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Overview

Alan Dix is affiliated with Swansea University in the United Kingdom and has a focused research career in the field of Computer Science, with an emphasis on Human-Computer Interaction. Their work spans several subfields including Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, General Health Professions, and Applied Psychology.

Their research covers a range of topics such as:

  • Innovative Human-Technology Interaction
  • Data Visualization and Analytics
  • Usability and User Interface Design
  • Digital Mental Health Interventions
  • Persona Design and Applications
  • Personal Information Management and User Behavior
  • Mobile Health and mHealth Applications

Alan Dix has published papers in various venues, demonstrating a consistent contribution across multiple forums. Notable publication venues include:

  • Electronic Workshops in Computing
  • JMIR mhealth and uhealth
  • CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Extended Abstracts
  • Interacting with Computers
  • Research Portal (King's College London)

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Alan Dix include:

  • Learning Analytics for the Academic: An Action Perspective (2020), Research Portal (King's College London)
  • Statistics for HCI: Making Sense of Quantitative Data (2020), Synthesis lectures on human-centered informatics

Other recent publications to which Alan Dix is connected include works on digital health and usability, occasionally in collaboration with frequent coauthors:

  • Raymond Bond
  • Maurice Mulvenna
  • Lu Bai
  • Simon Leigh
  • Maciej Hyzy

Alan Dix has contributed to book publications, notably with a title in 2020 on quantitative methods in human-computer interaction:

  • Statistics for HCI, published by Synthesis lectures on human-centered informatics

Overall, their body of work reflects a sustained engagement with usability and user interface design, incorporating elements of human-technology interaction and health-related digital interventions.

Best Publications

  • Human-Computer Interaction

    Alan Dix;Janet Finlay;Gregory Abowd;Russell Beale

  • Human-Computer Interaction (3rd Edition)

    Alan Dix;Janet E. Finlay;Gregory D. Abowd;Russell Beale

  • A Taxonomy of Clutter Reduction for Information Visualisation

    G. Ellis;A. Dix

  • Exploiting space and location as a design framework for interactive mobile systems

    Alan Dix;Tom Rodden;Nigel Davies;Jonathan Trevor

  • Designing for appropriation

    Alan Dix

  • Exploiting Context in HCI Design for Mobile Systems

    K. Cheverst;Nigel Davies;Alan Dix;T. Rodden

  • Formal methods for interactive systems

    Alan John Dix

  • Affective Videogames and Modes of Affective Gaming: Assist Me, Challenge Me, Emote Me

    Kiel Mark Gilleade;Alan J. Dix;Jennifer Allanson

  • Human-computer interaction (2nd ed.)

    Alan Dix;Janet Finley;Gregory Abowd;Russell Beale

  • Human-Computer Interaction, third edition

    Alan Dix;J. Finlay;G. Abowd;R. Beale

  • Using frustration in the design of adaptive videogames

    Kiel M Gilleade;Alan Dix

  • Exploring the facebook experience: a new approach to usability

    Jennefer Hart;Charlene Ridley;Faisal Taher;Corina Sas

  • An explorative analysis of user evaluation studies in information visualisation

    Geoffrey Ellis;Alan Dix

  • The Frame of the Game: Blurring the Boundary between Fiction and Reality in Mobile Experiences

    Steve Benford;Andy Crabtree;Stuart Reeves;Jennifer Sheridan

  • A taxonomy for and analysis of multi-person-display ecosystems

    Lucia Terrenghi;Aaron Quigley;Alan Dix

  • Giving undo attention

    Gregory D. Abowd;Alan J. Dix

  • Computer Supported Cooperative Work: A Framework

    A. Dix

  • Enabling Automatic Clutter Reduction in Parallel Coordinate Plots

    G. Ellis;A. Dix

  • Human-Computer Interaction. Second Edition.

    Alan J. Dix;Janet E. Finlay;Gregory D. Abowd;Russell Beale

  • Starting simple: adding value to static visualisation through simple interaction

    Alan Dix;Geoffrey Ellis

Frequent Co-Authors

Keith Cheverst
Keith Cheverst Lancaster University
Corina Sas
Corina Sas Lancaster University
Mark Rouncefield
Mark Rouncefield Lancaster University
Tiziana Catarci
Tiziana Catarci Sapienza University of Rome
Gregory D. Abowd
Gregory D. Abowd Northeastern University
Tom Rodden
Tom Rodden University of Nottingham
Ian Sommerville
Ian Sommerville University of St Andrews
Adrian Friday
Adrian Friday Lancaster University
Paul Rayson
Paul Rayson Lancaster University
Philippe Palanque
Philippe Palanque Paul Sabatier University

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