About
My research is on safe, inclusive, and secure digital technologies for health to empower people to live independently. I use a collaborative, evidence-based approach in my teaching practice and I am a keen advocate for employability and gender diversity in computing.
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Teaching
I have taught the following modules:
At the University of Winchester:
- BS1203 Introduction to Cyber Security and Networks
- BS1912 Information Systems and Organisations
- BS2200 Artificial Intelligence
- BS2203 Secure Systems Architectures
- BS2923 Risk Management and Cyber Security
- BS3201 Digital Forensic Investigation
- BS3939 Practitioner Portfolio
- BS7200 Advanced Digital Forensic Investigation
- BS7202 Information Security Management
- BS7205 MSc projects in Cyber Security
At the University of St Andrews:
- ID4002 Communication and Teaching in Science
- CS3052 Computational Complexity
- CS4302 Signal Processing and Perception for Digital Media
- CS5040 Human-Computer Interaction Principles and Methods
- CS5044 Information Visualisation and Visual Analytics
At the University of Southampton
- COMP1208 Business Information Systems
- COMP2204 Computer Networking in Organisations
- COMP2205 Distributed Computing
- COMP2207 Distributed Systems
- COMP2208 Data Communications Networks
- COMP2213 Interaction Design
- COMP3001 Scripting Languages
- COMP3207 Cloud Application Development
- COMP3217 Secure Systems
- COMP6251 Web and Cloud Application Development
- ELEC3030 Computer Networks
- ELEC6113 Wireless and Mobile Networks
- INFO2006 Data Communications Networks
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Biography
I have nearly 30 years of teaching experience using a collaborative, evidence-based approach to my practice. I research aspects of computer science education, human-computer interaction and sensing technologies. I am also a keen advocate for women in computing.
My background is multidisciplinary but with a strong dual interest in education and technology. Following my B.CompSc.(Hons) degree at the Universidad Central de Venezuela, I delivered several computer science courses there. I also hold several teaching qualifications from the UK, including a PGCE in Post-Compulsory Education and Training, and I have taught in diverse educational environments, including primary schools, further education colleges as well as universities.
I have been awarded an MSc in Computer Science by the Universities of Berne, Fribourg and Neuchâtel in Switzerland (with a specialism in Distributed Systems and a minor in Education), and was a Mayflower Scholar for Electronics and Computer Science (ECS) at the University of Southampton, becoming a PhD candidate and a Teaching Fellow in the same school. My doctoral research was on learner engagement within peer-supported digital environments, but following its completion, I turned my focus onto digital health technologies, which is my main interest now in my role as a Lecturer with the Digital Health and Biomedical Engineering group, also within ECS.
My most recent appointments include being a Senior Lecturer at the University of Winchester and an Associate Lecturer at the University of St Andrews. I have supervised twenty-one MSc projects and nineteen final-year undergraduate dissertations. I serve as a Communication co-chair for ACM Women since October 2023 having previously given service to ACM-W Europe for three years.
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