Dr Martin Gibbs is an Associate Professor in the School of Computing and Information Systems at The University of Melbourne.
Research interests
- how people use a variety of interactive technologies (video games, community networks, mobile phones; etc) for convivial and sociable purposes in a variety of situations (intimate strong-tie relationships, local neighborhoods, work-based occupational communities, online computer games)
- social dynamics of digital and board games
- digital commemoration and the use of interactive technologies at end-of-life, including the future cemetery
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FEATURED Journal article
The Demarcation Problem in Multiplayer Games: Boundary-Work in EVE Online's eSport
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Disposal of the dead: beyond burial and cremation
Research Grant
Small funerals, online memorials and grieving from afar: the coronavirus is changing how w..
NEWS ARTICLE
Word Play: A History of Voice Interaction in Digital Games
Journal article
THE FUTURE CEMETERY
Research Grant
How do we grow Australia’s eSports industry?
NEWS ARTICLE
Apathetic villagers and the trolls who love them: Player amorality in online multiplayer g..
Conference Proceedings
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Projects
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Project Types
14
Research Grant
4
Research Contracts
3
Internal Research Grant
Additional Information
2014-2016:
ARC Discovery Project, An investigation of the early adoption and appropriation of high-speed broadband in the domestic environment - Australian Research Council: Discovery Project (DP140101871)
Arnold, M; Gibbs, M; Kohn, T; Nansen, B; Hallam, E. [$256k]
2013-2015:
ARC Discovery Project, Broadband-enabled homes: An Investigation of early adoption of High-Speed Broadband in the domestic environment - Australian Research Council: Discovery Project (DP130101519)
Arnold, M, Wilken, R, and Gibbs, M. [$208k]
2012- 2013:
High-speed broadband and Home-Based Work - Melbourne University Research Collaboration Grant
Arnold, Wilken, Gibbs, Nansen [$20k]
2011:
‘What they are saying’: Political Issue Analysis System (PIAS): Political Issue analysis in an age of the ‘data deluge’ - Institute for a Broadband Enabled Society (IBES) Seed Funding Grant
Bellamy, Gibbs, Williamson, Cubitt, Tuohy [$29k]
2010- 2011:
Broadband Enabled Delivery of Physical Fitness and Dietary Programs for Young People with Serious Mental Illness - Institute for a Broadband Enabled Society (IBES) Seed Funding Grant
Killackey, Gibbs [$52k]
2010- 2011:
Broadband-enabled public screens: from display to interaction - Institute for a Broadband Enabled Society (IBES) Seed Funding Grant
McQuire, Vetere, Gibbs, Papastergiadis [$32k]
2005-2006:
Voice Communication in MMORPGs - Microsoft Research Asia Research Support: Gaming
M Gibbs and Wadley [
2004-2005:
Collaborative Bonding and Team Building via Distributed Game - The University of Melbourne and CSIRO Collaborative Research Program
M Gibbs, Mueller [5k]
2004:
Mediating Intimacy: Appropriation and extension of multimedia services - Smart Internet Technology CRC (Project UE06)
S Howard, F Vetere, M Gibbs [$90k]
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Credentials
Positions
Positions
Associate Professor
Computing And Information Systems
Education
Education
Doctor of Philosophy
University of Melbourne
Master of Science (Science in Society)
University of Melbourne
Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical Engineering)
University of Melbourne