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Friday, 29 May 2020

Improving wellbeing support for distressed uni students

A study between Deakin and the Black Dog Institute is investigating how a novel AI-based trial method can deliver effective digital treatment to support student wellbeing.

Image of an overhead view of a desk. In the centre is a smart phone, the screen taken up by a blue background with a white padlock in the centre. Underneath it is the word 'secured'. Also on the desk are a pot plant, a pair of earbuds, a pad of sticky notes, a pencil, and a pair of glasses

Could we have some digital privacy, please?

Our smart devices are collecting data about our personal lives. But does it doesn’t have to be this way.

Image of an iPad being held over an empty table. On the tablet, it looks like the table is covered with a forest of tiny trees

Intelligent design: giving physical and virtual worlds the human touch

Deakin’s MInD Lab specialise in ethical, intelligent technology. We sat down with Dr Domenico Mazza, a research Fellow within the Lab, to talk storytelling, digital placemaking and imagination.