Mark Chignell

Mark Chignell
Chignell in 2009
Born	Essex, England
Residence	Toronto
Fields	Human Factors
Institutions	University of Toronto

Mark Chignell is a professor of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at the University of Toronto, Canada and the Director of its Interactive Media Lab. He is also a Visiting Scientist at the IBM Centre for Advanced Studies. He joined the University of Toronto as an Associate Professor of Industrial Engineering in 1990.

Chignell received a B.Sc. (1st class Hons.) in Psychology from the University of Canterbury, New Zealand in 1977, an M.S. in Industrial and Systems Engineering, from the Ohio State University (1984), and a Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Canterbury, New Zealand (1981). He was also an Assistant Professor at the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Southern California from 1984 to 1990.

Chignell has coauthored several books, including two books on Intelligent Databases and one book on Expert Systems.

He participated in an 2003 experiment which gave doctors online access to medical databases through a handheld iPAQ PC, which led to changes in the decisions the doctors made.^[1][2]

Chignell was the general chair of ACM Hypertext 2010. His 1991 paper with John Waterworth situated hypertext within a model of information exploration that considers both search and browsing.

In 2003, Chignell founded Vocalage Inc. [1] a company that does usability consulting, outsourced research, and software development. In July 2011 Chignell and Vocalage launched GiveButtons [2], a collaborative gift giving service.

Teaching

He teaches an undergraduate course on Ergonomic Design of Information Systems, and a graduate course on Design and Analysis of Human Factors Experiments. Since 2010 he has taught an introduction to psychological science for engineers. He formerly taught a course on Ergonomics in the Industrial Workplace. All of these courses were taught in the Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department at the University of Toronto.

References

1. ^ Buckler, Grant (October 1, 2004). "Wireless content at work: why are we still making trivial use of the potential of wireless devices?". Computer Dealer News (Vol. 20 No. 14). http://www.itbusiness.ca/it/client/en/CDN/News.asp?id=17887&bSearch=True. Retrieved 19 February 2010. 
2. ^ Cawfield, Diana (July 7, 2003). "Gadgets to save a lifeWireless on call ; Since the stethoscope, physicians have prized instant sources of vital data Handhelds for doctors on the go are the idea's latest evolution". Toronto Star: p. D-1. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/648475011.html?dids=648475011:648475011&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jul+07%2C+2003&author=&pub=Toronto+Star&desc=Gadgets+to+save+a+lifeWireless+on+call+%3B+Since+the+stethoscope%2C+physicians+have+prized+instant+sources+of+vital+data+Handhelds+for+doctors+on+the+go+are+the+idea%27s+latest+evolution+by+Diana+Cawfield&pqatl=google. Retrieved 19 February 2010. 

• Hancock, P.A. and Chignell, M.H., (Eds.) "Intelligent Interfaces: Theory, Research, and Design", Amsterdam, North Holland, 1989.
• Parsaye, K. and Chignell, M.H. "Expert Systems for Experts", New York, John Wiley & Sons, 1988.
• Parsaye, K., Chignell, M.H., Khoshafian, S. and Wong, H. "Intelligent Databases: Object-Oriented, Deductive Hypermedia Technologies", New York, John Wiley and Sons, 1989.
• Parsaye, K. and Chignell, M.H, "Intelligent Database Applications", New York, John Wiley and Sons, 1993.
• Chignell, M.H., Cordy, J., Ng, J.. and Yesha, Y. "The Smart Internet: Current Research and Future Applications". Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 6400. Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 2010. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-16599-3

External links

• University of Toronto Interactive Media Lab
• IBM Centre for Advanced Studies (Canada)
• Model of Information Exploration
• ACM Hypertext 2010
• Vocalage Inc.

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Name	Chignell, Mark
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Date of birth	1956-06-17
Place of birth	Essex, England
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