Dr Toby Gifford is a designer, creative coder, and interdisciplinary media arts practitioner, with a particular interest in virtual/augmented reality and immersive installation. He has worked across industry and academia at the intersection of art and technology, with extensive professional experience in software programming and systems design. His research spans a broad range of areas including: application of artificial intelligence to the creative industries; environmental sensing for ecosystem health monitoring; and modelling and data visualisation to aid design.
Professional memberships
- Association of Computing Machinery (ACM)
- Audio Engineering Society (AES)
- Australian Forum for Acoustic Ecology (AFAE)
- American Mathematics Society (AMS)
- Australian Music Centre (AMC)
Awards and Fellowships
- Vice Chancellor’s Commendation for Teaching Excellence, Griffith University, 2015
- Dean’s Commendation Award for outstanding doctoral thesis, QUT 2011
- NextBigThing Award finalist, InnoVic 2009
- QUT Bluebox Ideas Competition runner up, QUT 2008
- AUC Apple Student Developer Scholarship, 2006
- Vice-Chancellors Excellence Scholarship (top Ranked PhD Candidate), QUT 2005
- Australian National University Scholarship (for Tertiary Entrance Rank > 99.9%), ANU 1992
- International Physics Olympiad (second place, experimental section), 1991
- Australian Band Championships (1st place under-18s clarinet)
Potential Research Projects for HDR and Honours students
- creative ai
- design futures
- ecoacoustics
- immersive installation
- virtual and augmented reality
Research Grants
| Project name | Investigators | Funding body | Year | Focus |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Walking Through Country: A Living Archive of People and Place |
Sue McEnnish, Tom Chandler and Toby Gifford |
Monash University, $30000 |
2018 |
Indigenous Knowledge, Augmented Reality |
|
Acoustic Monitoring of Hatching of Mary River Turtles |
Simon Linke, Leah Barclay and Toby Gifford |
Mohammed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund, $9000 |
2015 |
Ecoacoustics, Conservation |
|
Mapping the Body Musical |
Toby Gifford |
Griffith University, $180000 |
2013 |
Interactive Media, Creative AI, Generative Music, Embodied Cognition |
|
Large Scale Control in Generative Music |
Toby Gifford, Phillipe Pasquier, Arne Eigenfeldt and Andrew Brown |
Simon Fraser University, $10000 |
2013 |
Creative AI, Generative Music |
|
Controlling Interactive Music Performance |
Toby Gifford, Andrew Brown, Michael Young, Ian Whalley |
Australian Research Council Discovery Grant, $245000 |
2012 |
Creative AI, Generative Music |
Research areas
- creative ai
- design futures
- ecoacoustics
- immersive installation
- virtual and augmented reality
Teaching areas
Dr Toby Gifford's specialist areas of knowledge include creative ai, design futures, ecoacoustics, immersive installation, virtual and augmented reality.