r e s e a r c h    p r o j e c t s

 

title

period

details

role

Sync & Display

Aug 2008 - in progress

Exploration of future TV capabilities and usages

Design Enabling Dec 2007-July 2008 Plan for 360° integration of design enabling into user experience projects

Korea Research Project

Jun 2008 - in progress

Exploration of emerging consumer-driven usages, services and business opportunities for future home CEs.

Next Gen UIs

Jun 2008 - in progress

Exploration of Next Gen UIs for Consumer Electronics.

 Remote controls Aug 2008 - in progress

Strategic plan to define platform directions for remote controls development.

Research Scientist [Design]

 

User Experience Group

 

Digital Home

 

Intel Corporation

Emerging Market Project

Dec 2007-

June 2008

Development and testing of products & services for middle and upper middle class segments in Emerging Markets.

Design Enabling

Dec 2007-

Feb 2008

Plan for 360° integration of design enabling into user experience projects.

CE/PC segmentation

Nov 2007-

Mar 2008

PC and Consumer Electronics segmentation study in a number of geographic locations.

Media Aggregation UIs

Dec 2007-

Mar 2008

UI designs for media aggregation integration into STBs.

Usage driven remote controls

Nov 2007-

Feb 2008

Recommendations for usage-driven button clustering of remote control for STBs.

Home Storage

Sept-Oct 2007

Perspective/Study on how people keep, protect & find what they value at home.

Participatory tools for Taiwan Research Project

Jul-Sept

2007

Tools for in-home interviews to explore the consumer experience in the Taiwan market.

Participatory Tools for Youth PC

Jul-Aug

2007

Design of tools to test concept development of PC uniquely designed for young teens.

Set Top Box Form Factor

Apr-Jun

2007

Design of STB form factor for UXA testing.

Ensemble Computing

Mar-Nov

2007

Ensemble Computing in & around the home: scenarios, usages & CIID project.

Material Homes

Feb-Jun

2007

Study on housing stock & attitudes towards homes and ICTs integration.

HomeCare

Feb-Jun

2007

Ethnographic study on how homes are cared for and how people manage their stuff.

Learning-by-Design

2005-2008

This Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage Project investigates the ways in which 'middle-years' teachers design, record and enact their curriculum and the relationships between pedagogical choices and learner outcomes.

Senior Research Fellow Globalism Institute

 

Pedagogies for eLearning

2005-2007

This ARC Discovery Project investigates the needs of learners in a communication environment where digital and multimodal texts are adopted.

Lavoretti per bimbi: Playful Triggers as keys to foster collaborative practices and workspaces where people play, learn and wonder

1998-2005

PhD granted in 2005, Class 1 - This thesis explored ways to foster collaborative workspaces and practices by using design tools and methods. A series of tools (Playful Triggers) were developed to elicit relationships among their users. The thesis had an alternative format.

PhD researcher

RMIT

C2C - Creators to Consumers in a Digital Age - Australian Book Production in Transition

2001-2003

This project, funded by the Australian Federal Government through the Commonwealth Department of Industry, Science and Resources, the Infrastructure and Industry Growth Fund (IIGF), Book Production Enhanced Printing Industry Competitiveness Scheme (EPICS) Grants, investigated the future of the book in the context of radical changes in the publishing supply chain from three main perspectives: technology, market and skills.

Researcher

Common Ground Group

Telstra Home Team, THT

2000-2002

The THT, a post-disciplinary team, investigated services for Telstra in early childhood development, health care, digital trading, and internet based services for seniors. In 2000 the team was awarded the Business/Higher Education Round Table Award (BHERT) for Outstanding Achievement in Collaboration in Education and Training.

Researcher

RMIT

La Musica delle Cose - Interrelazioni tra la Generazione della Forma e la Generazione del Suono

1994-1996

A summary is available (in Italian, under year 1996)

Researcher

Politecnico di Milano

 

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