Greg Turner

Objective

I seek an interaction design position in an organisation far ahead of the pack, where the focus is on giving people super-powers.

Education

Doctor of Philosophy in Computing Science, Faculty of IT, University of Technology, Sydney (UTS), Australia (2003–2006)

Topic: Interactive Systems for Creativity. I investigated the ways that artists express their programming desires, and how those expressions can be translated into code. This understanding is used to design new tools and techniques to support human creativity. I was the recipient of two UTS scholarships: a three-year faculty scholarship, and an ICAN writing-up scholarship

Undergraduate Master of Computer Science, Loughborough University, Leicestershire, UK (1997–2002)

Classification: First Class (Honours)

Focussing on: Standard bachelor’s degree computer science curriculum, plus Virtual Reality, Multimedia Interface Design, Text- and Speech-Based HCI, plus final-year project developing an Internet-resident artwork using Java and OpenGL.

I was a member of the group that won the prize for the best IT project, for an ANSI SQL to Microsoft SQL conversion program. It was called DarkSide.exe.

Professional History

Details of publications, exhibitions and portfolio items can be seen at www.gregturner.org

Founding Partner, Cookz, Sydney, Australia (2007)

Cookz (http://coo.kz) aims to solve the problem of searching for recipes online. I work with two other partners in our free time, and we are developing in Django. If you're interested, I’ll tell you how it’s going at our interview…

Freelance Interaction Designer (2001–2007, Part-Time)

Developed interactive timeline for the Australian Film Commission’s online archive; Interaction consultant and Flash designer for an ABC-commissioned interactive documentary on world music; Consulted on social software design for disabled users for Pedestrian, a UK charity; Developed a novel visualisation of 4D images for an artwork; Constructed a screen-saver for the United Nations climate change convention; Wrote Arts Council reports on interface technologies for disabilities in the arts.

Tutor, Faculty of Architecture, University of Sydney, and International Office, UTS, Australia (2004–2007, Part-Time)

Tutored postgraduate students in Design Computing. Also tutored international students in fundamentals of information design, web design and object-oriented programming.

Simulation Technician for the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency, UK (1999–2000)

I created the cockpit interface and scenario control for a flight simulator which demonstrated intelligent pilot aiding in the next generation of fighter aircraft. Sorry about that.

Selected Publications

• Turner, G., Weakley, A., Zhang, Y., & Edmonds, E. A. (2005). A Grounded Theory Study of Programming in Artist-Programmer Collaborations. Paper presented at the New Trends in Software Methodologies, Tools and Techniques: Proceedings of the fourth SoMeT_W05, Tokyo, Japan, IOS Press.
• Turner, G., Weakley, A., & Edmonds, E. A. (2005). Seeing Eye-to-Eye: Supportive Transdisciplinary Environments for Interactive Art. Proceedings of IV05, London, UK, IEEE Computer Society Press.
• Edmonds, E. A., Everitt, D., Macaulay, M., & Turner, G. (2004). On Physiological Computing with an Application in Interactive Art. Interacting with Computers, 16(5), 897-915.
• Edmonds, E.A., Turner, G. and Candy, L (2004). Approaches to Interactive Art Systems. Proceedings of the 2nd international conference on Computer graphics and interactive techniques in Australasia and South East Asia, 113-117, ACM Press.

Community

I am Managing Editor of Leonardo Transactions, a section in the peer-reviewed journal Leonardo that is a fast track to publishing key new developments.

Interests

Currently, I'm learning furniture making, swing dancing and exercise—having finished the PhD, it is time to reconnect with my body! Besides that, I have played the piano for fifteen years, and I love listening to well-made music, particularly modern jazz. My favourite way to socialise is eating out or cooking for friends.

References

The most recent version of this CV may be found at www.gregturner.org/cv