Reuben Edwards

  • Reuben & Quincy

Contact

  • Phone
  • Mobile: +44 7828993829
  • Skype: reubenedwards
  • Email
  • r.edwards@lancaster.ac.uk
  • reuben@m-ventions.com
  • Social Media
  • Twitter: egarce

Career

  • Lancaster University
  • Principal
    Furness College 2006-2012
  • University Dean
    2005-2007
  • Chair
    Alumni Association
    2005-2008
  • Lecturer
    * School of Computing & Communication Systems, 2010-
    * Dept. of Communication Systems, 2000-2010
  • Spin-outs
  • Founding Director
    m-ventions, Ltd
  • Founding Director
    Molarity, Ltd

Publications

  • 2011
  • Nandwani, Avinash and Coulton, Paul and Edwards, Reuben, "Using the Physicality of NFC to Combat Grokking of the Check-in Mechanic", MindTrek 2011, 2011-09-28 - 2011-09-30, Tampere
  • Nandwani, A. Coulton, P. and Edward, R., "NFC Mobile Parlor Games Enabling Direct Player to Player Interaction", The 4th NFC Congress 2011, Hagenberg, Austria, February 22nd – 23rd 2011.
  • 2010
  • 2009
  • Benachour, P, Edwards, R, "Animation and Interactive Programming: A Practical Approach", Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science, Volume 224, January, 2009, pp. 133-140
  • Lund, K., Coulton, P., and Edwards, R., "Ambient Conversations using a Physical Avatar", 13th MindTrek Conference: Everyday Life in the Ubiqutious Era., Tampere, Finland, 30th September 2nd October 2009.
  • 2008
  • Coulton, P., Bamford, W., and Edwards, R., "Mud, Mobiles and a Large Interactive Display", "Public and Situated Displays to Support Communities" Workshop at OZCHI 2008, December 9, 2008, Cairns, QLD, Australia
  • Eg Larsen,J., Kristensen, K., Edwards, R., and Coulton, P.,"Mobile Users: Comparing Trends in Denmark and Britain", Future Mobile Experiences: next generation mobile interaction and contextualization, Workshop at NordiCHI, Lund, Sweden, October 19th 2008
  • Chehimi, F., Coulton, P., and Edwards, R., "3D Motion Control of Connected Augmented Virtuality on Mobile Phones" proceedings of International Symposium on Ubiquitous Virtual Reality-VR. (ISUVR08) ,GIST, Gwangju, South Korea.10th to 13th July, 2008
  • Chehimi, F., Coulton, P., and Edwards, R., "Using a Camera Phone as a Mixed-Reality Laser Cannon" International Journal of Computer Games Technology, vol. 2008, Article ID 321708, 6 pages, 2008. doi:10.1155/2008/321708
  • Vajk, T., Bamford, W., Coulton, P., and Edwards, R., "Using a Mobile Phone as a "Wii-like" Controller for Playing Games on a Large Public Display" International Journal of Computer Games Technology, vol. 2008, Article ID 539078, 6 pages, 2008. doi:10.1155/2008/539078
  • Chehimi F., Coulton P, and Edwards R."Evolution of 3D mobile games development", Journal of Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, Springer London, Volume 12 Issue 1, January 2008, pp 19-25.doi 10.1007/s00779-006-0129-9
  • Rashid O., Coulton P, and Edwards R."Providing location based information/advertising for existing mobile phone users", Journal of Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, Springer London, Volume 12 Issue 1 , January 2008, pp 3-10. doi 10.1007/s00779-006-0121-4
  • Coulton, P., Rashid, O., and Edwards, R, "RFID and NFC on Mobile Phones", Chapter in Book "RFID Handbook: Applications, Technology, Security and Privacy, CRC, 2008.
  • 2007
  • Edwards R. and Coulton P.,"Teaching embedded programming through mobile games development in Symbian", IJEEE, 44/4, pp 307-318 October. 2007, ISSN 0020-7209
  • Vajk, T., Bamford, W., Coulton, P., and Edwards, R., "Using a Mobile Phone as a ‘Wii like’ Controller", Third International Conference on Games Research and Development 2007 (CyberGames 2007) Manchester UK10-11 September 2007
  • Chehimi, F., Coulton, P., and Edwards, R., "Mobilazer: A Mixed-Reality First-Person Shoot-Em-Up Using Camera Phones", to appear at The Third International Conference on Games Research and Development 2007 (CyberGames 2007) Manchester UK10-11 September 2007
  • Chehimi, F., Coulton, P., and Edwards, R., "Augmented Reality 3D Interactive Advertisements on Smartphones", to appear at The Sixth International Conference on Mobile Business,Ontario,Canada, 9th – 11th July 2007
  • Coulton, P., Bamford,W., Chehimi,F.,Edwards, R.,Gilbertson,P.,and Rashid, O., "Mobile Games: Challenges and Opportunities", Chapter in Advances in Computers Volume 69, Academic Press, June 2007, ISBN-13:978-0-12-373745-8
  • Bamford,W. Coulton, P., and Edwards, R., "Space-Time Travel Blogging using a Mobile Phone", to appear ACM SIGCHI International Conference On Advances In Computer Entertainment Technology, Salzburg, Austria, 13-13 June 2007
  • Paul Coulton and Reuben Edwards with Helen Clemson "S60 Programming: A Tutorial Guide", ISBN: 978-0-470-02765-3, Wiley and Symbian Press, February 2007
  • 2006
  • Rashid O., Coulton P, and Edwards R."Providing location based information/advertising for existing mobile phone users", Journal of Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, Springer London, November 2006, pp 1-8
  • Chehimi F., Coulton P, and Edwards R."Evolution of 3D mobile games development", Journal of Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, Springer London, November 2006, pp 1-7
  • Chehimi, F., Coulton, P., and Edwards, R., "A Novel 3D Game API for Symbian Smartphones", Proceedings of The Fourth Annual International Conference in Computer Game Design and Technology, Liverpool, 15th – 16th November 2006, pp 149-155, ISBN 1-9025-6014-0
  • Rashid O.,Bamford W.,Coulton P.,Edwards R, and Scheibel J. "PAC-LAN: Mixed reality gaming with RFID enabled mobile phones", ACM Computers in Entertainment,Vol 4, Issue 4, October, 2006, pp 1-17.
  • Edwards, R., and Coulton, P., "Providing the skills required for innovative mobile game development using industry/academic partnerships", ITALICS, The Journal of the Higher Education Academy Subject Centre for Information and Computer Sciences, Volume 5, Issue 3,"Learning With Games, Learning by Making Games", October 2006, pp 1-8.
  • Coulton, P., Clemson, H., and Edwards, R., "Mobslinger: Creating Urban Outlaws", Poster/Demo in Proceedings of 5th International Conference on Entertainment Computing, September 20-22, 2006, Cambridge, UK, pp 47-48.
  • Gilbertson, P., Edwards, R., and Coulton, P., "Reducing Processing Time for Real-Time Mobile Hosted Location Based Services", 17th Annual IEEE Symposium on Personal, Indoor, and Mobile Radio Communications, Helsinki, Finland, 11-14 September, 2006.
  • Jamaluddin, J., Edwards, R., and Coulton, P., "Selling Mobile Applications: the difference in what people buy to what people try", accepted for IEEE International Conference on e-buisiness, Steubal, Portugal, 7-10 August, 2006.
  • Gilbertson, P., Edwards, R., and Coulton, P., "Nodits: Position Triggered Information and Messages",The Tenth IEEE International Symposium on Consumer Electronics, St.Petersburg , Russia, June 29 – July 1, 2006, pp 381-383, ISBN 1-4244-0215-8.
  • Mutlu, U., Edwards, R., and Coulton, P., "QOS Aware CORBA Middleware for Bluetooth", The Tenth IEEE International Symposium on Consumer Electronics, St.Petersburg , Russia, June 29 – July 1, 2006,pp 400-406, ISBN 1-4244-0215-8.
  • Garner, P., Coulton, P.,and Edwards, R., "XEPS - Enabling card-based payment for Mobile Terminals", The Tenth IEEE International Symposium on Consumer Electronics, St.Petersburg , Russia, June 29 – July 1, 2006,pp 375-380, ISBN 1-4244-0215-8.
  • Chehimi, F., Coulton, P.,and Edwards, R., "C++ Optimisations for Mobile Applications", The Tenth IEEE International Symposium on Consumer Electronics, St.Petersburg , Russia, June 29 – July 1, 2006, pp 389-394, ISBN 1-4244-0215-8.
  • Rashid, O., Coulton, P.,and Edwards, R., "Implications of IMS and SIP on the Evolution of Mobile Applications", The Tenth IEEE International Symposium on Consumer Electronics, St.Petersburg , Russia, June 29 – July 1, 2006, pp 369-3743, ISBN 1-4244-0215-8.
  • Bamford, W, Coulton, P., and Edwards, R., "A Surrealist Inspired Mobile Multiplayer Game: Fact or Fish?", 1st World Conference for Fun 'n Games, June 26-28, 2006, Preston, UK, pp 5-12.
  • Coulton, P., Rashid, O., Bamford, W, and Edwards, R., "Running with the PAC", 1st World Conference for Fun 'n Games, June 26-28, 2006, Preston, UK, pp 55-62.
  • Clemson, H., Coulton, P., Edwards, R, and Chehimi, F., "Mobslinger: The Fastest Mobile in the West", to appear 1st World Conference for Fun 'n Games, June 26-28, 2006, Preston, UK, pp 47-54.
  • Chehimi, F., Coulton, P., and Edwards, R., "Mobile Advertising: Practices, Technologies and Future Potential", The Fifth International Conference on Mobile Business (ICMB 2006), June 26 – 27, 2006, Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • Wan Hussin, W., and Edwards, R., "EPass Using DRM in Symbian v8 OS and TrustZone : Securing Vital Data on Mobile Devices", The Fifth International Conference on Mobile Business (ICMB 2006), June 26 – 27, 2006, Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • Garner, P., Edwards, R., and Coulton, P, "Card-based Macro-payment for Mobile Phones", The Fifth International Conference on Mobile Business (ICMB 2006), June 26 – 27, 2006, Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • Garner,P., Rashid, O., Coulton, P., and Edwards, R., "The Mobile Phone as a Digital SprayCan", ACM SIGCHI International Conference On Advances In Computer Entertainment Technology, Hollywood, USA, 14-16 June 2006, pp 1-7, http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1178823.1178837.
  • Rashid, O., Bamford,W., Coulton, P., and Edwards, R., "PAC-LAN: The Human Arcade", Demo ACM SIGCHI International Conference On Advances In Computer Entertainment Technology, Hollywood, USA, 14-16 June 2006, pp 1-2, http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1178823.1178864.
  • Bamford,W. Coulton, P., and Edwards, R., "A Massively Multi-Authored Mobile Surrealist Book", ACM SIGCHI International Conference On Advances In Computer Entertainment Technology, Hollywood, USA, 14-16 June 2006, pp 1-7, http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1178823.1178837.
  • Edwards, R., Coulton, P.," The UK’S Games Industry" contribution to "Exploiting the Opportunities Building a World Class IT Profession in the Era of Global Sourcing", Report by the British Computer Society Working Party on Offshoring, May 2006.
  • Bamford, W., Coulton, P., and Edwards, R., "Location-based Mobile Blogging", International Conference on Information & Communication Technologies: From Theory to Applications, 24-28 April 2006, Damascus, Syria. IEEE Catalog Number 06EX1220C, ISBN 0-7803-9522-0
  • Chehimi, F., Coulton, P., and Edwards, R., "Advances in 3D Graphics for Smartphones", International Conference on Information & Communication Technologies: From Theory to Applications, 24-28 April 2006, Damascus, Syria. IEEE Catalog Number 06EX1220C, ISBN 0-7803-9522-0
  • Huang, H.C, Edwards, R., Coulton, P.,and Khirallah, C., "Comprehensive distribution: a new ethos for effective e-development", International Conference on Information & Communication Technologies: From Theory to Applications, 24-28 April 2006, Damascus, Syria. IEEE Catalog Number 06EX1220C, ISBN 0-7803-9522-0
  • Dudin, B., Coulton, P., and Edwards, R.,"The Transition from the Culture of Electronic (E) Business to that of Mobile (M) Business: An Educational Perspective", International Conference on Information & Communication Technologies: From Theory to Applications, 24-28 April 2006, Damascus, Syria. IEEE Catalog Number 06EX1220C, ISBN 0-7803-9522-0
  • Huang, H., Edwards, R. & Coulton, P. Evaluation of Mobile technologies for assessing students’ knowledge improvement. Proceedings of Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education International Conference 2006 (pp. 69-80). Chesapeake, VA, March 2006.
  • Gilbertson, P., Edwards, R, and Coulton, P, "Converging Computer & Home Entertainment Devices in the Consumer Media Network Environment", in Proceedings of IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference, Las Vegas, January, 2006.
  • Rashid O.,Mullins I.,Coulton P., and Edwards R. "Extending Cyberspace:Location Based Games Using Cellular Phones", ACM Computers in Entertainment,Vol 4, Issue 1, January, 2006.
  • Rashid, O., Coulton, P., Edwards, R., Bamford, W., "Utilizing RFID for Mixed Reality Mobile Games", IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics, Las Vegas, January 2006
  • Chehimi, F, Coulton, P, Edwards, R., "Delivering 3D Advertising to Mobile Phones", IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics, January 2006
  • 2005
  • Coulton P., Khirallah C., and Edwards R. "Aiding conceptualisation of the mobile channel and the operation of a RAKE receiver using a project developed in SIMULINKTM", IJEEE, Sept. 2005.
  • Coulton P., Rashid O., and Edwards R. "Creating Entertainment Applications for Mobile Phones", ACM Computers in Entertainment, Vol 3, Issue 3, July, 2005.
  • W. Wan Hussin, P. Coulton, and R. Edwards, "Mobile Ticketing System Employing TrustZone Technology", mBusiness 2005, Sydney, Australia, July, 2005
  • F. Chehimi, P. Coulton and R. Edwards, "Evolution of 3D Games on Mobile Phones", mBusiness 2005, Sydney, Australia, July, 2005
  • O. Rashid, P. Coulton and R. Edwards , "Implementing Location Based Information/Advertising for Existing Mobile Phone Users in Indoor/Urban Environments", mBusiness 2005, Sydney, Australia, July, 2005
  • Edwards, R, and Coulton, P, "Driving Cellular Application Development Using Industry/Academic Partnerships", Game Developers Conference (Mobile) 2005, San Francisco
  • Rashid,O. Coulton,P. Fisher,A. Thompson,R. and Edwards,R. "Mobile Information Systems Providing Estimated Time of Arrival for Public Transport Users" accepted for VTC-Spring 2005
  • 2004
  • Coulton P., Edwards R., and Rashid O., "Symbian, J2ME and Brew: A Comparative Study of Mobile Application Development", ASU/ IEEE International Conference on Telecomputing and Information Technology, September 22-24 2004, Amman, Jordan pp 142-150.
  • Dudin B., Coulton P., Edwards R., and Said S., "Current 3G Deployment Status in Jordan and Implications for its Society: A Case Study", ASU/ IEEE International Conference on Telecomputing and Information Technology, September 22-24 2004, Amman, Jordan pp 151-158.
  • Dudin B., Coulton P., and Edwards R., "QoS Model for Future Wireless Services: Incorporating the Social Dimension", ASU/ IEEE International Conference on Telecomputing and Information Technology, September 22-24 2004, Amman, Jordan pp 159-163.
  • Jamaluddin,J. Edwards,R. and Coulton,P. " Hotring Advertising Model for Broadband Hotspots" accepted to IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference 2004 Atlanta, Georgia, USA, 21-25 March 2004.
  • P. Coulton, B. Dudin, C. Khirallah and R. Edwards, "Experiences from 3G Rollout in the UK", ICTTA’04, Damascus, Syria, April 2004
  • Coulton, P. Khirallah, C. Dudin, B. Edwards, R., "Working towards 3G licensing and deployment in Jordan and the implications for others in the levantine region", ICTTA’04, Damascus, Syria, April 2004
  • J. Jamaluddin, N. Zotou, R. Edwards and P. Coulton, "Mobile Phone Vulnerabilities: A New Generation of Malware", 2004 International Symposium on Consumer Electronics, Reading, UK, 2004
  • O. Rashid, R. Thompson, P. Coulton and R. Edwards, "A Comparative Study of Mobile Application Development in Symbian and J2ME using Example of a Live Football Results Service Operating over GPRS" , 2004 International Symposium on Consumer Electronics, Reading, UK, 2004
  • J. Jamaluddin, R Nair, R. Edwards and P. Coulton, "Widening Access to Broadband Hotspots Employing Bluetooth", 2004 International Symposium on Consumer Electronics, Reading, UK, 2004
  • B. Dudin, O. Agbetusin, P. Coulton and R. Edwards, "Incorporation of User Behavioural Patterns in the Management of Quality–of–Service (QoS) for Future Mobile Networks", 2004 International Symposium on Consumer Electronics, Reading, UK, 2004
  • J. Jamaluddin, M. Doherty, R. Edwards, and P. Coulton "A Hybrid Operating Model for Wireless Hotspot Businesses", CCNC 2004, Las Vegas
  • P. Garner, I. Mullins, and R. Edwards, "A Value Transfer Solution for Bluetooth Mobile Gaming", CCNC 2004, Las Vegas
  • 2003
  • Edwards, R and Coulton, P, "Conceptualising Engineering Subjects for Wider Participation", 33rd ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, Boulder, Colorado, November 2003
  • Coulton, P and Edwards, R, "Could Computer Game Design Become A Core Subject For Engineering?", 33rd ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, Boulder, Colorado, November 2003
  • Garner, P, and Edwards, R, "Person-to-Person Mobile Commerce", 8th International Workshop on Mobile Multimedia Communications, Munich, Germany, October 2003
  • Garner, P and Edwards, R, "Mobile Bluetooth Networking: Technical Considerations and Applications", 4th International Conference on 3G Mobile Communication Technologies, 2003.
  • Jazilah Jamaluddin, Reuben Edwards, Paul Coulton, "Providing a Risk Analysis Framework for Potential Users of Wireless Technology", PGNET, Manchester, 2003
  • Ian Mullins, Philip Garner, Reuben Edwards, "Novel Peer to Peer Payment Mechanism for Personal Area Network Mobile Gaming", PGNET, Manchester, 2003
  • Hsuanchao Huang, Reuben Edwards, "Paradigm of Instructional Agent System", PGNET, Manchester, 2003
  • Ural Mutlu, Reuben Edwards, "CORBA in Mobile Communications", PGNET, Manchester, 2003
  • Colsell, SA, Edwards, R, "Adaptive Real-Time Systems and the FPAA, "13th International Conference on Field Programmable Logic and Applications", Lisbon, Portugal, September 2003
  • Colsell, SA, Edwards, R, "A Study of Reconfigurable Analogue for DRM and HF Systems", 9th International Conference on HF Radio Systems and Techniques, Bath, June 2003
  • 2002
  • Colsell, SA, Edwards, R, et al, "FPAA versus FPGA for Future Mobile Communications", 9th International Worksshop on System, Signals, and Image Processing, UMIST, UK, November, 2002
  • 2001
  • Palacios, L, Edwards, R, Honary, B, "Translational Decoding for Adaptive Trellis Coded Modulation", 6th International Symposium on Communication Theory and Applications, Ambleside, pp. 164-167, July 2001
  • Carline, DTF, Edwards, R, Coulton, P, "Psychacoustic Properties of Multi-Channel Audio Signals", Proc. 2nd Annual Postgraduate Symposium on The Convergence of Telecommunications, Networking, and Broadcasting, pp. 183-189, June 2001
  • Colsell, S, Edwards, R, Honary, B, "Reconfigurable Technologies Providing a Platform for Future Mobile Communication Systems", Proc. 2nd Annual Postgraduate Symposium on The Convergence of Telecommunications, Networking, and Broadcasting, pp. 212-215June 2001
  • Colsell, S, Edwards, R, "A Comparative Study of Reconfigurable Digital and Analogue Technologies for Future Mobile Communication Systems", 3G Mobile Communication Technologies, pp. 302-305, March 2001
  • 2000
  • 1999
  • Castineira Moreira, J, Edwards, R, Honary, B, Farrell, PG, "Design of ring-TCM schemes of rate m/n over N-dimensional constellations", IEE Proceedings on Communications, Vol. 146, No. 5, pp 283-290, October 1999
  • 1998
  • Edwards, R, Honary, B, Farquhar, S, Noble, A, "Double Ended Trellis Decoding", Ministry of Defence Registered Invention IR5020
  • Honary, B, Edwards, R, Farquhar, S, Noble, A, "Concatenated Signal Modulation Techniques for RS Coded Modulation", Communications & Coding, Research Studies Press, ISBN 0 86380 238 9 (Wiley Inc 0 471 98336 5), pp. 48-56, 1998
  • 1997
  • Edwards, R, Edwards, R, Farquhar, S, Noble, A, "Advanced Bandwidth Efficient Block Coded Modulation over fading Channels", IEEE MILCOM, Monterey, California, pp. 808-811, November 1997
  • Edwards, R, Honary, B, Farquhar, S, Noble, A, "RS-Coded Modulation Employing Concatenated Signal Modulation", Fourth International Symposium on Communications Theory and Applications, Ambleside, p. 383, 1997
  • 1996
  • 1995
  • Honary, B, Edwards, R, "Trellis Derived Block Coded Modulation", 7th Joint Swedish-Russian International Workshop on Information Theory, St. Petersburg, Russia, p.113, June 1995