Contact Information

Professional

I’m an Associate Professor in the Software Engineering Group of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Royal Military College of Canada, located in beautiful Kingston Ontario, Canada.

I’m also the Chair of the Interdepartmental Programme in Defence Engineering and Management, which administers the Master of Defence Engineering and Management degree.

My research largely concerns problems at the intersection of software engineering and human-computer interaction. My research web site is inaccessible due to a recent building move, but I hope to have it functioning again soon.

I'm a licensed Professional Engineer and a member of IFIP Working Group 2.7/13.4, the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), the ACM Special Interest Group on Human-Computer Interaction (SIGCHI), the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), the IEEE Computer Society, and the Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists.

I hold a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Queen’s University (2006), and an M.Eng. in Computer Engineering (1994) and a B.Eng. in Engineering Physics (1987), both from the Royal Military College of Canada.

Personal

I served in the Canadian Forces as a Signal Officer for twenty years. Since my retirement from the military in 2003 I have cut neither my beard nor my hair.

In my spare time I like to juggle, ride unicycles, and run marathons (not all at the same time). I'm a member of the International Jugglers’ Association, the Queen’s/Kingston Jugglers’ Club, and the Kingston Road Runners Association.

I am married and have three children, the oldest of whom is now in university. My wife Karen is, in my unbiased opinion, the best belly dance teacher in Kingston.