Professor Dr. Don Samitha Elvitigala

Biography

Don Samitha Elvitigala is a Senior Lecturer at Monash University, where he leads research in the Exertion Games Lab, focusing on novel human augmentations that enhance human capabilities while implicitly understanding physical and mental behaviors. His work primarily explores the use of everyday clothing and accessories to develop augmented human interfaces, contributing to the fields of Human-Computer Interaction, Wearable Computing, and Ubiquitous Computing. He has published widely in premier peer-reviewed HCI venues such as CHI, UIST, MobileHCI, UbiComp, and ToCHI, with several publications receiving honorable mention awards. Prior to joining Monash, he was a postdoctoral fellow at the School of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of New South Wales, where he co-created the HCI BoDi Lab, investigating the implementation of human augmentations for environmental sensing in various community contexts. His PhD research was conducted at the University of Auckland, where he focused on uncovering potential novel input/output interfaces using foot interactions, a work that earned him various accolades including the Auckland Bioengineering Institute's Thesis Prize and recognition in the Dean's List. He is actively involved in the academic community, participating in organizing major conferences and contributing to peer-reviewed journals.

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