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
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• 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
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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 (HEFCW) Global Challenges Research Fund Facilitation Grant, 2021
  £1,900
  Competitive funding awarded to conduct a workshop with colleagues in IIT Ropar, India, around IoT and VR in healthcare.
• 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

Conferences

• 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

Journals

• Electronic Journal of e-Learning
  Academic Publishing
• 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