Reed Hedges

Current

Software developer, customer support, technical writer at MobileRobots Inc. (formerly ActivMedia Robotics LLC)
Software developer, customer support, technical writer at MobileRobots Inc.
Developer, software architect, and co-founder at Interreality Project

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Past

Undergraduate Research Assistant at University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Dept. of Computer Science
Programmer at Schepens Eye Research Institute, Vision Rehabilitation Laboratory

Education

University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Connections

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Industry

Computer Software

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Reed Hedges’s Summary

I am currently employed as a programmer for MobileRobots Inc. (formerly ActivMedia), designer and manufacturer of mobile robot platforms (for research, sensing, materials/parts transport, surveillance, mapping/surveying, and manufacturing) and software. I mostly work on developer tools and libraries, help with technical support, and am the release engineer. I also do some integration of new device interfaces into software, and integration and customization of other libraries and software systems.

In my off-hours, I'm also the assistant cook and bottle washer for the VOS (http://interreality.org) project, a distributed object system with applications in 3D visualization and multiuser collaboration in virtual worlds/virtual environments, web applications, and more.

Most of my programming experience is in C and C++ on Linux, but also on doing cross-platform Linux/Windows software. I have also used some Python, Perl, PHP and Java.

My personal interests include 3D-modeling, GIS/Cartography, information visualization, human-computer interfaces in general, computer supported collaborative work. I try to learn more about these when I can.

For more information about me, see my web page: http://interreality.org/~reed

Reed Hedges’s Specialties:

virtual worlds, virtual environments, vr, virtual reality, C++, C, Linux, Unix, Debian, GNU, Robots, mobile robots, Internet, GTK, Qt, wxWidgets, Swig, free software, open source, technical support, technical writing, documentation, HCI, CHI, human-computer interaction, graphics, computer-human interaction, usability, user interfaces, technical writing, writing, customer support, documentation, robotics, gnu make, make, makefile, python

Reed Hedges’s Experience

Software developer, customer support, technical writer

MobileRobots Inc. (formerly ActivMedia Robotics LLC)

(Computer Software industry)

2004 — Present (5 years )
Software developer, customer support, technical writer

MobileRobots Inc.

(Computer Hardware industry)

August 2004 — Present (5 years 4 months)

I help design, implement and maintain both end-user applications and development libraries for mobile robots. I also do most of the user support for the software, software developer documentation, and manage releases and packaging.

MobileRobots was formerly known as ActivMedia Robotics.
Developer, software architect, and co-founder

Interreality Project

(Partnership; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)

June 1999 — Present (10 years 6 months)

The Interreality project is developing an open platform for collaboration in 3D multiuser worlds and other media, interconnection and interlinking of programs and program data across networks and the internet, and efficient distribution of data across the internet. It has operated since 1999 as an open source project, and the technology has been carefully designed, tested and revised over that time. At this point, it is becoming a stable, mature and sophisticated software platform with the beginnings of 3D and web applications being built on top of it. More at http://interreality.org

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Reed Hedges’s Interests:

visualization, ui, hci, chi, computer-human interaction, usabality, human-computer interaction, collaborative software, cscw, computer-supported collaborative work, graphics, 3d, virtual environments, multiuser virtual environments, graphical communication, visual thinking, visual communication, virtual environments, vr, virtual reality, virtual worlds, gis, cartography, data display, data visualization, information visualization, linux, gnu, free software, hypertext, information architecture, web, www