Jeni Paay

Service

Leadership & Innovation Programs

Director, Centre for Design Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne (2021- )

Chair, NTRO Assessment Committee, School of Design and Architecture, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne (2022- )

Leadership Group, MedTechVic, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne (2021- )

Academic Senate, Elected member, serving on Academic Policy and Quality Sub-committee, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne (2021-23)

Deputy Director, Centre for Design Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne (2019-21)

Program Leader "Future Urban Living", Innovative Planet Institute, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne (2023- )

Program Leader "Future Urban Living", Smart Cities Research Institute, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne (2017-23 )

Program Leader, User Experience Design, Centre for Design Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne (2017-19)

Coordination Group, Solution Hub Initiative, Aalborg University, Denmark (2015)

Editorial Positions

Review Board Member, Int. Journal of Mobile Human Computer Interaction

Review Board Member, Int. Journal Frontiers in Virtual Reality

Professional Service

2022-ongoing Australian Executive Member, ACM SIGCHI Global Chapters Committee
2023-24 Membership Chair, ACM SIGCHI Melbourne
2021-23 President, ACM SIGCHI Melbourne
2019 ACM SIGCHI Melbourne, Inaugural Committee Member
2016-ongoing ACM Senior Member, Selected, Association for Computing Machinery
2011-16 ACM & SIGCHI Member, Association for Computing Machinery
2007-15 UX Denmark
2001-2006 CHISIG in Ergonomics Society of Australia
1997-2000 CHISIG (Tasmanian State Representative)

Credentials

Academic Degrees

2006 Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Human Computer Interaction (Science)
“Indexing to Situated Interactions”
Departments of Information Systems/Architecture, Building and Planning
University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

1995 Master of Applied Computing
University of Tasmania, Launceston, TAS, Australia

1984 Bachelor of Architectural Studies
University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia

Academic Diplomas

2012 Diploma of University Teaching for Assistant Professors
Aalborg University, Denmark

1990 Graduate Diploma in Applied Computing
University of Tasmania, Launceston, TAS, Australia

Academic and Research Positions

2020 Professor in Interaction Design
Department of Communication Design and Digital Media Design
School of Design, Faculty of Health, Arts and Design,
Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia

2017 Associate Professor in Interaction Design
Department of Communication Design and Digital Media Design
School of Design, Faculty of Health, Arts and Design,
Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia

2012 Associate Professor
Department of Computer Science
Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark

2010 Assistant Professor
Department of Computer Science
Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark

2008 Senior Research Scientist
Interaction Design Lead
CSIRO, Sydney, NSW, Australia

2006 Research Fellow
Department of Information Systems
University of Melbourne, VIC

2003-06 PhD Candidate
Department of Information Systems
University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

2001 University Lecturer/Coordinator of Industrial Projects
Department of Information Systems
University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

1990 University Lecturer, Level B
School of Computing University of Tasmania
Launceston, TAS, Australia

1985 Architectural Project Officer
State Heritage Branch
Department of Environment and Planning
Adelaide, SA, Australia