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PPIG 2003

15th Annual Workshop

8-10 April 2003

Keele University, Keele, UK

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Programme

 

Tue, 8 April 2003

Opening Keynote


  1. Anthony Finkelstein

Joint Session with EASE  

  1. Are Reviews an alternative to pair programming?
    M. Mueller
  2. An ethnography of XP practice [PDF] (426K)
    H. Sharp & H. Robinson

Coffee Break

Professional Practice Session   Chair: Maria Kutar

  1. Software Effort Estimation: unstructured group discussion as a method to reduce individual biasis
    M. Jørgensen & Kjetil Moløkkeni
  2. Tensions in the adoption and evolution of software quality management systems [PDF] (242K)
    H. Sharp, F. Hovenden & M.Woodman
  3. Characterising software comprehension for programmers in practice [PDF] (41K)
    J. Buckley

Expert Discussion   Chair: Thomas Green

How much is theory ever going to contribute to learning and practice?

Wed, 9 April 2003

Keynote


  1. Chris Hundhausen
    University of Hawaii

Session 3  

  1. Towards authentic measures of program comprehension [PDF] (486K)
    J. Good & P. Brna
  2. Employing protocol analysis to study use of software documentation
    S. Owen, D. Budgen, & O.P. Brereton

Coffee Break

CS Education Session  

  1. Little Languages for Little Robots [PDF] (115K)
    M.Jadud, B Chenoweth & J.Scheleter
  2. A development study of cogntive problems in learning to program [PDF] (226K)
    R. Tucker
  3. Applying Cognitive load theory to computer science education [PDF] (47K)
    D. Shaffer, W. Doube & J. Tuovinen
  4. First results of an experiment on using roles of variables in teaching [PDF] (131K)
    M. Kuittinen & J. Sajaniemi

Lunch

Joint Panel Session with EASE   Alan F. Blackwell

Why/how should we have psychological/empirical assessment/interest in programming/engineering?

Coffee Break

Cognitive Dimensions Session  

  1. Using the cognitive dimensions framework to measure the usability of a class library [PDF] (182K)
    S. Clarke & C.Becker
  2. Cognitive Dimensions questionnaire applied to visual languages evaluation -- a case study [PDF] (369K)
    A. Bobkowska
  3. Using cognitive dimensions to compare prototyping techniques [PDF] (118K)
    A.Dearden, J. Siddiqi & A. Naghsh
  4. Cognitive Dimensions of tangible programming techniques [PDF] (212K)
    Alan F. Blackwell
    University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory, UK

Thu, 10 April 2003

Representations Session  

  1. Investigating the influence of structure of user performance with UML interaction diagrams [PDF] (210K)
    M. Kutar, C. Britton, T. Barker & J. Swan
  2. Java Debugging strategies in multi-representational environments [PDF] (548K)
    P. Romero, B. du Boulay, R Cox & C. Exton
  3. Does the empirical evidence support visualisation?
    K. Cox & K. Phalp
  4. Team coordination through externalised mental imagery [PDF] (209K)
    Marian Petre
    Open University, UK

Coffee Break

Joint Session with EASE  

  1. Some parallels between empirical software engineering and research in human computer interaction [PDF] (148K)
    Judith Segal
    Open University, UK

Closing Keynote


  1. Keith Stenning
    University of Edinburgh

Lunch

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