Sean Chester, University of Victoria

Research

Read how they describe their research on their University of Victoria profile.

Data management parallel computing algorithm engineering

Latest papers

Co-designing a just-in-time adaptive mHealth intervention to improve parental support for child physical activity using a no-code app design platform: Development study.
Applied psychology. Health and well-being · 2025
KnotAli: informed energy minimization through the use of evolutionary information.
BMC bioinformatics · 2022

All 2 publications

Latest funding

Planning for a Mobile Health Research and Knowledge Translation Platform for Chronic Disease Prevention and Management
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$9,858
Data-Parallel Algorithms for Efficient Query Processing on Modern Hardware
NSERC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$120,000
Data-Parallel Algorithms for Efficient Query Processing on Modern Hardware
NSERC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$12,500

All 3 grants and awards

2 publications.

01

Co-designing a just-in-time adaptive mHealth intervention to improve parental support for child physical activity using a no-code app design platform: Development study.

Willms A, Sui A, Jantzen R, Chester S, Vanderloo LM, Rhodes RE, Liu S

Applied psychology. Health and well-being2025

DOI: 10.1111/aphw.70096 PMID: 41319010

02

KnotAli: informed energy minimization through the use of evolutionary information.

Gray M, Chester S, Jabbari H

BMC bioinformatics2022

DOI: 10.1186/s12859-022-04673-3 PMID: 35505276

Planning for a Mobile Health Research and Knowledge Translation Platform for Chronic Disease Prevention and Management

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Liu, Sam X

Keywords: Aging; Chronic Disease Prevention And Management; Knowledge Translation; Mobile Health

$9,858

Data-Parallel Algorithms for Efficient Query Processing on Modern Hardware

Principal investigatorNSERC2020Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Chester, Sean

Keywords: multidimensional indexing; parallel algorithms; query processing; general purpose graphics processing units (gpgpus); multi-core; co-processing; architecture-aware algorithms; heterogeneous data; social network analysis; word representations

$120,000

Data-Parallel Algorithms for Efficient Query Processing on Modern Hardware

Principal investigatorNSERC2020Discovery Launch Supplement

Principal investigators: Chester, Sean

$12,500

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Frequent collaborators

Computer Science
Biomedical Engineering
Physical & Health Education

Co-authors at University of Victoria, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.

Sam Liu

Physical & Health Education

1 shared papers, latest 2025

Hosna Jabbari

Biomedical Engineering

1 shared papers, latest 2022

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Data management Dear Professor Chester, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Co-designing a just-in-time adaptive mHealth intervention to improve parental support for child physical activity using a no-code app design platform: Development study." (2025), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your NSERC-funded project "Data-Parallel Algorithms for Efficient Query Processing on Modern Hardware" (2020), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]