Simon Egerton
Deputy Head Of Department Computer Science And Information Technology
Bendigo, Victoria, Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolSimon Egerton is an Associate Professor and Deputy Head of Department in Computer Science and IT at La Trobe University's Bendigo campus, directing the Technology Innovation Lab and leading regional digital health research. He specialises in co-designing IoT and robotics solutions to improve chronic disease management and aged-care services across regional, rural and remote Australia, including an Australian-first IoT service model that delivered medical services where mobile and WiFi coverage were unavailable. With over a decade of academic experience spanning Monash and La Trobe, Simon combines applied research leadership with community-facing impact, securing regional development funding to translate prototypes into deployed services. He is also co-founder and director of the Creative Science Foundation in the UK and leads the Creative Robotix education project, bridging science-fiction-driven ideation with practical STEM outreach in schools.
8 years of coding experience
University of Essex
Github Skills (26)
arduino-library10
blocks9
kubernetes9
python9
snap9
binding9
visual-programming-language9
arduino9
visual-programming8
dynamic-programming8
dataflow-programming7
ide7
controlled6
arduino-uno6
sketch5
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
segertonGH/Creative-Robotix-Educational-Platform-Firmata
May 2018 - Oct 2023
Contributions:62 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 6 months
segertonGH/Snap4Arduino
Sep 2018 - Apr 2024
Binding Snap! and Arduino together
Contributions:11 pushes in 5 years 7 months
dataflow-programmingarduinovisual-programming-languagesnapodin
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