Cameron's Bio

2008: PhD (QUT) in AI and automated board game design (Dean's Award for Outstanding Thesis).
1993: Computer Science Honours (La Trobe) 1st class.
1991: Bachelor of Arts (UQ) in Computer Science.
1989: Bachelor of Science (UQ) in Psychology.

2008-: I'm currently a visiting researcher at Imperial College London's new Computational Creativity Group where I investigate AI methods for games and visual art.

2003-2008: SWiSHzone.com (Sydney) developing Flash authoring tools including SwishMax, the world's second most popular Flash editor.

1998-1999: Spent a year at Microsoft (Seattle) working on GDI+ fonts for the NT Team.

1997-1998: CISRA (Canon Research, Sydney) working on automatic font decoration. CISRA had just implemented a new font format and needed someone to develop artistic styles that might tempt customers to use more ink (examples). Jobs like this don't turn up every day.


Merlin in his natural state. His favourite hobbies are eating and sleeping.	Merlin in a rather unnatural state.

We have two cats, Merlin and Mishka. Funny little things, but we have to treat them with respect as they're both shareholders in Cyberite Pty Ltd. [Sadly Merlin passed away in June 2005].


Mishka in a rare moment of contemplation before attacking Merlin, the furniture, the sheets, passersby etc.	A local possum enjoying the cat bites. Helen named this fellow Hannibal due to his habit of nibbling on fingers that hold out apple cores.

The Beard Project (2005)

Well, I gave it a go, but after six months of strenuous growth decided that some things are better left unconquered. This was less to do with my work mates joking about sending snaphsots in to ASIO (beard-growing was a threat to national security at the time) than the fact that it was just getting bloody uncomfortable.


Stage I (April): Forgot to shave.	Stage II (June): Chin rug.	Stage III (September): Mutton chops.


Helen with an unidentified tree frog in Cape Tribulation.	Helen aboard Trigger some time ago in Dorrigo.