Rate My Professor Stuart Charters

Stuart Charters is an Associate Professor in Software and Information Technology at Lincoln University, New Zealand, affiliated with the School of Landscape Architecture and the Faculty of Environment, Society and Design. He holds the position of Programme Director for the Master of Applied Computing, which facilitates career transitions into technology fields from diverse academic backgrounds, and serves as Centre Director for the Centre for Geospatial and Computing Technologies. Charters earned his PhD in Computer Science from Durham University, United Kingdom, completing it in 2006, along with a BSc (Hons) in Computer Science from the same institution. His academic career began as a Research Associate in the School of Engineering and Computing Sciences at Durham University from August 2001 to November 2006. Since November 2006, he has been at Lincoln University in the Department of Applied Computing, progressing to Associate Professor.

Charters' research specializations encompass software engineering, empirical software engineering, evidence-based practices, visualization including stereoscopic and grid-based techniques, agile development, systematic literature reviews, and technology acceptance models, with applications in computational agroecology, geospatial technologies, and land use planning. He has supervised ten completed postgraduate research theses and projects, covering topics such as neural-networked inertial measurement units for agricultural vehicles, multi-agent systems for IoT trust, agile software development simulations, interactive visualization for natural resource decision-making, and mobile access to remote visualizations. In teaching, he leads the Studio Project (COMP 639), and acts as examiner for Industry Project (COMP 693), Research Essay (COMP 698), and Software Development (COMP 636). His publication record includes 75 works documented on Lincoln University's researcher profile, with key contributions such as 'Does the technology acceptance model predict actual use? A systematic literature review' (2010), 'Visualization for eResearch: Past, Present and Future' (2011), 'Scaling Agile Software Development Approach in Government Organization in New Zealand' (2020), 'Robust Statistical Methods for Empirical Software Engineering' (2017), 'The Impact of Agile Development Practices on Project Outcomes' (2022), and 'Exploring the Design Thinking methodology to stimulate alternative approaches in peri-urban landscape planning' (2024). Charters engages in public lectures, including discussions on intelligence amplification and landscape-scale visualization technologies.