MAKEFASHION | Designer and Engineer 

ANT+ Symposium 2016 | Shenzhen Maker Fair 2016 | Makefashion Calgary Gala 2017  | Makefashion Calgary Gala 2018  | Makefashion Calgary Gala 2019

UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY | Sessional Instructor

Human Computer Interactions II

(CPSC 581) Winter 2020

Human Computer Interactions II

(CPSC 581) Winter 2019

UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY | Teaching Assistant

Thinking with Data

(DATA 201) Fall 2019 Dr. Nelson Wong

Thinking with Data

(DATA 201) Winter 2019 Dr. Nelson Wong

Thinking with Data

(SCIE 201) Winter 2018  Dr. Nelson Wong

Thinking with Data

(SCIE 201) Fall 2017 Dr. Nelson Wong

Network Systems Securit

(CPSC 526) Fall 2017 Dr. Pavol Federl

Human Computer Interactions I

(CPSC 481) Spring 2017 Dr. Tony Tang

Software Analysis and Design 

(SENG 301) Winter 2017 Dr. Tony Tang

Software Analysis and Design  

(SENG 301) Fall 2016 Dr. Robert Walker

Introduction to Computer Science for Computer Science Majors II (CPSC 233) Winter 2016 Dr. Lenard Manzara

UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY | Research Assistant

Agile Surface Engineering Research Lab

January 2013 - September 2015

In the ASE lab my responsibilities are to aid in the development of new and innovative software products. The major past projects that I was a part of in the ASE Lab include: 

THE BRIGADE | iOS Developer

App Updates 2016

JAYMAN MASTER BUILT | Student Software Developer 

May 2012 - August 2012

At Jayman my responsibilities are to assists the developers in various tasks. I updated crystal reports, wrote help documentation and I converted all of their forms to a digital format so that they can be accessed and completed on an iPad. 

Languages

D3

C#

JavaScript

HMTL

CSS

Objective-C

Java

Swift 2

Arduino

WPF

Applications

Visual Studio

Xcode

Eclipse

Arduino Editor

Sublime Text 2

Illustrator

Photoshop

InDesign

Microsoft Office 

Tableau

AWARDS | 

Department of Computer Science Research Award

2020

Queen Elizabeth II Graduate (Doctoral) Research Scholarship

2018 - 2019

Fred A. McKinnon Award - Teaching Assistance Excellence for Faculty of Science 

2016 - 2017

Computer Science Honorary Teaching Assistance Excellence Award

2016 - 2017

Queen Elizabeth II Graduate (Masters) Research Scholarship

2016 - 2017

Computer Science Teaching Assistance Excellence Award

2015 - 2016

Alberta Graduate Student Scholarships

2016 - 2017

NSERC Canada Graduate Scholarships-Master’s Program Award

2015 - 2016 

PUBLICATIONS | 

Exploring Notifications with Pepper’s Ghost Illusion

Sydney Pratte. 2018. Exploring Notifications with Pepper’s Ghost Illusion. Masters Thesis. University of Calgary, Alberta, CA. 

Society of Devices Toolkit and Projected Pixels

Sydney Pratte, Teddy Seyed, Alaa Azazi, Edwin Chan, Yuxi Wang, Frank Maurer 
In F. Maurer (Eds.) "Society of Devices Toolkit and Projected Pixels" in SURFNET / Designing Digital Surface Applications. Calgary, AB: NSERC SurfNet, 2016, pp. 229-240. 

Acquario: A Tangible Spatially-Aware Tool for Information Interaction and Visualization

Sydney Pratte, Teddy Seyed, Frank Maurer (2016). Acquario: A Tangible Spatially-Aware Tool for Information Interaction and Visualization. In Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on Spatial User Interaction (SUI 2016), Tokyo, Japan, 2016. 

Multi-Surface Systems for the Emergency Operations Centre of the Future

Edwin Chan, Dan Gonzalez, Mahshid Marbouti, Irene Mayor, Sydney Pratte, Teddy Seyed, Yuxi Wang, Jade White, Frank Maurer (2016). Multi-Surface Systems for the Emergency Operations Centre of the Future. In Proceedings of the Workshop on Collaboration and Decision Making in Crisis Situations (CADMICS) in ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW), San Francisco, USA.

Projected Pixels: Exploring Projection Feedback in Multi-Surface Environments

Sydney Pratte, Teddy Seyed, Frank Maurer (2015). Projected Pixels: Exploring Projection Feedback in Multi-Surface Environments. In ITS 2015 Workshop on Collaboration meets Interactive Surfaces (CmIS), Madeira, Portugal. 

Utilizing Projected Pixels in a Retail Environment

Sydney Pratte. 2014. Utilizing Projected Pixels in a Retail Environment. BSc Honours Thesis. University of Calgary, Alberta, CA. 

Projected Pixels: Exploring Techniques for Feedback in Projection -Enhanced Multi-Surface Environments

Sydney Pratte, Teddy Seyed, Frank Maurer (2015) Projected Pixels: Exploring Techniques for Feedback in Projection -Enhanced Multi-Surface Environments. In CSCW 2015 Workshop on Supporting "Local Remote" Collaboration: Applying and Adapting Remote Group Awareness Techniques to Adapting Remote Group Awareness Techniques to Co-located Settings , Vancouver, Canada. 

Exploring Multi-Surface Interactions in Retail Environments

Sydney Pratte, Teddy Seyed, Frank Maurer: Exploring Multi-Surface Interactions in Retail Environments. In Proceedings of the ACM Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces 2014 (ITS 2014), Dresden, Germany, 2014. *Best Poster Award* 

Examining Customer Collaboration in Multi-Surface Retail Environments

Sydney Pratte, Teddy Seyed, Frank Maurer: Examining Customer Collaboration in Multi-Surface Retail Environments. In Proceedings of the 2nd Collaboration meets Interactive Surfaces Workshop (CmIS) in ACM Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces 2014 (ITS 2014), Dresden, Germany, 2014. 

Agile Testing: A Systematic Mapping Across Three Conferences: Understanding Agile Testing in the XP/Agile Universe, Agile, and XP Conferences

Theodore D. Hellmann, Apoorve Chokshi, Zahra Shakeri Hossein Abad, Sydney Pratte, Frank Maurer: Agile Testing: A Systematic Mapping Across Three Conferences: Understanding Agile Testing in the XP/Agile Universe, Agile, and XP Conferences. Proceedings of the International Conference on Agile Methods in Software Development (Agile 2013), Nashville, TN, 2013.