Publication and Presentation List

Publication and Presentation List

There are many academic services to keep track of one’s publications. You’ll find my most up to date list at https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0149-9355.

Theses

  • ‘Possible Models Diagrams — a New Approach to Teaching Propositional Logic’. Awarded M.Sc. from the University of Natal in 1995.

Peer-reviewed Published Papers

  • ‘Introduction to Expert Systems’ in the Proceedings of the 1987 DECUS Australia Symposium, pp. 1–6. The paper received the Chairman’s award for best written paper.
  • ‘Explanations and the SIRATAC Cotton Management System’ in the Proceedings of the Third Australian Conference on Applications of Expert Systems, Sydney, 1987 (also published as Technical Report TR-FD-87-03 by the Division of Information Technology, CSIRO, Australia).
  • ‘Social responsibility for computing professionals and students’ in the South African Computer Journal, 1992 (9 pages).
  • ‘Possible Models Diagrams: a visual alternative to truth tables’ — presented at the ACM’s 24th Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, 1993 and later published in the SIGCSE Bulletin, 25(1), March 1993, pp. 232–236.
  • ‘Visualising Boolean Operations on a Hypercube’ in Mathematical and Computer Modeling, 20(9), pp. 97–103, 1994.
  • ‘The Evaluation of Possible Models Diagrams for the Teaching of Propositional Logic’ in the proceedings of the 4th annual conference of the Southern African Association for Research in Mathematics and Science Education (SAARMSE), 1996.
  • ‘A South African Case Study of University Computer Literacy Education’ (with R. A. C. Wilson and N. D. Loubser), in the Proceedings of the 27th Southern African Computer Lecturer’s Association Conference, 1997, pp. 60–66.
  • ‘Teaching the Empirical Approach to Designing Human-Computer Interaction via an Experiential Group Project’ presented at the ACM’s 29th Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, 1998 and published in both the conference proceedings and the SIGCSE Bulletin 30(1), March 1998, pp. 198­–201.
  • ‘Changes in Entry-Level University Students Attitudes to Computers from 1985 to 1997’ (with G. Finnie), South African Computer Journal, 1999.
  • ‘The Dilemma of Competitive Sport’, in Values, the quarterly journal of the New College Institute for Values Research, Winter 1999.
  • ‘Technophobia and Personality Subtypes in a Sample of South African University Students’ (with L. Anthony and S. Anderson), Computers and Human Behavior (16) 2000 pp. 31–44.
  • ‘Technological Experience and Technophobia in South African University Students’ in the South African Computing Journal, 2000.

Unpublished Conference Presentations and Posters

  • Invited Lecture — ‘The Knowledge Engineer as an Agent of Change’ to the Australian Computer Society, Perth, 1987.
  • Poster — ‘The Universities of Australia’ at the 21st Southern African Computer Lecturers Conference, 1991.
  • ‘Teaching Social Responsibility to Students of Computing’ at the 22nd Southern African Computer Lecturers Conference, 1992.
  • Poster — ‘CompComp’93: a report and assessment of a programming competition for Southern African students’ (with R. W. Abraham and L. F. Tooke) at the 23rd Southern African Computer Lecturers Conference, 1993.
  • ‘A Comparison of Techniques for Introducing Material Implication’ presented at the 1996 DIMACS Symposium on Teaching Logic And Reasoning In An Illogical World, 1996 and also at the 11th International Workshop-Conference on Teaching Philosophy, 1996.
  • ‘A Lesson in Propositional Logic using Possible Models Diagrams’ presented at the 11th International Workshop-Conference on Teaching Philosophy, 1996. 
  • ‘IT Sux’ presented at BarCamp Sydney, August 2007
  • ‘What does the Bible say about technology?” presented at BibleTech 2011, March 2011
  • ‘Introduction to Predictive Analysis’ presented to the Australian Computer Society, April 2011
  • ‘Undercover Knowledge Management’ presented at the NSW Knowledge Management Forum, May 2011
  • ‘Change Management is Paramount’ presented at Intranets 2011, May 2011

Technical Reports

  • ‘Reasons for Believing: an introduction to formal logic’, a 70-page technical report No. PMB‑TR/93-01, 1993.
  • ‘Grammars, Automata, Programming Languages and Recursive Functions: an introduction to the theory of computation’, an 80-page technical report No. PMB-TR/93-02, 1993.

Non-technical articles

  • ‘Australian Christian Communities: an annotated directory’, a 50-page self-published booklet, 1988.
  • ‘A Model for Evaluating Progress (with Information Technology as an Example)’, in Zadok Perspectives, June 1990.

Papers Submitted, In Preparation and Research in Progress

  • ‘Improving Examinations in a University Science Course: a Cooperative Exercise Between Two Academics’ (with D. J. Grayson), submitted to the Journal of College Science Teaching.
  • ‘A Comparison of Techniques for Introducing Material Implication’—submitted to For the Teaching of Mathematics.
  • ‘A Computational Analysis of the Two-player Game of “Sorcerer’s Apprentice”’—submitted to the Journal for Recreational Mathematics.
  • ‘On the Chances of Completing the Game of ‘Perpetual Motion’’, to appear in the Journal of Recreational Mathematics, 2000.