Complexity in Action Research Laboratories

Human - Artificial - Social

Basic and Applied Research on the Complex Dynamics of Human, Social and Multi-Agent Systems using Advanced Computational Analysis and Modeling Techniques, Wireless and Mobile Behavioral Tracking and Measurement Methods, and VR and AI Technologies.

Projects

Developing Responsive And Adaptive Artificial Agents for Team Training.

Employing models of human performance and communication to develop AI technologies for team and command-and-control training systems.

Modelling Human Perceptual-Motor Interaction for Human-Machine Applications

Modelling the perceptual-motor processes that underlie cooperative and competitive human interaction to develop artificial agents capable of human level performance.

Embedded Multi-Agent Dynamics

Modeling the task dynamics of goal directed social action and coordination

Virtual Reality Perspective Taking

Investigating the weather Virtual Realty Perceptive Taking can increase pro-social behavior and reduce prejudice.

Social Coordination and Connection

Investigate the positive effects of Social Motor Coordination on Interpersonal Interaction, Rapport and Social Connectedness.

Self-organized Interpersonal Anticipation and Anticipatory Synchronization

Time-delay coupling and temporal feedback delays can enhance joint-action anticipatory coordination.

People

Prof. Michael Richardson

A/Prof. Rachel Kallen

Dr. Patrick Nalepka

Dr. Gaurav Patil

Lillian Rigoli

Fred Amouzgar

Fabrizia Auletta

James Simpson

Matthew Prants

Olivia Soesanto

Hannah Douglas

Cassandra Crone

Hamish Stening

Collaborators and Other Research Affiliates

  • Mark Dras

    Department of Computing, Macquarie University

  • Erik Reichle

    Department of Psychology, Macquarie University

  • Elliot Saltzman

    Department of Physical Therapy & Athletic Training, Sargent College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences, Boston University, Boston and Haskins Laboratories, New Haven

  • Mario di Bernardo

    Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, University of Naples Federico II

  • Simon Hosking

    Australian Defence Science and Technology Group (DST), Aerospace Division

  • Christopher Best

    Australian Defence Science and Technology Group (DST), Aerospace Division

  • Manuel Varlet

    MARCS Institute and Department of Psychology, Western Sydney University

  • John Sutton

    Cognitive Science, Macquarie University

  • Brian Eiler

    Department of Psychology, Davidson College

  • David Kaplan

    Cognitive Science, Macquarie University

  • Deborah Richards

    Department of Computing, Macquarie University

  • Akifumi Kijima

    Faculty of Education and Human Sciences, University of Yamanashi

  • Mark Wiggins

    Department of Psychology, Macquarie University

  • Lynden Miles

    Department of Psychology, University of Western Australia

  • Cathy Macpherson

    Department of Psychology, University of Western Australia

  • Job Fransen

    School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation, University technology Sydney

  • Steven Harrison

    Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut

  • Charles Coey

    Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School

  • Veronica Romer

    Department of Psychology, Colby College

  • Ashley Walton

    Department of Philosophy, Dartmouth College

  • Tamara Lorenz

    Department of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering and Department of Psychology, University of Cincinnati

  • Maurice Lamb

    School of Informatics, University of Skövde

  • Richard C. Schmidt

    Department of Psychology, College of the Holy Cross

  • Paula Fitzpatrick

    Department of Psychology, Assumption College

  • Tony Chemero

    Department of Philosophy and Department of Psychology, University of Cincinnati

Research Funding and Partners

    • Australian Research Council
    • Australian Department of Defence, Science and Technology Group
    • Australian Department of Defence Human Performance Research Network (HPRNet)
    • US National Institutes of Health
    • US National Science Foundation
    • Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences, Macquarie University
    • Center for Elite Performance, Expertise and Training, Macquarie University
    • Simulation Hub, Macquarie University
    • Center for Cognition, Action and Perception, University of Cincinnati
    • Center for Ecological Study of Perception and Action, university of Connecticut

Publications

Recent Publication Highlights

Rigoli, L. M., Nalepka, P., Douglas, H., Kallen, R. W., Hosking, S., Best, C., & Richardson, M. J. (2020, May). Employing Models of Human Social Motor Behavior for Artificial Agent Trainers. In Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and MultiAgent Systems (pp. 1134-1142). [download]
Rigoli, L. M., Lorenz, T., Coey, C., Kallen, R., Jordan, S., & Richardson, M. J. (2020). Co-actors exhibit similarity in their structure of behavioural variation that remains stable across range of naturalistic activities. Scientific Reports, 10(1), 1-11. [download]
Nalepka, P., Lamb, M., Kallen, R. W., Shockley, K., Chemero, A., Saltzman, E., & Richardson, M. J. (2019). Human social motor solutions for human–machine interaction in dynamical task contexts. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 201813164. [download]
Lamb, M., Nalepka, P., Kallen, R. W., Lorenz, T., Harrison, S. J., Minai, A. A., & Richardson, M. J. (2019). A Hierarchical Behavioral Dynamic Approach for Naturally Adaptive Human-Agent Pick-and-Place Interactions. Complexity, p1-16, DOI: 10.1155/2019/5964632. [download]
Hardcastle, V. G., Furst-Holloway, S., Kallen, R., & Jacquez, F. (2019). It’s complicated: a multi-method approach to broadening participation in STEM. Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: An International Journal. 38, 349-361. [download]
Washburn, A., Kallen, R. W., Lamb, M., Stepp, N., Shockley, K., & Richardson, M. J. (2019). Feedback delays can enhance anticipatory synchronization in human-machine interaction. PloS one, 14(8), e0221275. [download]
Walton, A., Washburn, A., Langland-Hassan, P., Chemero, A., Kloos, H., & Richardson, M. J. (2018). Creating time: social collaboration in music improvisation. Topics in Cognitive Science, 10, 95-119. [download]

Resources

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Contact us

  • Address

    Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences
    Macquarie University, NSW, 2109, Australia

  • Email

    carl@mq.edu.au

  • Phone

    +61 490731954

  • Social