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Harold Thimbleby is affiliated with Swansea University in the United Kingdom. Their research spans across the fields of Computer Science and Medicine, with particular focus on Information Systems, Emergency Medicine, Political Science and International Relations, and Information Systems and Management.

Their work concentrates on main topics including Digital and Cyber Forensics, Artificial Intelligence in Law, Scientific Computing and Data Management, Electronic Health Records Systems, Healthcare Technology and Patient Monitoring, Cybercrime and Law Enforcement Studies, and Big Data and Business Intelligence.

Recent publications by Harold Thimbleby include:

  • "Improving Science That Uses Code," 2023, published in The Computer Journal
  • "The Law Commission presumption concerning the dependability of computer evidence," 2020, published in Digital Evidence and Electronic Signature Law Review
  • "Recommendations for the probity of computer evidence," 2020, published in Digital Evidence and Electronic Signature Law Review
  • "Addressing Design and Usability Issues in Hypertext and on the World Wide Web by Re-Examining the 'Lost in Hyperspace' Problem," 2020, published in TUGraz OPEN Library (Graz University of Technology)
  • "Assuring safe artificial intelligence in critical ambulance service response: study protocol," 2022, published in British Paramedic Journal

They have frequently collaborated with co-authors such as Peter B. Ladkin, Martyn Thomas, Bev Littlewood, Stephen Mason, and Paul W. Marshall. Key publication venues where their research appears include Digital Evidence and Electronic Signature Law Review, BMJ, The Computer Journal, ACM Transactions on Computing for Healthcare, and TUGraz OPEN Library (Graz University of Technology).

Harold Thimbleby has also contributed to academic literature through books, including "Fix IT," published by Oxford University Press in 2021.

Best Publications

  • User interface design

    Harold Thimbleby

  • Improving mobile internet usability

    George Buchanan;Sarah Farrant;Matt Jones;Harold Thimbleby

  • Technology and the future of healthcare.

    Harold Thimbleby

  • Validating the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT) tool cross-culturally

    Lidia Oshlyansky;Paul Cairns;Harold Thimbleby

  • Formal methods in human-computer interaction

    M. D. Harrison;Harold Thimbleby

  • The directed Chinese Postman Problem

    Harold W. Thimbleby

  • A Framework for Modelling Trojans and Computer Virus Infection

    Harold W. Thimbleby;Stuart Anderson;Paul A. Cairns

  • Usability analysis with Markov models

    Harold Thimbleby;Paul Cairns;Matt Jones

  • Open-source hardware for medical devices

    Gerrit Niezen;Parisa Eslambolchilar;Harold Thimbleby

  • Reducing number entry errors: solving a widespread, serious problem

    Harold Thimbleby;Paul Cairns

  • Improving web search on small screen devices

    Matt Jones;George Buchanan;Harold W. Thimbleby

  • Verification of interactive software for medical devices: PCA infusion pumps and FDA regulation as an example

    Paolo Masci;Anaheed Ayoub;Paul Curzon;Michael D. Harrison

  • Sorting Out Searching on Small Screen Devices

    Matt Jones;George Buchanan;Harold W. Thimbleby

  • Press On: Principles of Interaction Programming

    Harold Thimbleby

  • Number entry interfaces and their effects on error detection

    Patrick Oladimeji;Harold Thimbleby;Anna Cox

  • Experiences of ‘Literate Programming’ using cweb (a variant of Knuth's WEB)

    Harold W. Thimbleby

  • User interface design with matrix algebra

    Harold Thimbleby

  • Design Guidelines and User-Centred Digital Libraries

    Yin Leng Theng;Elke Duncker;Norliza Mohd-Nasir;George Buchanan

  • Displaying 3D images: algorithms for single-image random-dot stereograms

    H.W. Thimbleby;S. Inglis;I.H. Witten

  • Breaking affordance: culture as context

    Lidia Oshlyansky;Harold Thimbleby;Paul Cairns

  • Calculators are needlessly bad

    Harold Thimbleby

  • Safer User Interfaces: A Case Study in Improving Number Entry

    Harold Thimbleby

Frequent Co-Authors

Matt Jones
Matt Jones Swansea University
Paul Cairns
Paul Cairns University of York
Ian H. Witten
Ian H. Witten University of Waikato
Ann Blandford
Ann Blandford University College London
Yin-Leng Theng
Yin-Leng Theng Nanyang Technological University
Anna L. Cox
Anna L. Cox University College London
Andy Cockburn
Andy Cockburn University of Canterbury
Andreas Holzinger
Andreas Holzinger BOKU University
Saul Greenberg
Saul Greenberg University of Calgary
Elmer V. Bernstam
Elmer V. Bernstam The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

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