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538f1c84b12380f11bca5400a4763d64 overview <p>Helen is a Professor in the Computing Department of The Open University.</p><p>For more information, please refer to her<a href="http://mcs.open.ac.uk/hcs2/">personal website</a>.</p>
538f1c84b12380f11bca5400a4763d64 research overview <p>In the Computing and Communications Department, she co-leads the Empirical Studies of Software Development research group.</p><p>Her main research interest focuses on the human and social aspects of software engineering, leveraging her expertise in both Interaction Design and Software Engineering.</p>
538f1c84b12380f11bca5400a4763d64 research overview <p>Leveraging her expertise in both HCI and Software Engineering, Helen&rsquo;s research focuses on the study of professional software practice in industry, specifically the human and social aspects of software development. This focus on human factors has led her to adopt qualitative techniques and theories from other disciplines including distributed cognition, design reflective practice, interaction analysis and technological frames. She was a founding organiser of the popular CHASE workshops held in conjunction with ICSE every year since 2008, and has been a persistent advocate for developer-centred research since the 1980s. Recent activities include:</p><ul><li>Starting in 2020 Helen will be researching socio-technical resilience of the software development environment, under EPSRC&rsquo;s People at the Heart of Software Engineering initiative. This project will be run in partnership with University of Lancaster and the Software Sustainability Institute.</li><li>Funded by NCSC, a team of researchers has been studying how to improve the security of software systems by focusing on the motivation profile of developers. This has resulted in a set of practitioner-focused packs designed to sensitise developers to security issues. These and other project outputs are available from motivatingjenny.org.</li><li>Since 2013, Helen has been working with researchers from UCLAN and the OU, partnered with the Agile Business Consortium and a variety of industrial collaborators to study agility in practice. Initially focused on software development teams, the notion of agility is being applied in a wide range of sectors and across the enterprise as a whole. The work in this project is available at agileresearchnetwork.org.</li></ul><p>Helen supervises PhD students in the areas of HCI, ACI (animal-computer interaction) and software engineering, with a key focus on integration with practice.</p>
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538f1c84b12380f11bca5400a4763d64 biography <p>Helen completed her undergraduate studies in Mathematics, and postgraduate studies in Computer Science at University College London before joining a software house in London. As a programmer, she developed and maintained software systems for a range of clients including City Traders, Oil Companies and Publishing Companies. In 1987 she came to the Open University as a temporary lecturer in Computing. Between 1987 and 2008, she held several posts at the OU and elsewhere including City University London, CTC Trust and various publishing companies and architectural practices. Since 2008 she has been Professor of Software Engineering in the School of Computing and Communications. Helen holds a Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, is a Fellow of the HEA, a Chartered IT Professional and a Chartered Engineer.</p><p>Helen&rsquo;s professional activities have ranged across several disciplines of Computer Science including HCI, Software Engineering and Project Management, and have reached out to other related disciplines such as Education and Design Studies. This diversity has been reflected in Helen&rsquo;s Teaching and Research interests, but a constant in both has been the desire to engage with practice&ndash; to understand and try to improve practice.</p><p>In 2014 Helen became Associate Dean for Research, Scholarship and Enterprise in the Maths and Computing Faculty, and in 2016 was appointed as Associate Dean for Research and Scholarship in the newly-formed STEM Faculty.</p><p>&nbsp;</p>
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538f1c84b12380f11bca5400a4763d64 Description <p>Helen completed her undergraduate studies in Mathematics, and postgraduate studies in Computer Science at University College London before joining a software house in London. As a programmer, she developed and maintained software systems for a range of clients including City Traders, Oil Companies and Publishing Companies. In 1987 she came to the Open University as a temporary lecturer in Computing. Between 1987 and 2008, she held several posts at the OU and elsewhere including City University London, CTC Trust and various publishing companies and architectural practices. Since 2008 she has been Professor of Software Engineering in the School of Computing and Communications. Helen holds a Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, is a Fellow of the HEA, a Chartered IT Professional and a Chartered Engineer.</p><p>Helen&rsquo;s professional activities have ranged across several disciplines of Computer Science including HCI, Software Engineering and Project Management, and have reached out to other related disciplines such as Education and Design Studies. This diversity has been reflected in Helen&rsquo;s Teaching and Research interests, but a constant in both has been the desire to engage with practice&ndash; to understand and try to improve practice.</p><p>In 2014 Helen became Associate Dean for Research, Scholarship and Enterprise in the Maths and Computing Faculty, and in 2016 was appointed as Associate Dean for Research and Scholarship in the newly-formed STEM Faculty.</p><p>&nbsp;</p>
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