Simon Buckingham Shum
University of Technology Sydney
Simon Buckingham Shum has a background in psychology (B.Sc., York), ergonomics (M.Sc., UCL) and human-computer interaction (Ph.D., York, in collaboration with Rank Xerox EuroPARC). This informs his human-centred computing perspective to the challenge of building analytics, collective intelligence and sensemaking tools. Simon is a co-founder of the Society for Learning Analytics Research, which catalyzes dialogue at the intersection of data science and education among researchers, educators, policymakers, and vendors. He has served as a Vice-President of SoLAR, and continues as an Executive Member. He is a Fellow of the RSA, and is currently Professor of Learning Informatics at the University of Technology, Sydney, and Director of the Connected Intelligence Centre.