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Dr Helen Miles

Senior Lecturer in Computer Science, Aberystwyth University

Education

SFHEA

2022

PhD in Computer Science

Bangor University
2010 - 2014

BSc in Computer Science

Bangor University
2007 - 2010

Languages

  • English (Native)
  • Welsh (Native)

Interests

  • Computer Graphics
  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • Visualisation

Career Profile

I teach Computer Science at Aberystwyth University and research applied computer graphics and data vis; working from 2D images to 3D immersive environments, I’m interested in things we can do to help people get more out of their data.

Experiences

Teaching Fellow / Associate Lecturer / Lecturer / Senior Lecturer

2015 - Present
Aberystwyth University

PDRA

2014 - 2015
Aberystwyth University

Projects

Green Digital Transformation - 2024 Co-I, UK Shared Prosperity Fund and Powys County Council
Institute of Coding in Wales Digital Skills Bootcamps - 2023-24 Aberystwyth PI, HEFCW and Welsh Government
Through their eyes - virtual experience as a help-seeker of domestic violence and abuse - 2022 PI, Welsh Government and Wales Data Nation Accelerator
Approximating the colour of Mars - 2020-24 PI, PhD Studentship, AIMLAC CDT
Advanced Media Production - 2019-23 PI, ESF/WEFO
ESA ExoMars - PanCam and Enfys Instruments - 2018-28 Co-I, UK Space Agency
Co-Production of alternative views of lost heritage - 2014-15 PDRA, AHRC
Alternative views on the lost heritage of Gwynedd - 2013-14 RA, AHRC
A Virtual Environment for Rugby Skills Training - 2010-14 PhD Candidate, ESF KESS/Bangor University/Rygbi Innovations

Selected Publications

  • Designing a Virtual Toolkit for Analysing Planetary Science Data in Virtual Reality
    • HC Miles, A Jones
    IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics
  • Seeing Through the “Science Eyes” of the ExoMars Rover
    • HC Miles, MD Gunn, AJ Coates
    IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications 40 (2), 71-81
  • A community-built virtual heritage collection
    • HC Miles, AT Wilson, F Labrosse, B Tiddeman, JC Roberts
    Springer Transactions on computational science XXVI, 91-110
  • Alternative representations of 3D-reconstructed heritage data
    • HC Miles, AT Wilson, F Labrosse, B Tiddeman, S Griffiths, B Edwards, PD Ritsos, JW Mearman, K Moeller, R Karl, JC Roberts
    ACM Journal on Computing and Cultural Heritage (JOCCH) 9 (1), 1-18
  • Storyboarding for visual analytics
    • R Walker, Ll Ap Cenydd, SR Pop, HC Miles, CJ Hughes, WJ Teahan, JC Roberts
    Sage Information Visualization
  • Efficacy of a virtual environment for training ball passing skills in rugby
    • HC Miles, SR Pop, SJ Watt, GP Lawrence, NW John, V Perrot, P Mallet, DR Mestre, K Morgan
    Springer Transactions on Computational Science XXIII
  • A review of virtual environments for training in ball sports
    • HC Miles, SR Pop, SJ Watt, GP Lawrence, NW John
    Elsevier Computers & Graphics