1. Dr Karen Shoop Lecturer in Digital Media
Final Year Projects

2.
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

3. 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

4. e-commerce/multimedia students phone apps/software
2013 projects
2014 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
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

5. 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