Resume « Professor Marcus Foth

Prof. Marcus Foth

BMultimedia Griff, BCompSc(Hons) Germany, MA PhD QUT, JP(Qual.) Qld
MACM (Snr), FACS CP

Professor of Urban Informatics

QUT Design Lab

Queensland University of Technology

Appointments

2016 – 2017

Director, QUT Design Lab

School of Design, Queensland University of Technology

2016 – 2021

Honorary Professor

School of Communication and Culture, Aarhus University, Denmark

2015

Research Leader (Design)

School of Design, Queensland University of Technology

2014 – ∞

Professor

School of Design, Queensland University of Technology

2013

Professor in Residence

Computer Science & Engineering, University of Oulu, Finland

2013

Visiting Professor

Academy of Arts and Design, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

2011 – 2012

Research Fellow on Innovation & Cultural Industries

Australian Business Foundation, co-sponsored by the Aurora Foundation

2009 – 2014

Associate Professor and Principal Research Fellow

Creative Industries Faculty, Queensland University of Technology

2009 – 2011

Smart Futures Fellow

Queensland Government, co-sponsored by National ICT Australia (NICTA)

2009 – 2011

Vice-Chancellor’s Research Fellow

Creative Industries Faculty, Queensland University of Technology

2007

Visiting Fellow

Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, UK

2006 – 2008

ARC Australian Postdoctoral Fellow (APD)

ARC Discovery DP0663854: New Media in the Urban Village

Education

2006

PhD

Queensland University of Technology, Australia

Towards a Design Methodology to Support Social Networks of Residents in Inner-City Apartment Buildings

Australian Postgraduate Award (APA)
QUT Vice-Chancellor’s Initiative Scholarship [amongst the Top 10 PhD applicants]
Scholarship from the Australasian CRC for Interaction Design (ACID)
Executive Dean’s Commendation for Higher Degree Research 2006

2002

MA (Digital Media)

Queensland University of Technology, Australia

Backing up the Smart State: E-Security in Queensland’s Small and Medium Enterprises

Grade Point Average (GPA): 7.00

2002

BCompSc (Hons) (Media Informatics)

Furtwangen University, Germany

Diplom-Informatiker (FH) Medieninformatik
equivalent to Bachelor of Computer Science (First Class Honours) (Media Informatics)
equivalent Grade Point Average (GPA): 6.79
Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement 2002, Mayor of Furtwangen, Germany

2000

BMultimedia

Griffith University, Australia

Grade Point Average (GPA): 6.63
Griffith Award for Academic Excellence 2000

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Fellow of the ACS

The Australian Computer Society (ACS) made me a fellow for “a sustained and distinguished contribution to the field of computer science. Foth is the international thought leader who coined the term urban informatics – now adopted by universities and industry worldwide. Foth’s work makes clear how academic research can successfully respond to societal challenges.”

Chair of DIS 2016

I was the conference chair of the ACM SIGCHI Designing Interactive Systems (DIS'16) conference that was held 4-8 June 2016 in Brisbane. Find out more at dis2016.org and follow @acmDIS.

h-index

My h-index is currently 34 with 3,600+ total citations (Google Scholar). Connecting broad areas of scholarship incl. arts, design, media, and technology, a citation analysis is challenging as no single measure accurately reflects my cross-disciplinary publication portfolio.

Tall Poppy

I received a Young Tall Poppy Science Award 2013 by the Australian Institute of Policy & Science (AIPS) recognising Queensland’s best scientists, combining world-class research with a passionate commitment to communicating science.

Top thinker & innovator

In 2011, I was inducted by the planning, design and development site Planetizen to the world’s top 25 leading thinkers and innovators in the field of urban planning and technology.