GRADUATE TEACHING ASSISTANT (0.5 FTE) (UN1660) - Computing, University of Northampton

GRADUATE TEACHING ASSISTANT (0.5 FTE) (UN1660)

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Job Type

Part Time Fixed-Term

Salary

£25,513 - £31,342 per annum, pro rata

Location

Avenue Campus

Closing Date

10-05-2015

Ref No

UN1660

Documents

• Job Description.pdf
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4 X 0.5 FTE POSTS, 3 YEARS FIXED TERM

The Department of Computing & Immersive Technology is looking for an enthusiastic and committed individual who can contribute to our teaching and related activities in support our MEng/MSc/BEng/BSc Computing provision.

You should be a highly motivated individual, able to contribute teaching on these programmes. A willingness and ability to teach on a range of Computing “core” modules would be expected. Additionally the successful applicant will also be expected to contribute to two or more specific teaching areas, and these are Media Technology, Computer Systems Engineering, Embedded Systems, Software Engineering, Web Technology & Security. You should have a relevant UK degree in technical computing (ideally from the University of Northampton).

As well as making a full contribution to the teaching of computing and related activities across the undergraduate and possibly postgraduate levels, you may be expected to contribute to other areas of activity in the School of Science & Technology.

This post will maintain a teaching commitment as required by the Head of Department and Dean of School, including preparation and delivery of teaching materials as appropriate, preparation and assessment of coursework produced by students and preparation and marking of examinations.

The successful candidate will register for a PhD with the School of Science & Technology (a reduction in fees or fee waiver may be possible).

Please note: You must be a recent graduate of the University of Northampton BSc Computing (Conditional on graduating ≤ 5 years, attained 1 or 2:1) or a current University of Northampton BSc Computing (Conditional on attaining 1 or 2:1 in May/June 2015).

Interview Date:                      Wednesday 20 May 2015 

Proposed start Date:            1 September 2015

All candidates will be asked to provide proof of eligibility to work in the UK at interview.The University of Northampton as an employer strives to achieve diversity among its staff which reflects the communities it serves.

If you'd like to find out more about Computing at the University of Northampton go to: www.computing.northampton.ac.uk. All views and opinions are the author's and do not necessarily reflected those of any organisation they are associated with

LEARNING ANALYTICS ARCHITECTURE TO SCAFFOLD LEARNING EXPERIENCE THROUGH TECHNOLOGY-BASED METHODS

LEARNING ANALYTICS ARCHITECTURE TO SCAFFOLD LEARNING EXPERIENCE THROUGH TECHNOLOGY-BASED METHODS

Jannicke Madeleine Baalsrud Hauge, Ioana A. Stanescu, Sylvester Arnab, Pablo Moreno Ger, Theodore Lim, Angel Serrano-Laguna, Petros Lameras, Maurice Hendrix, Kristian Kiili, Manuel Ninaus, Sara de Freitas, Alessandro Mazzetti, Anders Dahlbom, Cristiana Degano

International Journal of Serious Games

Vol. 2 No 1

pp 29-44 

ABSTRACT

The challenge of delivering personalized learning experiences is often increased by the size of classrooms and online learning communities. Serious Games (SGs) are increasingly recognized for their potential to improve education. However, the issues related to their development and their level of effectiveness can be seriously affected when brought too rapidly into growing online learning communities. Deeper insights into how the students are playing is needed to deliver a comprehensive and intelligent learning framework that facilitates better understanding of learners' knowledge, effective assessment of their progress and continuous evaluation and optimization of the environments in which they learn. This paper discusses current SOTA and aims to explore the potential in the use of games and learning analytics towards scaffolding and supporting teaching and learning experience. The conceptual model (ecosystem and architecture) discussed in this paper aims to highlight the key considerations that may advance the current state of learning analytics, adaptive learning and SGs, by leveraging SGs as an suitable medium for gathering data and performing adaptations.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17083/ijsg.v2i1.38

To read the paper go to: http://journal.seriousgamessociety.org/index.php?journal=IJSG&page=article&op=view&path%5B%5D=38&path%5B%5D=pdf_9

If you'd like to find out more about Computing at the University of Northampton go to: www.computing.northampton.ac.uk. All views and opinions are the author's and do not necessarily reflected those of any organisation they are associated with

Anastasios Bakaoukas - Brain Computer Interfaces and Unconventional Computing

 Dr. Anastasios Bakaoukas is a member of the Department of Computing and Immersive Technologies, University of Northampton

Current research activities consider a broad range of issues relating but not restricting to:

• Unconventional Computing, 
• D.S.P. and D.S.P. Algorithms for Event Detection and Energy Disaggregation, 
• D.S.P. Algorithms for Power Line Components Measurements, 
• Brain Computer Interface (B.C.I.), 
• Adaptive Filters, 
• Least Squares Error Modelling Non-uniform Frequency Samples Filters.

1. Anastasios G. Bakaoukas and John Edwards"Interactions Between First and Higher Order Solitons Possibilities for Computation? (An Investigation for Computing with Higher Order Solitons)", QPS.P.1, Institute of Physics, Photon '2002 Conference, Quantum or Photonics Structures and Nonlinear Optics, ISBN 0-7503-0916-4.

2. Anastasios G. Bakaoukas and John Edwards"Computing in the 3NLS Domain Using First Order Solitons", International Journal of Unconventional Computing, Volume 5, Number 6, ISSN:1548 - 7199, 2009.

3. Anastasios G. Bakaoukas and John Edwards"Computation in the 3NLS Domain Using First and Second Order Solitons", International Journal of Unconventional Computing, Volume 5, Number 6, ISSN:1548 - 7199, 2009.

4. Anastasios G. Bakaoukas"Towards An All-optical Soliton FFT In The 3NLS-domain", Unconventional Computation & Natural Computation Conference 2013, Milano Italy, UCNC 2013, LNCS 7956, pp. 250-251, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2013.

5. Anastasios G. Bakaoukas and John Edwards"Quantum Notation in the Analysis of Soliton Gates Interaction (Part I) - The CN-CCN Gates Paradigm", International Journal of Information Science and Intelligent System, Vol. 2, No.2, pp. 1-50, Martin Science Publishing, 2013.

6. Anastasios G. Bakaoukas and John Edwards"Quantum Notation in the Analysis of Soliton Gates Interaction (Part II) - The 'Diamond Gates' Paradigm", International Journal of Information Science and Intelligent System, Vol. 2, No. 3, pp.63 - 84, Martin Science Publishing, 2013.

7. Anastasios G. Bakaoukas, Kuo-Ming Chao and Weidong Li"Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) Method for Power Components Estimation - Active and Reactive Power Measurement", IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC), October 13 - 16, Manchester, UK, 2013.

8. Anastasios G. Bakaoukas"Computational Capabilities of Interactions Between Optical Solitons (A survey on the computational capabilities and challenges of optical computational systems and their impact on the creation of the next generation computing machines)", International Journal of Information Science and Intelligent System, Vol. 3, No. 2, pp. 13-32, Martin Science Publishing, March 18, 2014.

9. A. G. Bakaoukas, S. Liu and P. Petridis"Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) Method For Power Components Estimation In Power Meters", International Conference on Communication Technology and Application (CTA2014), WIT Press, Beijing, China, August 19 - 20, 2014.

10. Georgina Wood, Dan van der Horst, Rosie Day, Anastasios G. Bakaoukas, Panagiotis Petridis, Shuli Liu, Latifimran Jalil, Mark Gaterell, Elise Smithson, John Barnham, Debbie Harvey, Benqiang Yang & Charn Pisithpunth"Serious Games For Energy Social Science Research", Technology Analysis & Strategic Management, Vol. 26, Iss. 10, 2014.

11. Anastasios G. Bakaoukas"Computational Capabilities of Collisions Between Optical Solitons (A survey on the computational capabilities and challenges of optical computational systems and their impact on the creation of the next generation computing machines)", International Journal of Information Science and Intelligent System, Vol. 4, No. 1, Martin Science Publishing, January 11, 2015.

12. Anastasios G. Bakaoukas, Kanakis Triantafyllos"Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) Method for Power Components Estimation Under Harmonic Distortion Conditions", IEEE Technically Co-Sponsored Science and Information Conference, July 28 - 30, London, UK, 2015. Accepted...

Patents

1. Patent International Number: 20110600039Registered at: Industrial Property Organisation (O.B.I.), in Greece and worldwide, www.obi.gr.

To read more go to:  http://www.computing.northampton.ac.uk/~anastas/index.html

If you'd like to find out more about Computing at the University of Northampton go to: www.computing.northampton.ac.uk. All views and opinions are the author's and do not necessarily reflected those of any organisation they are associated with

BCS Bedford: Google self-driving car: Be driven

The University of Bedfordshire’s BCS Student Chapter Event at the University of Bedfordshire, Luton

Date: Wednesday, 25 March 2015

Theme: “Google self-driving car: Be driven”

Speaker:  Dr Chris Urmson, Director, Self-Driving Cars, Google[x]

Time:  2.00pm for a 2.15pm start

Location:  The Postgraduate and CPD Centre, University of Bedfordshire (Luton Campus), Park Square, Luton LU1 3JU

Register online at:   https://events.bcs.org/book/1458/

You are warmly invited to attend a FREE afternoon lecture at The Postgraduate and CPD Centre, University of Bedfordshire, Luton on Wednesday 25 March 2015.  This event is organised by the University’s BCS Student Chapter.

Self-driving will save lives, save time, and offer mobility to those who otherwise don’t have it.  Eventually they will reshape the way we live in, and move through, our communities and cities.

A dedicated team at Google has spent the last five years moving self-driving vehicles closer to a reality.  New algorithms, increased processing power, innovative sensors and massive amounts of data enable our vehicles to see further, understand more and handle a wide variety of challenging driving scenarios.  Our vehicles have driven over a half million miles on highways, suburban and urban streets. Through this journey, we’ve learned a lot; not just about how to drive, but about interacting with drivers, users and others on the road, and about what it takes to bring in incredibly complex system to fruition. I’ll share some fun stories and lessons along with our vision for how these vehicles will become a reality.

About the Speaker

As Director of Self-Driving Cars at Google(x), Chris Urmson leads Google’s self-driving car program. The team’s vehicles have driven over three quarters of a million miles. Prior to joining Google, Chris was on the faculty of the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University where his research focused on motion planning and perception for robotic vehicles. During his time at Carnegie Mellon, he worked with house size trucks, drove robots around in deserts, and served as the Director of Technology for the team that won the 2007 DARPA Urban Challenge. He earned his PhD in 2005 from Carnegie Mellon and his BSc. in Computer Engineering from the University of Manitoba in 1998. 

Car-Parking:  There is no parking available on the Luton Campus but there are a large number of public and privately owned car-parks in the vicinity.

Agenda

2.00pm            Registration, refreshments and networking

2.15pm            Introduction

                        “Google self-driving car: Be driven”

3.15pm            Opportunity to question the speaker

3.30pm            Thanks

Opportunity to network and talk to the speaker

Register online at:  https://events.bcs.org/book/1458

If you'd like to find out more about Computing at the University of Northampton go to: www.computing.northampton.ac.uk. All views and opinions are the author's and do not necessarily reflected those of any organisation they are associated with

Serious Games Masters

The University of Northampton is launching a Masters pathway on the MSc Computing programme.

Aimed at wide audience including but not exclusive to games programmers, computer scientist, as well others who have an interest in computing with some programming experience.

Some of the key features of the course include:

• Immersive technologies module covering the technologies of serious games - taught by staff who have research experience in these areas (see overview below).
• A module taking a serious game from inception to completion.
• Modules covering mobile development and programming to provide broad but relevant skills.
• Dissertation relevant to serious gaming professional.

To find out how to join this course contact Dr Scott Turner (scott.turner@northampton.ac.uk)


Overview of some of the team see some of their research.

• Dr. Maurice Hendrix

  • About
  • Teaching
  • Research
  • Publications

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  2015

  1. Baalsrud-Hauge, J. M., Stanescu, I. A., Arnab, S., Ger, P. M., Lim, T., Serrano-Laguna, A., Lameras, P., Hendrix, M., Kiili, K., Ninaus, M., de Freitas, S., Mazzetti, A., Dahlbom, A. and Degano, C. (2015) Learning through analytics architecture to scaffold learning experience through technology-based methods.International Journal of Serious Games. 2(1), pp. 29-44. 2384-8766.

  2014

  1. Alden Rivers, B., Armellini, A., Howe, R., Simmons, M., Hendrix, M., Maxwell, R.and Harris, J. (2014) GAMEchanger: a game jam for social innovation education.In: Alden Rivers, B. and Smith, J. (eds.) Changemaker in the Curriculum: The University of Northampton: Case Studies 2013-2014. Northampton: The University of Northampton. pp. 33-34.

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  Other Publications

  • ​​Lameras, P., Petridis, P., Torrens, K., Dunwell, I., Hendrix, M., Arnab, S. and Stewart, C. (2014) Training science teachers to design lesson plans through an inquiry-based serious game. In: The Sixth International Conference on Mobile Hybrid and On-line Learning (eL&mL). Barcelona, Spain: IARIA. (In Press)
  • Hendrix, M. (2013) Serious games meets adaptive hypermedia: integrating games into web-based e-learning systems. Invited Keynote presented to: 7th International Workshop on Personalized Access, Profile Management, and Context Awareness in Databases (PersDB 2013) at 39th International Conference on Very Large Databases (VL DB 2013), Riva del Garda, Trento, Italy, 30 August 2013.
  • Petridis, P., Dunwell, I., Panzoli, D., Arnab, S., Protopsaltis, A., Hendrix, M. and Freitas, S. (2013) Game engines selection framework for high-fidelity serious applications. International Journal of Interactive Worlds. 2012, pp. 1-19.21659508.
  • Flicek, P., Amode, M. R., Barrell, D., Beal, K., Brent, S., Carvalho-Silva, D., Clapham, P., Coates, G., Fairley, S., Fitzgerald, S., Gil, L., Gordon, L., Hendrix, M., Hourlier, T., Johnson, N., Kahari, A. K., Keefe, D., Keenan, S., ​Kinsella, R., Komorowska, M., Koscielny, G., Kulesha, E., Larsson, P., Longden, I., McLaren, W., Muffato, M., Overduin, B., Pignatelli, M., Pritchard, B., Riat, H. S., Ritchie, G. R. S., Ruffier, M., Schuster, M., Sobral, D., Tang, Y. A., Taylor, K., Trevanion, S., Vandrovcova, J., White, S., Wilson, M., Wilder, S. P., Aken, B. L., Birney, E., Cunningham, F., Dunham, I., Durbin, R., Fernandez-Suarez, X. M., Harrow, J., Herrero, J., Hubbard, T. J. P., Parker, A., Proctor, G., Spudich, G., Vogel, J., Yates, A., Zadissa, A. and Searle, S. M. J. (2012) Ensembl 2012. Nucleic Acids Research. 40(D1), D84-D90. 0305-1048.
  • Flicek, P., Amode, M. R., Barrell, D., Beal, K., Brent, S., Chen, Y., Clapham, P., Coates, G., Fairley, S., Fitzgerald, S., Gordon, L., Hendrix, M., Hourlier, T., Johnson, N., Kahari, A., Keefe, D., Keenan, S., Kinsella, R., Kokocinski, F., Kulesha, E., Larsson, P., Longden, I., McLaren, W., Overduin, B., Pritchard, B., Riat, H. S., Rios, D., Ritchie, G. R. S., Ruffier, M., Schuster, M., Sobral, D., Spudich, G., Tang, Y. A., Trevanion, S., Vandrovcova, J., Vilella, A. J., White, S., Wilder, S. P., Zadissa, A., Zamora, J., Aken, B. L., Birney, E., Cunningham, F., Dunham, I., Durbin, R., Fernandez-Suarez, X. M., Herrero, J., Hubbard, T. J. P., Parker, A., Proctor, G., Vogel, J. and Searle, S. M. J. (2011) Ensembl 2011. Nucleic Acids Research. 39(Databa), D800-D806. 0305-1048.
  • Albert, D., Nussbaumer, A., Steiner, C. M., Hendrix, M. and Cristea, A. I. (2009) Design and Development of an Authoring Tool for Pedagogical Relationship Types between Concepts. In: Proceedings of the International Conference on Computers in Education. Hong Kong: IEEE.
  • Cristea, A. I., Smits, D., Bevan, J. and Hendrix, M. (2009) LAG 2.0: refining a reusable adaptation language and improving on its authoring. In: Learning in the Synergy of Multiple Disciplines. Nice September: Springer, LNCS. 978-3-642-04636-0. pp. 7-21.
  • Hendrix, M., Nussbaumer, A., Dicerto, M., Oneto, L. and Cristea, A. I. (2009) GAT: The FP7 GRAPPLE Authoring Tool Set. In: "Learning in the Synergy of Multiple Disciplines". Nice, France: Springer, LNCS.
  • Hendrix, M., Cristea, A. I. and Stewart, C. (2009) Adaptation languages for learning: the CAM meta-model. In: Proceedings of the 9th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT}. Riga, Latvia: IEEE.
  • Hendrix, M. and Cristea, A. I. (2008) A meta level to LAG for adaptation language re-use. In: Proceedings of the 5th Conference on Adaptive Hypermedia and Adaptive Web-Based Systems. Hannover, Germany: Springer, LNCS.
  • Hendrix, M. and Cristea, A. I. (2008) A spiral model for adding automatic, adaptive authoring to adaptive hypermedia. Journal of Universal Computer Science (J.UCS). 14(17), pp. 2799-2818.
  • Hendrix, M. and Cristea, A. I. (2008) Meta-levels of adaptation in education. In: Proceedings of the Computers and Advanced Technology in Education Conference 2008. Crete, Greece: IASTED.
  • Hendrix, M. and Cristea, A. (2008) Reuse patterns in adaptation languages: creating a meta-level for the LAG adaptation language. In: Nejdl, W., Kay, J., Pu, P. and Herder, E. (eds.) Adaptive Hypermedia and Adaptive Web-Based Systems: 5th International Conference, AH 2008, Hannover, Germany, July 29 - August 1, 2008: Proceedings. Berlin: Springer. 9783540709848. pp. 304-307.
  • Hendrix, M., De Bra, P., Pechenizkiy, M., Smits, D. and Cristea, A. (2008) Defining adaptation in a generic multi layer model: CAM: the GRAPPLE conceptual adaptation model. In: Dillenbourg, P. and Specht, M. (eds.) Times of Convergence: Technologies Across Learning Contexts: Third European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning, EC-TEL 2008, Maastricht, The Netherlands, September 16-19, 2008: Proceedings. Berlin: Springer. 9783540876045. pp. 132-143.
  • Hendrix, M. and Cristea, A. (2007) A qualitative and quantitative evaluation of adaptive authoring of adaptive hypermedia. In: Duval, E., Klamma, R. and Wolpers, M. (eds.) Creating New Learning Experiences on a Global Scale: Second European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning, EC-TEL 2007, Crete, Greece, September 17-20, 2007. Proceedings. Berlin: Springer. 9783540751946. pp. 71-85.
  • Hendrix, M. and Cristea, A. I. (2007) Evaluating adaptive authoring of adaptive hypermedia. In: 11th International Conference on User Modelling. Confu, Greece: Springer, LNAI.
  • Hendrix, M., Cristea, A. and Joy, M. (2007) Evaluating the automatic and manual creation process of adaptive lessons. In: Spector, M. J., Sampson, D. G., Okamoto, T., Cerri, S. A., Ueno, M. and Kashihara, A. (eds.)Seventh IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies: Proceedings: ICALT 2007: July 18-20, 2007, Niigata, Japan. Los Alamitos, California: IEEE Computer Society. 076952916X. pp. 442-446.
  • Hendrix, M., Cristea, A. and Nejdl, W. (2007) Authoring adaptive educational hypermedia on the semantic desktop. International Journal of Learning Technology. 3(3), p. 230. 1477-8386.
  • Hendrix, M., Cristea, A. I. and Nejdl, W. (2006) Authoring Adaptive Learning Material on the Semantic Desktop. In: proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on Authoring of Adaptive and Adaptable Hypermedia at 4th International Workshop on Authoring of Adaptive & Adaptable Educational Hypermedia. Dublin, Ireland: Springer, LNCS.
  • Cristea, A., Hendrix, M. and Nejdl, W. (2006) Automatic and manual annotation using flexible schemas for adaptation on the semantic desktop. In: Innovative Approaches for Learning and Knowledge Sharing.Crete, Greece: Springer LNCS. 978-3-540-46234-7. pp. 88-102.
  • Norta, A., Hendrix, M. and Grefen, P. (2006) A pattern-knowledge base supported establishment of inter-organisational business processes. In: Norta, A., Hendrix, M. and Grefen, P. (eds.) On the Move to Meaningful Internet Systems 2006: OTM 2006 Workshops. Montpellier, France: Springer, LNCS. pp. 834-843.

• Dr. Yinghui Zhang

  • About
  • Teaching
  • Research
  • Publications

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  2010

  1. Zhang, Y. (2010) A multi-asperity surface contact model for the simulation of friction in virtual environments.In: Richir, S. and Shirai, A. (eds.) Proceedings of Virtual Reality International Conference (VRIC 2010).
  2. Zhao, F., Turner, S. J., Dravid, R., Hill, G. and Zhang, Y. (2010) A virtual environment training system for haptic laparoscopic surgery. Paper presented to: 16th International Conference on Automation and Computing, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, 11 September 2010.

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  Other Publications

  Books

  • Fuyong Yuan, Yinghui Zhang, Yufeng Liu, The Design and Analysis of Computer Algorithm. China Machinery Press, Beijing, 1998.

  Papers

  1. Yinghui Zhang, R.Phillips, Efficient and accurate simulation of friction using a multi-asperity surface contact model. EuroHaptic2004, Munich, Germany.
  2. Yinghui Zhang, R.Phillips, A dynamic friction model for haptic simulation of needle insertion. Medicine Meets Virtual Reality 13, California, USA, 2005
  3. Yinghui Zhang, R.Phillips, A multi-asperity friction model for haptic rendering in virtual environments. CACSUK05, Sept. 2005, Sheffiled, UK

If you'd like to find out more about Computing at the University of Northampton go to: www.computing.northampton.ac.uk. All views and opinions are the author's and do not necessarily reflected those of any organisation they are associated with