Sheep Dalton

Sheep Dalton (Nick Dalton) is Associate Professor in Computer and Information Sciences at Northumbria University, specializing in human-computer interaction with particular focus on spatial cognition and large-scale interfaces.

Education includes:

• PhD in Engineering
• Postgraduate Certificates in Online Education and Higher Education Teaching

Research examines:

• Architecture-computing interfaces
• Wayfinding behavior in built environments
• Neurodiversity in interaction design
• Public display systems

Publications demonstrate interdisciplinary approaches combining architecture, psychology and computing, with recent work on isovist network analysis and building data interfaces.

Awards and honors:

• BAFTA Game Beyond Entertainment Award
• Webby Award Winner (Social Impact category)
• Creative Circle Gold Awards (2017)

Current projects examine body-movement interfaces at standing workstations and diabetes management interfaces. Founding member of NORSC (Northumbria social computing) research group.