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PPIG 2001

13th Annual Workshop

17-20 April 2001

Bournemouth University, UK

Programme

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PhD Students Discussion Session

How to write PhDs
Alan Blackwell (Chair), Maria Kutar, Thomas Green

Dinner

Treasure hunt

Wed, 18 April 2001

Welcome
Richard Wynne
Head of the School of Design, Engineering and Computing, Bournemouth University

Invited Talk

  1. Developing Software as a Human, Social & Organizational Activity
    Liam Bannon
    University of Limerick

Distance Learning   Chair: Judith Segal

  1. The Coach - Supporting students in the area of error reports [PDF] (283K)
    Carina Paine
    The Open University
  2. Observations of student working practices in an online distance education learning environment in relation to time [PDF] (183K)
    Kit Logan & Pete Thomas
    The Open University

Morning Coffee Break

Collaborative Software Development   Chair: Frank Wales

  1. A Study of Human Solutions in eXtreme Programming [PDF] (23K)
    Robert Gittins & Sian Hope
    University of Wales Bangor
  2. A phenomenographic view on the socio-cultural activity theory in research concerning university students' learning of computer science in an internationally distributed environment [PDF] (39K) (Work in progress)
    Anders Berglund
    Uppsala University
  3. Team Performance Factors in Distributed Collaborative Software Development [PDF] (25K)
    Martha Hause and Mark R. Woodroffe
    The Open University

Lunch

Discussion Panel

Psychology of Programming meets Software Engineering
Martin Shepperd
Bournemouth University
Marc Roper
University of Strathclyde
Marian Petre
The Open University
Gary Olson
University of Michigan

Afternoon Coffee Break

Programming Languages Designs   Chair: Linda McIver

  1. Designing a Programming Language for Home Automation [PDF] (546K)
    Alan Blackwell & Rob Hague
    University of Cambridge
  2. The Science of Web-Programming [PDF] (15K)
    Roger Stone
    Loughborough University
  3. Native-End User Languages: A Design Framework [PDF] (29K)
    Basawaraj Patil, Klaus Maetzel & Erich J. Neuhold
    German National Research Centre for Information Technology

Workshop Dinner followed by music and dancing.

Thu, 19 April 2001

Invited Talk

  1. Round-the-World Software Development: Prospects and Perils
    Gary Olson
    University of Michigan

Software Comprehension   Chair: Mordechai Ben-Ari

  1. An Open-Source Analysis Schema for Identifying Software Comprehension Processes [PDF] (40K)
    Michael P. O'Brien
    Limerick Institute of Technology
    Teresa M. Shaft
    University of Oklahoma
    Jim Buckley
    University of Limerick
  2. Long Term Comprehension of Software Systems: A Methodology for Study [PDF] (27K)
    Chris Douce
    Feedback Instruments

Morning Coffee Break

Problem Comprehension   Chair: Chris Douce

  1. Human and "human-like" type explanations [PDF] (21K)
    Jun Yang, Greg Michaelson & Phil Trinder
    Heriot-Watt University
  2. Some Evidence for Graphical Readership, Paradigm Preference, and the Match-Mismatch Conjecture in Graphical Programs [PDF] (43K)
    Jarinee Chattratichart & Jasna Kuljis
    Brunel University
  3. The Model Matters: Constructing and Reasoning with Heterarchical Structural Models [PDF] (47K)
    Dan Diaper
    Bournemouth University

Lunch

Computer Science Education 1   Chair: Markku Tukiainen

  1. Research Agenda for Computer Science Education [PDF] (35K)
    Christian Holmboe
    University of Oslo
    Linda McIver
    Monash University
    Carlisle George
    Middlesex University
  2. Salvation for Bricoleurs [PDF] (38K)
    Tzippora Yeshno & Mordechai Ben-Ari
    Weizmann Institute of Science

Afternoon Coffee Break

Computer Science Education 2   Chair: Thomas Green

  1. The Application of reflective Practitioner to Software Engineering
    Orit Hazzan
    Israel Institute of Technology
  2. "It's just like the whole picture, but smaller": Expressions of gradualism, self-similarity, and other pre-conceptions while classifying recursive phenomena [PDF] (66K)
    Dalit Levy, Tami Lapidot & Tamar Paz
    Israel Institute of Technology

Dinner

Quiz Night

Fri, 20 April 2001

Cognitive Dimensions   Chair: Orit Hazzan

  1. Cognitive Dimensions Profiles: A Cautionary Tale
    Carol Britton & Maria Kutar
    Hertfordshire University
  2. Evaluation of the Cognitive Dimensions Questionnaire and Some Thoughts about the Cognitive Dimensions of Spreadsheet Calculation [PDF] (31K)
    Markku Tukiainen
    University of Joensuu
  3. Evaluating a new programming language [PDF] (28K)
    Steven Clarke
    Microsoft Corporation

Morning Coffee Break

Formal Representations   Chair: Maria Kutar

  1. The Usability of Formal Specification Representations [PDF] (14K)
    Babak Khazaei & Chris Roast
    Sheffield Hallam University
  2. Using a Graphical Design Tool for Formal Specification [PDF] (38K)
    Colin Snook & Michael Butler
    University of Southampton

Discussion session & PPIG Business

Lunch

Printed proceedings

A limited number of the proceedings can be obtained from Mrs Jacqui Holmes. Please make your cheques payable to Bournemouth University for the amount of £5 to cover postage and packaging.

We cannot accept credit card payments and cheques must be in Pounds Sterling drawn from a UK bank.

Mrs Jacqui Holmes
School Research Administrator
School of Design, Engineering & Computing
Bournemouth University
Poole House
Talbot Campus
Fern Barrow
POOLE
BH12 5BB

E-mail: jholmes@bournemouth.ac.uk

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