Ed Sykes

Biography

Ed Sykes, Ph.D. (Computer Science), Ph.D. (Education) Professor, Computer Science SHARCNET College Research Chair Faculty of Applied Science and Technology Sheridan Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning Ed Sykes was born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. He received an Honours B.Sc. (1992) in Mathematics and Computer Science (Summa Cum Laude) from McMaster University, the M.Sc. (2005) in Computer Science from McMaster University and in July 2012 defended his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Guelph University. He has the B.Ed. (1993) from the University of Western Ontario, the M.Ed. (1998) and the Ph.D. (2006) in Education (Cognition and Learning) from Brock University. Ed Sykes received the Best Ph.D. IASTED 2003 Presentation Award for his research in “Designing, developing, and evaluating the Java Intelligent Tutoring System.” Ed has conducted applied research in Human Computer Interaction (HCI) and machine learning algorithms. Ed is also forging ahead in mobile computing research specifically in the areas of context-aware and cloud-integrated mobile computing. Dr. Sykes was an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Computer Science in the Department of Computing and Software at McMaster University and has 17 years of teaching experience at Sheridan. He has also taught undergraduate and graduate-level courses at McMaster University and Brock University. Ed is the recipient of the first SHARCNET College Research Chair appointment. SHARCNET is the largest High Performance Computing (HPC) consortium in Ontario and the largest in Canada by number of partners, and second largest by number of users and range of disciplines supported – over 150 research areas, 4,000+ user accounts, and 1,000 research groups. SHARCNET has had a significant impact on teaching, learning, and Applied Research activities at Sheridan and its other 17 member institutions. For more information on SHARCNET please visit: www.sharcnet.ca

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