Catherine Anne Cassidy
PhD candidatein the School of Computer Science
University of St Andrews
Catherine is a PhD candidatein the School of Computer Science at the University of St Andrews,
Scotland.She brings an interdisciplinary approach to the research group Open Virtual Worlds, which
employs emergent technologies to create engaging interactive experiences for cultural and natural
heritage organisations. Her doctoral research includes developing approaches to 3D digitisation that
allows the value of digital heritage to be recognised while strengthening connections between
heritage, its community and the museum through emergent technologies and their
democratisation.
Scotland.She brings an interdisciplinary approach to the research group Open Virtual Worlds, which
employs emergent technologies to create engaging interactive experiences for cultural and natural
heritage organisations. Her doctoral research includes developing approaches to 3D digitisation that
allows the value of digital heritage to be recognised while strengthening connections between
heritage, its community and the museum through emergent technologies and their
democratisation.