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Background

Joined University of Bath in 1999 from Department of Computer Science, Queen Mary and Westfeld College, University of London (1984 - 1999) and previously the Medical Research Council having completed a PhD in Cognitive Psychology at Birmingham University (1983???).

Research interests

• Theory-based approaches to task analysis and modelling, (TKS).
• The role of task analysis in interactive system design;
• Theories and methods for evaluating user interfaces;
• The development of predictive principles for designing and evaluating UI designs;
• The generation of explanation and help facilities.
• Evaluation of Usability Evaluation
techniques

Roles and responsibilities

• Senior Lecturer in Computer Science
• Co-chair HCI'1998
• Editorial board member Interacting with Computers
• Principal investigator PRIDE, TICKS projects
• Co-
investigator CVE project

Research

Currently Funded Projects

Past Funded Projects

Key publications 

Johnson, H. (1997) Generating User Requirements from Discount Usability Evaluations. Harris, D. (Ed) Engineering Psychology and Cognitive Ergonomics, pp. 339-346

Johnson, H. Nigay, L., and Roast, C. (1998) People and Computers XIII, Springer-Verlag.

Johnson, H., and Otter, M. (2000). Lost in Hyperspace: metrics and mental models. Interacting with computers, 13, 1-40.

Sedivy, J., and Johnson, H. (2000) Multimodal tool support for creative tasks in the visual arts. Knowledge-based Systems 13, (7-8), pp. 441-450.

Other relevant publications 

Johnson, P., Johnson, H., and Hamilton, F. (2000) Getting The Knowledge Into HCI: Theoretical and Practical Aspects of Task Knowledge Structures. Chipman, S., Shalin, V., and Schraagen, J. (Eds.) Cognitive Task Analysis. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum and Associates. pp. 201-214.

Hamilton, F., Johnson, P., and Johnson, H. (1999) PRIDE: Task-Related Principles for User Interface Design. Brewster, S., Cawsey, A., and Cockton, G. (Eds). Human Computer Interaction INTERACT'99 (Volume II), Edinburgh, 30th August - 3rd September. British Computer Society. pp. 33-34.

Sedivy, J., and Johnson, H. (1999) Supporting creative work tasks: the potential of multimodal tools to support sketching. Proceedings of the third conference on Creativity and Cognition, Loughborough, October 11 - 13th. ACM Press. pp. 441-450.

Johnson, H., Johnson, P., and O'Neill, E. (1998) Representations in Interactive Software Development: The First International Workshop. ACM SIGCHI Bulletin, 30 (4), pp. 85-87.

Wilson, S., Bekker, M.M., Johnson, P., and Johnson, H. (1997) Helping and Hindering User Involvement - A Tale of Everyday Design. Pemberton, S. (Ed). ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing CHI'97, Atlanta, ACM Press. pp. 178-185.

Keep, J., and Johnson, H. (1997) Generating Requirements in a Courier Despatch Management System. ACM SIGCHI Bulletin, 29 (1), pp. 51-53.

Hamilton, F., and Johnson, H. (1995) An Empirical Study in Using Linked Documentation to Assist Software Maintenance. Nordby, K., Helmersen, P.H., Gilmore, D.J., and Arnesen, S.A. (Eds). INTERACT'95: Fourth IFIP Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, Lillehammer, Norway, 25-29 June. Chapman and Hall. pp.

Johnson, P., Johnson, H., and Wilson, S. (1995) Rapid Prototyping of User Interfaces Driven by Task Models. Carroll, J.M. (Ed.) Scenario-Based Design: Envisioning Work and Technology in System Development. London: John Wiley and Sons. pp. 209-246.

Dutt, A., Johnson, H., and Johnson, P. (1994) Evaluating Evaluation Methods. Cockton, G., Draper, S.W., and Weir, G.R.S. (Eds). People and Computers IX, Glasgow, August. Cambridge University Press. pp. 109-121.

Johnson, H. (1993) User-Centred Evaluation of Explanation Facilities in Information Systems. Alty, J.L., Diaper, D., and Guest, S. (Eds). HCI'93, People and Computers VIII, Loughborough, September. Cambridge University Press. pp. 267-276.

Johnson, H., and Johnson, P. (1993) Explanation Facilities and Interactive Systems. Gray, W., Hefley, W., and Murray, D. (Eds). IUI '93 Proceedings of the international workshop on Intelligent user interfaces, ACM Press. pp. 159-166.

Johnson, H., and Johnson, P. (1991) Task Knowledge Structures: Psychological Basis and Integration into System Design. Acta Psychologica, 78 pp. 3-26. PDF Preprint

Johnson, H., and Johnson, P. (1990) Designers-identified Requirements for Tools to Support Task Analyses. Diaper, D., Gilmore, D., Cockton, G., and Shackel, B. (Eds). INTERACT'90: The Third IFIP Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, Amsterdam, 27-31 August. North-Holland. pp. 259-264

Johnson, H., and Johnson, P. (1989) Integrating Task Analysis into System Design Surveying Designers Needs. Ergonomics, 32 (11), pp. 1451-1467.

Johnson, P., Johnson, H., Waddington, R., and Shouls, A. (1988) Task Related Knowledge Structures: Analysis, Modelling and Application. Jones, D.M. and Winder, R. (Eds). People and Computers IV, Manchester, Cambridge University Press. pp. 35-62. PDF Preprint

Johnson, P., Johnson, H., and Russell, F. (1988) Collecting and Generalising Knowledge Descriptions From Task Analysis. ICL Technical Journal, 3 (3), pp. 137-155.