Harold Thimbleby
Harold W. Thimbleby is a British professor of computer science at Swansea University, Wales. He is known for his works on user interface design within the realm of human computer interaction.Overview
Harold Thimbleby held the post of director of UCLIC, University College London's Interaction Centre, from its establishment in 2001. From 2001 to 2004, he was also the 28th Professor of Geometry at Gresham College, London. Thimbleby founded the Future Interaction Technology Lab at Swansea University in 2005.
Thimbleby runs the Swansea University Research Forum, as well as giving talks on science and religion.Thimbleby's research interests include:
- Interactive handwriting calculators
- Improving medical devices
- Improving ethics in research
- Markov Modeling
- Matrix Modeling
Selected works
- Article on literate programming,1986
- User Interface Design, Addison-Wesley, 1990.
- HyperProgramming, with G. F. Coulouris, Addison-Wesley, 1990.
- Press On, MIT Press, 2007.
- , with , University College London Interaction Center.
