Associate Professor Laurianne Sitbon

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ARC Future Fellow, School of Computer Science

PhD , MSc (Other), MScEng (Universite De Franche-Comte)

I am a Future Fellow of the Australian Research Council (ARC), and associate professor in the school of Computer Science at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) in Brisbane, Australia. I started her academic career initiating QUT’s undergraduate and postgraduate students to the joys of search engine technologies, including data mining and natural language processing. My research expertise spans human computer interactions (with a focus on co-design and cognitive accessibility), natural language processing (with a focus on semantics), and information retrieval.

My current projects include how to support people with intellectual disability in the selection of visuals (eg. emojis) for communicating, how systems can use visuals (eg. emojis) to better communicate with people with intellectual disability, how to investigate the requirements of multi-modal conversational systems that can best support the needs of people with intellectual disability, and more generally how people, such as experts, can "converse" with systems, which analyse data and make predictions, to assist them in making decisions.

I obtained my Masters of Science and Engineering from the University of Technology of Belfort-Montbeliard in France and my PhD in Computer Science from the University of Avignon in France.

Additional information

Assoc. Prof. Sitbon is partnering with the Endeavour Foundation, a Queensland-based organisation supporting "people with an intellectual disability to live their best life" through a research project, as well as to offer QUT students meaningful project opportunities. These projects benefit people supported by Endeavour Foundation in many ways, informing practices, policies, technology design, but also providing a space for meaningful encounters for all involved.

Title
A Pictorial Communication Framework for Inclusion
Primary fund type
CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
Project ID
FT190100855
Start year
2020
Keywords
Title
Human-Machine Teaming:Designing Synergistic Learning of Humans and Machines
Primary fund type
CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
Project ID
DP200103582
Start year
2021
Keywords
Title
New Information Access Technologies for People with Intellectual Disability
Primary fund type
CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
Project ID
LP160100800
Start year
2016
Keywords
Title
Framing authentic assessment of service learning within an information technology curriculum
Primary fund type
CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
Project ID
SD15-5151
Start year
2015
Keywords
Assessment And Feedback Practices; Information Technology; Personal Development; Service Learning