Affiliated Staff

Within the Faculty of Engineering we work closely on some projects with the Software and Programming Group, Computer Graphics Group, and Computational Media Innovation Center (CMIC).

Students

The group consists of the following students ranging from PhD students, Masters thesis students and students completing final year or honours projects. Also see our list of Alumni.

Student	Topic	Degree	Supervisor
Dan Archer	Mobile apps to support sleep health and emotional wellbeing	PhD	Terry Fleming and Simon McCallum
Nishadi Ariyasinghe	XR for Digital Mental Health - Loneliness	PhD	Simon McCallum, Craig Anslow
Tristan Bunn	Visual Analytics for Learning Management Systems	PhD	Craig Anslow
Kieran Carnegie	VR Human Perception and Changes	PhD	Simon McCallum, Gina Grimshaw
Hiroshika Hinduramage	An AR Mobile Application for Training Children with ASD with Social Skills	PhD	Stuart Marshall, Nadia Pantidi
Muhammad Saad Khan	Improving Radiation Therapy Diagnosis with Intelligent Interfaces	PhD	Craig Anslow, Brian Robinson, Joaquim Jorge
Hunter Mulder	Computer Games for single sensory modality	PhD	Simon McCallum
Mindula Rowel		PhD	Simon McCallum and Craig Anslow
Hansi Udapola	Co-design and Mixed-method evaluation study to evaluate the role of facilitator in promoting social interactions in social virtual reality environments.	PhD	Simon McCallum, NadiaPantidi
Nisal Udawatta	XR simulator to guide cardiac surgeries	PhD	Craig Anslow, Brian Robinson
Braeden Windle	AR Sandbox	BE(Hons)	Simon McCallum, Craig Anslow
Elliot Ramoo	AI and group work	BE(Hons)	Simon McCallum
Finlay Metcalfe	VimVentures	BE(Hons)	Simon McCallum
Georgia Barrand	Collaborative Visualisation - sharing and building on insights into data	BE(Hons)	Stuart Marshall, Andrew Lensen
Ella Wipatene	We're Adopting a Puppy: an AI-enabled software app for prospective puppy parents	BE(Hons)	Stuart Marshall
Julia Huijser	AI-enabled HCI app	BE(Hons)	Stuart Marshall
Sooraj Raja	Information Visualization	BE(Hons)	Stuart Marshall
Gurleen Kaur	Software Development Practices in New Zealand	BE(Hons)	Craig Anslow
Naomi Parte	VR for Patient Radiation Therapy	BE(Hons)	Craig Anslow
Christine Jayme	Understanding SBOMs for Supply Chain Security	BE(Hons)	Jens Dietrich, Craig Anslow

VUW Collaborators

HCI is an interdisciplinary subject and we also work with a number of other VUW academics in different faculties and schools (please contact us if you would like to collaborate):

Faculty of Science

• James Bell - School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science
• Mairead de Roiste - School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences, Faculty of Science
• Gina Grimshaw - School of Psychology, Faculty of Science
• Chris Maymon - School of Psychology, Faculty of Science
• James Renwick - School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences, Faculty of Science
• Alice Rogers - School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science

Faculty of Health

• Terry Fleming - School of Health, Faculty of Health
• Karen McBride-Henry - School of Nursing, Midwifery, and Health Practice, Faculty of Health
• Lorna Massov - School of Nursing, Midwifery, and Health Practice, Faculty of Health
• Tara Officer - School of Nursing, Midwifery, and Health Practice, Faculty of Health
• Brian Robinson - School of Nursing, Midwifery, and Health Practice, Faculty of Health

Business School

• Jocelyn Cranefield - School of Information Management, Victoria Business School
• Andreas Drechsler - School of Information Management, Victoria Business School
• Markus Luczak-Roesch - School of Information Management, Victoria Business School

Faculty of Architecture and Design Innovation

• Dana Fridman - School of Design, Faculty of Architecture and Design
• Byron Mallett - School of Design, Faculty of Architecture and Design
• Gillian McCarthy - School of Design, Faculty of Architecture and Design
• Tuakana Metuarau - School of Design, Faculty of Architecture and Design
• Edgar Rodríguez Ramírez - School of Design, Faculty of Architecture and Design

Faculty of Education

• Louise Starkey - School of Education, Faculty of Education