I am passionate about understanding how people interact with computers and devices. From my early PhD research into HCI and information visualisation design, to my industry experience developing mobile games that have been downloaded by more than 50 million players, I strive to solve user-focused problems.
Since returning to UniSA, I was a key researcher on the Narrative Visualisation project with the Data to Decisions Cooperative Research Centre. This project won the South Australian Australian Information Industry Association 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.
My current research interests are in Virtual and... Read more
About me
I am passionate about understanding how people interact with computers and devices. From my early PhD research into HCI and information visualisation design, to my industry experience developing mobile games that have been downloaded by more than 50 million players, I strive to solve user-focused problems.
Since returning to UniSA, I was a key researcher on the Narrative Visualisation project with the Data to Decisions Cooperative Research Centre. This project won the South Australian Australian Information Industry Association 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.
My current research interests are in Virtual and Augmented Reality, exploring how we visualise information in these environments to support analytical tasks and sense making.
About me
| Date | Title |
|---|---|
| 22/07/2019 |
"The Narrative Visualisation Project", ABC Adelaide Afternoons with Sonya Feldhoff, https://www.abc.net.au/radio/adelaide/programs/afternoons/afternoons/11311828 |
About me
Doctor of Philosophy University of South Australia
Bachelor of Information Technology (Honours) University of South Australia
The application of Virtual and Augmented Reality, exploring how we visualise information in these environments to support analytical tasks and sense making.
Research
Excludes commercial-in-confidence projects.
MinEx CRC OP 7 : Immersive Analytics, MinEx CRC, 01/01/2021 - 25/02/2022
Extending the Narrative Visualisation to Child Protection, D2D CRC Limited, 20/09/2019 - 31/12/2021
Research
Research since 2008 is shown below. To see earlier years visit ORCID or Scopus
Open access indicates that an output is open access.
| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2018 |
Open access
4
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| 2017 |
78
47
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| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2020 |
1
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| 2019 |
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| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2020 |
23
13
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| 2020 |
Open access
5
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| 2020 |
Open access
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| 2019 |
1
1
3
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| 2018 |
4
2
1
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| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2021 |
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| 2021 |
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| 2021 |
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| 2021 |
Open access
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| 2020 |
6
6
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| 2019 |
1
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| 2019 |
33
12
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| 2019 |
Open access
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| 2019 |
Open access
1
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| 2019 |
1
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| 2019 |
11
5
1
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| 2019 |
Open access
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| 2018 |
Open access
4
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| 2018 |
Open access
12
1
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| 2018 |
Open access
5
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| 2017 |
78
47
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| 2010 |
Open access
2
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| 2010 |
Open access
25
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| 2010 |
Open access
61
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| 2009 |
1
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| 2009 |
Open access
8
4
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Research
The application of Virtual and Augmented Reality, exploring how we visualise information in these environments to support analytical tasks and sense making.
Research
| Details | Registry | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Method and apparatus for an augmented reality x-ray Mattila, Ville-Veikko; Cunningham, Andrew; Sandor, Christian |
US | Granted |
2019 Excellence in Research Award, Data to Decision CRC
2020 Certificate of Recognition, Partnering Excellence, DST
External engagement & recognition
| Organisation | Country |
|---|---|
| CSIRO Australia (Commonwealth Scientific Industrial Research Organisation) | AUSTRALIA |
| Defence Science and Technology Group | AUSTRALIA |
| Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade | AUSTRALIA |
| Edinburgh University | UNITED KINGDOM |
| ENAC Professional Institute | CHILE |
| Institute of Environmental Science and Research | NEW ZEALAND |
| Kyungnam University | KOREA, REPUBLIC OF (SOUTH) |
| Monash University | AUSTRALIA |
| Nokia Research Centre | UNITED KINGDOM |
| University of Adelaide | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Edinburgh | UNITED KINGDOM |
| University of Maryland | UNITED STATES |
| University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
External engagement & recognition
| Engagement/recognition | Year |
|---|---|
Excellence in Research AwardData To Decisions Cooperative Research Centre |
2019 |
Best paper for Evaluating Navigation Techniques for 3D Graph Visualizations in Virtual Reality4th International Symposium on Big Data Visual and Immersive Analytics, IEEE |
2018 |
Research and Development Project of the Year MeritAustralian Information Industry Association |
2018 |
Research and Development SA iAwardAustralian Information Industry Association (AIIA) SA/NT |
2018 |
Teaching & student supervision
Teaching & student supervision
Supervisions from 2010 shown
| Thesis title | Student status |
|---|---|
| Leveraging Non-Euclidean traits using portals for interactions in virtual reality | Current |
| The 4 Spheres of player motivation: Understanding players of digital interactive experiences | Current |
| The use of data physicalizations for large graph exploration | Current |
| The effective use of immersive data storytelling for event-related information | Completed |
| Virtual reality in the court of law: improving jury understanding in a reconstructed environment | Completed |
