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Dr Edward Anstead

Senior Lecturer and Deputy Head of Department of Computer Science

School of Science & Technology Department of Computer Science

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Edward Anstead is a senior lecturer in computer science and academic at City St George’s. he is also co-deputy head of the department. Prior to this Ihewas a lecturer and director of Undergraduate studies in the department of Computing at Goldsmiths University of London. Edward's research is in the field of Human Computer interaction (HCI). He has published work in world leading conferences and Journals, Edward has a strong interest in group practices, gamification, ethical research and e-learning. As a lecturer he has led modules in programming, software engineering and computer architecture. Currently Edward leads the IN3007 / INM450 Individual Projects module and INM438 Computing the User Experience from academic year 2026-27.

Qualifications

  • PhD, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom, 2010 - September 2014
  • MSc Human Centred Computer Systems, University of Sussex, United Kingdom, 2008 - September 2009
  • BSc Computer Science, University of Leicester, United Kingdom, September 2001 - July 2005

Publications

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Chapter

  • Havemann, L., Katan, S., Anstead, E., Gillies, M., Stroud, J. and Sherman, S. (2023). Digitally supported assessment. UCL Press.

Conference papers and proceedings (7)

  • Katan, S. and Anstead, E. (2020). Work In Progress: Sleuth, a programming environment for testing gamification. 2020 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON) 27-30 April.doi:10.1109/educon45650.2020.9125098
  • Dowell, J. and Anstead, E. Interaction with a TV Companion App as Synopsis and Supplement. CHI '17: CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems.doi:10.1145/3025453.3025459
  • Anstead, E., Benford, S. and Houghton, R. MarathOn Multiscreen. CSCW '16: Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing.doi:10.1145/2818048.2820003
  • Flintham, M.D., Velt, R., Wilson, M.L., Anstead, E.J., Benford, S., Brown, A.... Sprinks, J. Run Spot Run. CHI '15: CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems.doi:10.1145/2702123.2702463
  • Anstead, E., Flintham, M. and Benford, S. Studying MarathonLive. UbiComp '14: The 2014 ACM Conference on Ubiquitous Computing.doi:10.1145/2638728.2641678
  • Anstead, E., Benford, S. and Houghton, R.J. Many-screen viewing: evaluating an olympics companion application. .
  • Anstead, E., Durrant, A., Benford, S. and Kirk, D. Tabletop games for photo consumption at theme parks. .

Journal article

  • Dowell, J., Malacria, S., Kim, H. and Anstead, E. (2015). Companion apps for information-rich television programmes: representation and interaction. Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, 19(7), pp. 1215-1228. doi:10.1007/s00779-015-0867-7

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Thesis/dissertation

  • Anstead, E. Many-screen viewing: collaborative consumption of television media across multiple devices.

Other

  • Anstead, E., Benford, S., Glancy, M., Rasul, Y. and Valentine-House, E.(2010). Trajectories Through Multiscreen Television Experiences.