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The Psychology of Programming Interest Group
(PPIG) was established in 1987 in order to bring together people from
diverse communities to explore common interests in the psychological
aspects of programming and/or in computational aspects of psychology.
'Programming', here, is interpreted in the broadest sense to include any
aspect of software development. The group, which at present numbers
approximately 300 world-wide, includes cognitive scientists,
psychologists, computer scientists, software engineers, software
developers, HCI people et al., in both Universities and industry.
PPIG aims to provide a forum for the rapid dissemination of results, ideas, and language or paradigm tool development, circumventing the long time-lag of conferences and journals. It does this by maintaining two electronic mailing lists - one for announcements and one for discussion - by publishing two newsletters a year, a web site, and organising a workshop annually, together with other workshops as and when required.
The annual workshops, which always attract a high percentage of attendees from outside the United Kingdom, consist of keynote addresses by eminent practitioners in the relevant fields, discussion panels, software demonstrations and seminar-like presentations.
Invited speakers have included Professors Jack Carroll, Bill Curtis, Laura Leventhal, Clayton Lewis, Gary Olson, Peter Polson, Elliot Soloway and Willemien Visser.
Venues have included the Universities of Warwick (1989), Wolverhampton (1990), Huddersfield (1991), Loughborough (Jan 1992), INRIA (Paris) (Dec. 1992), the Open University (Jan. 1994), University of Edinburgh (1995), and the University of KaHo Sint Lieven, Ghent (1996).
In 1996, for the first time, a workshop was held specifically to allow post-graduate students in the relevant disciplines to come together, give presentations and exchange ideas. It is hoped that this will be the first of a series.
There is no subscription. Financial help in the past has come from Xerox EuroPARC, the DTI and EPSRC. Further information is available from the organiser, Maria Kutar.
PPIG is administered by Maria Kutar. If you have any questions about PPIG, please mail them to Maria at m.kutar@salford.ac.uk
Thank you for your interest in PPIG.