Alan Dix

Alan John Dix is a British author, researcher, and university professor, specialising in human–computer interaction (HCI). He is one of the four co-authors of the university level textbook Human–Computer Interaction.[1] Dix is the Director of the Computational Foundry at Swansea University, since May 2018.[2] He was previously a professor at Lancaster University.[3]

Alan Dix
Occupation	University Professor
Known for	Human-Computer Interaction (HCI)
Website	https://alandix.com/

Publications

Books

• Dix, Alan; Finlay, Janet E.; Abowd, Gregory D.; Beale, Russell (20 December 2003). Human-Computer Interaction (3 ed.). Pearson Education. ISBN 9780130461094.
• Dix, Alan; Finlay, Janet E.; Abowd, Gregory D.; Beale, Russell (12 January 1998). Human-Computer Interaction (2 ed.). Prentice Hall. ISBN 0132398648.
• Dix, Alan; Finlay, Janet E.; Abowd, Gregory D.; Beale, Russell (1993). Human-Computer Interaction (1 ed.). Prentice Hall. ISBN 9780134582665.
• Dix, Alan; Finlay, Janet E. (29 June 1996). An Introduction To Artificial Intelligence (1st ed.). CRC Press. ISBN 9781857283990.
• Dix, Alan (1991). Formal Methods for Interactive Systems. Elsevier. ISBN 978-0-12-218315-7.

Contributions

• Diaper, D.; Winder, R., eds. (1987). "Myth of the Infinitely Fast Machine". People and Computers III. Cambridge University Press. pp. 215–228. ISBN 9780521351973. This book contains a chapter written by Dix, in summary from the 1987 British Computer Society of Human-Computer Interaction held at University of Exeter.

References

1. "Alan Dix". Google Scholar. Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
2. "UCLIC Seminar: More than a Moment". Computer Science Department, University College London. 1 October 2018. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
3. "Alan Dix - Research Portal". Lancaster University. Retrieved 5 March 2013.

External links

• Alan's homepage
• HCI Book Website
• HCI Course on interaction-design.org
• Alan Dix's results at International Mathematical Olympiad