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Barry Brown is a Professor at Stockholm University's Department of Computer and Systems Sciences. He leads the Stockholm Technology & Interaction Research (STIR) group, which combines technologists and social scientists to research and build new digital technologies within the Human-Computer Interaction field.
His research interests include Human-Computer Interaction, Mobile Technology, Wearable Computing, and the social aspects of autonomous vehicles. Brown's work uniquely combines computer science with social sciences to study and design technology for both work and leisure settings. His recent research has utilized video methods to examine mobile phone use, smartwatch interactions, and drivers' experiences with self-driving cars.
Barry Brown's publications reveal a strong focus on context-aware interaction, particularly in wearable technologies and autonomous vehicles. His research shows how social context significantly influences technology use, with findings on how presence of others, activity type, location, and time of day affect interaction patterns. His work bridges technical design with social understanding, examining how people integrate new technologies into everyday life.
Barry Brown has authored the book "Enjoying Machines" (MIT Press, 2015) and edited "The SAGE handbook of digital technology research" (Sage, 2013). He currently leads research projects on "implicit interaction" and critical approaches to security in the Internet of Things.
His current research projects include "AI in motion," which studies the social order of traffic when artificial and human intelligence meet on the road, and "From Tracking to Hacking," which explores how people interact with sleep technology outside normative schedules.
