John Brian Long (born 3 December 1935) is a British computer scientist and Emeritus Professor of Cognitive Engineering at the

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, known for his work on "

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and human-computer interaction."

Biography

Long obtained his BA in Modern Languages from

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in 1960, his BSc in Psychology from Hull University in 1970, and his PhD in Cognitive Engineering from Cambridge University in 1978 with the thesis, entitled "Multidimensional Signal Recognition: Reduced Efficiency and Process Interaction," under supervision of Donald Broadbent. In 2001 he obtained his D.Eng from the London University.Long, John; education
at ucl.ac.uk. Accessed 17-04-2015. Long started his academic career as Reader at the University College London in 1979, and was later appointed Professor of Cognitive Ergonomics> He also chaired its Ergonomics and HCI Unit, and was Director of Studies for both their MSc and PhD programs. in 2001 he became Emeritus Professor of Cognitive Engineering. Since 1989 he is Concurrent Professor at the Northeastern Forestry University in

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, and he has been Visiting Professor at the

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in 1997, Melbourne, at the

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in 1998–2000, and at the Universiti Malaysia Sarawak in 2000. Long is seen as one of the founders of the field of human-computer interactions in the UK. In 2010 Journal ''Interacting with Computers'' published a Special Issue ''

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for John Long.''

Selected publications

* J. Long, A. Baddeley (Eds.), ''Attention and performance IX, Proceedings of the Ninth International Symposium on Attention and Performance, Jesus college, Cambridge, England, July 13-18, 1980'' Erlbaum, Hillsdale, NJ (1980). * Long, John, and Andy Whitefield, eds. ''Cognitive ergonomics and human-computer interaction.'' Vol. 1. Cambridge University Press, 1989. * Lim, Kee Yong, and John B. Long. ''The MUSE method for usability engineering.'' Vol. 8. Cambridge University Press, 2009. Articles, a selection: * *

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