EDUCATION
Doctor of Philosophy (Computer Science)
RMIT University, Australia 2010 – 2014
Thesis Title: Personalised Procedural Map Generation via Evolutionary Algorithms
Completed under the RMIT Ph.D. Scholarship Award
Bachelor of Computer Science (Honours)
RMIT University, Australia 2006 – 2009
Thesis Title: Virtual Asset Protection using View-Based Similarity Matching
Graduated with First Class Honours (GPA 3.9 / 4.0) and the Vice-Chancellor’s List Award (Top 2% of all RMIT students).
EMPLOYMENT
2017 - Present
SENIOR LECTURER
University of Technology Sydney (UTS)
Co-Director of the UTS Games Research Lab,
Course Coordinator of the BSc. in Games Development,
Stream Leader in the PERSWADE Centre
2017 - 2019
EXTERNAL ACADEMIC BOARD MEMBER
Raffles College of Design & Commerce (RCDC)
Expert for Information Technology and Game Design
2014 - 2017
RESEARCH FELLOW
RMIT University & Village Roadshow Ltd.
Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage Grant: Enhancing Theme Park Experiences through Virtual and Augmented Reality Technology
2014 - 2016
SESSIONAL LECTURER
RMIT University
Lecturing in Games Programming and
Experimental Game Design
2014 - 2016
INDEPENDENT GAMES DEVELOPER
Self-Employed
Voronoi's Colors - A game based exploration of Vornoi Diagrams and Nearest Neighbour Clustering. Released to Android and iOS app marketplaces
2011 - 2014
HEAD TUTOR (GAMES PROGRAMMING)
RMIT University
2011 - 2016
WEBSITE DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT & ADMINISTRATION
Self-Employed