George R S Weir : Publications

 Edited Books

• People and Computers IX : Proceedings of HCI'94, (Edited with G. Cockton & S. Draper), Cambridge University Press, 1994.
• Human Jobs and Computer Interfaces, (edited with M.I. Nurminen), North-Holland, 1991.
• Human-Computer Interaction and Complex Systems, (edited with J.L. Alty), Academic Press, 1991.

 Journal Papers

• Lepouras, G., Vassilakis, C, George R. S. Weir, 'A System to Support Dissemination of Knowledge and Sharing of Experiences in the Working Environment', International Journal of Continuing Engineering Education and Life-Long Learning, Volume 13, Nos. 3/4, 2003, 248-257.
• Lepouras, G. and Weir, G.R.S., 'Subtitled interaction: Complementary support as an alternative to localization', International Journal of Human Computer Studies, Volume 59, Issue 6, December 2003, 941-957.
• Lepouras, G. and Weir, G.R.S., 'It's not Greek to me: terminology and the second language problem', ACM SIGCHI Bulletin, vol. 31 No.2, 17-24, April 1999.
• George R S Weir, Meaningful Interaction in Complex Man-Machine Systems, Reliability Engineering and System Safety, Vol. 38, No. 1-2, pp. 151-156, 1992.
• George R S Weir, Learning from a Plan-Based Interface, Computers in Education, Vol.12 No.1, 1988.
• George R S Weir, Sitting on Ryle's Dilemma, Philosophical Studies, 47, 295-303, 1985.

A number of my publications are available on-line.

 Conference Papers

• I Huet, J. Tavares, G. Weir. 'Insights on best teaching practices for promoting students’ learning', European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction, 11th Biennial Conference, EARLI2005, Cyprus, Greece, 2005. forthcoming.
• George R. S. Weir & Nikolaos Zonidis, 'Desktop security as a three-dimensional problem', Proceedings of International Symposium on Mathematical, Statistical and Computer Sciences - a Special Issue of KMITL Science Journal, Bangkok, Thailand, 2005.
• George R. S. Weir,'Practical Selection of an Electronic Coursework Submission Procedure', Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE 2004, USA, 2004.
• George R. S. Weir & M. A. Gordon, 'Technology in plagiarism detection and management', Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE 2004, USA, 2004.
• Isabel Huet, Osvaldo Rocha Pacheco, José Tavares & George Weir, 'New Challenges in Teaching Introductory Programming Courses: A Case Study', Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE 2004, USA, 2004.
• Ferguson, J.D., Mohamed, R., Weir, G., Wilson, J., McGregor, D., McGregor, M. and Sutherland, E, "Making a Difference - The Appropriate Use of Web Technology", ED-MEDIA 2004 -- Lugano, Switzerland, June 21-26, 2004.
• George R. S. Weir, G. Lepouras, C. Vassilakis, 'Content Enrichment Through Dynamic Annotation', 6th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems, ICEIS 2004, Portugal, 152-157, 2004.
• Mohamed, R., Ferguson, J. D. , Elsweiler, D., Mac Cormick, A., Wilson, J. and Weir, G., "BulB - Visualizing Bulletin Board Activity", 6th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems, ICEIS2004, Portugal, 31-35, 2004.
• George R S Weir, John D Ferguson & John N Wilson, 'Animating complex concepts', ICHED2003, Aveiro, Portugal, 2003.
• Ferguson, J.D., Weir, G. and Wilson, J., 'Online learning: towards enabling choice', ICHED2003, Aveiro, Portugal, 2003.
• Huet, I.,Tavares, J., Weir, G., Ferguson, J. & Wilson, J., 'Cooperation in education: the teaching and learning of programming at the universities of Aveiro and Strathclyde', ICHED2003, Aveiro, Portugal, 2003.
• George R S Weir & Giorgos Lepouras, 'Tools for second language support', HCI International 2003, Crete, 2003.
• Weir, G.R.S. & Ozasa, T., 'DEUCE: A test-bed for evaluating ESL competence criteria', IASTED International Conference on Internet and Multimedia Systems and Applications (IMSA 2003), 2003.
• Weir, G.R.S. & Heeps S., 'Getting the Message Across: Ten Principles for Web Animation', IASTED International Conference on Internet and Multimedia Systems and Applications (IMSA 2003), 2003.
• Lepouras, G., Vassilakis, C and Weir, G.R.S., Serving Enhanced Hypermedia Information, 24th BCS-IRSG European Colloquium on IR Research, March 25-27, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, 2002.
• Mohamed, R., Ferguson, J.D., Weir, G., Wilson, J. and Cameron, S., "Supporting Arts and Science Communities On-line", ED-MEDIA 2002 -- Denver, Colorado, USA, June 24-29, 2002.
• Ferguson, J.D., Mohamed, R., Weir, G. and Wilson, J., "Professional Development On-line", Computers and Advanced Technology in Education (CATE 2002) Cancun, Mexico, 2002.
• Ferguson, J.D., McGettrick, A.D., Wilson, J. and Weir, G.R.S. "Reengineering for Quality On-Line", Computers and Advanced Technology in Education (CATE 2002) Cancun, Mexico, 2002.
• Weir, G.R.S., 'The rigours of on-line student assessment: lessons from E-commerce', International Conference on Computers in Education (ICCE2002), Auckland, New Zealand, 3-5 December, 2002.
• Weir, G.R.S., Helping out by helping in: approaches to electronic submission of coursework, 2nd International Conference on Technology in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, June 27-29, 2001.
• Kotsis N., Weir G.R.S., Ferguson J.D. and MacGregor D.R., Novel techniques for data visualisation and exploration in multidimensional datasets, ICEIS 2001, 3rd International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems, Setúbal, Portugal 7-10 July, 2001.
• Weir, G.R.S. and Lepouras, G., English Assistant: A Support Strategy for On-Line Second Language Learning, ICALT 2001, IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies, Madison, USA, 6-8 August, 2001.
• Weir, G.R.S. and Lepouras, G., Localisation and linguistic anomalies, UAHCI 2001, New Orleans, USA, 5-10 August, 2001.
• Weir G.R.S., Ferguson J.D. and Miller J., Managing Educational Web-dependence, World Conference on the WWW and Internet, WEBNET 2000.
• Ferguson J.D., Miller J. and Weir G.R.S., Design and Deployment Decisions within an E-Commerce Environment, World Conference on the WWW and Internet, WEBNET 2000.
• J.D. Ferguson, J. Miller and G. Weir, "Estimating the Number of Defects at a WWW Site", World Conference on the WWW and Internet, Proceedings WebNet’99, 377-381, AACE, 1999
• John D. Ferguson, George Weir and John N. Wilson, "Web Centric Education - a Challenge for Process Redesign", World Conference on the WWW and Internet, Proceedings WebNet’99, 372-376, AACE, 1999.
• Dynamic second language support for Web-based information systems (with G. Lepouras), in SCI'98, Proceedings of the World Multiconference of Systems, Cybernetics and Informatics, Orlando, Fl., 535-539, 1998.
• Second language help for Windows applications (with G. Lepouras & L. Sakelleridis), in M. A. Sasse, R. J. Cunningham & R. L. Winder (Eds.) 'People and Computers XI', Proceedings of HCI'96, Springer, London, 129--138.
• The emerging Internet market, (with G. Howell & T. Freeth), Proceedings of INET'95, Hawaii, USA, 1995.
• Content and Form in Human-Machine Interaction, (with M. Lind), 5th IFAC/IFIP/IFORS/IEA Symposium on Analysis, Design and Evaluation of Man-Machine Systems (MMS'92), The Hague, The Netherlands.
• Interface Economics: Standards, Needs and Desires, NordDATA'92, Tampere, Finland.
• Living with Complex Interactive Systems, in G. R. S. Weir and J. L. Alty (Eds.),  HCI and Complex Systems, Academic Press, 1991.
• Principles for Procedural Support in Man-Machine Systems, (with Erik Hollnagel), Proceedings of the European Annual Conference on Cognitive Science Approaches to Manual Control, Italy, 1990.
• Graphical Dialogue Support for Process Operators, Proceedings of the Biennial  Conference of the South East Asian Regional Computing Confederation (SEARCC'88), Tata McGraw Hill, New Delhi, 1989.
• Human-Computer Interaction and Complex Systems: an intimate relationship, IFIP:HUB conference on Information System, Work and Organization Design, Berlin, 1989.
• Dialogue Expertise in Man-Machine Systems, Proceedings of 8th European Annual Conference on Human Decision making and Manual Control, June 12th -14th, Denmark, 1989.
• Varieties of Dialogue in Man-Machine Systems, Proceedings of the 2nd European Meeting on Cognitive Science Approaches to Process Control, Sienna, Italy, 1989.
• Principles for Dialogue Design in Man-Machine Systems, (with E. Hollnagel), IFAC  Conference on Man-Machine Systems, Oulu, Finland, 1988.
• User  Modelling in GRADIENT, (with  E. Hollnagel & G. Sundstroem), Proceedings of ESPRIT Technical Conference, 1987.
• Dialogue Design for Dynamic Systems, (with J. L. Alty), Proceedings of ESPRIT Technical Conference, 1987.
• PRIAM :  A Plan-Based Interface Design, (with C. Davenport), Proceedings of Human Interface'86, Society of Instrumentation and Control, Japan, 1986.
• Plan Recognition for Intelligent Advice and Monitoring,(with C. Davenport), In People and Computers: Designing for Usability, eds. M.D. Harrison & A.F. Monk, CUP, 1986.

A number of my publications are available on-line.