Martin Tomitsch (0000-0003-1998-2975)

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Professor Martin Tomitsch is Head of the Transdisciplinary School at UTS, which catalyses future-focused, purpose-driven and regenerative change through transdisciplinary learning, research and partnerships. Before joining UTS, he was Head of Design and Director of Innovation at the University of Sydney. He is a founding member of the Media Architecture Institute, the Urban Interfaces Lab, and the Life Centered Design Collective, and author of the books Making Cities Smarter, Design Think Make Break Repeat and Designing Tomorrow. His research uses speculative prototypes to investigate the way new technologies will shape people’s interactions in cities and develops new methods and processes for responsible innovation.

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University of Technology Sydney: Sydney, AU

2023-02-01 to present | Professor and Head of School (Transdisciplinary School (TD School) )

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Martin Tomitsch

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University of Technology Sydney: Sydney, AU

Works (50 of 79)

AI-Supported Participatory Workshops: Middle-Out Engagement for Crisis Events

From passersby to placemaking: designing autonomous vehicle-pedestrian encounters for an urban shared space

Understanding the Interaction between Delivery Robots and Other Road and Sidewalk Users: A Study of User-generated Online Videos

Mapping Pedestrian-to-Driver Gestures: Implications for Autonomous Vehicle Bidirectional Interaction

Physiological Measurements in Automated Vehicle-Pedestrian Research: Review and Future Opportunities

Evaluating Autonomous Vehicle External Communication Using a Multi-Pedestrian VR Simulator

Encouraging Bystander Assistance for Urban Robots: Introducing Playful Robot Help-Seeking as a Strategy

Incubating interdisciplinary biodesigners in the lab and the studio

Exploring the Impact of Interconnected External Interfaces in Autonomous Vehicles on Pedestrian Safety and Experience

From Agent Autonomy to Casual Collaboration: A Design Investigation on Help-Seeking Urban Robots

Immersive In-Situ Prototyping: Influence of Real-World Context on Evaluating Future Pedestrian Interfaces in Virtual Reality

Designing Emotional Expressions of Autonomous Vehicles for Communication with Pedestrians in Urban Shared Spaces: Use Cases, Modalities, and Considerations

Designing Smart Over a Distance for Sustainable Communities: Reflecting on AI, the Metaverse, and the Role of HCI for Addressing the Sustainable Development Goals

Scoping Out the Scalability Issues of Autonomous Vehicle-Pedestrian Interaction

My Eyes Speak: Improving Perceived Sociability of Autonomous Vehicles in Shared Spaces Through Emotional Robotic Eyes

Virtual Urban Field Studies: Evaluating Urban Interaction Design Using Context-Based Interface Prototypes

Evaluating Social Impact of Smart City Technologies and Services: Methods, Challenges, Future Directions

Your Way Or My Way

Simulating Wearable Urban Augmented Reality Experiences in VR: Lessons Learnt from Designing Two Future Urban Interfaces

Beyond the Driverless Car: A Typology of Forms and Functions for Autonomous Mobility

Designing for Personas That Don’t Have a Voice

From human-centred to life-centred design: Considering environmental and ethical concerns in the design of interactive products

A Review of Virtual Reality Studies on Autonomous Vehicle–Pedestrian Interaction

How Can Autonomous Vehicles Convey Emotions to Pedestrians? A Review of Emotionally Expressive Non-Humanoid Robots

Insights into the interrelationship between the design process and user practice: a case study on user engagement in a platform for professional learning

Applying Bioaffordances through an Inquiry-Based Model: A Literature Review of Interactive Biodesign

Situated interfaces for engaging citizens on the go

An in-The-wild study of learning mid-Air gestures to browse hierarchical information at a large interactive public display

Back to the future: Identifying interface trends from the past, present and future in immersive applications

Digital pop-up: Investigating bespoke community engagement in public spaces

Energy-efficient integration of continuous context sensing and prediction into smartwatches

From users to citizens: Some thoughts on designing for polity and civics

Infostructures: Towards a Complementary Approach for Solving Urban Challenges through Digital Technologies

Keeping it private: An augmented reality approach to citizen participation with public displays

Professional learning in higher education: Understanding how academics interpret student feedback and access resources to improve their teaching

Strategies for intuitive interaction in public urban spaces

To dwell or not to dwell: An evaluation of mid-air gestures for large information displays

Vote as you go: Blending interfaces for community engagement into the urban space

Data visualisation trends in mobile augmented reality applications

Designing interactions with pervasive displays for location-based storytelling

Fictional realities: Augmenting location-based stories through interaction with pervasive displays

Implementing an exemplar-based approach in an interaction design subject: Enhancing students' awareness of the need to be creative

Reconciling paper and tablets: Interaction mappings for linking physical information with digital documents

Understanding the effects of contextual constraints on performative behaviour in interactive media installations

Using embodied audio-visual interaction to promote social encounters around large media façades

Who cares about the content? An analysis of playful behaviour at a public display

A time and place for preparatory methods in email

Conveying interactivity at an interactive public information display

Evaluating the effectiveness of audio-visual cues in immersive user interfaces

Measuring interactivity at an interactive public information display

Peer review (3 reviews for 3 publications/grants)