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This is a list of recent publications. For a reference list in a bibtex format click here.

PhD thesis:

• Romero, P. (2001). Focal structures and information types in Prolog. PhD thesis, University of Sussex, Brighton, U.K.

Journal papers:

• Bryant, S., Romero, P., & du Boulay, B. (2008). Pair programming and the mysterious role of the navigator. International Journal of Human Computer Studies, 66 (7), 519–529.
• Romero, P., du Boulay, B., Cox, R., Lutz, R., & Bryant, S. (2007). Debugging strategies and tactics in a multi-representation software environment. International Journal of Human Computer Studies, 65 (12), 992–1009.
• Romero, P., Cox, R., du Boulay, B., Lutz, R., & Bryant, S. (2007). A method for the capture and analysis of hybrid data: a case study of program debugging. Behavior Research Methods, 39 (2), 309–317.
• Bryant, S., du Boulay, B., & Romero, P. (2006). Xp and pair programming practices. Journal of the Computer Society of India, 30 (5), 17–20.
• Romero, P., Cox, R., du Boulay, B., & Lutz, R. (2003). A survey of representations employed in ob ject-oriented programming environments. Journal of Visual Languages and Computing, 14 (5), 387–419.
• Romero, P. (2001). Focal structures and information types in Prolog. International Journal of Human Computer Studies, 54, 211–236.

Conference papers:

• Good, J., Romero, P., du Boulay, B., Reid, H., Howland, K., & Robertson, J. (2008). An embodied interface for teaching computational thinking. In Bradshaw, J. M., Lieberman, H., & Staab, S. (Eds.), Proceedings of the 2008 International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces, (pp.333–336). ACM.
• Romero, P., Good, J., Robertson, J., du Boulay, B., Reid, H., & Howland, K. (2007). Embodied interaction in authoring environments. In Ramduny-Ellis, D., Hare, J., Gill, S., & Dix, A. (Eds.), Proceedings of the second Workshop on Physicality, (pp. 43–46)., Lancaster, UK. UWIC Press.
• (nee Bryant) Freudenberg, S., Romero, P., & du Boulay, B. (2007). ”talking the talk”: Is intermediate-level conversation the key to the pair programming success story? In AGILE ’07: Proceedings of the AGILE 2007, (pp. 84–91)., Washington, DC, USA. IEEE Computer Society.
• Bryant, S., Romero, P., & du Boulay, B. (2006). The collaborative nature of pair programming. In Abrahamsson, P. (Ed.), The 7th. International Conference on eXtreme Programming and Agile Processes in Software Engineering, (pp. 53–64)., Oulu, Finland. Springer-Verlag.
• Bryant, S., Romero, P., & du Boulay, B. (2006). Pair programming and the re-appropriation of individual tools for collaborative software development. In Hassanaly, P., Herrmann, T., Kunau, G., & Zacklad, M. (Eds.), Cooperative Systems Design: Seamless integration of artifact and conversations - Enhanced concepts of Infrastructure for Communication, (pp. 55–70)., Amsterdam. IOS press.
• Hunt, J., Romero, P., & Good, J. (2006). Agile stories: agile systems and narrative research. Journal of the Computer Society of India, 30 (5), 23–24.
• Hunt, J., Romero, P., & Good, J. (2006). Storytelling in interaction: agility in practice. In Abrahamsson, P. (Ed.), The 7th. International Conference on eXtreme Programming and Agile Processes in Software Engineering, (pp. 196–197).
• Bryant, S., Romero, P., & du Boulay, B. (2005). Pair programming and the re-appropriation of individual tools for collaborative programming. In Pendergast, M., Schmidt, K., Mark, G., & Ackerman, M. (Eds.), Proceedings of the 2005 International ACM SIGGROUP Conference on Supporting Group Work, GROUP 2005, Sanibel Island, Florida, USA, November 6-9, 2005, (pp. 332–333).
• Chaparro, E. A., Yuksel, A., Romero, P., & Bryant, S. (2005). Factors affecting the perceived effectiveness of pair programming in higher education. In Romero, P., Good, J., Bryant, S., & Chaparro, E. A. (Eds.), Psychology of Programming Interest Group 17th Workshop, (pp. 5–18).
• Romero, P., du Boulay, B., Cox, R., Lutz, R., & Bryant, S. (2005). Graphical visualisations and debugging: a detailed process analysis. In Romero, P., Good, J., Bryant, S., & Chaparro, E. A. (Eds.), Psychology of
  Programming Interest Group 17th Workshop, (pp. 62 – 76).
• Romero, P. & du Boulay, B. (2004). Structural knowledge and language notational properties in program comprehension. In Bottoni, P., Hundhausen, C., levialdi, S., & Tortora, G. (Eds.), VLHCC ’04: Proceedings of the 2004 IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages - Human Centric Computing, (pp. 223–225)., Washington, DC, USA. IEEE Computer Society.
• Romero, P., du Boulay, B., Cox, R., Lutz, R., & Bryant, S. (2004). Dynamic rich-data capture and analysis of debugging processes. In Dunican, E. & Green, T. (Eds.), Proceedings of the 16th annual workshop of the Psychology of Programming Interest Group, (pp. 140–150).
• du Boulay, B., Romero, P., Cox, R., & Lutz, R. (2003). Towards a debugging tutor for object-oriented environments. In Aleven, V., Hoppe, U., Kay, J., Mizoguchi, R., Pain, H., Verdejo, F., & Yacef, K. (Eds.), Supplementary Proceedings of Arti€cial Intel ligence in Education Conference (AIED2003), Sydney, Australia, (pp. 399–407). University of Sydney.
• Cox, R., Romero, P., du Boulay, B., & Lutz, R. (2003). A cognitive processing perspective on student programmers’ ‘graphicacy’. In Blackwell, A., Marriott, K., & Shimo jima, A. (Eds.), Diagrammatic Representation and Inference. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) 2980., (pp. 344–346)., Berlin. Springer-Verlag.
• Romero, P., du Boulay, B., Cox, R., & Lutz, R. (2003). Java debugging strategies in multi-representational environments. In Petre, M. (Ed.), Psychology of Programming Interest Group 15th Workshop, (pp. 421–434).
• Romero, P., du Boulay, B., & Lutz, R. (2003). Keeping track: Coordinating multiple representations in programming. In Mason, L., Andreuzza, S., Arfe, B., & Favero, L. D. (Eds.), Abstracts of the 10th Biennial
  Conference of the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI2003), Padova, Italy, (pp.˜32). Cooperativa Libraria Editrice Universita di Padova.
• Romero, P., du Boulay, B., Lutz, R., & Cox, R. (2003). The effects of graphical and textual visualisations in multi-representational debugging environments. In J. Hosking & P. Cox (Eds.), 2003 IEEE Symposium on
  Human Centric Computing Languages and Environments (pp. 236–238). Auckland, New Zealand: IEEE Computer Society.
• Romero, P., Lutz, R., Cox, R., & du Boulay, B. (2002). Co-ordination of multiple external representations during java program debugging. In S. Wiedenbeck & M. Petre (Eds.), 2002 IEEE Symposia on Human Centric Computing Languages and Environments (pp. 207–214). Airlington, Virginia, USA: IEEE press.
• Romero, P., Cox, R., du Boulay, B., & Lutz, R. (2002). Visual attention and representation switching during java program debugging: A study using the restricted focus viewer. In Hegarty, M., Meyer, B., & Narayanan, N. H. (Eds.), Diagrammatic Representation and Inference. Second International Conference, Diagrams 2002. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence 2317, (pp. 221–235).