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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: Prof 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
In chronolgical order:
- Cardiff University College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences: Seedcorn Funding, 2022
£800
Competitive funding awarded to fund a workshop on co-production and serious games, with Dr Esther Wright. - US National Academy of Medicine Healthy Longevity Global Grand Challenge, 2021
Catalyst Award
£62,500
https://healthylongevitychallenge.org/winners/exploring-how-to-use-mixed-reality-and-telepresence-to-tackle-lonliness-and-reduce-feelings-of-social-isolation/
Competitive funding awarded from the UKRI's Economics & Social Science Research Council (ESRC) to explore mixed reality in the context of community building interventions for tackling loneliness and reducing feelings of isolation. - Cardiff University Innovation for All Fund, 2021
£23,750
Competitive funding awarded from the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales (HEFCW) to build ViewfindR prototype version 2.0, a virtual learning environment for teaching students in video journalism to develop their creative skills and plan for filming. - 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
- Enriching Student Life Award, 2022
Shortlisted for "Most Innovative Member of Staff" category
Nominated by the Student's Union at Cardiff University - 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
- UKRI ESRC Peer Review College Member 2024 - Present
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
- Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences
Frontiers - International Journal of Human Computer Studies
Elsevier - 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