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      Dr Simon Jones

      ROLE: Senior Lecturer in Business Information Systems
      SCHOOL: Science & Technology
      DEPARTMENT: Computer Science
      TELEPHONE: +44 (0)20 8411 4299
      EMAIL: S.Jones@mdx.ac.uk
      1. Biography &
        Qualifications
      2. Learning &
        Teaching Interests
      3. Research Outputs &
        Interests
      4. Funded Research &
        Knowledge Exchange Projects
      5. Engagement &
        Impact

      • Biography &
        Qualifications

        Qualifications:

        BA (Hons), PhD, PGCertHE

        Biography:

        Simon joined Middlesex in 2001, having taught at various universities in the USA. He teaches in the Information Systems area of Computer Science, and has served as programme leader for various courses in the Department. Simon specialises in computer ethics, and is interested in the social, legal and professional issues involved in designing, implementing and using ICTs. Recent research has looked at the ethics of smart phones, social networking services, and intelligent environments. Simon brings an inter-disciplinary perspective to bear on his teaching and research, drawing on an academic background in communication and cultural studies. He gained his doctorate from the Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies at Birmingham University, and has published research on popular music, youth culture and arts policy. He also draws on practical experience of working in the music industry as a publicist for independent record labels.

        Selected Publications:

        • Varsani, P., Moseley, R., Jones, S., James-Reynolds, C., Chinellato, E. & Augusto, J. C. (2018) Sensorial computing. In: New Directions in Third Wave Human-Computer Interaction: Volume 1 - Technologies. Filimowicz, M. and Tzankova, V., eds. Human–Computer Interaction Series . Springer, pp. 265-284. ISBN 9783319733555

        • Simon Jones and Paul Pinnock (2018) Scientists of Sound: Portraits of a UK Reggae Sound System. Bassline Books, London. ISBN: 9780995611122

        • Simon Jones (2017) “Doing Social Network Ethics: A Critical, Interdisciplinary Approach”.  Information Technology & People, Vol 30, No.4. pp. 910-926. (Awarded "2018 Outstanding Paper" by Emerald Publishing).

        • Florian Kammueller, Juan Carlos Augusto and Simon Jones (2017) “Security and privacy requirements engineering for human centric IoT systems using eFRIEND and Isabelle”. In: IEEE/ACIS 15th International Conference on Software Engineering Research, Management and Application, SERA2017, 07-09 Jun 2017, University of Greenwich, London.

        • Simon Jones (2016) Black culture, White Youth: The Reggae Tradition from JA to UK. Bassline Books, London. ISBN 9780995611108 (2nd Edition)

        • Simon Jones (2016) “Teaching Smartphone Ethics: An Interdisciplinary Approach”, ACM SIGCAS Computers and Society-Special Issue on Ethicomp 2015, Vol 45 No. 3, pp. 445-452, ACM New York.

        • Simon Jones (2016) “Doing the Right Thing: Computer Ethics Pedagogy Revisited”. Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society, Vol 14 No.1, pp. 33-48.

        • Simon Jones, Sukhvinder Hara and Juan Augusto (2015) “eFRIEND: An Ethical Framework for Intelligent Environments Development”, Ethics and Information Technology, Vol. 17 No.1, pp. 11-25.

        • Penny Duquenoy, Simon Jones and Barry Blundell (2008) Ethical, Legal and Professional Issues in Computing, Cengage.

        • Penny Duquenoy, Simon Jones and Harjinder Rahanu (2005) Social, Legal and Professional Issues of Computing, Middlesex University Press.

        • Simon Jones and Russell Pearson (2004) Information Technology in Organisations, Middlesex University Press.

        • Simon Jones (1995) "Rocking the house: Sound System and DJ cultures" Journal of Popular Music Studies, vol 1, no 2.

        • Simon Jones (1993) "Crossover Culture: Popular music and the politics of 'race'" Stanford Humanities Review, vol 3. no. 2.

        • Simon Jones and Thomas Schumacher (1992) "Muzak: on functional music and power" Critical Studies in Mass Communication, vol. 9, no. 2.

        • Simon Jones (1990) "Music and Symbolic Creativity" in Paul Wills (Ed.) Common Culture: Symbolic Work at Play in the Everyday Cultures of the Young, Open University Press.

        • Simon Jones (1989) "Black music and young people in Birmingham" in Flemming Rogilds (Ed.) Every Cloud has a Silver Lining: Studies in Cultural Sociology, Akademisk Forlag.

        • Simon Jones (1988) Black Culture, White Youth: The Reggae Tradition from JA to UK, Macmillan.


        Languages Spoken

      • Learning &
        Teaching Interests

        I have 30 years of teaching experience in higher education in the UK and the USA. As a programme leader and e-learning author, I have been responsible for developing several new courses and modules, and creating online and offline teaching and learning materials. I am interested in ways to enhance student engagement in the learning process through learner-centred approaches that include small group work, project-based coursework, and innovative forms of feedback and e-assessment.

        I have taught a broad range of courses in information systems and computer science, including:-

        • Communication Skills for Business and Computing
        • Information Technology in Organisations
        • Introduction to Business Computing
        • Introduction to Business and Organisations
        • Foundations of Information Systems
        • Business Information Systems
        • Social, Professional and Ethical Issues of Information Systems
        • Information Systems Final Year Project
        • Special Topics in Computer Science
        • Internet Commerce

        I have previously taught the following communication studies courses at different universities in the USA:-

        • Introduction to Mass Communication
        • Television Studio Production
        • Radio Production
        • Popular Music and Communication
        • The Audience in Mass Communication
        • Intercultural Communication
        • Introduction to Communication in Culture and Society
        • Theories of Communication in Culture and Society
        • Ethnography and Qualitative Research Methods

      • Research Outputs &
        Interests

        Research Interests:-

        • Social, Ethical and Professional Issues in Information Systems
        • Computer Ethics Pedagogy
        • Intelligent Environments
        • Social Media and Smartphone Ethics
        • Internet Technologies and Popular Music
        • Popular Music and “Race”
        • Music and Arts Policy
        • Ethnography and Oral History

        Publication Feed

        Scientists of sound: portraits of a UK reggae sound system

        Jones, Simon and Pinnock, Paul (2018) Scientists of sound: portraits of a UK reggae sound system. Bassline Books/Amazon, London. ISBN 9780995611122 (Published online first)

        Sensorial computing

        Varsani, Puja and Moseley, Ralph and Jones, Simon and James-Reynolds, Carl and Chinellato, Eris and Augusto, Juan Carlos (2018) Sensorial computing. In: New Directions in Third Wave Human-Computer Interaction: Volume 1 - Technologies. Filimowicz, Michael and Tzankova, Veronika , eds. Human–Computer Interaction Series . Springer, pp. 265-284. ISBN 9783319733555

        Doing social network ethics: a critical, interdisciplinary approach

        Jones, Simon (2017) Doing social network ethics: a critical, interdisciplinary approach. Information Technology & People , 30 (4). pp. 910-926. ISSN 0959-3845

        Security and privacy requirements engineering for human centric IoT systems using eFRIEND and Isabelle

        Kammueller, Florian and Augusto, Juan Carlos and Jones, Simon (2017) Security and privacy requirements engineering for human centric IoT systems using eFRIEND and Isabelle. In: IEEE/ACIS 15th International Conference on Software Engineering Research, Management and Application, SERA2017, 07-09 Jun 2017, University of Greenwich, London, United Kingdom.

        Indicators for sustainable prosperity? - Challenges and potentials for indicator use In political processes

        Jones, Aled and Mair, Simon and Ward, Jonathan and Druckman, Angela and Lyon, Fergus and Christie, Ian and Hafner, Sarah (2016) Indicators for sustainable prosperity? - Challenges and potentials for indicator use In political processes. Working Paper. Centre for the Understanding of Sustainable Prosperity Working Paper 3, Guildford: University of Surrey.

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      • Funded Research &
        Knowledge Exchange Projects

        SUCCESS (SecUre aCCESSibility for the internet of things)

        Funded by: CHIST-ERA

        Project Start Date: October 2016

        A research pilot in the healthcare sector, developing Internet of Things monitoring techniques for patients suffering from Alzheimer’s Disease that are human understandable, can be certified by automated techniques, and provide for dynamic security and risk evaluation.

        Consortium Participants:

        • Middlesex University, School of Science and Technology (UK)-project co-ordinator
        • INRIA-École Normale Supérieure (France)
        • Université Grenoble Alpes-VERIMAG (France)
        • University of Twente (Netherlands)

        Principal Investigator: Dr Florian Kammüller

        Co-Investigator: Prof Juan Carlos Augusto

        Research Participants: Prof Richard Bayford, Dr Simon Jones, Dr Taolue Chen

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