Alan John Dix is a British author, researcher, and university professor, specialising in

human–computer interaction Human–computer interaction (HCI) is research in the design and the use of computer technology, which focuses on the interfaces between people ( users) and computers. HCI researchers observe the ways humans interact with computers and design ...

(HCI). He is one of the four co-authors of the university level textbook ''Human–Computer Interaction''. Dix is the Director of the Computational Foundry at

Swansea University , former_names=University College of Swansea, University of Wales Swansea , motto= cy, Gweddw crefft heb ei dawn , mottoeng="Technical skill is bereft without culture" , established=1920 – University College of Swansea 1996 – University of Wa ...

, since May 2018. He was previously a professor at Lancaster University.

Publications

Books

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Contributions

* This book contains a chapter written by Dix, in summary from the 1987

British Computer Society Sir Maurice Wilkes served as the first President of BCS in 1957 BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, known as the British Computer Society until 2009, is a professional body and a learned society that represents those working in infor ...

of Human-Computer Interaction held at

University of Exeter , mottoeng = "We Follow the Light" , established = 1838 - St Luke's College1855 - Exeter School of Art1863 - Exeter School of Science 1955 - University of Exeter (received royal charter) , type = Public , ...

References

External links

Alan's homepage

HCI Book Website

HCI Course on interaction-design.org
* Year of birth missing (living people) Living people British computer scientists Human–computer interaction researchers Academics of Lancaster University International Mathematical Olympiad participants {{Compu-scientist-stub