Margaret Hamilton

Margaret Hamilton

Honorary Professor

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About

Margaret Hamilton is Professor of Computer Science and Information Technology. She is known internationally for her work in mobility, user experience and computer science education.

Research fields

  • 4608 Human-centred computing
  • 3904 Specialist studies in education
  • 3903 Education systems
  • 4612 Software engineering
  • 4605 Data management and data science
  • 4609 Information systems
  • 3304 Urban and regional planning
  • 3509 Transportation, logistics and supply chains
  • 3901 Curriculum and pedagogy
  • 4010 Engineering practice and education

Supervisor projects

  • An Empirical Study of Computational Thinking Education in Remote Primary Schools
  • 7 Oct 2022
  • Evaluating introductory programming learning when skills and strategies are taught explicitly
  • 13 Dec 2021
  • Project Jeeves: Exploring the intersections of motorised mobility and Mobile ICT
  • 21 Aug 2020
  • Towards Fair and Explainable AI-based Decision Making in Education
  • 18 Jun 2020
  • Multi-Criteria Trip Planner and Journey Optimisation
  • 28 Nov 2019
  • Forecasting Solar Power Time Series: Strategies For Multi-Modal Data Fusion, Feature Relevance, and Sparse Data Management
  • 23 Oct 2019
  • Improving Learning Outcomes in Modelling Sequence Diagrams Through Scaffolding Approach and Immediate Feedback
  • 8 Oct 2018
  • Space Science Education - Inspiring the 21st Century Space Sector Professionals through Teaching and Learning
  • 18 Jul 2018
  • Effectiveness of Project-Based Computer Science and Information Technology Courses in the First and Final Year of University in Terms of Students' Readiness, Attitudes and Academic Achievements
  • 7 Mar 2018
  • Sentiment Analysis as a Service
  • 6 Jul 2017
  • Understanding Information Technology Graduate Employability: A Comparison of Stakeholder Perceptions
  • 8 Aug 2016
  • Requirements Engineering Aspects for Sustainable eLearning Systems
  • 20 Jul 2015
  • Investigating the Suitability of Computerised Creativity Training Activities for Teaching Creativity and Problem-Solving Skills in Engineering Education
  • 2 Mar 2015
  • Building Utilisation Analytics: Human Occupancy Counting and Thermal Comfort Prediction with Ambient Sensing 
  • 25 Aug 2014
  • Context-aware Mobility Analytics and Trip Planning 
  • 21 Jul 2014
  • Identification and Characterization of Software Faults with Application on Regression Testing
  • 1 Jul 2013

Teaching interests

Human-Computer Interaction involving Mobility, Computer Science Education, software engineering in mobility, modelling, testing, ethnography; CS education in problem-solving, employability and academic integrity.

Research interests

Professor Margaret Hamilton's research interests are software engineering in mobility, modelling, testing, ethnographic action research; computer science education including new technologies, problem-solving, employability and academic integrity.
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