Overview
Background
Janet Wiles is a Professor in Human Centred Computing at the University of Queensland and leads the Future Technologies Thread of the ARC Centre of Excellence for the Dynamics of Language (CoEDL).
Her multidisciplinary team co-designs language technologies to support people living with dementia and their carers and social robots for applications in health, education, and neuroscience.
She received her PhD in computer science from the University of Sydney, and completed a postdoctoral fellowship in psychology. She has 30 years’ experience in research and teaching in machine learning, artificial intelligence, bio-inspired computation, complex systems, visualisation, language technologies and social robotics, leading teams that span engineering, humanities, social sciences and neuroscience. She currently teaches a cross disciplinary course ”Voyages in Language Technologies” that introduces computing students to the diversity of the worlds Indigenous and non-Indigenous languages, and state-of-the-art tools for deep learning and other analysis techniques for working with language data.
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Fields of research
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy, University of Sydney
Works
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2024
Conference Publication
'Socialifying' the design of language learning applications for classroom use
O'Neill, Ashleigh-Rae, Matthews, Sarah, Wiles, Janet and Matthews, Ben (2024). 'Socialifying' the design of language learning applications for classroom use. DIS '24 Companion: Companion Publication of the 2024 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1-5 July 2024. New York, NY, United States: ACM. doi: 10.1145/3656156.3663735
2024
Journal Article
Unearthing the latent assumptions inscribed into language tools: the cross-cultural benefits of applying a reflexive lens in co-design
Matthews, Sarah, Kaiser, Kathrin, Lum, Randell, Moran, Gulwanyang, Richards, Mark, Bock, Sarah, Matthews, Ben and Wiles, Janet (2024). Unearthing the latent assumptions inscribed into language tools: the cross-cultural benefits of applying a reflexive lens in co-design. CoDesign, ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print), 1-33. doi: 10.1080/15710882.2024.2339500
2023
Conference Publication
Co-design of a technology to motivate self-managed post-stroke aphasia treatment
Worthy, P., Isaacs, M., Burton, B., Copland, D., Wiles, J., Angwin, A., Palmer, V., Gullo, M., Hill, A., Timmer, B., Shrubsole, K. and Wallace, S. (2023). Co-design of a technology to motivate self-managed post-stroke aphasia treatment. 15th World Stroke Congress, Toronto, Canada, 10-12 October 2023. London, United Kingdom: SAGE Publications.
2023
Journal Article
Enlarging the model of the human at the heart of human-centered AI: a social self-determination model of AI system impact
Bingley, William J., Haslam, S. Alexander, Steffens, Niklas K., Gillespie, Nicole, Worthy, Peter, Curtis, Caitlin, Lockey, Steven, Bialkowski, Alina, Ko, Ryan K.L. and Wiles, Janet (2023). Enlarging the model of the human at the heart of human-centered AI: a social self-determination model of AI system impact. New Ideas in Psychology, 70 101025, 1-12. doi: 10.1016/j.newideapsych.2023.101025
2023
Journal Article
Revisiting the video deficit in technology-saturated environments: Successful imitation from people, screens, and social robots
Sommer, Kristyn, Slaughter, Virginia, Wiles, Janet and Nielsen, Mark (2023). Revisiting the video deficit in technology-saturated environments: Successful imitation from people, screens, and social robots. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 232 105673, 1-13. doi: 10.1016/j.jecp.2023.105673
2023
Conference Publication
Estimation of statistical manifold properties of natural sequences using information topology
Back, Andrew D. and Wiles, Janet (2023). Estimation of statistical manifold properties of natural sequences using information topology. 22nd IEEE Statistical Signal Processing Workshop (SSP), Hanoi, Vietnam, 2-5 July 2023. Piscataway, NJ, United States: IEEE. doi: 10.1109/ssp53291.2023.10207948
2023
Journal Article
Where is the human in human-centered AI? Insights from developer priorities and user experiences
Bingley, William J., Curtis, Caitlin, Lockey, Steven, Bialkowski, Alina, Gillespie, Nicole, Haslam, S. Alexander, Ko, Ryan K.L., Steffens, Niklas, Wiles, Janet and Worthy, Peter (2023). Where is the human in human-centered AI? Insights from developer priorities and user experiences. Computers in Human Behavior, 141 107617, 1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.chb.2022.107617
2023
Other Outputs
Visualising AI #2 - Rockatoo Augmented Reality
Wiles, Janet, De Nagy Koves Hrabar, Catherine, Muhlberger, Ralf, Murtagh, Emma, Thomas, Shelly and Zdenek, Christina (2023). Visualising AI #2 - Rockatoo Augmented Reality. Apple App store; Google Play Store: Ardacious; The University of Queensland.
2023
Conference Publication
Natural language processing for language documentation: a progress report for Japhug and Na
Wisniewski, Guillaume, Macaire, Cécile, Galliot, Benjamin, Adams, Oliver, Lambourne, Nicholas, Foley, Ben, Wiles, Janet, Michaud, Alexis, Guillaume, Séverine and Jacques, Guillaume (2023). Natural language processing for language documentation: a progress report for Japhug and Na. Sixth Workshop on Sino-Tibetan Languages of Southwest China 2021, Kobe, Japan, 7 - 11 September 2021.
2023
Journal Article
Putting “the broken bits together”: A qualitative exploration of the impact of communication changes in dementia
Nickbakht, Mansoureh, Angwin, Anthony J., Cheng, Bonnie B.Y., Liddle, Jacki, Worthy, Peter, Wiles, Janet H., Angus, Daniel and Wallace, Sarah J. (2023). Putting “the broken bits together”: A qualitative exploration of the impact of communication changes in dementia. Journal of Communication Disorders, 101 106294, 1-13. doi: 10.1016/j.jcomdis.2022.106294
2023
Other Outputs
Elpis speech recognition tool: assistance for language material transcription
Wiles, Janet, Foley, Ben, Lambourne, Nicholas, San, Nay, Keightley, Harry and De Nagy Koves Hrabar (2023). Elpis speech recognition tool: assistance for language material transcription. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland.
2022
Journal Article
Animettes: a design-oriented investigation into the properties of tangible toolkits that support children’s collaboration-in-making activities
Matthews, Sarah, Kaiser, Kathrin and Wiles, Janet (2022). Animettes: a design-oriented investigation into the properties of tangible toolkits that support children’s collaboration-in-making activities. International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction, 33 100517, 1-15. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcci.2022.100517
2022
Journal Article
Interactive neurorobotics: behavioral and neural dynamics of agent interactions
Leonardis, Eric J., Breston, Leo, Lucero-Moore, Rhiannon, Sena, Leigh, Kohli, Raunit, Schuster, Luisa, Barton-Gluzman, Lacha, Quinn, Laleh K., Wiles, Janet and Chiba, Andrea A. (2022). Interactive neurorobotics: behavioral and neural dynamics of agent interactions. Frontiers in Psychology, 13 897603, 897603. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.897603
2022
Conference Publication
Necessary but not sufficient: assurance mechanisms for enhancing trust in AI-enabled job screening
Lockey, Steve, Gillespie, Nicole, Curtis, Caitlin, Bingley, William, Worthy, Peter, Haslam, Alexander, Steffens, Niklas, Bialkowski, Alina, Ko, Ryan and Wiles, Janet (2022). Necessary but not sufficient: assurance mechanisms for enhancing trust in AI-enabled job screening. 82nd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Seattle, WA United States, 5-9 August 2022. Briarcliff Manor, NY United States: Academy of Management. doi: 10.5465/ambpp.2022.10638abstract
2022
Journal Article
Estimating sentence-like structure in synthetic languages using information topology
Back, Andrew D. and Wiles, Janet (2022). Estimating sentence-like structure in synthetic languages using information topology. Entropy, 24 (7) 859, 1-25. doi: 10.3390/e24070859
2022
Journal Article
Personal and complex: The needs and experiences related to technology use for people living with dementia
Liddle, Jacki, Worthy, Peter, Frost, Dennis, Taylor, Eileen, Taylor, Dubhglas, Beleno, Ron, Angus, Daniel, Wiles, Janet, Angwin, Anthony and The Florence Project Living Experience Expert Reference Group (2022). Personal and complex: The needs and experiences related to technology use for people living with dementia. Dementia, 21 (5), 1-21. doi: 10.1177/14713012221084521
2022
Journal Article
An information theoretic approach to symbolic learning in synthetic languages
Back, Andrew D. and Wiles, Janet (2022). An information theoretic approach to symbolic learning in synthetic languages. Entropy, 24 (2) 259, 259. doi: 10.3390/e24020259
2022
Conference Publication
A systematic study reveals unexpected interactions in pre-trained neural machine translation
Richardson, Ashleigh and Wiles, Janet (2022). A systematic study reveals unexpected interactions in pre-trained neural machine translation. 13th International Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), Marseille, France, 20-25 June 2022. Paris, France: European Language Resources Association (ELRA).
2022
Journal Article
Group? What group? A computational model of the group needs a psychology of “us” (not “them”)
Wiles, Janet, Haslam, S. Alexander, Steffens, Niklas K. and Jetten, Jolanda (2022). Group? What group? A computational model of the group needs a psychology of “us” (not “them”). Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 45 e125, 53-54. doi: 10.1017/s0140525x21001266
2021
Journal Article
Convergent cross sorting for estimating dynamic coupling
Breston, Leo, Leonardis, Eric J., Quinn, Laleh K., Tolston, Michael, Wiles, Janet and Chiba, Andrea A. (2021). Convergent cross sorting for estimating dynamic coupling. Scientific Reports, 11 (1) 20374, 20374. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-98864-2
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Make Your Own Language Adventure Game: Co-Developing Complex Digital Language Materials With Young Learners
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Ben Matthews
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Master Philosophy
Robot Learning and Modelling of Attention through Multimodal Sensory Fusion
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Marie Boden
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Doctor Philosophy
Adapting Spoken Language Modeling for Data-Resource Constrained Languages
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Marie Boden
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Completed supervision
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
Approaches to scalable, sustainable, and ethical natural language processing research in the face of rapid development
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Marcus Gallagher
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
Developing useful and usable language technologies
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Felicity Meakins
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
Conduction delay plasticity in spiking neurons for learning precise temporal structure in noisy and variable inputs
Principal Advisor
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2020
Doctor Philosophy
The Early Development of Young Children's Imitation of Social Robots
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Virginia Slaughter, Professor Mark Nielsen
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2018
Doctor Philosophy
Inspired by nature: timescale-free and grid-free event-based computing with spiking neural networks
Principal Advisor
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2018
Doctor Philosophy
Semantic scaffolding: the co-construction of visualization meaning through reader experience
Principal Advisor
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2016
Doctor Philosophy
Evolving spatial and temporal lexicons across different cognitive architectures
Principal Advisor
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2015
Master Philosophy
Computational Time Scales for Social Interaction in Multi-scale Robotics
Principal Advisor
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2012
Doctor Philosophy
A Hippocampal Model for Learning and Recalling Paths: From Place Cells to Path Cells
Principal Advisor
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2008
Doctor Philosophy
Spatial language for mobile robots: The formation and generative grounding of toponyms
Principal 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
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Stephen Viller
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2006
Doctor Philosophy
FROM GENES TO PHENES AND BACK AGAIN: MODELING THE INTERACTION BETWEEN INDIVIDUAL BEHAVIOUR AND EVOLUTION
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Mikael Boden, Dr Jim Hanan
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2006
Master Philosophy
COMPUTATIOANL MODELLING OF THE LANGUAGE PRODUCTION SYSTEM: SEMANTIC MEMORY, CONFLICT MONITORING, AND COGNITIVE CONTROL PROCESSES
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Mikael Boden
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2006
Doctor Philosophy
EXPLORING MINDLESSNESS AS AN EXPLANATION FOR THE MEDIA EQUATION: WHY AND WHEN PEOPLE WILL TREAT COMPUTERS AS SOCIAL ACTORS
Principal Advisor
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2006
Doctor Philosophy
ARTIFICIAL ONTOGENIES: A COMPUTATIONAL MODEL OF THE CONTROL AND EVOLUTION OF DEVELOPMENT
Principal Advisor
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2006
Doctor Philosophy
ROBUSTNESS IN BOOLEAN MODELS OF GENETIC REGULATORY SYSTEMS
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Mikael Boden
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2006
Doctor Philosophy
AN EMERGENT APPROACH TO GAME DESIGN - DEVELOPMENT AND PLAY
Principal Advisor
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2005
Doctor Philosophy
FAE: THE FLUID ANALOGIES ENGINE - A DYNAMIC, HYBRID MODEL OF PERCEPTION AND MENTAL DELIBERATION
Principal Advisor
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2003
Doctor Philosophy
MACHINE LEARNING IN THE CAPITAL MARKET, RULE EXTRACTION FROM CROSS-INDUSTRY AND COMPUTER SOFTWARE AND SERVICES INDUSTRY INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERINGS IN THE US STOCK MARKET USING SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINES, ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS, BAYESIAN CLASSIFICATION AND
Principal Advisor
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2003
Doctor Philosophy
ASSESSMENT AND EXTENSION OF WANG'S OSCILLATORY MODEL OF AUDITORY STREAM SEGREGATION
Principal Advisor
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2002
Doctor Philosophy
INDUCTIVE BIAS OF SIMPLE RECURRENT NETWORKS
Principal Advisor
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2010
Doctor Philosophy
Optimal active learning: experimental factors and membership query learning
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Marcus Gallagher
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2008
Doctor Philosophy
Machine architectures for biological sequence classification
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Mikael Boden, Associate Professor Rohan Teasdale
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2005
Doctor Philosophy
UNEXPECTED PATTERNS OF CONSERVATION IN METAZOAN GENOMES
Associate Advisor
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- Cognitive science
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- Computational modelling
- Human memory
- Intelligent systems
- Memory
- Science - cognitive
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