Daniel Finnegan
Senior Lecturer (Assoc Prof) at Echo Games CIC
Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolDaniel Finnegan is a Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Computer Science at Cardiff University with 11 years of experience bridging academic research and applied games development. He co-directs Echo Games CIC, creating museum and socio-cultural interactive experiences that translate VR/AR research into real-world public engagement. His research focuses on spatial perception, psychophysics, and immersive audio-visual systems for head-mounted displays, informed by an EngD in Interaction Design and a track record of publications in games and VR. Daniel has led large community events like BCS HCI 2025, showing a knack for organizing peer-reviewed, sustainable conferences as well as for collaborative R&D. He combines hands-on development experience from industry placements (including IBM Extreme Blue) with academic rigour from roles at Bath and Cardiff, making him a strong partner for consultation and prototype-driven research. An uncommon strength is his dual commitment to rigorous perceptual science and mission-driven digital experiences for cultural institutions.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Engineering EngD Computer Science, Doctor of Engineering EngD Computer Science at University of BathBachelor of Science (BSc) First Class Honors Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BSc) First Class Honors Computer Science at University College DublinLeaving Certificate Leaving Certificate, Leaving Certificate Leaving Certificate at Ashbourne Community School
Irish, Japanese, French, Norwegian, Polish
Github Skills (41)
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Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
Ps2Fino/mendeley2csv
Feb 2019 - Jan 2022
Contributions:10 releases, 35 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 11 months
Ps2Fino/Updater
May 2018 - Aug 2018
A template engine for cmake projects written in python
Contributions:5 releases, 4 PRs, 50 pushes in 2 months
template-enginetemplatepythoncmake
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