PhD Opportunities

[1] Practice-based research in the electronic arts The research program is available for practising artists and musicians who wish to explore their practice and its inter-relation with new technological developments.

2] Studies of creative practice in the digital arts and conceptual design
The research program is available for graduates in any discipline who wish to study creativity by observation, interview and action research. They would study creative practice and its inter-relation with new technological developments.

3] Computer support systems for creativity
The research program is available for graduates of computer science, IT and related disciplines. They would study support for creative practice and new technological developments in digital media. This can include HCI, virtual reality, the WWW, gestural interaction and end-user graphical programming methods.

Further links:

University Graduate School

Practice-based research guide

Theses completed at CCS:

Brigid Costello (2009) - Gestural Interfaces that Stimulate Creative Play.

Andrew Johnston (2009) - An Investigation of Requirements for Enhancing Musicians' Creativity and Technical Skills using Computer-based Tools.

Mike Leggett (2009) - Mnemovie: Visual Mnemonics for Creative Interactive Video.

Lizzie Muller (2009) - A Curatorial Study of Audience Experience in Interactive Art.

Yukari Nagai (2009) - Research on the Dynamic Knowledge Acquisition Process in Creative Design Thinking.

Yun Zhang (2008) - Investigating collaboration in art and technology

Roman Danylak (2008) - A semiotic analysis of gesture and emotion in artistic human-computer interaction

Alastair Weakley (2007) -  Internet-based support for creative collaboration

Greg Turner (2006) -  Supportive methodology and technology for creating interactive art

Dave Burraston (2006) - Generative music and cellular automata