Resume

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Education

MSc in Computer Science, 2010
University of British Columbia (UBC), Vancouver, BC, Canada

• Focus on Human-Computer Interaction
• Supervised by Dr. Kellogg S. Booth and Dr. Alan K. Mackworth

BSc (Honours) in Computing Science, 2007
Simon Fraser University (SFU), Burnaby, BC, Canada

• Mathematics Minor
• Certificate of Liberal Arts

Experience

Vocational & Research

User Experience Researcher

Google, 08/2011-Present

• Providing user research support for the Search team

Research Intern

Autodesk Research, 01/2011-04/2011

• Conducted HCI research with the User Interface group, focused on application and domain learning

Technical Writer

BeneFACT Consulting Group, 02/2009-08/2011

• Production of technical reports for submission to the SR&ED tax credit program
• Identification and summarization of pervasive technological challenges experienced by a wide range of companies during the software development process

Research Assistant

UBC Imager Lab, 05/2009-11/2010

• Designed and implemented a multi-touch tabletop application in C# for Landscape Architects to assist in co-located, collaborative sustainable neighbourhood design
• Designed and developed educational game for a SMART Table; winning contest entry

Software Engineer

MacDonald Dettwiler & Associates, 09/2007-09/2008

• Implemented requirements in C++ for aircraft procedure design software for the United States Air Force
• Calculated and developed geometry for aircraft dead-reckoning procedures
• Created/edited/reviewed test documents and conducted software testing
• Initiated application builds and maintained the build script in Perl

Research Assistant

SFU Medical Computing Lab, 05/2007-08/2007

• Developed a radiology application in C++ to scroll through MRI stacks with 200+ images
• Carried out a formal user study with 9 radiologists from UBC to compare 3 interaction techniques, including novel shuttle wheel device
• Analyzed test data for quantitative and qualitative results

Research Assistant

SFU Vision and Media Lab, 05/2006-08/2006

• Built a content-based image retrieval system which utilized generalized shape contexts for image comparison
• Developed GSC computations in C++ and a web-based front-end in PHP
• Performed comparison testing with our system vs. Google images and Corel image sets

Developer Analyst

TELUS, 01/2005-08/2005

• Designed, developed, and tested 30 enhancements to a web application with Java Struts
• Translated business needs into functional/technical requirements and use cases
• Created 500+ test conditions and test scripts for a critical application on an alternate project team during corporate strike

Teaching

Mentor

CPSC 444: Advanced Methods for HCI, 01/2010-04/2010

• Volunteered to advise a team of 5 students in 4th year course
• Provided guidance, feedback and resources for their multi-touch tabletop application

Teaching Assistant

CPSC 319: Software Engineering Project, 01/2009-04/2009

• Mentored 3 teams of 6 students in 3rd year course
• Evaluated engineering documents such as Requirements and Design Specifications

Teaching Assistant

CPSC 111: Introduction to Java, 09/2008-12/2008

• Taught 2 weekly tutorials, ran 2 weekly labs, and held office hours for 1st year course

Volunteer

• Coordinator, Interaction Design Reading Group, UBC, 2009-2010
• Volunteer Coordinator, GIRLsmarts Workshops, UBC, 2009-2010
• Chair and Founder, Northwestern Technology Conference for Undergraduates, SFU, 2006-2007
• President, Computing Science Student Society, SFU, 2006-2007
• President, Women in Computing Science, SFU, 2006-2007
• Western Canadian Regional Head, Canadian Undergrad Tech Con, U of Waterloo, 2007
• Communications Coordinator, Women in Computing Science, SFU, 2003-2005
• Treasurer, Computing Science Student Society, SFU, 2005
• SFU Ambassador, Canadian Undergrad Tech Con, U of Waterloo, 2005

Awards

• CompSust10 Doctoral Consortium selected participant, 2010
• CRA-W Grad Cohort Workshop selected participant, 2010
• 1st place, ITS SMART Table Application Design Contest, 2009
• University Graduate Fellowship, 2009-2010
• CRA-W Grad Cohort Workshop selected participant, 2009
• Jade Project: Canadian Distributed Mentorship Project Award, 2007
• NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Award, 2007
• NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Award, 2006
• IEEE Bursary for Pre-College Recruitment, 2006
• Grace Hopper Conference Full Scholarship, 2006
• Canadian Federation of University Women West Vancouver Award, 2006
• Mark & Nancy Brooks Computing Science Innovation Award, 2006
• Computing Science Student Society Award, 2004

Publications

Papers

	Sketch-Sketch Revolution: An Engaging Tutorial System for Guided Sketching and Application Learning. Jennifer Fernquist, Tovi Grossman and George Fitzmaurice. In Proceedings of UIST 2011.	pdf (4.56MB)
	"Oh Snap" - Helping Users Align Digital Objects on Touch Interfaces. Jennifer Fernquist, Garth Shoemaker and Kellogg S. Booth. In Proceedings of INTERACT 2011.	pdf (0.49MB)
	A Collaborative Planning Support System for a Multi-Touch Tabletop: The Effect of Number of Touch Inputs on Collaboration and Output Quality. Jennifer Fernquist. Thesis for Master of Science, University of British Columbia, 2010.	pdf (6.09MB)
	Exploring Melodic Variance in Rhythmic Haptic Stimulus Design. Bradley A. Swerdfeger, Jennifer Fernquist, Thomas W. Hazelton and Karon E. MacLean. In Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2009.	pdf (0.67MB)
	Evaluating Interaction Techniques for Stack Mode Viewing. M. Stella Atkins, Jennifer Fernquist, Arthur E. Kirkpatrick, and Bruce B. Forster. Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine Proceedings 2008, Journal of Digital Imaging 2009.	pdf (0.40MB)

Conference Presentations

Talks

Using Multi-touch Tabletops to Create and Compare Neighbourhood Designs that Satisfy Constraints. Jennifer Fernquist, Kellogg S. Booth, Alan K. Mackworth, Ronald Kellett, Cynthia Girling. Presented at the 2nd International Workshop on Constraint Reasoning and Optimization for Computational Sustainability at CPAIOR. Bologna, Italy. June 15, 2010.

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Posters

	Using Multi-touch Tabletops to Create and Compare Neighbourhood Designs that Satisfy Constraints. Jennifer Fernquist, Kellogg S. Booth, Alan K. Mackworth, Ronald Kellett, Cynthia Girling. 2nd International Conference on Computational Sustainability. MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA. June 28-30, 2010.
	Comparing Single vs. Multi-touch in a Co-located Collaborative Task on a Tabletop. Jennifer Fernquist and Kellogg S. Booth and Alan K. Mackworth. CRA-W Grad Cohort for Women. April 23, 2010.