Linda Ann Macaulay is the Emeritus Professor of System Design at the University of Manchester, specialising in Human–computer interaction, Requirements engineering and Service science, management and engineering.
Linda Macaulay obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics at the University of Sheffield in 1972, and a Research master's degree in Computational Science from the University of St Andrews in 1976.
The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council recognised her HCI research through the award "Human Factors in the Design of Electronic Service Delivery Systems for use in Complex Environments".
[10] She won the Economic and Social Research Council award for "Human Issues in Security and Privacy in e-Commerce".
[15] In 1999 Linda was the first female Professor to be appointed to the Department of Computation at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology.