Scholar
Anusha Withana
Google Scholar ID: y17ckyIAAAAJ
Associate Prof. in HCI, University of Sydney
Citations & Impact
Citations
1,006
H-index
18
i10-index
23
Publications
20
Co-authors
24
list available
Publications
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- Two papers accepted for ACM UIST 19; published works on Tactlets, Multi-Touch Kit, Tacttoo, Multi-Touch Skin, and waveSense.
Research Experience
- Appointed as EMCR lead in the Cardiovascular initiative (CVI) of USyd; PC member in ACM ISS2019, Seoul, Korea; SIGGRAPH Asia E-tech PC committee member; received Faculty equipment grant to setup FabLab; gave a tutorial on Personalized Interactive Surfaces with Printed Electronics at ACM ISS 2017.
Education
- Before joining the University of Sydney, was a postdoctoral fellow at Max Planck Institute for Informatics and Saarland Informatics Campus, Germany.
Background
- A lecturer at the School of Information Technologies, University of Sydney, Australia. Primary research focus is on creating Blended Interfaces that are ubiquitous and blend into the environment, leveraging natural affordances of the context. Explores design factors such as interactivity in personal and shared spaces, modalities, and social acceptance, as well as technical factors like re-usability, energy, and appropriation.
Miscellany
- First PhD student, Nisal, joined the team; email: wdanusha@acm.org; located at the School of Information Technologies, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
