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SUMMARY:From driving to trafficking: the developing view of the user in co
 mputer systems design - Richard Harper (Microsoft Research)
DTSTART:20100701T130000Z
DTEND:20100701T140000Z
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CONTACT:Dr Fabien Petitcolas
DESCRIPTION:*Abstract*: In this talk I shall introduce the role of the use
 r in computer systems design\, explore how understanding of who and what t
 he user is has developed over the years with examples\, and report on how 
 current research at Microsoft is designing for forms of user behaviours th
 at were not imagined just a few years ago.\n\n*Biography*: Richard Harper 
 is Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research in Cambridge and co-manages 
 the Socio-Digital Systems group. Richard is concerned with how to design f
 or 'being human' in an age when man-as-machine type metaphors\, deriving f
 rom Turing and others\, tend to dominate thinking in the area. Trained as 
 a sociologist and with a strong passion for ordinary language philosophy\,
  he has published over 100 papers and is about to publish his 10th book\, 
 Texture: Human expression in the age of communication overload\, (MIT Pres
 s). Amongst his prior books is the IEEE award winning The Myth of the Pape
 rless Office (MIT Press\,2002)\, co-authored with Abi Sellen. His work is 
 not only theoretical or sociological\, but also includes the design of rea
 l and functioning systems\, for work and for home settings\, for mobile de
 vices and for social networking sites. Numerous patents have derived from 
 his work.Prior to joining Microsoft Research\, Richard helped lead various
  technology innovation and knowledge transfer companies\, while in 2000 he
  was appointed the UK’s first Professor of Socio-Digital Systems\, at th
 e University of Surrey\, England. It was here he also set up the Digital W
 orld Research Centre. Prior to this he was a researcher at Xerox PARC's fi
 fth lab\, EuroPARC\, in Cambridge. He completed his Phd at Manchester in 1
 989.
LOCATION:Large public lecture room\, Microsoft Research\, Roger Needham Bu
 ilding\, 7 J J Thomson Avenue\, Cambridge CB3 0FB
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