Wally Smith

Wally Smith is a Professor in the School of Computing and Information Systems at the University of Melbourne. His work examines the social and historical origins of information technology and the real-world use of human-computer interaction and socio-technical systems in public history, education, health, and emergency management.S02 S03 S05

His research includes digital emotion regulation, digital health and educational technologies, and strategic deception in artificial intelligence.S08 S09 S15

• Present·School of Computing and Information Systems, University of Melbourne·ProfessorS02S03
  • Before joining the University of Melbourne, he held research positions at University College London, the University of Surrey, the University of Western Australia, and City University London; public sources do not provide a complete year-by-year timeline.S05 S06

• Unknown·University of London·PhD in PsychologyS06

• 2018–2020 | Deceptive AI / A Computational Theory of Strategic Deception: investigator on ARC DP180101215, examining how artificial agents can pursue and recognize deception in goal-directed interaction.S08 S09
• 2022 | Digital Emotion Regulation in Everyday Life: CHI paper on how people use digital technologies to regulate emotions in everyday life.S15
• 2022 | FEIT Excellence Award in Outstanding Graduate Researcher Supervision from the University of Melbourne’s Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology.S10

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