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Understanding Serendipity

These pages is a collection of my thinking and work generated during my PhD candidature with the Department of Information Systems at the University of Melbourne. The thesis is completed and is now under examination. My supervisors were Dr Frank Vetere and Associate Professor Steve Howard.

My PhD is in the field of Interaction Design. Most people are usually lost when I mention Interaction Design. So, here is one explanation as provided by wikipedia. The thesis title is Understanding Serendipitous Experiences when Interacting with Personal Digital Content.

 

Currently...

I am packing up and sorting out my life to get ready for the next stage of my life. I will be heading off to Denmark to take up a post-doctoral postiion at the University of Aarhus. As a member of the Humanities Department, I will be working with the Digital Urban Living research group. So keep an eye out for my new contact details.

About Me

Biodata
full name: Tuck Wah, LEONG
place of birth: Ipoh, Malaysia
arrived in Australia: 1984

Education
Ph.D. in Science (Interaction Design) The University of Melbourne
- submitted for examination
Bachelor of Science (Hons) Immunology: Monash University
Graduate Diploma Education: University of Melbourne
Master of Multimedia: Swinburne University
ARCM: Royal College of Music
LRCM: Royal College of Music

Current day Job
In transition - will start my post-doc position in mid May 2009

Previous (major) Incarnations
immunology researcher
high school teacher (biology, music, indonesian language)
shoe designer
choral conductor, composer, arranger

Recent activities

I am a member of the Interaction Design Group (IDG) at the Department of Information Systems. Some of the things that I have been involved in include:

Current CV
Academic CV pdf version (65kb)