Wally SmithWally SmithSenior Lecturer, Department of Information Systems, The University of Melbourne
wsmith@unimelb.edu.au | tel: +61 3 8344 1494
| fax: +61 3 9349 4596
Room 4.60, Level 4, ICT Building, 111 Barry Street. Carlton 3052
Map and Direction
My research explores the way people use and understand information technology. This involves design investigations into new applications of IT, and also studies into how systems of people and IT come about and take the shape they do. Here are some current projects with illustrative publications.
Mobile technologies for learning about the Built Environment. A new project supported by the Australian Learning & Teaching Council (2011-2013), with Hannah Lewi, Shanton Chang, Andrew Saniga, Diego Ramirez-Loving & Lee Stickells
Using social network sites for ambivalent socialisers: the case of smoking cessation. A project supported by the Australian Research Council Linkage scheme and QUIT Victoria (2011-2013), with Steve Howards, Jon Pearce, Ron Borland and Bernd Ploderer.
Using new digital technologies for representing history and place: A design invesigation into a mobile guide for historic sites.
Lewi, H. & Smith, W. (2011) 'Hand-held histories: using digital archival documents on architectural tours. Architectural Research Quarterly, 15(1), 69-77.
Smith, W., Lewi, H., Darian-Smith, K. & Pearce, J. (2010) 'Re-connecting visual content to place in a mobile guide for the Shrine of Remembrance', Proceedings of British Computer Society Conference on the Electronic Visualisation in the Arts, London, pp 1 - 8.
Lewi, H., Darian-Smith, K. & Smith, W. (2009) 'New technologies of history-telling at The Shrine of Remembrance.' Accepted for 26th Annual Conference of the Society of the Australian and New Zealand, Auckland.
What is the role of IT demonstrations? How do they shape the way large systems of IT come into being?
Smith, W. (2009) 'Theatre of Use: A Frame Analysis of IT Demonstrations', Social Studies of Science, 39(3), 449-480.
Smith, W. (2004) 'The Misrepresentation of Use in Technology Demonstrations', In M.Masoodian, S.Jones & B.Rogers (eds) Computer Human Interaction: Proceedings of the 6th Asia-Pacific Conference on Computer-Human Interaction. Berlin, Springer-Verlag. 431-440.
Insights from stage magic about the nature of informational tools
Smith, W. & Lewi, H. (2008) The Magic of Machines in the House. Journal of Architecture, 13(5), 633-660.
Smith, W. & Lewi, H. (2007) 'Magical Beginnings of the Mundane', In C.Graham & M.Rouncefield (eds.) Proceedings of the International Workshop on Social Interaction and Mundane Technologies. University of Lancaster. pp 1-4.
The coordination of response to disasters and information security.
Shedden, P., Scheepers, R., Smith, W. & Ahmad, A. (2011) Incorporating a knowledge perspective into security risk assessments. VINE: The Journal of Information and Knowledge Management Systems, 41(2), 152-166.
Keogh, K., Sonenberg, L. & SMITH, W. (2009) 'Coordinating in Adaptive Organisations: Extending Shared Plans with Knowledge Cultivation', In G.Vouros, A.Artikis, K.Stathis, J.Pitt (eds) ‘Organised Adaptation in Multi-Agent Systems’. Springer-Verlag: Berlin, Heidelberg. pp 90-107
Smith, W., Acay, D., Fano, R. & Ratner, G. (2006) Tools for Designing and Delivering Multiple-Perspective Scenarios. In J.Kjeldskov and J.Paay (eds) Proceedings of OZCHI 2006, Sydney. pp1-8.
Smith W., Dowell J. & Ortega-Lafuente, M. (1999) Designing paper disasters: an authoring environment for developing exercises in integrated emergency management. Cognition, Technology & Work, 1, 119-131.
Smith, W. & Dowell, J. (2000) A case-study of coordinative decision-making in disaster management. Ergonomics, 43(8), 1153-1166.
Using computer simulations to help with domestic resource conservation: A design investigation into a software tool to manage garden water consumption.
Nansen, B., Pearce, J. & Smith, W. (forthcoming) 'Gardening online: A tale of suburban informatics', In M.Foth, C.Satchell & M.Gibbs. (Eds) From Social Butterfly to Engaged Citizen. MIT Press.
Pearce, J., Smith, W., Nansen, B. & Murphy, J. (2009) 'SmartGardenWatering: Experiences of using a garden watering simulation', In J.Kjeldskov & J.Paay (eds) Proceedings of OzCHI 2009 Conference, Melbourne: ACM Library, pp 1- 8. (*Best paper award)