Professor Marcus Foth is Professor of Urban Informatics in the QUT Design Lab at Queensland University of Technology. His leadership in establishing the field of urban informatics was recognised by the Australian Computer Society inducting Marcus as a Fellow in 2017 for ‘a sustained and distinguished contribution to the field of computer science.’ Marcus led the BeefLedger project, which was recognised as a 2020 Good Design Australia Award winner twice: in the commercial services category and for design strategy, for demonstrating tangible benefits and impact of blockchain and smart contract applications for industry.
Research Keywords & Expertise
Design
Interaction Design
Participatory Design
Smart Cities
Sustainability
Urban and regional pla...
Human-Computer Interac...
Urban Informatics
Media Architecture
More-than-Human
Fingerprints
48%
Design
17%
Smart Cities
12%
Sustainability
11%
More-than-Human
5%
Interaction Design
5%
Urban Informatics
5%
Media Architecture
5%
Participatory Design
5%
Urban and regional planning
5%
Human-Computer Interaction
Short Biography
Professor Marcus Foth is Professor of Urban Informatics in the QUT Design Lab at Queensland University of Technology. His leadership in establishing the field of urban informatics was recognised by the Australian Computer Society inducting Marcus as a Fellow in 2017 for ‘a sustained and distinguished contribution to the field of computer science.’ Marcus led the BeefLedger project, which was recognised as a 2020 Good Design Australia Award winner twice: in the commercial services category and for design strategy, for demonstrating tangible benefits and impact of blockchain and smart contract applications for industry.