Steve Hodges
Distinguished Professor at Lancaster University
Lancaster, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolSteve Hodges is a Distinguished Professor and seasoned research leader based in Lancaster, UK, with a career bridging academic innovation and industrial research for over two decades. He has led impactful teams at Microsoft Research and held visiting and collaborative roles at Cambridge and Newcastle, focusing on novel digital devices, tools and human-centred experiences informed by robotics and computer vision. His PhD background and early work in prominent labs (PARC, AT&T/ORL) give him rare depth across hardware, sensing and interaction design, while entrepreneurial stints like EasyEPC show he translates research into practice. Known for creating new forms of digital interaction rather than incremental improvements, he combines systems thinking with hands-on prototyping to change how people engage with technology.
10 years of coding experience
27 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Robotics and Computer Vision, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Robotics and Computer Vision at University of CambridgeUniversity College London
Github Skills (37)
minecraft10
javascript10
adafruit10
microsoft10
typescript10
editor10
power-management10
hardware10
cnc-controller10
makecode10
experiment10
blockly10
game-development10
prototyping10
yang10
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
microsoft/pxt-arcade-hardware-designs
Jun 2019 - Dec 2020
Hardware reference designs for boards that work with the MakeCode Arcade programming system (see http://arcade.makecode.com)
Contributions:2 reviews, 7 commits, 2 PRs in 1 year 6 months
makecode-arcadearcadesystem-programmingdesignshardware
sehodges/pxt-arcade-hardware-designs
Dec 2024 - Jan 2025
Hardware reference designs for boards that work with the MakeCode Arcade programming system (see http://arcade.makecode.com)
Contributions:4 pushes, 1 branch in 6 days
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