Dr James Denholm-Price
Faculties, deparments and locations
- Faculty of Engineering, Computing and the Environment
- Department of Computer Science
- Department of Networks and Digital Media
- School of Computer Science and Mathematics
- Penrhyn Road
Associate Professor and Head of Department (Computer Science)
About
I am Associate Professor in Mathematics & Computing and currently Head of the Department of Computer Science.
Recently at Kingston I have been Head of Department since 2019, Faculty Learning & Teaching Director (Associate Dean, Learning & Teaching) from 2022 to 2024, and Course Leader for MSc Data Science. Prior to that, I served two terms as elected academic member of the University's Board of Governors and engaged in collaborative research with colleagues and PhD students across the faculty in speech technologies, databases (supporting research in HIV and parasitology) and statistics (working with Professor Fielder and colleagues). I have also run projects with industry, including two InnovateUK "Knowledge Transfer Partnerships" (KTPs) with local SMEs and have research interests in pedagogy and technology-enhanced learning using e-assessment and other technologies in computing and mathematics education.
Before Kingston, I completed my BSc (in maths with astrophysics) and PhD (in dynamical meteorology) at Queen Mary University, London, a postdoc research post in Antarctic meteorology at the University of Sheffield and a research scientist post in Predictability and Ensemble Forecasting at the UK Met Office.
Qualifications
- BSc (Hons) Mathematics with Astrophysics
- PhD Dynamical Meteorology
- PGCTLHE
- SFHEA
Domains
I am a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA). The School of CSM adopted a general approach to teaching and learning of problem-centred learning in a recent course review, a broad direction of travel that the School's Management Group and I (as the School's Learning and Teaching Director at the time) defined. Personally I rely less on "lectures" per se and more on flipped learning, peer instruction and problem-centred classes (workshops and tutorials). I have been teaching in Higher Education at foundation (level 3), undergraduate (level 4,5,6) and postgraduate (level 7) for nearly 20 years in total.
Qualifications
- Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA)
Course director
Courses taught
I am principally interested in education research with interests in how people learn how to program, pedagogies appropriate to computing and maths subjects, electronic assessment (e-assessment) and technology-enhanced learning (TEL) in general, although I also work with colleagues in research projects where expertise in statistical software, data management & modelling, and mathematical modelling are required, and have contributed to projects in microbiology, parasitology, e-business and public health.
From 2022 to 2024, alongside my substantive role as Head of Department, I was Faculty Director of Learning and Teaching (Associate Dean, L&T), with responsibility for Faculty strategy and activities in the broad L&T domain across the Faculty of Engineering, Computing and the Environment. As Head of the Department of Computer Science I have responsibility for the suite of Computer Science and Mathematics courses. The staff in the School teach and conduct research & enterprise activities across the gamut of our subjects so the Heads of the two Departments and the Head of School manage the staff as a team, although I'm formally "line manager" for about half the School. Prior to becoming Head of Department, I was the School Learning & Teaching Director, with responsibility for the School's approach to the student experience, and Faculty Learning and Teaching coordinator prior to that.
University responsibilities
- Faculty Education Committee and Faculty Recruitment Committee (Chair)
- Faculty Leadership Team (FLT, Member)
- Faculty Appeals and Complaints (Associate Dean)
- University Education Committee (Member)
- University Regulatory Framework Committee (Member)
Publications
Classroom response systems : inclusion, attainment and active learning
Orwell, Suzan, Denholm-Price, James and Butt, Egle, 2020, New Directions in the Teaching of Physical Sciences (15), 1
Enhancing automatic speech recognition for mathematical applications via incremental parsing
Isaac, Marina, Pfluegel, Eckhard, Hunter, Gordon and Denholm-Price, James, 2018, Proceedings of the Institute of Acoustics (40), 1, pp 342-349
Does group assessment impact BME attainment?
Hill, Natasha, Denholm-Price, James, Atkins, Nigel, Tojal Dourado, Luis, Nimoh, Owuraku and Page, Nigel, 2016, New Directions in the Teaching of Physics (11), 1
Novel multi-modal tools to enhance disabled and distance learners’ experience of mathematics
Attanayake, D.R., Hunter, G. J. A., Pfluegel, E. and Denholm-Price, J. C. W., 2013, International Journal on Advances in ICT for Emerging Regions (ICTer) (6), 1
TalkMaths - developing a speech user-interface for spoken mathematics
Pfluegel, Eckhard, Denholm-Price, James C. W., Hunter, Gordon J. A. and Attanayake, Dilaksha, 2011, MSOR Connections (11), 2, pp 44-46
Cattle, weather and water: mapping Escherichia coli O157:H7 infections in humans in England and Scotland
Money, P., Kelly, A.F., Gould, S.W.J, Denholm-Price, J., Threlfall, E.J. and Fielder, M., 2010, Environmental Microbiology (12), 10, pp 2633-2644
An alternative methodology for the prediction of adherence to anti HIV treatment
Thompson, Richard, Bidgood, Penelope, Petroczi, Andrea, Denholm-Price, James C.W. and Fielder, Mark D., 2009, AIDS Research and Therapy (6), 9
Using Automatic Speech Recognition to Dictate Mathematical Expressions: The Development of the 'TalkMaths' Application at Kingston University
Wigmore, Angela, Hunter, Gordon, Pfluegel, Eckhard, Denholm-Price, James and Binelli, V, 2009, Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching (28), 2, pp 177 - 189
The 'KU-Talk' Project at Kingston University - a Speech-Driven User-Computer Interface for Use in a University Environment
Denholm-Price, J.C.W., Hunter, G.J.A., Jalan, S, Pfluegel, E. and Wigmore, A.M, 2008, Proceedings of the Institute of Acoustics (U.K.) (30), 1, pp 37-41
Statistical analysis of HIV-patient data from central Europe: lessons from a three-centre study
Thompson, R.I., Bidgood, P., Petroczi, A., Denholm-Price, J. and Fielder, M., 2008, European Infectious Disease (2), 1, pp 52-56
"Talk to the Machine : it's listening - but the hand ain't typing !" The Development of the "KU-Talk" and "TalkMaths" Speech Interfaces at Kingston University
Wigmore, A.M, Hunter, G.J.A., Pfluegel, E., Jalan, S and Denholm-Price, J.C.W., 2008, Proceedings of the Institute of Acoustics (U.K.) (30), 2, pp 654 - 661
Can an ensemble give anything more than Gaussian probabilities?
Denholm-Price, J.C.W., 2003, Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics, 6, pp 469-475
A climatological study of internal gravity waves in the atmospheric boundary layer overlying the Brunt Ice Shelf, Antarctica.
Rees, J.M., Denholm-Price, J.C.W., King, J.C. and Anderson, P.S.A., 2000, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences (57), 4, pp 511-526
Detecting waves using an array of sensors
Denholm-Price, J.C.W. and Rees, J. M., 1999, Monthly Weather Review (127), 1, pp 57-69
A practical example of low-frequency trend removal.
Denholm-Price, J.C.W. and Rees, J.M., 1998, Boundary-Layer Meteorology (86), 1, pp 181-187
Random forest explorations for URL classification
Weedon, Martyn, Tsaptsinos, Dimitris and Denholm-Price, James (2017). In: ., ., (ed.), 2017 International Conference On Cyber Situational Awareness, Data Analytics And Assessment (Cyber SA). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.
Interactive error correction using statistical language models in a client-server interface for editing mathematical text
Attanayake, D, Hunter, G, Pfluegel, E and Denholm-Price, J (2012). In: Langdon, Patrick, (eds.), Clarkson, John, (eds.), Robinson, Peter, (eds.), Lazar, Jonathan, (eds.) and Heylighen, Ann, (eds.), Designing inclusive systems: designing inclusion for real-world applications. London, U.K.: Springer, pp 125-132
"Let them TalkMaths!": developing an intelligent system to assist disabled people to learn and use mathematics on computers through a speech interface.
Wigmore, Angela, Hunter, Gordon, Pfluegel, Eckhard, Denholm-Price, James and Binelli, V (2009). In: Callaghan, Vic, (eds.), Kameas, Achilles, (eds.), Reyes, Angélica, (eds.), Royo, Dolors, (eds.) and Weber, Michael, (eds.), Intelligent environments 2009: proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Intelligent Environments, Barcelona 2009. Amsterdam: IOS Press
A machine learning based approach to analyse player performance in T20 cricket internationals
Jadwani, Yash, Denholm-Price, James and Hunter, Gordon(2023). In: 10th MathSport International Conference 2023, 26-28 Jun 2023 :Budapest, Hungary
Zoomable online outliners for learning and teaching in STEM : a case for consideration
Mostafa, Marwa, Denholm-Price, James, Clarke, Charles and Pfluegel, Eckhard(2020). In: Kingston University Festival of Learning 2020, 23 Jun 2020 :Kingston upon Thames, U.K. (Held online)
Exploring differential attainment by assessment type in mathematics, chemistry and life sciences
Denholm-Price, James, Page, Nigel, Williams, Neil and Dourado, Luis(2019). In: Horizons in STEM Higher Education Conference : Making Connections and Sharing Pedagogy, 03 - 04 July 2019 :Kingston-upon-Thames, U.K.
Staff and student perceptions of clickers from three years of faculty-wide deployment.
Denholm-Price, James and Orwell, Suzan(2019). In: Horizons in STEM Higher Education Conference : Making Connections, Innovating and Sharing Pedagogy, 03 - 04 Jul 2019 :Kingston, U.K.
Using Zoomable Online Outliners in STEM education
Bailey, Naomi, Denholm-Price, James and Pfluegel, Eckhard(2019). In: Horizons in STEM Higher Education Conference : Making Connections and Sharing Pedagogy, 03 - 04 Jul 2019 :Kingston upon Thames, U.K.
Novel tools for teaching students : fighting "Death by Powerpoint"
Pfluegel, Eckhard and Denholm-Price, James(2019). In: Festival of Learning 2019, 25 Jun 2019 :Kingston, U.K.
Creating inclusive assessment practices in the age of the commuting student
Page, Nigel, Hughes, Annie, Hill, Natasha and Denholm-Price, James(2018). In: Simply Better : Researching Assessment Practices – Improving Student Outcomes, 13 Sep 2018 :Southampton, U.K.
Addressing the BME attainment gap : exploring differential attainment by assessment type in mathematics, chemistry and life sciences
Denholm-Price, James, Page, Nigel, Williams, Neil and Tojal Dourado, Luis(2018). In: CETL-MSOR 2018 : Evidencing Excellence in the Mathematical Sciences, 05 - 06 Sep 2018 :Glasgow, U.K.
Developing more inclusive and fairer assessment practices in relationship to group work in the biosciences
Page, Nigel, Usman, Salman, Denholm-Price, James, Eastwood, Jonathan and Hill, Natasha(2018). In: Evolving molecular bioscience education, 12-13 Apr 2018 :Chester, U.K.
Improving Automatic Speech Recognition for Creation and Editing of Mathematical Text through Incremental Parsing
Isaac, Marina, Pfluegel, Eckhard, Hunter, Gordon, Denholm-Price, James, Attanayake, Dilaksha and Coter, Guillaume(2017). In: UK Speech Conference 2017, 11 - 12th Sep 2017 :Cambridge, U.K.
Can we derive useful "analytics" from clicker response data?
Denholm-Price, James, Orwell, Suzan and Sloan, Peter(2017). In: HEA Annual Conference 2017 - Generation TEF : Teaching in the spotlight, 04-06 Jul 2017 :Manchester, U.K.
The effectiveness of TEL interventions on BME attainment gap
Orwell, Suzan and Denholm-Price, James(2017). In: HEA Annual Conference 2017 - Generation TEF : Teaching in the spotlight, 04-06 Jul 2017 :Manchester, U.K.
Introducing mindful teaching and learning at Kingston
Pfluegel, Eckhard and Denholm-Price, James(2017). In: Festival of Learning 2017, 19 Jun 2017 :Kingston Upon Thames, U.K.
Analysing students’ response times with classroom response systems
Denholm-Price, James, Orwell, Suzan and Soan, Peter(2016). In: CETL-MSOR Conference 2016 : “A Brave New World”, 06-07 Sep 2016 :Loughborough, U.K.
Can group assessments enhance BME attainment?
Hill, Natasha, Denholm-Price, James, Page, Nigel, Atkins, Nigel, Dourado, Luis, Forty, Cass and Nimoh, Owuraku(2016). In: Horizons in STEM Higher Education Conference 2016: Making Connections and Sharing Pedagogy, 30 Jun - 01 Jul 2016 :Leicester, U.K.
Clicker response timings and their association with grades.
Denholm-Price, James, Orwell, Suzan and Soan, Peter(2016). In: Horizons in STEM Higher Education Conference : Making Connections and Sharing Pedagogy, 30 Jun - 01 Jul 2016 :Leicester, U.K.
Improving automatic speech recognition for mobile learning of mathematics through incremental parsing
Issac, Marina, Pfluegel, Eckhard, Hunter, Gordon, Denholm-Price, James, Attanayake, Dilaksha and Coter, Guillaume(2016). In: Proceedings of Symposium on Future Intelligent Educational Environments and Learning (SOFIEE’16), September 2016 :London, U.K.
First year engagement using clickers
Denholm-Price, James, Orwell, Suzan and Soan, Peter(2015). In: CETL-MSOR Conference 2015: Sustaining Excellence, 09-10 Sep 2015 :London, U.K.
Opening-up education : promoting active learning with students and staff
Denholm-Price, James, Orwell, Suzan and Soan, Peter(2015). In: Association for Learning Technology Annual Conference 2015 (ALT-C 2015) Shaping the Future of Learning Together, 08 – 10 Sep 2015 :Manchester, U.K.
Keeping your threads untangled : an intelligent system for semi-automatically organising corporate messages by content
Hunter, Gordon, Denholm-Price, James, Michel, Thomas, Yardley, John and Fox, David(2015). In: 11th International Conference on Intelligent Environments (IE'15), 15-17 Jul 2015 :Prague, Czech Republic
Hunter, Gordon, Denholm-Price, James, Michel, Thomas, Yardley, John and Fox, David(2015). In: 11th International Conference on Intelligent Environments (IE'15): Workshops (The 4th International Workshop on Smart Offices and Other Workplaces (SOOW‘15)), 13-14 Jul 2015 :Prague, Czech Republic
Intuitive NUIs for speech editing of structured content (Work in progress)
Isaac, Marina, Pfluegel, Eckhard, Hunter, Gordon and Denholm-Price, James(2015). In: Psychology of Programming Interest Group Annual Conference 2015, 15 - 17 Jul 2015 :Bournemouth, U.K.
TalkMaths over the Web - A web-based speech interface to assist disabled people with Mathematics
Attanayake, D., Denholm-Price, J., Hunter, G. and Pfluegel, E.(2014). In: 40th Anniversary Conference of the Institute of Acoustics, 15-16 Oct 2014 :Birmingham, U.K.
Mathematics eAssessment using Numbas: experiences at Kingston with a partially 'flipped' classroom
Denholm-Price, James and Soan, Peter(2014). In: HEA STEM Annual Learning and Teaching Conference 2014, 30 Apr – 01 May 2014 :Edinburgh
Setting and marking poster assignments to promote student-tutor engagement
Denholm-Price, James and Soan, Peter(2014). In: HEA STEM Annual Learning and Teaching Conference 2014, 30 Apr – 01 May 2014 :Edinburgh
Using statistical language models and edit distance metrics for prediction and error correction in a novel interface for mathematical text
Attanayake, Dilaksha, Hunter, Gordon, Pfluegel, Eckhard and Denholm-Price, James(2013). In: UK Speech Conference, 17-18 Sept 2013 :Cambridge, UK
A novel web-based tool to enhance learning of mathematical concepts
Hunter, G., Attanayake, D., Denholm-Price, J. and Pfluegel, E.(2012). In: International Conference on Advances in ICT for Emerging Regions (ICTer), 13 - 14 Dec 2012 :Colombo, Sri Lanka
Intelligent assistive interfaces for editing mathematics
Attanayake, D.R., Hunter, G. J. A., Denholm-Price, J. C. W., Pfluegel, E. and Wigmore, Angela(2012). In: 1st Workshop on Future Intelligent Educational Environments (WOFIEE’12), 26-27 June 2012 :Guanajuato, Mexico
SWIMS (Speech-based Web Interface for Mathematics using Statistical language models): An intelligent editing assistant for mathematical text
Attanayake, Dilaksha, Pfluegel, Eckhard, Hunter, Gordon and Denholm-Price, James(2012). In: 8th International Conference on Intelligent Environments, 26 - 29 June 2012 :Guanajuato, Mexico
Interactive error correction using statistical language models in a client-server interface for editing mathematical text
Attanayake, D, Hunter, G, Pfluegel, E and Denholm-Price, J(2012). In: CWUAAT: 6th Cambridge Workshop on Universal Access and Assistive Technology, 27-29 Mar 2012 :Cambridge, U.K.
Layout for learning: designing an interface for students learning to program
Badri, Suzan, Denholm-Price, James and Orwell, James(2011). In: 3rd International Conference on Computer Supported Education (CSEDU), 06-09 May 2011 :Noordwijkerhout, Netherlands
Evaluating and improving the TalkMaths speech interface for dictating and editing mathematical text
Wigmore, Angela, Pfluegel, Eckhard, Hunter, Gordon, Denholm-Price, James, Colbert, Martin and Attanayake, Dilaksha(2010). In: 5th European Workshop on Mathematical and Scientific E-Contents, 9 Sept - 11 Sept 2010 :Salamanca, Spain
TalkMaths better ! evaluating and improving an intelligent interface for creating and editing mathematical text
Wigmore, Angela, Pfluegel, Eckhard, Hunter, Gordon, Denholm-Price, James and Colbert, Martin(2010). In: 2010 Sixth International Conference on Intelligent Environments, 19-21 Jul 2010 :Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
TalkMaths: a speech user interface for dictating mathematical expressions into electronic documents
Wigmore, Angela, Hunter, Gordon, Pfluegel, Eckhard and Denholm-Price, James(2009). In: SLaTE 2009: ISCA International Workshop on Speech and Language Technology in Education, 03-05 Sep 2009 :Warwickshire, U.K.
TalkMaths : A speech user interface for dictating mathematical expressions into electronic documents
Wigmore, A.M., Hunter, G.J.A., Pfluegel, E. and Denholm-Price, J.C.W.(2009). In: 2nd ISCA Workshop of Speech and Language Technology in Education (SLaTE 2009), 3-5 Sept 2009 :Wroxall, Warwickshire, U.K.
"Let them TalkMaths !" Developing an intelligent system to assist disabled people to learn and use mathematics on computers through a speech interface : the TalkMaths and VoiceCalc systems
Wigmore, A., Hunter, G., Pfluegel, E., Denholm-Price, J. and Binelli, V.(2009). In: 5th International Conference on Intelligent Environments, 20-21 Jul 2009 :Barcelona, Spain
Speech recognition and mathematics: Development of the "TalkMaths" application at Kingston University.
Denholm-Price, James, Hunter, Gordon, Pfluegel, Eckhard and Wigmore, Angela(2008). In: 4th European Workshop on Mathematical and Scientific e-Contents, 11-13 Sept 2008 :Trondheim, Norway
The development of the "TalkMaths" speech interface at Kingston University
Wigmore, Angela, Hunter, Gordon, Pfluegel, Eckhard and Denholm-Price, James(2008). In: UK Speech - One-day meeting for young speech researchers, 16 July 2008 :Guildford, U.K.
Predicting Response to Antiretroviral Treatments in HIV Patients - the EuResist Project
Bidgood, Penelope, Denholm-Price, James, Fielder, Mark, Petróczi, Andrea and Thompson, Richard(2007). In: Statistics in Public Policy-Making: Hope vs. Reality, 16 -20 Jul 2007 :York, U.K.
Can an ensemble give anything more than Gaussian probabilities?
Denholm-Price, J. C. W. and Mylne, K. R.(2002). In: EGS XXVII General Assembly, 21 - 26 Apr 2002 :Nice, France