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Mr Steven Gray
Associate Professor (Teaching) in Spatial Computation
Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis
Faculty of the Built Environment
- Joined UCL
- 7th Sep 2009
Research summary
His current research interests include Large scale data collection and data analysis, Human Computer Interaction, mobile development, accessible web development with a focus on Social Media, Web based Mapping and Ubiquitous Computing.
Teaching summary
Steven is course convenor on Quantitative Methods 2: Data Science and Visualisation (BASC0005 - Undergraduate), Spatial Data Capture, Storage and Analysis (CASA0009 - Masters Level), Data Science for Spatial Systems (CASA0006 - Masters Level).
Education
- Institute of Education
- Other Postgraduate qualification (including professional), ATQ03 - Recognised by the HEA as a Fellow | 2014
- Institute of Education
- Other Postgraduate qualification (including professional), ATQ07 - Holder of a PGCE in higher education, secondary edu, further edu, life long lear | 2014
- University of Strathclyde
- Other higher degree, Master of Science | 2008
- University of Glasgow
- First Degree, Bachelor of Science | 2006
Biography
Steve has been a spatial software developer for the past 5 years, making visualising complex datasets on maps easier. With over 10 years of professional software development under his belt he has built multiple award winning systems and his work has been featured in various worldwide media outlets (CNN, BBC, etc). In recent years he has specialised on building mobile applications (mainly iOS) and systems that open up the world of data visualisation, mining and analysis to the masses. He can sometimes be found on StackOverflow answering questions about Google Maps API and the iOS SDK. In addition to this he also gives lectures and workshops to academics and industry partners on using Google Docs and Fusion Tables to create compelling visualisations to showcase on Google Maps and Google Earth. His current research focuses on distributed high performance computing and analysing large datasets in real-time (while mapping the results!). In his spare time you will find him walking long distances, climbing mountains, composing music or playing the piano or trumpet.
Steven Gray joined CASA in September 2009 and during his time within the departments has worked on various projects by building platforms to meet the demand for powerful simulation tools by social scientists, public and private sector policymakers. Previously, Steve worked at the University of Glasgow as a Research Assistant with the Glasgow Interaction and Systems Group (GIST - Computing Science) as part of the EPSRC funded Open Interface project.