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About me

Professor Bruce H. Thomas is the Deputy Director of the Advanced Computing Research Centre and Director of the Wearable Computer Lab.

Prof. Thomas is nationally and internationally recognised for his contributions to the scientific community and to industry in the areas Wearable Computers, Tabletop Interactions, Augmented Reality, and User Interaction. Prof. Thomas has over 200 publications and Google Citations.

His experience includes working at the School of Information Technology and Mathematical Sciences, University of South Australia since 1990. He has run his own computer consultancy company. He was a Computer Scientist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (A major US government laboratory for the Department of... Read more

School of Information Technology and Mathematical Sciences

Offering degrees in IT, mathematics, science and data science, the School is a leading Australian applied maths department.

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Research focus

Artificial Intelligence Image Processing
Cognitive Sciences
Information Systems
Computer Science, Software Engineering
Information Computing Sciences

Highlights

wearable computers
virtual reality
augmented reality
graphical user interfaces

Highlights

Virtual Reality
Graphical User Interfaces
Objects and Algorithms

Professor Bruce H. Thomas is the Deputy Director of the Advanced Computing Research Centre and Director of the Wearable Computer Lab.

More information is available at this web page about myself and the Wearable Computer Lab.

Additional engagement activities

Program Committee 14th IEEE International Symposium on Wearable Computers, ISWC 2010.
Program Committee WiMob'2010 (IEEE International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Computing, Networking and Communications) 2010.
Program Committee Fourth International Workshop on Human Aspects in Ambient Intelligence (HAI'10).
Program Committee 6th International Symposium on Visual Computing (ISVC10), 2010.
Program Committee 5th International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games, Monterey, 2010..
Program Committee Fourth International Conference on Tangible and Embedded Interaction (TEI'10), Cambridge USA 2010.
Program Committee IUI 2010: ACM International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces Hong Kong, China.
Program Committee 13th IEEE International Symposium on Wearable Computers, ISWC 2009.
Program Committee ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology will be held on November (VRST 2009) 18-20, 2009 in Kyoto, Japan.
Program Committee 8th IEEE and ACM International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR 2009).
Program Committee 5th International Symposium on Visual Computing (ISVC09) Nov 30 - Dec 2, 2009 Monte Carlo Resort and Casino Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Programme Committee of the Third International Workshop on Human Aspects in Ambient Intelligence (HAAI'09).
Program Committee for the 2009 IEEE Tabletop and Interactive Surfaces (TIS'09) to take place in Banff, Canada, November, 2009..
Program Committee of CollabTech 2009 (5th International Conference on Collaboration Technologies), which will take place in Sydney, Australia, 2009..
Program Committee UIC 09: The Sixth International Conference on Ubiquitous Intelligence and Computing
Technical Committee ISWPC 2009: International Symposium on Wireless and Pervasive Computing
Program Committee Third International Conference on Tangible and Embedded Interaction (TEI'09), Cambridge UK
Program Committee Second International Workshop on Human Aspects in Ambient Intelligence: Agent Technology, Human-Oriented Knowledge and Applications (HAI'08) Sydney, Workshop at the International Conference on Intelligent Agent Technology (IAT'08) 2008
Program Committee ACE 2008: International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology Yokohama, Japan, December 2008
Program Committee International Workshop on Context-Aware Pervasive Communities: Infrastructures, Services and Applications (CAPC 2008)
Program Committee The ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology (VRST 08) October 2008
Program Committee 7th IEEE and ACM International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality - ISMAR 2008
Program Committee 12th IEEE International Symposium on Wearable Computers, ISWC 2008
Program Committee First International Conference on Immersive Telecommunications, IMMERSCOM 2007
Program Committee The Sixth IEEE and ACM International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality 2007
Program Committee 2nd IEEE TABLETOP Workshop - October, 2007
Program Committee The 11th IEEE International Symposium on Wearable Computers, ISWC 2007
Program Committee The Eighth Australasian User Interface Conference - AUIC 2007
Program Committee Asia-Pacific Symposium on Visualisation 2007
Program Committee ACM International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology, LA, 2006
Program Committee 10th ISWC – International Symposium on Wearable Computers, Switzerland, 2006
Program Committee AusVis: An Australian Symposium on Information Visualisation, Japan, 2006
Program Committee Sixth Australasian User Interface Conference, Hobart , AU, 2006
Program Committee Australasian Computer Science Week, Hobart , AU, 2006
Program Committee 7th International Conference on Electronic Commerce and Web Technologies EC-WEB 2006, Krakow, Poland, 2006
Program Committee OZCHI, Sydney, 2006
Program Committee IEEE Virtual Reality 2006 - IEEE VR2006, Arlington (Virginia), 2006
Program Committee 9th ISWC – International Symposium on Wearable Computers, Osaka, 2005
Program Committee ACM International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology, Valencia, Spain, 2005
Program Committee 4th IEEE and ACM International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality 2005
Program Committee AusVis: An Australian Symposium on Information Visualisation, Sydney, 2005
Program Committee Sixth Australasian User Interface Conference, Newcastle, AU, 2005
Program Committee AusVis: An Australian Symposium on Information Visualisation, Christchurch NZ, 2004
Program Committee Sixth Asia-Pacific Conference on Computer-Human Interaction, 2004
Program Committee ACM International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 2004
Program Committee 3rd IEEE and ACM International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality 2004
Program Committee ACM Creativity and Cognition Symposium, Sydney, 2004
Program Committee 5th International Conference on Electronic Commerce and Web Technologies EC-WEB 2004, Zaragoza, Spain
Program Committee Mulitmedia Art Asia Pacific, Singapore, 2004
Program Committee IAS’04 Workshop Interfacing Autonomic Systems, part of the ACM IUI/CADUI conference, 2004, Portugal.
Program Committee Fifth Australasian User Interface Conference, Dubian, NZ, 2004
Program Committee ISWC - International Symposium on Wearable Computers, New York, 2003
Program Committee 3rd Visual Data Mining workshop will be conducted in conjunction with ICDM '03 The Third IEEE International Conference on Data Mining. Melbourne, Florida , 2003
Program Committee OZCHI2003 Annual Conference of the Computer Human Interaction Special Interest Group of the Ergonomics Society of Australia, Brisbane, 2003
Program Committee Workshop on Wearable, Invisible, Context-aware, Ambient, Pervasive, and Ubiquitous Computing, Adelaide, 2002
Program Committee Third Australasian User Interface Conference, Melbourne, AU, 2002
Program Committee ISWC - International Symposium on Wearable Computers, Zurich, 2001
Program Committee AusVis: an Australian Symposium on Information Visualisation, Sydney, AU, December 2002
Program Committee Visual Data Mining Workshop, in the European Conference on Machine Learning - European Conference on Principles and Practice of Knowledge Discovery in Databases -2001, Freiburg, Germany, September 2001
Program Committee Second Australasian User Interface Conference, Gold Coast, AU, 2001
Paper Committee Member CHI 2001, ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Seattle, WA USA, 2001
Program Committee WebNet 2000-World Conference on the WWW and Internet, San Antonio, Texas, USA, 2000
Paper Committee Member CHI 99, ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Pittsburgh, PA USA, 1999
Paper Committee Member CHI 98, ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Los Angeles, CA USA, 1998
Program Committee Member The 1996 East-West International Conference on Human Computer Interaction, Moscow, Russia, 1995

Qualifications

Doctor of Philosophy Flinders University
Master of Science (Computer Science) University of Virginia
Bachelor of Arts (Physics) The George Washington University

Excludes commercial-in-confidence projects.

Head Mounted Display eye tracking system and associated hardware, Strategic Research Infrastructure Fund, 01/10/2015 - 30/06/2106
The neurocognitive basis for augmented reality-based improvements of user performance in industrial tasks - (RTIS Development Funding), Research Themes Investment Scheme (RTIS): Development (Post-Graduate) Funding, 01/01/2017 - 31/12/2019
Neuroscience Inspired Augmented Reality to Reduce Cognitive Load for Industrial Tasks - (RTIS Development Funding), Research Themes Investment Scheme (RTIS): Development (Post-Graduate) Funding, 01/01/2017 - 31/12/2019
DSD SA Research Fellowship - Mark Billinghurst, South Australia Research Fellowship Program (DSD), 30/05/2014 - 30/08/2018
Enhancing the social dining experience in older adults using augmented reality - RTIS Seed Funding, Research Themes Investment Scheme (RTIS): Seed Funding, 01/10/2016 - 31/12/2017
3D scanning as a means of automating design and construction checks, UniSA - Internal, 01/07/2016 - 01/12/2016
D2D CRC Limited Scholarship, D2D CRC Limited, 29/02/2016 - 30/11/2016
International Travel Grant, Office of Naval Research Global, 22/07/2015 - 31/12/2015
Interacting with Visualizations of Extremely Large Graph Structures on Large Displays, ARC - Discovery Projects, 01/01/2012 - 31/12/2015
Mobile computing/augmented reality hardware, National ICT Australia, 02/04/2013 - 30/06/2014
2300 - commercialisation of integrated end-user customisable sensing systems, CRC for Integrated Engineering Asset Management, 01/07/2010 - 01/07/2013
Corrosion sensors (ID4200), CRC for Integrated Engineering Asset Management, 01/06/2011 - 01/06/2013
Deformable Surfaces Supporting 3D Tactile Human Computer Interactions, ARC - Discovery Projects, 01/01/2010 - 31/12/2012
AR projection system for work cells 2 (C1-53), CRC for Advanced Automotive Technology Ltd, 01/05/2011 - 30/06/2012
Implementing teleausculation for remote user health services in Australia: A case study with economic evaluation, ARC - Linkage Project, 01/01/2009 - 31/12/2011
Auto CRC PhD program intake 1, CRC for Advanced Automotive Technology Ltd, 01/07/2008 - 16/12/2011
Obesity monitor, University of Southern Queensland, 23/03/2011 - 28/06/2011
Laser projection system for work cells (c1-43), CRC for Advanced Automotive Technology Ltd, 01/03/2010 - 01/04/2011

Research since 2008 is shown below. To see earlier years visit ORCID, ResearcherID or Scopus

Chapters

Year	Output
2013	Livingston, M, Dey, A, Sandor, C & Thomas, BH 2013, 'Pursuit of 'X-Ray Vision' for Augmented Reality', in W Huang, L Alem & M Livingston, Human Factors in Augmented Reality Environments, Springer, New York ; London, ch. 4, pp. 67-107.
2011	Hoang, TN & Thomas, BH 2011, 'Augmented Viewport: Towards precise manipulation at a distance for outdoor augmented reality wearable computers', in Leila Alem, Weidong Huang, Recent Trends of Mobile Collaborative Augmented Reality Systems, Springer, New York, NY, pp. 53-68;1;2.
2011	Marner, MR, Smith, RT, Porter, SR, Broecker, MM, Close, BS & Thomas, BH 2011, 'Large Scale Spatial Augmented Reality for Design and Prototyping', in Borko Furht, Handbook of augmented reality technologies and applications, Springer, New York, NY, pp. 231-254.
2011	Thomas, BH & Billinghurst, M 2011, 'Mobile Collaborative Augmented Reality', in CIS, Recent Trends of Mobile Collaborative Augmented Reality Systems, Springer New York, New York, NY, pp. 1-19;1;2.
2011	Zhou, J, Lee, I, Thomas, BH, SansomeA, & Menassa, R 2011, 'Facilitating Collaboration with Laser Projector-Based Spatial Augmented Reality in Industrial Applications', in CIS, Recent Trends of Mobile Collaborative Augmented Reality Systems, Springer, New York, NY, pp. 161-173.
2010	Avery, BRJ, Smith, RT, Piekarski, W & Thomas, BH 2010, 'Designing Outdoor Mixed Reality Hardware Systems', in E Dubois, The engineering of Mixed Reality systems, Springer, London, pp. 211-231.
2010	Inami, M, Sugimoto, M, Thomas, BH & Richter, J 2010, 'Active Tangible Interactions', in Christian Muller-Tomfelde, Tabletops - Horizontal Interactive Displays, Springer-Verlag, London, pp. 171-187.
2009	Thomas, BH 2009, 'Augmented Reality Visualisation Facilitating the Architectural Process Using Outdoor Augmented Reality in Architectural Designing', in Xiangyu Wang, Marc Aurel Schnabel, Mixed Reality in Architecture, Design & Construction, Springer, Sydney, Australia, pp. 105-118. 1

Journal Articles

Year	Output
2016	Baumeister, J, Dorrian, J, Banks, S, Chatburn, A, Smith, RT, Carskadon, MA, Lushington, K & Thomas, BH 2016, 'Augmented reality as a countermeasure for sleep deprivation', IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, v. 22, no. 4, pp. 1396-1405.
2016	Doshi, A, Smith, RT, Thomas, BH & Bouras, C 2016, 'Use of projector based augmented reality to improve manual spot-welding precision and accuracy for automotive manufacturing', International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, online, pp. 1-15.
2015	Simon, TM, Thomas, BH & Smith, RT 2015, 'Low-profile jamming technology for medical rehabilitation', IT Professional: technology solutions for the enterprise, v.17, no. 5, pp. 28-34.
2014	Chimani, M, Eades, P, Hong, S, Huang, W, Klein, K, Marner, MR, Smith, RT & Thomas, BH 2014, 'People prefer less stress and fewer crossings', Lecture Notes in Computer Science, v. 8871 no. , pp. 523-524.
2014	Fujimoto, Y, Smith, RT, Taketomi, T, Yamamoto, G, Miyazaki, J, Kato, H & Thomas, BH 2014, 'Geometrically-correct projection-based texture mapping onto a deformable object', IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, v. 20, no. 4, pp. 540-549. 2
2014	Marner, MR, Smith, RT, Thomas, BH, Klein, K, Eades, P & Hong, S-H 2014, 'GION: Interactively untangling large graphs on wall-sized displays', Lecture Notes in Computer Science, v. 8871 no. , pp. 113-124.
2014	Marner, MR, Smith, RT, Walsh, JA & Thomas, BH 2014, 'Spatial user interfaces for large-scale projector-based augmented reality', IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, v. 34, no. 6, pp. 74-82. 1
2013	Martedi, S, Sugimoto, M, Saito, H & Thomas, BH 2013, 'Feature-based Alignment Method for Projecting Virtual Content on a Movable Paper Map', IEEJ Transactions on Electronics, Information and Systems, v. 133, no. 3, pp. 672-679.
2013	Smith, RT, Webber, G, Sugimoto, M, Marner, MR & Thomas, BH 2013, 'Automatic Sub-pixel Projector Calibration: Supporting Improved Calibration for Projected Environments', ITE Transactions on Media Technology and Applications, v. 1, no. 3, pp. 204-213.
2012	Thomas, BH 2012, 'A survey of visual, mixed, and augmented reality gaming', ACM Computers in Entertainment, v. 10, no. 3, article no. 3. 15
2012	Zhou, J, Lee, I, Thomas, B, Menassa, R & Sansome, A 2012, 'In-situ support for automotive manufacturing using spatial augmented reality', The International Journal of Virtual Reality, v. 11, no. 1, pp. 33-41.
2010	Lee, W, Kruger, A, Thomas, BH, Wagner, D, Pulli, K & Woo, W 2010, 'International Symposium on Ubiquitous Virtual Reality 2009', IEEE Pervasive Computing, v. 9, no. 2, pp. 78-80. 1
2009	Thomas, BH & Piekarski, W 2009, 'Through-Walls Collaboration', IEEE Pervasive Computing, v. 8, no. 3, pp. 42-49. 4
2009	Thomas, BH & Sandor, C 2009, 'What wearable augmented reality can do for you', IEEE Pervasive Computing, v. 8, no. 2, pp. 8-11. 7
2008	Fischer, J, Haller, M & Thomas, BH 2008, 'Stylized Depiction in Mixed Reality', The International Journal of Virtual Reality, v. 7, no. 4, pp. 71-79.

Conferences

Year	Output
2016	Kikuchi, T, Hiroi, Y, Smith, RT, Thomas, BH & Sugimoto, M 2016, 'MARCut: Marker-based laser cutting for personal fabrication on existing objects', 10th Anniversary Conference on Tangible Embedded and Embodied Interaction, TEI 2016, ACM - Association for Computing Machinery, pp. 468-474.
2015	Baumeister, J, Kohler, M, Marner, MR, Smith, RT & Thomas, BH 2015, 'Visual Subliminal Cues for Spatial Augmented Reality', in T Oishi & J Grubert (eds), 14th IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality Workshops, IEEE, article no. 7344747, pp. 4-11.
2015	ElSayed, NAM, Thomas, BH, Marriott, K, Piantadosi, J & Smith, RT 2015, 'Situated analytics', 2015 Big Data Visual Analytics (BDVA), IEEE, pp. 1-8.
2015	Marshall, D, Gardner, H & Thomas, BH 2015, 'Interactive Visualisation for Surface Proximity Monitoring', in Stefan Marls. Rachel Blagojevic, 16th Australasian User Interface Conference (AUIC 2015), Australian Computer Society Inc, pp. 41-50.
2015	Simon, TM, Thomas, BH & Smith, RT 2015, 'Controlling stiffness with jamming for wearable haptics', ISWC '15, ACM, pp. 45-46.
2014	Adcock, M, Thomas, BH, Gunn, C & Smith, RT 2014, 'Enabling physical telework with spatial augmented reality', ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques Conference, ACM.
2014	Adcock, MG, Ranatunga, D, Smith, RT & Thomas, BH 2014, 'Object-based touch manipulation for remote guidance of physical tasks', in ACM, ACM Symposium on Spatial User Interaction, ACM - Association for Computing Machinery Inc, pp. 113-122.
2014	Baumeister, J & Thomas, BH 2014, 'Crossing Spatial Augmented Reality with Psychology', in IEEE, International Conference on Information Technology and Applications, IEEE Press, pp. 1-6.
2014	Broecker, MM, Smith, RT & Thomas, BH 2014, 'Depth Perception in View-Dependent Near-Field Spatial AR', in B Wunsche, Australasian User Interface Conference - AUIC 2014, ACM - Association for Computing Machinery Inc, pp. 87-88.
2014	Fujimoto, Y, Taketomi, T, Yamamoto, G, Miyazaki, J, Kato, H, Smith, RT & Thomas, BH 2014, 'Geometrically-correct projection-based texture mapping onto a cloth', in IEEE, IEEE Virtual Reality Conference, IEEE Press, pp. 169-170.
2014	Irlitti, A, Von Itzstein, GSA, Smith, RT & Thomas, BH 2014, 'Performance improvement using data tags for handheld spatial augmented reality', in S Spencer, 20th ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology, ACM - Association for Computing Machinery Inc, pp. 161-165.
2014	Simon, TM, Smith, RT & Thomas, BH 2014, 'Wearable jamming mitten for virtual environment haptics', in ACM, International Symposium on Wearable Computers, ACM - Association for Computing Machinery Inc, pp. 67-70.
2014	Simon, TM, Thomas, BH, Smith, RT & Smith, M 2014, 'Adding input controls and sensors to RFID tags to support dynamic tangible user interfaces', in S Bakker, L Loke & a De Luca, 8th International Conference on Tangible, Embedded and Embodied Interaction, ACM, pp. 165-172. 2
2014	Thomas, BH, Marner, MR, Smith, RT, Elsayed, NAM, Von Itzstein, GSA, Klein, KK, Adcock, MG, Eades, PD, Irlitti, A, Zucco, J, Simon, TM, Baumeister, J & Suthers, TMD 2014, 'Spatial Augmented Reality a Tool for 3D Visualization', in IEEE, International Workshop on 3DVis: Does 3D really make sense for Data Visualization, IEEE Press.
2014	Walsh, JA, Von Itzstein, GSA & Thomas, BH 2014, 'Ephemeral Interaction Using Everyday Objects', in ACM, Fifteenth Australasian User Interface Conference (AUIC2014), Australian Computer Society, v. 150, pp. 29-37.
2013	Adcock, M, Anderson, S & Thomas, BH 2013, 'RemoteFusion: Real Time Depth Camera Fusion for Remote Collaboration on Physical Tasks', in ACM, 12th ACM International Conference on Virtual Reality Continuum and Its Applications in Industry, ACM, pp. 235-242. 6
2013	Adock, M, Feng, D & Thomas, BH 2013, 'Visualization of Off-Surface 3D Viewpoint Locations in Spatial Augmented Reality', in E Suma, W Stuerzlinger & F Steinicke, 1st Symposium on Spatial User Interaction, ACM, pp. 1-8. 1
2013	Broecker, MM, Thomas, BH & Smith, RT 2013, 'Adapting Ray Tracing to Spatial Augmented Reality', in IEEE, 2013 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality, IEEE, pp. 1-6.
2013	Dasari, NMR, Nandagopal, D, Thomas, BH, Cocks, BF, Dahal, N, Vijayalakshmi, R & Gaertner, P 2013, 'A Signal Processing System for Visualizing Complex Functional Brain Networks During Cognitive Load', in IEEE, ICCSII 2013 : 2nd IEEE Conference on Control, Systems and Industrial Informatics, IEEE, pp. 150-155.
2013	Hoang, TN, Smith, RT & Thomas, BH 2013, '3D Interactions with a Passive Deformable Haptic Glove', in IEEE, 2013 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality, IEEE, pp. 1-6.
2013	Hoang, TN, Smith, RT & Thomas, BH 2013, 'Passive Deformable Haptic glove to support 3D interactions in mobile augmented reality environments', in IEEE, 2013 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality, IEEE, pp. 257-258. 1
2013	Hoang, TN, Smith, RT & Thomas, BH 2013, 'Ultrasonic glove input device for distance-based interactions', in IEEE, 23rd International Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence (ICAT), IEEE Press, pp. 46-53.
2013	Irlitti, A, Von Itzstein, GSA, Alem, L & Thomas, BH 2013, 'Tangible Interaction Techniques to Support Asynchronous Collaboration', in IEEE, 2013 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality, IEEE, pp. 1-6.
2013	Marner, MR, Irlitti, A & Thomas, BH 2013, 'Improving Procedural Task Performance with Augmented Reality Annotations', in IEEE, 2013 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality, IEEE, pp. 39-48. 1
2013	Martedi, S, Thomas, BH & Saito, H 2013, 'Region-based tracking using sequences of relevance measures', in IEEE, 2013 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality, IEEE Press, pp. 1-6.
2013	Ranatunga, D, Adcock, M, Feng, D & Thomas, BH 2013, 'Towards Object Based Manipulation in Remote Guidance', in IEEE, 2013 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality, IEEE, pp. 1-6. 1
2013	Walsh, JA, Von Itzstein, GSA & Thomas, BH 2013, 'Tangible Agile Mapping: Ad-hoc Tangible User Interaction Definition', in RT Smith & B Wuensche, Fourteenth Australasian User Interface Conference (AUIC 2013), Australian Computer Society, pp. 3-12.
2012	Hoang, TN & Thomas, BH 2012, 'Distance-based modeling and manipulation techniques using ultrasonic gloves', in IEEE, ISMAR 2012 " 11th symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality, IEEE, pp. 287-288. 1
2012	Joo, HJ, Smith, RT, Thomas, BH & Park, J 2012, 'Spatial augmented reality based tangible CAD system', in M Green, 18th ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology, ACM - Association for Computing Machinery Inc, pp. 207. 1
2012	Maas, ETA, Marner, MR, Smith, RT & Thomas, BH 2012, 'Supporting freeform modelling in spatial augmented reality environments with a new deformable material', in Australian Computer Society, 13th Australasian User Interface Conference (AUIC 2012), Australian Computer Society, pp. 77-86. 1
2012	Marner, MR, Haren, S, Gardiner, M & Thomas, BH 2012, 'Exploring Interactivity and Augmented Reality in Theater: A Case Study of Half Real', in IEEE, ISMAR 2012 : 11th symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality, IEEE, pp. 81-86. 1
2012	O'Malley, SJ, Smith, RT & Thomas, BH 2012, 'Data Mining Office Behavioural Information from Simple Sensors', in Australian Computer Society, 13th Australasian User Interface Conference (AUIC 2012), Australian Computer Society, pp. 97-98.
2012	Simon, TM, Smith, RT, Thomas, BH, Von Itzstein, GSA, Smith, M, Park, J & Park, J 2012, 'Merging tangible buttons and spatial augmented reality to support ubiquitous prototype designs', in AUIC, 13th Australasian User Interface Conference (AUIC 2012), Australian Computer Society, pp. 29-38. 1
2012	Thomas, BH 2012, 'Have we achieved the ultimate wearable computer?', in IEEE, 2012 16th International Symposium on Wearable Computers, IEEE, pp. 104-107. 4
2011	Broecker, MM, Smith, RT & Thomas, BH 2011, 'Adaptive substrate for enhanced spatial augmented reality contrast and resolution', in IEEE. 1
2011	Hoang, TN & Thomas, BH 2011, 'Multiple camera augmented viewport: an investigation of camera position, visualizations, and the effects of sensor errors and head movement', in IEEE, 21st International Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence (ICAT), The Virtual Reality Society of Japan, pp. 33-40.
2011	Maas, E, Marner, MR, Smith, RT & Thomas, BH 2011, 'Quimo: A deformable material to support freeform modeling in spatial augmented reality environments', in IEEE (eds), IEEE Symposium on 3D User Interfaces 2011, 3DUI 2011, IEEE, pp. 111-112. 2
2011	Smith, RT, Marner, MR & Thomas, BH 2011, 'Adaptive Color Marker for SAR Environments', in Joseph J LaViola Jr, Martin Hachet & Mark Billinghurst, IEEE Symposium on 3D User Interfaces (3DUI), IEEE, pp. 119-120.
2011	Smith, RT, Marner, MR & Thomas, BH 2011, 'An Adaptive Color Marker for Spatial Augmented Reality Environments and Visual Feedback ', in IEEE, IEEE Virtual Reality Conference 2011, IEEE, pp. 269-270.
2011	Thomas, BH, Smith, M, Simon, TM, Park, J, Park, J-S, Von Itzstein, GSA & Smith, RT 2011, 'Glove-based sensor support for dynamic tangible buttons in spatial augmented reality design environments', in IEEE, 15th Annual International Symposium on Wearable Computers (ISWC), IEEE, pp. 109-110. 1
2011	Thomas, BH, Von Itzstein, GSA, Vernik, RJ, Porter, SR, Marner, MR, Smith, RT, Broecker, MM & Close, BS 2011, 'Spatial augmented reality support for design of complex physical environments', in IEEE, IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications (PerCom), IEEE, pp. 588-593. 2
2011	Von Itzstein, GSA, Thomas, BH, Smith, RT & Walker, AW 2011, 'Using spatial augmented reality for appliance design', in IEEE, IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications (PerCom) 2011, IEEE, pp. 665-667. 2
2011	Walsh, JA & Thomas, BH 2011, 'Visualising Environmental Corrosion in Outdoor Augmented Reality', in Prof. V Estivill-Castro & Prof. S Simoff, 12th Australasian User Interface Conference (AUIC 2011), Australian Computer Society, v. 117, pp. 39-46.
2011	Zhou, J, Lee, I, Thomas, BH, Menassa, R, Farrant, A & SansomeA, 2011, 'Applying spatial augmented reality to facilitate in-situ support for automotive spot welding inspection ', in Xiaopeng Zhang, Zhigeng Pan, Weiming Dong, Zhi-Qiang Liu, ACM New York 10th International Conference on Virtual Reality Continuum and Its Applications in Industry, ACM - Association for Computing Machinery Inc, pp. 195-200. 11
2010	Close, BS, McCulley, D & Thomas, BH 2010, 'Late breaking results: ARPipes: Aligning virtual models to their physical counterparts with spatial augmented reality', in UniSA, 20th International Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence, Virtual Reality Society of Japan, pp. 226-227.
2010	Cunningham, A, Close, BS, Thomas, BH & Hutterer, P 2010, 'Design and Impressions of a Multi-User Tabletop Interaction Device', in ACM, 11th Australasian User Interface Conference (AUIC 2010), Australian Computer Society, pp. 71-79.
2010	Hoang, TN & Thomas, BH 2010, 'Augmented viewport: an action at a distance technique for outdoor AR using distant and zoom lens cameras', in Hoi-Jun Yoo and Kristof Van Laerhoven, International symposium on wearable computers, IEEE.
2010	Lee, I, Wang, Z & Thomas, BH 2010, 'A feasibility study of adopting wireless video for wearable computing', in UniSA, 20th International Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence, Virtual Reality Society of Japan, pp. 63-70.
2010	Marner, MR & Thomas, BH 2010, 'Augmented Foam Sculpting for Capturing 3D Models', in Martin Hachet, Kiyoshi Kiyokawa & Joseph J LaViola Jr., 2010 IEEE Symposium on 3D User Interfaces, IEEE, pp. 63-70. 3
2010	Marner, MR & Thomas, BH 2010, 'Tool virtualization and spatial augmented reality', in UniSA, 20th International Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence, Virtual Reality Society of Japan, pp. 104-109.
2010	Porter, SR, Marner, MR, Smith, RT, Zucco, J & Thomas, BH 2010, 'Validating spatial augmented reality for interactive rapid prototyping', in IEEE, 9th IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality 2010, IEEE, pp. 265-266. 1
2010	Porter, SR, Marner, MR, Smith, RT, Zucco, J, Thomas, BH & Schumacher, PC 2010, 'Spatial augmented reality for interactive rapid prototyping', in UniSA, 20th International Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence, Virtual Reality Society of Japan, pp. 110-117.
2009	Avery, BRJ, Sandor, C & Thomas, BH 2009, 'Improving Spatial Perception for Augmented Reality X-Ray Vision', in Carolina Cruz-Neira & William Sherman, IEEE Virtual Reality 2009 3D User Interface Symposium, IEEE, pp. 79-82.
2009	Cunningham, A, Close, BS, Thomas, BH & Hutterer, P 2009, 'TableMouse: A Novel Multiuser Tabletop Pointing Device', in Jesper Kjeldskov, Jeni Paay & Stephen Viller, ACM, pp. 169-176.
2009	Hoang, TN & Thomas, BH 2009, 'In-Situ Refinement Techniques for Outdoor Geo-Referenced Models Using Mobile AR', in Gudrun Klinker, Hideo Saito & tobias Hollerer, IEEE, pp. 193-194. 1
2009	Hoang, TN, Porter, SR & Thomas, BH 2009, 'Augmenting Image Plane AR 3D Interactions for Wearable Computers', in Paul Calder & Gerald Weber, Australian Comptuer Society, pp. 9-15.
2009	Hoang, TN, Porter, SR, Close, BS & Thomas, BH 2009, 'Web 2.0 Meets Wearable Augmented Reality', in Juan E Guerrero, 2009 International Symposium on Wearable Computers, IEEE Computer Society, pp. 151-152.
2009	Kjeldskov, J, Paay, J, O'Hara, K, Smith, RT & Thomas, BH 2009, 'FrostWall: A dual-sided situated display for informal collaboration in the corridor', in J Kjeldskov, ACM, pp. 369-372. 1
2009	Marner, MR, Thomas, BH & Sandor, C 2009, 'Physical-Virtual Tools for Spatial Augmented Reality User Interfaces', in Gudrun Klinker, Hideo Saito & tobias Hollerer, IEEE, pp. 205-206. 3
2009	Porter, SR, Marner, MR, see 110034638, d, Sandor, C & Thomas, BH 2009, 'Rundle Lantern in Miniature: Simulating Large Scale Non-Planar Displays', in Burce thomas, Yoshifumi Kitamura & magy Seif El Nasr, ACM Press, pp. 311-314.
2009	Stafford, A, Thomas, BH & Piekarski, W 2009, 'Comparison of techniques for mixed-space collaborative navigation', in Paul Calder & Gerald Weber, 10th Australasian User Interface Conference (AUIC 2009), Australian Computer Society, pp. 61-70.
2009	Thomas, BH 2009, 'Roadblocks: Current Technology Challenges for Ubiquitous Virtual Reality', in Bruce Thomas, Woontack Woo, Mark Billington & Jun Park, Third International Workshop on Ubiquitous Virtual Reality, Wearable Computer Lab, pp. 1-4.
2009	Thomas, BH 2009, 'Supporting user interfaces in ubiquitous virtual reality', in Youngho Lee, Youngjung Suh & Wonwoo Lee, 2009 International Symposium on Ubiquitous Virtual Reality, The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc, pp. 15-18.
2009	Zucco, J, Thomas, BH, Grimmer, KA & Cockburn, A 2009, 'A Comparison of Menu Configurations and Pointing Devices for use with Wearable Computers while Mobile and Stationary', in Juan E Guerrero, 2009 International Symposium on Wearable Computers, IEEE, pp. 63-70. 7
2008	Avery, BRJ, Thomas, BH & Piekarski, W 2008, 'User Evaluation of See-Through Vision for Mobile Outdoor Augmented Reality', in Mark A Livingston, Oliver Bimber, Hideo Saito, 7th IEEE and ACM international symposium on mixed and augmented reality, ISMAR 2008, IEEE, pp. 69-72. 13
2008	Furuhira, A, Marais, W & Thomas, BH 2008, 'Supporting remote tangible robotic entertainment', in Masa Inakage & Adrian David Cheok, Association for Computing Machinery, v. 352, pp. 412-413. 1
2008	Heinrich, M, Thomas, BH & Mueller, S 2008, 'ARWeather - An Augmented Reality Weather System', in Mark A Livingston, Oliver Bimber, Hideo Saito, IEEE, pp. 187-188. 2
2008	Heinrich, M, Thomas, BH, Mueller, S & Sandor, C 2008, 'An Augmented Reality Weather System', in Masa Inakage & Adrian David Check, Association for Computing Machinery ACM, v. 352, pp. 170-173. 2
2008	Hoang, TN & Thomas, BH 2008, 'Augmented reality in-situ 3D model menu for outdoors', in Mark A Livingston, Oliver Bimber, Hideo Saito, IEEE, pp. 185-186. 1
2008	Hutterer, P & Thomas, BH 2008, 'Enabling Co-located Ad-hoc Collaboration on Shared Displays', in Beryl Plimmer & Gerald Weber, AUIC 2008 : 9th Australasian user interface conference, Australian Computer Society Australia, v. 76, pp. 1-8.
2008	Smith, RT, Avery, BRJ & Thomas, BH 2008, 'Lightweight Hand and Arm Tracking for Mobile Augmented Reality', in Dan Siewiorek & Asim Smailagic, IEEE, pp. 105-106.
2008	Smith, RT, Thomas, BH & Piekarski, W 2008, 'Digital Foam Interaction Techniques for 3D Modeling', in Ernst Kruiff, ACM, pp. 61-68. 19
2008	Smith, RT, Thomas, BH & Piekarski, W 2008, 'Tech Note: Digital Foam', in Sabine Coquillart, Wolfgang Sturzlinger and Kiyoshi Kiyokawa, IEEE symposium on 3D user interfaces, 3DUI 2008, IEEE Computer Society Press, pp. 35-37. 3
2008	Stafford, A, Piekarski, W & Thomas, BH 2008, 'HOG on a WIM', in Ming Lin, Anthony Steed & Caroline Cruz-Neira, IEEE Computer Society, pp. 289-290.
2008	Stafford, A, Thomas, BH & Piekarski, W 2008, 'Efficiency of Techniques for Mixed-Space Collaborative Navigation', in Mark A Livingston, Oliver Bimber, Hideo Saito, IEEE, pp. 181-182.

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Year	Output
2009	Thomas, BH, Woo, W, Billinghurst, M & Park, J 2009, The Third International Workshop on Ubiquitous Virtual Reality (IWUVR2009).

wearable computers
virtual reality
augmented reality
graphical user interfaces

Details	Registry	Status
Digital Foam Ross Travers Smith, Bruce Hunter Thomas, Wayne Piekarski	USA	Granted

Organisation	Country
Aalborg University	DENMARK
ARS Electronica Futurelab	AUSTRIA
Australian National University	AUSTRALIA
CSIRO Australia (Commonwealth Scientific Industrial Research Organisation)	AUSTRALIA
CSIRO ICT Centre	AUSTRALIA
General Motors	ISRAEL
General Motors Holden	AUSTRALIA
GM Holden	AUSTRALIA
Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology	KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Hongik University	KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Intel Corporation (US)	UNITED STATES
Keio University	JAPAN
KTH Royal Institute of Technology	SWEDEN
Kungliga Tekniska Hogskolan	SWEDEN
Linz University	AUSTRIA
Micorsoft Research	UNITED KINGDOM
Monash University	AUSTRALIA
Nara Institute of Science and Technology	JAPAN
Naval Research Laboratory	UNITED STATES
Nokia Corporation	UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Nokia Research Centre	UNITED KINGDOM
Private Individual	AUSTRALIA
Psg College of Technology	INDIA
Schefenacker Vision Systems Australia Pty Ltd	AUSTRALIA
Technical University Munich	GERMANY
Technische Universitat Graz	AUSTRIA
The Border Project	AUSTRALIA
The University of Electro-Communications	JAPAN
Tokyo Institute of Technology	JAPAN
Universitat Koblenz-Landau	GERMANY
University of Canberra	AUSTRALIA
University of Canterbury	NEW ZEALAND
University of Central Florida	UNITED STATES
University of Osnabruck	GERMANY
University of South Australia	AUSTRALIA
University of Southern Queensland	AUSTRALIA
University of Sydney	AUSTRALIA
University of Tasmania	AUSTRALIA
University of Victoria - BC	CANADA
University of Wurzburg	GERMANY
Upper Austria University of Applied Sciences	AUSTRIA
Wilhelms-Universitaet Muenster	GERMANY
Worcester Polytechnic Institute	UNITED STATES

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Senior Member of the ACMIEEE
Visiting Scholar: Human Interaction Technology Lab, University of Washington
Member of the IEEE Steering Committee for the Technical Committee on Wearable Information Systems
Member of the ACM/IEEE Steering Committee for International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality
Member of the ACM/IEEE Steering Committee for International Workshop on Tabletops and Interactive Surfaces
Member, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 1993-present
Member, Computer Human Interaction Special Interest Group of the Ergonomics Society of Australia, 1996-present
Editorial Board, Scientific Committee, The Journal of Virtual Reality and Broadcasting,.
Associate Chair ACM SIGCHI 2011 Sub-Committee Interaction Using Specific Capabilities or Modalities Vancouver BC, 2011.
General Co-Chair ICAT 2010: International Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence, Adelaide, 2010.
Program Co-Chair ACE 2009: International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology, Crete Greece.
Area Chair 7th IEEE and ACM International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR 2008)
Workshop Convener Workshop on Industrial Augmented Reality: Needs and Solutions, at ISMAR2008, 2008
General Chair OzCHI: Australasian Computer-Human Interaction Conference, Adelaide, 2007
Area Chair 6th IEEE and ACM International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR 2007)
Treasurer 2nd IEEE TABLETOP Workshop - October, 2007
Area Chair 5th IEEE and ACM International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR 2006)
General Chair TableTop2006 - The First IEEE International Workshop on Horizontal Interactive Human-Computer Systems, Adelaide, 2006
Publication Chair 5th IEEE and ACM International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR 2006)
Program Chair ISWC - IEEE International Symposium on Wearable Computers, Washington DC, 2004
Program Chair ART03 The Second IEEE International Augmented Reality Toolkit Workshop, Tokyo, Japan, Oct, 2003
Program Chair AusVis: an Australian Symposium on Information Visualisation, Adelaide, AU, Jan 2003
Program Chair Fourth Australasian User Interface Conference, Adelaide, AU, 2003
Program Chair ISWC - IEEE International Symposium on Wearable Computers, Seattle, 2002
Program Chair Inaugural Asia Pacific Forum on Pervasive Computing, Adelaide, 2002
Publicity Chair ISWC - International Symposium on Wearable Computers, Zurich, 2001
Publicity Chair ISWC - International Symposium on Wearable Computers, Atlanta, GA 2000
Program Committee Co-Chair First Australasian User Interface Conference "Stepping Out of Windows", Canberra, AU, 2000
Program Committee Co-Chair OZCHI '98 Annual Conference of the Computer Human Interaction Special Interest Group of the Ergonomics Society of Australia, Adelaide, AU, 1998
Workshop Convener Workshop on User Interface Issues for Mobile Computing Devices (WUIIMCD), Adelaide, AU, 1998
Workshop Convener South Australian Human Computer Interaction Workshop, Adelaide, AU, 1995
Workshop Chair First Australian Hypertext Workshop, HyperOz'92, University of South Australia, Adelaide, 1992.Program Committee IEEE Virtual Reality 2011.
Program Committee ACM SIGCHI Fifth International Conference on Tangible and Embedded Interaction (TEI'11), Madeira 2011.
Program Committee ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology (VRST 2010) .

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COMP 4010 Virtual Reality (2017)
COMP 4010 Virtual Reality (2016)
COMP 3024 Systems Architecture (2015)
COMP 2012 Data Structures (2017)
COMP 2012 Data Structures (2016)
COMP 2012 Data Structures (2015)

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Thesis title	Student status
Advancing spatial augmented reality interaction techniques with actuated shape displays	Current
Aladdin lamp mixed reality personal assistant	Current
Assistance of natural user interface, sensor tracking in real time for robot teleoperation (or) real time spatial programming for robot teloperation	Current
Disaggregation of wearable computation devices	Current
Informing the presentation of spatial augmented reality instruction with cognitive psychology	Current
New interaction techniques for supporting asynchronous collaboration within AR	Current
Spatial augmented reality for remote guidance	Current
A study of compressive sensing for low complexity multi-view video coding	Completed
Computational approaches to unveil the dynamics of functional brain networks during cognitive activity using EEG data	Completed
Evaluation of input devices for wearable computers	Completed
Large graph visualization and interaction for collocated collaboration	Completed
Perceptual characteristics of visualizations for occluded objects in handheld augmented reality	Completed
Physical-virtual tools for interactive spatial augmented reality	Completed
Precise interaction for outdoor augmented reality	Completed
Rendering techniques for spatial augmented reality	Completed
Supporting ad-hoc tangible interaction	Completed

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