Kate Hone
Kate Samara Hone is a British psychologist and computer scientist specialising in human–computer interaction and digital user experience,[1] particularly as applied to the performance, evaluation, and acceptance of educational technology and massive open online courses. She has also been noted for her research on gender stereotypes in preferences for computer speech synthesis.[2] She is a professor of computer science at Brunel University London, where she heads the department of computer science.[3]
Education and career[edit]
Hone read experimental psychology at the University of Oxford, where she earned a bachelor's degree in 1990. She went on to graduate study at the University of Birmingham, where in 1992 she earned a master's degree in Work Design and Ergonomics, and completed a Ph.D. in human–computer interaction in 1996;[3] her dissertation was Modelling dialogues for interactive speech systems.[4]
She joined the University of Nottingham in 1995 as a lecturer in psychology, shifting later to computer science, and in 2000 moved to Brunel University London, where was director of the graduate school from 2009 to 2018.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ "Goodbye paperclip, hello empathetic females", NewScientist, 25 January 2006, retrieved 2023-07-26
- ^ "Siri storm caused by economist's comments", BBC News, 22 June 2017, retrieved 2023-07-26
- ^ a b c "Professor Kate Hone", People, Brunel University London, retrieved 2022-03-16
- ^ "Modelling dialogues for interactive speech systems", WorldCat, OCLC 911150140, retrieved 2022-03-16
External links[edit]
- Home page
- Kate Hone publications indexed by Google Scholar
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