1. Personal Details
Name Dr.
Dan Diaper, Ph.D., MBCS CITP.
Address DDD
SYSTEMS,
Telephone +44 (0)1202 523172
Mobile +44 (0)7840 539957
Email ddiaper@ntlworld.com
Internet http://www.dddsystems.co.uk/
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.
1989-2006 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, Research Methods and
Statistics, IT Governance & Law.
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→ Co-Editor,
Computer Supported Cooperative Work book
series,
Springer. Continued as Associate
Editor of the merged Springer and Kluwer CSCW book series. Approx. 35 books published when co-editor.
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:
Department of Trade and
Industry: DTI
CSCW SIG Executive and Chair of the SIG, 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
[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 Ghaoudi, 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. 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. in Activity
Context Representation: Techniques and Languages. 14-19, AAAI Press. From the workshop at the 25th.
Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence conference,
[82] Diaper, D and Huyck, C. (2019) The
Task Analysis Cell Assembly Perspective.
arXiv.org, Cornell University.
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.