Peter James Thomas

Peter James Thomas is a British academic and entrepreneur known for his contributions to human–computer interaction (HCI), personal information management (PIM), and ubiquitous computing. His work has been widely cited in HCI publications.

Biography Thomas was educated at Mexborough Grammar School, York St John University, the University of Cambridge, and the University of Hull. He completed a PhD at Hull on the applications of social science to computing.

He lectured in Human–computer interaction at Brunel University between 1990 and 1992 and was appointed Professor of Information Management at the University of the West of England in 1993.

Thomas later became the inaugural director of the Centre for Future Skills and Workforce Transformation at RMIT University in Melbourne. He was the founding Editor-in-Chief of the Springer Nature journal Personal and Ubiquitous Computing and founding director of the online learning platform HaileyburyX.

He is head of higher education for the Conversation Design Institute; co-founder of the School for Conversation Design; creative director of Medicine Unboxed; founder and CEO of the cybersecurity education platform Upling; and president of the CDI Foundation.

Selected Publications