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Curriculum Vitae

(Not so) Short (& | But still as) Sweet
Personal Statement

Education

  • EngD in Digital Media, September 2017
    Compensating for Distance Compression in
    Virtual Audiovisual Environments
    University of Bath
    Advisors: Prof Eamonn O’Neill & Dr Michael Proulx
    Examiners: Prof Stephen Payne & Dr Betty Mohler
    PDF
  • BSc in Computer Science, June 2012
    Object Detection and Tracking in Images and Point Clouds
    University College Dublin
    GPA: 3.83/4.0
    Advisor: Dr. Eleni Mangina
    PDF

Research Interests

Spatial perception within virtual worlds, multisensory perception, head mounted displays, spatial audio interaction, public experiences & installations

Publications

For a list of publications, see my Publications page

Funding

  • Cardiff University Education Innovation Projects Scheme, 2020
    £2,000
    Competitive funding awarded to fund a bright undergraduate student to come work in my lab and develop software integrating virtual reality technology into an educational environment over the summer of 2020
  • Cardiff Undergraduate Research Opportunities Programme, 2020
    £2,000
    Competitive funding awarded to fund a bright undergraduate student to come work in my lab over the summer of 2020
    Heritage Dot Bursary, 2019
    £175
    Awarded to present work on developing Serious Games for a Social Change at the Heritage Dot Conference at the University of Lincoln, June 2019
    http://heritagedot.org/
  • Researcher Development Fund, 2016
    £1,000
    Awarded by University of Bath RDF to host a 1-day workshop on Games Research Across Academia and Industry
    https://www.camera.ac.uk/achievement-unlocked-03-july-2017
  • Public Engagement Fund, 2016
    £500
    Awarded by University of Bath PEF to host Bath’s first ever Human Library Project http://humanlibrary.org/

Awards

  • Recognizing Excellence Scheme, 2018
    Merit Payment for Exceptional Performance
    Awarded by the Faculty of Science, University of Bath
  • Best Accessible Game, 2014
    Audio Defence: Zombine Arena
    Awarded by TIGA
  • Distinguished Project, 2014
    Reindeer & Wolves
    UBIComp Summer School (UBISS)
    Awarded by Prof Floyd Mueller
  • Best Final Year Project, 2012
    Object Detection in 2D and 3D Images
    Awarded by Deloitte

Teaching Experience

See my Teaching page

Academic Practice & Reviewing

  • Foundation of Digital Games 2021
    Program Committee member, Games Beyond Entertainment and Game Education
    Info
  • ISMAR 2020
    Invited mentorship for Doctoral Consortium
    Info
  • ACM CHI
    Proceedings of the ACM on Computer Human Interaction
  • ACM VRCAI
    Proceedings of the ACM SIGGRAPH International Conference on Virtual-Reality Continuum and its Applications in Industry
    Webpage
  • ACM IMWUT
    Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable, and Ubiquitous Technologies
  • PLOS One
    Public Library of Science Journal
  • ETRI Journal
    Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
  • International Journal of Game-Based Learning
    IGI Global
  • Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems
    IEEE

Invited Talks

  • Public lecture at Wales Tech Week, June 2020
    Info
  • Keynote Speech at Audio Engineering Society, February 2015
    56th Conference on Audio for Games
    Conference report here (cache)
  • Bath Spa University, October 2018
    Guest Lecture on Using Git & Github for Project Management
  • Sherborne Science Cafe, July 2018
    Invited lecture on Perceptual Based Design for Virtual Reality Environments
    Info
  • Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre, May 2018
    Invited lecture on Using $latex$ for Open Science
    Agenda
  • Pint of Science, May 2018
    Public Lecture on Spatial Perception in Virtual Worlds
    Abstract
  • University of Bath, February 2018
    Guest Lecture on Games for a purpose titled: Games (Beyond Games)
    Slides
  • University of Bath, October 2017
    Guest Lecture on auditory user interface design titled: Auditory Interfaces
  • Bath Spa University, November 2016
    Guest Lecture on Binaural Game Design and Development
  • Bath College, February 2016
    Careers Day for A-Level Students

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