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Biography
http://comp.mq.edu.au/~richards/
I am a Professor with the School of Computing in the Faculty of Science and Engineering at Macquarie University. I am currently the departmental Industry and External Relations Director and Program Leader for the Information Systems and Business Analysis Major and previously the Business Information Systems major.
My office is located in BD Building, 4 Research Park Drive, Room 369.
I am looking for high quality PhD and MRes students interested in research in Intelligent Virtual Agents. Macquarie university offers scholarships for strong applicants.
Research interests
Intelligent Virtual Agents
Virtual Reality for Education and Health
Virtual Worlds
Knowledge Acquisition
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Ethical VR: People’s perceptions of facial expression misrepresentation
Bankins, S., Formosa, P. & Richards, D.
2/01/23 → 30/06/24
Project: Research
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UQ Led: Early Sleep Interventions to Improve Outcomes in Children with Neurodisability
Chawla , J., Waters, K., Vandeleur, M., Pride, N., Milross, M. & Richards, D.
16/09/22 → 31/03/25
Project: Research
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Can digital technologies provide opportunities to support people’s mental health following a traumatic event?
Richards, D., Norberg, M. & Hopmann, K.
23/10/20 → 31/10/24
Project: Research
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Cybersecurity ethics training simulations for values-based decision-making
Richards, D., Ryan, M., Formosa, P., Hitchens, M., Dignum, V. & McEwan, M.
1/12/19 → 30/06/23
Project: Research
Research Outputs
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A principlist-based study of the ethical design and acceptability of artificial social agents
Richards, D., Vythilingam, R. & Formosa, P., Apr 2023, In: International Journal of Human Computer Studies. 172, p. 1-17 17 p., 102980.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Citizens' utilization of open government data portals in China: a comparative case study of supply vs demand
Wang, D., Richards, D., Bilgin, A. A. & Chen, C., 11 Apr 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Aslib Journal of Information Management.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Implementation of a conversational virtual assistant for open government data portal: Effects on citizens
Wang, D., Richards, D., Bilgin, A. A. & Chen, C., 3 Feb 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Information Science. 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Learning with the heart or with the mind: using virtual reality to bring historical experiences to life and arouse empathy
Richards, D., Lupack, S., Bilgin, A. A. B., Neil, B. & Porte, M., 2023, In: Behaviour and Information Technology. 42, 1, p. 1-24 24 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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To breach or not? Profiling students' likelihood of breaching university ICT Codes of Conduct
Khan, S. B. N., Richards, D., Formosa, P. & Bankins, S., 2023, Proceedings of 2023 Australasian Computer Science Week (ACSW 2023). New York: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), p. 50-57 8 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference proceeding contribution › peer-review
Prizes
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Macquarie University Certificate of Appreciation
Richards, Deborah (Recipient), Mar 2008
Prize: Honorary award
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Macquarie University Vice-Chancellor’s Citations for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning
Froissard, J. (Team leader), Richards, Deborah (Recipient) & Atif, A. (Recipient), 1 Nov 2017
Prize: Teaching award
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Activities
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Engaging Emotionally with Academic Integrity through discussion with an Empathic Embodied Conversational Agent
Ayse Bilgin (Speaker), Gemma Sherlock (Speaker), Nihal Akdere (Speaker), Deborah Richards (Speaker) & Onur Ates (Speaker)
21 Oct 2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation