Publications and outputs

2023

2023 French F, Levi D, Maczo C, Simonaityte A, Triantafyllidis S, Varda G. Creative Use of OpenAI in Education: Case Studies from Game Development. Multimodal Technol. Interact. 2023; 7(8):81. Open Access.
2023 French, F, Leek, T., Coe, J, Kelly, R., Bwye, P. Moon Jam 2023: Enhancing welfare for nocturnal species. Workshop at the Tenth International Conference on Animal-Computer Interaction, Dec 4-9, 2023, North Carolina State University, USA.

2022

2022 French, F., Mancini, C., Martin, C.F. Sensory Jam 2022: Exploring Other Sensibilities - beyond human senses and aesthetics. Workshop paper at the Ninth International Conference on Animal-Computer Interaction, Dec 5-8, 2022, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK.
2022 French, F., Terry, C.; Huq, S.; Furieri, I.; Jarzembinski, M.; Pauliukenas, S.; Morrison, N.; Shepherd, K. Expressive Interaction Design Using Facial Muscles as Controllers. Multimodal Technol. Interact. 2022, 6, 78. Open Access.
2022 French, F. Expanding Aesthetics. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, Vol. 9, 2022. Open Access. DOI=10.3389/fvets.2022.855087 ISSN=2297-1769

2021

2021 French, F., Williams, L., Coe, J., Fernandez, E., Martin, C., Single, L. ReptileJam 2021: Designing Enrichment for Reptiles in Captivity. ZooJam workshop at Eight International Conference on Animal-Computer Interaction (ACI'21), Nov 08-11, Bloomington, Indiana, USA.
2021 French F., Mancini C., Sharp H. Concept Craft Cards. Technical Demo at Creativity and Cognition 2021, June 22-23, virtual event, Italy.
2021 French F., Hirsky-Douglas I., Väätäjä, H., Chisik, Y., Karl, S., Kasuga, H., Mangat, M., Nannoni, E., Paci, P., Pons, P., Vilker, D., Zamansky, A. Ethics and Power Dynamics in Playful Technology for Animals: Using speculative design to provoke reflection. Academic MindTrek 2021, June 1-3, Tampere, Finland. ACM ISBN 978-1-4503-8514-5/21/06.

2020

2020 French F., Hirsky-Douglas I., Väätäjä, H. Designing Technologies for Playful Interspecies Communication. Virtual workshop in the ACI 2020 conference (November 2020)
2020 French F., Mancini C., Sharp H. Eine Elefantenperspektive.Article in Tierstudien 18/2020. p111, eds Ullrich J. & S. Rieger ISSN: 2193-8504 / ISBN (Print): 978-3-95808-315-8 / ISBN (PDF): 978-3-95808-304-2
2020 French F., Mancini C., Sharp H. More than Human Aesthetics: Interactive Enrichment for Elephants. Paper at DIS 2020 (Designing Interactive Systems). July 2020, Eindhoven, Netherlands. Honorary Mention and Diversity and Inclusion Award.

2019

2019 French F, Baskin S, Gupfinger R, Webber S, Zamansky A. ZooJamming: Designing Beyond Human Experience. Paper at ICGJ 2019 (International Conference on Game Jams, Hackathons and Game Creation Events) March 2019, San Francisco, USA.

2018

2018 French F, Gupfinger R, Kendrick P. SoundJam 2018: Acoustic Design For Auditory Enrichment. Workshop in the ACI 2018 conference (December 2018, Atlanta).

2017

2017 French F, Baskin S, Cheok AD, Nannoni E, Wallace B, Zamansky A. FarmJam 2017: Designing enrichment for farm animals. Workshop in the ACI 2017 conference (November 2017). DOI: 10.1145/3152130.3152154 http://www.zoojam.org/farmjam
2017 French F, Mancini H, Sharp H. Exploring Research through Design in Animal-Computer Interaction. Paper at ACI 2017 (November 2017). DOI: 10.1145/3152130.3152147
2017 French F, Mancini C, Sharp H. High tech cognitive and acoustic enrichment for captive elephants. Journal of Neuroscience Methods Volume 300, 15 April 2018, Pages 173-183.

2016

2016 French F, Webber S, Campbell M, Kingston-Jones M, Schaller D. ZooJam: Don’t Cut to the Chase: Hunting Experiences for Zoo Animals and Visitors. Workshop proposal in the ACI 2016 conference.
2016 French F, Mancini C, Sharp H. Exploring methods for interaction design with animals: a case study with Valli. Paper at ACI 2016.
2016 French F, Mancini C, Sharp H. Playful UX for Elephants. Presented at Symposium: Animal-Computer Interaction at Measuring Behavior 2016.
2016 French F, Mancini C, Sharp H. Trunk-enabled Toys. Presented at CHI 2016 Workshop: HCI Goes to the Zoo.
2016 Webber S, Carter M, Watters J, Krebs B, Mancini C, Sherwen, S., French, F., O'Hara, K. HCI Goes to the Zoo. Workshop in the 2016 CHI Conference.

2015

2015 French F, Mancini C, Sharp H. Designing Interactive Toys for Elephants. CHI Play 15; Published in Proceedings of the 2015 Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play.

2014

2014 French F, Mancini C, Smith N, Sharp H. Designing Smart Toys for the Cognitive Enrichment of Elephants: Presented at AISB 2014 (Artifical Intelligence for the Simulation of Behaviour, Symposium on Intelligent Systems for Animals).

2012

2012 French F, Baker C, Raskob E, Rothwell N. The Life Project. Paper at Electronic Visualisation and the Arts (EVA 2012). DOI: 10.14236/ewic/EVA2012.21

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