I am a PhD candidate from The University of Queensland, Australia. I completed my thesis in human computer interaction and interaction design, and am now located in Mountain View, California. My research used user-centered and participatory design to create interfaces to information systems with an emphasis on usability and improving interaction.
During my research, I have both planned and led design activities in Australia and New Zealand in academic and commercial settings. I managed project schedules around busy professionals and accommodated a constantly changing environment for design.
Usability is my passion, as is improving work practice and efficiency. I am interested in both user research but design work, particularly given my computer systems background, which is reflected in my thesis.
My methods used include ethnographic studies, contextual inquiries, paper prototyping, card-sorting, role-playing, and video interaction analysis, all as part of a multi-disciplinary team. My prototyping tools include Photoshop, Visio, Microsoft Visual Studio, HTML and Flash.
Further information about my doctoral dissertation. (slightly out of date!)
My portfolio of design work to date. (offsite) (link available on request)
My academic transcript. (link available on request)
Publications
Cederman-Haysom, T. and M. Brereton "A participatory design agenda for ubiquitous computing and multimodal interaction: a case study of dental practice", In Proceedings of the Participatory Design Conference, Trento, Italy, August 2006. Extended version to be submitted to the journal of CSCW.
Cederman-Haysom, T. and M. Brereton "Bridging Technical and HCI Research: Creating Usable Ubiquitous Computing", In Proceedings of OzCHI, Wollongong, Australia, November 2004.
Cederman-Haysom, T. and M. Brereton "Designing Usable Ubiquitous Computing", In Proceedings of the Participatory Design Conference, Vol.2 pp101-104, Toronto, Canada, July 2004.
Campbell, B., Cederman-Haysom, T., Donovan, J., and M. Brereton "Springboards into Design: Exploring Multiple Representations of Interaction in a Dental Surgery", In 2003 Australasian Computer Human Interaction Conference (OZCHI2003), Brisbane, Australia, November 2003.
