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Research: slow but sure, and an encounter with ChapGPT
Research: slow but sure, and an encounter with ChapGPT
By Isabel Evans
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“I think there’s an awful lot of smoke and mirrors. It’s like in The Wizard of Oz, when Toto pulls back the curtain and we see what’s going on…
“I think there’s an awful lot of smoke and mirrors. It’s like in The Wizard of Oz, when Toto pulls back the curtain and we see what’s going on…
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Wishing you a productive Global Accessibility Awareness Day. When you have a few mins, you can tune in to a recent discussion I was honoured to host…
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I'm delighted to be part of the speaker team for HUSTEF this year, looking forward to seeing everyone there. You can read about my session here:…
I'm delighted to be part of the speaker team for HUSTEF this year, looking forward to seeing everyone there. You can read about my session here:…
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Experience
Education
Licenses & Certifications
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User Research – Methods and Best Practices
The Interaction Design Foundation
Volunteer Experience
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Programme Secretary
BCS SIGiST
- 2 years 4 months
Science and Technology
I was responsible for arranging the SIGiST programmes, based around themes suitable for a software testing audience. There were four London meetings a year. I selected speakers and topics based on the themes for the day, and coordinate getting the speakers' abstracts ready for publication. With the committee I started a New Speaker Mentoring Scheme, intended to develop up to 4 new speakers a year, by linking potential speakers with mentors and giving the new speakers a short speaking slot at a…
I was responsible for arranging the SIGiST programmes, based around themes suitable for a software testing audience. There were four London meetings a year. I selected speakers and topics based on the themes for the day, and coordinate getting the speakers' abstracts ready for publication. With the committee I started a New Speaker Mentoring Scheme, intended to develop up to 4 new speakers a year, by linking potential speakers with mentors and giving the new speakers a short speaking slot at a SIGiST.
Publications
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Achieving Software Quality Through Teamwork
Artech
Honors & Awards
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Testing Excellence Award 2017
EuroSTAR Conference
EuroSTAR’s European Testing Excellence Award is presented annually to an individual who has made a significant contribution to the field of software testing within Europe. The award seeks to promote leadership, contribution and effectiveness in testing process and implementation.
Special recognition is given to those who serve the testing community and inspire other test professionals to take a collaborative approach to advancing the craft of software testing.
See:…EuroSTAR’s European Testing Excellence Award is presented annually to an individual who has made a significant contribution to the field of software testing within Europe. The award seeks to promote leadership, contribution and effectiveness in testing process and implementation.
Special recognition is given to those who serve the testing community and inspire other test professionals to take a collaborative approach to advancing the craft of software testing.
See: https://conference.eurostarsoftwaretesting.com/about/awards/testing-excellence-award -
Speaking, Teaching: keynotes, tutorials and workshops
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Isabel has spoken on software quality, testing and test management at conferences in the UK, Europe and the USA. She was voted best speaker at EuroSTAR 2002 and at BCS SIGiST in 2003. She received best paper awards at ExpoQA 2010 and at EuroSTAR 2010. She has provided keynotes at the EuroSTAR, STARWest, STAREast, STARCanada, BCS SIGiST, Agile Testing Days, NOKIA Test Dive and ANZTB conferences.
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