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PPIG 1995

7th Annual Workshop

4-6 January 1995

University of Edinburgh, Scotland

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Wed, 4 January 1995

Tools and Techniques

  1. Courseware design support
    Robin Johnson
    University of Technology, Papua New Guinea
  2. Validating knowledge based systems with software visualization technology
    John Domingue
    Open University, UK
  3. MADLab: masking and multiple bug diagnosis
    Allan Scott
    University of Edinburgh, Scotland
  4. Maintenance of object-oriented systems: an empirical analysis of the performance and strategies of programmers new to object-oriented techniques
    Jos van Hillegersberg, K. Kumar and R.J.Welke
    Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands
  5. Prolog without tears: an evaluation of the effectiveness of a non Byrd Box model for students
    Paul Mulholland
    Open University, UK
  6. The evaluation of TED, a techniques editor for Prolog programming
    Tom Ormerod and Linden Ball
    Lancaster University, UK

Skittles and Basket Supper

Thu, 5 January 1995

Design Strategies

  1. Invited Paper: Using episodic knowledge in design
    Willemien Visser
    INRIA, Rocquencourt, France
  2. Knowledge exploration in design: communicating across boundaries
    Diane Sonnenwald
    Riso National Laboratory, Denmark
  3. Control strategies used by expert program designers.
    Steve Lang and Tom Ormerod
    Loughborough University, UK
  4. An investigation into strategies employed in solving a programming task using Prolog
    J Siddiqi, B Khazaei, R Osborn, C Roast
    Sheffield Hallam University, UK
  5. Software Design using GOOSE
    David Budgen and Mitch Thomson
    Keele University, UK
  6. KidSim: A graphical production system for children (DEMO)
    David Gilmore
    Nottingham University, UK

Lunch

Competence, Knowledge and Learning

  1. Invited Paper: Facilitating the acquisition of mental models of programming with GIL: an integrated planning and debugging learning environment.
    Brian Reiser
    North Western University, Illinois, USA
  2. A pilot study on novice Pascal programmers on vocational courses in further education in Northern Ireland
    Linda Carswell
    Upper Bann Institute, Portadown, N Ireland
  3. 15. Documentation skills in novice and expert programmers: an empirical comparison
    Jean-Francois Rouet, Catherine Deleuze-Dordron and Andre Bisseret
    INPG, Grenoble, France
  4. A model of programming
    Lindsey Ford
    University of Exeter, UK
  5. Mental representation and computer use
    Jose J Canas, Maria Teresa Bajo, Raquel Varro and Pilar Gonzalvo
    University of Granada, Spain
  6. Forms/3, a declarative graphical language (DEMO)
    Margaret Burnett
    Oregon State University, USA

Whisky Tasting

Buffet and Wee Celidh

Fri, 6 January 1995

Using Diagrams and Graphical Programming Languages

  1. Transforming verbal descriptions into mathematical formulas in spreadsheet calculation
    Pertti Saariluoma & Jorma Sajaniemi
    University of Helsinki, Finland
  2. Kidsim: Abstraction through graphical programming?
    David Gilmore
    University of Nottingham, UK
  3. Do diagrams make us smart(ER)?
    Judith Good, Paul Brna and Richard Cox
    Edinburgh University, Scotland

Perspectives

  1. Comparing program comprehension in different cultures and different representations.
    Marian Petre, Blaine Price, Vikki Fix, Jean Scholtz, Susan Wiedenbeck, Igor Netesin & Sergey Yershov
    Open University, UK, and elsewhere
  2. Psychology of programming in the former Soviet Union
    Igor Netesin
    Technosoft, Kiev, Ukraine

General Discussion

Lunch

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