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DrMary Lou Maher

Professor, Sydney Horizons

Faculty of Engineering

Orcid identifier0000-0002-4150-0322 (opens in a new tab)⁠
  • Professor, Sydney Horizons
    Faculty of Engineering

RESEARCH INTERESTs

My research interests include: AI Literacy for all, human-AI interaction, design and cognitive impact of AI-based co-creativity, and collaborative active learning in CS education. 

 

Current research interests include:

 

The role, responsible use, and impact of Generative AI in computing education.

 

The design and evaluation of innovative AI models to support human design and creativity. 

FUNDED RESEARCH

  • GRANT
    RI: Small: CompCog: Pique: A Cognitive Model of Curiosity for Personalizing Sequences of Learning Resources (opens in a new tab)⁠
    Directorate for Computer & Information Science & Engineering15 Jun 2016 - 31 Dec 2020
    People funded by this grant:
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    EAGER: Collaborative Research: A Computational Model for Evaluating the Quality of Citizen Science Contributions (opens in a new tab)⁠
    Directorate for Computer & Information Science & Engineering1 Sep 2014 - 31 Aug 2016
    People funded by this grant:
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  • GRANT
    Curious Places: Agent-Mediated Self-Aware Worlds
    Australian Research Council (ARC)1 Jan 2006
    People funded by this grant:
    • Saunders R,
    • Maher M-L
  • GRANT
    Enabling team collaboration with pervasive and mobile computing
    Cooperative Research Centre for Construction Innovation (CRC)1 Jan 2005
    People funded by this grant:
    • Lee K-H,
    • Lee B,
    • James ME,
    • Alwi S,
    • Marchant D
  • GRANT
    CRC - CI Cased Based reasoning in construction & infrastructure
    CRC CONSTRUCTION INNOVATION1 Jan 2004
    People funded by this grant:
    • Maher M-L,
    • Scuderi P
  • GRANT
    CRC - CI Cased Based reasoning in construction & infrastructure
    CRC CONSTRUCTION INNOVATION1 Jan 2004
    People funded by this grant:
    • Maher M-L,
    • Scuderi P
  • GRANT
    Developing design knowledge as swarm intelligence in a virtual world
    DVC Research1 Jan 2004
    People funded by this grant:
    • Maher M-L
  • GRANT
    Team collaboration in high bandwith virtual environments
    CRC CONSTRUCTION INNOVATION1 Jan 2004
    People funded by this grant:
    • Maher M-L
  • GRANT
    The Evolution Of Business Networks In Virtual Marketplaces
    Australian Research Council (ARC)1 Jan 2004
    People funded by this grant:
    • Wilkinson I,
    • Debenham J,
    • Simoff S,
    • Maher M-L
  • GRANT
    Managing Information flows with models and virtual environments
    Cooperative Research Centre for Construction Innovation (CRC)1 Jan 2002
    People funded by this grant:
    • Maher M-L
  • GRANT
    An Agent Model for Virtual Worlds for Collaborative Design
    Australian Research Council (ARC)1 Jan 2001
    People funded by this grant:
    • Maher M-L,
    • Gero J
  • GRANT
    Visualisation and object design in virtual architecture
    DVC Research1 Jan 2001
    People funded by this grant:
    • Maher M-L
  • GRANT
    Knowledge discovery in multimedia design case libraries
    Australian Research Council (ARC)1 Jan 2000
    People funded by this grant:
    • Simov S,
    • Maher M-L
  • GRANT
    Virtual worlds for collaborative design
    Australian Research Council (ARC)1 Jan 2000
    People funded by this grant:
    • Simoff S,
    • Maher M-L