Publications

2019
A. F. Blackwell and Church, L., “Usability of Probabilistic Programming Languages”, presented at the 08/2019, PPIG 2019 - 30th Annual Conference, 2019.
2018
A. F. Blackwell, “A Craft Practice of Programming Language Research”, presented at the 09/2018, PPIG 2018 - 29th Annual Conference, 2018.
2017
M. Hadhrawi, Blackwell, A. F., and Church, L., “A Systematic Literature Review of Cognitive Dimensions”, presented at the 05/2017, PPIG 2017 - 28th Annual Conference, 2017.
M. Mărășoiu and Blackwell, A. F., “User experiences in a visual analytics business”, presented at the 05/2017, PPIG 2017 - 28th Annual Conference, 2017.
2016
M. Gorinova, Prince, K., Meakins, S., Vuylsteke, A., Jones, M., and Blackwell, A. F., “The End-User Programming Challenge of Data Wrangling”, presented at the 09/2016, PPIG 2016 - 27th Annual Conference, 2016.
A. F. Blackwell, “Vernacular Languages for Mechatronic Making”, presented at the 09/2016, PPIG 2016 - 27th Annual Conference, 2016.
2015
M. Mărășoiu, Church, L., and Blackwell, A. F., “An empirical investigation of code completion usage by professional software developers”, presented at the 07/2015, PPIG 2015 - 26th Annual Workshop, 2015.
2014
A. F. Blackwell, Aaron, S., and Drury, R., “Exploring Creative Learning for the Internet of Things era”, presented at the 06/2014, PPIG 2014 - 25th Annual Workshop, 2014.
A. G. Stead and Blackwell, A. F., “Learning Syntax as Notational Expertise when using DrawBridge”, presented at the 06/2014, PPIG 2014 - 25th Annual Workshop, 2014.
2013
A. G. Stead and Blackwell, A. F., “Representational Formality in Computational Thinking”, presented at the 07/2013, PPIG WIP Workshop 2013, 2013.
2012
L. Church, Rothwell, N., Downie, M., DeLahunta, S., and Blackwell, A. F., “Sketching by Programming in the Choreographic Language Agent”, presented at the 11/2012, PPIG 2012 - 24th Annual Workshop, 2012.
2010
L. Church, Nash, C., and Blackwell, A. F., “Liveness in Notation Use: From Music to Programming”, presented at the 09/2010, PPIG 2010 - 22nd Annual Workshop, 2010.
A. F. Blackwell and Morrison, C., “A Logical Mind, not a Programming Mind: Psychology of a Professional End-User”, presented at the 09/2010, PPIG 2010 - 22nd Annual Workshop, 2010.
2008
A. F. Blackwell, Church, L., and Green, T. R. G., “The Abstract is an Enemy: Alternative Perspectives to Computational Thinking”, presented at the 09/2008, PPIG 2008 - 20th Annual Workshop, 2008.
L. Church and Blackwell, A. F., “Structured Text Modification Using Guided Inference”, presented at the 09/2008, PPIG 2008 - 20th Annual Workshop, 2008.
2006
A. F. Blackwell, “Metaphors we Program By: Space, Action and Society in Java”, presented at the 09/2006, PPIG 2006 - 18th Annual Workshop, 2006.
2005
A. F. Blackwell and Collins, N., “The Programming Language as a Musical Instrument”, presented at the 06/2005, PPIG 2005 - 17th Annual Workshop, 2005.
2003
A. F. Blackwell, “Cognitive Dimensions of tangible programming techniques”, presented at the 04/2003, PPIG 2003 - 15th Annual Workshop, 2003.
2002
K. Rodden and Blackwell, A. F., “Class Libraries: A Challenge for Programming Usability Research”, presented at the 06/2002, PPIG 2002 - 14th Annual Workshop, 2002.
A. F. Blackwell, “What is Programming?”, presented at the 06/2002, PPIG 2002 - 14th Annual Workshop, 2002.
2001
A. F. Blackwell and Hague, R., “Designing a Programming Language for Home Automation”, presented at the 04/2001, PPIG 2001 - 13th Annual Workshop, 2001.
2000
A. F. Blackwell and Green, T. R. G., “A Cognitive Dimensions questionnaire optimised for users”, presented at the 04/2000, PPIG 2000 - 12th Annual Workshop, 2000.
1999
A. F. Blackwell and Green, T. R. G., “Investment of attention as an analytic approach to cognitive dimensions”, presented at the 01/1999, PPIG 1999 - 11th Annual Workshop, 1999.
1998
M. Petre and Blackwell, A. F., “A glimpse of expert programmers' mental imagery”, presented at the 01/1998, PPIG 1998 - 10th Annual Workshop, 1998.
M. Simos and Blackwell, A. F., “Pruning the trees: The evaluation of notations for domain modelling”, presented at the 01/1998, PPIG 1998 - 10th Annual Workshop, 1998.
1997
A. F. Blackwell and Arnold, H. L., “A Small Battle with POP Guns: Simulating a Programming Project”, presented at the 01/1997, PPIG 1997 - 9th Annual Workshop, 1997.
1996
A. F. Blackwell, “Chasing the Intuition of an Industry: Can Pictures Really Help Us Think?”, presented at the 09/1996, PPIG Student Workshop 1996, 1996.
A. F. Blackwell, “Metaphor or Analogy: how should we see programming abstractions”, presented at the 04/1996, PPIG 1996 - 8th Annual Workshop, 1996.