Scott P. Robertson

Ph.D.

Personal Homepage:
http://www.scottrobertson.info/
Current place of employment:
University of Hawaii

Dr. Scott Robertson is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Information and Computer Sciences at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. His general research area is human-computer interaction (HCI) and his most recent work has been in the areas of Digital Government, e-Democracy, and e-Participation.

Dr. Robertson has served as an invited participant and speaker on electronic voting and digital government for the Computer Science and Telecommunication Board of the National Academy of Sciences(see A Framework for Understanding Electronic Voting)and the Scientific Freedom, Responsibility, and Law Program of the American Association for the Advancement of Science(see Workshop on Developing a Research Agenda for Electronic Voting Technologies).

Dr. Robertson is Director of HI'CHI, the Hawaii Computer-Human Interaction Lab. He is currently the Principal Investigator for Digital Deliberation: Searching and Deciding About How to Vote,a three-year project funded by the Information and Intelligent Systems Division of the National Science Foundation(award # IIS-0535036).

Dr. Robertson received his B.A. in Social Science from the University of California, Irvine,his M.A. in Cognitive Psychology from California State University, Fullerton, and his Ph.D. in Psychology with a specialization in Cognitive Science from Yale University. Dr. Robertson has also worked as a researcher in the computing and telecommunications industries where he focused on collaboration and knowledge management technologies.

Publications by Scott P. Robertson (bibliography)

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» 2009 «

Vatrapu, Ravi K. and Robertson, Scott P. (2009): Information foraging in E-voting. In: Proceedings of ACM CHI 2009 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2009. pp. 3799-3804. Available online

Robertson, Scott P., Vatrapu, Ravi K. and Abraham, George (2009): Note Taking and Note Sharing While Browsing Campaign Information. In: HICSS 2009 - 42st Hawaii International International Conference on Systems Science 5-8 January, 2009, Waikoloa, Big Island, HI, USA. pp. 1-10. Available online

» 2008 «

Robertson, Scott P., Wania, Christine E., Abraham, George and Park, Sang Joon (2008): Drop-Down Democracy: Internet Portal Design Influences Voters' Search Strategies. In: HICSS 2008 - 41st Hawaii International International Conference on Systems Science 7-10 January, 2008, Waikoloa, Big Island, HI, USA. p. 191. Available online

» 2007 «

Robertson, Scott P., Wania, Christine E. and Park, Sang Joon (2007): An Observational Study of Voters on the Internet. In: HICSS 2007 - 40th Hawaii International International Conference on Systems Science 3-6 January, 2007, Waikoloa, Big Island, HI, USA. p. 90. Available online

» 2006 «

Robertson, Scott P. (2006): Digital deliberation: searching and deciding about how to vote. In: Fortes, José A. B. and MacIntosh, Ann (eds.) DG.O 2006 - Proceedings of the 7th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research May 21-24, 2006, San Diego, California, USA. pp. 195-196. Available online

» 2005 «

Robertson, Scott P., Achananuparp, Palakorn, Goldman, James L., Park, Sang Joon, Zhou, Nan and Clare, Matthew J. (2005): Voting and political information gathering on paper and online. In: Proceedings of ACM CHI 2005 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2005. pp. 1753-1756. Available online

» 1999 «

Robertson, Scott P. and Reese, Kathy (1999): A Virtual Library for Building Community and Sharing Knowledge. In International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 51 (3) pp. 663-685

» 1996 «

Robertson, Scott P., Wharton, Cathleen, Ashworth, Catherine and Franzke, Marita (1996): Dual Device User Interface Design: PDAs and Interactive Television. In: Tauber, Michael J., Bellotti, Victoria, Jeffries, Robin, Mackinlay, Jock D. and Nielsen, Jakob (eds.) Proceedings of the ACM CHI 96 Human Factors in Computing Systems Conference April 14-18, 1996, Vancouver, Canada. pp. 79-86. Available online

» 1994 «

Carroll, John M., Mack, Robert L., Robertson, Scott P. and Rosson, Mary Beth (1994): Binding Objects to Scenarios of Use. In International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 41 (1) pp. 243-276

Robertson, Scott P. (1994): TSUNAMI: Simultaneous Understanding, Answering, and Memory Interaction for Questions. In Cognitive Science, 18 (1) pp. 51-85

» 1991 «

Robertson, Scott P., Olson, Gary M. and Olson, Judith S. (eds.) Proceedings of the ACM CHI 91 Human Factors in Computing Systems Conference April 28 - June 5, 1991, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Koenemann, Jurgen and Robertson, Scott P. (1991): Expert Problem Solving Strategies for Program Comprehension. In: Robertson, Scott P., Olson, Gary M. and Olson, Judith S. (eds.) Proceedings of the ACM CHI 91 Human Factors in Computing Systems Conference April 28 - June 5, 1991, New Orleans, Louisiana. pp. 125-130. Available online

Koenemann-Belliveau, Jurgen, Moher, Thomas G. and Robertson, Scott P. (eds.) Proceedings of the Fourth Annual Workshop on Empirical Studies of Programmers 1991, Norwood, New Jersey, USA.

Riecken, R. Douglas, Koenemann-Belliveau, Jurgen and Robertson, Scott P. (1991): What Do Expert Programmers Communicate by Means of Descriptive Commenting?. In: Koenemann-Belliveau, Jurgen, Moher, Thomas G. and Robertson, Scott P. (eds.) Proceedings of the Fourth Annual Workshop on Empirical Studies of Programmers 1991, Norwood, New Jersey, USA. pp. 177-195.

» 1990 «

Robertson, Scott P. and Yu, Chiung-Chen (1990): Common Cognitive Representations of Program Code Across Tasks and Languages. In International Journal of Man-Machine Studies, 33 (3) pp. 343-360

Robertson, Scott P. and Davis, Erle F. (1990): Program Comprehension Beyond the Line. In: Diaper, Dan, Gilmore, David J., Cockton, Gilbert and Shackel, Brian (eds.) INTERACT 90 - 3rd IFIP International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction August 27-31, 1990, Cambridge, UK. pp. 959-963.

» 1988 «

Yu, Chiung-Chen and Robertson, Scott P. (1988): Plan-Based Representations of Pascal and Fortran Code. In: Soloway, Elliot, Frye, Douglas and Sheppard, Sylvia B. (eds.) Proceedings of the ACM CHI 88 Human Factors in Computing Systems Conference June 15-19, 1988, Washington, DC, USA. pp. 251-256.

Robertson, Scott P., Koizumi, David and Marsella, Stacy C. (1988): Constraints on Training: Informativeness and Breadth in Procedural Skill Learning. In: Proceedings of the Human Factors Society 32nd Annual Meeting 1988. pp. 377-380.

» 1986 «

Robertson, Scott P. and Black, John B. (1986): Structure and Development of Plans in Computer Text Editing. In Human-Computer Interaction, 2 (3) pp. 201-226

» 1983 «

Robertson, Scott P. and Black, John B. (1983): Planning Units in Text Editing Behavior. In: Smith, Raoul N., Pew, Richard W. and Janda, Ann (eds.) Proceedings of the ACM CHI 83 Human Factors in Computing Systems Conferenc December 12-15, 1983, Boston, Massachusetts, United States. pp. 217-221.

User-contributed publications

Here is a list of publications that have been submitted by the author himself/herself or a website visitor:

Robertson, S., Wania, C., & Park, S.J. (2007). An observational study of voters on the internet. Proceedings of HICSS-2007: Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences.

Robertson, S. (2006). Digital deliberation: Searching and deciding about how to vote. Proceedings of dg.o2006: 7th Annual Conference on Digital Government Research. New York: ACM Press, 95-96.

Robertson, S.P. (2005). Voter-centered design: Toward a voter decision support system. ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction, 12(2), June, 263-292.

Robertson, S., Achananuparp, P., Goldman, J., Park, S.J., Zhou, N., & Clare, M. (2005). Voting and political information gathering on paper and online. Extended Abstracts of CHI '05: Human Factors in Computing Systems. New York: ACM Press, 1753-1756.

Robertson, S. (2002). A tale of two knowledge-sharing systems. Journal of Knowledge Management, 6(3), 295-308.

Mann, B.D., Eidelson, B.M., Fukuchi, S.G., Nissman, S.A., Robertson, S. and Jardines, L. (2002). The development of an interactive game-based tool for learning surgical management algorithms via computer. The American Journal of Surgery, 183, 305-308.

Robertson, S., Jitan, S., & Reese, K. (1997). Web-based collaborative library research. Proceedings of the Second ACM International Conference on Digital Libraries. New York: ACM Press, 152-160.

Robertson, S.P. (1994). TSUNAMI: Simultaneous understanding, answering, and memory interaction for questions. Cognitive Science, 18, 51-85.

Changes to this page (author)

20 Feb 2010: Enabled abstracts to be shown on Scott P. Robertson's author page.
19 Jun 2009: Author was edited