Papers

Selected peer reviewed publications

Rukšėnas, R., Back, J., Curzon, P. & Blandford, A. (in press) Verification-Guided Modelling of Salience and Cognitive Load. Formal Aspects of Computing. Abstract (HTML), Pre-Print (PDF)

Smith, P., Blandford, A., & Back, J. (in press). Questioning, exploring, narrating and playing in the control room to maintain system safety. Cognition, Technology & Work. Abstract (HTML), Pre-print (PDF)

Back, J., Furniss, D., Attfield, A., Hassard, S. & Blandford, A. (2009). Exploring the Importance of Reflection in the Control Room. CHI2009 - Designing for Reflection on Experience. Abstract (HTML), Pre-print (PDF)

Back, J., Furniss, D., Hildebrandt, M., & Blandford, A. (2008). Resilience markers for safer systems and organisations. SAFE COMP 2008, 27th International Conference on Computer Safety, Reliability and Security, LNCS, 5219:99-112. Abstract (HTML), Pre-print (PDF)

Ruksenas, R., Back, J., Curzon, P. & Blandford, A. (2008). Formal Modelling of Salience and Cognitive Load. In Proceedings FMIS 2007, Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science.Vol. 208 pp57-75. Abstract (HTML), Pre-print (PDF)

Rukšėnas, R., Curzon, P., Blandford, A. & Back, J. (2008). Combining Human Error Verification and Timing Analysis. In Proc. Engineering Interactive Systems (EIS 2007), LNCS. Abstract (HTML), Pre-print (PDF)

Curzon, P., Rukšėnas, R., Back, J. & Blandford, A. (2008) Verifying systems to reduce human error. Proc. TTVSI (Tools and Techniques for Verification of System Infrastructure) 2008.

Back, J., Blandford, A., & Curzon, P. (2007). Recognising Erroneous and Exploratory Interactions. In C. Baranauskas, P. Palanque, J. Abascal and S. Barbosa (Eds.) INTERACT 2007. Lecture Notes in Computer Science 4663. 127-140. Abstract (HTML), Pre-print (PDF)

Back, J., Furniss, D., & Blandford, A. (2007). Cognitive Resilience: Reflection-in-action and on-action. In R. Woltjer, B. Johansson & J. Lundberg (Eds.) Proceedings of Resilience Engineering Workshop, Vadstena, Sweden, June, 23(1), 1-6. Abstract (HTML), Pre-print (PDF)

Ruksenas, R., Curzon, P., Back, J., & Blandford, A. (2007). Formal Modelling of Cognitive Interpretation. In Proceedings of DSVIS 2006. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Vol. 4323 pp123-136. Abstract (HTML), Pre-print (PDF)

Back, J., Blandford, A., & Curzon, P., (2007). Slip Errors and Cue Salience. In W.-P. Brinkman, D.-H. Ham & B. L. W. Wong (Eds.) Proceedings of ECCE2007. Invent! Explore! European Conference on Cognitive Ergonomics 2007 (EACE), August. Abstract (HTML), Pre-print (PDF)

Back, J., Cheng, W, Dann, R., Curzon, P., & Blandford, A. (2006). Does being motivated to avoid procedural errors influence their systematicity? People and Computers XX - Engage Proceedings of HCI 2006 (Vol. 1). Abstract (HTML), Pre-print (PDF)

Blandford, A., Back, J., Curzon, P., Li, S. & Ruksenas, R. (2006). Reasoning about human error by modeling cognition and interaction. In Proceedings of the 2nd Symposium on Resilience Engineering. Les Presses Mines Paris. pp 36-43. November. Proceedings (HTML), Pre-print (PDF)

Back, J., (2004). Predicting the Utility of Relevance Feedback using Cognitive Load Theory. Ph.D. thesis, Loughborough University. Summary chapter (PDF).

Back, J., & Oppenheim, C. (2001). A model of cognitive load for IR: implications for user relevance feedback interaction. Information Research, 6, (2). Abstract (HTML), Online (HTML).

Back, J., (2001). Relevance feedback interaction. In Proc. of Information Seeking in Context, Gothenburg, Sweden.

Back, J. (2000). Cognitive load and interaction. In Proceedings of 22nd Annual Colloquium on Information Retrieval Research, Cambridge, England.

Back, J. (1999). Searching for information: artificial intelligence and information retrieval approaches. In Proceedings of Professional Group A4 (Artificial Intelligence) Seminar, Glasgow, Scotland.

Back, J. (1999). Usability of Internet search engines. LIRN, 24, (1), 30-34.