Research and development; knowledge modelling and representation; requirements elicitation; multi-modal usability; experienced educator.

Jo Hyde is an experienced researcher in the fields of knowledge modelling and representation, usability analysis, requirements elicitation, and multi-modal systems. She has a PhD in Computer Science from Middlesex University, England; a Master of Science in Information Processing (University of York, England); and a Bachelor of Arts, honours, in History (University of York). In addition, Dr Hyde holds a Post Graduate Certificate of Education awarded by the University of Bath, England. She has previously worked both as a teacher of ICT and as a researcher at the University of Bath in collaborative virtual environments.

Dr Hyde co-developed the Verifier method for detecting errors in expert reasoning about difficult problems with Dr Gordon Rugg. Her current interests are effective methods for requirements elicitation and knowledge modelling and representation.