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Teaching

I hold a research-only position and therefore I am not currently teaching any courses, with the exception of some invited lectures listed below. However, much of our tabletop research is made possible through PhD, honours and vacation scholar student projects.

Lecturing and Tutoring

2007-2011
University of Sydney
Invited lectures for COMP5047 Pervasive Computing
(4th year and coursework Masters unit)
2009
University of Sydney
Tutor for COMP5047 Pervasive Computing
(4th year and coursework Masters unit)

PhD Students (Associate Supervisor)

(03/2011 - current)
Chris Ackad
Title: Software infrastructure and interfaces for long-term group collaboration at interactive surfaces
(Main supervisor: Judy Kay)
(07/2010 - current)
Andrew Clayphan
Title: Software infrastructure and interfaces for context on the tabletop
(Main supervisor: Judy Kay)

Honours Students (Supervisor)

(03/2012 - current)
Jeffrey Leung
Title: Personalisation of interactive tabletops and situated displays
(03/2012 - current)
Andrew Luong
Title: Flexible grouping and filtering mechanisms for tabletop interfaces

Previous Honours Students (Supervisor)

(03/2011 - 11/2011)
Eric Kim
Title: Client-side user modeling for personalisation of interactive tabletops
Co-supervised with Judy Kay, Rafael Calvo (EIE)

Previous Honours Students (Collaborator)

  • Alexander Stevenson (2010) Organisation and Exportation of Media between Tabletop and External Storage Devices
  • Aaron Cowie (2010) Collaborative Concept Mapping at an Interactive Tabletop
  • Cat Stewart (Hons I 2010) Multipage documents at tabletops
  • Chris Ackad (Hons I 2009) Moving Beyond Appliance Computing on Tabletop Systems

Vacation Scholars

(11/2011 - 03/2012)
Andrew Luong
Title: Improving the usability of touch-based tabletops
(11/2011 - 03/2012)
David Ye
Title: Using an overhead depth sensor for distinguishing between users at a tabletop
(11/2011 - 03/2012)
Oliver Dawson
Title: Attracting new users and sustaining engagement at interactive wall displays
Co-supervised with Martin Tomitsch
(11/2011 - 03/2012)
Luke Hespanhol
Title: Interaction mechanisms for navigating hierarchical content at wall displays
Co-supervised with Martin Tomitsch
(11/2010 - 03/2011)
Peter Ward
Title: Tabletops for collaborative search and discovery
In collaboration with the Australian Museum
(11/2010 - 03/2011)
YiQiao (George) Zhang
Title: Using interactive tabletops for educational poster creation
In collaboration with the Australian Museum
(11/2010 - 03/2011)
Hanley Weng
Title: Museum visit planning at an interactive table kiosk
In collaboration with the Australian Museum
(11/2009 - 03/2010)
Peter Ashwell
Title: Photo sharing between iPhones and the Cruiser tabletop
Co-supervised with Judy Kay
(11/2009 - 03/2010)
Ben Taylor
Title: Fast multi-touch tabletop prototyping using the PyMT toolkit
Co-supervised with Judy Kay