Matthew Brehmer

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education

Doctor of Philosophy

[2011 - present] University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

Masters of Science, Specialisation in Computer Science, Sub-Specialization in Human-Computer Interaction

[2009 - 2011] University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Thesis: Usability and the effects of interruption in C-TOC: self-administered cognitive testing on a computer. (supervised by Dr. Joanna McGrenere & Dr. Claudia Jacova) (slides)

Bachelor of Computing (Honours, Distinction), Specialisation in Cognitive Science with Professional Internship

[2004 - 2009] Queen's University, Kingston, Canada
Honours project: Assessing the effect of exercise intensity on cognitive task performance in an exercise video game (supervised by Dr. T. C. Nicholas Graham)

Graduate Research Assistant

[2010 - present] IMAGER Lab for Visualization, Graphics, & HCT, Dept. of Computer Science, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Research groups: Multimodal User eXperience (MUX); InfoVis; Lab for Universal usability, persoNalization, Cscw, and HCi (LUNCH)

Undergraduate Research Assistant

[2008 - 2009] School of Computing, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada
Research group: Engineering Interactive Systems at Queen’s University (EQUIS)

User Experience Designer

[2007 - 2008] EMC Documentum, Toronto, Canada

Web Developer / IT Support Staff

[Summer 2006] Killam Properties Inc., Halifax, Canada

teaching

Teaching Assistant

[Spring 2010] CPSC 444 - Advanced Human Computer Interaction Methods  (instructor: Joanna McGrenere), University of British Columbia

[Fall 2009] CPSC 344 - Introduction to Human Computer Interaction Methods (instructor: Karon MacLean), University of British Columbia

Student Volunteer

[May 2011] CHI 2011: ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Vancouver, Canada

Vice-President (Social Events), Un-Distinguished Lecture Series Committee

[2010 - 2011] UBC Computer Science Graduate Students’ Association, Vancouver, Canada

Social Events Czar

[2010 - 2011] UBC Multimodal User e Xperience (MUX) Lab, Vancouver, Canada

Computing Orientation Week Leader

[2005] School of Computing, Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada

First-Year Representative

[2004 - 2005] Computing Students’ Association, Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada
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