Academic CV

Personal Information

Citizenship: Canada & USA

Contact Information

Email: jna.brown@gmail.com

Website: JNABrown

Research Interests

John NA Brown is a polymath, with degrees in the Arts, Social Sciences, Education, Applied Science, and Engineering. Following the forested path set by Mark Weiser, he combines these perspectives to make interaction with simple devices and complex systems more suitable for those of us who perceive the world through a human nervous system. “Anthropology-Based Computing” was the focus of his first two books with Springer, and drove his work on advancing practical applications of the Cocktail Party Effect in both Smart Homes and Smart Phones. He has spent nearly a decade modelling means by which to make AIs self-reflective, thus improving their ability to adapt and to interact with others. In an attempt to add scientific rigour to the vaguely-defined industrial practices of UX Research and Design, he has created a periodic table of heuristics and other tools that support the identification, mapping, measurement, and general quantification of qualitative data. He champions aspirational communication about science and engineering, as discussed in his third book with Springer, “Set Phasers to Teach,” and his ongoing seminars on the neuropsychology of video games. Having worked in Government, Industry, and Academia in half-a-dozen countries, most recently in California’s Bay Area as a consulting researcher for companies like Amazon and YouTube, Dr Brown has recently taken up a post as lecturer and research team leader in the School of Computing at Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen, Scotland.

Full-Time Employment in Academia

1. Lecturer in HCI and Games, in the School of Computing, at Robert Gordon University, in Aberdeen, Scotland (August 2023 - Present) 

2. Post-doctoral research lead for the “Anthropology-Based Computing” project in conjunction with Escola de Psicologia e Ciências da Vida (School of Psychology and Life Sciences) while a visiting scholar at COPELABS, at the Universidade Lusófona in Lisbon, Portugal (September-December 2014).

3. Visiting Researcher at the National Research Council of Canada in Fredericton, Canada (2004).

4. Lecturer in the Department of Multimedia Studies in the Faculty of Arts at the University of New Brunswick (2001-2003).

5. Department Head, Course Writer, and Instructor for the Animation Department at the College of the North Atlantic (2001).

6. Lecturer, Course Writer, and Staff Mentor for the Department of Animation at the New Brunswick Community College, Miramichi, Canada (September 1998-June 2000).

7. Elementary School Teacher for the French Immersion programme in Hamilton, Canada (1991-1993).

8. Founding International Professor and Lecturer in International Business English for the Graduate School of International Business at the University of Science and Technology Beijing (formerly known as the Beijing University of Iron and Steel Technology) (1986-1987).

Full-Time Employment in Industry

1. UX Researcher, Evolv AI in San Francisco, California (July 2019-August 2021).

3. UX Researcher for LinkedIn's User Experience Design Group in Sunnyvale, California (August 2018-March 2019).

4. UX Researcher for Google’s Cross-Advertiser User Experience Research team in San Bruno, California (December 2016-June 2017).

5. UX Expert at OutSystems in Lisbon, Portugal (December 2015-March 2016).

6.Human Factors Specialist, Aviation Safety Intelligence, for the Civil Aviation branch of Transport Canada (the Canadian Ministry of Transportation), in Ottawa, Canada (June 2008-June 2009).

7. Leader of the “Weapons Aide Memoire” project for the Combat Training Center of the Canadian Armed Forces, out of Base Gagetown, Canada (November 2005-November 2006).

8. Special Projects Director at Measurand, Inc, in New Brunswick, Canada (2003).

9. Manager of In-House Training of Native Staff at Mövenpick’s first hotel in Beijing, China (1987).

Consultancy Work in Academia and Industry (Excerpt)

1. Consulting Researcher in Silicon Valley, contracted through the BlinkUX agency.

Human Factors Assessment of the EU regulatory compatibility of the next generation entrance/exit turnstiles for Amazon stores (June-July 2022).

2. Consulting Researcher in Silicon Valley, contracted through the BlinkUX agency.

Ethnographic-style cognitive walkthrough/interviews supporting iteration of prototypes for YouTube’s new content flagging protocols (August-September 2022). 

3. Adjunct Lecturer teaching the annual seminar “Neuropsychology of Video Games” for the interdisciplinary Masters Programme in Games Studies and Engineering at Alpen-Adria Universität Klagenfurt, in Austria (Spring Semester in 2021 and 2022).

4. Adjunct Lecturer teaching the course “Einführung in das wissenschaftliche Arbeiten” (Introduction to Scientific Work) for the “Institut für Informatik-Systeme” (the Institute of Informatics Systems) in the “Fakultät für Technische Wissenschaften” (Faculty of Technical Sciences) at “Alpen-Adria Universität Klagenfurt” (Klagenfurt University), in Austria (March-July 2015).

5. UX Researcher III for Facebook’s Social Good and Goodwill team in Menlo Park, California (March-May 2018).

Education

1. PhD–Doktoratsstudium, Institute for Interactive Systems, Faculty of Engineering, Alpen-Adria Universität-Klagenfurt (Klagenfurt University), in Austria.

2. PhD, Technical Research Centre for Dependency Care and Autonomous Living,

School of Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (Barcelona Tech), in Spain.

3. Dott Ric, (“Dottorato di Ricerca” the Italian form of the PhD) Signal Processing and Telecommunications Group, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Biofisica ed Elettronica, Università degli Studi di Genoa (University of Genova), in Italy.

All three were awarded for the completion of a single programme of study through the Erasmus Mundus Joint Doctoral Program in Interactive & Cognitive Environments, sponsored by the EACEA Agency of the European Commission and Lakeside Labs in Austria, April 2014.

Thesis: “Unifying Interaction Across Distributed Controls In A Smart Environment: Using Anthropology-Based Computing To Make Human-Computer Interaction “Calm.””

Supervisors: Professor Martin Hitz, Professor Andreu Català Mallofré 

4. MSc in Ergonomics & Applied Biomechanics,

University of New Brunswick in Canada, 2004 Summa Cum Laude 

Thesis: “A new input device: comparison to three commercially available mouses”

Supervisor: Professor Wayne J. Albert

5. Bachelor of Education

Brock University in St Catharines, Canada, 1991 Summa Cum Laude

6. Bachelor of Arts in Linguistics

McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada, 1989 Magna Cum Laude

7. Honours Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology

McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada, 1986.

Languages

Fluent in English and French; conversant in Spanish, German, and Portuguese; intermediate-levels of Catalan and Mandarin Chinese (Putonghua).

Intellectual Property and Developed Tools

1. "Volumetric Slider On User Interface", Technical Disclosure Commons, 09/19/2017 http://www.tdcommons.org/dpubs_series/675

2. "Fade-up notifications for alerts, optional content, and advertising", Technical Disclosure Commons, 09/22/2017 http://www.tdcommons.org/dpubs_series/644

3. ABC Ringtones for unconscious recognition of callers and alarms 2014

4. Periodic Table of UX Heuristics 2013

5. User Journey Hazard mapping matrix for interventional triage 2013

6. SHIELD Matrix for identifying, ranking, and quantifying hazards 2013

7. SNARK multi-modal triple-modular redundancy controls for intuitive interfacing with the controls of a smart home 2013

8. BRAINS model of the triune brain 2013

9. zzAPP! Mobile phone game for testing the transmissibility of learned gestures 2013

10. Cross-Generational Habits 2011

11. Working full-body, bilateral kinetic and kinematic motion capture model 2003

12. Working kinetic and kinematic motion capture model of the spine and upper limb (shoulder, arm, wrist, and hand) 2002/2003

13. WON RING finger-mounted mouse replacement 2001

14. Fingertip-mounted mouse and stylus replacements 2001

Grants and Awards

1. 3-year, Category A Erasmus Mundus Joint Doctorate Fellowship, implemented by the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) of the European Commission, and funded by the private Austrian research centre Lakeside Labs, GmbH.  Grant of three years’ salary as well as funding for tuition, equipment, and summer school registration. Є165,300. 2011-2014

2. Time machine plenary session travel award, covering round trip to Australia, one week in a hotel, and conference admission to ACM’s International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME) in Melbourne. Approximate value of Є3000. 2012

3. Permanent donation to the Human Performance Lab, the Institute for Biomechanical Engineering, and the National Research Council at the University of New Brunswick, of a Jo-Ro e-Flat customizable ergonomic desk. Donated by JO-RO Manufacturing and The Wright Solutions, Inc., of Calgary, Canada. Equipment value of approximately $CAD 4000, plus shipping. 2004

4. Donation of each size of ergonomic ANIR mouse from 3M Canada. Value of approximately $CAD 600. 2003-2004

5. Renewable annual donation of software for the Maya Certification Lab at the Department of Multimedia Studies in the Faculty of Arts at the University of New Brunswick, from Alias/Wavefront, Toronto, Canada. Approximate value (over the two years) of $CAD 34000. 2002/2003 - 2003/2004

6. Sponsorship of four teaching certification courses for staff of the department of Multimedia Studies in the Faculty of Arts at the University of New Brunswick, from Alias/Wavefront, Toronto, Canada. Approximate value of $CAD 2000. 2002

7. Sponsorship of the new Maya Certification Lab at the Department of Multimedia Studies, in the Faculty of Arts at the University of New Brunswick,from Apple Canada, Toronto, Canada. This included 17 Powermac G4 Quicksilver dual-800 MHz models, with 256 MB of RAM, an 80 GB hard drive and a DVD-R drive, and a 23" Apple Cinema HD (1900x1200) display. $CAD 126399. 2002

8. Permanent donation and sponsorship of the department of animation at the College of the North Atlantic, including 16 new 02 workstations and 31 licensed operating systems and support, from Silicon Graphics, Inc. (SGI) , Milpitas, USA. $US 80000. 2001-2002

9. Donation of 93 professional certifications in Maya 3D animation software for the 31 students and three staff at the department of animation at the College of the North Atlantic, including fees and cost of providing two additional instructors, from Alias/Wavefront, Toronto, Canada. Approximate value of $CAD 20000. 2000

10. Permanent donation and sponsorship of 32 sets of software and hardware for the Community College of New Brunswick, including 32 new O2 workstations and 32 licensed operating systems and support, from Silicon Graphics, Inc. (SGI). This included the chance for our students to tour Eastern Canada on the SGI Magic Bus, during a promotional tour, and led to a long-term relationship with the company. $US 160000. 1998-1999

Memberships and Affiliations

1. ACM Professional Membership

2. IEEE Professional Membership

3. American Psychological Association

4. SIGGRAPH Pioneer Membership

5. SIGCHI Membership

6. SICSA Membership

7. Adjunct Lecturer with the Interdisciplinary Master’s Degree Programme in Game Studies and Engineering at Klagenfurt University

8. Erasmus Mundus Joint Doctoral Degree Consortium on Interactive and Cognitive Environments - First Class of Fellows, 2011-2014

9. CHI-AC Atlantic Canada Chapter of SIGCHI - Founding Fellow

10. Network of Centers of Excellence on The Mathematics of Information Technology and Complex Systems (MITACS NCE) Highly-Qualified Personnel (HQP) Fellowship

11. Network of Centers of Excellence on the Future of the Automobile (AUTO21) Highly-Qualified Personnel (HQP) Fellowship

Supervision of Students

1. Supervised 2 MSc candidates in their project on speech and clap detection in a noisy setting, based on the French Suite Home Project. Completed 2011. This led to their first international publication.

2. Supervised 2 MSc candidates in their project on recognition of incidental gestures using a smartphone accelerometer. Completed in 2011. This led to their first international publication.

3. Co-supervised 2 MSc candidates in their project to measure simulator sickness during passive observation of handheld projector interaction. Completed in 2011. This led to their first international publication.

Certifications

1. University Lecturer Accreditation - Catalan University Quality Assurance Agency (Agència per a la Qualitat del Sistema Universitari de Catalunya) 2020

2. System Safety/Safety Intelligence Specialist Certification - Transport Canada, Civil Aviation 2009

3. Minister’s Observer Accreditation - Transport Canada, Civil Aviation 2009

4. RANA Certificate in Facilitation: Processes, Techniques & Logistics - RANA Development, Inc 2008

5. Certificate in Human Factors Analysis and Classification System - Wiegmann, Shappell & Associates 2008

6. Certificate in HFIX (Human Factors Intervention matriX) - Wiegmann, Shappell & Associates 2008

7. Certificate of Recognition from the International Red Cross for services rendered during Operation: Grounded after the attacks on the USA on September 11th, 2001

8. Teacher Certification - Ontario College of Teachers 1991

9. Nonviolent Crisis Intervention - National Crisis Prevention Institute 1989

10. Level 1 Coaching Certification - Canadian Coaching Association 1987

Leadership in the Academic Community

1. Volunteer with the committee planning celebrations of the 50th Anniversary of the SIGGRAPH conference 2022-2023.

2. Reviewer for journals, conferences, workshops and books in the fields of Animation, Biomechanics, Ergonomics, Human-Computer Interaction, Human Factors, and Multimedia.

   1. Sensors 

   2. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

   3. Buildings

   4. Computers

   5. SASO 2019

   6. IxD&A - Special Issue on "Designing for Peripheral Interaction: seamlessly integrating interactive technology in everyday life"

   7. SouthCHI 2013

   8. ICME 2013

   9. QoMEX 2013

   10. ICMI 2012

   11. IRMA-HCI track 2005

   12. APE 2003

   13. SIGGRAPH Educator’s Program 2001

3. 2013 Organizing Committee Member for the MediaEval Multimedia Benchmarking Workshop in Barcelona, in the role of “trouble-shooter at large.”

4. DOMUS Transborder Research Initiative on the Smart Home - Founding Member 2013

5. Co-Founder of the Atlantic Canada Chapter of SIGCHI (CHI-AC) 2004

6. Organiser of the Workshop: "Introduction to 3D Modeling and Animation.” St. John's International Women's Film and Video Festival, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, 2001.

7. Session Chair: "Life Drawing and 3D Figure Modeling with MAYA.” Educator’s Program, International conference of the Special Interest Group in Computer Graphics and Interactive Systems (SIGGRAPH), Los Angeles, 2001.

Leadership in the Student Union

1. Student liaison to the EMJD ICE Consortium organising committee for the Students' day at the ICE Summer School on Signal Processing for Interactive and Cognitive Environments (SP-ICE), in Loano, Italy, 1-7 September 2012

2. Student Body President, Brock University Faculty of Education, Dundas Campus 1990/91

3. Vice-President of the Canadian National Men’s Student Athletic Council 1986/87

4. Student Council Representative for Social Sciences, McMaster University 1984/85

5. Captain of the Varsity Fencing Team 1983-1986

6. Editorial Cartoonist for the Silhouette, McMaster University’s Student Newspaper 1984 -1986

7. Writer and Illustrator, “Higher Edd” comic strip syndicated by Canadian University Press and published in student newspapers across Canada 1983-1986

Teaching

1. Modified and taught the graduate seminar, “Neuropsychology of Video Games” for the interdisciplinary Masters programme in Games Studies and Engineering at Alpen-Adria Universität Klagenfurt, in Austria (Spring Semester 2022).

2. Created and taught the graduate seminar, “Neuropsychology of Video Games” for the interdisciplinary Masters programme in Games Studies and Engineering at Alpen-Adria Universität Klagenfurt, in Austria (Spring Semester 2021).

3. “Einführung in das wissenschaftliche Arbeiten” (Introduction to Scientific Work) for the “Institut für Informatik-Systeme” (the Institute of Informatics Systems) in the “Fakultät für Technische Wissenschaften” (Faculty of Technical Sciences) at “Alpen-Adria Universität Klagenfurt” (Klagenfurt University), in Austria (March-July 2015).

4. Modified and co-taught the course, “Interaktive Systeme I” (Introduction to Interactive Systems), a foundational course for the Graduate Programme in Interactive Systems, at Alpen-Adria Universität Klagenfurt (2013).

5. “Seminar aus Angewandter Informatik” (Introduction to Research Methods) - co-taught with Professor Martin Hitz - for graduate students in the Interactive Systems Research Group at Alpen-Adria Universität Klagenfurt (2013).

6. “Research Methods in Applied Biomechanics - Introductory practical seminar in physiological, technological, procedural, and scientific parameters of biomechanical research” for doctoral candidates at the CEtPD research lab at Barcelona Tech (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (2012).

7. “Aus Angewandter Informatik” (Introduction to Research Methods) for graduate students in the Interactive Systems Research Group at Alpen-Adria Universität Klagenfurt (2011).

8. Created and taught the undergraduate course, “Introduction to the History and Techniques of 3D Animation” for the Department of Multimedia Studies in the Faculty of Arts at the University of New Brunswick (2002/2003)

9. Created and taught the undergraduate course, “Introduction to the History and Techniques of Animation” for the Department of Multimedia Studies in the Faculty of Arts at the University of New Brunswick (2001-2003)

10. “History of Animation” required, full-year (2 semester) course for the Animation Department at the New Brunswick Community College Miramichi (1998 & 1999)

Journal Papers

1. Brown, J. N. A., J. Oliveira, S. Bakker. (2015) “I Am Calm”: Towards a Psychoneurological Evaluation of ABC Ringtones. In Bakker, Hausen, van den Hoven and Selker (Eds) Special issue of IXD&A Journal on Designing for Peripheral Interaction: Seamlessly Integrating Interactive Technology in Everyday Life.

2. Brown, J. N. A. (2015) “Once More, With Feeling”: Using Haptics to Preserve Tactile Memories. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, 31(1), 65-71.

3. Leitner, G., M. Hitz, A. J. Fercher and John N. A. Brown. (2013). Aspekte der Human Computer Interaction im Smart Home. HMD Praxis der Wirtschaftsinformatik, 50(6), 37-47.

4. Brown, J. N. A., W.J. Albert, & J. Croll (2007). A New Input Device: Comparison to Three Commercially Available Mouses. Ergonomics, 50(2), 208-227.

Refereed Conference and Workshop Papers

1. Esterle, L., & Brown, J.N.A. (2020). I Think Therefore You Are: Models for Interaction in Collectives of Self-Aware Cyber-Physical Systems. ACM Transactions on Cyber-Physical Systems, 4(4), [39] 1-25.

2. Brown, J.N.A. and Esterle, L. (2020). I’m Already Optimal: The Dunning-Kruger Effect, Sociogenesis, and Self-Integration. International Workshop on Self-Improving Systems Integration. IEEE International Conference on Autonomic Computing and Self-Organizing Systems Companion (ACSOS-C).

3. Esterle, L. and Brown, J. N. A. (2020). The Competence Awareness Window: Knowing What I Can and Cannot Do. International Workshop on Self-Improving Systems Integration. IEEE International Conference on Autonomic Computing and Self-Organizing Systems Companion (ACSOS-C).

4. Brown, J.N.A. and Esterle, L. (2019). The Computer’s Conception of the World: Using the Psychology of Piaget and Vygotsky to Prevent Sociopathy in AIs. Workshop on Self-Aware Cyber-Physical Systems (SelPhyS 2019).

5. Barnes, C. M., Esterle, L., & Brown, J.N.A. (2019). "When You Believe in Things that You Don't Understand": the Effect of Cross-Generational Habits on Self-Improving System Integration. In 2019 IEEE 4th International Workshops on Foundations and Applications of Self* Systems (FAS* W) (pp. 28-31). IEEE.

6. Esterle, L., and Brown, J.N.A. (2018) Levels of Networked Self-Awareness. Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Self-adaptive and Self-Organizing Systems (SASOW 2018).

7. Brown, J. N. A., G. Leitner, M. Hitz and A. Català Mallofré. (2014, April). A Model of Calm HCI. In S Bakker, D Hausen, T Selker, E van den Hoven, A Butz, B Eggen (Editors) Peripheral Interaction: Shaping the Research and Design Space. Workshop at CHI2014, Toronto, Canada. ISSN: 1862-5207.

8. Brown, J. N. A., P. S. Bayerl, A. Fercher, G. Leitner, A. Català Mallofré, and M. Hitz. (2014, April). A Measure of Calm. In S Bakker, D Hausen, T Selker, E van den Hoven, A Butz, B Eggen (Editors) Peripheral Interaction: Shaping the Research and Design Space. Workshop at CHI2014, Toronto, Canada. ISSN: 1862-5207.

9. Brown, J.N.A., B. Kaufmann, F. J. Huber, K.-H. Pirolt, and M. Hitz. “… Language in Their Very Gesture” First Steps towards Calm Smart Home Input. In Holzinger and Pasi (Eds) “Human-Computer Interaction and Knowledge Discovery in Complex, Unstructured, Big Data” (pp. 256-264). Springer Berlin Heidelberg.

10. Brown, J.N.A., B. Kaufmann, F. Bacher, C. Sourisse, and M. Hitz (2013). "Oh, I Say, Jeeves!” A Calm Approach to Smart Home Input. In Holzinger and Pasi (Eds) Human-Computer Interaction and Knowledge Discovery in Complex, Unstructured, Big Data (pp. 265-274). Springer Berlin Heidelberg.

11. B. Kaufmann, P. Kozeny, S. Schaller, J. N. A. Brown, M. Hitz. (2012). May Cause Dizziness: Applying the Simulator Sickness Questionnaire to Handheld Projector Interaction. In Proceedings of the 26th Annual BCS Interaction Specialist Group Conference on People and Computers, pp. 257-261. British Computer Society.

12. Brown, J. N. A. (2012). Expert Talk for Time Machine Session: Designing Calm Technology “… as Refreshing as Taking a Walk in the Woods” IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo, vol. 1, pp. 423.

13. Brown, J. N. A., Wrigley, A., Sutherland, C. and Albert W. J. (2003). “Calculating Strain in Repetitive Lifting” AUTO21 National Conference on the Future of the Automobile, Windsor, Canada.

14. Brown, J. N. A., Wrigley, A., Sutherland, C. and Albert W. J. (2003). "The Constraints of Using an Optoelectric System in Multimodal Analysis" Atlantic Provinces Exercise Scientists Conference.

15. Wrigley, A., Sutherland, C, Albert, W.J., and Brown, J.N.A.. (2003). "Biomechanical Comparison of Dynamic and Static Motion Analysis: A Case Study" Atlantic Provinces Exercise Scientists Conference.

16. Brown, J. N. A., Wrigley, A. and Albert W. J. (2003). "A 3D Occupational Upper Body Model: Considerations For Manual Material Handling Tasks" 5th Annual Association of Canadian Ergonomists – Atlantic Region Conference.

17. Sutherland, C. Albert, W.J. and Brown, J.N.A. (2003). "Comparison of 3D Human Motion Analysis: Techniques in Occupational Biomechanics" Wrigley, 5th Annual Association of Canadian Ergonomists – Atlantic Region Conference.

18. Brown, J.N.A. (2003).  "That’s Gotta Hurt!! Using Motion Capture in Video Games" Skating Into the Future: 1st Annual National Hockey Conference.

19. Brown, John NA  (2003). “The Use of Motion Capture in Workplace Ergonomics.” The Mathematics of Information Technology and Complex Systems (MITACS) National Conference, Ottawa, Canada.

20. Brown, John NA and Albert, W. J. (2003).  "Computer Use CAN Be Comfortable.” The Association of Canadian Ergonomists Annual Conference, Banff, Canada.

21. Brown, John NA and Albert, W. J.  (2002). “A Human-Centered Approach to Computer Mouse Design” Joint Conference of The Institute of Industrial Engineers (Applied Ergonomics) & The Association of Canadian Ergonomists.

22. Brown, J.N.A. and Albert, W.J. (2002).  "Towards an Ergonomic Replacement for the Computer Mouse" 4th Annual Association of Canadian Ergonomists – Atlantic Region Conference.

Books

1. Rabitsch, S., Gabriel, M., Elmenreich, W., Brown, J.N.A., Eds (2018). Set Phasers to Teach! Star Trek in Research and Teaching. Springer, Cham.

2. Brown, J. N.A., Fercher, A. J., & Leitner, G. (2017). Building an Intuitive Multimodal Interface for a Smart Home-Hunting the SNARK. Springer Human-Computer Interaction Series, 1-78.

3. Brown, J.N.A. (2016) Anthropology-Based Computing: Putting the Human in Human-Computer Interaction, Springer Human-Computer Interaction Series, XXVII, 243.

Book Chapters and Encyclopedia Entries

1. Brown, J.N.A. (2020) Save Gamer. In Bektic, et al., (Eds) Mixed Reality and Games: Theoretical and Practical Approaches in Game Studies and Education (pp. 209-236).

2. Brown, J.N.A. (2018) "With A Wondrous Leap of the Imagination": Star Trek as Beacon and Compass, Introduction to Rabitsch et al. (Eds) Set Phasers to Teach! Star Trek in Research and Teaching (pp. ix-xiv). Springer, Cham.

3. Lux, M. and Brown, J.N.A. (2018) Playing Captain Kirk: Designing a Video Game Based on Star Trek, in Rabitsch et al. (Eds) Set Phasers to Teach! (pp. 125-135) Springer. Cham.

4. Leitner, G. and Brown, J.N.A. (2018) The Computer of the Twenty-Third Century: Real-World HCI Based on Star Trek, in Rabitsch et al. (Eds) Set Phasers to Teach! (pp. 51-61) Springer. Cham.

5. Brown, J.N.A. (2018) “Logic is the beginning of wisdom … not the end”: Using Star Trek to Teach Scientific Thinking, in Set Phasers to Teach! (pp. 161-172) Springer. Cham.

6. Brown, J.N.A. (2016) "...Unseen, Yet Crescive..." The Unrecognised History of Peripheral Interaction. In Bakker, Hausen, and Selker (Eds) “Peripheral Interaction: Challenges and opportunities for HCI in the periphery of attention” Springer.

7. Brown, J.N.A. (2015) Making Sense of the Noise: an ABC Approach to Big Data and Security. In Akhgar, et al. (Eds) “Application of Big Data for National Security, 1st Edition. A Practitioner’s Guide to Emerging Technologies”.

8. Brown, J. N. A., (2015). Non-Intentional Design, in C Edwards, (Editor), Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Design. London: Bloomsbury Academic.

9. Brown, J. N. A.(2015), The Von Restorff Effect, in C Edwards, (Editor), Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Design. London: Bloomsbury Academic.

10. Brown, J. N. A. (2015), Safety Design, in C Edwards, (Editor), Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Design. London: Bloomsbury Academic.

11. Brown, J. N. A. (2015), Health and Safety Design, in C Edwards, (Editor), Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Design. London: Bloomsbury Academic.

12. Brown, J. N. A.(2015), Expectation Effect, in C Edwards, (Editor), Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Design. London: Bloomsbury Academic.

13. Brown, J. N. A. (2015), Operant Conditioning, in C Edwards, (Editor), Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Design. London: Bloomsbury Academic.

14. Brown, J. N. A. (2015), Ethnographic Methods, in C Edwards, (Editor), Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Design. London: Bloomsbury Academic.

15. Brown, J. N. A. (2015), Hazard Analysis, in C Edwards, (Editor), Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Design. London: Bloomsbury Academic.

16. Brown, J. N. A. (2015), Animation, in C Edwards, (Editor), Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Design. London: Bloomsbury Academic.

17. Brown, J. N. A., Animation and Comic Strips, in Encyclopedia of Mathematics and Society Ed. SJ Greenwald and JE Thomley, Hackensack, NJ, Salem Press pp 49-51, 218-219, 582-584, 2011.

18. Brown, J. N. A. CGI, in Encyclopedia of Mathematics and Society Ed. SJ Greenwald and JE Thomley, Hackensack, NJ, Salem Press pp 49-51, 218-219, 582-584, 2011.

19. Brown, J. N. A. Martial Arts, in Encyclopedia of Mathematics and Society Ed. SJ Greenwald and JE Thomley, Hackensack, NJ, Salem Press pp 49-51, 218-219, 582-584, 2011.

Keynotes and Plenary Lectures

1. Brown, John N. A. "Save Gamer" Keynote Address at the Future and Reality of Games conference (FROG), during the “Vienna, City of Games” event in Vienna, Austria, October 2019.

2. Brown, John N. A. “‘Bigger On the Inside:’ A Timey-Wimey Talk About How & Why Our Brains Enjoy Doctor Who” Keynote lecture at the Portugal Timelord Academy conference hosted by the Faculty of Science, at the Universidade de Lisboa (University of Lisbon), 2014.

3. Brown, John N. A., “Introducing Anthropology-Based Computing.” Keynote Address to the International Work-Conference on Artificial Neural Networks (IWANN), Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife, June, 2013.

4. Brown, John N. A., “Designing Calm Technology “…as refreshing as taking a walk in the woods.” Time Machine Plenary Session Lecture at the IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME 2012), Melbourne, Australia, July, 2012.

5. Brown, John N. A., “Calm Down or Calm Up: How Should We Measure Calm Technology?” Keynote lecture at IEEE Region 8 Anniversary Member Event, hosted at the Malta Council for Science and Technology, Kalkara, Malta, October, 2012.

6. Brown, John N. A.,"A Lying Cheating, Egomaniac: Why Your Brain Doesn't Want You to Build a Better Website" Plenary presentation at UXCamp 2010, the first Canadian conference on UX, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada, 2010.

Invited Talks, Panels, and Guest Lectures (Not Peer-reviewed)

1. Roundtable discussion: “Star Trek as Interdisciplinary Practice; or How To Put the ‘A’ and an Additional ‘M’ in STE(A)M(M),” hosted at the Popularizing STEM: Science and Technology in 21st-Century US Popular Culture international conference, organised by the PopMeC Association for US Popular Culture Studies, November 16th, 2021.

2. Brown, John N. A. "Anxiety and Grief in the Spring of 2020" A series of 8 on-line lectures and discussions to help staff cope with the pandemic, presented at the request of the CEO of Evolv AI, San Francisco, April, 2020.

3. Brown, John N. A. “With A Wondrous Leap of the Imagination”: Star Trek as Beacon and Compass for Discovery" at Destination Star Trek Birmingham, October, 2019.

4. Rabitsch, Steve, Horáková, Erin K., and Brown, John N. A. "Set Phasers To Teach" panel discussion at Destination Star Trek Birmingham, October, 2019.

5. Esterle, Lukas and Brown, John N. A. "Building the Empathy Chip: A Guide to Our Cutting-Edge Work, Teaching Empathy to AIs" at Destination Star Trek Birmingham, October, 2019.

6. Rabitsch, Steve, Mittermeier, Sabrina, and Brown, John N. A. "Set Phasers To Teach" panel discussion in the “Teaching with Trek” lecture series at Star Trek Las Vegas, August, 201

7. Brown, John N. A. “My Ignorance Is Just As Good As Your Knowledge”: The intersection between Moore’s Law and the Dunning-Kruger Effect. Invited seminar at the Aston Lab for Intelligent Collectives Engineering (ALICE) at Aston University in Birmingham, England, 26 March, 2019.

8. Brown, John N. A. “Fun Isn’t Easy”: A few insights into making a game people will enjoy, Invited lecture at the opening of the 2nd Winter Game Jam, in Klagenfurt, Austria, December 14, 2018.

9. Brown, John N. A., "Not TV As We Know It”: Star Trek Had To Fit In Before It Could Break New Ground" Presentation on James Forsher’s panel: “Gene Roddenberry, Star Trek and the Integration of American Television,” at the Broadcast Education Association’s conference (BEA) in Las Vegas, April 24, 2017.

8. Brown, John N. A., “'Success is a Lousy Teacher': The Dangerous Seductions of Self-Deception in Management" Guest lecture in Professor P.S. Bayerl’s graduate course in Cross-Cultural Management (RSMME062), for the Faculty of Management at Erasmus University, in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 2015.

9. Brown, John N. A. “‘Big Data is Too Big:’ False Assumptions Involved in Collection, Processing and Application” Invited lecture at the COPELABS Technical Retreat, X-Factory, Lisbon, 2014.

10. Brown, John N. A. “Anthropology-Based Computing: Putting the Human in Human-Computer Interaction” Invited lecture in the C-BRAIN Lecture series, Universidade Lusòfona, Lisbon, 2014.

11. Brown, John N. A.  “My Computer Is So @!!# Stupid” - Recruitment lecture on behalf of the Faculty of Engineering of the Alpen-Adria Universitat Klagenfurt, offered to secondary school students at “Info-Tag der HTL-Lastenstraße” (Open House Day for Secondary School Students) 2013.

12. Brown, John N. A. “My Computer is So @!!# Stupid” - Recruitment lecture on behalf of the Faculty of Engineering of the Alpen-Adria Universitat Klagenfurt, offered to students from technical universities on “Tag der offenen Tür” (The Day of Open Doors for students from technical schools) 2013.

13. Brown, John N. A., “It’s as Easy as A.B.C.” Invited talk at Martha Larsen’s Multimedia Information Retrieval Lab, Delft University of Technology. Delft, Netherlands, July 11 2013.

14. Freitag, Daniela, Karmasin, Mathias, Pechriggl, Alice, and Brown, John N. A. "Karriere(n)" in der Wissenschaft? (Careers in Research?)” Podium discussion at “Tagung der Nachwuchswissenschaftlerinnen und -wissenschaftler (Day for Young Scientists)” - a plenary session panel to discuss career paths at the end of a day of presentations for and by graduands and recent graduates of the doctoral programmes at Alpen-Adria Universität-Klagenfurt, 30 September, 2013.

15. Bown, John N. A. “Keep Calm OR Carry On: Building Human-Centred Machines or Machine-Centred Humans” Closing lecture of the 2012 Telefonica Digital Inspirations Lecture Series, Barcelona, Spain 2012.

16. Brown, John N. A., “Be Calm and Carry On: Calm Technology as a Means of Mitigating Accidents and Errors.” Australia’s Information Communications Technology Research Centre of Excellence (NICTA), Sydney, Australia, July, 2012.

17. Brown, John N. A. “John NA Brown on Calm Technology” Invited talk at Dian Tjondronegoro’s Mobile Innovation Lab at the Queensland University of Technology, in Brisbane, 2012.

18. Brown, John N. A., “Cross-Generational Habit” Pecha Kucha presentation at Vienna Design Week, Vienna, Austria, November, 2011.

19. Brown, John N. A., "Werewolves, Giant Robots and Little Lost Children: Transformation IS Scary", invited presentation at the Vice-President's Retreat, People Branch, Canadian Air Transport Security Authority, Ottawa, 2010.

20. Brown, John N. A., "For Whom Do You Design?" Brown: Guest Lecture to Professor Lina Bonapace’s second year undergraduate class in Industrial Design, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada, 2010.

21. Brown:John N. A., "interDISTRaction: The VERY DANGEROUS TRUTH about multitasking" Presented at the third Pecha Kucha Night, Arts Court, Ottawa, 2010.

22. Brown:John N. A., "For Whom Do You Design?" Guest Lecture to second year undergraduate class in Industrial Design, Carleton University, Ottawa, 2010.

23. Brown:John N. A., "Creatures of Cross-Generational Habit" Presented at the first Ottawa Pecha Kucha Night, Arts Court, Ottawa, 2010.

24. Brown:John N. A., "Introduction to Human Factors in Civil Aviation" Presented as part of the Delegated Officers Official Training Program for Transport Canada, Civil Aviation, 2009 (Q&A in French and English).

25. Brown:John N. A., "Good Grief! Storytelling in Still and Moving Pictures"  Presented to the National Research Council of Canada, 2004.

26. Brown, John N. A., "My Computer is SO Demanding: Rethinking the Physical Requirements of Human Computer Interaction" Presented to the National Research Council of Canada, 2003.

27. Brown, John N. A., "An Historic and Linguistic Examination of the French Language in Canada" Public Lecture at the School of Graduate Studies, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, People’s Republic of China, 1986.