Rate My Professor Reece Arnott

Reece Arnott completed a Master of Science in Information Science at the University of Otago, awarded on 21 August 2002. His master's thesis, titled 'A review of current firewall technologies,' explored the state of firewall technologies in network security during that era. This postgraduate work reflects his early academic interests in computer security and information systems.

Arnott advanced his studies with a Doctor of Philosophy at the University of Otago, submitting his thesis 'Towards 3D Scanning from Digital Images by Novice Users' on 9 November 2015, with completion noted on 18 November 2015. Supervised by Geoff Wyvill and Holger Regenbrecht, the doctoral research addressed key challenges in enabling novice users to generate 3D models from standard digital photographs. The thesis abstract states that the uptake of hobbyist 3D printers is being held back, in part, due to the barriers associated with creating a computer model to be printed. Associated keywords include 3D printing, 3D scanning, camera calibration, and texture matching. During his time as a postgraduate student, Arnott presented 'The RepRap Project—Open Source meets 3D printing' in the Computer and Information Science Seminar Series. He is listed among PhD graduates from the Department of Computer Science graphics research group.

Reece Arnott currently serves as Senior Technician - Operations in the Desktop Support North team at IT Support Services, University of Otago, Dunedin.