Professor Adrian Friday SFHEA
Professor of Computing and SustainabilityResearch Overview
Adrian Friday is Professor of Computing and Sustainability at Lancaster University. A Ubicomp pioneer, he has over 25 years’ experience developing, deploying and studying digital infrastructures embedded in everyday environments. His interdisciplinary projects focus on understanding how digital systems impact energy and carbon footprint, including: energy use in the home (EP/I00033X/1); thermal comfort using less energy; sustainable food choices (EP/K012738/1); sustainable transport infrastructure (EP/K012614/1), sustainable last-mile logistics (EP/N02222X/1; EP/S027726/1); and mining fine-grained industrial energy and contextual data using time-series statistical and ML techniques (EP/T025964/1). He is an advisor to the leading Ubicomp journal, IMWUT; and a member of the Royal Society ``Digital Technology and the Planet'' working group responsible for advising on policy for ICT toward sustainable digital society.
If you're interested in the systems or human factors concerning ubicomp, energy demand or computational sustainability, please do make contact. We're always looking for talented potential PhD students and RAs to join our team.
Career Details
Academic Qualifications:
Doctor of Philosophy (1996)
1st Class B.SC. Hons in Computer Science (University of London, 1991)
Employment:
Reader in Ubiquitous Computing and Sustainability (School of Computing and Communications), 2013-present.
Professional Role
Administrative Role:
Part 2 Tutor, Computer Science and Communications Undergraduate Programmes.
Professional Service:
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Ubicomp Joint Steering Committee 2006-2013
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Programme co-chair Ubicomp 2006, Pervasive 2009, Ubicomp 2014.
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International expert panel member Ubiquitous Oulu UBI-Challenge Dec 2010-present
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EPSRC college of peers, proposal reviewer 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012
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Invited programme committee member for numerous conferences and workshops, including ACM MobiHoc 2005, ACM MobiSys 2006; ACM Ubicomp 2007-8, 2010-11; Pervasive 2007; PerCom 2006, 2011
- Expert reviewer: CHI 2007, 2009-13; ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction (TOCHI); IEEE Pervasive Magazine; ACM International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing; IEEE Computer; International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services (MobileHCI); ACM Transactions on Mobile Computing; Journal of Software and Systems Modeling (SOSYM); Journal of Concurrency and Computation; IEEE Intelligent Systems Magazine; Journal Networked Applications; IEEE Communications Letters
PhD Supervision Interests
Interests in applying ubicomp sensing to conduct real world empirical experiments to uncover how everyday practices contribute to carbon externality and global warming, and how we might transform these using technological ubicomp interventions.
Selected Publications
Accounting for Energy-Reliant Services within Everyday Life at Home
Bates, O., Clear, A., Friday, A., Hazas, M., Morley, J. 18/06/2012
Conference contribution/Paper
Ubiquitous Computing Systems
Bardram, J., Friday, A. 2009 In: Ubiquitous Computing Fundamentals. CRC Press p. 37-94. 58 p. ISBN: 978-1-4200-9360-5.
Chapter
Democratizing ubiquitous computing: a right for locality
Weise, S., Hardy, J., Agarwal, P., Coulton, P., Friday, A., Chiasson, M. 2012
Conference contribution/Paper
Ubicomp systems at 20: progress, opportunities, and challenges
Caceres, R., Friday, A. 01/2012 In: IEEE Pervasive Computing. 11, 1, p. 14-21. 8 p.
Journal article
All Publications
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Reimagining digital research infrastructure in environmental science for a sustainable future
01/01/2025 → 31/12/2027
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DSI: Reducing the Global ICT Footprint via Self-adaptive Large-scale (DCMS Supplement)
01/12/2022 → 31/05/2023
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DSI: Learning from the Big Picture: Applying Responsible Innovation to the Net Zero Research Infrastructure transformation (ARINZRIT)
01/09/2022 → 19/05/2023
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“What if you were controlled by all these apps?” - challenging indifference toward essential gig economy courier work.
01/05/2021 → 30/11/2022
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Can we improve building management and reduce carbon footprint through a mesh network of indoor air quality sensors?
01/01/2021 → 01/01/2024
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Reducing End Use Energy Demand in Commercial Settings Through Digital Innovation
01/01/2021 → 30/09/2025
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Future Places: A Digital Economy Centre on Understanding Place Through Pervasive Computing
01/10/2020 → 28/02/2026
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Digitally transforming deliveries and collections in the gig-economy: fairer and more sustainable last mile parcel logistics
01/09/2019 → 31/05/2022
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DSI: Energy in Schools
01/03/2018 → 30/01/2020
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Freight Traffic Control 2050: transforming the energy demands of last-mile urban freight through collaborative logistics
01/04/2016 → 30/08/2019
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Cyber Security of the Internet of Things
29/02/2016 → …
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Cyber Security of the Internet of things
28/02/2016 → 31/08/2019
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Behaviours that Stick: Exploring emotional design of sustainable behaviours that stick
01/04/2014 → 31/12/2014
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RECALL: Enchanced Human Memory Recall
01/11/2013 → 31/10/2016
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Encouraging low carbon food shopping with ubicomp interventions
29/06/2013 → 30/04/2015
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Supporting Sustainable Transport Infrastructure Maintenance (Research in the Wild)
30/04/2013 → 31/01/2015
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Informing Energy Choices Using Ubiquitous Sensing
18/01/2011 → 28/06/2013
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FP7: PD-NET
01/05/2010 → 31/07/2013
Research
AI and the Future of Marketing: Incorporating Responsible AI Innovation
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar
Speaker at Energy Systems Catapult Seminar
Invited talk
TalkTalk's Making Sense of Sustainability for SMEs
Invited talk
IEEE Computer Society 2024 Best Paper Award
Prize (including medals and awards)
IEEE Computer Society 2021 Best Paper Award
Prize (including medals and awards)
Lancaster Intelligent, Robotic and Autonomous Systems Centre, LIRA - Smart Cities and Mobility
- DSI - Environment
- Energy Lancaster
- MSF Supervisors 2019/20
- Network and Systems
- Pentland Centre
- Pervasive Systems (SCC)
- Sustainable Computing