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Dr John Taylor

Principal Lecturer

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Computing, Engineering and Mathematics
Moulsecoomb
Brighton
BN2 4GJ

Telephone: +44 (0)1273 642597
+44 (0)1273 641187

Email: John.Taylor@brighton.ac.uk

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John Taylor’s current research interest centres on diagrammatic notations and diagrammatic reasoning. One of the driving forces behind the research is the desire to find usable and rigorous diagrammatic notations that can be used in software specification and design. He is a member of the Visual Modelling Research Group and a member of the School’s Mathematics and Formal Aspects of Computing subject groups. John’s teaching interests are principally in the areas of discrete mathematics, abstract algebra, topology and the use of mathematics in software engineering.

Research publications

Number of items: 19.

Delaney, A., Stapleton, G., Taylor, J. and Thompson, S. (2010) Fragments of spider diagrams of order and their relative expressiveness In: Diagrams'10 Proceedings of the 6th international conference on Diagrammatic representation and inference , 9-11 August 2010, Portland, Oregon, USA.

Garner, R. and Taylor, J. (2009) Discrete mathematics: Proofs, structures and applications (3rd Edition) Boca Raton. ISBN 1439812802

Fish, A., Taylor, J. and John, C. (2008) A normal form for Euler diagrams with shading Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Diagrams 2008, Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, 5223 . pp. 206-221. ISSN 0302-9743

Delaney, A., Taylor, J. and Thompson, S. (2008) Spider diagrams of order and a hierarchy of star-free regular languages In: Diagrammatic Representation and Inference 5th International Conference Diagrams 2008 (2008) , 19-21 September, 2008, Herrsching, Germany.

Stapleton, G., Rodgers, P., Howse, J. and Taylor, J. (2007) Properties of Euler diagrams Electronic communications of the EASST: Proceedings of layout of (software) engineering diagrams, 7 . pp. 1-15. ISSN 1863-2122

John, C., Fish, A., Howse, J. and Taylor, J. (2006) Exploring the notion of clutter in Euler diagrams In: Diagrammatic representation and inference: fourth international conference, Diagrams 2006. Stanford, CA, USA, June 28-30: proceedings. Lecture notes in computer science, 4045/2006 . Springer, Berlin, Germany, pp. 267-282. ISBN 9783540356233

Stapleton, G., Howse, J. and Taylor, J. (2005) A decidable constraint diagram reasoning system Journal of Logic and Computation, 15 (6). pp. 975-1008. ISSN 1465-363X

Stapleton, G., Thompson, S., Fish, A., Howse, J. and Taylor, J. (2005) A new language for the visualisation of logic and reasoning In: Proceedings of 11th International Conference on Distributed Multimedia Systems, International Workshop on Visual Languages and Computing. Knowledge Systems Institute, Banff, Canada, pp. 287-292.

Howse, J., Stapleton, G. and Taylor, J. (2005) Spider diagrams LMS Journal of Computation and Mathematics, 8 . pp. 145-194. ISSN 1461-1570

Flower, Jean, Howse, J. and Taylor, J. (2004) Nesting in Euler diagrams: syntax, semantics and construction Journal of Software and Systems Modeling, 3 (1). pp. 55-67. ISSN 1619-1366

Stapleton, G., Howse, J., Taylor, J. and Thompson, S. (2004) The expressiveness of spider diagrams augmented with constants VLHCC '04 Proceedings of the 2004 IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages - Human Centric Computing . pp. 91-98.

Stapleton, G., Howse, J., Taylor, J. and Thompson, S. (2004) What can spider diagrams say? In: Blackwell, A., Marriott, K. and Shimojima, A., eds. Diagrammatic representation and inference: third international conference, Diagrams 2004. Cambridge, UK, Mar 22-24: proceedings. Lecture notes in computer science, 2980/2004 . Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany, pp. 112-127. ISBN 9783540212683

Flower, J., Howse, J. and Taylor, J. (2003) Nesting in Euler diagrams Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science, 72 (3). pp. 93-102. ISSN 1571-0661

Stapleton, G., Howse, J. and Taylor, J. (2003) A constraint diagram reasoning system In: Cardenas, A.F. and Mussio, P., eds. VLC03, distributed multimedia systems, international conference on visual languages and computing, Florida international university, Miami, September 2003. Knowledge systems institute, Cambridge, MA, United States, pp. 263-270. ISBN 1891706316

Flower, J., Howse, J. and Taylor, J. (2002) A visual framework for modelling with heterogeneous notations, technical note In: Human Centric Computing Languages and Environments, 2002. Proceedings. IEEE 2002 Symposia. IEEE Computer Society, pp. 71-73. ISBN 0769516440

Howse, J., Stapleton, G., Flower, J. and Taylor, J. (2002) Corresponding regions in Euler diagrams In: Diagrammatic Representation and Inference : Second International Conference, Diagrams 2002 Callaway Gardens, GA, USA, April 18-20, 2002. Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 2317/2002 . Springer-Verlag, pp. 146-160. ISBN 9783540435617

Howse, J., Molina, F., Shin, S-J. and Taylor, J. (2002) On diagram tokens and types DIAGRAMS '02 Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Diagrammatic Representation and Inference . pp. 76-90. ISSN 0302-9743 (print); 1611-3349 (online)

Howse, J., Molina, F., Shin, S-J. and Taylor, J. (2002) Type-syntax and token-syntax in diagrammatic systems In: Formal ontology in information systems: Proceedings of the international conference on formal ontology in information systems. ACM Press, New York, USA, pp. 174-185. ISBN 1581133774

Howse, J., Molina, F., Taylor, J., Kent, S. and Gil, J. (2001) Spider diagrams: a diagrammatic reasoning system Journal of Visual Languages and Computing, 12 (3). pp. 299-324. ISSN 1045-926X

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