STUDENTS
ADM+S Centre scholarship recipients and student members.
Nuha Abu Onq
PhD Student
RMIT University
Thesis: How Do Human and Contextual Factors Affect the Way People Formulate their Queries?
Chathurika Akurugoda
Master’s Student
University of Melbourne
Thesis: Freedom of Expression and Cyber Bullying in Democracies; Legal Responses
Marwah Alaofi
PhD Student
RMIT University
Thesis: User-centered Non-factoid Answer Retrieval
Dante Aloni
ADM+S PhD Scholarship Recipient
Monash University
Thesis: History and Trust on the Blockchain
Hesam Asadollahzadeh
PhD Student
University of Melbourne
Thesis: On Distributional Robustness in Vision-Language Models
Anand Badola
PhD Student
QUT
Thesis: Rethinking the Public Sphere in India: Studying Production and Circulation of Discourses in New Media
John Bassett
PhD Student
The University of Sydney
Thesis: How Algorithms Change Statutes; Analysing the Transformative Effects of Automated Decision Making on Welfare Legislation.
Vidhi Bhalodia
Master’s Student
RMIT University
Thesis: Enhancing Personalized Search with Retrieval-Augmented Generation for Dynamic Prompt Expansion
Angela Blakston
ADM+S PhD Scholarship Recipient
RMIT University
Thesis: Towards algorithmic literacy: exploring how young Australians understand and experience news algorithms.
Will Cesta
PhD Student
University of Sydney
Thesis: Regulating Robolawyers: Are autonomous legal applications infringing legal profession laws?
Breeze Chen
PhD Student
UNSW
Thesis: Modeling Sequential Ad Behaviours in Online Advertising
Brooke Coco
PhD Student
RMIT University
Thesis: Ethnography of a DAO: An Empirical Look at Decentralized Governance
Joel Cooper
PhD Student
QUT
Thesis: The Impacts of ‘The Long Tail Effect’ and Copyright Law on the Discoverability of Audio-Visual Content on Subscription Video-On-Demand Platforms
Sarah Cupler
ADM+S PhD Scholarship Recipient
University of Melbourne
Thesis: Exploring Regulatory Practices for Better AI
Dan Dai
PhD Student
QUT
Thesis: Comparative analysis of COVID-19 misinformation and hate speech on Chinese Weibo and the Australian Twittersphere
Sean Di Lizio
PhD Student
QUT
Thesis: Imaginary containers and imaginary coins: e-publishing using smart contracts
Ha Do
PhD Student
University of Melbourne
Thesis: Private enforcement and liability exemption for online contents under the EU legal framework: from the perspective of domain name registries
Rhea Erica D’Silva
PhD Student
Monash University
Thesis: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the Technology Industry: The ‘making’ of inclusion in the everyday working of design teams
Nadia Egalita
PhD Student
RMIT University
Thesis: Food Consumption and Lifestyle: A Cross-cultural Analysis of Online Food Delivery Service in Indonesia and Australia
Rayane El Masri
ADM+S PhD Student
QUT
Thesis: Compassionate AI: A Care Ethics Approach to Value Alignment in Generative AI
Paria Eskandarpour
ADM+S PhD Student
Monash University
Thesis: Proptech Politics: Dynamics of Exclusion and Extraction in Real Estate Platforms
Sara Fahad Dawood Al Lawati
PhD Student
RMIT University
Thesis: Where do queries come from? An eyetracker study of how users are influenced to search
Mohammad Faisal
ADM+S PhD Scholarship Recipient
University of Queensland
Thesis: Virtualising Australia’s Public Employment Service through Dashboard: The Experiences of the Australian CALD jobseekers.
Patrick Fang
ADM+S Masters Scholarship Recipient
University of Queensland
Thesis: Generative AI in social service organisations
Emma Finlay
ADM+S PhD Scholarship Recipient
University of Melbourne
Thesis: Automated Decision Making; an examination into the human intervention in repositories of decision-making powers’ regulatory response to ADM
Samantha Floreani
PhD Student
Monash University
Thesis: The political economy of real estate technologies and housing injustice in Australia
Maria Gemma-Brown
ADM+S PhD Scholarship Recipient
University of Queensland
Thesis: Vibes, Flows, Feelings: Investigating the algorithmic techniques of affective capitalism
Miguel Gomez-Hernandez
PhD Student
Monash University
Thesis: Future technologies for older people
Klaus Groebner
PhD Student
QUT
Thesis: Investigating the Transnational Spread of Far-Right Narratives on Facebook
Chenxue Guo
PhD Student
QUT
Thesis: Traditional Chinese Culture Meets Generative AI: Rethinking Authenticity under the Approach of Human-Community-Machine Interaction
Laura Gartry
PhD Student
RMIT University
Thesis: Aligning personalised news recommendations with the public interest
Jiaman He
PhD Student
RMIT University
Thesis: Optimizing Information Retrieval in LLM-based conversational search engines by assessing physiological signals
Afsaneh Hasanebrahimi
PhD Student
University of Melbourne
Thesis: Evaluation of Adversarial Attacks and Bias in Deep Neural Networks
Lauren Hayden
PhD Student
University of Queensland
Thesis: Digital advertising and cultures of alcohol consumption on social media platforms
Meg Thomas
PhD Student
University of Queensland
Thesis: The Platformisation of Film and Television Aesthetics
Zoe Horn
PhD Student
Western Sydney University
Thesis: Machine Architectures: Formats and the Geopolitics of Automated Environments
Mohammadmahdi (Meti) Jafari
PhD Student
University of New South Wales
Thesis: Explainable Framework for Spatio-temporal Data Forecasting Using Transformer-based Large Language Models.
Kaixin Ji
PhD Student
RMIT University
Thesis: Measuring and quantifying bias, fairness and engagement for information access systems
Nadia Jude
PhD Student
QUT
Thesis: ‘Have we reached tipping point?’: Evaluating official responses to misinformation and disinformation
Hiruni Kegalle
ADM+S PhD Scholarship Recipient
RMIT University
Thesis: Enhancing fairness in Recommender Systems from the third party user perspective
Megan Kelleher
PhD Student
RMIT University
Thesis: Blockchain Mapping and Indigenous Knowledge Systems: Observations at the interface between distributed consensus technology and Indigenous governance
Lauren Kelly
PhD Student
RMIT University
Thesis: The augmented worker: understanding automated decision-making systems in Australia’s supermarket warehouses and distribution networks
Madeline Kelly
Masters Student
UQ
Thesis: A Happy Medium? Exploring the use of a mindfully designed digital tool for welfare advocates
Claire Tao
PhD Student
RMIT
Thesis: How Disinformation Under Algorithm Recommendation Influences Young People’s Online Engagement and Digital Literacy
Madhurima Khirbat
Masters Student
RMIT University
Thesis: A thorough evaluation of LLM-based Recommender Systems
Samuel Kininmonth
PhD Student
RMIT University
Thesis: The Programmatic Promise: Automated Advertising in Australia
Cecily Klim
ADM+S PhD Scholarship Recipient
UNSW
Thesis: The role and future of emerging technologies in contraceptive advocacy, provision, and use.
Oliver Knight
Master’s Student
RMIT University
Thesis: Digital wallets as a vector for financial inclusion? The case of Indonesia
Berwyn Kwek
PhD Student
Monash University
Thesis: An inquiry into the uses of digital technologies for social service provision and the changing topology of governance.
Trang Le
PhD Student
Monash University
Thesis: Anti-rape and sexual assaults wearables and (re)negotiation and (re)production of public-private space
Wynston Lee
PhD Student
RMIT University
Thesis: Between Orwellian nightmare and Legalist dream: The Political Economy of Data and Trust in China’s Social Credit System
Caitlin Learmonth
PhD Student
Swinburne University
Thesis: How do sexual health organisations in Australia recognise and accommodate for people in non-monogamous relationships?
Dennis Leeftink
PhD Student
QUT
Thesis: No Tool is a Box: Unpacking Embedded Knowledge to Chart Digital Methods, Tools, and Workflows
Lihuan Li
PhD Student
UNSW
Thesis: Leveraging Pre-trained Models for Multi-Task Trajectory Analysis in Urban Transportation
Xiyao Liu
PhD Student
Monash University
Thesis: Understanding China’s Social Credit System (SCS) through media representation, official discourses, and organisational practice
Stephanie Livingstone
PhD Student
RMIT University
Thesis: Automated decision-making, social services and youth homelessness
Miguel Loor Paredes
PhD Student
Monash University
Thesis: Reimagining automated work futures at the intersection of music and technology
Lesley Luo
PhD Student
Swinburne University
Thesis: Queering YouTube: Anglophone queer women-made content and Sinophone queer audience
Robert Morsillo
PhD Student
RMIT University
Thesis: Digital social innovation ecosystems: An exploration and analysis of Australian actors and capabilities
Lucinda Nelson
PhD Student
QUT
Thesis: Where misogyny hides: An examination of everyday misogyny in discourses about Depp v Heard on social media platforms.
Paulina Noches Pareja
PhD Student
Monash University
Thesis: Workers in transition to the supermarket of the future
Joseph Ikechukwu Onyewuchi
PhD Student
The University of Sydney
Thesis: Use of digital media and its impact on adoption of blockchain technology: Examining transnational remittances among African immigrants in Australia
Vishnu Padinjaredath Suresh
PhD Student
QUT
Thesis: Detecting Algorithmic Radicalisation Trajectories (DART).
Theresa Pham
PhD Student
University of New South Wales
Thesis: Incels and Neoliberal Platform Capitalism
Frederic Rauturier
ADM+S PhD Scholarship Recipient
RMIT University
Thesis: Understanding the role of automation in the production and acquisition of content in French SVOD
Shahriar Rahman
PhD Student
RMIT University
Thesis: Private 5G: Adoption of 5G For Enterprise Across Countries
Mohana Rayaprolu
PhD Student
QUT
Thesis: The Intersection of Authenticity and Visibility in AI-Generated YouTube Videos
Dr Megan Rose
PhD Student
UNSW
Thesis: Hold Me: Creepy-cute hybridity in zoomorphic robot design
Ciaran Ryan
Master’s Student
Swinburne University
Thesis: Partisan Enmity: Political Hostility and Media Practices Among Australian Digital Publics
Fletcher Scott
PhD Student
RMIT University
Thesis: Source beliefs and statement-updating as a function of implicit-explicit discrepancies
Sadia Sharmin
PhD Student
QUT
Thesis: Machine learning and discrimination in foundation models
Ben Shaw
Masters Student
Swinburne University
Thesis: Find me something to do: Searching for social connection when times are tough
Edward Small
PhD Student
RMIT University
Thesis: Fairness, explainability, and transparency in automated decision making
Rhyle Simcock
PhD Student
QUT
Thesis: Enhancing the Reviewability of Automated Decision-making systems Under Australia’s Judicial Review Framework: “The Answer to the Machine is in the Machine”
Shuoqi Sun
PhD Student
RMIT
Thesis: Understanding the Influence of Search Interfaces and User Diversity on User Search Behaviour and Query Formulation
Wenqi Tan
PhD Student
University of Sydney
Thesis: Critical examinations of disability inclusion in virtual reality
Jiaru Tang
PhD Student
QUT
Thesis: Cultural production in the age of Artificial Intelligence: platformization, precarity and contingency
Avantik Tamta
PhD Student
University of Melbourne
Thesis: Freedom of Thought, Surveillance and the Law
Ekaterina Tokareva
PhD Student
RMIT University
Thesis: The politics of internet governance in Russia
Thanh Tran
PhD Student
RMIT University
Thesis: The impact of social cartoon influencers on promoting cultural values among the youth
Brett Tweedie
PhD Student
QUT
Thesis: To each according to their browsing history? An analysis and visualisation of targeted online content
Imalsha Ubayawickrema
PhD Student
RMIT University
Thesis: Evaluating Cultural Impact and Ethical Considerations in Automated Ranking Systems Using Synthetic Data
Laura Vodden
PhD Student
QUT
Thesis: Using Large Language Models to Analyse Text Content: A Study of ‘Gender Policing’ Frames in the News
Xinye Wanyan
PhD Student
RMIT University
Thesis: Evaluating and Mitigating Bias in Automated Cultural Curation within LLM-Based Recommendation Systems
Ned Watt
PhD Student
QUT
Thesis: Enhancing Explanatory Fact-Checking with Large Language Models: An Explorative Study
Sion Weatherhead
PhD Student
UNSW
Thesis: An Asimovian Exploration: Testing the Limits of Generative Agents for Practical Research.
Shir Weinbrand
PhD Student
QUT
Thesis: Search, Bias, and Beyond: Investigating the Intersection of Politics, News, and AI in Automated Decision-Making Systems
Daniel Whelan-Shamy
PhD Student
QUT
Thesis: The Emergent Properties of Latent Space: Generative Artificial Intelligence and Simulation in New Computational Culture.
Margaret Wilson
PhD Student
University of Melbourne
Thesis: Sub Judice Contempt in the Current Communications Environment
Gabriel Wong
ADM+S PhD Scholarship Recipient
UNSW
Thesis: AI Recommendation System and the Dissemination, Representation, and Access of Environmental Information
Wilson Wongso
ADM+S PhD Scholarship Recipient
UNSW
Thesis: Advancing Multi-Stakeholder Decision-Making through LLM-Driven Generative Agent Simulations
Yueqing Xuan
ADM+S PhD Scholarship Recipient
RMIT University
Thesis: Fairness-Aware and Privacy-Preserving Recommender System
Yunus Yigit
PhD Student
University of Queensland
Thesis: The Use of Machine Learning Algorithms in Independent Regulatory Agencies
Du Yin
PhD Student
UNSW
Thesis: Large Language Models (LLMs) for Multi-variate Time-series (MVTS) Generation
Libby Young
PhD Student
University of Sydney
Thesis: The power of personal data, and how we govern knowledge about us
Canaan Yung
PhD Student
University of Melbourne
Thesis: Adversarial attacks on generative AI models
Weinan Yuan
PhD Student
RMIT
Thesis: AI-Driven Social Credit System as Ambiguous Arenas: Examining Digital Disconnection Practices and Perceptions in China
Guangnan Zhu
PhD Student
QUT
Thesis: A novel framework for detecting and analysing coordinated inauthentic behaviour using multimodal data
Sara Roetman
PhD Student
University of Queensland
Thesis: “Smart tech for smart bodies”: Algorithmic biosensor technologies and women’s health in the FemTech industry
