Paul Vickers holds a BSc degree in Computer studies from Liverpool Polytechnic and a PhD in Human-Computer Interaction from Loughborough University. He is currently Reader in Human-Computer Interaction in at Northumbria University where he has been since 2001. Between 1989 and 2001 Vickers taught at Liverpool John Moores University, and before that worked in a software development team at Digital Equipment Co. Ltd.
Paul Vickers is a UK Chartered Engineer and a member of the Institution of Electrical Engineers and is also a registered practitioner in the UK's Higher Education Academy. His research is centred in the human-computer interaction (HCI) and auditory visualisation fields with a particular focus on the use of music as a medium for external representations.
Vickers has presented at and been on the organising committees for a number of international conferences and has been interviewed by international media about his work on auditory representations of programs. A keen musician, Paul Vickers is very interested in bringing together the technologists, engineers, musicians, composers, sound artists, audio engineers, and programmers to build well-motivated and well-designed tools for exploring the use of sound as a communication medium.
Vickers, Paul and Alty, James L. (2002): Using music to communicate computing information. In Interacting with Computers, 14 (5) pp. 435-456
Vickers, Paul and Alty, James L. (2002): Musical program auralisation: a structured approach to motif design. In Interacting with Computers, 14 (5) pp. 457-485
Vickers, Paul and Alty, James L. (2002): When bugs sing. In Interacting with Computers, 14 (6) pp. 793-819
Here is a list of publications that have been submitted by the author himself/herself or a website visitor:
Vickers, P., & Alty, J. L. (2003). Siren Songs and Swan Songs: Debugging with Music. Communications of the ACM, 46(7), 86-92.
Vickers, P. (2004). External Auditory Representations of Programs: Past, Present, and Future - An Aesthetic Perspective. In S. Barrass & P. Vickers (Eds.), ICAD 2004 - The Tenth Meeting of the International Conference on Auditory Display. Sydney: ICAD.
Nicholson, M., & Vickers, P. (2004). Pen-Based Gestures: An Approach to Reducing Screen Clutter in Mobile Computing. In S. A. Brewster & M. D. Dunlop (Eds.), Mobile Human-Computer Interaction - Mobile HCI 2004 6th International Symposium, Glasgow, UK, September 13-16, Proceedings (Vol. 3160, pp. 320-324): Springer-Verlag.
Buranatrived, J., & Vickers, P. (2004). A Study of Application and Device Effects Between a WAP Phone and a Palm PDA. In S. A. Brewster & M. D. Dunlop (Eds.), Mobile Human-Computer Interaction - Mobile HCI 2004 6th International Symposium, Glasgow, UK, September 13-16, Proceedings (Vol. 3160, pp. 192-203): Springer-Verlag.
Buranatrived, J., & Vickers, P. (2002, 30-31 October). An Investigation of the Impact of Mobile Phone and PDA Interfaces on the Usability of Mobile-Commerce Applications. Paper presented at the IWNA5: 5th IEEE International Workshop on Networked Appliances, Liverpool, UK.
Clement, P., & Vickers, P. (2002, 30-31 October). From Server to PDA: an HCI Perspective on Porting Wireless Roaming Business Applications. Paper presented at the IWNA5: 5th IEEE International Workshop on Networked Appliances, Liverpool, UK.
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Publication period:2002-2002
Publication count:3
Number of co-authors:3
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