I have interests that span across Software Engineering and Human-Computer Interaction fields.
- Software Engineering
- Inclusivity
- Disaster Management
- Digital Health
Engagement
In these areas, I have worked with several industry partners and non-profit organisations. I am currently in the process of forming new connections with some other organisations as well. These can be listed as follows.
In these areas, I have worked with several industry partners and non-profit organisations. I am currently in the process of forming new connections with some other organisations as well. These can be listed as follows.
- Health Metrics Pvt. Ltd
- Vision Australia
- Ability Forum
- SPELD for Learning difficulties
- Board of Metrology (to start)
- Monash Health and a few other hospitals (in progress)
Grants
- 2024; CIs S. Craig, M. Asghari-Jafarabadi, S. Dalziel, S. George, E. Long, S. McNab, Ais D. Windross, K. Mawson, R. Roseby, A. Madugalla, E. Mills, L. Haskell, H. Haskell, E. Callander; Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) Applied Research in Health grant opportunity; on “The role of caregivers in recognition and response to serious childhood illness: a mixed- methods study”. $1.5Million
- 2024, CIs C Hartel, A Madugalla, P. McIntosh, J Grundy; Monash Business School Interdisciplinary Research (IDR) SEED Fund; on “Adaptive Maps for Cognitive Impairment”. $15,000
- 2023; CIs A Madugalla J Abrahams; The Monash Incubator grant; on “Inclusive Multi-hazard Early Warning Systems for Vulnerable Communities”. $10,000
- 2023; CIs L Greenacre, A Madugalla, B Valentine, B Sadler, S Gray, H Matich, G Rolan; Monash Indigenous Innovation Challenge; on “Wunan Foundation Project on Social Capital Development”. $30,000
- 2023; CIs M Butler, H Chen, A Madugalla, O Haggag, P Kwan; Monash Institute of Medical Engineering (MIME) SEED fund; on “Digital tools for blind/low vision people for independent health management”. $30,000
- 2023; CIs A Madugalla, P McIntosh, C Hartel, J Grundy; Monash Assistive Technology & Society SEED fund; “Adaptive Maps for People with Neurodiversity”. $12,000
- 2022; CIs D Chandrasekara, D Varghese, D Richardson, P. Raghunath, A. Dhramarathne, A. Madugalla; “Designing a Community-Maintained Toolkit for Volunteer-Led Governance of Community Platforms”; Monash FIT Industry Partnership SEED Fund. $30,000
- 2021; CI A. Madugalla; “Human-Centric User Studies during a Pandemic”; Monash Faculty of IT ECR SEED Fund. $10,000.
- 2013; CIs A. Dhramarathne, D. Sandaruwan, A. Madugalla, R. Rajapakse; “Establishing first forensic facial reconstruction centre in Sri Lanka”; National Science Foundation, Sri Lanka, $25,000 (2013 exchange rate).
Supervision
PhD Students
PhD Students
- Wei Wang: Adaptive UIs for chronic diseases
- Yuqing Xiao: Developing responsible AI tools to improve the quality of Aged Care
- Yutan Huang: AI-based Adaptive User Interfaces
Masters Students
I supervised several students on their final year master's thesis.
I supervised several students on their final year master's thesis.
- 2023, Jingyuan Shen, Human-centred web-based modelling tool
- 2022, Jiahui Wu, Persona-based Adaptive UI for older adults with cognitive and low vision challenges
- 2021, Yutan Huang, Human-centric UI for the aged care workforce
- 2021, Gayatri Aniruddha, Predicting hospital admissions for residential aged care homes
- 2021, Yanming Cao, Adaptive floor plans for vision-impaired users
Undergraduate Students
I have worked with several individual and group projects with honours students pursuing a Software Engineering degree on their final year projects. Most have resulted in publications at high-quality conferences. Below are the titles of these projects.
I have worked with several individual and group projects with honours students pursuing a Software Engineering degree on their final year projects. Most have resulted in publications at high-quality conferences. Below are the titles of these projects.
- 2023, Adaptive disaster management
- 2023, Maps for diverse users
- 2022, Enhancing software engineering participatory research with diverse cohorts
- 2022, Human-centric secure coding for software developers (Main Supervisor).
- 2021, Supporting students in higher education institutions during disasters: COVID-19 Case Study
- 2021, Adaptive SVG-based floorplans for disabled users
- 2022, Investigating inclusive SVG floor plans in real-life scenarios
- 2021, Adaptable human-centric UI for users with low-vision, photophobia, ADHD and elderly
- 2020, A toolkit for building more adaptable UIs for sight and learning-impaired users
Research Assistants
- 2023-24, Wei Wang, Adaptive maps for cognitive impaired
- 2023, Yutan Huang, for six months on 'Adaptive maps for elderly' and 'Generative AI and Software Engineering: A GitHub study'
- 2022-23, Yutan Huang, four months on ‘Evaluating and design of adaptive UI for multiple disabilities’
- 2021-2022, Dulaji Hidellaarachchi, Aastha Pant, Samia Ferdousi, one year on ‘Human-Centric User Studies with disaster impacted communities: a case study on the COVID-19 pandemic’
- 2020, Xiaojiao Du, 6 months on ‘A Preliminary Systematic Literature Review of Use of Personas in Software Engineering for Children and the Elderly’
