Scholar
Danula Hettiachchi
Google Scholar ID: YaYP1cQAAAAJ
Lecturer, School of Computing Technologies, RMIT University
Citations & Impact
Citations
712
H-index
15
i10-index
22
Publications
20
Co-authors
55
list available
Publications
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- Awarded 2025 Google Research Scholar Program funding for the project “Addressing Misunderstanding of AI Explanations Through Follow-up Interactions and Multi-modal Explainers” with Kacper Sokol
- Serving as Track Chair for “Responsible Web” at The Web Conference 2026 with Bhaskar Mitra
- Co-organized the “Unmaking AI: Engaging Critically and Creatively with Generative AI” workshop at OzCHI 2024
- Contributed to research on Melbourne e-scooter bans, featured in a Conversation news article led by Hiruni Kegalle
- Attended the 4th Strategic Workshop on Information Retrieval in Lorne (SWIRL) in 2024
Research Experience
- Former Research Fellow at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society (ADM+S)
- Applied Scientist Intern at Amazon (AWS) during PhD
- Causal Academic at the School of Computing and Information Systems, The University of Melbourne
- Manager of the User Experience Lab, supporting various HCI research projects
- Previously worked as a Full-Stack Software Engineer with a focus on data engineering and analytics
