Ann Blandford
Professor Ann Blandford | |
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| Education | Cambridge University (BA Hons)(1979) Open University (PhD) (1991) University College London (FHEA) (1991) |
| Awards | Suffrage Science - Computing |
Ann Blandford is a British academic in the field of software engineering. She is professor of Human-Computer Interaction at UCLIC and deputy director at University College London Institute of Healthcare Engineering.[1] Her research focuses on behaviour change, well-being, and human errors in the field of healthcare.[2][3]
Education
Blandford graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in mathematics from the University of Cambridge. She worked as a software engineer before pursuing a PhD in artificial intelligence and education at the Open University.[3]
Career
Blandford was a professor at the Interaction Design Centre in Middlesex University from 1995 to 2001.
Blandford has been a professor in human-computer interaction at UCLIC since 2002, where her research has involved studies of serendipity, leading to a proposal for a new definition of the phenomenon.[4] She and Stephann Makri then worked to further refine their classification of "serendipitous occurrences".[5] Her current work covers HCI research in digital health, including challenges of interdisciplinarity.[6]
In 2016, Blandford became one of the first 12 women to receive a Suffrage Science award for contributions to the field of maths and computing.[7]
References
- ^ "Ann Blandford". UCL Interaction Centre.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Ann Blandford". UCL Psychology and Language Sciences. January 29, 2018. Retrieved October 2, 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b "Ann Blandford". The Interaction Design Foundation. Retrieved October 2, 2019.
- ^ "Serendipity is more than a 'happy accident', researchers say". phys.org. October 5, 2012. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Andrew, Liam (July 16, 2014). "I'm feeling lucky: Can algorithms better engineer serendipity in research — or in journalism?". Nieman Lab. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Blandford, Ann; Gibbs, Jo; Newhouse, Nikki; Perski, Olga; Singh, Aneesha; Murray, Elizabeth (2018). "Seven lessons for interdisciplinary research on interactive digital health interventions". Digital Health. 4. doi:10.1177/2055207618770325. PMC 6016567. PMID 29942629.
- ^ "Celebrating women in science on Ada Lovelace Day 2016". Suffrage Science. May 6, 2016. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
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