I am a computer science researcher and lecturer at the Australian Research Centre for Interactive and Virtual Environments (IVE) at UniSA STEM. My research aim is to help people understand the world by revealing and communicating insights within the data all around us. Big data is pervasive and is driving decisions at an industry, policy, and societal level. I believe that Immersive Analytics—using immersive technologies such as virtual and augmented reality to display and interact with data—and Narrative Visualisation—using visualisation to reveal the stories within data—can help humanise this decision making and empower people.

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Upon completing my PhD in 2011, I worked in the mobile games industry on titles that have been downloaded over 50 million times. In 2016 I returned to UniSA and was a key researcher on the Narrative Visualisation for Law Enforcement project with the Data to Decisions Cooperative Research Centre. This project won the South Australian Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA) iAward for R&D Project of the Year and a merit at the national level. The technology has since been acquired by a commercial venture to take to market.

— Selected publications

Augmented Scale Models: Presenting Multivariate Data Around Physical Scale Models in Augmented Reality

We present augmented scale models, immersive visualisations that place charts of multivariate data via Augmented Reality (AR) registered to physical 3D models.

Published at IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality, Singapore (2022).
Kadek Ananta Satriadi, Andrew Cunningham, Bruce H. Thomas, Adam Drogemuller, Antoine Odi, Niki Patel, Cathlyn Aston, Ross T. Smith.

— Awards

  • Best IEEE ISMAR Demo
    (2022) —
  • Nominee Best Paper Award for Supporting Jury Understanding of Expert Evidence in a Virtual Environment, in IEEE VR [CORE A*] (with C. Reichherzer, A. Cunningham, R. Cao, K. McManus, D. Sheppard, M. Kohler, M. Billinghurst and B. Thomas)
    (2022) —
  • Early Career Researcher Award 2021
    (2021) — UniSA STEM.
  • Australian Research Centre for Interactive and Virtual Environment Recognition Award for Innovation, Value, and Enterprise
    (2021) —

— Education

  • Doctor of Philosophy
    (2012) — University of South Australia.
    Thesis:
    Large Graph Visualisation and Interaction Techniques for Collocated Collaboration
    Supervisor: Prof. Bruce H. Thomas
  • Bachelor of Information Technology (Honours)
    (2001 – 2004) — University of South Australia.
    Minor Thesis:
    Target Motion Analysis Visualisation
    Main Supervisor: Prof. Bruce H. Thomas

— Peer Reviews

— Conferences and Workshops

— Teaching

  • FIT5147 Data Exploration and Visualisation (Head Tutor, Monash University)
    (2018 – 2021)
  • FIT3179 Data Visualisation (Head Tutor, Monash University)
    (2018 – 2021)

— Talks & Presentations

  • Keynote presentation at iConVET 2022
  • Recorded guest presentation at FIT5147 (2022, S1)
  • Invited talk at the Visualisation Community in Defence Science and Technology, Department of Defence Australia
  • Paper presentation at CHI 2022
  • Paper presentation at CHI Down Under 2021
  • Paper presentation at CHI 2021
  • Invited presentation at FIT5147 (2020, S2)
  • Paper presentation at ISS 2020
  • Invited presentation at FIT5147 (2020, S1)
  • Paper presentation at IEEE VR 2019

— Supervisions

  • Co-supervise a PhD student working on Immersive Narrative Data Storytelling (University of South Australia)
    (2022 – present)
  • Co-supervise a PhD student working on Multisensory Data Physicalization (University of South Australia)
    (2022 – present)
  • Co-supervise a summer research intern working on immersive geovisualisation of emergency response data (Monash University)
    (2018)

— Maps & Visualisations

The Pacific Plate (static) Map
Pacific Plate Map
3.78M COVID19 Deaths
Geoburst - Global City Population
Visualisation of Wars
Network of Wars