个人简历

EDUCATION
02/2015 – Current Deakin University, Australia
PhD Candidate
Commenced my PhD Candidature within the School of Information Technology
Presented research at the Deakin-Swinburne Symposium II 2015
Attended the Medical Technology Association of Australia’s MedTech Conference
Collaboration on a research project to produce a published Education based iPad App
03/2010 – 11/2010 Deakin University, Australia
Bachelor of Information Technology (Honours)
Completed a 93-page Honours thesis
Co-authored with a Deakin senior lecturer a published paper in the journal IEEE
Developed, as team leader, an Apple iOS App for the Parrot AR Drone
Gained acceptance to Apple University Consortium (AUC) iOS SDK workshops
Attended the AUCs DevWorld2010 Developers conference
Received a certificate of recognition for participation in Deakin Orientation Day 2011
03/2007 –10/2009 Deakin University, Australia
Bachelor of Information Technology - Majoring in Games Design and Development
Accepted for the Deakin University Industry Based Learning (IBL) scholarship
Worked on my final year project in collaboration with GM Holden, Australia
Received a certificate of recognition for participation in the Deakin Ground Crew 08 program
EMPLOYMENT
11/2015 – Current Deakin University (Geelong, Australia)
Lecturer for Games and IT (for the School of Information Technology)
Campus Coordinator for SIT255 Advanced Game Development
Campus Coordinator for SIT153 Introduction to Game Programming
Unit Chair for SIT322 Distributed Systems
Campus Coordinator for SIT151 Games Fundamentals
Participated in the ASPIRE program
01/2015 – 11/2015 Deakin University (Geelong, Australia)
Casual Academic and Research Assistant (for the School of Information Technology)
Acting Unit Chair for SIT172 Programming for Engineers
Participated in research project resulting in a released iPad app “A to Z Safari”
Participated in research project trialing lecture interaction software “MyCrowdy”
Gave numerous I.T talks to local high-school students
Published 1 paper, with 2 more in progress
03/2014 – 12/2014 Deakin University (Geelong, Australia)
Associate Lecturer (for the School of Information Technology)
Geelong Campus Coordinator for SIT172 Programming for Engineers
Geelong Campus Coordinator for SIT764/374 Project Management
Demonstrator for SIT101 Introduction to I.T
Achieved 4.49/5.0 on the Student Evaluation (SETU) results
Presented a published paper at a IEEE conference in New Zealand
03/2013 – 02/2014 Deakin University (Geelong, Australia)
Demonstrator/Research Assistant
Demonstrated SIT764/SIT374 Project Management for 3rd year and Master students
Co-developed with a senior lecturer the Human Resource Allocation System (HRAS)
Helped design and develop an Android phone app for a research project
Helped design and develop an Asset Management System for the GTP building
Achieved a 4.27/5.0 on the Student Evaluations (SETU) results
03/2013 – Current Self-Employed as a Freelance Software Developer (Geelong, Australia)
Software Developer
Designed and developed a range of software solutions for clients (mobile, Windows, web, Mac)
Regularly met with clients to discuss details and requirements
Clients from Deakin University, the Australian Defense Force (ADF), local businesses in Geelong, and overseas (Germany, United States)
11/2012 – 02/2013 Sachs Insights (New York City, U.S)
IT Support/Office Coordinator
Assisted staff with I.T enquiries and troubleshooting
Supported the IT manager with daily duties
06/2008 – 03/2012 Integrated Technical Software (ITS) (Geelong, Australia)
Software Developer/Programmer
Developed and programmed their proprietary software “Spacegass”
Met deadlines and reported progress at staff meetings
Tested/Debugged software
UI design
06/2010 – 11/2010 Deakin University (Geelong, Australia)
Demonstrator/Research Assistant
Demonstrated SIT253 Visual and Audio Elements for Video Games) for 2nd year students
Developed as team leader an iOS App for the AR Parrot Drone for a research project
Achieved an exceptional mark in Student Evaluations
PUBLICATIONS
Most Recent Publications
Wells J, Blincoe M, Spence A, “An examination of the use of online resources in a University E-Learning environment”, World Conference on E-Learning, October 2015
Spence A, McKenzie S, “Using Interactive Technology for Lectures in Higher Education Information Technology”, IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering (TALE), presented December 2014.
Wells J, Barry R, Spence A, “Using Video Tutorials as a Carrot-and-Stick Approach to Learning”, IEEE Transactions on Education, vol. 55, pp. 4, 2012
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Programming Skills
I have a high level of skill in a multitude of programming languages from my previous job at ITS, my freelance work, and working and demonstrating at Deakin University.
Noticeable programming accomplishments include the co-development of the HRAS at Deakin University (SQL, PHP), development of an Asset Management System at Deakin University (C#, PHP, HTML, SQL), an iOS App for a AR Parrot Drone (Objective-C), Windows software for freelance clients (C#), and an Android phone game (Java, XML).
VB.Net/C#.Net - I have a very firm grasp of working in Visual Basic as this was the primary language used during my employment at ITS, with C# now being my language of choice.
Computer Knowledge
I have extensive knowledge of how computers, operating systems, distributed systems, applications, and networks work, in addition to being able to conduct repairs, maintenance, and troubleshooting.
GENERAL SKILLS
Teaching (Lecturing and Demonstrating)
As Unit Chair, acting Unit Chair, and Campus Coordinator for numerous IT based units for the School of IT at Deakin University, my duties included the conducting of weekly lectures and the demonstrating of classes, organizing course material, meeting with other course stream representatives, setting and marking of assessments, and student consultation.
Communication
My lecturing and demonstrating experience has built upon my communication skills considerably, enhancing my ability to listen, speak clearly, and to articulate questions.
I have spoken at and conducted presentations at numerous I.T focused public events and conferences during my time at Deakin University, at times to audiences exceeding 100 people.
Travel and Cultures
Traveling is my passion, and whilst technically not a ‘skill’, I feel that my travels to China, Thailand, America, Vanuatu, Canada and more, helps cultivate a more grounded, cultured and accepting personality which I feel would benefit any company environment.

研究领域

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