DDD SYSTEMS & Dr. Dan Diaper. Curriculum Vitae – my academic work was my life.
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1. Personal Details
Name Dr.
Dan Diaper, Ph.D., MBCS CITP.
Address
Telephone +44 (0)1202 523172
Email ddiaper@ntlworld.com
Date of birth May 9th. 1955
Nationality British
Marital status Married
with adult daughter
2. Educational and Professional
Qualifications
1973-76 B.Sc. (Psychology), 2.1, University of
Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
1977-82 Ph.D. (Experimental Psychology),
1990- Member
of the British Computer Society - Chartered Information Technology
Professional.
2002-04 Member
of the
Education.
3. Employment Record
1982-86 Research Assistant/Fellow, Ergonomics Unit,
University
College
1986-89 Senior Lecturer, Section of Psychology,
1989-96 Lecturer, Department of
Computer Science,
1996-98 Head
of Department of Computing,
Professor
of Systems Science and Engineering.
1998-04 Research
Chair,
Professor
of Systems Science and Engineering.
2004-06 Senior Research Fellow,
School of Computing Science,
2007-2012 DDD
SYSTEMS - consultant to industry on task and general
systems analysis and on artificial intelligence at
2013 Online
Tutor and Project Supervisor,
4. R&D Interests
This keyword list represents the range of topics on which Dr. Diaper
has published research work.
Task Analysis Systems
Analysis
Expert/Knowledge Based Systems Software
Engineering
Intelligent Interfaces Natural
Language Processing
Simulations User
Modelling
Hypertext/Hypermedia Organisational
Modelling
Structured Design Methods Computer
Supported Cooperative Work
Software Tools System
and User Interface Evaluation
Training Collaborative
Writing
Requirements and Design Specification Large
Document Management Systems
Knowledge Elicitation Artificial
Intelligence
Formal Methods Object
Oriented Systems
Functional Specification Soft
Systems Methodology
Epistemology Small
Scale Programming
Safety Critical Systems Global
Information Technology
Distance Learning Web
Page Design
Universal Accessibility Activity
Theory
1982-1996 Total personal research and consultancy funding about £0.5M. Sources include: SERC (Alvey 1), EPSRC, DTI, Racal Automation, Intel Corp., British Telecom.
1996-2004 Dr.
Diaper was involved in his Department’s income generation, particularly from
industry.
2006-2009 Recognised
Researcher (2006) and commercial consultant (from 2007) on EPSRC grant
EP/D059720 – ‘Natural Language Parsing using Cell Assemblies: Computational
Linguistics with Attractor Nets’. Total value (pre-Full Economic Costing)
£207K.
2009-2010 Researcher/Consultant on
the Higher Education Academy Subject Centre for Business Management Accountancy
and Finance project ‘Formative Aspects of Summative Assessment’.
5. Teaching Experience
1986-89 Psychology:
Experimental Psychology, Human Information Processing, Philosophy, Information
Technology, Expert/Knowledge Based Systems.
1989-2004 Computer Science:
Software Engineering, Human-Computer Interaction,
User Interface Design,
Automated Office Applications, Task Analysis, Computer Supported Cooperative
Work, Knowledge Based Systems, Speech & Natural Language, Soft Systems, Ethics & Professionalism.
1986-2004 External Assessor, M.Sc.
Ergonomics and M.Sc. Human-Computer
Interaction,
2008 Lecture and seminars
to MBA students at
6. Editorships
1988- General
Editor (until 1999), Interacting with
Computers: The
Interdisciplinary Journal of
Human-Computer Interaction,
Elsevier. Continuing as Editor Emeritus/Founding Editor
on IwC’s General Editorial and Management Board.
1989-2014 Advisory Editorial Board,
Knowledge-Based Systems, Elsevier.
1992-2010 Co-Editor, Computer Supported
Cooperative Work book series,
Springer. Continuing as Associate Editor of the merged
Springer and Kluwer CSCW book series.
Approx. 35 books published.
1997-2000 Editorial
Board member, International Journal of Cognition, Technology
& Work,
Springer.
Editor of five professionally published conference proceedings and five
books.
7. Committee Experience
British Computer Society: BCS Council,
BCS Technical Board (Vice-Chair), BCS Technical Board Finance Committee
(Chair), BCS Finance and Operations, BCS Publications Board, British HCI Group
Executive, British HCI Group Conferences.
Dorset Branch Committee (current).
Department of Trade and
Industry: DTI CSCW SIG Executive and Chair, DTI
8. Conferences and Meetings
Speaker: Number of papers presented at
conferences or meetings approx. 25
Chair: Session or meeting chair at
approx. 25 events.
Tutorials: Number
of tutorials given at conferences
approx. 10
N.B. A similar number have been given to
industry.
9. Publications
N.B. Anyone who can’t obtain copies of any of Dr.
Diaper’s publications is welcome to contact him and he will do his best to provide
copies, subject to copyright restrictions and his available time.
[1] Diaper, D. (1984) An Approach to IKBS Development Based on a
Review of `Conceptual Structures: Information Processing in Mind and Machine'
by J. F. Sowa. Behaviour and
Information Technology, 3, 3, 249-255.
[2] Johnson, P., Diaper, D and Long, J. (1984) Syllabi
for Training in Information Technology.
in Contemporary Ergonomics 1984.
(Ed. Megaw, E.), 92-97. Taylor
and Francis.
[3] Johnson, P., Diaper, D and Long, J. (1984) Tasks,
Skills and Knowledge: Task Analysis for Knowledge Based Descriptions. In Interact'84
- First IFIP conference on Human-Computer Interaction. (Ed. Shackel, B.), 1, 23-27. Elsevier.
[4] Johnson, P., Diaper, D and Long, J. (1985) Task
Analysis in Interactive Systems Design and Evaluation. in Analysis, Design and Evaluation of
Man-Machine Systems. (Eds.
Johannsen, G., Mancini, G. and Martensson, L.), 123-127. Pergamon Press.
[5] Diaper, D. (1986) Identifying the Knowledge Requirements of an
Expert System's Natural Language Processing Interface. in People and Computers: Designing for
Usability. (Eds. Harrison, M.D. and
Monk, A.F.), 263-280.
[6] Diaper, D. (1986) Will Expert Systems Be Safe? in Second
International Expert Systems Conference.
561-572. Learned Information.
[7] Diaper, D. (1987) POMESS: A People Orientated Methodology for
Expert System Specification. in Proceedings of the First European Workshop
on Knowledge Acquisition for Knowledge Based Systems. (Eds. Addis, T.,
Boose, J. and Gaines, B.).
[8] Diaper, D. (1987) Designing Systems for People: Beyond User
Centred Design. in Software
Engineering. Proceedings of the Share
European Association (SEAS) Anniversary Meeting, 283-302.
[9] Diaper, D. (1987) Satisfying Goals: An Introduction to People
and Computers III. in People
and Computers III. (Eds. Diaper, D.
and Winder, R.), 1-8.
[10] Diaper, D. and
[11] Diaper, D. (1988) Task Analysis for Knowledge Descriptions:
Building a Task Descriptive Hierarchy. in Contemporary Ergonomics 1988.
(Ed. Megaw, E.), 118-124. Taylor and Francis.
[12] Diaper, D. (1988) Natural Language Communication with
Computers: Theory, Needs and Practice. in KBS in Government. (Ed.
Duffin, P.), 19-44. Blenheim Online.
[13] Diaper, D. (1988) The Promise of POMESS. in Proceedings of Human and Organisational
Issues of Expert Systems. Ergonomics
Society.
[14] Diaper, D. (1989) The Wizard's Apprentice: A Program to Help
Analyse Natural Language Dialogues.
in People and Computers V.
(Eds. Sutcliffe, A. and Macaulay, L.), 231-244.
[15] Diaper, D. (1989) The Discipline of Human-Computer
Interaction. Interacting with Computers, 1, 1, 3-5.
[16] Diaper, D. (1989) Bridging the Gulf between Requirements and
Design. In Proceedings of the
Ergonomics Society Conference on Simulation in the Development of User
Interfaces. 129-145.
[17] Diaper, D. (1989) Giving HCI Away. in People
and Computers V. (Eds. Sutcliffe, A. and Macaulay, L.), 109-120.
[18] Diaper, D. (1989) Knowledge Acquisition in Perspective. In Knowledge
Acquisition for Expert Systems.
1-14. Conference at the Cafe
Royal, September 8th. IBC Technical Services Ltd.
[19] Diaper, D. (1989) Task Observation for Human-Computer
Interaction. in Task Analysis for Human-Computer Interaction. (Ed.) Diaper, D., 210-237. Ellis Horwood.
[20] Diaper, D. (1989) Task Analysis for Knowledge Descriptions (TAKD):
The Method and an Example. in Task Analysis for Human-Computer
Interaction. (Ed. Diaper, D.),
108-159. Ellis Horwood.
[21] Diaper, D. (1989) Designing Expert Systems: From Dan to
[22] Diaper, D. and Johnson, P. (1989)
Task Analysis for Knowledge
Descriptions: Theory and Application in Training. In Cognitive
Ergonomics and Human-Computer Interaction.
(Eds. Long, J. and Whitefield. A.), 191-224.
[23] Diaper, D. and
[24] Barlow, J., Beer, M., Bench-Capon, T., Diaper, D., Dunne, P. and
Rada, R. (1989) Expertext: Hypertext-Expert Systems Theory, Synergy and Applications. in Expert Systems VI. (Ed. Shadbolt, N.), 116-127.
[25] Barlow, J., Rada, R. and Diaper, D. (1989) Interacting
WITH Computers. Interacting with
Computers, 1, 1, 39-42.
[26] Diaper, D. (1990) An Organisational Context for Expert System
Design. in Expert
Systems: Human Issues. (Eds. Berry, D. and Hart, A.), 214-236. Chapman and
Hall.
[27] Diaper, D. (1990) Simulation: A Stepping Stone between
Requirements and Design. in
Simulation and the User Interface.
(Eds.) Life, A., Narborough-Hall, C. and
[28] Diaper, D. (1990) Analysing Focused Interview Data with Task
Analysis for Knowledge Descriptions (TAKD).
in Human-Computer Interaction: Interact'90. (Eds). Diaper, D.,
Gilmore, D., Cockton, G. and Shackel, B., 277-282. Elsevier.
[29] Diaper, D. and Beer, M. (1990)
Headed Record Expertext and
Document Applications. in Hypertext
Update. , 63-69. UNICOM Seminars.
[30] Narula, I, Diaper, D., Birley, M. and Mehra, S. (1990) CaLM:
Computer-assisted Learning in Medicine and the
[31] Diaper, D. (1991) Giving Referees their Head. in People
and Computers VI. (Eds.) Diaper, D. and Hammond, N., pp. 3-7,
[32] Diaper, D. and
[33] Diaper, D. and Beer, M. (1991)
Developing User Interfaces for
Headed Record Expertext. in Proceedings of the UKUUG (United Kingdom UNIX
system User Group) Conference:
Interfacing Unix to The User. (Ed.
Beer, M.).
[34] Diaper, D. and Rada, R. (1991)
Expertext: Hyperising Expert
Systems and Expertising Hypertext.
in Brown, H. (Ed.) Hypermedia/Hypertext and Object Oriented
Databases. 125-163. Chapman and
Hall.
[35] Beer, M. and Diaper, D. (1991)
[36] Narula, I. and Diaper, D. (1991)
Third World Continuing Medical
Education with Hypertext: The
[37] Rada, R. and Diaper, D. (1991)
Converting Text to Hypertext and
Vice Versa. in Brown, H. (Ed.) Hypermedia/Hypertext
and Object Oriented Databases.
167-200. Chapman and Hall.
[38] Diaper, D. and
[39] Diaper, D. and
[40] Diaper, D. (1993) Small Scale Collaborative Writing using
Electronic Mail. in CSCW in
Practice: An Introduction and Case Studies.
(Eds. Diaper, D. and Sanger, C.), 69-92. Springer-Verlag.
[41] Diaper, D. (1993) CSCW: Psychology, Sociology and Computing. BCS Bulletin, Feb. Issue.
[42] Seward, R., Diaper, D. and Sanger, C. (1993) The
Pod: A Purpose-built Environment to Support Group Working. in CSCW in
Practice: An Introduction and Case Studies.
(Eds. Diaper, D. and Sanger, C.), 151-162. Springer-Verlag.
[43] Diaper, D. (1994) Small Scale CSCW Systems in Spurr, K., Layzell, P., Jennison, L. and
Richards, N. (Eds.) Computer Support for Cooperative Work. 89-107.
Wiley.
[44] Diaper, D. and Sahithi, P.S. (1995) Red
Faces over User Interfaces: What Should
Colour be User For? in People and Computers X. 425-435.
[45] Diaper, D. and Beer, M. (1995)
Collaborative Document Annotation
using Electronic Mail. Journal of
Computer Supported Cooperative Work, 3, 297-325. Kluwer.
[46] Diaper, D. (1997) Integrating Human-Computer Interaction and Software Engineering Requirements
Analysis: A Demonstration of Task
Analysis Supporting Entity Modelling. SIGCHI Bulletin, 29, 1.
[47] Diaper, D., McKearney, S. and Hurne, J. (1998) Integrating Task and Data Flow Analyses using the Pentanalysis Technique. Ergonomics, 41, 11, 1553-1583.
[48] Diaper, D. and Kadoda, G. (1999) The Process Perspective. in Brooks, L. and Kimble, C. (Eds.)
[49] Zhu, H., Jin, L. and Diaper, D. (1999) Testing Software Requirements with Task Analysis. 11th.
International Conference on Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering
(SEKE’99). 239-245.
[50] Diaper, D. (2000) Hardening
Soft Systems Methodology. in McDonald, S., Waern, Y. and Cockton, G.(Eds.) People and Computers XIV. 183-204.
Springer.
[51] Diaper, D. and Waelend, P. (2000)
World Wide Web Working Whilst
Ignoring Graphics: Good News for Web
Page Designers. Interacting with
Computers, 13, 2, 163-181.
[52] Diaper, D. (2000) One person and Their Dog Performing Electronic
Lecturing. in Jin, Q., Li, J.,
Zhang, N., Cheng, J. Yu,C. and Noguchi, S. (Eds.) International Conference on Information Society and the 21st.
Century: Emerging Technologies and New Challenges (IS2000,
N.B. The CD-ROM e-lecture of
this paper received a “Special Award”.
[53]
N.B. The conference
proceedings were never published in a paper format.
[54] Diaper, D. (2001) Task Analysis for Knowledge Descriptions
(TAKD): A Requiem for a Method.
Behaviour and Information Technology. 20, 3, 199-212.
[55] Diaper, D. (2001) The Model Matters: Constructing and
Reasoning with Heterarchical Structural Models. in Kadoda, G. (Ed.)
Proceedings of the Psychology of Programming Interest Group 13th.
Annual Workshop. 17th.-20th. April, 2001. 191-206.
[56] Diaper, D.,
[57] Diaper, D. (2002) Human-Computer
Interaction. in Meyers, R.B.
(Ed.) The Encyclopedia of Physical Science and Technology. 3rd.
Ed. vol. 7, 393-400. Academic Press.
N.B. A
Do-It-Yourself Electronic Lecture (DIYEL) version of this encyclopedia article
is available for running on PCs using Microsoft PowerPoint.
[58] Zhu, H., Jin, L., Diaper, D. and Bai, G. (2002) Software Requirements Validation via Task
Analysis. Journal of Systems and
Software, 61, 145-169.
[59] Diaper, D. (2002) Waves of Task Analysis. Interfaces, 50, 8-10. British HCI Group. ISSN 1351-119X.
[60] Diaper, D. (2002) Scenarios and Task Analysis. Interacting with Computers, 14, 4, 379-395.
[61] Diaper, D. (2002) Task
Scenarios and Thought. Interacting
with Computers, 14, 5, 629-638.
[62] Diaper, D. and Worman, L. (2003)
Two Falls out of Three in the
Automated Accessibility Assessment of World Wide Web Sites: A-Prompt v. Bobby. in
Johnson, P., Palanque, P. and O’Neill, E. (Eds.) People and Computers XVII. 349-363.
Springer-Verlag.
[63] Diaper, D., May, J., Cockton, G., Dray, S., Benyon, D., Bevan, N.
and McEwan, T. (2003) Exposing, Exploring, Exploding Task Analysis
Myths. HCI2003 proceedings 2, 225-6.
British HCI Group. ISSN
1-897851-1--3.
[64] Diaper, D. (2003) Systemic Task Analysis. HCI2003 proceedings 2, 203-4. British HCI
Group. ISSN 1-897851-1--3.
[65] Diaper, D. (2004) Understanding Task Analysis for
Human-Computer Interaction. in Diaper, D. and Stanton, N.A. (Eds.) The
Handbook of Task Analysis for Human-Computer Interaction. 5-47.
[66] Diaper, D. and Stanton, N.A. (2004) Wishing
on a sTAr: The Future of Task Analysis for Human-Computer Interaction . in
Diaper, D. and Stanton, N.A. (Eds.) The Handbook of Task Analysis for
Human-Computer Interaction. 603-619.
[67] Diaper, D. (2004) An Introduction to Systemic Task Analysis.
in Dearden, A. and
[68] Diaper, D. (2005)
An Introduction to the ‘All
Thought Is Scenarios’ (ATIS) Hypothesis: Practical Applied Psychology for
Non-Psychologists. Abstract in the
European Society for the Study of Cognitive Systems 22nd. Annual
Workshop, 5-6, 1-3 July.
[69] Diaper, D. (2005)
In-use Computing Tasks, In-situ
Work Evaluation with SAM (the Systemic Analysis Method). Paper at the BCS In-Use, In-Situ: Extending Research Field Methods workshop. IDC Technical Report IDC-TR-2005-4,
30-35. 27-28 October.
[70] Diaper, D. (2006) Task Analysis at the Heart of Human-Computer
Interaction. in Ghaoui, C. (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Human Computer Interaction.
579-587. Information Science Publishing.
[71] Diaper, D. and Sanger, C. (2006) Tasks
For and Task In Human-Computer Interaction. Interacting with Computers, 18,
1, 117-138.
[72] Diaper, D. (2006)
Joint Cognitive Task Design.
American Journal of Psychology, 119 (2), 338-347.
[73] Huyck, C., Diaper, D., Belavkin, R. and Kenny,
[74] Diaper, D., Huyck, C., Amavasai, B., Cheng, X. and Oussalah, M.
(2007) Intelligently Engineering Artificial Intelligence Engineering: The
Cognitive Architectures Competition.
In Kaminka, G.A. and Burghart, C.R. (eds.) Evaluating Architectures for Intelligence. Association for the
Advancement of Artificial Intelligence Workshop, Technical Report WS-07-04,
23-26. AAAI Press.
[75] Diaper, D (2008) Reactionary Engagements with Activity Theory. Interacting with Computers, 20 (2), 260-266.
[76] Diaper, D.
and Lindgaard, G. (2008) West Meets East: Adapting Activity Theory
for HCI & CSCW Applications?
Interacting with Computers, 20 (2), 240-246.
[77] Byrne, E., Diaper, D. and Huyck, C.
(2009) Collaborating with Neural Network-based
Artificial Intelligence Agents. To in appear
in: 2009 International Conference on
Intelligent User Interfaces: Human Interaction with Intelligent &
Networked Systems workshop,
[78] Diaper, D.
and Lindgaard, G. (2010) Migrating Activity Theory to HCI and CSCW
Applications. in Evers, V., Abdelnour-Nocera,
J. and
[79] Huyck, C., Belavkin, R., Jamshed, F., Nadh, K.,
Passmore, P., Byrne, E. and Diaper, D. (2011) CABot3: A Simulated Neural Games Agent. 7th International Workshop
on Neural-Symbolic Learning and Reasoning, NeSy'11, IJCAI 2011,
[81] Diaper, D. (2011) A
Formal Systems Approach to Machine Capture, Representation and Use of Activity
Context. Activity
Context Representation: Techniques and Languages workshop at the 25th.
Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence conference,
Edited Books
[B1] Diaper, D. and Winder, R. (1987)
People and Computers III.
[B2] Diaper, D. (1989) Knowledge Elicitation: Principles,
Techniques and Applications. Ellis
Horwood.
[B3] Diaper, D. (1989) Task Analysis for Human-Computer
Interaction. Ellis Horwood.
[B4] Diaper, D., Gilmore, D., Cockton, G. and Shackel, B. (1990) Human-Computer Interaction: Interact'90. Elsevier: North-Holland.
[B5] Diaper, D. and Hammond, N. (1991)
People and Computers VI.
[B6] Monk, A.F., Diaper, D. and
[B7] Diaper, D. and Sanger, C. (1993)
CSCW in Practice: An Introduction
and Case Studies. Springer-Verlag.
[B8] Alty, J., Diaper, D. and Guest, S. (1993) People and Computers VIII.
[B9] Diaper, D. and Stanton, N.A. (2004) The
Handbook of Task Analysis for Human-Computer Interaction.
[B10] Duquenoy, P., Jones, S., Rahanu, H. and Diaper, D. (2005) Social,
Legal and Professional Issues of Computing.
Global Campus series: Middlesex University Press.
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