PhD candidate at the Pompeu Fabra University & Co-founder of Simpliquity
Barcelona Area, Spain
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- Co-Founder and CTO at Simpliquity
- Research Assistant at Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona, Spain
- Past
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- Software Engineer at Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne, Switzerland
- Research Collaborator at University of Geneva
- Quality Assurance Intern at Borland Software Corporation, CA, USA
- Education
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- Pompeu Fabra University
- Pompeu Fabra University
- Biel School of Engineering
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Fabien Girardin’s Summary
Researcher at the Interactive Technologies Group at the Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona and in the SENSEable City Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston to complete my PhD. My interests are directed towards the domain of human-computer interaction, investigating the challenges of integrating mobile activities (working, learning, playing) in real-world ubiquitous environments. Supported by my expertise on distributed systems and mobile technologies, I focus on user-centered studies and computer supported collaboration.
Fabien Girardin’s Specialties:
Fast-prototyping, designing and building real-world mobile, collaborative, geolocated, distributed and decentralized systems, software project management, systemics, agent-based modeling and simulation
Fabien Girardin’s Experience
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Co-Founder and CTO
Simpliquity
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)
January 2006 — Present (2 years 5 months)
Providing technological perspectives and expertise to user experience consultancy in the domain of emerging technologies
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Research Assistant
Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona, Spain
(Educational Institution; 5001-10,000 employees; Research industry)
October 2005 — Present (2 years 8 months)
Investigating the people perception of uncertainty in the context of collaboration supported by mobile and ubiquitous environments.
Currently affiliated with the Senseable City Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Boston, USA -
Software Engineer
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne, Switzerland
(Educational Institution; 5001-10,000 employees; Research industry)
November 2003 — October 2005 (2 years)
Member of the CRAFT, a learning technology lab, with a focus on technologies for collaboration.
Design and development of mobile, locative, and collaborative applications: CatchBob!, a pervasive game to study location awareness, and ShoutSpace a geographical messaging system for the EPFL community.
Development and administration of computer supported learning environments used by students and academics -
Research Collaborator
University of Geneva
(Educational Institution; 5001-10,000 employees; Research industry)
January 2003 — November 2003 (11 months)
Member of TECFA, the education technology unit at the Faculty of Psychology and Education of the University of Geneva, that develops and used tools to study socioconstructivist teaching and learning with the Internet.
Technology prospecting and prototyping of a next generation computer-supported collaborative learning system. Administration of community and educational portals for children and educators -
Quality Assurance Intern
Borland Software Corporation, CA, USA
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; BORL; Computer Software industry)
October 2000 — August 2001 (11 months)
Development and maintenance of test applications on many areas of interoperability, security and SOAP integration for CORBA distributed systems and J2EE applications servers
Fabien Girardin’s Education
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Pompeu Fabra University
PhD, Computer Science and Digital Communication, 2005 — 2008 (expected)
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Pompeu Fabra University
M.Phil., Computer Science and Digital Communication, 2005 — 2007
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Biel School of Engineering
BSc, Computer Science, 1998 — 2002
