Curriculum Vitae of Hedren Sum

Education | Recognition | Work Experience | Research & Grants | Professional Contributions | Exhibitions & Digital Projects | Publications | Presentations & Workshops

Education 

Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore
PhD Student at School of Art, Design and Media
Topic: Aggregating Scholarship in the Digital Era: An Interdisciplinary Investigation on the Academic Studies relevant to the Understanding of the Painting known as the Ship of Fools by Jheronimus Bosch as a Show History

Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore
MSc Information Studies (Research)
Dissertation Title: Openness of Digital Images in Art Museums

Singapore Management University (SMU), Singapore
BSc Information Systems Management with Second Major in Marketing

Recognition

Scholarship awarded by Getty Foundation USA to participate in the Advanced Topics in Digital Art History: 3D and (Geo)spatial Networks Summer Institute at Venice International University, 4 to 16 June 2018 and 2 to 7 June 2019

Conferred the Outstanding Newcomer 2015 Award by the Library Association of Singapore on 14 May 2016

Selected by the Library Management to represent NTU Library for a 2-week Staff Exchange Programme at the Shanghai Jiao Tong University Library, 23 November to 7 December 2015

Work Experience

Manager (Strategic Partnerships and Projects), NTU Institute of Science and Technology for Humanity (NISTH), NTU

• Work on local and international collaborative Digital Scholarship (DS) projects, not limited to Digital Humanities (DH). Four projects have received mentions from local, regional and international media outlets. The projects were also exhibited and presented at several prominent venues, including the National Museum of Singapore, National Library of Singapore, United Nations Geneva and Venice International University.
• Develop and provide guidance on collaborative projects and grant applications in NTU and international DS projects
• Conceptualise a new DH Lab with materials gathered from conversations and studies of DS and Innovation Labs and Centres from various Institutions and Organisations.
• Design and conduct workshops on DS related topics, ranging from Fundamentals of Design to Information Visualisation, Digital Publishing and Archiving.

Senior Librarian (Digital Scholarship), Office of Information, Knowledge and Library Services (OIKLS), NTU

• Co-designed a new syllabus for graduate students at ADM with Associate Chair (Research), Associate Professor Andrea Nanetti, titled “AP9048 DANCING over IDEAS: Inceptive Knowledge Mapping for Research in Art, Design and Media”
• Project Lead in new spaces committee looking at envisaging and (re)imagine existing spaces and delivered a proposal on the Future of Library Spaces
• Developed and designed seminars, workshops and programs on Digital Scholarship (DS) topics (e.g. geospatial analysis, data visualisation, data wrangling and design fundamentals etc) for the NTU community
• Led interdisciplinary digital projects that includes Aung Soe Illustrations (2017), Site and Space in Southeast Asia (2018) and Visualising Mountain Estate in Chengde (2018).

Librarian (New Media Group) and Art Librarian (Design), Libraries, Student & Academic Services Department (SASD), NTU

• Created educational resources in teaching, learning and research for students across different levels and subjects
• Developed a series of workshops for final year students on how to conduct research for their projects
• Formulated strategy to (re)present and disseminate scholarship through Visual Communication, Data Visualisations, Infographics and Digital Publishing
• Led the development of digital archives and interfaces including Fellini: Circus of Life (2015) and Digital Intangible Heritage of Asia (2016)

Assistant Librarian (New Media Group) and Art Librarian (Design), SASD, NTU

• Designed and conducted around 50 workshops for more than 900 students in ADM
• Worked closely with different offices, committees and vendors to develop submission workflows and a portfolio digital platform to capture students’ creative works and build a community in ADM
• Designed and co-curated two exhibition series on textiles and wearable technology showcasing works by faculty, students, local and overseas artists
• Member of the faculty team that documented an overseas expedition to Arizona with students from ADM and Mechanical Engineering. Edited a printed publication entitled “A Desert Playground”

Special Projects Consultant (Library Promotion), NTU Libraries

• Developed the branding and design strategy for NTU Libraries, such as logo identity, stationery and social media graphics
• Designed social marketing campaigns and orientation activities to engage users in NTU
• Provided the art direction and design for the 33^rd Annual International IATUL Conference in Singapore, including logo identity, goodie bag design and event collaterals

Co-Founder, Design Blueprints, Spree Media Pte Ltd (Start-up)

• Provided the art direction, consultation and design of creative projects. Clients include the Ministry of Defence, Health Promotion Board, Harvey Norman and Temasek Polytechnic.
• Led the development of eLearning courseware series for the Singapore Police Force

Research and Grants

Ministry of Education (MOE), AcRF Tier 2, Singapore – Pending
Design, Aesthetics, Development and Impact of Soft Exteroceptive Bio-exosuit for Rehabilitation in Healthcare
Role: Collaborator

Ministry of Education (MOE), AcRF Tier 1, Singapore
Interwoven cultures, exploring the perception of dress as an interface for new environments at the intersection of disciplines
Role: Collaborator

National Museum of Singapore, DigiMuse 2019 Special Project; Awarded SGD$6,000
Pulse and Talking Cheongsams
Role: Digital Artist

National Museum of Singapore, Singapore Nights Festival Open Call; Awarded SGD$15,000
Pulse
Role: Digital Artist

Ministry of Education (MOE), AcRF Tier 2, Singapore; Awarded SGD$667,525
Experiencing Information in Museum Objects
Role: Collaborator

Getty Foundation, Connecting Art Histories initiative, USA; Awarded US$249,982
Site and Space in Southeast Asia
Role: Digital Lead and DH Specialist

National Heritage Board (NHB), Heritage Research Grant; Awarded SGD$70,000
The hidden shrines of Singapore: Mapping and narrating multi-religious heritages
Role: Co-investigator and DH Specialist

Ministry of Education (MOE), AcRF Tier 1, Singapore; Awarded SGD$55,000
Singapore’s DNA: Storytelling of Singapore History through Clothing and Textiles
Role: Collaborator

Professional Contributions

Member of the Programme Committee, Pacific Neighborhood Consortium (PNC) Annual Conference and Joint Meetings 2019

• Review of submissions for the conference on “Regionality and Digital Humanities (DH): South-South Connection”

Digital Lead and DH Specialist, Site and Space in Southeast Asia project (Funded by the Getty Foundation, USA)

• Part of the organising team to provide consultation on DH methods and approaches to three international research teams from Penang, Hue and Yangon

Founding Partner, DIY Lab of Open Matters (LOOM), School of Art, Design and Media (ADM), NTU

• Developed the scope and visual presence of the lab, targeting students and researchers
• Provides research assistance and curates resources for the lab community
• Moderated a panel session on “Innovation and Aesthetics” at the 2017 Symposium on Innovation, Bio-design, Culture and Technology

Nominated Member, SCS New Media Committee

• Formulates social media and web strategy with other experts in the info-comm and media industry to improve influence of Singapore Computer Society (SCS)

Council Member, SCS IT Youth Council (ITYC)

• Collaborated with the Employment and Employability Institute (e2i) to plan and execute events that engage youths in Singapore’s IT industry
• Organised activities such as tours and talks by Microsoft, Facebook, LinkedIn, Ubisoft and local technopreneurs

Member of the Judging Panel, Singapore Geospatial Challenge 2014 organised by the Singapore Land Authority (SLA)

Chairman, SCS Splash Awards Steering Committee

• Oversee the nation-wide drone competition organised by SCS, duties include deciding competition theme, sourcing for sponsorships and judging
• Liaise with industry partners and government agencies. Currently organising Splash Awards 2020 with a theme on “Impacting Society with AI ”

Selected Exhibitions and Digital Projects

1. Mihaleva, G., Sum, H., Sorensen, V., Leo, B. & Thummanapalli, N. (2019). Pulse [3.0]. An interactive installation, 23 to 31 August. Singapore Night Festival 2019, Singapore. Retrieved from https://www.nightfestival.sg/nightlights/detail/pulse.
2. Sum, H. (2019). The Fellini Digital Wall and Archive. An interactive installation with the Fellini Foundation (Sion), 18 to 28 February. Federico Fellini: Genius of Humanity, United Nations Geneva, Switzerland. Retrieved from https://blogs.ntu.edu.sg/fellini-archive.
3. Mihaleva, G., Sum, H. (2019). Talking Cheongsams. An interactive installation, 18 January to 17 February. DigiMuse 2019, National Museum, Singapore. Retrieved from https://www.nationalmuseum.sg/our-exhibitions/exhibition-list/digimuse-presents-2019 – Featured on Strait Times, “Immersive digital art at National Museum of Singapore”, published on 30 January 2019
4. Mihaleva, G., Sum, H., Pataranutaporn, P., Albers, K. & Ng, A. (2018). Pulse. An interactive installation, 17 to 25 August. Singapore Night Festival 2018, Singapore. Retrieved from https://www.nightfestival.sg/nightlights/detail/pulse
5. Whiteman, S., Sum, H, & Dhanapalan, B. (2018). Visualising the Mountain Estate in Chengde – Models [Digital maps and 3D models]. Retrieved from https://blogs.ntu.edu.sg/bssz. – Featured on VOA News, “Tech brings historic cities, art to life”, published on 3 April 2019.
6. Sum, H. (2018). Site and Space in Southeast Asia researchers’ portal. Retrieved from https://www.siteandspace.org.
7. Coupe, A., Kensinger, A., Cavallaro, F., Kratochvíl, F., Mihaleva, G., Sum, H., . . . Chin, B. C. (2016). Sunday Showcase: In Search of Vanishing Voices. An exhibition, 29 May. ArtScience Museum, Singapore. Retrieved from https://blogs.ntu.edu.sg/diha/language-contact-in-southeast-asia/exhibition.
8. Sum, H. & Ker, Y. (2018). Aung Soe Illustrations. Digital archive. Retrieved from https://aungsoeillustrations.org.
9. Sum, H. & NTU School of ADM (2017). ADM Portfolio: A showcase of ADM student creative works. Digital archive. Retrieved from https://blogs.ntu.edu.sg/adm-portfolio.
10. Sum, H., NTU School of ADM & The Fellini Foundation for the Cinema. (2015, November 12). Fellini: Circus of Light. Digital archive. Retrieved from https://blogs.ntu.edu.sg/fellini.
11. Mihaleva, G., Sathikh, P.M., Hong, J. & Sum, H. (2014). Sense and Sensuality: The Art and Aesthetics of Wearable Technology. An exhibition, 24 October to 8 November. Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Retrieved from https://blogs.ntu.edu.sg/wearables/ss.
12. Sum, H. & Mihaleva, G. (2014). Text-iles & Intertextuality. An exhibition series, 17 March to 11 April 2014. Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

Selected Publications

1. Mihaleva, G. & Sum, H. (Eds.).Talking cheongsams. Singapore: [Nanyang Technological University]. (Forthcoming.)
2. Liu, J. B., Meegama, S. A., Fernando, O. N. N., Sum, H. & Bin Husni, M. F. (2019).Finding hidden shrines using AR and clustering techniques. Paper Presented at Cyberworlds 2019, 2 – 4 October. Mielparque Kyoto, Japan. 
3. Ker, Y., & Sum, H. (2018). Excavating narratives: An open database of an illustrated oeuvre from Myanmar (Burma). Paper presented at IASSIST & CARTO 2018, 29 May – 1 June. Concordia University, Montreal, Canada.
4. Sum, H. (2016). Digital Archiving for Interdisciplinary Research in Intangible Heritage. Paper presented at 22nd International Conference on Virtual Systems & Multimedia, 17-21 October. Sunway University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
5. Sum, H. (2016). Using WordPress for Interdisciplinary Research. Presentation presented at WordCamp Singapore, 6 September. Singapore.
6. Gottlieb, H., Kensinger, A., Mihaleva, G., van Kets, M., & Sum, H. (2016). Exploring the Crossroads of Linguistic Diversity: Language Contact in Southeast Asia. Singapore: [Nanyang Technological University].
7. Sum, H. (2015). Openness of digital images in art museums (Unpublished masters dissertation). Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
8. Sum, H. (2015). The desert playground: [Documentation for DM2011 Issues in interactive media practice]. Singapore: School of Art, Design Media, Nanyang Technological University.
9. Tan, C., Sum, H., Seah, F. Vellayan, S. & Wong, E. (2012). Asia-Pacific university libraries on Facebook: content analysis on posts and interactions. Paper presented at the Conference on GenNext Libraries 2012, 10 October. Brunei Darussalam.

Selected Presentations and Workshops

*Invited as speaker

1. *Sum. H. (2019). Interfaces: Interacting knowledge with WordPress. Presentation presented at WordCamp Singapore 2019, 16 – 17 August. Microsoft, Singapore. 
2. Sum, H. & Whiteman, S. (2019). 3DGeo into virtual worlds: visual sources + ambiguity + experience(s). Presentation presented at the Visualizing Venice Summer Institute on Advanced Topics in Digital Art History: 3D and (Geo)Spatial Networks, 2 – 7 June. Venice International University, Venice, Italy.
3. *Sum, H. (2019). Digital Design using WordPress. Online workshop conducted to Digital Design programme at New Jersey Institute of Technology, 1 March.
4. *Sum, H. (2019). Eye for design. Workshop series conducted part of NTU Residential Learning Programme, 29 Jan 2019, 12 and 26 Feb 2019, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
5. Sum, H. (2018). Future directions and opportunities in visualizing information. Presentation presented at NTU Library as part of Digital Scholarship TGIF series, 14 September, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
6. *Sum, H. (2018). Interdisciplinarity in Digital Humanities. Presentation presented to the Sydney Digital Humanities Research Group, 12 April. University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
7. *Whitelaw, M. & Sum, H. (2018). Issues in Digital Archiving and Publishing. Workshop conducted to the Sydney Digital Humanities Research Group, 13 April. University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
8. Sum, H. (2017). Digital scholarship and “the playground”. Presentation presented at NTU Library as part of Digital Scholarship sharing series, 24 August, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
9. Sum, H. (2016). Using social media tools to disseminate our research and reach new audiences. Presentation presented at Academic Publishing 2016, 1 – 31 March. Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
10. Sum, H. & Lee, C. K. (2016). Openness of Digital Images. Presentation presented at the ARLIS/NA + VRA 2016 Joint Conference, 8-12 March. Seattle, Washington.
11. *Sum, H. (2015). [New media tools and platforms for teaching, learning and research in NTU]. Presentation presented at a special session to librarians at Shanghai Jiao Tong University Library, 7 December, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China.
12. *Sum, H. (2015). [Embedded librarianship for DM2011 study trip to Arizona: Roles, responsibilities and challenges]. Presentation presented at a special session to librarians at Shanghai Jiao Tong University Library, 30 November, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China.
13. *Sum, H. (2014). Social media engagement in libraries. Presentation presented at a special session to research librarians at National Library Board, 29 September. Singapore.
14. Sum, H. & Chia, Y.B. (2014). Using a portfolio platform as a tool to engage: A case study of Nanyang Technological University School of Art, Design and Media. Poster presented at the 35th International Association of Technological University Libraries Conference, 2-5 June. Espoo, Finland.
15. Chia, Y.B., Sum, H., Tan, M. & Wee, J.F. (2013). Social media strategy in academic libraries. Workshop conducted at the 79th International Federation Library Associations (IFLA) Congress, 17 August. Singapore. 
16. Chia, Y.B., Sum, H., Tan, M. Wee, J.F. & Wilcox, E. (2013). Enhancing learning using emotional capital theory. Poster presented at the IFLA World Library and Information Congress 2013, 15-16 August. Singapore. – Awarded 2nd Prize for Best Poster.
17. *Sum, H. (2012). Mastering the art of promotion. Workshop conducted at the Conference on GenNext Libraries 2012, 10 October. Brunei Darussalam.
18. *Sum, H. (2012). 掌握推廣的藝術 (Mastering the art of promotion). Seminar presented at National Taiwan Normal University, 15 June. Taiwan.