Associate ProfessorWilliam Raffe

Associate Professor Emerging Technologies

Faculty of Science Engineering and Built Environment/School of Information Technology

  • Associate Professor Emerging Technologies
    Faculty of Science Engineering and Built Environment/School of Information Technology
  • +61 3 925 17025 (Work)
  • Melbourne Burwood Campus, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

  • JOURNAL REVIEWING / REFEREEING
    Invited Journal Reviews
    - IEEE Transactions on Games (ToG) - Frontiers in Virtual Reality - Frontiers in Human Computer Interaction - User Modelling and User-Adaptive Interactions (UMUAI) (Springer) - International Journal of Pervasive Computing and Communications - Entertainment Computing (Elsevier) - Artificial Intelligence Review (AIRE)
  • MEDIA APPEARANCE
    Why is the world so obsessed with Untitled Goose Game
    1 Oct 2019
    News Interviewee - Junkee Media
  • MEDIA APPEARANCE
    Uber's new plan to spy on your mobile phone
    1 Jun 2018
    News Interviewee - Channel 7 / Yahoo News
  • BROADCAST INTERVIEW
    The nature of spin-offs
    1 May 2022
    Radio Interviewee - ABC Radio Newcastle
  • BROADCAST INTERVIEW
    Coloured squares, four letter words and a whole heap of hype!
    1 Jan 2022
    Radio Interviewee - ABC Radio Newcastle
  • BROADCAST INTERVIEW
    Think: Digital Futures Game Modding
    1 Jul 2019
    Radio Interviewee - 2SER-107.FM
  • TEXT INTERVIEW
    Why a simple word puzzle game has taken the world
    1 Jan 2022
    News Interviewee - storm News.com.au
  • TEXT INTERVIEW
    The last island: simulating global system dynamics through a card game
    1 Sep 2018
    Project Feature - UTS News
  • CONFERENCE ORGANISING
    ACM Conference on Tangible, Embedded and Embodied Interaction (TEI)
    1 Jan 2020
  • CONFERENCE ORGANISING
    IEEE Conference on Games (CoG)
    1 Jan 2020
    Track Chair - Game Interfaces and User Interaction Track
  • CONFERENCE ORGANISING
    Interactive Entertainment (IE)
    1 Jan 2018 - 31 Dec 2022
    Chair, as part of Australian Computer Science Week
  • CONFERENCE ORGANISING
    ACM Computer-Human Interaction in Play (CHI PLAY)
    1 Jan 2018
    Treasurer
  • CONFERENCE ORGANISING
    Intelligent Virtual Agents Conference (IVA)
    1 Jan 2018
    Workshop Organiser - Agents for Change and Social Good Workshop
  • CONFERENCE AND WORKSHOP REVIEW / REFEREEING
    Conference Program Committees
    - ACM Conf. on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI) - IEEE Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces (IEEEVR) - ACM Conf. on Human Factors in Computing Systems and Play (CHI-Play) - IEEE Conference on Games (CoG) - Foundations of Digital Games (FDG) - AAAI Conf. on Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital Entertainment (AIIDE) - Australasian Interactive Entertainment (IE) - Australasian Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AJCAI)
  • NON-RESEARCH PRESENTATION
    Games for Recruitment
    1 Apr 2018
    Panellist - College of Organisational Psychology
  • PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY
    The next generation of technologists panel: Inspiration, aspiration, engagement, and STEM
    1 May 2017
    Panellist - CeBIT Industry Conference: Strategic Panel Series
  • CAREER HIGHLIGHT
    Invited as a guest lecturer at Western Sydney University, sharing expertise on the integration of virtual reality in architectural practice, emphasizing its potential for sustainable and inclusive design.