Associate Professor Bernd Ploderer

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Doctor of Philosophy (University of Melbourne)

Dr Bernd Ploderer is a Human-Computer Interaction researcher at Queensland University of Technology (QUT). Working primarily in health and wellbeing domains, Dr Ploderer studies, designs and evaluates interactive technologies to help people make sense of data about themselves and the world around them. He leads the Digital Wellbeing Lab at QUT, which envisages a future where all digital technology is designed in partnership with communities for their social, mental and physical wellbeing.

Currently, he is involved in the following projects:

  • Digital Self-care with Generative AI (supported by the Digital Wellbeing Lab)
  • MyFootCare: empowering people with a diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) in their self-care through mobile visual analytics (supported by The Prince Charles Hospital Foundation)
  • Designing distanced intergenerational interaction with tangible technology (supported by ARC DP240102717)
  • I want to Move it, Move it:  exploring children's active play through tangible and embodied interfaces (supported by ARC DP200100723)

Education: Dr Ploderer received his PhD degree in Human-Computer Interaction from the University of Melbourne (2011), a MA degree in Communications from the University of Salzburg, Austria (2007), and a BSc (Hons) degree in Information Systems from FH Joanneum Graz, Austria (2003). Prior to joining QUT, he worked as a Research Fellow (2011-2013) and as a Lecturer (2013-2015) at the University of Melbourne. During this time he co-founded Quantified Self Melbourne, and he served as deputy director of the Microsoft Research Centre for Social Natural User Interfaces at the University of Melbourne. Current service roles include:

For more information see http://www.berndploderer.com/

Additional information

Dr Ploderer is looking for Honours and PhD students with a background in HCI to collaborate on research projects listed above. If you are interested, please:

  1. Read through my proposed topics and some of my recent publications
  2. Familiarise yourself with the PhD scholarships available, eligibility criteria, and the application process at QUT
  3. Prepare the following documents: (i) a brief research proposal, (ii) a CV and (iii) a transcript of your academic results
Type
Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
Reference year
2021
Details
Honorable Mention award for my CHI 2021 paper "Diagraming Working Field Theories for Design in the HCI Classroom". The paper was ranked among the top 5% of all accepted submissions.
Type
Committee Role/Editor or Chair of an Academic Conference
Reference year
2021
Details
Associate Chair for the Health Subcommittee at CHI 2022, the ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Type
Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
Reference year
2018
Details
PCHF Innovation Grant to conduct a trial study "MyFootCare: A Mobile App to Engage Patients with Diabetic Foot Ulcers in Self-Care." With P Lazarrini, J van Netten, R Brown, D Clark, and J Warnock
Type
Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
Reference year
2017
Details
Metro North Hospital and Health Service Link Grant to develop and trial "Better Individualised Stroke Care using Technology (BISCUT)." With T Green, J Muller, K Clark, and A Tariq
Type
Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
Reference year
2016
Details
QUT Vice Chancellor's Performance Award for mentoring research students and colleagues through CHI writing workshops
Title
Designing Distanced Intergenerational Interaction with Tangible Technology
Primary fund type
CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
Project ID
DP240102717
Start year
2024
Keywords
Title
Understanding and Treating Videogame Addiction in Young People
Primary fund type
CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
Project ID
2011768
Start year
2022
Keywords
addiction treatment; behavioural intervention; randomised controlled trial; Addictive Behaviours; prospective cohort study
Title
Framing and Enabling Children's Active Play using Novel Technology
Primary fund type
CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
Project ID
DP200100723
Start year
2021
Keywords
Title
Ambient Nature Network: New Technologies to Connect People to Nature
Primary fund type
CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
Project ID
DP190101647
Start year
2019
Keywords