Professor Harold Thimbleby

Professor Emeritus (Science)

Faculty of Science and Engineering

h.w.thimbleby@swansea.ac.uk

Available For Postgraduate Supervision

Research Links

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2222-4243

ResearcherID

About

Professor Harold Thimbleby is a Lecturer in the Department of Computer Science, Swansea University.

Publications

Research Highlights

Thimbleby, H. & Williams, D. (2018). A tool for publishing reproducible algorithms & A reproducible, elegant algorithm for sequential experiments. Science of Computer Programming, 156, 45-67.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scico.2017.12.010, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa39384
Thimbleby, H. (2018). Misunderstanding IT: Hospital cybersecurity and software problems reach the courts. Digital Evidence and Electronic Signature Law Review, 15, 11-32.
https://doi.org/10.14296/deeslr.v15i0.4891, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa40642
http://journals.sas.ac.uk/deeslr/
Thimbleby, H. (2017). Cybersecurity problems in a typical hospital (and probably in all of them). In Developing Safe Systems, Proceedings of the 25th Safety-Critical Systems Symposium (pp. 415-439). Developments in System Safety Engineering [SCSC-135].
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa32502
http://harold.thimbleby.net/NICE/SSS17cybersecurity.pdf
Thimbleby, H. & Cairns, P. (2017). Interactive numerals. Royal Society Open Science, 4(4), 160903
https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.160903, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa32500
Thimbleby, H., Oladimeji, P., & Cairns, P. (2015). Unreliable numbers: error and harm induced by bad design can be reduced by better design. Journal of The Royal Society Interface, 12(110), 20150685
https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2015.0685, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa28817
http://rsif.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/12/110/20150685#aHR0cDovL3JzaWYucm95YWxzb2NpZXR5cHVibGlzaGluZy5vcmcvY29udGVudC9yb3lpbnRlcmZhY2UvMTIvMTEwLzIwMTUwNjg1LmZ1bGwucGRmQEBAMA==

All Research

Journal Articles

Thimbleby, H. (2024). Improving Science That Uses Code. The Computer Journal, 67(4), 1381-1404.
https://doi.org/10.1093/comjnl/bxad067, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa63873
Thimbleby, H. (2018). Misunderstanding IT: Hospital cybersecurity and software problems reach the courts. Digital Evidence and Electronic Signature Law Review, 15, 11-32.
https://doi.org/10.14296/deeslr.v15i0.4891, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa40642
http://journals.sas.ac.uk/deeslr/
Thimbleby, H. & Williams, D. (2018). A tool for publishing reproducible algorithms & A reproducible, elegant algorithm for sequential experiments. Science of Computer Programming, 156, 45-67.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scico.2017.12.010, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa39384
Thimbleby, H. & Cairns, P. (2017). Interactive numerals. Royal Society Open Science, 4(4), 160903
https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.160903, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa32500
Thimbleby, H. (2016). Human factors and missed solutions to Enigma design weaknesses. Cryptologia, 40(2), 177-202.
https://doi.org/10.1080/01611194.2015.1028680, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa28818
Thimbleby, H., Oladimeji, P., & Cairns, P. (2015). Unreliable numbers: error and harm induced by bad design can be reduced by better design. Journal of The Royal Society Interface, 12(110), 20150685
https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2015.0685, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa28817
http://rsif.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/12/110/20150685#aHR0cDovL3JzaWYucm95YWxzb2NpZXR5cHVibGlzaGluZy5vcmcvY29udGVudC9yb3lpbnRlcmZhY2UvMTIvMTEwLzIwMTUwNjg1LmZ1bGwucGRmQEBAMA==
Thimbleby, H. (2015). Safer User Interfaces: A Case Study in Improving Number Entry. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, 41(7), 711-729.
https://doi.org/10.1109/TSE.2014.2383396, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa26037
http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?arnumber=6991548
Thimbleby, H., Lewis, A., Williams, J., & Thimbleby, H. (2015). Making healthcare safer by understanding, designing and buying better IT. Clinical Medicine, 15(3), 258-262.
https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.15-3-258, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa26038
Thimbleby, H. & Thimbleby, H. (2013). Action graphs and user performance analysis. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 71(3), 276-302.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhcs.2012.10.014, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa32501
http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84870784319&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Thimbleby, H. & Thimbleby, H. (2012). Heedless programming: ignoring detectable error is a widespread hazard. Software: Practice and Experience, 42(11), 1393-1407.
https://doi.org/10.1002/spe.1141, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa23206
http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84867096959&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Pearson, J., Buchanan, G., Thimbleby, H., & Jones, M. (2012). The Digital Reading Desk: A lightweight approach to digital note-taking. Interacting with Computers, 24(5), 327-338.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intcom.2012.03.001, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa19238
Thimbleby, H. & Thimbleby, H. (2011). Signposting in Documents. The Computer Journal, 54(7), 1119-1135.
https://doi.org/10.1093/comjnl/bxq061, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa23210
http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79960143447&partnerID=MN8TOARS

Conference Contributions

Thimbleby, H. (2017). Cybersecurity problems in a typical hospital (and probably in all of them). In Developing Safe Systems, Proceedings of the 25th Safety-Critical Systems Symposium (pp. 415-439). Developments in System Safety Engineering [SCSC-135].
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa32502
http://harold.thimbleby.net/NICE/SSS17cybersecurity.pdf