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Patrick Olivier

Patrick Olivier

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Computer Science
Australia
2025

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Computer Science

D-Index
63
Citations
14549
World Ranking
2775
National Ranking
79

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Computer Science in Australia Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Computer Science in Australia Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Computer Science in Australia Leader Award

Overview

Patrick Olivier is affiliated with Monash University in Australia, where their research spans multiple interdisciplinary fields related to health, technology, and social sciences. Their work predominantly falls within the domain of Medicine, with a strong focus on subfields such as General Health Professions, Clinical Psychology, Human-Computer Interaction, Sociology and Political Science, and Information Systems.

Olivier's research incorporates key topics including Innovative Human-Technology Interaction, Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development, ICT in Developing Communities, Circadian Rhythm and Melatonin, Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development, Child Development and Digital Technology, and Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research.

Their publications have appeared frequently in several venues, notably:

  • Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction
  • Designing Interactive Systems Conference
  • Médecine Nucléaire
  • JMIR Formative Research
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Patrick Olivier include:

  • "Day and night light exposure are associated with psychiatric disorders: an objective light study in >85,000 people" (2023) - Nature Mental Health
  • "Experimental study and in-situ FBG monitoring of process-induced strains during autoclave co-curing, co-bonding and secondary bonding of composite laminates" (2020) - Composites Part A Applied Science and Manufacturing
  • "Objective assessment of sleep regularity in 60 000 UK Biobank participants using an open-source package" (2021) - SLEEP
  • "Integrating Health Technologies in Health Services for Syrian Refugees in Lebanon: Qualitative Study" (2020) - Journal of Medical Internet Research
  • "Brighter nights and darker days predict higher mortality risk: A prospective analysis of personal light exposure in >88,000 individuals" (2024) - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Collaborations have been a significant aspect of Olivier's work, partnering frequently with other researchers such as Ling Wu, Joshua Paolo Seguin, Delvin Varghese, Tom Bartindale, and Marie B. H. Yap, each contributing to multiple joint publications.

Best Publications

  • Accuracy of the Microsoft Kinect sensor for measuring movement in people with Parkinson’s disease

    Brook Galna;Gillian Barry;Daniel Jackson;Dadirayi Mhiripiri

  • Digits: freehand 3D interactions anywhere using a wrist-worn gloveless sensor

    David Kim;Otmar Hilliges;Shahram Izadi;Alex D. Butler

  • An Age-Old Problem: Examining the Discourses of Ageing in HCI and Strategies for Future Research

    John Vines;Gary Pritchard;Peter Wright;Patrick Olivier

  • Configuring participation: on how we involve people in design

    John Vines;Rachel Clarke;Peter Wright;John McCarthy

  • Feature learning for activity recognition in ubiquitous computing

    Thomas Plötz;Nils Y. Hammerla;Patrick Olivier

  • Engaging older people using participatory design

    Stephen Lindsay;Daniel Jackson;Guy Schofield;Patrick Olivier

  • Multi-Touch Surfaces: A Technical Guide

    J Schöning;P Brandl;F Daiber;F Echtler

  • The mobile fitness coach: Towards individualized skill assessment using personalized mobile devices

    Matthias Kranz;Andreas MöLler;Nils Hammerla;Stefan Diewald

  • Empathy, participatory design and people with dementia

    Stephen Lindsay;Katie Brittain;Daniel Jackson;Cassim Ladha

  • Camera Control in Computer Graphics

    Marc Christie;Patrick Olivier;Jean Marie Normand

  • Making design probes work

    Jayne Wallace;John McCarthy;Peter C. Wright;Patrick Olivier

  • "We've bin watching you": designing for reflection and social persuasion to promote sustainable lifestyles

    Anja Thieme;Rob Comber;Julia Miebach;Jack Weeden

  • Retraining function in people with Parkinson’s disease using the Microsoft kinect: game design and pilot testing

    Brook Galna;Daniel Jackson;Guy Schofield;Roisin McNaney

  • Multi-touch authentication on tabletops

    David Kim;Paul Dunphy;Pam Briggs;Jonathan Hook

  • A design-led inquiry into personhood in dementia

    Jayne Wallace;Peter C. Wright;John McCarthy;David Philip Green

  • Syrian Refugees and Digital Health in Lebanon: Opportunities for Improving Antenatal Health

    Reem Talhouk;Sandra Mesmar;Anja Thieme;Madeline Balaam

  • Ambient kitchen: designing situated services using a high fidelity prototyping environment

    Patrick Olivier;Guangyou Xu;Andrew Monk;Jesse Hoey

  • Questionable concepts: critique as resource for designing with eighty somethings

    John Vines;Mark Blythe;Stephen Lindsay;Paul Dunphy

  • Digital Civics: Citizen Empowerment With and Through Technology

    Vasillis Vlachokyriakos;Clara Crivellaro;Christopher A. Le Dantec;Eric Gordon

  • Leaving the wild: lessons from community technology handovers

    Nick Taylor;Keith Cheverst;Peter Wright;Patrick Olivier

  • Viewpoint: empowering communities with situated voting devices

    Nick Taylor;Justin Marshall;Alicia Blum-Ross;John Mills

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Wright
Peter Wright Newcastle University
John Vines
John Vines Northumbria University
Thomas Plötz
Thomas Plötz Georgia Institute of Technology
Antonio Krüger
Antonio Krüger German Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence
Mark Blythe
Mark Blythe Northumbria University
Andrew Monk
Andrew Monk University of York
Andreas Butz
Andreas Butz Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Johannes Schöning
Johannes Schöning University of St. Gallen
Peter Robinson
Peter Robinson University of Cambridge
Otmar Hilliges
Otmar Hilliges ETH Zurich

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