Professor Bruce Thomas

Professor School of Information Technology and Mathematical Sciences

Mawson Lakes Campus (W1-23)
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About me

Professor Bruce H. Thomas is the Director of IVE: Australian Research Centre for Interactive and Virtual Environments. IVE

Prof. Thomas is nationally and internationally recognised for his contributions to the scientific community and to the 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, the 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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About me

Professor Bruce H. Thomas is the Director of IVE: Australian Research Centre for Interactive and Virtual Environments. IVE

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

Additional engagement activities

• Guest Professor (Global) Keio University

• Member of the IEEE Steering Committee for International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality

• Senior Member, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2009-present

• Fellow of the Australian Computing Society 2014-present

• IEEE Senior Member 2015-present

• Member, Computer Human Interaction Special Interest Group of the Ergonomics Society of Australia, 1996-present

• Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG)

• Editorial Board, Scientific Committee, The Journal of Virtual Reality and Broadcasting

• Associate Editor Frontiers in ICT - Mobile and Ubiquitous Computing

• Member of Simulation SA 2009-present

• Program Co-Chair IEEE VR 2019

• Program Co-Chair IEEE VR 2018

• General Chair IEEE-SA BDVA 2017 Big Data and Visual Analytics

• Program Co-Chair IEEE 3D UI 2017

• Program Co-Chair IEEE 3D UI 2016

• Program Co-Chair IEEE 3D UI 2015

• Program Co-Chair ACSC 2014 Australasian Computer Science Conference, Auckland, 2014

• Associate Chair ICMI 2013 15th ACM International Conference on Multimodal Interaction

• Program Chair ACSC 2013 Australasian Computer Science Conference, Adelaide, 2013

• General Co Chair ISMAR 2013 IEEE and ACM International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality, 2013

Research

Research themes

Transforming industries
Healthy futures
Transforming societies

Research focus

Artificial Intelligence and Image Processing
Cognitive Sciences
Information Systems
Information and Computing Sciences
Computer Software

Highlights

Current research interests include:

Wearable computers,
User interfaces,
Augmented reality,
Virtual reality,
Visualisation,
CSCW,
Tabletop display interfaces, and
The use of cognitive psychology in virtual environments research.

Highlights

ARC Discovery Grant Immersive analytics: interactive data analysis using surfaces and spaces, DP180100755, 2018-2020.
Innovative Manufacturing CRC, Visualisation Tools for the Design of Manufactured High-End Instrumented Facilities, 2017-2022
Human Performance Research Network (HPRnet) Grant, Enhancing human performance in complex environments through the integration of virtual reality, wearable computing, cognitive neuroscience and mental training, DST Group, 2016 – 2021.
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Research

Projects

Excludes commercial-in-confidence projects.

HPRnet - Enhancing human performance in complex environments, Defence Science and Technology Group, 23/03/2017 - 23/05/2021
D2D CRC Limited Scholarship, D2D CRC Limited, 01/01/2018 - 31/03/2021
Immersive Analytics: Interactive Data Analysis Using Surfaces and Spaces, ARC - Discovery Projects, 01/01/2018 - 31/12/2020
Extending the Narrative Visualisation to Child Protection, D2D CRC Limited, 20/09/2019 - 31/12/2020
Immersive data visualisation of population-scale genome architectures, CSIRO-Data61, 30/09/2019 - 30/05/2020
D2D CRC Limited Scholarship, D2D CRC Limited, 05/12/2016 - 31/03/2020
D2D DC16006: Integrated Law Enforcement: Narrative Visualisation, D2D CRC Limited, 01/07/2016 - 30/06/2019
D2D CRC Limited Scholarship, D2D CRC Limited, 29/02/2016 - 30/11/2016
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

Research

Outputs

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

Open access indicates that an output is open access.

Chapters

Year	Output
2018	Dwyer, T, Marriott, K, Isenberg, T, Klein, K, Riche, N, Schreiber, F, Stuerzlinger, W & Thomas, BH 2018, 'Immersive analytics: an introduction', in K Marriott, F Schreiber, T Dwyer et al. (eds), Immersive analytics, Springer, Switzerland, ch. 1, pp. 1-23. 6
2018	Thomas, BH, Welch, GF, Dragicevic, P, Elmqvist, N, Irani, P, Jansen, Y, Schmalstieg, D, Tabard, A, ElSayed, NA, Smith, RT & Willett, W 2018, 'Situated analytics', in K Marriott, F Schreiber, T Dwyer et al. (eds), Immersive Analytics, Springer, Cham, Switzerland, ch. 7, pp. 185-220. 3
2017	Von Itzstein, GS, Billinghurst, M, Smith, RT & Thomas, BH 2017, 'Augmented reality entertainment: Taking gaming out of the box', Encyclopedia of computer graphics and games, Springer International Publishing, Switzerland, pp. 1-9.
2013	Livingston, MA, Dey, A, Sandor, C & Thomas, BH 2013, 'Pursuit of "X-ray vision" for augmented reality', in W Huang (ed.), Human factors in augmented reality environments, Springer, New York, ch. 4, pp. 67-107.
2011	Billinghurst, M & Thomas, BH 2011, 'Mobile collaborative augmented reality', in L Alem & W Huang (eds), Recent trends of mobile collaborative augmented reality systems, Springer, New York, NY, ch. 1, pp. 1-19. 9
2011	Hoang, TN & Thomas, BH 2011, 'Augmented viewpoint: towards precise manipulation at a distance for outdoor augmented reality wearable computers', in L Alem & W Huang (eds), Recent trends of mobile collaborative augmented reality systems, Springer, New York, NY, ch. 4, pp. 53-68. 2
2011	Marner, MR, Smith, RT, Porter, SR, Broecker, MM, Close, B & Thomas, BH 2011, 'Large scale spatial augmented reality for design and prototyping', in B Furht (ed.), Handbook of augmented reality, Springer, New York, ch. 10, pp. 231-254.
2011	Zhou, J, Lee, I, Thomas, BH, Sansome, A & Menassa, R 2011, 'Facilitating collaboration with laser projector-based spatial augmented reality in industrial applications', in Leila Alem & Weidong Huang (eds), Recent trends of mobile collaborative augmented reality systems, Springer, US, ch. 13, pp. 161-173. 2
2010	Avery, B, Smith, RT, Piekarski, W & Thomas, BH 2010, 'Designing outdoor mixed reality hardware systems', in E Dubois (ed.), The engineering of mixed reality systems, Springer, UK, pp. 211-231. Open access 3
2010	Inami, M, Sugimoto, M, Thomas, BH & Richter, J 2010, 'Active tangible interactions', in C MuIller-Tomfelde (ed.), Tabletops: horizontal interactive displays, Springer-Verlag, UK, 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. 3

Journal Articles

Year	Output
2020	Cao, R, Dey, S, Cunningham, A, Walsh, J, Smith, RT, Zucco, JE & Thomas, BH 2020, 'Examining the use of narrative constructs in data videos', Visual Informatics, in press, pp. 1-15. Open access
2019	Batch, A, Cunningham, A, Cordeil, M, Elmqvist, N, Dwyer, T, Thomas, BH & Marriott, K 2019, 'There is no spoon: evaluating performance, space use, and presence with expert domain users in immersive analytics', IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, online, pp. 1-11.
2019	Drogemuller, A, Cunningham, A, Walsh, J, Thomas, BH, Cordeil, M & Ross, W 2019, 'Examining virtual reality navigation techniques for 3D network visualisations', Journal of Computer Languages, vol. 56, article no. 100937, pp. 1-13.
2018	ElSayed, NA, Smith, RT, Marriott, K & Thomas, BH 2018, 'Context-aware design pattern for situated analytics: Blended Model View Controller', Journal of Visual Languages and Computing, vol. 44, pp. 1-12. 6 1
2018	Piumsomboon, T, Lee, GA, Ens, B, Thomas, BH & Billinghurst, M 2018, 'Superman vs giant: a study on spatial perception for a multi-scale mixed reality flying telepresence interface', IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, vol. 24, no. 11, pp. 2974-2982. Open access 3 2
2018	Reichherzer, C, Cunningham, A, Walsh, J, Kohler, M, Billinghurst, M & Thomas, BH 2018, 'Narrative and spatial memory for jury viewings in a reconstructed virtual environment', IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, vol. 24, no. 11, pp. 2917-2926. 1 1 1
2018	Volmer, B, Baumeister, J, Von Itzstein, S, Bornkessel-Schlesewsky, I, Schlesewsky, M, Billinghurst, M & Thomas, BH 2018, 'A comparison of predictive spatial augmented reality cues for procedural tasks', IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, vol. 24, no. 11, pp. 2846-2856. Open access
2017	Baumeister, J, Ssin, SY, ElSayed, NA, Dorrian, J, Webb, DP, Walsh, JA, Simon, TM, Irlitti, A, Smith, RT, Kohler, M & Thomas, BH 2017, 'Cognitive cost of using augmented reality displays', IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, vol. 23, pp. 2378-2388. 14 7
2017	Cordeil, M, Dwyer, T, Klein, K, Laha, B, Marriott, K & Thomas, BH 2017, 'Immersive collaborative analysis of network connectivity: CAVE-style or head-mounted display?', IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, vol. 23, no. 1, pp. 441-450. 46 23
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, vol. 22, no. 4, pp. 1396-1405. Open access 2 1
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, 89, no. 5, pp. 1279-1293. Open access 29 24
2016	ElSayed, NA, Thomas, BH, Marriott, K, Piantadosi, J & Smith, RT 2016, 'Situated analytics: demonstrating immersive analytical tools with augmented reality', Journal of Visual Languages and Computing, vol. 36, pp. 13-23. 23 11 1
2016	Zucco, J & Thomas, BH 2016, 'Design guidelines for wearable pointing devices', Frontiers in ICT, vol. 3, article no. 13, pp. 1-19. Open access 2 1
2015	Simon, TM, Thomas, BH & Smith, RT 2015, 'Low-profile jamming technology for medical rehabilitation', It Professional: Technology Solutions for the Enterprise, vol.17, no. 5, pp. 28-34. 4 2
2014	Chimani, M, Eades, P, Hong, S, Huang, W, Klein, K, Marner, M, Smith, R & Thomas, BH 2014, 'People prefer less stress and fewer crossings', Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 8871 no. , pp. 523-524. 3 1
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, vol. 20, no. 4, article no. 6777427, pp. 540-549. Open access 16 8
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, vol. 8871, pp. 113-124. 7 3
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, vol. 34, no. 6, pp. 74-82. 17 14
2013	Martedi, S, Sugimoto, M, Saito, H & Thomas, B 2013, 'Feature-based alignment method for projecting virtual content on a movable paper map', IEEJ Transactions on Electronics Information and Systems, vol. 133, no. 3, pp. 672-679.
2013	Smith, RT, Webber, G, Sugimoto, M, Marner, M & Thomas, BH 2013, 'Automatic sub-pixel projector calibration: supporting improved calibration for projected environments', Ite Transactions on Media Technology and Applications, vol. 1, no. 3, pp. 204-213. Open access 3
2012	Thomas, BH 2012, 'A survey of visual, mixed, and augmented reality gaming', ACM Computers in Entertainment, vol. 10, no. 1, article no. 3, pp. 1-33. 34
2012	Zhou, J, Lee, I, Thomas, B, Menassa, R, Farrant, A & Sansome, A 2012, 'In-situ support for automotive manufacturing using spatial augmented reality', The International Journal of Virtual Reality, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 33-41. Open access
2010	Lee, W, Kruger, A, Thomas, BH, Wagner, D, Pulli, K & Woo, W 2010, 'International Symposium on Ubiquitous Virtual Reality 2009', IEEE Pervasive Computing, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 78-80. 1
2009	Thomas, BH & Piekarski, W 2009, 'Through-Walls Collaboration', IEEE Pervasive Computing, vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 42-49. Open access 8 6
2009	Thomas, BH & Sandor, C 2009, 'What wearable augmented reality can do for you', IEEE Pervasive Computing, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 8-11. Open access 18 9
2008	Fischer, J, Haller, M & Thomas, BH 2008, 'Stylized Depiction in Mixed Reality', The International Journal of Virtual Reality, vol. 7, no. 4, pp. 71-79.

Conferences

Year	Output
2019	Cordeil, M, Cunningham, A, Bach, B, Hurter, C, Thomas, BH, Marriott, K & Dwyer, T 2019, 'IATK: An immersive analytics toolkit', IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality, IEEE, pp. 1-10.
2019	Cunningham, A, Nowina-Krowicki, M, Walsh, J, Chung, J, Wark, S & Thomas, BH 2019, 'Provenance narratives and visualisation to support understanding and trust', MODSIM2019, 23rd International Congress on Modelling and Simulation. Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand, Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand, pp. 421-427. Open access
2019	Drogemuller, A, Verhulst, A, Volmer, B, Thomas, BH, Linami, M & Sugimoto, M 2019, 'Remapping a third arm in virtual reality', in R Teather et al. (eds), VR 2019: 26th IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces, IEEE, pp. 898-899.
2019	Matthews, BJ, Thomas, BH, Von Itzstein, S & Smith, RT 2019, 'Remapped physical-virtual interfaces with bimanual haptic retargeting', 2019 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces (VR), IEEE, pp. 19-27. 2
2019	Nguyen, H, Ward, B, Engelke, U, Thomas, B & Bednarz, T 2019, 'Collaborative data analytics using virtual reality', 26th IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces, VR 2019, IEEE, article no. 8797845, pp. 1098-1099.
2019	Piumsomboon, T, Lee, GA, Irlitti, A, Ens, B, Thomas, BH & Billinghurst, M 2019, 'On the shoulder of the giant: a multi-scale mixed reality collaboration with 360 video sharing and tangible interaction', CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2019, ACM - Association for Computing Machinery Inc, article no. 228, pp. 1-17. 2 1
2019	Prouzeau, A, Cordeil, M, Robin, C, Ens, B, Thomas, BH & Dwyer, T 2019, 'Scaptics and highlight-planes: Immersive interaction techniques for finding occluded features in 3D scatterplots', CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2019, ACM - Association for Computing Machinery Inc, article no. 325, pp. 1-12. 2 1 1
2019	Thomas, BH, Smith, RT, Ssin, SY, Walsh, JA & Cunningham, A 2019, 'Geogate: correlating geo-temporal datasets using an augmented reality space-time cube and tangible interactions', IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality, IEEE, pp. 1-10.
2019	Volmer, B, Verhulst, A, Inami, M, Drogemuller, A, Sugimoto, M & Thomas, B 2019, 'Towards robot arm training in virtual reality using partial least squares regression', 26th IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces, VR 2019, IEEE, article no. 8797823, pp. 1209-1210.
2018	Cunningham, A, Walsh, J & Thomas, BH 2018, 'Immersive Visualisation of Geo-Temporal Narratives in Law Enforcement', 4th International Symposium on Big Data Visual and Immersive Analytics, IEEE, pp. 1-8. Open access 1
2018	Drogemuller, A, Cunningham, A, Walsh, J, Cordeil, M, Ross, W & Thomas, BH 2018, 'Evaluating navigation techniques for 3D graph visualizations in virtual reality', 4th International Symposium on Big Data Visual and Immersive Analytics, IEEE, pp. 1-10. Open access 1 1
2018	Piumsomboon, T, Lee, GA, Hart, JD, Ens, B, Lindeman, RW, Thomas, BH & Billinghurst, M 2018, 'Mini-me: an adaptive avatar for mixed reality remote collaboration', CHI Conference on human factors in computing systems, CHI 2018, Association for Computing Machinery, vol. 2018-April, pp. 1-13. 22 3
2018	Schmidt, S, Steinicke, F, Irlitti, A & Thomas, B 2018, 'Floor-projected guidance cues for collaborative exploration of spatial augmented reality setups', 13th ACM International Conference on Interactive Surfaces and Spaces, ISS 2018, ACM, pp. 279-289. 2 2 2
2018	Sugiura, Y, Chong, T, Kawai, W & Thomas, BH 2018, 'Public/private interactive wearable projection display', 16th International conference on virtual-reality continuum and its applications in industry, Association for Computing Machinery, pp. 1-6. 1 1
2018	Walsh, J, Cunningham, A, Smith, R & Thomas, B 2018, 'Tangible braille plot: tangibly exploring geo-temporal data in virtual reality', 4th International Symposium on Big Data Visual and Immersive Analytics, IEEE, pp. 1-6. Open access 2
2017	Bastiras, J & Thomas, B 2017, 'Combining virtual reality and narrative visualisation to persuade', International Symposium on Big Data Visual Analytics, BDVA 2017, IEEE, article no. 8114623, pp. 1-8. 4
2017	Cordeil, M, Cunningham, A, Dwyer, T, Thomas, B & Marriott, K 2017, 'ImAxes: Immersive axes as embodied affordances for interactive multivariate data visualisation', 30th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, UIST 2017, ACM, pp. 71-83. 26 12
2017	Delabrida, S, Billinghurst, M, Thomas, BH, Rabelo, RA & Ribeiro, SP 2017, 'Design of a wearable system for 3D data acquisition and reconstruction for tree climbers', SIGGRAPH Asia 2017 Mobile Graphics and Interactive Applications, ACM, article no. 3139198, pp. 1-8. 1
2017	Delabrida, S, Loureiro, AA, D'Angelo, T, Oliveira, RA, Thomas, B, Carvalho, E & Billinghurst, M 2017, 'A low cost optical see-through HMD: Do-It-Yourself', 15th Adjunct IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality, ISMAR-Adjunct 2016, IEEE, article no. 7836508, pp. 252-257. 1
2017	ElSayed, NA, Smith, RT & Thomas, BH 2017, 'HORUS EYE: See the invisible bird and snake vision for augmented reality information visualization', 15th Adjunct IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality, ISMAR-Adjunct 2016, IEEE, pp. 203-208. Open access
2017	Kikuchi, T, Sugiura, Y, Masai, K, Sugimoto, M & Thomas, BH 2017, 'EarTouch: turning the ear into an input surface', 19th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services, (MobileHCI 2017), ACM, article no. 27, pp. 1-6. 14 9
2017	Nguyen, H, Ketchell, S, Engelke, U, Thomas, BH & De Souza, P 2017, 'Augmented reality based bee drift analysis: A user study', International Symposium on Big Data Visual Analytics, BDVA 2017, IEEE, article no. 8114581, pp. 1-8. 1
2017	Ssin, SY, Zucco, JE, Walsh, JA, Smith, RT & Thomas, BH 2017, 'SONA: Improving situational awareness of geotagged information using tangible interfaces', International Symposium on Big Data Visual Analytics, BDVA, IEEE, article no. 8114625, pp. 1-8. Open access
2017	Yamashita, K, Kikuchi, T, Masai, K, Sugimoto, M, Thomas, BH & Sugiura, Y 2017, 'CheekInput: turning your cheek into an input surface by embedded optical sensors on a head-mounted display', 23rd ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology; VRST '17, ACM, article no. 19, pp. 1-8. 8 5
2016	ElSayed, NA, Smith, R, Marriott, K & Thomas, B 2016, 'Blended UI controls for situated analytics', Big Data Visual Analytics, BDVA 2016, IEEE, article no. 7787043, pp. 1-8. 3
2016	Irlitti, A, Smith, RT, Von Itzstein, S, Billinghurst, M & Thomas, BH 2016, 'Challenges for asynchronous collaboration in augmented reality', 15th Adjunct IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality, ISMAR-Adjunct 2016, IEEE, article no. 7836453, pp. 31-35. 2 1
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. 3 2
2016	Sommer, B, Hamacher, A, Kaluza, O, Czauderna, T, Klapperstück, M, Biere, N, Civico, M, Thomas, B, Barnes, DG & Schreiber, F 2016, 'Stereoscopic space map - Semi-immersive configuration of 3dstereoscopic tours in multi-display environments', 27th Annual Stereoscopic Displays and Applications Conference, SD and A 2016, Society for Imaging Science and Technology, vol. F129972. pp. 1-9. Open access 1
2016	Walsh, JA, Zucco, J, Smith, RT & Thomas, BH 2016, 'Temporal-geospatial cooperative visual analysis', 2016 Big Data Visual Analytics (BDVA), IEEE, pp. 1-8. 5
2015	Baumeister, J, Marner, MR, Smith, RT, Kohler, M & 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. 1
2015	ElSayed, NAM, Thomas, BH, Marriott, K, Piantadosi, J & Smith, RT 2015, 'Situated analytics', 2015 Big Data Visual Analytics (BDVA), IEEE, pp. 1-8. Open access 15
2015	Marshall, DF, Gardner, HJ & Thomas, BH 2015, 'Interactive Visualisation for Surface Proximity Monitoring', in S Marks & R Blagojevic (eds), 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', in K Mase (ed.), 19th ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers, ISWC 2015, ACM, pp. 45-46. 1
2014	Adcock, M, Ranatunga, D, Smith, R & Thomas, B 2014, 'Object-based touch manipulation for remote guidance of physical tasks', SUI '14: 2nd ACM symposium on Spatial user interaction, ACM, pp. 113-122. 6
2014	Baumeister, J & Thomas, BH 2014, 'Crossing spatial augmented reality with psychology', The 9th International Conference on Information Technology and Applications (ICITA2014), ICITA, pp. 1-6. Open access
2014	Broecker, M, Smith, RT & Thomas, BH 2014, 'Depth perception in view-dependent near-field spatial AR', in BC Wunsche & S Marks (eds), Australasian User Interface Conference - AUIC 2014, Australian Computer Society, pp. 87-88. Open access
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', IEEE Virtual Reality Conference, IEEE Press, article no. 6802105, pp. 165-166.
2014	Irlitti, A, Von Itzstein, S, Smith, RT & Thomas, BH 2014, 'Performance improvement using data tags for handheld spatial augmented reality', in S Spencer (ed.), 20th ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology, ACM - Association for Computing Machinery Inc, pp. 161-165. 2
2014	Marner, MR & Thomas, BH 2014, 'Spatial augmented reality user interface techniques for room size modelling tasks', in BC Wunsche & S Marks (eds), Fifteenth Australasian User Interface Conference (AUIC2014), Australian Computer Society, vol. 150, pp. 39-46. Open access 1
2014	Simon, TM, Smith, RT & Thomas, BH 2014, 'Wearable jamming mitten for virtual environment haptics', 2014 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers, ACM, 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', 8th International Conference on Tangible, Embedded and Embodied Interaction, ACM, pp. 165-172. 6
2014	Thomas, BH, Marner, MR, Smith, RT, El, SN, Itzstein, GS, Klein, K, Adcock, M, Eades, P, Irlitti, A, Zucco, J, Simon, T, Baumeister, J & Suthers, T 2014, 'Spatial augmented reality: a tool for 3D data visualization', International Workshop on 3DVis: does 3D really make sense for data visualization, IEEE Press. 4
2014	Walsh, JA, von Itzstein, S & Thomas, BH 2014, 'Ephemeral interaction using everyday objects', in BC Wunsche & S Marks (eds), Fifteenth Australasian User Interface Conference (AUIC2014), Australian Computer Society, vol. 150, pp. 29-37. Open access
2013	Adcock, M, Anderson, S & Thomas, B 2013, 'RemoteFusion: real time depth camera fusion for remote collaboration on physical tasks', 12th ACM International Conference on Virtual Reality Continuum and Its Applications in Industry, ACM, pp. 235-242. 17
2013	Adock, M, Feng, D & Thomas, B 2013, 'Visualization of off-surface 3D viewpoint locations in spatial augmented reality', 1st Symposium on Spatial User Interaction, ACM, pp. 1-8. 7
2013	Broecker, M, Thomas, BH & Smith, RT 2013, 'Adapting ray tracing to spatial augmented reality', 2013 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality, IEEE, article no. 6671826, pp. 1-6. 4 1
2013	Dasari, NM, Nandagopal, N, Thomas, B, Cocks, B, Dahal, N, Vijayalakshmi, R & Gaertner, P 2013, 'A signal processing system for visualizing complex functional brain networks during cognitive load', 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', 2013 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality, IEEE, article no. 6671822, pp. 1-6. 8 2
2013	Hoang, TN, Smith, RT & Thomas, BH 2013, 'Passive deformable haptic glove to support 3D interactions on mobile augmented reality environments', 2013 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality, IEEE, article no. 6671793, pp. 257-258. 8 2
2013	Hoang, TN, Smith, RT & Thomas, BH 2013, 'Ultrasonic glove input device for distance-based interactions', 23rd International Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence (ICAT 2013), IEEE, pp. 46-53. 1
2013	Irlitti, A, Von Itzstein, S, Alem, L & Thomas, B 2013, 'Tangible interaction techniques to support asynchronous collaboration', 2013 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality, IEEE, pp. 1-6. 5 3
2013	Marner, MR, Irlitti, A & Thomas, BH 2013, 'Improving procedural task performance with augmented reality annotations', 2013 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality, IEEE, article no. 6671762, pp. 39-48. 22 15 3
2013	Martedi, S, Thomas, B & Saito, H 2013, 'Region-based tracking using sequences of relevance measures', 2013 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality, IEEE Press, article no. 6671834, pp. 1-6. 5 3
2013	Ranatunga, D, Adcock, M, Feng, D & Thomas, B 2013, 'Towards object based manipulation in remote guidance', 2013 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality, IEEE, pp. 1-6. 2 2
2013	Walsh, JA, von Itzstein, S & Thomas, BH 2013, 'Tangible agile mapping: ad-hoc tangible user interaction definition', in RT Smith & BC Wunsche (eds), Fourteenth Australasian User Interface Conference (AUIC 2013), Australian Computer Society, pp. 3-12. Open access
2012	Hoang, TN & Thomas, BH 2012, 'Distance-based modeling and manipulation techniques using ultrasonic gloves', ISMAR 2012; 11th symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality, IEEE, pp. 287-288. 5 3 1
2012	Joo, HJ, Smith, R, Thomas, B & Park, J 2012, 'Spatial augmented reality based tangible CAD system', in M Green (ed.), 18th ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology, ACM, pp. 207-208. 1
2012	Maas, ET, Marner, MR, Smith, RT & Thomas, BH 2012, 'Supporting freeform modelling in spatial augmented reality environments with a new deformable material', in H Shen & RT Smith (eds), 13th Australasian User Interface Conference (AUIC 2012), Australian Computer Society, pp. 77-86. Open access 3
2012	Marner, MR, Haren, S, Gardiner, M & Thomas, BH 2012, 'Exploring interactivity and augmented reality in theater: a case study of Half Real', in (eds), 11th IEEEInternational Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality - Arts, Media, and Humanities (ISMAR-AMH 2012), IEEE, pp. 81-86. 7 2
2012	O'Malley, SJ, Smith, RT & Thomas, BH 2012, 'Data mining office behavioural information from simple sensors', in H Shen & RT Smith (eds), 13th Australasian User Interface Conference (AUIC 2012), Australian Computer Society, pp. 97-98. Open access 1
2012	Simon, TM, Smith, RT, Thomas, B, Von Itzstein, S, Smith, M, Park, J & Park, J 2012, 'Merging tangible buttons and spatial augmented reality to support ubiquitous prototype designs', in H Shen & RT Smith (eds), 13th Australasian User Interface Conference (AUIC 2012), Australian Computer Society, pp. 29-38. Open access 4
2012	Thomas, BH 2012, 'Have we achieved the ultimate wearable computer?', in (eds), 2012 16th International Symposium on Wearable Computers, IEEE, pp. 104-107. 11 4
2011	Broecker, M, Smith, R & Thomas, B 2011, 'Adaptive substrate for enhanced spatial augmented reality contrast and resolution', International Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence (ICAT), The Virtual Reality Society of Japan, pp. 110-117.
2011	Broecker, MM, Smith, RT & Thomas, BH 2011, 'Adaptive substrate for enhance spatial augmented reality contrast and resolution', 10th International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality, IEEE, pp. 251-252. Open access 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', 21st International Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence (ICAT), The Virtual Reality Society of Japan, pp. 33-40. Open access
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. Open access 4
2011	Smith, RT, Marner, MR & Thomas, BH 2011, 'Adaptive color marker for SAR environments', IEEE Symposium on 3D User Interfaces (3DUI), IEEE, pp. 119-120. Open access 1
2011	Smith, RT, Marner, MR & Thomas, BH 2011, 'An adaptive color marker for Spatial Augmented Reality environments and visual feedback', IEEE Virtual Reality Conference 2011, IEEE, pp. 269-270. 1
2011	Thomas, BH, Smith, M, Simon, T, Park, J, Park, J, Von Itzstein, GS & Smith, RT 2011, 'Glove-based sensor support for dynamic tangible buttons in spatial augmented reality design environments', 15th Annual International Symposium on Wearable Computers (ISWC), IEEE, article no. 5959577, pp. 109-110. Open access 5
2011	Thomas, BH, Von Itzstein, GS, Vernik, R, Porter, S, Marner, MR, Smith, RT, Broecker, M, Close, B, Walker, S, Pickersgill, S, Kelly, S & Schumacher, P 2011, 'Spatial augmented reality support for design of complex physical environments', IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications (PerCom), IEEE, pp. 588-593. Open access 8
2011	Von Itzstein, G, Thomas, BH, Smith, RT & Walker, S 2011, 'Using spatial augmented reality for appliance design', IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications (PerCom) 2011, IEEE, pp. 665-667. Open access 4
2011	Walsh, JA & Thomas, BH 2011, 'Visualising environmental corrosion in outdoor augmented reality', 12th Australasian User Interface Conference (AUIC 2011), Australian Computer Society, pp. 39-46. 4
2011	Zhou, J, Lee, I, Thomas, B, Menassa, R, Farrant, A & Sansome, A 2011, 'Applying spatial augmented reality to facilitate in-situ support for automotive spot welding inspection', in ZQ Liu et al. (eds), ACM New York 10th International Conference on Virtual Reality Continuum and Its Applications in Industry, ACM, pp. 195-200. 29
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. Open access 2
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. Open access 7 1
2010	Lee, I, Wang, Z & Thomas, BH 2010, 'A feasibility study of adopting wireless video for wearable computing', 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. Open access 18
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. Open access 16
2010	Porter, SR, Marner, MR, Smith, RT, Zucco, J, Thomas, BH & Schumacher, PC 2010, 'Spatial augmented reality for interactive rapid prototyping', 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. Open access 10
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. 1
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. Open access 4 4
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. Open access 3
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. Open access 3 2
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. Open access 2
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. Open access 30 18
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. 2
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. Open access 3
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. Open access
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. Open access
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. Open access 9 2
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. Open access 26 5
2008	Furuhira, A, Marais, W & Thomas, BH 2008, 'Supporting remote tangible robotic entertainment', in Masa Inakage & Adrian David Cheok, Association for Computing Machinery, vol. 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. Open access 6
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, vol. 352, pp. 170-173. 3
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. Open access 2
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, vol. 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. Open access
2008	Smith, RT, Thomas, BH & Piekarski, W 2008, 'Digital Foam Interaction Techniques for 3D Modeling', in Ernst Kruiff, ACM, pp. 61-68. 33
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. Open access 9
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. 2
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. Open access 5

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

Research

Patents

Details	Registry	Status
Digital foam Smith, Ross Travers; Thomas, Bruce Hunter; Piekarski, Wayne	US	Granted
Method and apparatus for calibration of multiple projector systems Smith, Ross Travers; Webber, Guy; Sugimoto, Maki; Marner, Michael Robert; Thomas, Bruce Hunter	US	Granted

External engagement & recognition

Collaborations

External engagement & recognition

Collaborations

Organisation	Country
Aalborg University	DENMARK
ARS Electronica Futurelab	AUSTRIA
Australian National University	AUSTRALIA
Benha University	EGYPT
Bielefeld University	GERMANY
Carleton University	CANADA
CSIRO Australia (Commonwealth Scientific Industrial Research Organisation)	AUSTRALIA
CSIRO Data61	AUSTRALIA
CSIRO ICT Centre	AUSTRALIA
Defence Science and Technology Group	AUSTRALIA
Defence Science and Technology Organisation	AUSTRALIA
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade	AUSTRALIA
Edinburgh University	UNITED KINGDOM
ENAC Professional Institute	CHILE
General Motor Holden Ltd	AUSTRALIA
General Motors	ISRAEL
Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology	KOREA, REPUBLIC OF (SOUTH)
Gymnasium Schloss Holte-Stukenbrock	GERMANY
Hamburg University	GERMANY
Hongik University	KOREA, REPUBLIC OF (SOUTH)
INRIA Sohpia Antipolis	FRANCE
Intel Corporation (US)	UNITED STATES
IRISA-INSA Rennes	FRANCE
Keio University	JAPAN
KTH Royal Institute of Technology	SWEDEN
Kungliga Tekniska Hogskolan	SWEDEN
Microsoft	AUSTRALIA
Microsoft Research	UNITED KINGDOM
Monash University	AUSTRALIA
Murdoch University	AUSTRALIA
Nara Institute of Science and Technology	JAPAN
Naval Research Laboratory	UNITED STATES
Psg College of Technology	INDIA
Simon Fraser University	CANADA
Sorbonne University	FRANCE
Stanford University	UNITED STATES
Technical University Munich	GERMANY
Technische Universitat Graz	AUSTRIA
The Border Project	AUSTRALIA
The University of Electro-Communications	JAPAN
Tokyo Institute of Technology	JAPAN
Universidade Fed de Minas Gerais	BRAZIL
Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto	BRAZIL
UniversitÃ© Paris-Saclay	FRANCE
Universitat Koblenz-Landau	GERMANY
Universite de Lyon	FRANCE
University of Adelaide	AUSTRALIA
University of Calgary	CANADA
University of Canberra	AUSTRALIA
University of Canterbury	NEW ZEALAND
University of Central Florida	UNITED STATES
University of Konstanz	GERMANY
University of Manitoba	CANADA
University of Maryland	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 Tokyo	JAPAN
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

External engagement & recognition

Engagement/recognition	Year
Research and Development SA iAward Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA) SA/NT	2018
Scientific Committee Member The Journal of Virtual Reality and Broadcasting	2018
Editorial Board Member The Journal of Virtual Reality and Broadcasting	2017
Member Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)	2017
Member Computer Human Interaction Special Interest Group, Ergonomics Society of Australia	2017
Member, Steering Committee IEEE Technical Committee on Wearable Information Systems	2017
Member, Steering Committee ACM/IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality	2017
Member, Steering Committee ACM/IEEE International Workshop on Tabletops and Interactive Surfaces	2017
Senior Member Association for Computing Machinery and the IEEE Computer Society (ACM/IEEE)	2017
Visiting Scholar Human Interaction Technology Lab, University of Washington	2017
Member Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)	2016
Member Computer Human Interaction Special Interest Group, Ergonomics Society of Australia	2016
Member Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)	2015
Member Computer Human Interaction Special Interest Group, Ergonomics Society of Australia	2015
Member Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)	2014
Member Computer Human Interaction Special Interest Group, Ergonomics Society of Australia	2014
Member Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)	2013
Member Computer Human Interaction Special Interest Group, Ergonomics Society of Australia	2013
Member Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)	2012
Member Computer Human Interaction Special Interest Group, Ergonomics Society of Australia	2012
Member ACM International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces Hong Kong (IUI 2010)	2012
Associate Chair ACM SIGCHI Sub-Committee Interaction Using Specific Capabilities or Modalities, Vancouver BC	2011
Member Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)	2011
Member Computer Human Interaction Special Interest Group, Ergonomics Society of Australia	2011
Member IEEE Virtual Reality	2011
Member ACM SIGCHI Fifth International Conference on Tangible and Embedded Interaction (TEI11), Madeira	2011
Member 4th International Conference on Tangible and Embedded Interaction (TEI10), Cambridge USA	2011
General Co-Chair International Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence , Adelaide, 2010	2010
Member Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)	2010
Member Computer Human Interaction Special Interest Group, Ergonomics Society of Australia	2010
Member ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology (VRST)	2010
Member 14th IEEE International Symposium on Wearable Computers, ISWC	2010
Member IEEE International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Computing, Networking and Communications, WiMob2010	2010
Member 6th International Symposium on Visual Computing (ISVC10)	2010
Member 5th International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games, Monterey	2010

Other

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.

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Teaching & student supervision

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Virtual Reality
Graphical User Interfaces
Objects and Algorithms

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Thesis title	Student status
A visualisation domain specific language for the support of software system integration and interoperability	Current
Augmented reality (AR) visualisation of building information modelling (BMI) for improved productivity of building performance	Current
Bimanual retargeting for reconfigurable haptic interaction in virtual reality	Current
Creative collaboration in Virtual Environments	Current
Effective use of 3D data videos for law enforcement	Current
Neuroscience inspired augmented reality to reduce cognitive load	Current
Presenting narrative in an immersive virtual environment	Current
The use of data physicalizations for large graph exploration	Current
A study of compressive sensing for low complexity multi-view video coding	Completed
ACAR: asynchronous collaboration in augmented reality	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
Layer jamming as a haptic feedback mechanism for wearable augmentations	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
Situated analytics	Completed
Spatial augmented reality for remote guidance	Completed
Supporting ad-hoc tangible interaction	Completed
Tangible spatiotemporal visualisation	Completed
Toward consistent measurement of cognitive load in augmented reality research	Completed

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