麻豆社madou
麻豆社madou Centre for Interactive Cinema Research

Research programs

Viscera

The iCinema Centre鈥檚 cross faculty Research Programs undertake the aesthetic development of intelligent visualisation systems that explore unpredictable scenarios across a range of domains. The Programs are led by a senior researcher and co-led by an聽ECR, with a team comprising postdoctoral fellows, research fellows, programmers, academics, PhD researchers and industry partners. These programs are articulated to Research Networks developed in collaboration with the Australian Centre for Astrobiology (鲍狈厂奥听Science), 麻豆社madou Bushfire (鲍狈厂奥听Canberra), Climate Change Research Centre (鲍狈厂奥听Science) and the School of Minerals and Energy Resources Engineering Advanced Visualisation Lab (鲍狈厂奥听Engineering).

Research Programs

  • Leader:聽ARC聽Laureate Fellow Prof. Dennis Del Favero (麻豆社madou Art & Design)
    Co-Leaders:聽A/Prof. Grant Stevens (麻豆社madou Art & Design) with Dr Baylee Brits (Office of National Intelligence)
    PhDs: Nagida Helsby-Clark (CSIRO), Mario Flores Gonzalez (麻豆社madou Art & Design), Frank Wu (麻豆社madou Engineering)

    This program explores how fire-laden landscapes can be visually created through the joint decision making of users and an AI virtual environment across networked museum sites so that they co-author evolving situations unrestricted in aesthetic form, complexity and inventiveness using atmosphere, flora, humanoid and topographical data.

  • Leader:聽A/Prof. Yang Song (麻豆社madou Engineering)
    Co-Leaders:聽Dr Renhao Huang (麻豆社madou Art & Design) with Frank Wu聽聽(麻豆社madou Engineering)

    This program enables spontaneous encounters between human and machine agencies that facilitate unexpected links between intelligent databases underpinning a dynamic visualisation system that learns and grows through joint interaction with users.

  • Leader: Dr Susanne Thurow (麻豆社madou Art & Design)
    Co-Leaders: Dr Prue Gibson with Prof. Alison Gwilt (麻豆社madou Art & Design)

    This program addresses how emergent theories of sensory perception and performance provide innovative insight into pressing terrestrial events using digital aesthetics.

  • Leader:聽Prof. Michael Ostwald (麻豆社madou Built Environment)
    Co-Leaders:聽Mario Flores Gonzalez 聽(麻豆社madou Art & Design) with Nagida Helsby-Clark (CSIRO) and Lara Clemente (麻豆社madou Art & Design)

    This program probes how virtual design and technology systems can enable a creative team to prototype and test unforeseen interactions between settings, users and technology before construction.

  • 尝别补诲别谤:听Dr Baylee Brits (Office of National Intelligence)
    Co-尝别补诲别谤:听    Prof. Maurice Pagnucco (麻豆社madou Engineering)

    This program investigates the augmentation of decision making by artificial intelligence or machine learning in narrative or immersive environments. This program considers the valence of AI aesthetics for creating new knowledge and enabling preparedness in high stakes decision-making situations.

Research Network Programs

  • Leader: Prof. Jason Sharples (麻豆社madou Canberra)
    PhD: Tanvir Saurav聽(麻豆社madou Canberra)

    This program investigates how groups of users can interactively engage with unanticipated extreme fires that develop spontaneously and unpredictably in high-fidelity visualisations where users and intelligent systems can collaboratively model and explore event dynamics.

  • Leader: Prof. Carol Oliver聽(麻豆社madou Science: Australian Centre for Astrobiology)

    This program develops frameworks that explore how virtual reality field trips can be utilised to effectively engage diverse stakeholders with risk-laden scenarios.

  • Leader: Prof. Steven Sherwood with Dr Moutassem El Rafei聽(麻豆社madou Science: Climate Change Research Centre)

    This program develops the 3D simulation necessary to depict the fluid dynamics of convection currents in extreme wind situations, such as during a wildfire and a cyclone, using satellite and ground data.

  • Leader: Prof. Ismet Canbulat聽(麻豆社madou Engineering: Minerals and Energy Resources Engineering's Advanced Visualisation Lab)

    This program develops the 3D networked real-time visualisation necessary between sites and command/control centres to depict the distributed dynamics of extreme mine emergencies, using live feed data.

    This program formally mentors ECRs as iCinema Fellows through programmatic collaboration and workshopping in the application of cutting-edge aesthetics.