ACM Conference on Designing Interactive System. New York, US: ACM, p. 161–170 10 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

    46 Citations (Scopus)

  • The prayer companion: openness and specificity, materiality and spirituality

    Gaver, W., Blythe, M., Boucher, A., Jarvis, N., Bowers, J. & Wright, P., 10 Apr 2010, CHI '10: Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. New York, US: ACM, p. 2055–2064 10 p.

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    116 Citations (Scopus)
  • 2009

    Anatomy of a failure: How we knew when our design went wrong, and what we learned from it

    Gaver, W., Bowers, J., Kerridge, T., Boucher, A. & Jarvis, N., 4 Apr 2009, CHI 2009: Digital Life New World - Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. New York, NY, United States: ACM, p. 2213-2222 10 p. (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

    76 Citations (Scopus)
  • 2008

    Threshold devices: Looking out from the home

    Gaver, W., Boucher, A., Law, A., Pennington, S., Bowers, J., Beaver, J., Humble, J., Kerridge, T., Villar, N. & Wilkie, A., 6 Apr 2008, 26th Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Conference Proceedings, CHI 2008. New York, NY, United States: ACM, p. 1429-1438 10 p. (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

    53 Citations (Scopus)
  • 2007

    Enhancing ubiquitous computing with user interpretation: Field testing the home health horoscope

    Gaver, W., Sengers, P., Kerridge, T., Kaye, J. & Bowers, J., 29 Apr 2007, Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings. ACM

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    69 Citations (Scopus)

  • Form and Movement in Domestic Networked Systems

    Kerridge, T., Boucher, A., Law, A. & Gaver, W., 1 Dec 2007, DeSForM 2007. p. 21-31 11 p.

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  • 2006

    Design documentaries: Inspiring design research through documentary film

    Raijmakers, B., Gaver, W. W. & Bishay, J., 26 Jun 2006, Proceedings of the Conference on Designing Interactive Systems: Processes, Practices, Methods, and Techniques, DIS. ACM

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    54 Citations (Scopus)

  • The history tablecloth: Illuminating domestic activity

    Gaver, W., Bowers, J., Boucher, A., Law, A., Pennington, S. & Villar, N., 2006, Proceedings of the Conference on Designing Interactive Systems, DIS2006. p. 199-208 10 p. (Proceedings of the Conference on Designing Interactive Systems: Processes, Practices, Methods, and Techniques, DIS; vol. 2006).

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    108 Citations (Scopus)
  • 2004

    The Drift Table: Designing for ludic engagement

    Gaver, W. W., Schmidt, A., Bowers, J., Steed, A., Boucher, A., Villars, N., Gellerson, H., Walker, B. & Pennington, S., 24 Apr 2004, Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI EA 2004. ACM, p. 885-900 16 p. (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

    278 Citations (Scopus)
  • 2003

    Ambiguity as a resource for design

    Gaver, W. W., Beaver, J. & Benford, S., 5 Apr 2003, Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings. New York, NY, United States: ACM, p. 233-240

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    856 Citations (Scopus)
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  • Designing culturally situated technologies for the home

    Bell, G., Blythe, M., Gaver, B., Sengers, P. & Wright, P., 5 Apr 2003, CHI'03 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI EA'03. New York: ACM, p. 1062-1063 2 p. (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings).

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    39 Citations (Scopus)

  • Evaluating the Double-Deck Desk

    Gaver, W., Boucher, A. & Martin, H., 1 Sept 2003, Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction: Universal Access in HCI: Inclusive Design in the Information Society. Stephanidis, C. (ed.). Boca Raton, US: CRC Press, Vol. 4. p. 369-373 5 p.

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  • 1997

    The pillow: Artist-designers in the digital age

    Dunne, A. & Gaver, W. W., Mar 1997, Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings.

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    19 Citations (Scopus)
  • 1996

    Feather, Scent, and Shaker: Supporting Simple Intimacy

    Strong, R. & Gaver, W., Nov 1996, Videos, Demos and Short Papers of CSCW ‘96. Boston, MA, 1996. p. 29-30

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  • 1995

    Oh what a tangled web we weave: metaphor and mapping in graphical interfaces

    Gaver, W. W., May 1995, Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings. p. 270-271

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    10 Citations (Scopus)

  • Virtual window on media space

    Gaver, W. W., Smets, G. & Overbeeke, K., May 1995, Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings. p. 257-264

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    52 Citations (Scopus)
  • 1994

    ENO: Synthesizing structured sound spaces

    Beaudouin-Lafon, M. & Gaver, W. W., Nov 1994, Proceedings of the 7th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, UIST 1994. p. 49-57

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

    11 Citations (Scopus)

  • Form-giving: expressing the nonobvious

    Smets, G., Overbeeke, K. & Gaver, W., Apr 1994, Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings.

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    16 Citations (Scopus)
  • 1993

    One is not enough: multiple views in a media space

    Gaver, W., Sellen, A., Heath, C. & Luff, P., May 1993, Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings. p. 335-341

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    158 Citations (Scopus)

  • Synthesizing auditory icons

    Gaver, W. W., May 1993, Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings. p. 228-235

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    98 Citations (Scopus)
  • 1992

    Affordances of media spaces for collaboration

    Gaver, W. W., 1 Dec 1992, Proceedings of the Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work. p. 17-24

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

    214 Citations (Scopus)

  • Realizing a video environment: europarc's rave system

    Gaver, W., Moran, T., MacLean, A., Lovstrand, L., Dourish, P., Carter, K. & Buxton, W., Jun 1992, Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings. p. 27-35

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    148 Citations (Scopus)
  • 1991

    Effective sounds in complex systems: The arkola simulation

    Gaver, W. W., Smith, R. B. & O'Shea, T., Apr 1991, Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings. p. 85-90

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    155 Citations (Scopus)

  • Sound Support For Collaboration

    Gaver, W., 25 Sept 1991, ECSCW'91: Proceedings of the second conference on European Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work . p. 293-308

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  • Technology affordances

    Gaver, W. W., Apr 1991, Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings. p. 79-84

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    948 Citations (Scopus)