Kay Dudman
Kay Dudman is a British Computer Scientist and university educator. She is an original designer and maker of handmade crafts and future classics, through knitting, crochet, tatting and embroidery. She founded Crafty Cavy in 2013. The cavy family Caviidae includes the domestic guinea pig; and Dudman has given a home to and cared for several rescue guinea pigs over the years.
Academic qualifications
- PhD Computer Science, Queen Mary, University of London
- BSc Business Computing - Data Processing Systems, First Class Honours
- Certificate in Mixed Needlecrafts
- Certificate in Veterinary Anatomy and Physiology
Recent Positions
- Founder, Crafty Cavy, 2013
- Principal Lecturer, School of Computing, London Metropolitan University
- Elected Staff Governor of London Metropolitan University (2009 - 2012)
Areas of expertise
- Identifying opportunities for employing mature methodologies in innovative contexts, for example using JSP notation to model student interaction and dialogue and the construction of robust computer-based tests;
- Using Petri nets to model user interaction.
Professional affiliation
- BCS Professional Membership (MBCS), Chartered IT Professional (CITP)
Recent publications
- Dudman, Kay (2011) Pilot Evaluation of the Use of Video Snippets to Support Undergraduate Learners, ITALICS, Issue 3, Volume 10, November 2011, Available at: www.ics.heacademy.ac.uk/italics/vol10iss3.htm
- Dudman, Kay and Dekker, Penny (2012) Participative Design for Interview Skills: Pilot Evaluation of Animated Video Snippets, ITALICS, Issue 1, Volume 11, June 2012, Available at: www.heacademy.ac.uk/resources/detail/subjects/ics/DudmanAndDekkerPaper