Dr Paul Coulton

Coulton
Senior Lecturer
Digital Design, Game Design, Design Fiction, UX Design, Play, Toys, Mobile, Gameful Design, Fun, Interaction Design, Bricolage, Storytelling
+44 (0) 1524 510393
p [dot] coulton [at] lancaster [dot] ac [dot] uk

Paul has a background as a game designer, programmer, and hardware designer and now spends his time subverting perfectly good technology for his own amusement to create novel games, playful experiences, and toys. His research often encompasses an ‘in the wild' evaluation methodology utilising 'app stores' and social networks as an experimental platform. Paul was selected as one of 50 most talented mobile developers worldwide from a community of over 2 million to be a founding Nokia Champion and the first academic invited to speak at the mobile section of the Game Developers Conference. Paul is the founder of the Mobile Radicals UX design group and you can checkout their current work on YouTube.

“Play is the highest form of research.” - Albert Einstein

"Games are the most elevated form of investigation" -Albert Einstein

Updates and Outcomes

ScareBot goes to Wray Scarecrow Festival

ScareBot goes to Wray Scarecrow Festival

ScareBot unveiled at the 2013 Wray Scarecrow Festival

During the May bank holiday weekend our design and development of ScareBot was revealed at the 2013 Wray Scarecrow Festival. Standing nearly 2.5 meters tall ScareBot is an interactive digital scarecrow designed with the help of the children...Read full update

ScareBot takes shape

ScareBot takes shape

Down in the lab scarebot rises from the slab!

Having spent Easter laser cutting the components for scarebot its great to see it taking shape from the workbench. The next stage will be wiring up the Android tablet, Raspberry Pi, and Arduino to power all the interactive components. ...Read full update

ScareBot construction

ScareBot construction

Fabrication of main digital scarecrow parts done!

Over Easter the main construction and fabrication of the digital scarecrow (scarebot) made significant progress with all the major body parts laser cut and assembled. The next stage will be to assemble and acrylic weld the body before adding...Read full update

Using NFC Check-ins to Crowd curate Music Preferences

OutcomeConference Paper

The paper introduces a novel approach to the crowd curation of ambient music played in venues facilitated by NFC enabled check-ins. The system is know as ‘CheckinDJ’ and utilises NFC enabled objects that are linked to individual users social network accounts to create a music playlist for the venue...More information

Local Trade-Local Wealth NFC cards

Local Trade-Local Wealth NFC cards

Local Trade – Local Wealth NFC cards.

Today we took delivery of the first batch of Catalyst project Local Trade – Local Wealth NFC cards. These will enable customers to register their trades with members of ESTA in Lancaster during the system alpha trials that will commence shortly. The...Read full update

The Peoples Republic of Monsters

OutcomeConference Paper

Paper presented at Performing Monstrosity in the City, 1st September 2012, Queen Mary, University of London. ...More information

ScareBot goes to Wray Scarecrow Festival

ScareBot goes to Wray Scarecrow Festival

ScareBot unveiled at the 2013 Wray Scarecrow Festival

During the May bank holiday weekend our design and development of ScareBot was revealed at the 2013 Wray Scarecrow Festival. Standing nearly 2.5 meters tall ScareBot is an interactive digital scarecrow designed with the help of the children...Read full update

ScareBot takes shape

ScareBot takes shape

Down in the lab scarebot rises from the slab!

Having spent Easter laser cutting the components for scarebot its great to see it taking shape from the workbench. The next stage will be wiring up the Android tablet, Raspberry Pi, and Arduino to power all the interactive components. ...Read full update

ScareBot construction

ScareBot construction

Fabrication of main digital scarecrow parts done!

Over Easter the main construction and fabrication of the digital scarecrow (scarebot) made significant progress with all the major body parts laser cut and assembled. The next stage will be to assemble and acrylic weld the body before adding...Read full update

Local Trade-Local Wealth NFC cards

Local Trade-Local Wealth NFC cards

Local Trade – Local Wealth NFC cards.

Today we took delivery of the first batch of Catalyst project Local Trade – Local Wealth NFC cards. These will enable customers to register their trades with members of ESTA in Lancaster during the system alpha trials that will commence shortly. The...Read full update

Ubicomp'12 paper

Paper accepted for Ubicomp'12

Paper titled ' Democratizing ubiquitous computing – a right for locality', based on Sebastian's Phd research has been accepted for the 14th ACM International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing to be held from September 5-8, 2012 in  Pittsburgh,...Read full update

Local Trade-Local Wealth prototype testing with ESTA

Articleby Paul Coulton
Local Trade-Local Wealth prototype testing with ESTA

Local Trade is a Catalyst launch pad to create a system which records trading patterns within the local trading economy of Lancaster. We are working with Lancaster Ethical Small Traders Association (ESTA) to create a prototype system using NFC enabled phones and cards to help record the local trading economy. Last night we demonstrated the first prototype to the ESTA group and will be incorporating some suggested changes before ‘in the wild’...Read full article

Books

S60 Programming: A Tutorial Guide.. / Coulton, Paul ; Edwards, Reuben ; Clemson, Helen.

Wiley and Symbian Press, 2007. 328 p.

Research output : Book/Report/Proceedings › Book

Book Chapters

Talk, technologies and teenagers : understanding the school journey using the mixed-methods approach.. / Walker, Marion ; Whyatt, J. Duncan ; Pooley, Colin G. ; Davies, Gemma ; Coulton, Paul ; Bamford, Will.

Researching Young People. ed. / Amanda Coffey; Thomas Hall. Vol. 1 London : Sage, 2011. p. 141-161.

Research output : Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Chapter

Intelligent Mobility Systems : Some Socio-technical Challenges and Opportunities. / Buscher, Monika ; Coulton, Paul ; Efstratiou, Christos ; Gellersen, Hans ; Hemment, Drew ; Mehmood, Rashid ; Sangiorgi, Daniela .

Communications Infrastructure: Systems and Applications in Europe. ed. / Rashid Mehmood; Eduardo Cerqueira; Radoslaw Piesiewicz; Imrich Chlamtac. Berlin : Springer, 2009. p. 140-152 (Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering; 3).

Research output : Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Chapter

Exploiting the Phone Hardware.. / Coulton, Paul ; Chehimi, Fadi.

Games on the Symbian OS. ed. / Jo Stitchbury. Wiley and Symbian Press, 2008. p. 175-216.

Research output : Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Chapter

RFID and NFC on Mobile Phones.. / Coulton, Paul ; Rashid, Omer ; Edwards, Reuben .

RFID Handbook: Applications, Technology, Security and Privacy. ed. / Syed Ahson; Mohammad Ilyas. CRC Press, 2008. p. 375-391.

Research output : Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Chapter

Mobile Games: Challenges and Opportunities.. / Coulton, Paul ; Bamford, William; Chehimi, Fadi ; Edwards, Reuben ; Gilbertson, Paul; Rashid, Omer.

Advances in Computers. ed. / Marvin Zelkowitz. Vol. 69 Academic Press, 2007. p. 191-242 (Advances In Computers ).

Research output : Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Chapter

Using In-built RFID/NFC, Cameras, and 3D Accelerometers as Mobile Phone Sensors.. / Coulton, Paul ; Bamford, William; Chehimi, Fadi; Gilbertson, Paul; Rashid, Omer.

Mobile Phone Programming. ed. / Frank Fitzek; Frank Reichert. Springer, 2007. p. 381-396.

Research output : Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Chapter

The UK'S Game Industry. / Edwards, Reuben ; Coulton, Paul .

Embracing the Challenge,Exploiting the Opportunities: Building a World Class IT Profession in the Era of Global Sourcing. Swindon : British Computer Society, 2006. (Report by the British Computer Society).

Research output : Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Chapter

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Other Book Contributions

Challenges in Geocoding Socially-Generated Data. / Huck, Jonny ; Whyatt, Duncan ; Coulton, Paul .

Proceedings of the GIS Research UK 20th Annual Conference: Volume 1 - Presentations. ed. / Duncan Whyatt; Barry Rowlingson. Vol. 1 Lancaster : Lancaster University, 2012. p. 39-45.

Research output : Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Conference contribution

Fostering off-line interactions through local ubicomp systems: The case of urban development. / Weise, Sebastian ; Hardy, John ; Agarwal, Pragya ; Coulton, Paul ; Friday, Adrian ; Chiasson, Mike .

UbiComp '12 Proceedings of the 2012 ACM Conference on Ubiquitous Computing. New York : ACM, 2012. p. 804-805.

Research output : Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Conference contribution

PAC-LAN: the human arcade.. / Rashid, Omer; Bamford, William ; Coulton, Paul ; Edwards, Reuben .

ACE '06 Proceedings of the 2006 ACM SIGCHI international conference on Advances in computer entertainment technology. New York : ACM, 2006.

Research output : Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Other chapter contribution

Providing Channel Information to Turbo Decoders. / Coulton, Paul ; Honary, Bahram .

Proceedings of the International Conference of Telecommunications (ICT’98), Porto Carras, Greece, 21-25 June 1998. Porto Carras, Greece, 1998. p. 59.

Research output : Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Conference contribution

Journal Articles

Revealing the Participation Inequality in Mobile Location Based Games. / Lund, Kate ; Coulton, Paul ; Wilson, Andrew.

In: Computers in Entertainment (CIE) , 2013.

Research output : Contribution to journal › Journal article

Designing Scalable Location Based Games that Encourage Emergent Behavior : Special issue on Ambient and Social Media Business and Application (Part I). / Lund, Kate ; Lochrie, Mark ; Coulton, Paul .

In: International Journal of Ambient Computing and Intelligence (IJACI) , Vol. 4, No. 4, 2012, p. 1-20.

Research output : Contribution to journal › Journal article

Investigating user experiences with spatial and temporal context-aware applications to support mobile virtual learning environments. / Benachour, Phillip ; Crane, Laura ; Coulton, Paul .

In: International Journal of Mobile Learning and Organisation , Vol. 6, No. 1, 06.06.2012, p. 38-51, 4.

Research output : Contribution to journal › Journal article

Student Experiences with Mobile Electronic Updates from a Virtual Learning Environment. / Crane, Laura ; Benachour, Phillip ; Coulton, Paul .

In: International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning (IJMBL) , Vol. 4, No. 3, 2012.

Research output : Contribution to journal › Journal article

Experimenting Through Mobile ‘Apps’ and ‘App Stores’. / Coulton, Paul ; Bamford, William.

In: International Journal of Mobile Human-Computer Interaction , Vol. 3, No. 4, 10.2011, p. 55-70.

Research output : Contribution to journal › Journal article

Understanding the school journey : integrating data on travel and environment.. / Pooley, Colin G. ; Whyatt, J. Duncan ; Walker, Marion ; Davies, Gemma ; Coulton, Paul ; Bamford, Will.

In: Environment and Planning A , Vol. 42, No. 4, 2010, p. 948-965.

Research output : Contribution to journal › Journal article

Mobile Kinetic and Physiological Interaction for Persuasive Health. / Coulton, Paul ; Garcia Wylie, Carlos.

In: International Journal of Ubiquitous Computing (IJUC) , Vol. 1, No. 1, 2010, p. 29-34.

Research output : Contribution to journal › Journal article

Talk, technologies and teenagers : understanding the school journey using a mixed-methods approach.. / Walker, Marion ; Whyatt, J. Duncan ; Pooley, Colin G. ; Davies, Gemma ; Coulton, Paul ; Bamford, Will.

In: Children's Geographies , Vol. 7, No. 2, 05.2009, p. 107-122.

Research output : Contribution to journal › Journal article

3D Space-Time Visualization of Player Behaviour in Pervasive Location-Based Games.. / Coulton, Paul ; Bamford, William ; Cheverst, Keith ; Rashid, Omer.

In: International Journal of Computer Games Technology , Vol. 2008, 05.2008, p. 1-5.

Research output : Contribution to journal › Journal article

Using a Mobile Phone as a “Wii-like” Controller for Playing Games on a Large Public Display.. / Vajk, Tamas ; Coulton, Paul ; Bamford, Will ; Edwards, Reuben .

In: International Journal of Computer Games Technology , Vol. 2008, No. n/a, 01.2008, p. n/a, 539078.

Research output : Contribution to journal › Journal article

Using a Camera Phone as a Mixed-Reality Laser Cannon.. / Chehimi, Fadi ; Coulton, Paul ; Edwards, Reuben .

In: International Journal of Computer Games Technology , Vol. 2008, 03.2008, p. 1-6.

Research output : Contribution to journal › Journal article

Evolution of 3D mobile games development.. / Chehimi, Fadi ; Coulton, Paul ; Edwards, Reuben .

In: Personal and Ubiquitous Computing , Vol. 12, No. 1, 01.2008, p. 19-25.

Research output : Contribution to journal › Journal article

Providing location based information/advertising for existing mobile phone users.. / Rashid, Omer ; Coulton, Paul ; Edwards, Reuben .

In: Personal and Ubiquitous Computing , Vol. 12, No. 1, 01.2008, p. 3-10.

Research output : Contribution to journal › Journal article

Using 'Tilt' as an Interface to control 'No Button' 3-D Mobile Games.. / Gilbertson, Paul ; Coulton, Paul ; Chehimi, Fadi; Vajk, Tamas.

In: Computers in Entertainment (CIE) , Vol. 6, No. 3, 09.2008, 38.

Research output : Contribution to journal › Journal article

Teaching embedded programming through mobile games development in Symbian.. / Edwards, Reuben ; Coulton, Paul .

In: International Journal of Electrical Engineering Education , Vol. 44, No. 4, 10.2007, p. 307-318.

Research output : Contribution to journal › Journal article

Providing the skills required for innovative mobile game development using industry/academic partnerships.. / Edwards, Reuben ; Coulton, Paul .

In: ITALICS, The Journal of the Higher Education Academy Subject Centre for Information and Computer Sciences , Vol. 5, No. 3, 10.2006, p. 1-8.

Research output : Contribution to journal › Journal article

Extending Cyberspace:Location Based Games Using Cellular Phones.. / Rashid, Omer; Mullins, Ian ; Coulton, Paul ; Edwards, Reuben .

In: Computers in Entertainment (CIE) , Vol. 4, No. 1, 01.2006, p. 1-18.

Research output : Contribution to journal › Journal article

PAC-LAN: Mixed reality gaming with RFID enabled mobile phones. / Rashid, Omer; Bamford, Will ; Coulton, Paul ; Edwards, Reuben ; Scheible, Jurgen.

In: Computers in Entertainment (CIE) , Vol. 4, No. 4, 01.10.2006, p. 1-17.

Research output : Contribution to journal › Journal article

Multi-user MIMO CDMA systems using complete complementary sequences.. / Khirallah, C. ; Coulton, Paul ; Rashvand, P.; Zein, N.

In: IEE Proceedings - Communications , Vol. 153, No. 4, 01.08.2006, p. 535-540.

Research output : Contribution to journal › Journal article

Creating Entertainment Applications for Cellular Phones.. / Coulton, Paul ; Rashid, Omer ; Edwards, Reuben ; Thompson, Robert.

In: Computers in Entertainment (CIE) , Vol. 3, No. 3, 07.2005, p. 1-12.

Research output : Contribution to journal › Journal article

Aiding student conceptualisation of the mobile channel and the operation of a RAKE receiver using a project developed in SIMULINK®.. / Coulton, Paul ; Khirallah, Chadi ; Edwards, Reuben .

In: International Journal of Electrical Engineering Education , Vol. 42, No. 3, 07.2005, p. 211-222.

Research output : Contribution to journal › Journal article

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Other Journal Contributions

SKYLANDERS: Near Field in Your Living Room Now. / Coulton, Paul .

In: Ubiquity: The Journal of Pervasive Media , 10.2012, p. 136-138.

Research output : Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review

Conference Contributions

The Peoples Republic of Monsters. / Coulton, Paul ; Wilson, Andrew.

2012. Paper presented at Performing Monstrosity in the City, London, United Kingdom.

Research output : Contribution to conference › Conference paper

Towards Collaboratively Mapped Multi-View Mobile Augmented Reality. / Copic Pucihar, Klen ; Coulton, Paul .

2011. Paper presented at 1st Workshop on Mobile Augmented Reality: Design Issues and Opportunities (Mobile HCI 2011) , Stockholm, Sweden.

Research output : Contribution to conference › Conference paper

Using Infra-Red Beacons as Unobtrusive Markers for Mobile Augmented Reality. / Burnett, Daniel ; Coulton, Paul .

2011. Paper presented at 1st Workshop on Mobile Augmented Reality: Design Issues and Opportunities (Mobile HCI 2011) , Stockholm, Sweden.

Research output : Contribution to conference › Conference paper

The fluidity of the ‘magic circle’ : using playful interventions in the design process. / Wood, Richard Tempest ; Coulton, Paul ; Cruickshank, Leon .

2011. Paper presented at 5th DiGRA : Think Design Play, Utrecht, Netherlands.

Research output : Contribution to conference › Conference paper

Mobile social gaming. / Coulton, Paul ; Copic Pucihar, Klen; Bamford, William.

2008. Paper presented at Workshop on Social Interaction and Mundane Technologies 2008, Cambridge, UK,.

Research output : Contribution to conference › Conference paper

IMS Based Mobile Presence Service.. / Lei, Zhang ; Coulton, Paul .

2008. Paper presented at Future Mobile Experiences: next generation mobile interaction and contextualization, Workshop at NordiCHI, Lund, Sweden,.

Research output : Contribution to conference › Conference paper

Mud, Mobiles and a Large Interactive Display.. / Coulton, Paul ; Bamford, William ; Edwards, Reuben .

2008. Paper presented at Public and Situated Displays to Support Communities Workshop OzCHI 2008, Cairns, Australia,.

Research output : Contribution to conference › Conference paper

Noisy school kids : using GPS in an urban environment.. / Whyatt, J. Duncan ; Davies, Gemma ; Walker, Marion ; Pooley, Colin G. ; Coulton, Paul ; Bamford, Will.

2008. Paper presented at GISRUK 2008, Manchester Metropolitan University,.

Research output : Contribution to conference › Conference paper

Supporting (Mobile) User Experience at a Rural Village ‘Scarecrow Festival’: A Formative Study of a Geolocated Photo Mashup Utilising a Situated Display. / Cheverst, Keith ; Coulton, Paul ; Bamford, William; Taylor, Nick.

2008. Paper presented at Mobile Interaction in the Real World, Amsterdam,.

Research output : Contribution to conference › Conference paper

Mobilazer: A Mixed-Reality First-Person Shoot-Em-Up Using Camera Phones.. / Chehimi, Fadi ; Coulton, Paul ; Edwards, Reuben .

2007. Paper presented at The Third International Conference on Games Research and Development 2007 (CyberGames 2007), Manchester, UK,.

Research output : Contribution to conference › Conference paper

A Surrealist Inspired Mobile Multiplayer Game: Fact or Fish?. / Bamford, Will ; Coulton, Paul ; Edwards, Reuben .

2006. Paper presented at 1st World Conference for Fun 'n Games, Preston, UK,.

Research output : Contribution to conference › Conference paper

Mobslinger: The Fastest Mobile in the West.. / Clemson, Helen ; Coulton, Paul ; Edwards, Reuben ; Chehimi, Fadi.

2006. Paper presented at 1st World Conference for Fun 'n Games, Preston, UK,.

Research output : Contribution to conference › Conference paper

Running with the PAC.. / Coulton, Paul ; Rashid, Omer; Bamford, William ; Edwards, Reuben .

2006. Paper presented at 1st World Conference for Fun 'n Games, Preston, UK,.

Research output : Contribution to conference › Conference paper

Mobslinger: Creating Urban Outlaws.. / Coulton, Paul ; Clemson, Helen ; Edwards, Reuben .

2006. Poster session presented at 5th International Conference on Entertainment Computing, Cambridge, UK,.

Research output : Contribution to conference › Poster

‘Getting it up’ with mobile virtual graffiti.. / Coulton, Paul ; Rashid, Omer; Garner, Philip.

2006. Poster session presented at 5th International Conference on Entertainment Computing, Cambridge, UK,.

Research output : Contribution to conference › Poster

A Novel 3D Game API for Symbian OS Smartphones.. / Chehimi, Fadi ; Coulton, Paul ; Edwards, Reuben .

2006. Paper presented at The Fourth Annual International Conference in Computer Game Design and Technology, Liverpool, UK,.

Research output : Contribution to conference › Conference paper

Delivering 3D advertising to mobile phones.. / Chehimi, Fadi ; Coulton, Paul ; Edwards, Reuben .

2006. Paper presented at IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics, Las Vegas, USA,.

Research output : Contribution to conference › Conference paper

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Patents

Non Contact Cable Testing. / Peyton, Anthony (Inventor) ; Coulton, Paul (Inventor) ; Mackin, Robert (Inventor) ; John, Kelly (Inventor).

Patent No.: US7705606.

Research output : Patent

Themes

Key Projects

BARTERBARTER BARTER moBile sociAl netwoRking supporTing local Ethical tRading
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CheckinDJCheckinDJ CheckinDJ The first crowdsourcing jukebox to use NFC technolog.
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