Phillip Jeffrey

MAGIC

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3640-2424 Main Mall

Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z4

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Last updated: January 17, 2005

 

 

Education

 

Sept. 2003-                Masters of Science Student,

Individual Interdisciplinary Studies Graduate Program.

University of British Columbia.

 

1994-1999                 Bachelor of Arts, Information Systems and Human Behaviour (Honours with Distinction), (Interdisciplinary: 50% Computer Science; 25% Psychology; 25% Sociology/Anthropology) University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada, graduated June 1999 with 82% average.

 

Awards & Honours

 

2004-2004                  IISGP Teaching Assistantship Award, University of British Columbia. Scholarship value: $5 000

2004-2004                  ICICS Graduate Scholarship, University of British Columbia. Scholarship value: $2 500

 

2003-2004                 Graduate Entrance Scholarship, University of British Columbia. Scholarship value: $16 000

 

1999-2000                 German Academic Exchange Service Scholarship (DAAD), DAAD Annual Award for postgraduate study & research in Germany, Scholarship value: $12 500.

 

1999                           Graduating academic average above 80% (Honours with Distinction) Information Systems and Human Behaviour, University of Guelph

 

1999                           Dean’s Honours List (semester average 80%+) Information Systems and Human Behaviour, University of Guelph

 

1997                           Dean’s Honours List Information Systems and Human Behaviour, University of Guelph

 

1996                           First Place, “Petra, Jordan”, Human Geography, Geography Club Photo Contest, University of Guelph

 

1995                           Dean’s Honours List Information Systems and Human Behaviour, University of Guelph

 

1994                           Dean’s Honours List Information Systems and Human Behaviour, University of Guelph

Teaching Endeavors

September 2004- December 2004, Teaching Assistantship, Department of Anthropology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada. I am the TA for a third-year Anthropology course (ANTH 360) called Introduction to Ecological Anthropology. In this course I logged 192 TA hours in which I performed a variety of tasks as the liason between the professor and the students. I am responsible for the maintenance of the WebCT course page (posting of course material, relevant articles to couse, and emails). I am responsible for two classes this term while the professor was away: a lecture and the weekly tutorial. I grade the midterm papers, assignments, the final exam, and attended classes as part of my TA duties. I maintain weekly office hours. Professor: Dr. Felice Wyndham

Research Endeavors

areas of interest:
enactive cognition, place and space, joint activity, gestures, common ground, computer supported cooperative work (CSCW), culture, collaborative learning environments, HCI, computer supported collaborative play, ubiquitous computing.  

 

June 2004-, Research Group Student Member,Technology Enhanced Model Based Science (TEMBS) group, Department of Education, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada. We are interested in how people learn and how people can teach with digital technologies. Our current research activities include a technology-enhanced, model based learning research project with BC science teachers.
Supervisor: Samia Khan

September 2003-, Research Lab Student Member,Human Communications Technologies Laboratory. University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada. Conducting research that uses information technology to realise how to communicate effectively and understand human experience. Research encompasses the areas of ubiquitous computing, ambient intelligence, human computer interaction.
Thesis project combines disciplines of Education, HCI, Cognitive Systems, and Anthropology.
Primary Supervisor: Samia Khan; Supervisor: Brian Fisher; External Advisor: Steve DiPaola

October 1999-July 2000, DAAD Scholarship research assistant, GMD FIT (now Fraunhofer FIT), Schloss Birlinghoven, Sankt Augustin, Germany. Completed research in the CSCW department as a member of the TOWER (Theatre of Work Enabling Relationships) project, which provides awareness of group members’ collaborative activities and their common working context.  I designed an HTML-based questionnaire collaborating with a fellow co-worker. The purpose was to query the other distributed members of TOWER about their usage of an audioconferencing tool called BT Presence.  I collaborated on a study in which we examined Internet tools such as mailing lists, email and chatrooms to look at how the different rules or conventions that regulate them could be quantified in different categories such as politeness. The findings are in the International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction.  Research encompasses the areas of presence, social conventions, CVEs, CSCW, awareness, and avatars. Advisor: Wolfgang Prinz.

 

June-September 1999, Student research assistant, Advanced Communications Technology Centre, BT Adastral Park (now BTexact), Martlesham Heath, Ipswich, U.K. Primary researcher for usability trials of a networked internal virtual world project called Forum Contact Space. Evaluation study consisted of 35 participants (26 active) using one on one interviews, a focus group, a two-week video diary and vpersonal diaries to gather feedback of user opinion. The goal of the study was to examine if the Contact Space reproduces chance encounters that normally occur within the workplace such as around the coffee machine. Research encompasses the areas of CSCW, CVEs, social conventions, and avatars. Advisor: Andrew McGrath.

 

August 1997-July 1998, Student research assistant, Institute for Applied Information Technology (FIT), German National Research Center for Information Technology, Sankt Augustin, Germany. Designed and analysed research projects as a member of the Social Web Project, in which we looked at transferring the Internet into a social space. Research encompassed the areas of videoconferencing, audioconferencing, social conventions, virtual communities, CSCW, avatars, social navigation. Advisor: Gloria Mark.

 

Refereed Publications

Accepted for Publication

Deutscher, M., Jeffrey, P., and Siu, N. “Information Capture Devices for Social Environments. Proceedings Second European Symposium on Ambient Intelligence (EUSAI 2004), November 8-10, Eindhoven, The Netherlands. Short Paper. 267-270. [PDF]

 

Book Chapters

Jeffrey, P. & Mark, G. “Navigating the Virtual Landscape: Co-ordinating the Shared Use of Space”. In Höök, K., Beynon, D., and Munro,A., (Eds). Designing Information Spaces: The Social Navigation Approach. London: Springer, 2003, Chapter 4, 105-124. Reprint. [PDF]

 

Jeffrey, P. & Mark, G. “Navigating the Virtual Landscape: Co-ordinating the Shared Use of Space”. In Munro,A., Höök, K., and Beynon, D. (Eds). Social Navigation of Information Space. London: Springer, 1999, Chapter 7, 112-131. [PDF]

 

Journal Article

Pankoke-Babatz, U. & Jeffrey, P. “Documented Norms and Conventions on the Internet”.  In Luczak, H. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction (Special Issue on Awareness),14(2), Lawrence Erlbaum Association. June 2002, 219-235. [PDF]

 

Conference Proceedings

Jeffrey, P. & McGrath, A. “Sharing Serendipity in the Workplace”. Proceedings of Collaborative Virtual Environments Conference (CVE 2000), September 10^th -12^th, San Francisco, CA. ACM Press, 2000, 173-179. [PDF]

 

Jeffrey, P. “Forum Contact Space: Serendipity in the Workplace”. student poster. Proceedings of Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2000 Extended Abstracts), April 1^st-6^th, The Hague, The Netherlands. ACM Press, 2000, 331-332. [PDF]

 

Pankoke-Babatz, U., Klöckner, K., & Jeffrey, P. “Norms and Conventions in Collaborative Systems”. In Bullinger, H. Ziegler, J. Proceedings of HCI International '99, August 22-27, 1999. Munich, Germany. Volume 2., 313-317. [PDF]

 

Jeffrey, P. “Personal Space in a Virtual Community”. student poster. In Carat, C.M., Lund, A. (eds.). Proceedings of Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '98 Summary), April 18-23, 1998, Los Angeles. ACM Press, 1998, 347-348. [PDF]

 

Workshop Proceedings

Jeffrey, P. & McGrath, A. “Forum Contact Space: Exploration and Interaction in a Virtual World”. Proceedings of Social Navigation: A Design Approach? Workshop, April 3, 2000: CHI 2000, April 1^st-6^th, 2000, The Hague, The Netherlands, 2000. [PDF]

 

Jeffrey, P. & Mark, G. “Constructing Social Spaces in Virtual Environments: A Study of Navigation and Interaction”. In Höök, K., Munro, A., Benyon, D. (Eds.). Workshop on Personalised and Social Navigation in Information Space. March 16-17, 1998. Stockholm: Swedish Institute of Computer Science: SICS, 24-38. [PDF]

 

Presentations and Invited Talks

September 2000, Presented refereed paper entitled “Sharing Serendipity in the Workplace”. Collaborative Virtual Environments (CVE 2000), San Francisco, CA. [PDF]

 

May 2000, Presented response paper to key-note speaker entitled, “All the World’s a Stage: Real Performances in Virtual Theatres”. Performing Virtuality Post-graduate Workshop, May 2-3, 2000, Cumberland Lodge, Windsor, U.K. [PDF]

 

April 2000, Presented refereed paper entitled “Forum Contact Space: Exploration and Interaction in a Virtual World” at the Social Navigation: A Design Approach? Workshop, The Hague, The Netherlands.

 

April 2000, Presented refereed student poster session entitled, “Forum Contact Space: Serendipity in the Workplace” at the Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2000)<!img src= "student_poster.jpg">, The Hague, The Netherlands. [PDF]

 

September 1999, Final Presentation of Forum Contact Space student project entitled, “Fancy meeting you here. Serendipity in a Shared Environment? Forum Contact Space Trial Study” for Forum Team Meeting. Advanced Communications Technology Centre, BT Adastral Park, Martelsham Heath, Ipswich, U.K.

 

August 1999, Presented Forum Contact Space student project entitled, “Forum Contact Space: Serendipitous Interactions? A Trial Study” at the Actions for Shared Knowledge (ASK) Event: Students - Who Needs Them? Advanced Communications Technology Centre, BT Adastral Park, Martelsham Heath, Ipswich, U.K. [PDF]

 

April 1998, Presented refereed student poster session entitled, “Personal Space in a Virtual Community” at the Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '98)<!img src= "student_poster.jpg">, Los Angeles, CA.

 

March 1998, Presented refereed paper entitled “Constructing Social Spaces in Virtual Environments: A Study of Navigation and Interaction” at the Personalised and Social Navigation in Information Space Workshop, Stockholm, Sweden. [PDF]

 

Demonstrations
August 1999, Demonstrated Forum Contact Space student project entitled, “Forum Contact Space: Serendipitous Interactions? A Trial Study” at the New Graduates visit, Advanced Communications Technology Centre, BT Adastral Park, Martlesham Heath, Ipswich, U.K.

 

Non-Refereed Contributions

Jeffrey, P. "The K-World Project: Lessons Learnt in the Design of a Prototype". Research Laboratory Final Paper. COGS 400 University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, Unpublished Manuscript, April 22, 2004.

Deutscher, M., Jeffrey, P. and Siu, N. "The Memory College: A Mosaic of Perspectives and Emotions". Human Interface Technologies Conference 2004. EECE 596 University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, Unpublished Conference Paper, April 14, 2004.

Jeffrey, P. "Cultural Attitudes Towards Technology: Understanding Human Ecology". ASI Exchange, Vancouver, Canada, Non-Referee Student Poster, March 2004.

Deutscher, M., Jeffrey, P. and Siu, N. "The Memory College: A Mosaic of Perspectives and Emotions". ASI Exchange, Vancouver, Canada, Non-Referee Student Poster, ASI Communication Award winner, March 2004.

Jeffrey, P. “Supporting serendipitious interactions in a shared environment? Forum Contact Space Trial Study”. Final Student Project Report. Advanced Communications Technology Centre, BT Adastral Park. Ipswich, U.K. Confidential Report, Sept. 1999.

 

McGrath, A., Platt, P., Duhig, J., & Jeffrey, P. ‘all that is solid melts into software’. Be There Now Workshop. ECSCW '99. Unpublished Position Paper, September 1999.

 

Jeffrey, P. “Human Spatial Behaviour in Virtual Environments”. senior independent study project. Department of Computing and Information Science. University of Guelph. December 1998. Obtained 90% in course. Advisor: Deborah Stacey. <!A HREF="human_spatial_behaviour.htm">

 

Jeffrey, P. “Emerging Social Conventions: Personal Space and Privacy in Shared Virtual Worlds”. Human Computer Interaction course project. Department of Computing and Information Science. University of Guelph. December 1998.

 

Pankoke-Babatz, U., Jeffrey, P., & Klöckner, K. “Report on Norms and Conventions in the Internet”. unpublished report. GMD FIT. Sankt Augustin, Germany. June 1998.

 

Jeffrey, P. “Telephone and Audio Conferencing: Origins, Applications and Social Behaviour”. unpublished manuscript. GMD FIT. Sankt Augustin, Germany. May 1998. [PDF]

 

Jeffrey, P. “Videoteleconferencing: Why is it Disadvantageous for Group Collaboration?”. unpublished manuscript. GMD FIT. Germany. January 1998. [PDF]

 

Non-Research Employment

April 2001-August 2003:    

I was employed at Bell Mobility, a mobile and wireless telecommunications company in a non-research capacity. I remained informed about HCI and CSCW information from my ACM membership, publications, technology-related mailing lists, and my reviewing responsibilities.

Reviewing Experience

OZCHI 2004 Full Paper Reviewer, Wollongong, Australia Leeds, U.K.

HCI 2004 Paper Reviewer, Leeds, U.K.

IWIPS 2004 Paper Reviewer, Vancouver, Canada

OZCHI 2003 Program Committee, Brisbane, Australia

WETICE 2003 Paper Reviewer, Linz, Austria

IWIPS 2003 Paper Reviewer, Berlin, Germany

HF2002 Paper Reviewer, Melbourne, Australia

HCI 2002 Short Paper Reviewer, London, U.K.

IWIPS 2002 Paper Reviewer, Austin, Texas.

IHM-HCI 2001 Paper Reviewer, Lille, France

IRMA 2001 Paper Reviewer, Toronto, Canada

HUC2k Paper Reviewer, Bristol, U.K.

HCI 2000 Paper Reviewer, University of Sunderland, U.K.

CHI '99 Late-Breaking Results, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

 

Tutorials Attended

Information Visualization: Making Information Technology Work. May 17, 1999. CHI '99. Pittsburg, PA.

CSCW, Groupware and Workflow: Experiences, State of the Art and Future Trends. April 19, 1998. CHI ’98. Los Angeles, CA.

 

Workshops Attended

Virtual(ly) Research: The (re)Mediatization of Culture. May 6, 2004. Vancouver, Canada

Project Management Workshop for Graduate Students. April 29-30, 2004. Vancouver, Canada

Resource-Sensitive HCI. September 27, 2000. HUC2k. Bristol, U.K.

Performing Virtualities. May 2-3, 2000, Cumberland Lodge, Windsor, U.K.

Social Navigation: A Design Approach? April 3, 2000, CHI 2000. The Hague, Holland.

Be here now: Ubiquitous virtual communities for collaborative working. September 12, 1999. ECSCW ’99. Copenhagen, Denmark.

Personalised and Social Navigation in Information Space. March 16-17, 1998. SICS. Stockholm, Sweden.

 

Conferences Attended

IWIPS 2004, Vancouver, Canada, July 2004

NMC 2004, Vancouver, Canada, June 2004

BCNET Advanced Networks Conference, Vancouver, Canada, April, 2004

UIST 2003, Vancouver, Canada, October 2003

HUC2k, Student Assistant, Bristol, UK, September 2000

CVE 2000, Student Volunteer, San Francisco, CA, September 2000

CHI 2000, Student Volunteer, The Hague, The Netherlands, 2000

“Virtuality in Europe”, Paderborn, Germany, 2000

ECSCW '99, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1999

CHI '99, Student Volunteer, Pittsburgh, PA, 1999

Avatars '98, Active Worlds, 1998 (online)

CSCW '98, Student Volunteer, Seattle, WA, 1998

CHI '98, Student Volunteer, Los Angeles, CA, 1998

 

Professional Associations

2003-present, Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR), Student Member

2002-present, ACM Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction, Toronto Chapter (ToRCHI)

2000-present. Contact Consortium, Individual Membership 
1999-present. The Information systems Research seminar In Scandinavia (IRIS) Association

1998-present. SocioAnthro Special Interest Group (SIG) of the Contact Consortium

1998-present. ACM Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction (SIGCHI), Student Membership

1997-present. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)

1996-2000; 2003-. British Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) Group, British Computer Society. Student Membership (Young Professionals Group)

 

Computer Skills

Personal experience with HTML, MS Word, MS Windows, MS PowerPoint, Netscape Navigator, MS Internet Explorer, Adobe Acrobat, MS Outlook.

 

Some in-class assignment experience with:

C (Fall 1995, Winter 1999), Java (Fall 1996, Winter 1997), Tcl/Tk (Winter 1999),

Linux (Winter 1999), Pascal (Fall 1994), Perl (Winter 1999), mySQL (Winter 1999)

 

Language Abilities

Canadian Citizen, English native speaker.

Conversational German. Germany resident, Aug 1997-July 1998; Sept 1999-July 2000.

 

Volunteer Experience

Toronto International Film Festival Sept 5-14 2002

 

Coursework

Term 1

SOCI 502       -- Research Design and Techniques (Quantitative)

COGS 400     -- Special Topics in Cognitive Systems

 

Term 2

COGS 400     -- Special Topics in Cognitive Systems

SCED 565B  -- New Technologies and Methods for Learning

EECE 596     -- Human Interface Technologies

Summer Term

GERM 200     -- Intermediate German I (audit)

GERM 210     -- Intermediate German II (audit)

Term 4 (current)

GERM 300     -- Intermediate German III (audit)

CPSC 544     -- Human Computer Interaction