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Shamus P. Smith

Dr. Shamus P. Smith BSc (Hons) PhD (Massey) MIEEE

Shamus Smith has research interests in virtual reality and human-computer interaction. He has published articles on the design, specification and evaluation of interactive systems, the evaluation of haptic-based medical systems and the reuse of computer game technology.

He is a Fellow of the Wolfson Research Institute and is a member of the Technology Enhanced Learning Group, the Interactive Media Technology Group and the Centre for Research into Earth Energy Systems.

He teaches human-computer interaction and risk analysis at undergraduate level and software dependability and risk analysis at MSc level. He supervises PhD students and would be interested in taking on postgraduate students with research interests in virtual reality, human-computer interaction or computer game technology.

Recent Publications

  • S.P. Smith and T. Carter, A virtual environment to test police and public awareness of anti-social behaviour indicators, International Journal of Police Science and Management (Forthcoming).
  • S.P. Smith and Sam Du’Mont, Measuring the effect of gaming experience on virtual environment navigation tasks, IEEE 3D User Interfaces 2009 (3DUI 09) (2009) pg 3-10, IEEE.
  • S.P. Smith and D. Trenholme, Rapid prototyping a virtual fire drill environment using computer game technology, Fire Safety Journal 44:4, (May 2009) 559-569, Elsevier. (Project page)
  • S.P. Smith and S. Todd, Usability evaluation of a haptic-based clinical skills training system, International Journal of Clinical Skills 2:1, pg 39-44 (2008).

    • A full list of all my publications is here.

    Membership

  • IEEE
  • Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
  • British Computer Society (BCS)

    • Peer reviewer

  • ESRC
  • AHRC

    • External reviewer

  • IEEE Virtual Reality 2010
  • CHI 2010
  • BCS HCI 2009
  • IEEE 3D User Interafaces 2009
  • IEEE Virtual Reality 2009
  • CHI 2009
  • ACM VRST 2008
  • 3rd IEEE Symposium on 3D User Interfaces 2008
  • IEEE Virtual Reality 2008
  • 16th Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environments and Teleoperator Systems 2007
  • ACM VRST 2007
  • SIGGRAPH 2007
  • CHI 2007
  • IEEE Virtual Reality 2007

    • Programme Committee member

  • 24th BCS Conference on Human Computer Interaction (HCI2010), 6th-10th September 2010, University of Abertay Dundee
  • International Workshop on Interactive Digital Entertainment Technologies (IDET 2009), 28-30 September 2009, University of Aizu, Aizuwakamatsu, Japan
  • SAFECOMP 2008, 22-25 September 2008, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
  • International Workshop on Interactive Digital Entertainment Technologies (IDET 2008), 15 - 16 July, 2008, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China


    • "Shamus Smith" worldwide

  • A descendant of William the Conqueror
  • A graduate from University of the Pacific, Sacramento with a B.A. in Sociology.
  • A pitcher for the Sacramento Savages.
  • A police officer who plays tuba in the New York City Police Department Band.
  • A freshmen in college in Springfield.