Alan Newell (English computer scientist)

Alan Newell
Alma mater University of Birmingham (Ph.D. & B.S.)
Known for HCI research for the elderly and people with disabilities
Awards CHI Social Impact Award (2011)
Scientific career
Fields Human–computer interaction

Alan Newell is an Emeritus Professor at Dundee University who has a long history of human-computer interaction research, with a focus on supporting the elderly and people with disabilities. He is also the founder of the School of computing at Dundee University, where he established one of the world's largest academic groups dedicated to researching and improving digital systems for the elderly and people with disabilities, the Queen Mother Research Centre.[1]

  1. "Professor AF Newell". staff.computing.dundee.ac.uk. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
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