NEWS
FEBRUARY 2011
**LOOKING FOR EXPERIENCED STUDENT iPHONE PROGRAMMER FOR SHORT TERM APP PROJECT**This is a paid developer opportunity. Please email Dr. Hedley at hedley@sfu.cafor details. POSITION FILLED
September 2010
Sonja Aagesen joined the Spatial Interface Research Lab team this Fall. Sonja will be working on research funded by SSHRC. She will be conducting research into the use of 3D user-driven visualization interfaces for non-linear sense-making of archeological data and reconstructed scenarios. Welcome Sonja!
August 2010
SIRL Researcher Britta Ricker became a new mum on August 21. Proud parents Jared (Physical
Geographer) and Britta wonder what kind of geographer Hazel Mae will be
one day... Congratulations from everyone at SIRL!
June 2010
On June 18 2010, during the 2010 Canadian Geomatics Conference in Calgary, a refereed research poster by SIRL Research Associate Ana Brandusesu took 2nd place out of 42 very
competitive (graduate) student posters from all across Canada. Ana
worked on a project with Nick Hedley to develop a new 3D Google Earth mashup of
the slums of Mumbai (and an equivalent social-theoretical approach). In
particular, she was addressing limitations of the GeoWeb and how people
who are marginalized in the real world are also being marginalized in
the virtual geographies of the GeoWeb.
June 2010
Helge presented a paper/research he has co-authored with Nick Hedley and Ilja Tromp van Meerveld, at the 3rd International Digital Earth Summit in Sofia, Bulgaria.
September 2009
Britta Ricker joined the Spatial Interface Research Lab team this Fall. Britta is working on research funded by GEOIDE NCE, and will focus on the development, implementation and user testing of mobile augmented reality games for geomatic education. Welcome Britta!
April 24 2009
Cyrille Medard de Chardon successfully defended his MSc thesis today. Congrats to Cyrille!Title: Using Geovisualization Interfaces to Improve Multi-Stakeholder Understanding of Okanagan Basin Hydrogeology
Examining Ctte: Dr. Nick Hedley (SFU Geography), Dr. Diana Allen (SFU Earth Science),Dr. Murray Journeay (NRCan)
March 30 2009
Ranae Kowalczuk successfully defended her MSc thesis today. Congrats to Ranae!Title: Evaluating the Potential of Interactive Geovisualization Tools in Public Avalanche Education
Examining Ctte: Dr. Nick Hedley (SFU Geography), Dr. John Clague (SFU Earth Science), Dr. Pascal Haegeli (SFU Resource & Environmental Management).
March 2009
SIRL Director Dr. Nick Hedley and SIRL grad student Matt Kurowski were featured in a new CBC documentary that aired this month. The 2-hour nationally-aired documentary, titled "Shockwave" reviewed a selection of the latest science and research to characterize, model and communicate tsunami hazards. The full documentary can be viewed on CBC's DocZone video player for those with Canadian IP addresses [trailer] [full documentary].
February 21 2009
SIRL grad student Cyrille Medard de Chardon won a prize for his research presentation at Spatial Knowledge and Information Conference 2009. His paper was rated in the top five of over 40 student presentations given. Congrats to Cyrille!February 21 2009
SIRL grad students Matt Kurowski and Cyrille Medard de Chardon presented their research at the Spatial Knowledge and Information Conference 2009 , in Fernie BC. Their titles were "Designing Public Geovisualizations to Improve Tsunami Education in Ucluelet, British Columbia", and "Real-time Interactive Groundwater Visualization using 3D Cellular Automata", respectively. SIRL Director Dr. Nick Hedley gave a presentation titled "Augmented Space: What Geographic Environments Might Look Like in the Near Future".RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES
FEBRUARY 2011
**LOOKING FOR EXPERIENCED STUDENT iPHONE PROGRAMMER FOR SHORT TERM APP PROJECT**This is a paid developer opportunity. Please email Dr. Hedley at hedley@sfu.cafor details. POSITION FILLED
MARCH 2010
There are no new graduate research positions available at this time. However, occasionally I do invite excellent senior undegraduates to work on a specific short-term project with us.
I will be looking for new MSc or PhD students to join us from Fall 2012*. (*Note that you must contact Dr. Hedley directly, before applying to SFU Geography's graduate program. The official application submission deadline occurs in the Jan/Feb of the same year in which a candidate wants to enter in Fall.)