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2025

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Computer Science

D-Index
79
Citations
21011
World Ranking
1154
National Ranking
68

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Computer Science in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Computer Science in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Computer Science in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2014 - ACM Fellow For contributions to ubiquitous computing, and computer supported cooperative work.

Overview

Tom Rodden is affiliated with the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the field of Computer Science, with a focus on subfields such as Signal Processing, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Transportation.

Themes central to their work include:

  • Time Series Analysis and Forecasting
  • Smart Grid Energy Management
  • Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis

Rodden has contributed to scholarly literature through publications in venues such as the Journal of Data Science and arXiv (Cornell University). Two recent papers include:

  • "A Method for Evaluating Options for Motif Detection in Electricity Meter Data," published in 2021 in the Journal of Data Science
  • "A method for evaluating options for motif detection in electricity meter data," published in 2020 on arXiv (Cornell University)

Their frequent co-authors include Ian Dent, Tony Craig, and Uwe Aickelin.

Tom Rodden's contributions to the field have been recognized with the ACM Fellow award in 2014, cited for work in ubiquitous computing and computer supported cooperative work.

Best Publications

  • Moving out from the control room: ethnography in system design

    John Hughes;Val King;Tom Rodden;Hans Andersen

  • Ethnographically-informed systems design for air traffic control

    R. Bentley;J. A. Hughes;D. Randall;T. Rodden

  • The human experience [of ubiquitous computing]

    G.D. Abowd;E.D. Mynatt;T. Rodden

  • Collaborative virtual environments

    Steve Benford;Chris Greenhalgh;Tom Rodden;James Pycock

  • Exploiting space and location as a design framework for interactive mobile systems

    Alan Dix;Tom Rodden;Nigel Davies;Jonathan Trevor

  • Smart grids, smart users? The role of the user in demand side management

    Murray Goulden;Benjamin D. Bedwell;Stefan Rennick-Egglestone;Tom Rodden

  • At home with the technology: an ethnographic study of a set-top-box trial

    Jon O'Brien;Tom Rodden;Mark Rouncefield;John Hughes

  • Domestic Routines and Design for the Home

    Andy Crabtree;Tom Rodden

  • Dynamo: a public interactive surface supporting the cooperative sharing and exchange of media

    Shahram Izadi;Harry Brignull;Tom Rodden;Yvonne Rogers

  • Populating the application: a model of awareness for cooperative applications

    Tom Rodden

  • Exploiting Context in HCI Design for Mobile Systems

    K. Cheverst;Nigel Davies;Alan Dix;T. Rodden

  • From interaction to trajectories: designing coherent journeys through user experiences

    Steve Benford;Gabriella Giannachi;Boriana Koleva;Tom Rodden

  • A survey of CSCW systems

    Tom Rodden

  • Reflecting human values in the digital age

    Abigail Sellen;Yvonne Rogers;Richard Harper;Tom Rodden

  • Uncomfortable interactions

    Steve Benford;Chris Greenhalgh;Gabriella Giannachi;Brendan Walker

  • Being Human: HCI in the Year 2020.

    R Harper;T Rodden;Y Rogers;A Sellen

  • The role of ethnography in interactive systems design

    John Hughes;Val King;Tom Rodden;Hans Andersen

  • Designing with Care: Adapting Cultural Probes to Inform Design in Sensitive Settings

    G Dewsbury;J Hughes;K Cheverst;K Clarke

  • Principles of robotics: regulating robots in the real world

    Margaret Boden;Joanna Bryson;Darwin Caldwell;Kerstin Dautenhahn

  • Being Human: Human-Computer Interaction in the Year 2020

    Richard Harper;Tom Rodden;Yvonne Rogers;Abigail Sellen

  • Working with “constant interruption”: CSCW and the small office

    Mark Rouncefield;John A. Hughes;Tom Rodden;Stephen Viller

  • Collaborative virtual environments

    Elizabeth F. Churchill;David N. Snowdon;Alan J. Munro

Frequent Co-Authors

Andy Crabtree
Andy Crabtree University of Nottingham
Steve Benford
Steve Benford University of Nottingham
Ian Sommerville
Ian Sommerville University of St Andrews
Chris Greenhalgh
Chris Greenhalgh University of Nottingham
Sarvapali D. Ramchurn
Sarvapali D. Ramchurn University of Southampton
Mark Rouncefield
Mark Rouncefield Lancaster University
Nicholas R. Jennings
Nicholas R. Jennings Loughborough University
Uwe Aickelin
Uwe Aickelin University of Melbourne
Richard Mortier
Richard Mortier University of Cambridge
Pete Sawyer
Pete Sawyer Aston University

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