Latest Update of My CV Sheridan, J.G. CV - This page contains a shortened version of my CV, basically everything else about my research which doesn't have its own dedicated page on my site.
CV Education, Qualifications, Employment, Supervision, Press
Qualifications
| Completed
01/09/06 |
PhD, Computer Science Lancaster University, Lancaster UK Thesis: "Digital Live Art: Mediating Wittingness in Playful Arenas". Introduced the concepts of "Digital Live Art", "wittingness and unwitting" "Performance Triad Model" (interaction between unwitting and witting bystanders, participants and performers) and users as participant-performers. Description of the design, development, build and performance of several Digital Live Artworks including iPoi which focused on using acceleration to drive visual and audio output over a wireless peer-to-peer network. |
| 16/12/00 | MS, Human-Computer Interaction Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta USA Study: Interface design, wearable computing and performance support systems |
| 04/30/99 | BA, Rhetoric and Professional Writing & Computer Graphics University of Waterloo, Waterloo Canada Study: Technical writing, 3D animation and graphics, Fine Art fundamentals, website design, web-based programming, database design |
Education
| 01/10/01 - 02/22/06 | Lancaster University, Lancaster UK Part time PhD Supervisors: Prof. Alan Dix, Dr. Gerd Kortuem, Dr. Jen Allanson |
| 09/01/99 - 12/17/00 | Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta USA Full time MS |
| 09/01/95 - 04/30/99 | University of Waterloo, Waterloo Canada Full time BA |
Recent Employment
| Current | Director BigDog Interactive Ltd. Lancaster/ London UK Founding Director of a company which creates interactive installations. Experience with designing, developing and deploying installations and applications for wearable computing, sensor boards, RFID, tangible computing, mobile phone applications, tangible objects and wireless networks (see Exhibitions). Also responsible for company accounting and finance. |
| 01/2008 - Current | Research Officer London Knowledge Lab London UK UK-funded EPSRC project "Designing Tangibles for Learning: An Empirical Approach" led by Dr. Sara Price (IoE) and Dr. George Roussos (Birkbeck). Design, develop and build of tangible artefacts to evaluate the 'artefact-representation' framework introduced by Dr. Price. |
| 10/2001-12/2006 | Research Associate Computing Department Lancaster University UK UK-funded EPSRC IRC project in physical and tangible computing (GR/N15986/01 - "Technological Innovation in Physical and Digital Life"). Part of the Equator initiative. Developed theories and methodologies for Digital Live Art. Directed, designed and developed several interactive installations and performance events including the inaugural e-Campus installation “Metamorphosis” through .:thePooch:. (see Exhibtions). |
| 08/1999 - 10/2001 | Research Assistant LandMARC, Georgia Tech Research Institute USA Award-winning design, development and implementation of interfaces for aircraft maintainers. |
| Other employment details available on request |
Supervision
| 2005 | Project supervisor for MSc Project Management student. Project title: “Managing e-Campus”, Lancaster University. Student received a first. |
| 2003 | Project supervisor for MRes Design and Evaluation of Advanced Interactive Systems student project “Tangible Interfaces”, Lancaster University. Student received a first. |
Press Clippings
| 2007, Sept. 11 | Usability News. HCI 2007 [online]. "the intriguing concept of our ‘witting participation’ in live performance and play" |
| 2006, Sept. 25 | Usability News. New Forums for Arts HCI Research born [online]. |
| 2005, November | LU News. “Campus communications”, Lancaster University. |
| 2005, Oct. 21 | “Butterfly flutters by in university underpass”, Paul Collins, The Guardian Series, Lancashire. |
| 2005, October | LU News. “Buses and Butterflies”, Lancaster University. |
| 2005, Sept. 15 | BBC Radio Lancashire. “The underpass, Metamorphosis and the Opening Night”, Radio Interview. |
| 2005 July | BBC Radio Cumbria. “Metamorphosis” Ulverston, Cumbria |
| 2005 July | LU News. “Interactive Art”, Lancaster University. |
| 2004, Nov. 24 | Usability News. Report: The "No One Opens Attachments Anymore" Paradigm [online] |