Research
Research Interests
Autonomous Mobility: Exploring how human-centred design can help autonomous vehicles foster safety, trust, and inclusion. Topics: External Human-Machine Interfaces, Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS).
- Related: TOMORO Project
Wearable Augmented Reality (AR) in Everyday Contexts: Investigating how AR can seamlessly integrate digital experiences into daily life, particularly within urban environments. This work considers how AR shapes everyday routines, creates new interaction possibilities, and raises important societal questions. Topics: Contextual Interfaces, Everyday AR
- Related: Immersive Technologies
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Doctoral and Postdoctoral Research
- Urban Interfaces Lab (part of the Design Lab).
- PhD Supervisors: Dr Callum Parker, Dr Martin Tomitsch, Dr Marius Hoggenmüller, and Dr Luke Hespanhol.
- PhD Thesis: Designing Scalable Interaction Between Autonomous Vehicles and Pedestrians
- Postdoc Project: ARC Discovery Projects 2022 Shared-Space Interactions between People and Autonomous Vehicles.
Teaching and Supervision
Coordination
- DECO2102 Introduction to Interface Design (Sem 2, 2026)
Academic Tutor
- DECO2014 UX Design Studio (2026)
- DECO2200 Interaction Design Studio (2025)
- IDEA9105 Interface Design (2021-2025)
- IDEA9201 IDEA Laboratory - Designing AR/VR Experiences (2021,2023)
- COMP5427 Usability Engineering (2019)
Higher Degree Research (HDR) - Auxiliary Supervisor
- Qiuming (Mindy) Zhang (PhD) - Enhancing the sense of safety in urban communities through urban robotics technology
- Adrian Wong (PhD) - Enhancing community engagement in disaster preparedness through the use of generative AI
MIDEA Capstone Research
- Ria Agnihotri (2025)
- Leah Luo (2024), co-supervised with Xinyan Yu and Marius Hoggenmüller
- Leanna Yue (2024), co-supervised with Xinyan Yu and Marius Hoggenmüller
- Haochen Zhang (2023), co-supervised with Yiyuan Wang
Academic Services
I aim to maintain approximate reciprocity between reviews received and reviews contributed (received: 234; contributed: 219).
Committee.
- DIS '25 '26 Papers Associate Chair
- CHI '26 Posters Associate Chair
- CHI '26 Papers Associate Chair
- AutoUI '24 '25 Papers Associate Chair
- CHI '23 '24 '25 Late-Breaking Work (LBW) Associate Chair
- CHI '24 Video Showcase Associate Chair
Conference Reviewer.
CHI (2023–2026), DIS (2023–2026), IUI (2024–2026), PerDis (2026), AutoUI (2022–2025), HRI (2023, 2025), IEEE Activity and Behavior Computing (2025), IEEE ITSC (2023–2025), ISMAR (2024–2025), OzCHI (2020, 2022–2025), CHI Play (2024), CSCW (2024), IEEE IV (2024), MobileHCI (2023–2024), NordiCHI (2024), SUI (2024), UbiComp/ISWC (2023–2024), ATRF (2023), IEEE VR (2023)
Journal Reviewer.
- International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction (Taylor & Francis) 2023-2026
- International Journal of Human-Computer Studies 2025-2026
- Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives 2025-2026
- Cognition, Technology & Work 2026
- Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering 2025
- IMWUT 2024
- IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems 2024
- Multimodal Technologies and Interaction 2024
- Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour 2024
- Frontiers in Psychology 2022
Conference Organising.
- Work-In-Progress Co-Chair: AutoUI '26
- Program Chair: OzCHI '25
- Workshop Co-Chair: AutoUI '25
- SV Co-Chair: OzCHI '24
- Student Volunteer (SV): OzCHI '20, DIS '21, AutoUI '21, IUI '23, CHI '23
Other
- SIGCHI Sydney Chapter Event Chair, term 2024-2025
Awards and Recognitions
Reviewer
- 2023-2025 CHI Reviewer Special Recognition 🌻 x 4
- 2025 IEEE Activity and Behavior Computing Elite Reviewer Award
PhD
- 2023 - ACM Gary Marsden Travel Awards (to CHI'23 Hamburg)
- 2022, 2023 - Research Dissemination, School of Architecture, Design and Planning
- 2022, 2023 - HDR Support Scheme, School of Architecture, Design and Planning
- 2022 - Postgraduate Research Support Scheme, The University of Sydney
- 2020 - Research Training Program Scholarships, Australian Government (3.5 years)
Master
- 2019 - Dean's List, School of Architecture, Design and Planning
- 2019 - Vice Chancellor's Global Mobility Scholarship, The University of Sydney
- 2018 - Postgraduate Honour Roll, School of Computer Science