Rudi Vernik

Background

About Rudi Vernik

During his career, Rudi has held several key national and international research leadership positions. His research teams focused on the development of innovative approaches and environments to support those involved in critical decision making and intense collaboration. Research was conducted in areas such as Human Systems Interaction, Ubiquitous Computing, Virtual Reality, Information Visualisation, Artificial Intelligence, and Modelling and Simulation. Throughout this time he maintained active engagement with academia as an Adjunct Professor where he helped establish new research directions, held the position of director of a research laboratory, chaired and participated in advisory boards, participated in student education by providing post-graduate supervision and guest lectures, and established key linkages with other research organisations, industry and other universities. Rudi continues to direct his attention and abilities towards research and education activities he believes in and is passionate about. As an adjunct Professor at the Adelaide University he is currently involved in research activities that focus on the use of interactive and virtual environments to support areas such as intergenerational engagement, enhancing wellbeing through the incorporation of immersive approaches in interior design, and enhancing aviation safety by using virtual reality approaches to support the foundational education of future pilots.