David Sprague's Home Page
David Sprague
If you are a CPSC 121 student, please check out
the course home page. My home page
has essentially nothing to do with the course (although you are welcome to look
around).
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Contact Information: Office: 241, CS/ICICS Building Mailing
Address: 201-2366 Main Mall Vancouver, B.C.,
Canada
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Born: August 24, 1976 in St. John's Newfoundland, Canada
Citizenship: Canadian
Languages: English - Native; French - Poor
About Me:
I am a recent graduate from the University of British Columbia's Department of Computer Science. From 2003-2006, I studied and conducted research in the field of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) under the supervision of Dr. Kellogg Booth. My Master's degree investigated how human perception and cognitive factors affect an immersive virtual reality system's utility. I am currently the sessional summer instructor for CPSC 121. I am looking to start my doctoral degree in computer science this September, studying Visualization under the supervision of Dr. Melanie Tory at the University of Victoria.
Affiliations
I am currently affiliated
with the Imager
Lab for Computer Graphics, Visualization, and HCI at UBC. I am also involved in the NECTAR research
network.
Degrees
I completed my M.Sc. at UBC
in February 2006 and my graduation date is scheduled for May. I graduated with a Bachelor of Science
(Honours) in Computing and Information Science in 2001, and a Bachelor of
Science (Honours) in Biology and Psychology (medial) in 1998. Both B.Sc. degrees were from Queen's University in Kingston,
Ontario, Canada.
Awards
Placed on Dean’s Honour
List for 2000-2001
Provincial scholarship exam
winner 1994 ($1000)
Research Interests
My primary research focus is
the examination of human cognitive and perceptual factors as they relate to
computer interaction and interpersonal interactions moderated through
technology. I am interested in studying
Computer Supported Cooperative Work, Computer Supported Collaborative Learning,
Human-Computer Interaction, and Visualization.
I plan to study co-present collaborative visualization for my Ph.D.
Current Projects
The Importance of VR Head Registration on
Skilled Motor Performance.
Previous Projects
The Effects of Touch and
Proprioception on Mental Rotation Training in Virtual Reality
The SourceSight Code Navigation System
Game Flow and Biopotentials
Non-Academic Interests and (hopefully) Fun Stuff
For more fun and less formality,
here is a list of my personal interests. From there, if you want to be offended, you
can read my archive of weekly emails send to the UBC grads during my 2004-2005
rein as Beer Czar (please do not read if you are a 121 student. You may find out I am not the voice of
maturity and reason I pretend I am. :) You have been warned).
Last revised: April 10, 2006