Harold Thimbleby
{{short description|British computer scientist (born 1955)}}
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Harold W. Thimbleby {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|FLSW|FRCPE|HonFRCP}} (born 19 July 1955) is an emeritus professor of computer science at Swansea University. He is known for his works on user interface design within the realm of human computer interaction.{{cite web |title=Professor Harold Thimbleby |url=https://www.swansea.ac.uk/staff/science/compsci/thimbleby-h-w/#journal-articles=is-expanded&publications=is-expanded |website=swansea.ac.uk |access-date=7 September 2021}}
{{Infobox academic
| name = Harold W. Thimbleby
| citizenship = British
| occupation = Computer Scientist
| education = Professor Emeritus
| workplaces = University College London
}}
Overview
Harold Thimbleby held the post of director of UCLIC, University College London's Interaction Centre, from its establishment in 2001. From 2001 to 2004, he was also the 28th Professor of Geometry at Gresham College, London. Thimbleby founded the Future Interaction Technology Lab[http://www.fitlab.eu/ Future Interaction Technology Lab]. at Swansea University in 2005.{{cite web |title=Human Computer Interaction: FIT Lab - Swansea University |url=https://www.swansea.ac.uk/compsci/research-and-impact/human-computer-interaction/ |website=swansea.ac.uk |access-date=7 September 2021}}
Thimbleby ran the Swansea University Research Forum, as well as giving talks on science and religion.{{Citation needed|date=October 2010}}
Research interests
Thimbleby's research interests include:
- Interactive handwriting calculators[http://www.cs.swan.ac.uk/calculators/ Calculators], Swansea University, UK.Lucy Sherriff, [https://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/06/28/super_calculators/ Super calculators make maths super-easy], [https://www.theregister.co.uk/ The Register], UK, 28 June 2005.
- Improving medical devices [http://cs.swan.ac.uk/~csharold/health/]
- Improving ethics in research [http://www.cs.swan.ac.uk/~csharold/ethics/index.html]
- Markov Modeling [http://www.cs.swan.ac.uk/~csharold/Markov/index.html]
- Matrix Modeling [http://www.cs.swan.ac.uk/~csharold/matrixweb/index.html]
Selected works
- Article on literate programming,1986 (Winner of the British Computer Society Wilkes Award.{{cite web |title=Harold Thimbleby - CV - 'Programming' only |url=http://www.harold.thimbleby.net/cv/prog.html |website=harold.thimbleby.net |date=7 February 2006 |access-date=7 September 2021}}){{cite journal |title=Experiences of 'Literate Programming' using cweb (a variant of Knuth's WEB) |journal=The Computer Journal |date=1 January 1986 |volume=29 |issue=3 |pages=201–211 |doi=10.1093/comjnl/29.3.201 |url=https://academic.oup.com/comjnl/article/29/3/201/579925|doi-access=free |last1=Thimbleby |first1=H. }}
- User Interface Design, Addison-Wesley, 1990.
- HyperProgramming, with G. F. Coulouris, Addison-Wesley, 1990.
- Press On, MIT Press, 2007. (Winner, in the Computer and Information Sciences category, of the Association of American Publishers' Publishing Awards for Excellence competition.{{cite web |title=2007 Award Winners - PROSE AWARDS |url=https://proseawards.com/winners/2007-award-winners/ |website=proseawards.com |access-date=7 September 2021}})
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20040831114537/http://www.uclic.ucl.ac.uk/harold/ethics/tochiethics.pdf The Diversity and Ethics], with [http://www-users.cs.york.ac.uk/~pcairns/ Paul Cairns], University College London Interaction Center.
References
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External links
- [http://www.cs.swan.ac.uk/~csharold/ Harold Thimbleby home page]
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Category:British computer scientists
Category:Human–computer interaction researchers
Category:Academics of University College London
Category:Academics of Swansea University
Category:Academics of Gresham College
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