Professional Philosophy & Interests

Saturday, 24 July 2010 20:27 W. Oosting

As a Human Technology Interaction (HTI) engineer I have a professional background in both social and technology sciences. In addition I have a strong personal affinity with ICT and network administration. My expertise lies in the triangulation of these fields which reflects in my professional philosophy. I believe that knowledge of technology combined with the acquaintance with human factors gives an engineer that little "extra". It enables an easy transformation from client's "problems" into technological solutions for instance. Such insights into how people work, think and act are also imperative to be able to successfully develop technology that fits the end-users needs and abilities. This is especially important in modern society, where businesses can not solely rely on technology-determinism anymore, but have to offer excellence on all levels in order to competitively stand out.

Currently I am researching: Parental mediation of children's digital game behavior, in my pursue for a PhD at the TU/e. My general professional interests furthermore include, but are not limited to:

Human Computer Interaction (HCI) / Usability engineering,
Mechatronics / Domotica / CAD,
Network administration / web development.

Please visit the portfolio and publication list sections, and feel free to contact me for questions or to discuss my work!

Last Updated on Monday, 26 July 2010 11:39

Biography

Sunday, 09 May 2010 10:15 Aministrator

Professional career

After working in ICT-service and system administration as a student side-job, Willem Oosting started his professional career as a web-developer. He used open source CMS solutions to create user friendly company websites (e.g. Magnaview). Subsequently he worked as a usability researcher within the European vip-LAB project to enhance telemedicine systems from a user centered perspective. However, his scientific interests in human behavior and computer science made him return to academics and he became a scholar within the Game Experience LAB at the TU/e where he is currently studying parental mediation on children's gaming behavior for the European Games At Large project in his pursue for a doctorate.

Education

Willem Oosting holds a BSc in mechatronical engineering from Fontys UPE (2001) and a MSc degree in Human Technology Interaction from the TU/e (2006). He engaged in various CAD and software development projects within the field of robotics as an undergraduate student. Subsequently he he was involved in various perception and cognition projects on a more theoretical level (e.g.: quantification of 3d viewing experience and transferability of visual feedback on exponential growth estimations). His Human Technology Interaction master’s thesis focused on appliance of non-stereoscopic 3d cues in a virtual window to elicit a 'see through experience' which got published in Presence (MIT) after a revision by his supervisor.

Last Updated on Saturday, 24 July 2010 21:07

Disclaimer

Thursday, 01 April 2010 00:00 Aministrator

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Last Updated on Wednesday, 12 May 2010 20:48

Publication list

Friday, 01 May 2009 00:00 W. Oosting

IJsselsteijn, W. A., Oosting, W., Vogels, I. M. L. C., Kort, Y. A. W. D., & Loenen, E. V. (2008). A room with a cue: The efficacy of movement parallax, occlusion, and blur in creating a virtual window. Presence: Teleoper. Virtual Environ., 17(3), 269-282.

Martins, M., Nap, H. H., Gajadhar, B. J., Oosting, W., Jurgelionis, A., Carmichael, R., Silva, L., et al. (2010). The Future of Distributed Gaming: Technical advantages and User-Centred Design. Prisma, 10(Special issue Videojogos2009).

Martins, M., Silva, L., Milagaia, F., Nap, H. H., Gajadhar, B. J., Oosting, W., Jurgelionis, A., et al. (2009). The Future of Distributed Gaming: Technical advantages and User-Centred Design. In Videojogos2009 (pp. 1-10). Presented at the Videojogos2009, Aveiro.

Oosting, W., IJsselsteijn, W. A., & de Kort, Y. A. W. (2008, November 8). Parental perceptions and mediation of children’s digital game play at home: A qualitative study. Short paper presented at the CSCW2008 | Designing for Families workshop, San Diego Ca.

Oosting, W., IJsselsteijn, W. A., & de Kort, Y. A. W. (2010, February 4). Parents, children, and digital games: An explorative study of parental mediation strategies. Short paper presented at the Etmaal van de Communicatiewetenschap 2010 conference, Gent, Belgium. Retrieved from USB distribution

Oosting, W., de Kort, Y. A. W., & IJsselsteijn, W. A. (2010, May 27). Parental mediation of children’s digital game-play: Positive parents taking action! Short paper presented at the e-Youth - Balancing between opportunities and risks?, Antwerpen.

Seuntiens, P. J., Heynderickx, I. E., IJsselsteijn, W. A., van den Avoort, P. M. J., Berentsen, J., Dalm, I. J., Lambooij, M. T., et al. (2005). Viewing experience and naturalness of 3D images. In B. Javidi, F. Okano, & J. Son (Eds.), Three-Dimensional TV, Video, and Display IV (Vol. 6016, pp. 601605-7). Presented at the Three-Dimensional TV, Video, and Display IV, Boston, MA, USA: SPIE.

Last Updated on Monday, 23 August 2010 16:23

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