K. Tara Smith

K. Tara Smith (born 1959 in Brampton Cumberland) is a British human factors expert.

K. Tara Smith is named after Tara Singh (the wrestler) a close friend of his father’s. Smith is recognised as one of the most creative human factors practitioners in the UK. Tara has never been content with just being a Human Factors professional, but has always pushed the boundaries of Human Factors in his work.

He initially trained as an industrial designer (BA from Newcastle Polytechnic 1982) but soon found his forte in Ergonomics and Human Factors (MSc from Loughborough 1984). He was part of the design team that received a design award for a microwave test set in 1993 and became a fellow of the British Ergonomics Society in 2000.

Publications

*Smith K T, Barron M. “Extending the TNA Process” Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Colloquium on Computer-Based Learning in Engineering 1994
*Smith K T, Holman L. "Training Analysis Techniques for Technological Training" International Training Equipment Conference & Exhibition Proceedings April 7-9, 1992.
*Smith K T "Marconi Simulation's Approach to Training Analysis" MANPRINT MAIL Training issue 1991.
*Smith K T “A Framework for Modelling Goals and Objectives” Ergonomics Society Conference 1999
*Smith K T “Evaluating the Effectiveness of Current and Developing Software Tools in Optimising the UI Design Process” Euroforum Conference on User Interface Design for Mobile Handsets September 2000
*Smith K T, Coventry L. “Usability Tools and the Design Process” Ergonomics Society Conference 2002
*Smith K T, Coventry L. “Designing for a World Population” Ergonomics Society Conference 2002

ee also

* Training analysis
* Human-computer interaction
* Usability
* Web usability