Applying Systemic-Structural Activity Theory to Design of Human-Computer Interaction Systems

Gregory Bedny presently resides in Wayne, NJ. He works as a Research Associate at Evolute, Inc. in Louisville, Kentucky. He is an American citizen who emigrated from the former Soviet where he earned his Doctorate Degree (PhD) in Industrial Organizational Psychology from the Educational University of Moscow and a Post-Doctorate Degree (ScD) in Experimental Psychology from the Institute of General and Educational Psychology, National Pedagogical Academy of Science of USSR. He also is Academician of the International Academy of Human Problems in Aviation and Astronautics in Russia and Honorary Doctorate in Science, Ukrainian State University. For his achievements in psychology he has been awarded the Medal of the Ukrainian National Academy of Pedagogical Sciences. He is the author of five original scholarly books, the latest of which were published in USA.

The Concept of Self-Regulation Outside of Activity Theory. Concepts of Self-Regulation in Activity Theory from Psychophysiological and Psychophysics Perspectives. Concept of Self-Regulation in Systemic-Structural Activity Theory and Strategies of Task Performance. Thinking as a Self-Regulative System and Task Analysis. Attention as a Self-Regulative System. Cognitive and Behavioral Actions as Basic Units of Activity Analysis. Morphological Analysis of Activity During Performance of HCI Tasks. Quantitative Assessment of Task Complexity Computer Based Tasks. Complexity Evaluation: Practical Example. Introduction To Human Reliability Assessment. A Systemic-Structural Activity Approach to Reliability Assessment of Computer Based Tasks. Formalized and Quantitative Analysis of Exploratory Activity in HCI Tasks.