dr karen shoop lecturer in digital media final year projects
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Dr Karen ShoopLecturer in Digital Media
Final Year Projects
• BA in Fine Art & BA in Human Sciences & PhD in Electronic Engineering
• Work with Queen Mary ‘creative computing’ students: undergraduate, masters and PhD – I on the academic team for our EECS MAT – Media &
Arts Technology – Centre for Doctoral Training (£3m for PhD students)
– I am in the Cognitive Science Group at EECS• JP: EBU6610, Information Systems Management –
e-commerce 4th year module
Typical Themes this Year
• Visualisation– Important research challenge – how do we represent a large
volume of data (big data), e.g. social media– Information Management /Semantic Technologies: Avoiding
lists to support user experience (shopping, museums, galleries, social network timelines…)
• “Games”– Gamification – game like elements to engage people in non-
game scenarios– Game Theory – strategies for decision making (NOT games!)
– computer science/economics– Games…adding real-world data, investigating feedback
e-commerce/multimedia studentsphone apps/software
2013 projects• Phone app to improve user
experience at a theme park• Visual diary• App for children going to an
art gallery• Drawing app for people who
“cannot” draw• “Slow technology” for
shopping
2014 projects• Gamification for museum
visitors• Map app for users with
memory impairment• User-adaptable game• Android/Arduino drawing
bot (hardware & software)• Visualisation *2• Gamification to support
student timetabling
My project students
• Confident/happy programmers• INTEREST IN DESIGN, ARTS, VISUAL…• Students aiming for e.g. – CSC for the QMUL MAT Centre for Doctoral Training
• Need a proven interest in ‘creative’ technology (music, multimedia, design)
– MAT (media and arts technology)MSc– Information management MSc– Web technology MSc– Computer science MSc