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Matthew Hutchins

Matthew Hutchins

Senior Research Scientist
Visualisation & Virtual Environments
Networking Technologies Laboratory
CSIRO ICT Centre, Canberra

Contact Details

CSIRO ICT Centre

In person:

Room S339
Computer Science and Information Technology Building (108)
North Road, Australian National University, Acton, ACT, Australia

By post:

GPO Box 664
Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia

On the internet:

E-mail: Matthew.Hutchins@csiro.au
Web: www.ict.csiro.au

Phone:

Office: 02 6216 7088
Switch: 02 6216 7000
Mobile: 0408 862 669
Fax: 02 6216 7111
(Outside Australia, dial +61 instead of the first 0)

Research Interests

Visualisation, virtual reality & virtual environments, computer graphics, computer haptics, physical simulation, human-computer interaction.

Current Research

Application of multimodal virtual reality technology to medical and surgical training.

Key Skills

Object oriented software engineering, visualisation and interaction design, virtual reality software programming including haptics, formal specification.

Professional Qualifications

Ph.D., Computer Science
Australian National University 2000

B.Sc. (Honours, 1st Class, Computer Science)
Australian National University 1990

Publications

Matthew Hutchins, Duncan Stevenson and Stephen Barrass. Effective colour visualisations on paper. In proceedings of DICTA‘93, Digital Image Computing: Techniques and Applications. 1993.

P.K. Robertson, M. Hutchins, D.R. Stevenson, S. Barrass, C. Gunn and D. Smith. Mapping data into colour gamuts — using interaction to increase usability and reduce complexity. Computers & Graphics, vol.18, no.5, 1994.

D Stevenson and M Hutchins, “Data Visualisation in Uniform Colour Space”, APRS Workshop on Electronic Colour Imaging and Applications, Canberra, Dec 1994, pp 163-168. (refereed by abstract)

D Stevenson, M Hutchins and S Barrass, “Scientific Visualisations on Paper”, APRS Workshop on Electronic Colour Imaging and Applications, Canberra, Dec 1994, pp 169-174. (refereed by abstract)

K. Tsui, P. Fletcher and M. Hutchins. PISTON—a scalable software platform for implementing parallel visualization algorithms. In proceedings of Computer Graphics International. 1994.

Philip K. Robertson and Matthew Hutchins. Guided colour representations using perceptual colour spaces. In proceedings of SPIE Symposium on Electronic Imaging Science and Technology: Human Vision, Visual Processing and Digital Display VI. 1995.

P.K. Robertson and M. Hutchins. An approach to intelligent design of colour visualisations. In GregoryM. Nielson, Hans Hagen and Heinrich Müller, eds. Scientific Visualization: Overviews, Methodologies, and Techniques. 1997.

M. Hutchins and K. Gallagher. Improving visual impact analysis. In proceedings of ICSM '98: the International Conference on Software Maintenance. 1998.

Matthew Hutchins. Modelling Visualisation Using Formal Algebra. Ph.D.thesis, Australian National University. 1999.

Matthew Hutchins and Chris Gunn. A haptic constraints class library. In J.K.Salisbury and M.A.Srinivasan, eds. Proceedings of the Fourth PHANTOM Users Group Workshop, AI Lab Technical Report No.1675 and RLE Technical Report No.633, MIT, November1999.

Matthew Hutchins. Software components for haptic constraints. In proceedings of SPIE Symposium on Electronic Imaging Science and Technology: The Engineering Reality of Virtual Reality 2000. 2000.

Matthew Hutchins. A constraint equation algebra as a basis for haptic rendering. In Proceedings of the Fifth PHANToM Users Group Workshop, October 2000.

Michael Lucas, Alexander Krstic, Robert Atkinson, Peter Lozo and Matthew Hutchins. Casualty evacuation – unmanned vehicles the force multiplier. Defence Health Symposium 2002. Sydney, July 2002.

Robert Atkinson, M.A. Lucas, Matthew Hutchins and A.R. Krstic. Unmanned tele-remote robots for combat casualty care. Land Warfare Conference 2003. Adelaide, October 2003.

Chris Gunn, Matthew Hutchins, Matt Adcock and Rhys Hawkins. Trans-world haptic collaboration. Proceedings of SIGGRAPH 2003 (Sketches and Applications), San Diego, USA, July 2003.

Matt Adcock, Matthew Hutchins and Chris Gunn. Augmented reality haptics: Using AR Toolkit for display of haptic applications. In proceedings of 2nd  IEEE International Augmented Reality Toolkit Workshop, Japan, 2003.

Chris Gunn, Matthew Hutchins, Matt Adcock and Rhys Hawkins. Surgical training using haptics over long internet distances. In proceedings of Medicine Meets Virtual Reality 12, USA, January 2004.

Matt Adcock, Matthew Hutchins and Chris Gunn. Haptic collaboration with augmented reality. In proceedings of SIGGRAPH 2004 (Posters), Los Angeles, August, 2004.

Matthew Hutchins, Stephen O'Leary, Duncan Stevenson, Chris Gunn and Alexander Krumpholz. A networked haptic virtual environment for teaching temporal bone surgery. In proceedings of Medicine Meets Virtual Reality 13, IOS Press, 2005.

Chris Gunn, Matthew Hutchins, Duncan Stevenson, Matt Adcock, Patricia Youngblood. Using collaborative haptics in remote surgical training. In proceedings of WorldHaptics, Pisa, Italy, March 2005.

Chris Gunn, Matthew Hutchins and Matt Adcock. Combating latency in haptic collaborative virtual environments. Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments, June 2005, Volume 14, Number 3, pp 313-328.

M. Lucas, A.R. Krstic, R. Atkinson, P. Lozo and M. Hutchins. Unmanned tele-operated robots as medical support on the battlefield. ADF Health 6(1), pp. 34-38, 2005.

Matthew Hutchins, Matt Adcock, Duncan Stevenson, Chris Gunn and Alexander Krumpholz. The design of perceptual representations for practical networked multimodal virtual training environments. In proceedings of HCI International 2005: 11th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, Las Vegas, July 22-27, 2005. (CD-ROM)

Matthew Hutchins, Duncan Stevenson, Chris Gunn, Alexander Krumpholz, Brian Pyman and Stephen O'Leary. "I think I can see it now!" Evidence of learning in video transcripts of a collaborative virtual reality training trial. In proceedings of OZCHI 05, Canberra, Australia, November 2005. (CD-ROM)

Matthew A. Hutchins, Duncan R. Stevenson, Chris Gunn, Alexander Krumpholz, Tony Adriaansen, Brian Pyman, Stephen O’Leary. Communication in a networked haptic virtual environment for temporal bone surgery training. Virtual Reality, Dec 2005, pages 1 - 11.

Duncan Stevenson, Matthew Hutchins, Chris Gunn and Alexander Krumpholz. Multiple approaches to evaluating multi-modal collaborative systems. In proceedings of Workshop on Effective Multimodal Dialogue Interfaces, International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces, Sydney, January 2006.

D. Palmer, M. Adcock, J. Smith, M. Hutchins, C. Gunn, D. Stevenson and K. Taylor. Annotating with light for remote guidance. In proceedings of OZCHI 2007, Adelaide, Australia, November 21-23, pp 103-110, 2007. http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1324892.1324911

D. Stevenson, J. Li, J. Smith and M. Hutchins. A collaborative guidance case study. In proceedings of 9th Australasian User Interface Conference (AUIC2008), Wollongong, Australia, January 2008.
 

Technical Reports, Presentations, Miscellanea

D Stevenson, S Barrass, D Bone, M Hutchins, C Gunn & D Smith. The Colour Applications and Modelling System (CAM): An interactive colour management system for mapping data into perceptual colour space. CSIRO Division of Information Technology Technical Report TR-HJ-93-08, 1993.

Matthew Hutchins. The haptic constraints class library. CSIRO Mathematical and Information Sciences technical report number TR 2000/93. May 1999.

Matthew Hutchins. An investigation into vibrations in virtual springs in haptic interaction. CSIRO Mathematical and Information Sciences technical report number TR 2000/94. April 2000.

Matthew Hutchins. The mathematics of surgery simulation. Presentation at CMIS mathematics teachers’ in-service day, April 2000.

Matthew Hutchins. Medical simulation and training bibliography. . CSIRO Mathematical and Information Sciences technical report number TR 2000/95. May 2000.

Matthew Hutchins. An approach to calibrating a haptic workbench. CSIRO Mathematical and Information Sciences technical report number TR 2000/157. September 2000.

Matthew Hutchins. Haptics for surgeons. Invited presentation, General Surgeons Australia 2nd Scientific Meeting, September 2000.

Matthew Hutchins. Virtual reality technology for simulation and training. Presentation at the Dental Haptics Workshop, CMIS, November 2000.

Matthew Hutchins, Paul Marando and Nick Brown. Working in 3D with the haptic workbench. Demonstration, with abstract, OzCHI 2000 conference, Sydney, December 2000.

Matthew Hutchins. Using a virtual environment to teach anatomy and surgery. Invited presentation, SimTecT Medical Symposium, May 2001.

Matthew Hutchins (ed.) Report on the scoping study into anatomy and surgery training with the CSIRO haptic workbench. CSIRO Mathematical and Information Sciences technical report number TR 01/143. September 2001.

Peter Cosman, Matthew Hutchins and Patrick Cregan. Art macabre: Is anatomy necessary? Letter to the Editor, ANZ Journal of Surgery, vol. 71, 2001.

Matthew Hutchins and Matt Adcock. Initial report on the ‘Physics Based Animation’ core experiment. MPEG standard document m7742, December 2001.

PH Cosman, R Hawkins, M Hutchins, PC Cregan, JA Cartmill. Simulator fidelity and surgical skill acquisition. Poster presentation at the Medicine Meets Virtual Reality 02/10 conference. January 2002.

Matthew Hutchins. RACS and CSIRO: New technology in surgical training. Powerpoint presentation. May 2002.

Matthew Hutchins. Case studies in visualisation and virtual reality for surgical training. Presentation, OzVis 2002 conference, Sydney, December 2002.

Matthew Hutchins. Visualisation and virtual reality tools accelerate learning outcomes. Invited presentation, Learning and Development World conference, Sydney, February 2003.

Matthew Hutchins. Virtual reality technology for surgical training. Workshop presentation, RACS ASC New Technologies in Surgical Training Workshop, Brisbane, May 2003.

Matthew Hutchins. Remote mentoring in a collaborative virtual environment. Invited presentation, Workshop on Visualisation and Human Machine Interaction in Problem Solving Environments, International Conference on Computational Science, Melbourne, June 2003.

Matthew Hutchins. Eyes, ears and hands: virtual reality for the real world. Invited presentation, ACS/CHISIG Forum, Canberra, July 2003.

Stephen O’Leary, Duncan Stevenson, Matthew Hutchins, Chris Gunn, Alex Krumpholz, and Brian Pyman. Networked virtual temporal bone surgery. Presentation at the Australian Society of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Annual Scientific Meeting, Sydney, 24-26 March 2004

Matthew Hutchins. Collaborative multi-sensory virtual environments at CSIRO. Invited presentation at Geoscience Australia Geological Visualisation Workshop, Canberra, April 2004.

Matthew Hutchins. Temporal bone surgery training using networked haptic workbenches: an update. Presentation at OzVis '04 conference, Brisbane, December 2004.

Neale Fulton and Matthew Hutchins. Complex systems, stakeholders and visualisation. Invited presentation to ANU School of Resources, Environment and Society, "SRES Research Lunchbreaks" seminar series, April 2005.

D. Stevenson, J. Smith, M. Hutchins, D. Palmer, C. Gunn, K. Taylor, J. Li and S. Hansen. Media spaces for collaborative tele-health. Poster presented at the 10th European Conference on Computer Supported Co-operative Work, Limerick, September 24-28. Abstract online at: http://www.ecscw07.org/poster-abstracts/14-Duncan_Stevenson.pdf

J. Smith, D. Stevenson and M. Hutchins. Exploring interface design for remote guidance, CSIRO ICT Centre Technical Report 07/372, 2007.
 

Patents

Here are some links to reading material that suggests that patents are not appropriate for the software industry, and probably hinder innovation. I do not hold any patents.

 

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