College of Computing
Colin Potts

Colin Potts is Associate Professor in the
College of Computing at the
Georgia Institute of Technology.
He received his Ph.D. in cognitive psychology from Sheffield
University, England in 1980. He has been a faculty member at the University
of London (Imperial College of Science and Technology, Department of
Computing) and a senior member of the technical staff at the
Micro-electronics and Computer Technology Corporation (Software Technology
Program). He joined the faculty of the College of Computing in September,
1992. Dr. Potts' current research is in two areas: support for
collaborative writing and supporting the specification of user-oriented
system requirements through a mixture of formal and informal notations and
documentation support tools.
Course Information
I have created and taught courses
in all areas of Software Engineering and Human-Computer Interaction. Specific
courses include:
and graduate seminars in
Research Interests
My research is in the following areas:
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Requirements analysis (including goal-based refinement and scenario analysis)
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Design & evolution for usability and usefulness (including fieldwork methods)
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IT support for the design process (including design rationale)
Students
Former Students
Contact information:
Colin Potts
College of Computing
801 Atlantic Drive
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA, 30332-0280
E-mail :
potts@cc.gatech.edu
Telephone:
(+1) (404) 894-5551
Fax:
(+1) (404) 894-9442
Secretary:
Gwen Baker: (+1) (404) 894-8358