
Professor Kenton O'Hara
PhD, BSc
Current positions
Professor of Human-Computer Interaction
School of Computer Science
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Biography
Research interests
I have a broad interest in understanding interactions between humans and digital technologies, and using this to develop new technologies that usefully transform social and work practices.
Most recently, the focus of the research has been in the application of AI and digital technolpogies in healthcare settings to help reduce clinical burden and improve patient outcomes. This has included AI applications in computational pathology, medical image analysis in surgery, radiotherapy planning, personal health monitoring in chronic care sysyems and predictive analytics in hospital care. The research adopts a socio-technical perspective and considers the interaction of ML based systems, clinical stakeholders and patients to achieve effective outcomes in a responsible and ethical manner.
Beyond healthcare settings, I have broader interests in the future of hybrid work and how AI and digital technology are transforming the landscape of work across a variety of industries. In particular the research seeks to explore these shifts and their implications by developing new systems that can be evaluated in real world contexts.
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
LEAP Flex Fund - Prioritising Allocation of Scarce Perinatal Pathology Resource with ML-Assisted Placenta Pathology Screening
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of Computer ScienceDates
01/12/2024 to 30/11/2025
Publications
Recent publications
23/09/2023Framing Machine Learning Opportunities for Hypotension Prediction in Perioperative Care: A Socio-Technical Perspective
ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction
Intraoperative prediction of postanaesthesia care unit hypotension
British Journal of Anaesthesia
FoodWorks
Proceedings of the NordiCHI 2014
Quick and Dirty
Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, CSCW
Group interaction on interactive multi-touch tables by children in India
Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children