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Email

wsmith@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Professor
School of Computing and Information Systems
Education
PhD
University of London
Bachelors Degree (Honours)
University of London
ORCID

0000-0002-1059-6704

Prof Wally Smith

Professor
School of Computing and Information Systems

99 Scholarly works
18 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2026

    Conference Proceedings

    Explainable Moderation in Multiplayer Games: Player Responses to Explanations of an Automated Temporary Ban
    DOI: 10.1145/3772318.3791146
  • 2026

    Conference Proceedings

    AI Sensing and Intervention in Higher Education: Student Perceptions of Learning Impacts, Affective Responses, and Ethical Priorities
    DOI: 10.1145/3772318.3790360
  • 2020

    Conference Proceedings

    Co-Designing with Orangutans
    DOI: 10.1145/3357236.3395559
  • 2019

    Research Contracts

    Using Digital Technologies to Enhance Animal Welfare and Conservation Education in Zoos
  • 2019

    Research Grant

    Conceptualising and Measuring Digital Emotion Regulation
  • 2018

    Research Grant

    A Computational Theory of Strategic Deception
  • 2017

    Conference Proceedings

    Kinecting with orangutans: Zoo visitors' empathetic responses to animals' use of interactive technology
    DOI: 10.1145/3025453.3025729
Wally Smith

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2026

    Conference Proceedings

    Exploring the Paradox of Using Digital Technologies in Nature
    DOI: 10.1145/3772318.3790708
  • 2026

    Conference Proceedings

    "I'm here to see nature, not spend more time on my phone!": A Study of Technological Obtrusiveness and How it is Managed in an Urban Nature Setting
    DOI: 10.1145/3772318.3790660
  • 2025

    Conference Proceedings

    A Typology of Museum Games: Towards a Museum Game Design Toolkit
    DOI: 10.1145/3726986.3727045
  • 2025

    Conference Proceedings

    Explaining the inexplicable: A study of people's reactions to futuristic AI
    DOI: 10.1145/3726986.3727046
  • 2025

    Conference Proceedings

    Adopting the Theory of Distributed Cognition for Human-AI Cooperation
    DOI: 10.1145/3726986.3727024
  • 2024

    Journal article

    Human-AI Collaboration in Cooperative Games: A Study of Playing Codenames with an LLM Assistant
    DOI: 10.1145/3677081
  • 2024

    Conference Proceedings

    Digital design considerations in urban nature
    DOI: 10.1145/3681716.3689441
  • 2023

    Conference Proceedings

    The Hidden Rules of Hanabi: How Humans Outperform AI Agents
    DOI: 10.1145/3544548.3581550

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