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Senior Research Fellow
Department of Information Systems, The University of Melbourne
Contact Details
Location: Room 4.69, 111 Barry St. Carlton, VIC, Australia
E-mail: pbenda [at] unimelb.edu.au
Tel: +61 3 8344 1499 | Fax: +61 3 9349 4596
Mail: Department of Information Systems | The University of Melbourne
111 Barry Street | Parkville, VIC 3010 | Australia
Main foci
I am currently employed on two projects.
1. "Maximising the effectiveness of interactive automated programs for smoking cessation" , a National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) grant (#396405). Awarded to Borland, Graham, Balmford and Howard, 2006-2009. I am the University of Melbourne research fellow on this grant.
2. Development support for "Internet Meets Society" -- one of the first crop of University Breadth Subjects (UBS) as part of the new generation degrees. See
Recent research projects I have worked on (including ones in my previous capacity as User-Centred Design Research Leader at Telstra Corp.) include:
3. 2007 "Sharing Lifeblogs" $15K awarded to F.Vetere by Nokia Finland (research contract). I was employed as research fellow on this.
4. 2005/6 "Bridging the gap: Smart Support for the intergenerational distributed family" $150K awarded to M.Gibbs, F.Vetere, & S.Howard by Smart Internet Technology CRC (project UE10). I represented the industry partner (Telstra) during their involvement with the SITCRC.
I also work as IDEA Lab manager along with Frank Vetere.