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<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
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<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
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<p>Leveraging her expertise in both HCI and Software Engineering, Helen’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’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
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software engineering, with a key focus on integration with practice.</p> |
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<p>Helen completed her undergraduate studies in Mathematics, and postgraduate studies
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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’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’s Teaching and Research interests,
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Engineer.</p><p>Helen’s professional activities have ranged across several disciplines
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have reached out to other related disciplines such as Education and Design Studies.
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but a constant in both has been the desire to engage with practice– to understand
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