Research Supervisions
Suggested PhD Projects
I am currently seeking PhD students interested in using ethnomethodology to understand cooperative game play in Massively Multiplayer Online Games.
Currently available PhD Project: Designing interfaces to support group coordination in online multiplayer games.
Other topics can be discussed.
Current PhD Students
Peter Francis (Department of Information Systems): Towards a Theory of Digital Assistive Technology Design for People with Autism (With Lucy Firth and Steve Howard)
Florian "Floyd" Mueller (Department of Information Systems): Exertion Interfaces: Sports over a Distance for Social Bonding and Fun (With Frank Vetere)
Mitchell Harrop (Department of Information Systems): Unwritten multiplayer-online-game rules informing game creation. (with Christine Satchell)
Greg Wadley (Department of Information Systems): Voice Communication in Online Worlds (with Steve Howard)
Lei "Leo" Weihzen (Department of Information Systems): Digital Landings: Spontaneous Transition Among Marginal ICT Users (with Heejin Lee and Shanton Chang)
Current Honours Student
None in 2009
Completed Students
2008: Jeffry Kadarusman (BIS Hons, The University of Melbourne): Factors Affecting a User's Intention to Mod: A Case Study in World of Warcraft
2006: Matthew Riddle (MA, Department of of History and Philosophy of Science): The Roles Actors Perform: Role-Play and Reality in a Higher Education Context
2005: Dr. Krishna Venkitachalam (PhD, Department of Information Systems): Relationship Between Organizations' Knowledge Strategy and the Role of Information Technology
2004: CJ Ruggles (BIS Hons, Bachelor of Information Systems): Player Generated Content for Computer Games
2003: Kevin Hew (BIS Hons, The University of Melbourne): Connecting Video Gamers Together: The Importance of Social Interaction in Online Console Video Games to Gamers
2002: Andrew Bertram (BIS Hons, The University of Melbourne): Groupware-supported Knowledge Management in a Court Setting
2002: Stephanie Ng (BIS Hons, The University of Melbourne): Using Information Technology to Sustain a Geographically Dispersed Community of Practice: A Case Study
2001: Kent Pilgrim (BIS Hons, The University of Melbourne): The Privatisation of a System of State-wide Importance: How an Election can Affect the Success of an IS Project