Andrew Cunningham

Research Interests

Data visualisation and computational (incl. parametric and generative) design Human-centred computing Human-computer interaction Information visualisation Mixed initiative and human-in-the-loop Virtual and mixed reality Virtual Reality and Related Simulation

Teaching Strengths

Agile Development
Programming
Software design
Game design and development
Human-Centred Computing

APrf Andrew Cunningham

Associate Professor

School of Computer Science and Information Technology

College of Engineering and Information Technology

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.

Available For Media Comment.

Visit my https://andrewc.me
 
I am an Associate Professor in Human-Computer Interaction and Co-Director of the Wearable Computer Lab at the Australian Research Centre for Interactive and Virtual Enviroments (IVE), UniSA STEM. I am an expert in immersive technologies including Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality. My research aim is to help people understand the world by revealing and communicating insights within the data all around us. Big data is pervasive and is driving decisions at an industry, policy, and societal level. I believe that Immersive Analytics—using immersive technologies such as virtual and augmented reality to display and interact with data—and Narrative Visualisation—using visualisation to reveal the stories within data—can help humanise this decision making and empower people.
Upon completing my PhD in 2011, I worked in the mobile games industry on titles that have been downloaded over 50 million times. In 2016 I returned to UniSA and was a key researcher on the Narrative Visualisation for Law Enforcement project with the Data to Decisions Cooperative Research Centre. This project won the South Australian Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA) iAward for R&D Project of the Year and a merit at the national level. The technology has since been acquired by a commercial venture to take to market. 
I am a Chief Investigator on the $4M "Narrative Visualisation and Big Data to Improve High Value Manufacturing" research project with the Innovative Manufacturing CRC and BAE Systems. I am a Chief Investigator on a successful Australian Research Council Discovery Project ("Parametric VR: An Interactive Virtual Reality System for Parametric Design", AU$455,000). I won the 2021 UniSA STEM Early Career Researcher award and the 2021 IVE Recognition Award for Innovation, Value, and Enterprise.

See my Google Scholar profile here.

Current research themes:

  • The application of Virtual and Augmented Reality, exploring how we visualise information in these environments to support analytical tasks and sense making.

Recent research grants (not commercial in confidence):

  • ARC - Discovery Projects, "Parametric VR: An Interactive Virtual Reality System for Parametric Design", Thomas, B., Gu, N., Cunningham, A. (2022-2025): $455,000.
  • MinEx CRC Opportunity Fund, "Immersive Analytics for the Geosciences", Raimondo, T., Cunningham, A. & Thomas, B. (2021-2022): $159,264.

Date Type Title Institution Name Country Amount
2025 Award Best Paper Honourable Mention Award ACM CHI 2025 Association for Computing Machinery Japan -
2024 Recognition MinEx CRC Technology Award Mineral Explorations CRC Australia -

Date Institution name Country Title
2001 - 2004 University of South Australia Australia Bachelor of Information Technology (Advanced Computer Science Honours)

Date Title Institution Country
2006 Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Information Visualisation University of South Australia Australia

Date Title Institution name Country
— Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) University of South Australia Australia
— Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) University of South Australia Australia

Year Citation
2026 Chawla, L. S., Murray, P. T., Goldstein, S. L., Cunningham, A., Hebbar, S., Wunderink, R. G., & Chertow, G. M. (2026). Inhibition of Calcium Release-Activated Calcium Channels to Treat Acute Kidney Injury: Design and Rationale of the KOURAGE Study a Randomized Trial. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF NEPHROLOGY, 57(1), 11 pages.
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2026 Doig, M., Cunningham, A., Bedford, V., Le, H., O'Connor, M., Jessop, S., . . . Short, M. (2026). Continuing Professional Development - Radiation Therapy. JOURNAL OF MEDICAL RADIATION SCIENCES, 73(Suppl 2), 2 pages.
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2026 O’Keeffe, S., Thomas, B. H., O’Hehir, J., Rombouts, J., Patzel, D., Weber, D., . . . Cunningham, A. (2026). SilVR: Comparing Diegetic and Non-Diegetic Interfaces in an Immersive VR Simulation for Silviculture Education. Simulation and Gaming, 28 pages.
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2026 Doig, M., Jessop, S., Hansford, J. R., Le, H., O'Connor, M., Gorayski, P., . . . Short, M. (2026). Implementing Health-Related Quality of Life Assessment in Pediatric Oncology: A Feasibility Study. Pediatric Blood and Cancer, 73(5), e70234-1-e70234-10.
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2026 Groshkova, T., Soderholm, A., Liem, M., Moeller, K., Redmond, S., Griffiths, P., . . . Cunningham, A. (2026). Breaking the cycle: addressing the evolving dynamic of violence associated with the European drug market. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DRUG POLICY, 150, 4 pages.
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2026 Zhang, C., Cao, R., Cunningham, A., Jing, A., & Walsh, J. A. (2026). Do I Have Your Attention Now? Supporting Attention in Dynamic Virtual Environments. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 32(7), 7058-7073.
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2025 Doig, M., Cunningham, A., Bedford, V., Le, H., O'Connor, M., Bezak, E., . . . Short, M. (2025). Healthcare professional perspectives on digital health-related quality-of-life assessment in paediatric radiation therapy: a qualitative study. Journal of Medical Radiation Sciences, online(S2), 1-9.
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2025 Doig, M., Cunningham, A., Bedford, V., Le, H., O'Connor, M., Jessop, S., . . . Short, M. (2025). Development and Evaluation of an Electronic Patient-Reported Outcome Platform for Children Undergoing Radiation Therapy. Journal of Medical Radiation Sciences, online(S2), S81-S91.
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2025 Pieschacon, J. M., Smith, R. T., Cunningham, A., O'Callaghan, E., & Harvie, D. (2025). Spatial Visualisations for Physiotherapy Training Using Volumetric Capture and Virtual Reality. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 41(6), 1-18.
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2025 Cao, R., Liang, Z., Zhang, C., Cunningham, A., Walsh, J. A., & Cao, R. (2025). The Role of Visual Augmentation on Embodied Skill Acquisition Across Perspectives and Body Representations. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 31(11), 10045-10055.
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2025 Ablett, D., Cunningham, A., Lee, G. A., & Thomas, B. H. (2025). Simultaneous Presence Continuum: Portal Overlays for Overlapping Worlds in Virtual Reality. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 31(10), 7834-7847.
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2025 Pieschacon, J. M., Costabile, M., Cunningham, A., Zucco, J., Von Itzstein, G. S., & Smith, R. T. (2025). Smart Pipette: Elevating Laboratory Performance With Tactile Authenticity and Real-Time Feedback. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 31(9), 5788-5800.
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2025 Wimmer, M., Pepicelli, A., Volmer, B., ElSayed, N., Cunningham, A., Thomas, B. H., . . . Veas, E. E. (2025). Counting on AR: EEG responses to incongruent information with real-world context. Computers in Biology and Medicine, 185, 1-11.
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2025 O'Keeffe, S., Thomas, B., O'Hehir, J., Rombouts, J., Balasso, M., & Cunningham, A. (2025). Leveraging open-source tools to analyse ground-based forest LiDAR data in South Australian forests. Remote Sensing, 17(11, article no. 1934), 1-28.
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2024 Drogemuller, A., Matthews, B. J., Cunningham, A., Yu, R., Gu, N., & Thomas, B. H. (2024). Hey building! Novel interfaces for parametric design manipulations in virtual reality. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, 8(540), 330-355.
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2024 McKechnie-Martin, C. T., Cunningham, A., Baumeister, J., & Von Itzstein, G. S. (2024). A Meta-Ethnography of Player Motivation in Digital Games: The 28 Dimensions of Play. Games and Culture, online(2), 25 pages.
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2023 Drogemuller, A., Cunningham, A., Walsh, J., Baumeister, J., Smith, R. T., & Thomas, B. H. (2023). Aesthetics and comprehension of curved 3D graphs in Virtual Reality. Journal of Computer Languages, 75(101198), 1-18.
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2023 Klein, A., Uyehara, M., Cunningham, A., Olomi, M., Cashin, K., & Kirk, C. M. (2023). Nutritional care for children with feeding difficulties and disabilities: A scoping review. PLOS GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTH, 3(3), 19 pages.
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2022 Cunningham, A., & Reichherzer, C. (2022). Virtual reality in the courtroom. Judicial Officers Bulletin, 34, 39-41.
2020 Cao, R., Dey, S., Cunningham, A., Walsh, J., Smith, R. T., Zucco, J. E., & Thomas, B. H. (2020). Examining the use of narrative constructs in data videos. Visual Informatics, 4(1), 8-22.
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2020 Drogemuller, A., Cunningham, A., Walsh, J., Thomas, B. H., Cordeil, M., & Ross, W. (2020). Examining virtual reality navigation techniques for 3D network visualisations. Journal of Computer Languages, 56(100937), 1-13.
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2020 Cao, R., Walsh, J., Cunningham, A., Kohler, M., Smith, R. T., & Thomas, B. H. (2020). Examining computer–supported 3d event recreation for enhancing cognitive load, memorability, and engagement. Multimodal Technologies and Interaction, 4(3), 1-16.
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2020 Batch, A., Cunningham, A., Cordeil, M., Elmqvist, N., Dwyer, T., Thomas, B. H., & Marriott, K. (2020). There is no spoon: evaluating performance, space use, and presence with expert domain users in immersive analytics. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 26(6), 536-546.
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2019 Zhang, W., Benson, C., Cunningham, A., & Riffat, S. (2019). Parametric analysis on the performance of a revolutionary rotary Ericsson heat pump/engine. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LOW-CARBON TECHNOLOGIES, 14(1), 36-43.
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2018 Reichherzer, C., Cunningham, A., Walsh, J., Kohler, M., Billinghurst, M., & Thomas, B. H. (2018). Narrative and spatial memory for jury viewings in a reconstructed virtual environment. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 24(11), 2917-2926.
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2018 Jitsumura, M., Cunningham, A. L., Hitchings, M. D., Islam, S., Davies, A. P., Row, P. E., . . . Harris, D. A. (2018). Protocol for faecal microbiota transplantation in ulcerative colitis (FMTUC): a randomised feasibility study. BMJ OPEN, 8(10), 10 pages.
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2016 Fitzpatrick, D., O'Meara, P., & Cunningham, A. (2016). Pre-hospital identification and post-recovery challenges of intoxication with synthetic cannabinoid containing legal high products such as 'Exodus Damnation'. SCOTTISH MEDICAL JOURNAL, 61(4), 192-194.
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2016 van der Heide, S., Cunningham, A., Hardwick, S., & Russell, D. A. (2016). Location-specific immunodetection of cocaine on banknotes. ANALYST, 141(21), 6116-6125.
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2015 Gelbard, R., Inaba, K., Cunningham, A., Okoye, O., Aksoy, H., Skiada, D., . . . Demetriades, D. (2015). The Effect of Statin Use on Outcomes after Trauma. AMERICAN SURGEON, 81(12), E412-E414.
2015 Cunningham, A. (2015). John Victor Pickstone, or "JVP". DYNAMIS, 35(1), 193-196.
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2015 Cunningham, A. (2015). I shall keep on booing. OPERA, 66(5), 564.
2014 Christopherson, M. R., Dawson, J. A., Stevenson, D. M., Cunningham, A. C., Bramhacharya, S., Weimer, P. J., . . . Suen, G. (2014). Unique aspects of fiber degradation by the ruminal ethanologen <i>Ruminococcus albus 7</i> revealed by physiological and transcriptomic analysis. BMC GENOMICS, 15(1), 13 pages.
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2010 Cunningham, A. L., Jones, C. P., Ansell, J., & Barry, J. D. (2010). Christmas 2010: Surgery Red for danger: the effects of red hair in surgical practice. BMJ-BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL, 341(dec09 2), 5 pages.
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- Ba-Aoum, M., Cunningham, A., Fernandez, S., Hyde, R., Matovic, D., McCann, J., . . . Zarazaga, J. (n.d.). ACTION TEAM Community: Developing progressive connections between universities and the broader communities that host them. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING SOCIAL JUSTICE AND PEACE, 8(2), 152.

Year Citation
2026 Zhang, C., Cao, R., Cunningham, A., & Walsh, J. A. (2026). Less is More! Visual Suppression for Bottom-up and Top-down Attention in Dynamic Environments. In Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Proceedings (pp. 1-19). ACM.
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2026 Brehmer, M., Cordeil, M., Hurter, C., Itoh, T., Büschel, W., Jasim, M., . . . Zhao, J. (2026). Challenges in Synchronous & Remote Collaboration Around Visualization. In Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Proceedings (pp. 1-17). ACM.
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2025 Nguyen, H. C., Cunningham, A., Schumacher, P., & Walsh, J. A. (2025). From Boxes to Blueprints: An Investigation of User Expectations and Design Strategies for Spatial Augmented Reality UX/UI. In Proceedings 2025 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops Vrw 2025 (pp. 758-762). US: IEEE COMPUTER SOC.
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2025 McDade, J., Jing, A., & Cunningham, A. (2025). RealityDrop: A Framework Using Multimodal Superhuman Techniques to Manipulate Cross-Reality Virtual Content. In UIST Adjunct 2025 Proceedings of the 38th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (pp. 3 pages). SOUTH KOREA, Busan: ASSOC COMPUTING MACHINERY.
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2025 Jain, R. P., Drogemuller, A., Satriadi, K. A., Smith, R., & Cunningham, A. (2025). Strollytelling: Coupling Animation with Physical Locomotion to Explore Immersive Data Stories. In Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Proceedings (pp. 17 pages). JAPAN, Yokohama: ASSOC COMPUTING MACHINERY.
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2025 Cunningham, A., Wark, S., Volmer, B., Nowina-Krowicki, M., Mayer, W., Underwood, S., . . . Shekh, S. (2025). Examining the Effectiveness of Storyline Visualisation for Understanding Wargame Scenarios: A Pilot Study. In B. Ploderer, S. Viller, J. Paay, J. Fredericks, J. Turner, N. Vickery, . . . J. Hardman (Eds.), Proceedings of the 36th Australasian Conference on Human Computer Interaction Ozchi 2024 (pp. 647-653). AUSTRALIA, Brisbane: ASSOC COMPUTING MACHINERY.
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2025 Cunningham, A., Blackwell, W., DiLiberto, M., Donnelly, S., Gillmer, S., Leslie, R. V., . . . Zorn, N. (2025). Lessons Learned from the NASA TROPICS CubeSat Constellation Mission. In 2025 IEEE AEROSPACE CONFERENCE (pp. 7 pages). MT, Big Sky: IEEE.
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2025 Hebbar, S., Schmidt, S., Cunningham, A., & Stauderman, K. A. (2025). PATIENTS WITH ACUTE PANCREATITIS (AP) AND ACCOMPANYING SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME (SIRS) HAVE A LARGER VOLUME OF DISTRIBUTION COMPARED TO HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS. In GASTROENTEROLOGY Vol. 169 (pp. 2 pages). CA, San Diego: W B SAUNDERS CO-ELSEVIER INC.
2025 Barbotin, N., Fraser, J., McDade, J., & Cunningham, A. (2025). Cobot: An Embodied AI Agent for Immersive Analytics. In Proceedings 2025 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality Adjunct Ismar Adjunct 2025 (pp. 994-995). IEEE.
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2025 Cunningham, A., Barbotin, N., Drogemuller, A., & Fraser, J. (2025). Context Matters! Social, Spatial, and Semantic Coordination with an Embodied Agent in Immersive Analytics. In Proceedings 2025 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality Adjunct Ismar Adjunct 2025 (pp. 189-194). IEEE.
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2025 Doig, M., Jessop, S., Hansford, J. R., Le, H., O'connor, M., Gorayski, P., . . . Short, M. (2025). Optimising Paediatric Cancer Care With Electronic Patient-Reported Outcomes: Feasibility of the Ripple Platform. In ASIA-PACIFIC JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY Vol. 21 (pp. 1 page). WILEY.
2024 Du, X., Satriadi, K. A., Drogemuller, A., Matthews, B., Smith, R. T., Walsh, J., & Cunningham, A. (2024). That's rough! Encoding data into roughness for physicalization. In F. Mueller (Ed.), CHI '24: Proceedings of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 1-16). US: Association for Computing Machinery.
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2024 Zhang, C., Cao, R., Cunningham, A., & Walsh, J. A. (2024). Whatever could be, could be: Visualizing Future Movement Predictions. In Proceedings 2024 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces VR 2024 (pp. 126-136). US: IEEE COMPUTER SOC.
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2024 Ablett, D., Cunningham, A., Lee, G. A., & Thomas, B. H. (2024). Adaptive Portals: Enhancing Virtual Reality Interaction Spaces With Real-Time Self-Adjusting Portals. In U. Eck, M. Sra, J. Stefanucci, M. Sugimoto, M. Tatzgern, & I. Williams (Eds.), Proceedings 2024 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality Ismar 2024 (pp. 1010-1018). US: IEEE COMPUTER SOC.
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2024 Lechene, H., Clement, B., Sammut, K., Santos, P., Cunningham, A., Coppin, G., & Buche, C. (2024). LOTUS: learning from operational teaming with unmanned systems. In Oceans Conference Record (IEEE) (pp. 1-5). US: IEEE.
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2024 Jain, R. P., Satriadi, K. A., Drogemuller, A., Smith, R., & Cunningham, A. (2024). Once upon a data story: a preliminary design space for immersive data storytelling. In B. Ens, & S. Carpendale (Eds.), Companion Proceedings Of The Conference On Interactive Surfaces And Spaces, Iss Companion 2024 (pp. 63-68). US: ACM.
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2024 O'Keeffe, S., Thomas, B. H., O'Hehir, J., Rombouts, J., Balasso, M., & Cunningham, A. (2024). Immersive focus+context techniques to assist in interpretation of high density forest point clouds. In U. Eck (Ed.), Proceedings - 2024 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (pp. 961-970). US: IEEE.
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2024 Sakhaei, H., Drogemuller, A., Yu, R., Cunningham, A., Thomas, B. H., & Gu, N. (2024). Towards an immersive design experience: initial user requirements to integrate parametric design with virtual reality. In Proceedings of the International Conference of Architectural Science Association (pp. 310-318). Australia: The Architectural Science Association (ANZAScA).
2023 McDade, J., Drogemuller, A., Jing, A., Ireland, N., Walsh, J., Thomas, B., . . . Cunningham, A. (2023). CADET: a collaborative agile data exploration tool for mixed reality. In Proceedings - 2022 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality Adjunct, ISMAR-Adjunct 2022 (pp. 899-900). US: IEEE.
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2023 Ablett, D., Cunningham, A., Lee, G. A., & Thomas, B. H. (2023). Point & Portal: A New Action at a Distance Technique For Virtual Reality. In G. Bruder, A. H. Olivier, A. Cunningham, E. Y. Peng, J. Grubert, & I. Williams (Eds.), Proceedings 2023 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality Ismar 2023 (pp. 119-128). US: IEEE COMPUTER SOC.
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2023 Satriadi, K. A., Cunningham, A., Smith, R. T., Dwyer, T., Drogemuller, A., & Thomas, B. H. (2023). ProxSituated visualization: an extended model of situated visualization using proxies for physical referents. In A. Schmidt (Ed.), CHI '23: Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 1-20). US: Association for Computing Machinery.
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2023 Drogemuller, A., Sakhaei, H., Cunningham, A., Yu, R., & Gu, N. (2023). Envisioning paramersive design: an immersive approach to architectural design and review. In Proceedings - 2023 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality Adjunct, ISMAR-Adjunct 2023 (pp. 261-265). US: IEEE.
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2023 Bruder, G., Olivier, A. H., Cunningham, A., Peng, E. Y., Grubert, J., & Williams, I. (2023). Message from the ISMAR 2023 Science and Technology Conference Program Chairs. In Proceedings - 2023 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality, ISMAR 2023 (pp. 1). US: IEEE.
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2022 Reichherzer, C., Cunningham, A., Barr, J., Coleman, T., McManus, K., Sheppard, D., . . . Thomas, B. H. (2022). Supporting Jury Understanding of Expert Evidence in a Virtual Environment. In Proceedings - 2022 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces, VR 2022 (pp. 615-624). Online: IEEE.
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2022 Ablett, D., Cunningham, A., Lee, G. A., & Thomas, B. H. (2022). Portal Rendering and Creation Interactions in Virtual Reality. In H. Duh, I. Williams, J. Grubert, J. A. Jones, & J. Zheng (Eds.), Proceedings 2022 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality Ismar 2022 (pp. 160-168). US: IEEE.
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2022 Ens, B., Cordeil, M., North, C., Dwyer, T., Besançon, L., Prouzeau, A., . . . Satriadi, K. A. (2022). Immersive analytics 2.0: spatial and embodied sensemaking. In Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings (pp. 1-7). US: Association for Computing Machinery.
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2022 Ablett, D., Suwal, S., Cunningham, A., & Thomas, B. H. (2022). Exploring hybrid reality environments for overview+detail tasks in immersive data visualisation. In CEUR Workshop Proceedings Vol. 3297 (pp. 1-6). Germany: Rheinisch-Westfaelische Technische Hochschule Aachen.
2022 Satriadi, K. A., Cunningham, A., Thomas, B. H., Drogemuller, A., Odi, A., Patel, N., . . . Smith, R. T. (2022). Augmented scale models: presenting multivariate data around physical scale models in augmented reality. In Proceedings - 2022 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality, ISMAR 2022 (pp. 54-63). US: IEEE.
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2022 Barbotin, N., Baumeister, J., Cunningham, A., Duval, T., Grisvard, O., & Thomas, B. H. (2022). Evaluating Visual Cues for Future Airborne Surveillance Using Simulated Augmented Reality Displays. In Proceedings 2022 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces VR 2022 (pp. 213-221). US: IEEE COMPUTER SOC.
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2022 Jitsumura, M., Cunningham, A., Hitchings, M. D., Wilkinson, T., Kinross, J. W., Row, P., . . . Harris, D. (2022). FAECAL MICROBIOTA TRANSPLANT IN ULCERATIVE COLITIS (FMTUC) - A RANDOMISED CLINICAL TRIAL FEASIBILITY STUDY. In GASTROENTEROLOGY Vol. 162 (pp. S982). W B SAUNDERS CO-ELSEVIER INC.
2021 Cao, R., Zou-Williams, L., Cunningham, A., Walsh, J., Kohler, M., & Thornas, B. H. (2021). Comparing the neuro-physiological effects of cinematic virtual reality with 2D monitors. In Proceedings of the 2021 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces (VR 2021) (pp. 729-738). online: IEEE.
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2021 Reichherzer, C., Cunningham, A., Coleman, T., Cao, R., McManus, K., Sheppard, D., . . . Thomas, B. H. (2021). Bringing the Jury to the Scene of the Crime: Memory and Decision-Making in a Simulated Crime Scene. In Proceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 1-12). New York, NY, United States: ACM.
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2021 Drogemuller, A., Cunningham, A., & Walsh, J. (2021). Haptic and visual comprehension of a 2d graph layout through physicalisation. In Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Proceedings (pp. 1-16). US: Association for Computing Machinery.
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2021 Cunningham, A., Hart, J. D., Engelke, U., Adcock, M., & Thomas, B. H. (2021). Towards embodied interaction for geospatial energy sector analytics in immersive environments. In e-Energy 2021 - Proceedings of the 2021 12th ACM International Conference on Future Energy Systems (pp. 396-400). US: ACM.
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2021 Martin, C. T., Baumeister, J., Cunningham, A., & Von Itzstein, G. S. (2021). The spheres of player motivation: Towards a new typology for player motivation in digital games. In Chi Play 2021 Extended Abstracts of the 2021 Annual Symposium on Computer Human Interaction in Play (pp. 140-145). US: ASSOC COMPUTING MACHINERY.
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2020 Cordeil, M., Bach, B., Cunningham, A., Montoya, B., Smith, R. T., Thomas, B. H., & Dwyer, T. (2020). Embodied axes: tangible, actuated interaction for 3D augmented reality data spaces. In CHI '20: Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 1-12). US: Association for Computing Machinery.
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2020 Cunningham, A., Hitchings, M. D., Stephens, J., Luzio, S., & Harris, D. (2020). THE CHALLENGES IN DEVELOPING A FAECAL TRANSPLANTATION BANK FOR THE TREATMENT OF OBESITY AND TYPE TWO DIABETES. In GASTROENTEROLOGY Vol. 158 (pp. S1223). TX, Austin: W B SAUNDERS CO-ELSEVIER INC.
2019 Cao, R., Walsh, J., Cunningham, A., Reichherze, C., Dey, S., & Thomas, B. H. (2019). A preliminary exploration of montage transitions in cinematic virtual reality. In 2019 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality Adjunct (ISMAR-Adjunct) (pp. 65-70). US: IEEE.
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2019 Ssin, S. Y., Walsh, J. A., Smith, R. T., Cunninqham, A., & Thomas, B. H. (2019). GeoGate: Correlating geo-temporal datasets using an augmented reality space-time cube and tangible interactions. In 26th IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces VR 2019 Proceedings (pp. 210-219). US: IEEE.
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2019 Cunningham, A., Nowina-Krowicki, M., Walsh, J., Chung, J., Wark, S., & Thomas, B. H. (2019). Provenance narratives and visualisation to support understanding and trust. In 23rd International Congress on Modelling and Simulation Supporting Evidence Based Decision Making the Role of Modelling and Simulation Modsim 2019 (pp. 421-427). Australia: Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand.
2019 Walsh, J., Cunningham, A., Wark, S., Nowina-Krowicki, M., & Thomas, B. H. (2019). Narrative Visualisation of Simulations: Finding the Stories Within the Data. In 23rd International Congress on Modelling and Simulation Supporting Evidence Based Decision Making the Role of Modelling and Simulation Modsim 2019 (pp. 256-262). Australia: The Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand.
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2019 Cordeil, M., Cunningham, A., Bach, B., Hurter, C., Thomas, B. H., Marriott, K., & Dwyer, T. (2019). IATK: An immersive analytics toolkit. In IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces (VR) (pp. 1-10). US: IEEE.
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2019 Engelke, U., Cordeil, M., Cunningham, A., & Ens, B. (2019). Immersive analytics. In Proceedings of SA '19 SIGGRAPH Asia 2019 Courses (pp. 1-156). Australia: ACM.
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2019 May, K., Hanan, I., Cunningham, A., & Thomas, B. (2019). 3DUITK: An opensource toolkit for thirty years of three-dimensional interaction research. In Adjunct Proceedings of the 2019 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality, ISMAR-Adjunct 2019 (pp. 175-180). US: IEEE.
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2019 Drogemuller, A., Cunningham, A., Walsh, J., & Thomas, B. H. (2019). Towards instantiating design principles for physical networks. In Proceedings of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 1-9). UK: Association for Computing Machinery.
2018 Walsh, J., Cunningham, A., Smith, R., & Thomas, B. (2018). Tangible Braille Plot: Tangibly Exploring Geo-Temporal Data in Virtual Reality. In 2018 International Symposium on Big Data Visual and Immersive Analytics Bdva 2018 (pp. 1-6). US: IEEE.
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2018 Cunningham, A., Walsh, J., & Thomas, B. (2018). Immersive Visualisation of Geo-Temporal Narratives in Law Enforcement. In 2018 International Symposium on Big Data Visual and Immersive Analytics Bdva 2018 (pp. 1-8). US: IEEE.
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2018 Drogemuller, A., Cunningham, A., Walsh, J., Cordeil, M., Ross, W., & Thomas, B. (2018). Evaluating Navigation Techniques for 3D Graph Visualizations in Virtual Reality. In 2018 International Symposium on Big Data Visual and Immersive Analytics Bdva 2018 (pp. 1-10). US: IEEE.
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2017 Cordeil, M., Cunningham, A., Dwyer, T., Thomas, B., & Marriott, K. (2017). ImAxes: Immersive axes as embodied affordances for interactive multivariate data visualisation. In UIST 2017 - Proceedings of the 30th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (pp. 71-83). Canada: ACM.
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2017 Cunningham, A., Granger, K., Mburu-de-wagt, A., Rogers, B., & Koniz-Booher, P. (2017). PROMOTING NUTRITION AND HYGIENE FOR ORPHANS AND VULNERABLE CHILDREN IN THROUGHOUT CHILDHOOD IN NIGERIA. In ANNALS OF NUTRITION AND METABOLISM Vol. 71 (pp. 576). KARGER.
2017 Moses, P., Moses, P., Pinga, V., Granger, K., Koniz-Booher, P., Pietropaoli, J., . . . Cunningham, A. (2017). A HYBRID APPROACH: MERGING AGRICULTURE AND HEALTH-BASED FORMATIVE RESEARCH TOOLS TO INFORM NUTRITION BEHAVIOR CHANGE INTERVENTIONS AMONG MOTHERS AND YOUNG CHILDREN IN SIERRA LEONE. In ANNALS OF NUTRITION AND METABOLISM Vol. 71 (pp. 416). KARGER.
2014 Jones, S., Wasserstein, M., Soran, H., Breen, C., Thurberg, B., Culm-Merdek, K., . . . Cunningham, A. (2014). An open-label, multicenter, ascending dose study of the tolerability and safety of recombinant human acid sphingomyelinase (rhASM) in patients with ASM deficiency (ASMD). In MOLECULAR GENETICS AND METABOLISM Vol. 111 (pp. S57). CA, San Diego: ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE.
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2013 Ormseth, M. J., Bian, A., Oeser, A. M., Cunningham, A., Shintani, A., Tanner, S. B., & Stein, C. M. (2013). Reversing Vascular Dysfunction In Rheumatoid Arthritis: Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor Gamma Agonist Therapy Improves Augmentation Index But Not Endothelial Function. In ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM Vol. 65 (pp. S586). CA, San Diego: WILEY-BLACKWELL.
2012 Ormseth, M. J., Oeser, A. M., Cunningham, A., Bian, A., Shintani, A., Tanner, S. B., & Stein, C. M. (2012). Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor Gamma Agonist Treatment for Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Proof-of-Concept Randomized Controlled Trial.. In ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM Vol. 64 (pp. S363). DC, Washington: WILEY-BLACKWELL.
2010 Sandor, C., Cunningham, A., Dey, A., & Mattila, V. V. (2010). An augmented reality x-ray system based on visual saliency. In H. Höllerer, & T. Tobias (Eds.), Proceedings of the 9th IEEE international symposium on mixed and augmented reality (pp. 27-36). US: IEEE.
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2010 Dey, A., Cunningham, A., & Sandor, C. (2010). Evaluating depth perception of photorealistic mixed reality visualizations for occluded objects in outdoor environments. In Proceedings of the 17th ACM Symposium on virtual reality software and technology (pp. 211-218). China: ACM.
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2010 Dey, A., Cunningham, A., & Sandor, C. (2010). Evaluating depth perception of photorealistic mixed reality visualizations for occluded objects in outdoor environments. In Proceedings : IEEE Symposium on 3D User Interfaces 2010 (pp. 127-128). US: IEEE.
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2010 Cunningham, A., Close, B. S., Thomas, B. H., & Hutterer, P. (2010). Design and impressions of a multi-user tabletop interaction device. In AUIC 2010 : proceedings of the eleventh Australasian User Interfaces Conference, January 2010, Brisbane, Australia Vol. 106 (pp. 71-79). Darlinghurst, Australia: Australian Computer Society.
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2010 Sandor, C., Cunningham, A., Eck, U., Urquhart, D., Jarvis, G., Dey, A., . . . Rhee, S. (2010). Egocentric space-distorting visualizations for rapid environment exploration in mobile mixed reality. In B. Lok, G. Klinker, & R. Nakatsu (Eds.), IEEE Virtual Reality 2010: Proceedings (pp. 47-50). US: IEEE.
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2009 Sandor, C., Cunningham, A., Eck, U., Urquhart, D., Jarvis, G., Dey, A., . . . Rhee, S. (2009). Egocentric space-distorting visualizations for rapid environment exploration in mobile mixed reality. In Science and Technology Proceedings: 8th IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality 2009 (pp. 211-212). US: IEEE.
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2009 Cunningham, A., Close, B. S., Thomas, B. H., & Hutterer, P. (2009). TableMouse : a novel multiuser tabletop pointing device. In OZCHI 2009 conference proceedings Vol. 411 (pp. 169-176). USA: ACM.
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2007 Xu, K., Cunningham, A., Hong, S. H., & Thomas, B. H. (2007). GraphScape : integrated multivariate network visualization. In Asia-Pacific symposium on visualization 2007 : proceedings (pp. 33-40). USA: IEEE.
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2005 Cunningham, A., & Thomas, B. H. (2005). Target motion analysis visualisation. In Proceedings of the Information Visualisation 2005, Asia-Pacific Symposium on Information Visualisation Vol. 45 (pp. 81-90). Australia: Australian Computer Society.
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Year Citation
2026 Simonson, A., Stackpole, A., Fredrickson, A., Mitchell, J., Garcia, J., Herraiz, N. B., . . . Wick, M. J. (2026). Establishment of a translational research ecosystem: A globally networked PDX model platform to accelerate oncology drug development. Poster session presented at the meeting of CANCER RESEARCH. CA, San Diego: AMER ASSOC CANCER RESEARCH.
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Year Citation
2010 Mattila, V. V., Cunningham, A., & Sandor, C. (2010). US20110287811, Method and apparatus for an augmented reality x-ray.

Year Citation
2024 Wimmer, M., Pepicelli, A., Volmer, B., ElSayed, N., Cunningham, A., Thomas, B. H., . . . Veas, E. E. (2024). Counting on AR: EEG responses to incongruent information with real-world context.
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2019 Batch, A., Cunningham, A., Cordeil, M., Elmqvist, N., Dwyer, T., Thomas, B. H., & Marriott, K. (2019). There Is No Spoon: Evaluating Performance, Space Use, and Presence with Expert Domain Users in Immersive Analytics.
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  • CSIRO NGGP - UTAS - Augmented Human Operations, CSIRO-Data61, 07/08/2024 - 30/06/2029
  • Industry Funded PhD Project: Immersive narrative visualisation for understanding autonomous maritime vessels, Naval Group Pacific Pty Ltd, 06/11/2023 - 06/11/2027
  • Parametric VR: An Interactive Virtual Reality System for Parametric Design, ARC - Discovery Projects, 01/11/2022 - 31/10/2026
  • VineSight: Augmented Reality Field-based Diagnostics for Vineyard Disease Detection, CRC SAAFE Limited, 05/09/2025 - 05/09/2026
  • Exploring satellite configurations in mixed reality, Cwth Dept of Defence, 06/11/2025 - 05/06/2026
  • Australian Housing & Urban Research Institute Scholarship, Australian Housing & Urban Research Institute, 22/06/2023 - 31/05/2026
  • An immersive science platform for the CLLMM Research Centre, CLLMM: Coorong, Lower Lakes and Murray Mouth Research Centre (Goyder Inst), 25/06/2024 - 31/01/2026
  • Narrative Visualisation for Multi-Domain Agile C2, Defence Science and Technology Group, 20/12/2023 - 31/12/2025
  • Reviewing CDR User Requirements, Department of the Treasury, 07/03/2025 - 30/12/2025
  • Cyber Terrain Mapping and Analysis of Operational Technology Networks, Defence Science and Technology Group, 02/02/2024 - 31/01/2025
  • BAE Technology Transfer - Atlas Project and LMM Investigation, ASC Shipbuilding Pty Limited, 01/07/2024 - 30/11/2024
  • Forestry Saw Mill VR Training, Green Triangle Forestry Industry Hub, 09/01/2024 - 09/07/2024
  • Independent Health Check (Dark Patterns), Department of the Treasury, 02/02/2024 - 30/06/2024
  • BAE Technology Transfer and Automation Proof of Concept, ASC Shipbuilding Pty Limited, 01/09/2023 - 31/01/2024
  • SmartSat P2-46: Indo-Pacific Connector Visualisation Task, SmartSat CRC, 26/05/2022 - 25/09/2022
  • 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

Courses I teach

  • COMP 3023 Design Patterns with C++ (2025)
  • COMP 3025 Game Design (2025)
  • COMP 5076 Problem Solving in the Digital Age (2025)
  • COMP 3025 Game Design (2024)
  • COMP 5076 Problem Solving in the Digital Age (2024)

Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2025 Co-Supervisor Enhancing Cultural Competency in Adolescents through Storyliving in Immersive Learning Environments Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Mrs Catherine Barnes
2025 Co-Supervisor Cross-reality in interactive robotic using VR/AR Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Taha Lamine
2024 Principal Supervisor Immersive Narrative Visualisation for Understanding Autonomous Maritime Vessels Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Kingsley Stephens
2023 Principal Supervisor Tangible immersive analytics  Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Lily Du
2023 Co-Supervisor Exploring the Potential to Create 3D Sculptural Data Visualisations Using Digital Technologies Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Agarrid Mahdi
2023 Co-Supervisor Design thinking in immersive environments: exploring the impacts of VR on parametric design process Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Hamidreza Sakhaei
2022 Principal Supervisor Hand skill training with custom haptics, real-time visual instruction, and immersive technologies Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Juan Pieschacon Aponte
2022 Principal Supervisor Immersive analytics in forestry Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Spencer John O'Keeffe
2022 Co-Supervisor Life-size block puzzle: world-building in Spatial Augmented Reality Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Ha Chau Nguyen
2022 Co-Supervisor Designing data for immersive cultural experiences and events Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Richie Khoo

Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2022 - 2026 Co-Supervisor Immersive visualizations to improve user performance in challenging situations Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Chenkai Zhang
2022 - 2026 Principal Supervisor Designing immersive data stories through space, locomotion, and scale Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Radhika Jain
2021 - 2025 Co-Supervisor The spheres of player motivation: understanding the dimensionality of players in digital games Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Corey McKechnie-Martin
2020 - 2025 Co-Supervisor Enhancing portals in virtual reality: the (non-Euclidean) space between locomotion and action-at-a-distance Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Daniel Ablett
2018 - 2022 Co-Supervisor Embodied navigation: graphs beyond the desktop Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Adam Drogemuller
2017 - 2021 Co-Supervisor The effective use of immersive data storytelling for event-related information Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Ruochen Cao
2017 - 2021 Co-Supervisor Virtual reality in the court of law: improving jury understanding in a reconstructed environment Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Carolin Reichherzer

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