%SECTION            Academic Unit
%Country            United Kingdom, England, Uxbridge
%Shortname          Brunel University, Computer Science
%Institution        Brunel University
%Unit               Computer Science
%Address            Brunel University
Uxbridge, Middlesex
UB8 3PH, UK
%Phone              (+44) 895 274000x2121
%Fax                (+44) 895 251686
%Email              Keith.Goss@brunel.ac.uk
%Contact            Keith Goss
%Updated            1994-04-01
%Degrees            MSc, MPhil, PhD in Computer Science,
Simulation Modelling, Software Engineering, Information Systems
%HCI_MS_Theses      2
%HCI_PhD_Theses     3
%HCI_MS_Current     4
%HCI_PhD_Current    3
%Description The Department of Computer Science is developing
programs in Simulation Modelling, Human Interface Design,
Information Systems and Information and Document Management. 
Several HCI-related courses are included in these programs: Human
Interface Design, HCI and Graphics, Interactive Systems Design,
Visual Information Environments, and Personal Information
Management. The Department has over 25 PhD research students and
60 MSc students on full and part-time programs. The Department
has within it The Centre for Computers in Law and Finance, The
Centre for Document Management and the Centre for Applied
Simulation Modelling. These centres undertake applied
industrially-sponsored research and provide students with
dissertation topics and the opportunity to collaborate with
established researchers.
%Facilities The Department has over 100 networked PCs, 12
Sparcstations and a network of 30 Macs, and is affiliated with
the computer centre which houses the University computing
resources.

%SECTION            HCI Program
%Contact            Keith Goss
%Title              Research Convenor/Lecturer
%Address            Department of Computer Science, Brunel University,
Uxbridge, Middlesex, UB8 3PH, UK
%Phone              (+44) 895 274000x2121
%FAX                (+44) 895 251686
%Email            Keith.Goss@brunel.ac.uk
%Program HCI is one area of specialisation.
%Other_Contacts +
 * Barbara Hulme (IS)
 * Prof. Ray J. Paul (Simulation Modelling)
 * Prof A. Middleditch (Geometric Modelling)

%SECTION            HCI Course
%Title              HCI and Graphics
%Number             CS502
%Instructor        Keith Goss, Bob Hopgood
%Frequency          Annual
%Times_Taught       10
%Enrollment         25
%Text +
 * Baecker&Buxton
 * Thomas
%Format             Lectures
%Description This course is oriented towards the detail of
developing computer graphics representations. TRhe HCI component
looks at principles of GUI and screen design.

%SECTION            HCI Courses
%Title              Personal Information Management
%Number             CS504
%Instructor         Peter Thomas, Jonas Lowgren (Linkoping University)
%Frequency          Occasional
%Times_Taught       1
%Enrollment         25
%Format             Lectures, action research, presentation
%Description This course covers the design of tools for managing
personal information. It is an intensive 5-day course run with
the support of the British Council and taught in collaboration
between UK and Swedish institutions. The HCI element in this
course concerns the uses to which personal information management
tools can be put and how such tools can be designed.