I am Professor in the School of Computing Technologies at RMIT University. I was formerly the Director of the University of Melbourne iSchool, and the Centre for HCI Design, City University. I'm principally interested in information interaction - how to make computer-delivered information more accessible to users. My goal is to create technologies that connect the computer, human and the environment as seamlessly as possible.
This website has been neglected for some time but I'm trying to bring it up to date!
Office: Building 14, RMIT University, 124 La Trobe Street, Melbourne, Victoria, 3000, Australia.
Email: george buchanan at rmit edu au (fill in the dots...)
I've presented a paper on social media archiving accepted to TPDL 2025 of interoperability, with Dana McKay.
ACM CHIIR Conference 2025: I was co-general chair for CHIIR 2025 with Haiming Liu (University of Southampton). Doug Oard (Maryland) and Dana McKay (RMIT) led the programme.
MAHA: a tool for analysing patterns of user behaviour in ebooks. Currently supports EBL book data, but further formats are under development, and due for open release in early 2026.
My research focuses on how people interact with long-form information such as books and videos, particularly considering the impact of the limitations of human cognition. Key themes that I am investigating at present include:
A comprehensive list of publications is available.
Some recent articles that you can download freely from here include:
Take Me Out: Space and Place in Library Interactions
The Heat is On: A Temperature Display for Conveying Affective Feedback
Visual Analysis of Dyslexia on SearchPhotograph from the wonderfully talented Josie Dixon.