Howard Noble

Howard Noble leads requirements gathering initiatives for the computing services department at the University of Oxford.  This involves using a variety of techniques (interviews, surveys, prototyping etc) to find out how to better support research, teaching and learning.

The low-carbon ICT project followed on from discussions with academics at the Oxford University Centre for the Environment (OUCE).

Howard is also working on the modelling4all.org project to develop the Behaviour Composer, a web-based tool designed to support teachers, learners and researchers (including non-programmers), in schools and universities, build skills in computer modelling and programming. The Behaviour Composer can be used to construct, run, visualise, analyse, and share agent-based computer models. Tutors at the University of Oxford are using the Behaviour Composer to help students learn about economics, epidemics and animal behaviour. The project has also created 'toy models' to help people understand how computers can be managed more efficiently.

Before joining Oxford University Howard worked at the Royal Holloway University (2002-03), a CRM consultancy (2000-01) and IBM Global Services (1997-2000). Howard has a Master's degree in Human Centred Computing Systems from Sussex University (2001-02), and a Bachelor's degree in Genetics and Molecular Biology from Manchester University (1994-1997).