John Charles Thomas

John Charles Thomas: https://www.amazon.com/author/truthtable

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John Charles Thomas's new books, The Winning Weekend Warrior and Turing's Nightmares are now available  at amazon. https://www.amazon.com/author/truthtable  He received a Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Michigan in 1971 and managed a research project in the psychology of aging for two and a half years at Harvard Medical School. He joined IBM Research in 1973 and conducted research in query languages, natural language processing, design problem solving, audio systems, and speech synthesis.  In 1986, John Charles Thomas began and directed the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at NYNEX Science and Technology.  This laboratory did work in expert systems, speech recognition, machine vision, robotics, and intelligent tutoring systems.  He rejoined IBM in 1998 to work in knowledge management and Human-Computer Interaction including Pattern Languages; the business uses of stories and storytelling; e-learning; HCI & International Development; tools for parallel programming; and most recently software governance).  John Charles Thomas has over 150 publications and invited presentations in Human-Computer Interaction.  He has been active in ACM’s special interest group in Computer Human Interaction since its inception at the Gaithersburg conference. blogs - https://petersironwood.wordpress.com and http://johncharlesthomas.sportsblog.com    

Independent UX and Services Consultant at !Problem Solving International

September 2013 - Present | USA

Provide UX and business consulting. Lead workshops in problem solving and creativity. Consult in the business uses of stories and storytelling.

Research Staff Member at IBM

February 1998 - July 2013 | Yorktown Heights, New York

Applying Human Computer Interaction to a wide variety of new areas of software and services.

University of Michigan

1967 – 1971

Ph.D.

Concentration: Experimental Psychology

Research in problem formulation and problem solving and building tools to support same. Human Computer Interaction. User Experience. Writing. Tennis. Golf.