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Overview
Background
Human-centred design of interactive systems
Stephen Viller is a researcher and educator in human-centred design methods, particularly applied to designing social, domestic and mobile computing technologies, and understanding how people's interactions in everyday settings inform the design of such technologies. He has over 20 years of experience in Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW), Interaction Design, and Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) research, where he has focused on bridging disciplines and perspectives. He has concentrated on qualitative methods, particularly observational fieldwork, contextual interviews, diary studies and field trips, but also increasingly on more ‘designerly’ approaches such as cultural probes, low-fidelity prototypes, rapid prototyping and sketching.
Stephen is an Associate Professor and leader of the Human-Centred Computing discipline in the School of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, and UQ's Theme Leader for the Digital Worlds and Disruptive Technologies theme in the QUEX Institute. From 2016-2019 he was the Director of Coursework Studies (Chair of T&L committee) and from 2011-2016 he was Program Director of the Bachelor of Multimedia Design and Master of Interaction Design. His publications span various interdisciplinary journals and conferences in HCI/CSCW and technology design. He has a BSc (Hons) Computation (UMIST), MSc Cognitive Science (Manchester) and PhD Computing (Lancaster).
Availability
- Associate Professor Stephen Viller is:
- Available for supervision
- Media expert
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Bachelor (Honours) of Computer Science, unknown
- Masters (Coursework) of Cognitive Science, The University of Manchester
- Doctor of Philosophy of Computer-Human Interaction, The University of Lancaster
Research interests
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Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW)
I am interested in all aspects of the understanding of social interaction, methods of studying people in social settings, and informing the design of social technologies.
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Interaction Design
I am interested in people-centred methods for informing the design of interactive technologies. In particular, I explore how methods from other disciplines can be adopted and adapted to improve the software design process.
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Emerging technologies
Technology is only really interesting to me in terms of what it allows people to achieve. I am interested in various technologies in order to prototype and explore novel applications to solve problems in specific contexts. Current technologies I am working with include Internet of Things (IoT), Mixed and Augmented Reality (AR), Physical Computing, and mobile social software.
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Application contexts
Interaction design research takes place in everyday settings where we can understand current practice/activities and prototype and evaluate solutions. My research has involved a wide range of contexts, including dependable and safety-critical systems, office work, tourism, health, behaviour change, and education. In all these domains, my approach is to inform the design of technologies that not only meet the functional and usability needs/requirements of the people in the context, but that are also technologies that people would actually want to use.
Works
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2020
Other Outputs
Keeping the power on to home medical devices
Bean, Richard, Snow, Stephen, Glencross, Mashhuda, Viller, Stephen and Horrocks, Neil (2020). Keeping the power on to home medical devices. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.14264/uql.2020.802
2020
Book Chapter
Prototyping interaction: designing technology for communication
Doherty, Skye and Viller, Stephen (2020). Prototyping interaction: designing technology for communication. Reimagining communication: experience. (pp. 80-96) edited by Michael Filimowicz and Veronika Tzankova. New York, NY, United States: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781351015356-5
2019
Other Outputs
Physical News Card Deck
Skye Doherty, Kathleen Jennings, Ben Matthews and Stephen Viller (2019). Physical News Card Deck. Brisbane, Australia: University of Queensland.
2019
Conference Publication
Soundscape : Participatory design of an interface for musical expression
Hunter, Trevor, Worthy, Peter, Matthews, Ben and Viller, Stephen (2019). Soundscape : Participatory design of an interface for musical expression. 14th International Audio Mostly Conference: A Journey in Sound on ZZZ, Nottingham, United Kingdom, September 18 - 20, 2019. New York, NY, United States: ACM Press. doi: 10.1145/3356590.3356640
2019
Conference Publication
Using participatory design in the development of a new musical interface : Understanding musician's needs beyond usability
Hunter, Trevor, Worthy, Peter, Matthews, Ben and Viller, Stephen (2019). Using participatory design in the development of a new musical interface : Understanding musician's needs beyond usability. 14th International Audio Mostly Conference: A Journey in Sound on ZZZ, Nottingham, United Kingdom, September 18 - 20, 2019. New York, NY, United States: ACM Press. doi: 10.1145/3356590.3356635
2018
Conference Publication
Designing for citizen-centric smart cities: supporting people's needs of a community garden
Hunter, Trevor, Worthy, Peter, Viller, Stephen and Matthews, Ben (2018). Designing for citizen-centric smart cities: supporting people's needs of a community garden. OzCHI '18: 30th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 4-7 December 2018. New York, United States: ACM Press. doi: 10.1145/3292147.3292217
2018
Conference Publication
DBugs: large-scale artefacts for collaborative computer programming
Bodén, Marie, Pretorius, Bianca, Matthews, Ben and Viller, Stephen (2018). DBugs: large-scale artefacts for collaborative computer programming. 17th ACM Conference on Interaction Design and Children, IDC 2018, Trondheim, Norway, 19-22 June 2018. New York, NY, United States: Association for Computing Machinery, Inc. doi: 10.1145/3202185.3210773
2017
Conference Publication
The community garden hack: Participatory experiments in facilitating primary school teacher's appropriation of technology
Karimi, Arafeh, Worthy, Peter, McInnes, Paul, Bodén, Marie, Matthews, Ben and Viller, Stephen (2017). The community garden hack: Participatory experiments in facilitating primary school teacher's appropriation of technology. 29th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference, OzCHI 2017, Brisbane, Australia, November 28-1, 2017. New York, New York, USA: Association for Computing Machinery. doi: 10.1145/3152771.3152787
2017
Conference Publication
Workshop: Mixing quantitative with qualitative methods. current practices in designing experiments, gathering data and analysis with mixed methods reporting
Morrison, Ann, Viller, Stephen, Heck, Tamara and Davis, Kate (2017). Workshop: Mixing quantitative with qualitative methods. current practices in designing experiments, gathering data and analysis with mixed methods reporting. 29th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference, OzCHI 2017, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, November 28, 2017-December 1, 2017. New York, New York, USA: Association for Computing Machinery. doi: 10.1145/3152771.3156195
2017
Conference Publication
Soundscape: building connection between digital musicians and their audience
Hunter, Trevor, Balachandran, Shiva, Worthy, Peter, Matthews, Ben and Viller, Stephen (2017). Soundscape: building connection between digital musicians and their audience. 29th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference, OzCHI 2017, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 28 November-1 December 2017. New York, NY, USA: Association for Computing Machinery. doi: 10.1145/3152771.3156176
2016
Journal Article
Demo Hour: Minimize
Oogjes, Doenja, Bruns Alonso, Miguel, Wakkary, Ron, Lo, Joanne, Lee, Doris Jung Lin, Wong, Nathan, Bui, David, Paulos, Eric, Gatehouse, Cally, DiSalvo, Alyssa, Yu, Zishan, Worthy, Peter, Weigel, Jason, Viller, Stephen and Matthews, Ben (2016). Demo Hour: Minimize. Interactions, 23 (6), 13-13. doi: 10.1145/3001768
2016
Other Outputs
Sulcus Loci - Exhibit at the State Library of Qld
Baber, Kim, De Manincor, John, Klein, Eve, Viller, Stephen and Kratz, Svenja (2016). Sulcus Loci - Exhibit at the State Library of Qld.
2016
Conference Publication
IoT: designing for human values
Viller, Stephen, Worthy, Peter, Boden, Marie, Weigel, Jason, Fitzpatrick, Geraldine, Rodden, Tom and Matthews, Ben (2016). IoT: designing for human values. 11th ACM SIGCHI Conference on Designing Interactive Systems, DIS 2016, Brisbane, Australia, 4 - 8 June 2016. New York, NY, United States: Association for Computing Machinery. doi: 10.1145/2908805.2913019
2016
Conference Publication
Could the inherent nature of the internet of things inhibit person-to-person connection?
Cervantes, Maria, Ramani, Ramya, Worthy, Peter, Weigel, Jason, Viller, Stephen A. and Matthews, Benjamin Robert (2016). Could the inherent nature of the internet of things inhibit person-to-person connection?. 11th ACM SIGCHI Conference on Designing Interactive Systems, DIS 2016, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 4 - 8 June, 2016. New York, NY, United States: Association for Computing Machinery. doi: 10.1145/2908805.2909418
2016
Conference Publication
StoryLamp: Sentimentality is killing the world
Disalvo, Alyssa, Watson, Leila, Yu, Zishan, Worthy, Peter, Weigel, Jason, Viller, Stephen and Matthews, Ben (2016). StoryLamp: Sentimentality is killing the world. 11th ACM SIGCHI Conference on Designing Interactive Systems, DIS 2016, Brisbane, Australia, 4-8 June, 2016. New York, United States: Association for Computing Machinery. doi: 10.1145/2908805.2909409
2016
Conference Publication
New horizons for the IoT in everyday life: proactive, shared, sustainable
Fischer, Joel E., Colley, James A., Luger, Ewa, Golembewski, Michael, Costanza, Enrico, Ramchurn, Sarvapali D., Viller, Stephen, Oakley, Ian and Froehlich, Jon E. (2016). New horizons for the IoT in everyday life: proactive, shared, sustainable. 2016 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing, UbiComp 2016, Heidelberg, Germany, 12-16 September 2016. New York, NY, United States: Association for Computing Machinery. doi: 10.1145/2968219.2968347
2015
Conference Publication
Designing for visually impaired developers
Epifani, Andrea, Boden, Marie, Meinicke, Larissa, Matthews, Ben and Viller, Stephen (2015). Designing for visually impaired developers. World Conference of the International Association of Design Research, Brisbane, Australia, 2-5 November 2015. The International Association of Societies of Design Research.
2015
Other Outputs
NewsCube
Doherty, Skye, Epifani, Andrea, Lloyd, David, Harrison, John and Viller, Stephen (2015). NewsCube. Samford, QLD, Australia: NewsCubed.
2015
Conference Publication
Children's expectations and strategies in interacting with a Wizard of Oz Robot
Worthy, Peter, Boden, Marie, Karimi, Arafeh, Weigel, Jason, Matthews, Ben, Hensby, Kristyn, Heath, Scott, Pounds, Paul, Taufatofua, Jonathon, Smith, Michael, Viller, Stephen and Wiles, Janet (2015). Children's expectations and strategies in interacting with a Wizard of Oz Robot. OZCHI '15, Melbourne, Australia, 7-10 December 2015. New York, NY, United States: ACM. doi: 10.1145/2838739.2838793
2014
Conference Publication
Designer client communication in web design: a case study on the use of communication in practice
Dekker, Andrew, Worthy, Peter, Viller, Stephen, Zimbardi, Kirsten and Robinson, Ricky (2014). Designer client communication in web design: a case study on the use of communication in practice. Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference (OzCHI 2014), Sydney, NSW, Australia, 2-5 December 2014. New York, NY, United States: ACM. doi: 10.1145/2686612.2686681
Funding
Current funding
Supervision
Availability
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Mixed reality collaborative learning environment for use in distance education for professional development
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Marie Boden
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Doctor Philosophy
A mobile health intervention for promoting light and moderate intensity physical activity among young cancer survivors
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Chelsea Dobbins, Professor Sandie McCarthy
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Doctor Philosophy
Designing for location dependence: a framework for design
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Ben Matthews
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Doctor Philosophy
Trust vs Disgust: The Believability and Trustworthiness of Digital Characters
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Mashhuda Glencross
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Doctor Philosophy
Fostering Making Practices in People from Low Socio-Economic Backgrounds
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Dhaval Vyas
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Doctor Philosophy
Positive Tipping Points Driving Clean Energy Adoption
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Mashhuda Glencross
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Doctor Philosophy
Weaving Tech and Teach: A Participatory Design Exploration with Primary School Teachers
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Ben Matthews
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Doctor Philosophy
Extreme Analytics
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Gianluca Demartini, Dr Maxime Cordeil
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Doctor Philosophy
Human-Centered Independent Living for People with Paraplegia
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Dhaval Vyas
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Doctor Philosophy
Exploring Emotional and Cognitive Effects of Heterogeneous Mixed Reality Remote Collaboration
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Ben Matthews
Completed supervision
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2020
Master Philosophy
The Efficacy and Usefulness of Software Carpentry Training: A Follow-Up Cohort Study
Principal Advisor
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2017
Doctor Philosophy
Journalism Design: The NewsCube, Interactive Technologies and Practice
Principal Advisor
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2015
Doctor Philosophy
Contextual considerations for the design of Learner-adaptive computer support in collaborative classrooms
Principal Advisor
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2015
Doctor Philosophy
Web Designer / Client Communication: An in-situ development and evaluation of tools and methods to support the collaborative design of interactive technologies
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Ben Matthews
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2014
Doctor Philosophy
Designing a technology mash-up to support remote physical-digital fashion design collaboration
Principal Advisor
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2012
Doctor Philosophy
SonicAir: Designing Sonification-Based Phatic Technology for Independent Living
Principal Advisor
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2012
Doctor Philosophy
Active Awareness: Supporting the intentional disclosure of awareness information in collaborative systems
Principal Advisor
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2007
Doctor Philosophy
METHODS OF UNDERSTANDING AND DESIGNING FOR MOBILE COMMUNITIES
Principal Advisor
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2020
Doctor Philosophy
Setting wicked problems using design methods: People's hesitancy to engage with the Internet of Things
Joint Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Ben Matthews
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
Towards Automatic Analysis of Cinematic Style of Film Directors
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Mashhuda Glencross
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
Agency of Interactive Space in Shaping Users' Behaviour and Perception through Actor-Network Theory
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Fred Fialho Leandro Alves Teixeira
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
Steps Toward Technology as a Creative Material
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Marie Boden
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2008
Doctor Philosophy
Mobile Social Software: the design, implementation and usage of a system for mobile group communication, coordination and sharing
Associate Advisor
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2007
Doctor Philosophy
Ethnography of Play in a Massively Multi-Player Online Role Playing Game: Marketplaces, Team Work and Free Play
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Janet Wiles
Media
Enquiries
Contact Associate Professor Stephen Viller directly for media enquiries about:
- Computer Supported Cooperative Work - CSCW
- Engineering - ITEE
- Human-centred design - ITEE
- Human-Computer Interaction - HCI
- Interaction Design - IxD
- Interactive technologies - ITEE
- ITEE - engineering
- Mixed Reality
- Mobile social software MoSoSo
- Physical Computing
- Requirements Engineering - RE
- Social software - ITEE
- Ubiquitous Computing - UbiComp
- User Experience Design
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