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Linda Macaulay

Linda Ann Macaulay is the Emeritus Professor of System Design at the University of Manchester, specialising in Human–computer interaction, Requirements engineering and Service science, management and engineering.

Education

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Linda Macaulay obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics at the University of Sheffield in 1972, and a Research master's degree in Computational Science from the University of St Andrews in 1976.[1] She later obtained her Doctor of Philosophy in Computation from the University of Manchester,[2] becoming a Fellow of the British Computer Society.[3]

Research

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Human Computer Interaction

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Professor Macaulay's 1995 book Human Computer Interaction for Software Designers,[4] served presents a number of techniques for use by System Designers to help them take account of user needs within the design process. The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council recognised her HCI research through the award "Human Factors in the Design of Electronic Service Delivery Systems for use in Complex Environments".[5]

Requirements Engineering

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Her book on requirements engineering focussed on techniques for involving users in the early stages of requirements[6] in the software design process led to an EPSRC award for "Co-operative Requirements Capture",[7] and a number of articles including USTM: A New Approach to Requirements Specification,[8] Requirements as a Co-operative Activity,[9] A Seven Layer Model of the Role of the Facilitator in Requirements Engineering.[10] She won the Economic and Social Research Council award for "Human Issues in Security and Privacy in e-Commerce".[11]

Service System Design

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Macaulay's contributed to one of the earliest publications recognising the need for more flexible software, known as "software as a service",[12] and to be co-investigator in the Interdisciplinary Software Engineering Network.[13] She later founded the EPSRC UK network in Service Science,[14] to develop and promote UK capability in service sciences. Her book Case Studies in Service Innovation presents a study of how service innovation occurs in practice.[15]

Career

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In 1999 Linda was the first female Professor to be appointed to the Department of Computation at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology.[16] She is now at Manchester Business School.[17]

Awards

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  • IBM Faculty Award for research in service science[18][19]

Personal life

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Professor Macaulay is married to Patrick Macaulay, they have three children Jon-Sebastian, Theresa and Christine.

References

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  1. ^ SAULCAT. (1976). Simulation of a paged computer system, a teaching tool. SAULCAT - St. Andrews University Library Catalogue (Thesis). St. Andrews - Library. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
  2. ^ EThOS (1997). The role of the facilitator in distributed teamwork. British Library's Electronic Theses Online Service (EThOS). (Ph.D). University of Manchester, Institute of Science and Technology. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
  3. ^ British Computer Society. "BCS Fellows". BCS Register of Members. Archived from the original on 22 November 2015. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
  4. ^ Macaulay, L.A. (1995). Human Computer Interaction for Software Designers. London: International Thomson Computer Press. p. 222. ISBN 978-1-850-32177-4. OCLC 605328426.
  5. ^ EPSRC. "Human Factors in the Design of Electronic Service Delivery Systems". EPSRC. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
  6. ^ Macaulay, L.A. (1996). Requirements Engineering. London: Springer-Verlag. p. 198. ISBN 978-3-540-76006-1. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
  7. ^ EPSRC. "Co-operative Requirements Capture". gow.epsrc.ac.uk/. EPSRC. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
  8. ^ Macaulay, Linda (1990). "USTM: A new approach to Requirements Specification". Interacting with Computers. 2 (2): 92–118. doi:10.1016/0953-5438(90)90017-C.
  9. ^ Macaulay, Linda (1992). "Requirements capture as a cooperative activity". [1993] Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Requirements Engineering. pp. 174–181. doi:10.1109/ISRE.1993.324820. ISBN 978-0-8186-3120-7. S2CID 38864242.
  10. ^ Macaulay, Linda (17 Feb 2014). "Seven-Layer Model of the Role of the Facilitator in Requirements Engineering". Requirements Engineering. 4 (1): 38–59. doi:10.1007/s007660050009. S2CID 1975857.
  11. ^ ESRC. "Human Issues in Security and Privacy in E-Commerce". Economic and Social Research Council. Archived from the original on 8 July 2012. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  12. ^ Bennett, Keith; Layzell, Paul; Budgen, Dave; Brereton, Pearl; Macaulay, Linda; Munro, Malcolm (December 2000). "Service-based software: The future for flexible software". Proceedings Seventh Asia-Pacific Software Engeering Conference. APSEC 2000. pp. 214–221. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.23.3674. doi:10.1109/APSEC.2000.896702. ISBN 978-0-7695-0915-0. S2CID 15783373.
  13. ^ EPSRC. "Isen: Interdisciplinary Software Engineering Network". EPSRC: Pioneering research and skills. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  14. ^ EPSRC. "SSME Network: UK network of researchers in services science, management and engineering". EPSRC Pioneering Research and Skills. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  15. ^ Macaulay, Linda; Miles, Ian; Wilby, Jennifer; Tan, Yin Leng; Zhao, Liping; Theodoulidis, Babis (2012). Case Studies in Service Innovation. New York: Springer-Verlag. p. 234. ISBN 978-1-4614-1972-3. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  16. ^ "ELGAR: Electronic Gateway to Archives at Rylands :: Display in Full". Archives.li.man.ac.uk. Retrieved 2015-08-24.
  17. ^ "Prof Linda Macaulay research profile - personal details | The University of Manchester". Manchester.ac.uk. Retrieved 2015-08-24.
  18. ^ "IBM University Research and Collaboration". Research.ibm.com. 2014-10-28. Retrieved 2015-08-24.
  19. ^ EurekAlert (1 Nov 2005). "Manchester strikes strategic deal with IBM". American Association for the Advancement of Science. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
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